95 Earthfall

Published: Feb. 8, 2016, 11:39 a.m.

Art by David Wynne\n\n\xa0\n\nIn which the X-Men finally follow up on a dropped plotline; you should probably not mess with abandoned star sharks; "Dawn of Blood" is a sometimes food; The Goblin Queen makes her first appearance; we debut a new podcast feature; and there may or may not be a frozen woman in the Xavier School basement.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tThe Providian Order\n \tUncanny X-Men #232-234\n \tThe Brood (again)\n \tSeveral ill-fated campers\n \tHarry Palmer\n \tThe Brood as horror antagonists\n \tWhy John Doggett is the best X-Files agent\n \tPsylocke's armor\n \tWhy Nestor Carbonell should play Gambit\n \tSome deeply dubious codenames\n \tRed Bee\n \tMichael the Bee\n \tReverend William Conover and his Glory Day Crusade\n \tThe Mile High Diner\n \tThe strange case of Hannah Conover\n \tOne hell of a nightmare\n \tA deal with a devil\n \tInfernoWatch\n \tThe direct market\n \tWays to approach an endless serial\n\nINFERNO WATCH:\n\n \tMadelyne meets and strikes a deal with S'ym\n \tFirst appearance of the Goblin Queen costume\n\nNEXT EPISODE: Evolutionary War\n\n\n\nCORRECTION: In this episode, Jay recalled the direct market as having been conceived in significant part by\xa0Carol Kalish. It was, in fact, the brainchild of\xa0Phil Seuling.\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode--and links to recommended reading--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!