<figure id="attachment_23804" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23804" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0_X519.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-23804" src="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0_X519.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="618" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0_X519.jpg?w=1024&#38;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0_X519.jpg?resize=300%2C181&#38;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/0_X519.jpg?resize=768%2C464&#38;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23804" class="wp-caption-text">Illustration by David Wynne</figcaption></figure> <p>In which we start the Morrison Run; Professor X gets his hands on Chekhov’s gun; Cassandra Nova raises X-villains to a new level of weird; and humanity is running on borrowed time.</p> <p>X-PLAINED:</p> <ul> <li>No-Girl</li> <li><em>New X-Men</em> #114-116</li> <li>Grant Morrison and their approach to the X-Men</li> <li>Superhero fashion</li> <li>Cerebra</li> <li>Beast’s new look</li> <li>Ugly John</li> <li>Interpersonal dynamics</li> <li>Cassandra Nova (somewhat)</li> <li>Donald Trask</li> <li>Master Molds</li> <li>Wild Sentinels</li> <li>Emma Frost (more) (again)</li> <li>Negasonic Teenage Warhead (the original)</li> <li>The fall of Genosha</li> <li>Secondary mutations</li> <li>The most strapless bra of all time</li> <li>The Black Bug Room</li> <li>Summers problems</li> <li>Official X-Men and the designation thereof</li> <li><em>Wonder Man</em> and mutants</li> </ul> <p>NEXT EPISODE: Beast has a bad day</p> <hr /> <p>Check out the visual companion to this episode <a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/03/as-mentioned-in-episode-519/">on our blog</a>.</p> <p>Find us on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jay-miles-x-plain-the-x-men/id862258051">Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3dB4KyeOeylfiIVImshFY2?si=ee5e912a53114820">Spotify</a>!</p> <p>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 <a href="https://www.patreon.com/xplainthexmen">right here</a>!</p> <p>Buy rad swag at <a href="https://xplainthexmen.dashery.com/">our Dashery shop</a>!</p>