Episode 490 - Chekhov's Angel Dust
Added 2025-06-16 03:20:00 +0000 UTCIn which Chris Claremont tries to make the Neo happen; Cecilia Reyes continues to have no time for this bullshit; Rogue gets some action; Shadowcat flees the comic; and Tessa returns.
X-PLAINED:
The Evolutionaries
X-Men #100-102
The current X-Men rosters
Thunderbird (Neal Shaara)
Claremont vs. continuity
Dove crimes
The Neo
Domina
Jaeger
Rax
Fancy space suits
What to do with someone else’s bone claws
Some guy named Seth
The High Evolutionary’s love nest
A Phoenix-saga callback
Rave
Warren Kenneth Worthington III’s weird fantasies
Whether unstable molecules are self-cleaning
Seventeen deaths of Mister Sinister
Salvo the Living Gun
How to keep track of X-Men
Time travel problems
X-Men LEGO sets we’d like to see
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Comments
I love that you touch on how…extremely Claremonty this run was. I remember trying to pick the series up, and even after growing up with him in the 80s/90s, comics really felt like they were moving away from his style of book. It made it very difficult to enjoy, sadly.
Andrew Hess
2025-06-24 13:54:13 +0000 UTCStill working out the details, but episode 500 will indeed be a special one! Can't believe we're almost there, whoa. -M
Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
2025-06-16 23:13:53 +0000 UTCI know you're still recovering from Mutant X May, but are you guys doing anything to commemorate your 500th episode?
Timothy Oliver-Grow
2025-06-16 11:36:57 +0000 UTC
