<figure id="attachment_24102" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24102" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/X527.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-24102" src="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/X527.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="618" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/X527.jpg?w=1024&#38;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/X527.jpg?resize=300%2C181&#38;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/X527.jpg?resize=768%2C464&#38;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-24102" class="wp-caption-text">Illustration by David Wynne</figcaption></figure> <p>In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from <em>X-Treme X-Men</em>; mutants are weird; the plot thickens; Emma Frost is resurrected; and we learn several secrets of fly reproduction.</p> <p>X-PLAINED:</p> <ul> <li>The brothers Xorn</li> <li>A question of reading order</li> <li><em>New X-Men</em> #139-141</li> <li>Cosmic force problems</li> <li>A showdown</li> <li>A brief tour through the mind of Emma Frost</li> <li>A murder most foul</li> <li>Bishop (briefly) (again)</li> <li>Sage (briefly) (again)</li> <li>Many suspects</li> <li>One way to get drugs, I guess?</li> <li>A mysterious shack and its mysterious contents</li> <li>Perils and advantages of being a living computer</li> <li>A murder weapon</li> <li>Angel and Beak’s excellent babies</li> <li>A resurrection</li> <li>A subtly remarkable taxicab</li> <li>The advent of mixed-case lettering in Marvel comics</li> <li>How Angel and Beak’s reproductive cycle corresponds to actual fly reproduction</li> </ul> <p>NEXT EPISODE: Assault on Weapon Plus</p> <hr /> <p>Check out the visual companion to this episode <a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/06/as-mentioned-in-episode-527/">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>