Listen to the episode here.
So gloriously tropey!
Jubilation Lee: immediately wonderful.
The comic timing on this is perfect. That last row, y’all.
The M Squad really needs their own title. At least a one-shot (since they likely wouldn’t survive longer than that).
Is it normal for department stores to have dramatically-lit Posing Curtains?
Most people don’t know that Uncanny X-Men #246 is Gambit’s actual first appearance.
So gloriously tropey x2!
Where’s Waldo?
Okay, Liefeld’s art is actually a ton of fun in this issue.
Australia: so chill. We guess?
Longshot saves the world through enthusiasm!
Wolverine plays poker hard.
Dammit, Silvestri.
The Siege Perilous: best/worst iPad ever.
Seriously, why would someone make this Senator Kelly action figure? Aside from to make sure none of us ever sleep again.
Miles wonders how much gel it would take to get his hair to do that.
One of our favorite seldom-addressed dynamics. Such good-natured jerks!
It’s hard to make talking heads interesting. Silvestri makes it look effortless.
“Everyone! Shoot all of your differently-colored lasers!”
Psylocke looks so sad. Senator Kelly looks so is-going-to-make-some-terrible-decisions.
Never change, Jubilee.
Rogue doesn’t do things halfway.
Don’t feel bad, Dazzler. You’ll get your turn.
In an unexpected twist, the firemen are watching Nanny and Orphan-Maker.
Next time: The New Mutants drop out.
Jay sure rocks the expletive “y’all”
How appropriate, listening to Jubilee’s intro on the Fourth Of July!
Came here for the Siege Perilous cardboard and found creepy Senator Kelly. Man… :/
I didn’t think the Senator Kelly action figure could be all that bad, so I took a look. There have been times where my being wrong has resulted in worse punishments, but not many.
Continuity Footnote: 246 is totally the origin of 90s villain Bastion!
As an Australian I feel I need to talk about the Aussies not being fazed by the alien invasion. It’s probably just based on the stereotype of Australians just being really laid back about everything.
Sorry, guys, but I find Liefeld’s art (it’s difficult for me to use the word ‘art’ alluding to him) in this issue as terrible as usual. It’s true, though, that back then he seemed to have certain storytelling skill (inheriting from Adams and Silvestri, I guess) that he lost over time. To make matters worse!
‘Longshot saves the world through enthusiasm…’ Through respect and tolerance to difference, too –he’s always been an (instinctive) activist in favor of the diversity. What’s more, I may dare to say he saves the world through an anticapitalist attitude (what’s the point of hoarding profits just in the hands of a few?
I don’t know what are writers waiting for making out of Longshot an anarcho-queer guardian.
Thank you for having running references
So I looked at the as mentioned of this ep before listening all the way through the pod
When I got to the Rogue Laying On Bricks (246) cover I was thinking “What the hell are you doing Rogue? You can’t seduce MasterMold!” and then I looked down to the caption and instantly understood that it was Silvestri doing that thing he does to women in his art
I was seriously confused for a moment though, as to why she would be basically pin-up-style posing as she’s about to be crushed
Yo! The Australian Outback era was a lot of fun and many of us remember it very fondly. One of the fun visual things was seeing Dazzler become progressively more tan over the course of run. Definitely not a coloring error, because I remember noticing her tan becoming more noticeable. Isn’t that just like her though. You can see when she emerges out of the dressing room that she has a SIIIICK tan!