177 – The Less You Know

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we discuss several Very Special Issues; the real cautionary tale is not to trust Hank McCoy; horses are vehicles of lies and heartbreak; the X-Men shill for a state fair; whatever you're doing, Cyclops is here to stop you; smoking is a gateway to some really weird vices; and we want YOU to design the latest X-Men PSA! X-PLAINED: The alternate-timeline terrible choices of Hank McCoy Our wholly unfounded theories about Spongebob Squarepants Be X-Tra Safe With Blockbuster KidPrint and the X-Men VHS tapes Blockbuster KidPrint Mariano Nicieza Some Fundamental Problems With Superhero PSAs A man who may or may not be D-Man Terrence Why Cable should deliver more PSAs Why D.A.R.E. doesn't work Varying coherent cautionary tales The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas A tragic lack of carnies Danny the centaur and his very intense feelings about horses Several exciting attractions at the State Fair of Texas Big Tex Activities Smokescreen Bret Jackson Some of the lesser-known danger of smoking Whether Danny Rand can turn into a centaur Hanging out and other gateways to delinquency The South Side Social Club Jake Etiquette of following teenagers around A villainous plan so ineffective that it's actually kind of sad X-Men you should hire for your PSAs Our thoughts on the Disney/Fox merger Where to find Bloodstorm Baby Jumping NEXT EPISODE: Giant-Size Winter Special! LISTENER CHALLENGE: Send your X-Men PSAs to [email protected] with the subject PSA by December 27! You can find the visual companion to this episode on our blog. Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! 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! We’re in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven’t moved yet at Redbubble.)