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We encourage you to judge this book by its cover. (Nightcrawler #1)
WELL DONE. (Nightcrawler #1)
No idea whether “Boggie” is actually a Bored of the Rings reference, but we’d like to think so. (Nightcrawler #1)
Yowza! (Nightcrawler #1)
We want a vacation home in Dave Cockrum’s brain. (Nightcrawler #1)
AND THEN A SHARK WIZARD HAPPENED. (Nightcrawler #1)
Things about this series that are absolutely delightful: all of them. (Nightcrawler #2)
Boggies X-Plain the plot. (Nightcrawler #2)
OH HELL YES (Nightcrawler #2)
Whoops. (Nightcrawler #2)
Don’t get comfortable! You’ve still got two issues to go! (Nightcrawler #2)
Bamfs are basically terrible sex smurfs. (Nightcrawler #3)
Meen. It’s spelled M-E-E-N. (Nightcrawler #3)
Suuuuuure, we’ve heard that one before. (Nightcrawler #3)
Wellp. (Nightcrawler #3)
X-cellent use of sound effects. (Nightcrawler #3)
Lady Bamfs are ALSO terrible sex Smurfs. (Nightcrawler #4)
CRETACEOUS SAM, WE LOVE YOU. (Nightcrawler #4)
That Illyana Rasputin owns a prodigious collection of pornography is the least surprising revelation of this series. (Nightcrawler #4)
In his defense, she does have extra fancy hair. (Iceman #1)
“You don’t steal another man’s elemental puns!” (Iceman #1)
If we had a dollar for every time this happened… (Iceman #1)
Aw, Bobby. (Iceman #1)
This could definitely not be read as an allegory for anything else ever, right? (Iceman #1)
This is basically how all of our family reunions go, too.
Sneaking in the window, in his underwear (costume, but STILL), carrying an interdimensional projector: kind of the perfect Bobby Drake moment, no? (Iceman #2)
Kiiiinda wishing they’d gone with Freaky Friday instead of Back to the Future, but whatever. (Iceman #2)
I bet at times like this, Bobby seriously questions his choice of superhero costume. (Iceman #2)
Well, that got grim fast. (Iceman #2)
“Man, Marty McFly never had to deal with this shit!” (Iceman #2)
And now, a surreal existential hellscape! (Iceman #3)
Not gonna lie: I love the hell out of this version of the X-Men. (Iceman #3)
NO SERIOUSLY IT’S EVIL PALETTE-SWAPPED ORKO (Iceman #3)
Oblivion X-Plains the story so far. (Iceman #3)
Teenagers, man. (Iceman #3)
Parents: the same in any dimension. (Iceman #4)
Iceman getting universe-defying moments of heroism is rare and pretty much universally awesome. (Iceman #4)
THIS FUCKING MINISERIES, MAN. (Iceman #4)
If we had to sum up Iceman in one image, it’d be this one. (Iceman #4)
The implications for multiversal continuity are kind of staggering. (Iceman #4)
Spoiler: This does not actually change anything. (Iceman #4)
Next Week: X-Men ’92, with Chris Sims and Chad Bowers!
LINKS & FURTHER READING
- The dubious foundation of our eight-grade friendship.
- For more on Kitty’s Fairy Tale, listen to Episode 28 – What’s New Shadowcat, featuring Greg Rucka.
Hi Guys! I’ve been a long time listener and just listened to your last episode (Miniseries Mayhem). I would like to inform you that the Iceman miniseries was reprinted as a Marvel Premiere Hardcover (See Link Below). It was on my list of X-Men hardcovers to buy (Albeit Pretty Low), but I just purchased it now given how ridiculous it sounds based on your review.
With that, I would like to let you know this is my favorites podcast and keep up the great work!
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785162755/ref=nosim/marvelmasterw-20
Huh – how did we miss that? Awesome!
Bizarre Adventure was also reprinted in 1995 on a small paperback called X-Men Rareties.
http://www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=X-MEN%20RARE&qloc=N&TID=246471
Also your podcast rocks, a lot of x-love from Tijuana.
So that Shark Wizard is talking about possessing Nightcrawler “body and soul”? Seems like Claremont-isms are contagious…
In case you guys don’t listen to WTF, Tommy Davidson from In Living Color was on the most recent episode, and talking about that show, he compares it to the X-Men. Keenan Ivory Wayans apparently is Professor Xavier (not only, presumably, because he’s bald) and Davidson is Hank McCoy. He didn’t extend the metaphor beyond that (although he did also, at one point, compare himself to the Silver Surfer). I wonder how casting the rest of the original five from In Living Color cast members would go?
I loved the overview of these two miniseries! I wanted to flag for you that the Nightcrawler miniseries is going to be collected in the upcoming Epic Collection: X-Men: The Gift, which collects Uncanny X-Men 189-198, Annual 8, X-Men and Alpha Flight 1-2, and Nightcrawler 1-4. This should be out in December. Thanks again for the great podcast!