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In which we play Evolutionary War Mad-Libs; it’s probably a bad sign when Apocalypse decides you need an intervention; Dani is (briefly) the new Doug; horses are jerks; it’s probably really dangerous to be Longshot; Storm has the coolest friends; the High Evolutionary is very high indeed; and we make a (very token) nod to Valentine’s Day.

X-PLAINED:

• Secret Origins of the High Evolutionary
• Evolutionary War
• The actual history of eugenics in America
• X-Factor Annual #3
• New Mutants Annual #4
• Uncanny X-Men Annual #12
• Classic X-Men #22
• Purifiers (but not those purifiers)
• Stack
• Purge
• How to tell when an event has major psychic repercussions
• A Silver-Age callback
• An Apocalypse-style intervention
• Toga Steve (Val-Or)
• The return of Bulk and Glow Worm
• Equal-opportunity Hellfire lingerie
• Mirage’s power upgrade
• Miles vs. puberty vs. Uncanny X-Men
• The coolest civilization ever
• Colossus’s illegitimate kid
• The cutest sound effect
• Origins of the Scott/Jean/Logan love triangle
• Stuff Jay likes and Miles doesn’t
• The Elle Collins Theory of Podcast Roles

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