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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\n\xa0\n\nIn which New Mutants #64 is the saddest single issue of any X-book ever; the New Mutants have to grow up fast; Warlock comes to terms with mortality; The Last of Us is harder to play the second time; Tattoo Tales: X-Men: Masquerade is delightfully unhinged; animated Cyclops is totally the worst; Beast probably has a terrible garage band; Jean starts a kitchen fire; and Wolverine saves Jubilee's birthday.\n\n\xa0\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe saddest issue ever\n \tNew Mutants #64\n \tThe only okay way to watch Grave of the Fireflies\n \tThe aftermath of Doug Ramsey's death\n \tSeveral unhealthy coping mechanisms\n \tThe Last of Us\n \tTattoo Tales: X-Men: Masquerade\n \tSome varyingly impressive costumes\n \tGeneral irresponsibility\n \tWhy Wolverine is wearing a clown suit\n \tDouglock\n \tThe New Mutants' D&D alignments\n\nNEXT WEEK:\xa0You never forget your first Ship.\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode\xa0on 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!