Episode 450 - Live at the Clinton Street Theater (Patreon)

In which we celebrate our tenth anniversary by X-Plaining what may be the most reviled X-arc; you should not try this at home; Mystique is so much better than this story; Azazel is a really boring devil; Nightcrawler should probably be missing a hand; the Xavier School definitely does not have an HR department; and we would prefer that you not pee on Iceman.

X-PLAINED:

• Nightcrawler’s (most recent) parentage

• Uncanny X-Men #428-434

• X-Men Blue: Origins #1

• The X-Men, like, in general

• Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)

• Some narrative choices

• Mystique

• Baron Christian Wagner

• Marvel Europe

• Azazel

• Church sex

• Nightstreaker

• Isla des Demonas

• Foibles of Warren Kenneth Worthington III

• Annie and Carter Ghazikhanian

• Abyss

• Kiwi Black

• The Cheyarafim and Neyaphem

• Bad times with psychic therapy

• Post-traumatic supervillainy

• Uncool Hell

• A miracle of magnetism

• The only cool thing in Uncool Hell

• A very elegant retcon

• X-Muppets

• Characters who deserve more page space

• Miles’s favorite X-Person

• What the Worthington Corporation does

• A character who could reasonably be Azazel’s kid

NEXT EPISODE: Back to X-business as usual!