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In which the podcast gets a new name; Jay starts (another) imaginary band; mutant issues break away from the metaphor; Genosha’s leading industry is cognitive dissonance; invisibility to electronic surveillance is not always a plus; Rogue and Wolverine are the X-Men most likely to find themselves nude in a fight; Carol Danvers is awesome even when disembodied; and we both have a lot of feelings about Mad Max: Fury Road.

X-PLAINED:

• The Havok dilemma
• Our new name
• Uncanny X-Men #235-238
• Genosha
• Jenny Ransome
• The Press Gang
• A really good bit of vintage slang
• The downside of electronic invisibility
• Naked teleportation
• The Genegineer (David Moreau)
• Philip Moreau
• Mutates
• The (sort of) return of (sort of) Carol Danvers
• The portmanteaus of Genosha
• Moral binary in superhero comics
• Possible antecedents of Sterling Archer
• The only good reason to bring Logan back
• N’astirh
• Several versions of Madelyne Pryor
• “Gone to America”
• Off-page baby theft
• How to have fun re-reading

InfernoWatch:

• This week, it’s all about Madelyne