In which the band gets back together; Dani faces down Death; Sam takes Lila home to meet his mom; revenge is a dish best left unserved; there is nothing sadder than Warlock confused by the concept of death; Kitty Pryde has a some opinions about identity politics; and X-Men has not been great with textual representations of neurodiversity.

---

NOTE: Given some of the material covered in this episode, we wanted to link a few resources below, for anyone who might need them:

• National Suicide Prevention Line (U.S.): 1-800-273-TALK (8255) www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org
• A fairly comprehensive list of suicide prevention hotlines outside of the U.S.: http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-hotlines.html
• Advice for intervention if you suspect that someone you know may be suicidal: http://www.helpguide.org/articles/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention-helping-someone-who-is-suicidal.htm
• Autistic Self Advocacy Network: http://autisticadvocacy.org/

---

X-PLAINED:

• The rotating members of the Guthrie family
• New Mutants #41-45
• One way to end a friendship
• A respectable number of dubious decisions enacted over several issues
• An epic showdown with an anthropomorphic personification
• Additional Guthries
• The Xavier Institute PTA
• The worst Hellion (more) (again)
• Legion (more) (again)
• The second-saddest issue of New Mutants
• The life and death of Larry Bodine
• A somewhat bleak recurring continuity error
• Depression and mental illness in X-canon
• Care and storage of comic books
• Autism in X-canon

NEXT WEEK: GIANT-SIZE SUMMER SPECIAL SUPER TABLETOP TEAM-UP!

---

You can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog!

Find us on iTunes or Stitcher!

Rachel 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 prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!