98 – Between Alien Visitations and Drunken Sulks

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.   In which we continue our coverage of pre-Excalibur Captain Britain; S.T.R.I.K.E. is D.U.C.K. is W.H.O.; the R.C.X. is one lapse in judgment away from on-the-job cosplay; Meggan levels up; your name will never be as cool as Doctor Crocodile's; Technet writes their own cold opens; and we announce the upcoming debut of Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men!   X-PLAINED: A large number of acronyms Irony Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men Mighty World of Marvel #14-16 Captain Britain #1-14 The aftermath of the Jaspers Warp Inspector Dai Thomas How to work out a superhero's secret identity The Crazy Gang (more) (again) Slaymaster Captain Britain's costume Sidney Crumb Gatecrasher's Technet (more) (again) Earth-794 Kaptain Briton Sat-Yr-Nin The R.C.X. Agents Gabriel & Michael The Warpies The Cherubim Meggan (more) (again) Doctor Crocodile Jamie Braddock Betsy Braddock's short and calamitous tenure as Captain Britain Women in Refrigerators Our thoughts on the X-movies Mutant heredity NEXT EPISODE: Genosha Is for Lovers 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!