<figure id="attachment_23958" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23958" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/X523.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="wp-image-23958 size-full" src="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/X523.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="618" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/X523.jpg?w=1024&#38;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/X523.jpg?resize=300%2C181&#38;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/X523.jpg?resize=768%2C464&#38;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23958" class="wp-caption-text">Illustration by David Wynne</p> <dd></figcaption></figure> <p>In which Wolverine learns to fly; pants are a basic human right; we decide to cherry-pick our Xorn retcons; Xavier’s eyebrows follow his mind; and the first year of <em>New X-Men</em> ends with a bang.</p> <p>X-PLAINED:</p> <ul> <li>The origin of the Shi’ar Imperial Guard</li> <li><em>New X-Men</em> #124-126</li> <li>The current state of Charles Xavier’s body</li> <li>G-Type</li> <li>Neosaurus</li> <li>Plutonia</li> <li>Schism</li> <li>Oracle</li> <li>Stuf</li> <li>Gladiator (more) (again)</li> <li>Angel disambiguation</li> <li>Several plans</li> <li>Mutant justice</li> <li>Several miracles of magnetism</li> <li>Mummudrai</li> <li>Horror movie shit</li> <li>Subtle visual foreshadowing</li> <li>A ruse</li> <li>Education</li> <li>Long-lost family members</li> <li>What may or may not come after this</li> </ul> <p>NEXT EPISODE: Fantomex!</p> <hr /> <p>Check out the visual companion to this episode <a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/05/as-mentioned-in-episode-523/">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>!</dd>