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In which we enter a new era of X-Men; Magneto reluctantly returns to villainy; Jay tries to like X-Men volume 2; when in doubt, you should open your story with a space fight; Nick Fury has so many pouches; experimenting on babies unsurprisingly backfires; psychic powers are pink; Claremont deserved better; Producer Matt makes his on-air debut; and you (yes, you!) are once again the recipients of a Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Award for Excellence in X-Cellence.

X-PLAINED:

• Loa
• The 1991 relaunch of X-Men
• X-Men vol. 2 #1-3
• Chris Claremont’s departure from Marvel
• X-Men vs. Uncanny X-Men
• Blue Team
• Gold Team
• Why Magneto is emblematic of Claremont’s vision for the X-Men
• Why there are so many copies of X-Men #1
• How comics sales are counted
• Our very different perspectives on X-Men #1
• A space fight
• Revision vs. reversion
• What may or may not be in Nick Fury’s pouches
• Daring loungewear worn well
• Fabian Cortez
• Flatscans
• Disproportionate escalation
• The Acolytes
• Delgado, kind of, maybe
• Several notable absences
• The Magneto Protocols
• That one time Magneto got turned into a baby
• Some dubious science
• A semi-invisible plane
• Code Silver
• Further miracles of magnetism
• Producer Matt Hunter
• Chiptunes
• Podcasting about video games
• The Fourth Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
• Best X-Toon holiday episodes

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