74 – This Dumb Rumpus

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 9/20/2015 at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.   In which Franklin Richards is definitely a normal human meat child; Thing’s code-name is delightfully ambiguous; your kids are probably robot sailors; it’s always a Doombot; Rachel accidentally identifies with Reed Richards; all dramatic roads lead to Latveria; and superheroes are terrible at conflict resolution.   X-PLAINED: Franklin Richards Rachel & Miles at Rose City Comic Con Rachel & Miles X-Plain the X-Men LIVE Fantastic Four Versus the X-Men #1-4 The best hugs in the biz The Fantastic Four Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) Invisible Woman (Susan Richards) Human Torch (Johnny Storm) Thing (Ben Grimm) The Fantasticast Special dreams (but not that kind) Alicia Masters (sort of) Dubiously informative cover art The doomed frenemyship of Reed Richards and Victor von Doom Varyingly competent parenting An awful lot of incidental nudity Ethics of super-science Robot sailors Latveriandroids Agency Dubious conflict-resolution skills Human Torch costume logistics Dr. Doom’s history with Magneto Relative roles and themes of Marvel teams NEXT WEEK: X-Factor still hasn't really gotten the hang of doors. You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Rachel 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! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!