Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 5/3/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original. In which the X-Men get their third ongoing series; Elle drops in to x-plain the Defenders; the band gets back together; rich people are not like the rest of us; Cyclops is in desperate need of some kind of intervention; and X-Factor is basically Ghostbusters. X-PLAINED: Cameron Hodge The fairly spectacular secret origins of X-Factor The Champions The New Defenders The evolution of Hank McCoy X-Factor #1 The death throes of Scott and Madelyne’s marriage Rusty Collins A really bad first date The increasingly dubious life choices of Scott Summers The worst job interview Sushi-a-Go-Go How not to have an intervention X-Factor The X-Terminators The Phoenix Force on Earth-811 (and its relationship to Rachel Summers) NEXT WEEK: The Beyonder ruins everything. Again. You can find a companion index to the material mentioned in this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Rachel 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!

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