Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/X497-1024x785.png]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/X497.png In which Prosh’s plans sort of come to fruition; we do not know very much about movies; Iceman dies (but is fine); The Stranger gets around; and Toad learns nothing. X-PLAINED: * The Stranger * X-Men Forever #4-6 * Prosh (more) (again) * The story so far * Astra (again) * The Black Womb Project * Toad’s secret origins, possibly * Fashion * Hazard * Amanda Mueller (a bit) * Anguirus * The end of human civilization * Foreshadowing * A dramatic reveal * Several makeovers * Darth Toad * Fighting arenas / community theaters NEXT EPISODE: Mystique reassembles the Brotherhood! ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/08/as-mentioned-in-episode-497-stranger-things]! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/X496-1024x892.png]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/X496.png In which Prosh assembles a peculiar team; the cosmic forces are somewhat paranoid; Mystique gets shit done; and we are very into the concept of Toadland. X-PLAINED: * The Black Womb Project * X-Men Forever #1-3 * Prosh * Several custom-grown people * A motley crew of mutants (and one human) * Cataclysm keys * The assassination of Graydon Creed * Several poignant reunions * The cosmic construction worker (Death) * Why the Phoenix Force chose Jean Grey * How much continuity is too much continuity * Pyro’s romance novels NEXT EPISODE: The rest of the series! ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/08/as-mentioned-in-episode-496-time-after-time]! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/X495-1024x781.png]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/X495.png In which Rogue is beset with leadership; Psylocke’s telekinetic sword is narratively inconsistent; the Crimson Pirates are bad at their job; and you should not look to Frank Punisher as a role model. X-PLAINED: * Whether Dani Moonstar is still a Valkyrie * X-Men #103-104 * Uncanny X-Men #384-385 * A crossover * Tessa (somewhat) * A test * The Goth (group) * Skulls * The Crimson Pirates * The mind of Tullamore Voge * Something “rough trade” does not mean * Visual representation of telepathy * Kymri (again) * The Goth (individual) * Skycycles * A ruse * How to get the X-Perts at a convention near you * What happened to the Massachusetts Academy NEXT EPISODE: X-Men Forever ---------------------------------------- The visual companion to this episode will be up in the near future! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/X494-1024x733.png]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/X494.png In which the X-Men zealously protect their trademarks; Cable can have as many moms as he wants to; not everyone should have to be a superhero; Lady Deathstrike knows how to handle unauthorized emails; and somehow there are still more gun arms. X-PLAINED: * Lady Deathstrike * X-Men Unlimited #27-28 * X-Men Annual 2000 * One reason to recycle code names * Thunderbird III (Neal Shaara) * Sanjit Shaara and his electronic diary * Karima Shapandar * Bastion and the Prime Sentinels (again) (briefly) * Omega Prime Sentinels * Rebirth Island and what lurks there * Darkstar (Laynia Petrovna) * Unusual disturbances * Whether Gambit sleeps * The Black Death * Internet security training with Bastion * The genealogy of Nora Ephron romantic comedy You’ve Got Mail * Fashion * Stryfe (again) (briefly) * Psylocke’s telekinetic katana * Interactions between Madelyne Pryor and her large adult son * Spiral’s Body Shop NEXT EPISODE: The Brotherhood targets Senator Kelly… again. ---------------------------------------- Check out the visual companion to this episode here [https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2025/07/as-mentioned-in-episode-494-youve-got-evil-mail]! Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!

[https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/X493-1024x435.jpg]https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/X493.jpg In which the first X-Men film turns 25 (and holds up remarkably well). X-PLAINED: * A startling absence * The X-Men’s big-screen debut * An X-film that might have been * X-Men (2000), in general; and related publications * Some very casting * What makes a good adaptation * Wolverine’s hair * Those costumes * The cinematic X-Men * The cinematic Brotherhood * Sabretooth’s eyebrows * Condensed backstories * The movie magic of magnetism * The worst toy of all time * Going to school with superheroes * Things we’d like to have seen in the movie NEXT EPISODE: The origin of Thunderbird! (Not that one.) (Or that one.) ---------------------------------------- The visual companion to this episode is the film X-Men (2000). Find us on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051] or Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820]! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here [https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen]! Buy rad swag at our Dashery shop [https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/]!