178 – Giant-Size Special #6

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we enter a new era of X-Men; Magneto reluctantly returns to villainy; Jay tries to like X-Men volume 2; when in doubt, you should open your story with a space fight; Nick Fury has so many pouches; experimenting on babies unsurprisingly backfires; psychic powers are pink; Claremont deserved better; Producer Matt makes his on-air debut; and you (yes, you!) are once again the recipients of a Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Award for Excellence in X-Cellence. X-PLAINED: Loa The 1991 relaunch of X-Men X-Men vol. 2 #1-3 Chris Claremont's departure from Marvel X-Men vs. Uncanny X-Men Blue Team Gold Team Why Magneto is emblematic of Claremont's vision for the X-Men Why there are so many copies of X-Men #1 How comics sales are counted Our very different perspectives on X-Men #1 A space fight Revision vs. reversion What may or may not be in Nick Fury's pouches Daring loungewear worn well Fabian Cortez Flatscans Disproportionate escalation The Acolytes Delgado, kind of, maybe Several notable absences The Magneto Protocols That one time Magneto got turned into a baby Some dubious science A semi-invisible plane Code Silver Further miracles of magnetism Producer Matt Hunter Chiptunes Podcasting about video games The Fourth Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence Best X-Toon holiday episodes NEXT EPISODE: Havok gets a job! Special thanks to Cordelia for her help on the episode opening! Check out 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.)