<description>&lt;figure id="attachment_24162" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-24162" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/X530.jpg"&gt;&lt;img decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-24162" src="https://www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/X530.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="618" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/X530.jpg?w=1024&amp;#38;ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/X530.jpg?resize=300%2C181&amp;#38;ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.xplainthexmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/X530.jpg?resize=768%2C464&amp;#38;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;figcaption id="caption-attachment-24162" class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Illustration by David Wynne&lt;/figcaption&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In which we remain frustrated with Morrison’s Magneto; Esme Cuckoo’s hat game is lacking; and the status quo dies with Jean Grey.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;X-PLAINED:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Dubious X-relationships&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Some excellent songs from an excellent show&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;New X-Men&lt;/em&gt; #149-150&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Various atrocities and catastrophes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The resistance, such as it is&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Magneto’s limits&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A rebirth&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Neutron warheads&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The cavalry&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Yet another death of Magneto&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Yet another death of Jean Grey&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A peculiar epilogue&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A legacy of retcons&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A miasma of bleakness and futility&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Xorn retcon&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Disability in “Planet X”&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Miracles of Magnetism&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NEXT EPISODE: The future!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
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530 – Not for Beginners

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