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In which we have had an eventful year; Longshot is a classic folk hero; writer Kieron Gillen makes a triumphant and mildly terrifying return to the show; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.

X-PLAINED:

 	Our tenth birthday party!
 	2023
 	Longshot vol. 2 #1
 	Longshot as a folkloric archetype
 	Longshot (more) (again)
 	Dismal Nitch, Washington
 	The Thingee
 	Baum, Kansas
 	Corn
 	Betty
 	Barrie, Kansas
 	The Albony Avenue Sanitarium and several of its residents
 	Innocence, broadly
 	The Wuggly Ump, by Edward Gorey
 	Love
 	Immortal X-Men
 	Nathaniel Essex and several significant clones thereof
 	Defining Mister Sinister
 	Making Charles Xavier sympathetic
 	Reset phrases
 	Eternals
 	The 10th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
 	Many people to whom we are grateful

NEXT EPISODE: X-Men: Liberators



NOTE: If you want to avoid Immortal X-Men spoilers in our interview with Kieron Gillen, you can skip to 01:38:50 for the Corbeau Awards!

Special thanks to:

 	Matt Hunter
 	Dylan Higgins
 	Al Kennedy
 	Max Carleton
 	Kieron Gillen
 	Tea Fougner
 	Anna Stokes
 	All of our patrons
 	All of you listening, always &lt;3

"Sinister Is Cloning This Town" performed by Steve and Erin Pence



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