496 – Time After Time

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

Arts, Books, Visual Arts

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In which Prosh assembles a peculiar team; the cosmic forces are somewhat paranoid; Mystique gets shit done; and we are very into the concept of Toadland. X-PLAINED: The Black Womb Project X-Men Forever #1-3 Prosh Several custom-grown people A motley crew of mutants (and one human) Cataclysm keys The assassination of Graydon Creed Several poignant reunions The cosmic construction worker (Death) Why the Phoenix Force chose Jean Grey How much continuity is too much continuity Pyro’s romance novels NEXT EPISODE: The rest of the series! 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 Dashery shop!

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0:00.0	So, Jay, what was the Black Womb Project anyway? It comes up a ton, but it's always really nebulously
0:06.5	described.
0:07.7	Yeah, Miles, that nebulousness is unfortunately pretty consistent in its appearances.
0:13.0	The only significant details we know are that it existed to experiment on mutant children,
0:19.0	was headed by Amanda Mueller and Mr. Sinister,
0:22.1	and that at various times it employed Brian Xavier, Kurt Marco.
0:26.0	Professor X and Juggernaut's dads, I guess that scans.
0:29.4	They were involved in a lot of sketchy stuff.
0:31.8	Also Fred Duncan, who was Professor X's original FBI contact, destiny as part of some complicated scheme.
0:38.1	Huh?
0:39.2	And Carl the executioner.
0:41.1	What?
0:53.7	I'm Jay Editedon.
0:55.4	And I'm Miles Stokes.
0:56.7	And we are here to Explain the X-Men.
0:59.3	Because it's about time someone did.
1:01.2	Welcome to episode 496.
1:04.2	That's a lot.
1:06.1	Of Jay and Miles Explain the X-Men,
1:07.8	where we walk you through the ins,
1:08.9	outs and retcons of comics comics greatest superhero soap opera.
1:12.8	And welcome to so much continuity.
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