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As Mentioned in Episode 531 – Here Comes Tomorrow

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Please enjoy this loving rendering of Wolverine’s ass. (New X-Men #151)
Meet the ‘Crawlers. (New X-Men #151)
Rover is a good boy. (New X-Men #151)
I really have trouble buying this as E.V.A.(New X-Men #151)
Do you know how long he had to grind for that belt? (New X-Men #151)
Meet Tito Bohusk, sexy hawk. (New X-Men #151)
The Stepford Cuckoos, all grown up. (New X-Men #151)
Wow, Emma. Wow. (New X-Men #152)
The Proud People, who absolutely deserve their own miniseries. (New X-Men #152)
Apollyon is totally That Guy. (New X-Men #152)
Goth team-up! (New X-Men #152)
A great illustration of the power of lettering. (New X-Men #152)
Wolverine poses dramatically. (New X-Men #152)
Wolverine poses dramatically.(New X-Men #152)
Everyone poses dramatically. (New X-Men #152)
…the fuck?!(New X-Men #152)
The Terminds. Don’t get too attached. (New X-Men #153)
They have fun. (New X-Men #153)
Yeah, valid. (New X-Men #153)
I love him.(New X-Men #153)
Didn’t see that team-up coming. (New X-Men #153)
Rover, NOOOOOO!(New X-Men #153)
Wolverine poses dramatically. (New X-Men #153)
Sublime X-Plains Sublime. (New X-Men #154)
The secondary colors of evil science. (New X-Men #154)
Hot Topic Phoenix. (New X-Men #154)
Wolverine X-plains the last century and a half. (New X-Men #154)
The end of the Stepford Cuckoos. (New X-Men #154)
Beast takes a turn posing dramatically. (New X-Men #154)
Phoenix night at the club. (New X-Men #154)
Only departure from the status quo can save the universe. (New X-Men #154)
NEXT EPISODE: The End.

 

531 – Here Comes Tomorrow

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In which we wrap up the continuity portion of the podcast along with our coverage of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men; Wolverine poses dramatically; Cyclops breaks the timeline; Wolverine poses dramatically; we are deeply intrigued by Brian and his magic car; Wolverine poses dramatically; Sublime extends his reach; Phoenix heals the timeline; Wolverine poses dramatically; change is important; and somewhere Wolverine is probably still posing dramatically.

X-PLAINED:

  • X of Swords (somewhat)
  • Endings
  • Varying opinions on the same art
  • Earth-15104
  • ‘Crawlers
  • Tom Skylark
  • Rover (in several media)
  • The Beast (Hank McCoy) (sort of)
  • The evolution of EVA
  • An evocative quotation
  • Several recognizable oracles
  • Where the timeline broke
  • The Proud People
  • Apollyon the Destroyer
  • Mer-Max
  • A somewhat robotic love triangle
  • Tito Bohusk
  • How to hatch a Phoenix egg
  • The White Hot Room
  • The Termids
  • Several atrocities
  • An unfortunate costume choice
  • John Sublime (for real this time)
  • Yet another origin of life on Earth
  • Evil science
  • Kick (more) (again)
  • Weapon XIV
  • The X-Men’s last stand
  • An unlikely Phoenix host
  • Breaking cycles
  • Aspects of Earth-15104 we’d like to see explored further
  • Where we’d conclude the X-Men

NEXT EPISODE: The end.

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As Mentioned in Episode 530 – Not for Beginners

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Dig that Christopher Shy cover! (New X-Men #149)
Magneto was technically right, the best kind of right. (New X-Men #149)
Dick move. (New X-Men #149)
Hindsight. (New X-Men #149)
Hell, yeah! (New X-Men #149)
These issues are so full of great hero moments. (New X-Men #149)
I am pretty sure that they are not a thing. (New X-Men #149)
This seems… unlikely. (New X-Men #149)
Dang, Phoenix! (New X-Men #150)
HECK YEAH BEAK! (New X-Men #150)
Right into the gutter! (New X-Men #150)
You’d think that telepaths could use the same line of approach, but I guess not? (New X-Men #150)
Aw, they’re so heroic. (New X-Men #150)
Well, shit. (New X-Men #150)
The graffiti absolutely sends me. (New X-Men #150)
NEXT EPISODE: The future!

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530 – Not for Beginners

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In which we remain frustrated with Morrison’s Magneto; Esme Cuckoo’s hat game is lacking; and the status quo dies with Jean Grey.

X-PLAINED:

  • Dubious X-relationships
  • Some excellent songs from an excellent show
  • New X-Men #149-150
  • Various atrocities and catastrophes
  • The resistance, such as it is
  • Magneto’s limits
  • A rebirth
  • Neutron warheads
  • The cavalry
  • Yet another death of Magneto
  • Yet another death of Jean Grey
  • A peculiar epilogue
  • A legacy of retcons
  • A miasma of bleakness and futility
  • The Xorn retcon
  • Disability in “Planet X”
  • Miracles of Magnetism

NEXT EPISODE: The future!

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As Mentioned in Episode 529 – Magneto Was Wrong

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We didn’t discuss it in the episode, but I really dig this cover. (New X-Men #146)
Charles Xavier is not a safe adult. (New X-Men #146)
Death by irony. (New X-Men #146)
And there it is. (New X-Men #146)
I know this is supposed to be dramatic and horrifying; but there’s something about Magneto’s stiff pose and facial expression that makes it very funny. (New X-Men #147)
Meet the new Brotherhood! (New X-Men #147)
There go the bridges. (New X-Men #147)
The bubbles were a choice. (New X-Men #147)
Bless Phil Jimenez for finding a whole spectrum of ways to obscure Charles Xavier’s genitalia. (New X-Men #148)
Jean’s eminently sensible bra. (New X-Men #148)
Okay, so, the side coverage (or lack of coverage) is a little weird; but I’ll still accept it. (New X-Men #148)
OH SNAP IT’S THE PHOENIX (New X-Men #148)
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto dies, again.

529 – Magneto Was Wrong

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In which many plot threads come together; Charles Xavier is a catastrophically bad listener; you should probably not live in the Marvel Universe; bridges are really important; there’s nothing sexy about dying of heat exhaustion; and we judge Morrison’s Magneto and find him wanting.

X-PLAINED:

  • What Xorn did after dying
  • The story so far
  • New X-Men #146-148
  • Beast’s typing gloves
  • Several innovative ways to type loudly
  • Doomed plans
  • A manufactured confrontation
  • A trap
  • Magneto reimagined
  • Visual depictions of sweat
  • “New Genosha”
  • Death and rebirth
  • Whether Magneto has a place in New X-Men; and if so, what
  • A name for an era

NEXT EPISODE: Yet another death of Magneto

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As Mentioned in Episode 528 – Welcome to the Slippery Slope

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Me, too, Scott. Me, too. (New X-Men #142)
I’m not sure Sabretooth has ever looked cooler than this. (New X-Men #142)
Jake Danial’s. (New X-Men #142)
There are better places to drink than a nine-panel grid, but not many. (New X-Men #142)
Aw, these guys. (New X-Men #142)
Welcome to the World. (New X-Men #143)
I like these weird li’l dudes. Too bad they are extremely doomed. (New X-Men #143)
This looks cool and all, but what I really want to know is why SONY was allowed, but Jack Daniel’s wasn’t. (New X-Men #143)
Cool dudes lookin’ cool. (New X-Men #143)
Wolverine vs. a rail gun. (New X-Men #143)
All car cops are bastards. (New X-Men #144)
Walking all over a time-frozen splash page, as one does. (New X-Men #144)
Meet Weapon XV. (New X-Men #144)
While Wolverine and Fantomex declare war on Weapon Plus, this man is living his own private Silent Hill game. (New X-Men #144)
And there goes Weapon XV. (New X-Men #144)
Weapon Plus HQ is, in its own way, every bit as surreal as the World. (New X-Men #145)
Ugh, Fantomex is so cool. (New X-Men #145)
The plus logo is a really interesting detail. (New X-Men #145)
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto, unmasked!

528 – Welcome to the Slippery Slope

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In which friends don’t let friends drink sparkling wine at the Hellfire Club; Cyclops is a Silent Hill protagonist; Fantomex is a cool dude; John Sublime has his grubby little fingers in everything; and three men do a lot of things to avoid going to therapy.

X-PLAINED:

  • What happened to the World
  • Weapon XVI
  • New X-Men #142-145
  • Fantomex (more) (again)
  • The Weapon Plus program
  • A large number of things men will do instead of going to therapy
  • How to murder a nice, romantic mood
  • The Hellfire Club, the rest of the time
  • Jake Danials Whisky
  • A drinking contest
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  • The World
  • Weapon XV
  • A series of B&Es
  • Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M.)
  • Car cops
  • Weapon XV’s feelings
  • Weapon Plus’s secret space headquarters
  • Education at the Xavier School
  • Gender-swapped superheroes and heirs to superheroes

NEXT EPISODE: Magneto, unmasked!

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As Mentioned in Episode 527 – Whodunnit?

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So very romance comics! (New X-Men #139)
Ouch. (New X-Men #139)
Damn, Jean. (New X-Men #139)
Fun times in Emma’s memory. (New X-Men #139)
More fun times in Emma’s memory. (New X-Men #139)
Less fun times in Emma’s memory. (New X-Men #139)
And that’s why you always leave a note! (New X-Men #139)
It’s mystery time! (New X-Men #140)
Someone doesn’t dance the tango to championship standards. (New X-Men #140)
The Phoenix knows what you did (or, I suppose, didn’t do).(New X-Men #140)
Bishop looks prepared to break into song at any moment. (New X-Men #140)
Yeah, they grow there. (New X-Men #140)
AWESOME is what they are. (New X-Men #141)
THE CUTEST MONSTER BABIES (New X-Men #141)
She’ll be back. (New X-Men #141)
Emma’s spleen and heart are now reversed, but it’s cool. (New X-Men #141)
NEXT EPISODE: Assault on Weapon Plus!

527 – Whodunnit?

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In which Jean Grey crosses several lines; Emma Frost is killed; Bishop and Sage visit from X-Treme X-Men; mutants are weird; the plot thickens; Emma Frost is resurrected; and we learn several secrets of fly reproduction.

X-PLAINED:

  • The brothers Xorn
  • A question of reading order
  • New X-Men #139-141
  • Cosmic force problems
  • A showdown
  • A brief tour through the mind of Emma Frost
  • A murder most foul
  • Bishop (briefly) (again)
  • Sage (briefly) (again)
  • Many suspects
  • One way to get drugs, I guess?
  • A mysterious shack and its mysterious contents
  • Perils and advantages of being a living computer
  • A murder weapon
  • Angel and Beak’s excellent babies
  • A resurrection
  • A subtly remarkable taxicab
  • The advent of mixed-case lettering in Marvel comics
  • How Angel and Beak’s reproductive cycle corresponds to actual fly reproduction

NEXT EPISODE: Assault on Weapon Plus

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