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In which it’s rude to eat in a helmet; Cable does his best villain bit; Bishop is clearly unfamiliar with early X-Force; we’re pretty sure clones still count as people; and Stryfe is the surprise MVP of Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom. X-PLAINED: Another time Stryfe and Bishop teamed up Gambit & Bishop: Sons of the Atom #3-6 Some of the Witness’s fancy swag An extremely awkward meal Stryfe in four pages Unsubtle foreshadowing The relative ethics of killing Stryfe A visual representation of time Somewhat logical consequences Bad clone ethics Future uncertainty Le Bête Noir Hell-lord / anti-Phoenix disambiguation A fancy t-shirt The appropriate amount of mean to be to Stryfe When Gambit and Bishop: Sons of the Atom takes place relative to The Search for Cyclops (more) (again) (inconclusive) Reasons not to live under a crypt in New Orleans Betty Noir’s Relative (fictional) body counts Business-casual Stryfe Lucas Bishop, kitten guy Relitigating the X-traitor NEXT EPISODE: Eve of Destruction (and some bonus Summers family bullshit) Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog. Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop!

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which Jay and Miles return to Rose City Comic Con; “Having a Wild Weekend” is the mash-up t-shirt of Excalibur stories; swears are for everyone; Arcade is not a subtle villain; we love Art Adams a lot; Minor-Domo is the Harvey and/or Janet of the Mojoverse; Kitty gets another new costume; and the X-Babies carjack their creators. X-PLAINED: The Agent Jay and Miles at Rose City Comic Con 2016 What Excalibur has instead of annuals Competing theories of Eriks Larsen “Having a Wild Weekend” (Marvel Comics Presents #31-38) The Community reference that keeps on giving How to fight on the Internet without being a dick A large number of thinly veiled TV references The X-Babies Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem Ricochet Rita (again) Psychonauts Exploding children (more) (again) The House of Ideas The New Universe Major Domo Minor Domo Jay’s dream vacation Cats Laughing (more) (again) Cosplay you should totally do Why you should always read the EULA The classic X-Men spirit Some of our favorite cameos The return of Judith Rassendyll One fairly specific way to ruin a wedding Where to find Havok in comics X-Men we’d like to see as wizards NEXT EPISODE: Death in the Outback You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!