With guest Greg Rucka!

In which death is a revolving door, we really liked Days of Future Past, space pirates are the best pirates, Vulcan is (still) the worst, Miles has a Corsair costume, Lilandra has lovely plumage, no one knows how to pronounce “M’Kraan,” we studiously avoid discussing the Phoenix force, Saurids speak Hebrew, Raza Longknife’s name is a bit on the nose, Rachel is the worst at hugs, Greg has a ‘ship, and we all kind of identify with Cyclops.

X-Plained:

• The Starjammers (and how to pronounce their names)


• The Shi’ar


• The Neremani Dynasty


• Plumage


• Apostrophe abuse


• Corsair


• The secret origins of the Starjammers


• Why Hepzibah talks like that


• The Rule of Cool


• Visor iterations


• Summerstaches


• Cyclops’s dubious deductive skills


• Hugs


• The All-New, All-the-Same X-Men


• Teenagers, again


• Cyclops #1


• Cyclops vs. Scott


• Space-parenting


• Rachel’s convention sketchbook


• Greg’s Kitty Pryde feelings


• An exceptionally vivid threat


• Intergalactic fashion


• Corsair’s pecs


• Key parties in space


• The greatest romance of the Marvel Universe

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Next week: Welcome to the Claremont era, listeners—hope you survive the experience!