46 – Shadows Over Cairo

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/8/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original. In which we bid a fond farewell to Bill Sienkiewicz; Secret Wars II continues to ruin everything; the New Mutants end up in an improbable number of gladiatorial arenas; Shadowcat’s secondary mutation is queer subtext; Magik gives no fucks about your crossover event; Warlock transcends storytelling conventions; and Karma rejoins the team. X-PLAINED: The chronologically inconsistent mobility of Professor Xavier The Shadow King New Mutants #29-34 Steve Leialoha The Arena (more) (again) Evil group projects Easter eggs Rachel Summers: butch fashion icon Some major failures of positive size diversity in comics Madripoor Ashake The incredible changing Guthries The wickedest club in Cairo Default X-teams Cypher’s powers NEXT WEEK: Miles and Elisabeth Allie X-Plain X-Men / Alpha Flight No visual companion this week, because, reasons. Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Support us on Patreon! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!