522 – Fetus Fight

About this episode

The episode discusses various themes including Cassandra Nova's actions, mutant powers, and a unique 'fetus fight'.

Illustration by David Wynne In which Marvel goes wordless; Cassandra Nova breaks space; none of the X-Men have media training; and Gus was the best dog ever. X-PLAINED: Erik the Red (more) (again) Kin Crimson A big messy bag of mutant glory New X-Men #121-123 ‘Nuff Said A journey into Charles Xavier’s mind What Emma is drinking A fetus fight The criminal culpability of a fetus Space problems A cosplay challenge Space Charles Xavier’s weird last wish A press conference Teen romance The Stepford Cuckoos Gus Charles Xavier’s age Nanosentinels Stuf Pre-ride safety announcements from the X-Men Whether Cassandra Nova should’ve been a component of Onslaught NEXT EPISODE: Cassandra Nova vs. the X-Men (Round 2)! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog . Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify ! Jay 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 rad swag at our Dashery shop !

People in this episode

Hosts: Jay Edidin, Miles Stokes

Topics covered

• Cassandra Nova
• X-Men
• mutant powers
• Charles Xavier
• fetus fight
• space problems
• teen romance

Keywords

• Cassandra Nova
• Erik the Red
• Charles Xavier
• New X-Men
• fetus fight
• Stepford Cuckoos
• mutant glory

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: New X-Men, ‘Nuff Said

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