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In which we discuss several Very Special Issues; the real cautionary tale is not to trust Hank McCoy; horses are vehicles of lies and heartbreak; the X-Men shill for a state fair; whatever you’re doing, Cyclops is here to stop you; smoking is a gateway to some really weird vices; and we want YOU to design the latest X-Men PSA!

X-PLAINED:

• The alternate-timeline terrible choices of Hank McCoy
• Our wholly unfounded theories about Spongebob Squarepants
• Be X-Tra Safe With Blockbuster KidPrint and the X-Men
• VHS tapes
• Blockbuster KidPrint
• Mariano Nicieza
• Some Fundamental Problems With Superhero PSAs
• A man who may or may not be D-Man
• Terrence
• Why Cable should deliver more PSAs
• Why D.A.R.E. doesn’t work
• Varying coherent cautionary tales
• The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas
• A tragic lack of carnies
• Danny the centaur and his very intense feelings about horses
• Several exciting attractions at the State Fair of Texas
• Big Tex
• Activities
• Smokescreen
• Bret Jackson
• Some of the lesser-known danger of smoking
• Whether Danny Rand can turn into a centaur
• Hanging out and other gateways to delinquency
• The South Side Social Club
• Jake
• Etiquette of following teenagers around
• A villainous plan so ineffective that it’s actually kind of sad
• X-Men you should hire for your PSAs
• Our thoughts on the Disney/Fox merger
• Where to find Bloodstorm
• Baby Jumping

NEXT EPISODE: Giant-Size Winter Special!

LISTENER CHALLENGE: Send your X-Men PSAs to XPlaintheXMen@gmail.com with the subject PSA by December 27!

You can find the visual companion to this episode on our blog.