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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 10/4/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\n\xa0\n\nIn which we record our first live episode; Rose City Comic Con is AMAZING; Ann tells us how to torture the X-Men; Jean Grey needs more friends; Chris survives an encounter with an angry vampire; Squirrel Girl sets the high bar for questions; everyone has opinions about Longshot's hair; Jeff gets meta; Cyclops is the best at fighting Sentinels; and Rachel ALMOST gets through an entire panel without swearing.\n\n\xa0\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tCable (Nathan Summers)\n \tStryfe (Also Nathan Summers)\n \tRose City Comic Con\n \tChristopher Yost\n \tJeff Parker\n \tAnn Nocenti\n \tThe X-Men\n \tSuperheroes vs. soap operas\n \tContinuity vs. evolution\n \tUpdating the Silver Age\n \tWhat defines an X-book\n \tAll of our iconic X-eras\n \tClose encounters of the fan kind\n \tThe Continuiteens\n \tMarvel Girl and Squirrel Girl team-ups\n \tNarrative regrets\n \tHow we'd end the X-Men\n \tX-Men best suited to professional wrestling\n \tOur personal mutant metaphors\n \tWhich of the X-Men is best at fighting Sentinels\n\nNEXT WEEK: Fallen Angels!\n\n\n\nThere's no visual companion this week, but you can see photos from the panel, party, and more in our Rose City Comic Con\xa0roundup!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nRachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\xa0help support the podcast\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\u2013you can do that\xa0right here!\n\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!