Episode Details

at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/helmet-and-shield-v2.jpg?fit=900%2C506&ssl=1" class="size-large wp-image-5217" src="https://i0.wp.com/xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/helmet-and-shield-v2-1024x576.jpg?resize=480%2C270&ssl=1" alt="Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 10/25/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original." width="480" height="270" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/helmet-and-shield-v2.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/helmet-and-shield-v2.jpg?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/helmet-and-shield-v2.jpg?w=1800&ssl=1 1800w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/helmet-and-shield-v2.jpg?w=2700&ssl=1 2700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" />

In no one trusts Magneto; Dr. Druid is the comfiest superhero; She-Hulk wants to punch a meteor; Rachel and Miles are really bad at both nature and maritime law; boat fights are the best fights; everyone makes terrible choices; and James Jaspers should really have been disbarred by now.

X-PLAINED:

• Darkstar vs. Dark Star
• X-Men vs. Avengers #1-4
• Magneto’s narrative milestones
• Dr. Anthony Druid
• A most peculiar meteor
• The Soviet Super Soldiers
• Vanguard
• Darkstar
• The Titanium Man / Gremlin
• Ursa Major
• Floridian vs. Australian fauna
• Crimson Dynamo
• Dock parties with the X-Men
• Secrets of Asteroid M
• Cartoonish pursuit
• The drinking rules of costume semi-destruction
• The Laws of the Sea
• Why you should put your multi-team brawls on a boat
• An abrupt creative shift
• The Light
• Several miracles of magnetism
• An ethical dilemma
• The (other) trial of Magneto
• Magneto heel turns
• Picking which tie-ins to read
• The Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts

NEXT EPISODE: Warlock vs. the Impossible Man!

You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog!

Find us on 

Listen Now