474 – Giant-Size Special #13 (feat. Anthony Oliveira)

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

Arts, Books, Visual Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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Classic (x2). (Warlock #2) In which the Warlock ongoing series is fun, and fun is good; people should maybe leave Doug Ramsey’s grave alone; Tony Stark is probably not in touch with the Indigo Girls; the heroes skate awfully close to the “no killing” line; Bastion gets exhumed, rehumed, and re-exhumed; you should really read the Avengers Academy Infinity Comic; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever. X-PLAINED: X-related characters of Avengers Academy Warlock vol. 5, #1-9 Warlock (more) (again) M-Tech Jay’s Bluey Test for all-ages media The visual semiotics of Warlock Project Mainspring Hope (Esperanza Ling) Chi-Chee Psi-cops Gatekeepers Technarchs The transmode virus A fancy hat Many guest stars The Phalanx (more) (again) Psiren Psimon The techno-mechanic virus Complicated feelings Psycho Man (more) (again) Astro-computers Hope’s actual powers Template Magus (more) (again) Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic Why there are so many Canadian comic-book writers Superhero comics vs. religious texts Defining heroism Escapade Captain America of the Railways Bloodline Red Goblin Moon Girl Kid Juggernaut Blackheart Ongoing storytelling Emplate as a queer character Marcus Wetherell What else to read if you love Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic The 11th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence Many people to whom we are profoundly grateful NEXT EPISODE: The return of the Demon Bear! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! 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 right here! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!

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0:00.0	So, Jay, I know it's not technically an X-book, but Avengers Academy is totally an X-book, right?
0:06.6	You mean the one with the nascent supervillains Norman Osborne experimented on?
0:11.9	I don't know, Miles.
0:14.2	No, no, the current Avengers Academy Infinity comic, the super queer, super earnest one.
0:20.2	Oh, okay, yeah.
0:21.3	I can see it, although I do really dig that the representation isn't just metaphorical in that.
0:26.8	Good, because I invited writer Anthony Oliveira to be our guest for the winter special.
0:31.7	Oh, sweet.
0:32.7	Hi, Anthony.
0:33.7	Hello.
0:35.1	So, Miles and I were just talking about how much Avengers Academy gives us X-book vibes, which
0:40.4	it occurs to me as kind of funny, given that there's actually only one mutant student.
0:44.7	I can see that, but it is exploring common themes, and for some reason the X-line is really
0:49.8	obsessed with school-based books, so I think it makes sense you'd make that connection.
0:54.8	And even if most of the cast aren't mutants, there are a lot of characters who connect to
0:58.6	mutant stories, like M-Plate.
1:01.0	Not to mention that we have a sentient shard of the Macron crystal living in the basement.
1:05.1	What?
1:18.8	Yeah. I'm Jay Edidon.
1:20.3	And I'm Miles Stokes.
1:23.7	And we are here to Explain the X-Men.
1:25.5	Because it's about time someone did.
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