527 – Whodunnit?

About this episode

The episode explores a murder mystery involving Emma Frost and various mutants while delving into comic book themes and character dynamics.

Illustration by David Wynne In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from X-Treme X-Men ; mutants are weird; the plot thickens; Emma Frost is resurrected; and we learn several secrets of fly reproduction. X-PLAINED: The brothers Xorn A question of reading order New X-Men #139-141 Cosmic force problems A showdown A brief tour through the mind of Emma Frost A murder most foul Bishop (briefly) (again) Sage (briefly) (again) Many suspects One way to get drugs, I guess? A mysterious shack and its mysterious contents Perils and advantages of being a living computer A murder weapon Angel and Beak’s excellent babies A resurrection A subtly remarkable taxicab The advent of mixed-case lettering in Marvel comics How Angel and Beak’s reproductive cycle corresponds to actual fly reproduction NEXT EPISODE: Assault on Weapon Plus 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

• murder mystery
• resurrection
• mutant powers
• X-Men lore
• character analysis
• comic book themes

Keywords

• X-Men
• Emma Frost
• Jean Grey
• Bishop
• Sage
• resurrection
• murder
• comic books
• fly reproduction

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: New X-Men

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