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In which Brett White joins us for a look at the current state of the X-line; Dennis Hopeless helps shed some light on a persistent mystery; Brett has a lot of feelings about the Dark Riders; All-New Wolverine is our everything; All-New X-Men is the new New Mutants; X-Men ’92 is the prize at the bottom of the continuity cereal box; we speculate on potential fatalities in the upcoming Death of X; and everything is probably going to be more or less okay.

X-PLAINED:

• Why everyone is mad at Cyclops
• The Noodle Incident
• How we variously define X-titles
• The current state of the X-line
• The 8-Month Gap
• Secret Wars
• Earth 616.1
• Extraordinary X-Men (Current series)
• Uncanny X-Men (Current series)
• All-New Wolverine
• Old Man Logan (Current series)
• All-New X-Men (Current series)
• X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever
• X-Men ’92 (Current series)
• The Dark Riders
• Being personally invested in characters you don’t own
• Favorite formats
• The mystic end of the X-Men cinematic universe
• Mysteries and mysteries

NEXT WEEK: Continuity Has Its Eyes on You: Live from ECCC with Kris Anka, Al Ewing, Scott Koblish, and G. Willow Wilson!

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