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In which we welcome Marvel editor Jordan D. White to the podcast to talk about the current state of the X-Universe!

X-PLAINED:

• The cosmic luck balance
• Mr. Dapples
• A remarkable concurrence of luck
• Our FlameCon live show lineup
• What an X-Men group editor does
• How X-books happen
• Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe
• Shatterstar
• Jordan’s history with X-Men
• Uncanny X-Men: First Class
• Wolverine: First Class
• Whether Deadpool is an X-Man (No.)
• Mercurial mutancy
• What defines the X-Men
• Queer X-characters (and their absence)
• Problematic namesakes
• Sailors X
• Drawing lines on social media
• Why to read modern X-Men
• Uncanny X-Men

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