Man, Miles, Pavitron's name is such a weirdly obscure reference.

Reference? So that Hellian's name is not just a word that Fabian Nasia made up?

It is not. It is in fact the name of a mid-century particle accelerator in California.

And so Bevatron's power is what?

Speed? Or, I don't know particles?

Channeling bioelectric energy into blasts.

Well, I guess that makes about as much sense for the name.

You know, it's funny though, I don't remember Bevatron from the New Mutants era at all.

Oh, that's because Bevatron wasn't around then. He first showed up in 1991 in a New Warriors book.

Hey, New Warriors. What was he doing there again?

Following off night thrasher's roof

What? I'm Jay Eddagen. And I'm J Eddagen. And I'm Miles Stokes. And we are here to explain the X-Men.

Because it's about time someone did.

Welcome to episode 462 of J. and Miles Explain the X-Men,

where we walk you through the ins, the outs, and the retcons of comics greatest superhero soap opera.

And welcome back to Massachusetts because it is a Generation X episode and I think it's kind of a turning point for me as Generation X episodes go.

How so?

Well we've been covering the J-Fareber run which follows the Larry Hammer run.

And we've been talking about how Generation X

has been inconsistent for a long time,

how it's often been an inconsistent book in general.

That the Generation X that people remember

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