49 – Of Mullets and Miracles

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/29/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original. In which we meet Miles’s favorite X-Man; Longshot is Secret Wars II done right; we are fairly committed to the idea of Ann Nocenti as a post-apocalyptic daredevil superhero; Longshot is patient zero of the ‘90s; Ricochet Rita is the best; luck is a zero-sum commodity; Mojo is legitimately terrifying; and nuance is Longshot’s secret weakness. X-PLAINED: Spiral The Body Shop Several ill-advised body swaps Longshot Longshot Rachel Summers Syndrome The evolution of Art Adams The metaphysics of luck The secret origin of pouches A large number of pop culture allusions Glam survivalists Psychometry Moral complexity Gog’n’Magog Ricochet Rita The social economics of jetpacks A whole lot of social satire and commentary Star Slammers Mojo The Mojoverse Luck as a zero-sum commodity Arize Quark Longshot and Dazzler’s star sigils Finding (or creating) your comics community NEXT WEEK: The Trial of Magneto! You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog! 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!