Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Illustration by David Wynne
In which Warren Kenneth Worthington III is a terrible teacher; we are all Magneto’s children; Sooraya Qadir deserves a better origin story; teenagers have a lot of feelings; and we meet one of the modern age’s most controversial mutants.

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The destiny of Quentin Quire

New X-Men #131-134

An underattended funeral

How to fly? Kinda? I guess?

A kiss

A friendship

Another bit of ruby quartz marginalia that will never be mentioned again

A somewhat ill-founded psychic metaphor

Emma Frost’s Dark Phoenix costume

Some kind of weird affair

Echoes of 9/11/2001

Genosha, a year later

Ghosts

Polaris’s paternity

Shocker (the mutant one)

The last words of Genosha

Islamophobia post 9/11

Sooraya Qadir (Dust)

An attempted hijacking and the aftermath thereof

Some Shi’ar nonsense

X-Corporation Mumbai

Jumbo Carnation

Telepathy class

An artist’s interpretation of the fate of mankind if mutants are not driven out, as predicted by Bolivar Trask

Accountability

Professor X’s weird little paintings

X-adjectives

Best and worst X-Men with whom to share a psychic rapport

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In which Xorn goes out on the town; silverware is morally neutral; Cyclops pursues dubious counsel; the X means ten; and Fantomex is eminently enjoyable.

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The parentage of Hope Summers

New X-Men #127-130

Mutant Town

A monster who is not a monster but is, perhaps, a metaphor

X-Corporation Paris

The whole Phoenix situation

Fantomex

Weapon XII

A gene-hazard

Corporal Animal

E.V.A.

The Weapon Plus program (somewhat)

The World (somewhat)

The Shi’ar Empire vs. Earth

Xorn variations

NEXT EPISODE: A Memorial of Magnetism

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In which Wolverine learns to fly; pants are a basic human right; we decide to cherry-pick our Xorn retcons; Xavier’s eyebrows follow his mind; and the first year of New X-Men ends with a bang.

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The origin of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard

New X-Men #124-126

The current state of Charles Xavier’s body

G-Type

Neosaurus

Plutonia

Schism

Oracle

Stuf

Gladiator (more) (again)

Angel disambiguation

Several plans

Mutant justice

Several miracles of magnetism

Mummudrai

Horror movie shit

Subtle visual foreshadowing

A ruse

Education

Long-lost family members

What may or may not come after this

NEXT EPISODE: Fantomex!

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In which Marvel goes wordless; Cassandra Nova breaks space; none of the X-Men have media training; and Gus was the best dog ever.

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Erik the Red (more) (again)

Kin Crimson

A big messy bag of mutant glory

New X-Men #121-123

‘Nuff Said

A journey into Charles Xavier’s mind

What Emma is drinking

A fetus fight

The criminal culpability of a fetus

Space problems

A cosplay challenge

Space

Charles Xavier’s weird last wish

A press conference

Teen romance

The Stepford Cuckoos

Gus

Charles Xavier’s age

Nanosentinels

Stuf

Pre-ride safety announcements from the X-Men

Whether Cassandra Nova should’ve been a component of Onslaught

NEXT EPISODE: Cassandra Nova vs. the X-Men (Round 2)!

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In which John Sublime sucks; Angel Salvatore rules; trauma does not justify evil; and you should never, ever, ever mess with Jean Grey.

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A horrifying revelation

The universe where Jay and Miles work for Cassandra Nova

New X-Men #118-120

John Sublime (more) (again)

The U-Men

Psychic energy, gender-reveal party-style

The Stepford Cuckoos

One way to disperse a mob

An uncivil conversation

The death and/or discomfort of many U-Men

An awakening of sorts

Squaring the phoenix

Hank McCoy’s “coming out”

NEXT EPISODE: The Shi’ar invade!

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