Episode 381 - If We Told You, We'd Have to Kill You (Patreon)

In which real life sucks; Havok may or may not be a bad enough dude to rescue mutantkind; X-Factor quits; CD-ROMs were never THAT cool; subtlety is for suckers; Val Cooper hates nothing more than she hates the U.S. government; and Jamie Madrox wants nothing to do with your nonsense.

X-PLAINED:

• One way to end a wedding
• X-Factor #131-133
• Malice (again)
• A thumb (and the biting thereof)
• Barnes (and her hair)
• The relative versatility of plasma
• The Brotherhood
• A ruse and/or retcon
• Lighting design
• A CD-ROM
• The time Jay wrote some Captain America comics
• The last time you’re gonna see these
• Trevor Chase (more)
• One thing that might’ve inspired Jamie Madrox’s heel turn
• The nature of Jamie Madrox’s relative mortality
• Brand names
• Many faked deaths
• Agent Bowser
• A very fancy haunted house
• X-Factor’s true calling
• The X.S.E. (again)
• Mutant shifts in adaptations
• ‘Nuff said

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