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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 10/18/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\n\xa0\n\nIn which we persevere in the face of adversity; Storm goes on a quest; Mr. Sinister makes his first appearance; Dazzler learns about teamwork (again); it still sucks to be Havok (but not as much as it sucks to be Madelyne Pryor); you should probably put down that cactus; the Murder Grampas join Freedom Force; Storm's life is a metal-album cover; and the X-Men are doomed as hell.\n\n\xa0\n\nX-Plained:\n\n \tThe Mr. Sinister / Summers family time loop\n \tUncanny X-Men #220-224\n \tActual and potential origins of Mr. Sinister's name\n \tHow Longshot's powers work in combat\n \tTeamwork (again)\n \tRepresenting sound and silence in a visual medium\n \tA protracted fight\n \tForge (again)\n \tNaze (kind of)\n \tThe Adversary\n \tEye Killers\n \tOne of many reasons not to masturbate with a cactus\n \tThe X-Men in San Francisco\n \tMadelyne Pryor vs. fate\n \tStorm vs. Forge\n \tCharacter names vs. code names\n \tX-Makeovers\n\nNEXT WEEK: X-Men vs. Avengers\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog!\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!