Art by David Wynne. Prints, cards, and travel mugs available until 2/15/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original. In which we cover 21 issues in one episode; Secret Wars is a toy commercial; Jim Shooter’s X-Men are not the X-Men to which we are accustomed; Doctor Doom makes a surprisingly benevolent god; Secret Wars II is neither secret nor a war; The Beyonder learns to poop; and Boom-Boom is the best thing to come out of Secret Wars. X-Plained: Secret Wars The not-particularly-secret origin of Secret Wars Binary morality Battleworld The Wrecking Crew Klaw The Beyonder Molecule Man Doki-Doki Universe Titania and Volcana Zsaji Secret Wars II The Passion of Jim Shooter Stewart Cadwall What people do Tie-ins Pooping What it means to be Spider-Man Boom-Boom (Tabitha Smith) The time a bunch of superheroes saved the universe by killing a baby NEXT WEEK: Legion, with Si Spurrier! 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!

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.

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