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This really should have been a #1. (X-Factor #71)
If ever a first page set the tone… (X-Factor #71)
I made a list of people who draw Polaris’s hair better than Larry Stroman, and there were no names on it, because no one draws Polaris’s hair better than Larry Stroman. (X-Factor #71)
Cursive! (X-Factor #71)
Team dossiers, and some Twin Peaks name-dropping! (X-Factor #71)
Well, shit. (X-Factor #71)
This gag was pretty much inevitable. (X-Factor #72)
The extremely doomed Professor Vic Chalker. (X-Factor #72)
Poor guy. (X-Factor #72)
THAT CROWD, THO (X-Factor #72)
Aw, Madrox. (X-Factor #72)
So, that happened. (X-Factor #73)
Seriously, there’s just a page and a half, mid-fight, dedicated to gratuitous Rocketeer references. (X-Factor #73)
(Including the plane. Which, yes, is later confirmed to be wood.) (X-Factor #73)
And yet, somehow, it’s STILL better than Alex’s M-Word speech 25 years later. (X-Factor #73)
Remember when Alex Summers had principles? SIGH. (X-Factor #73)
B.D.? I dunno if I see it… (X-Factor #73)
Oh. Yeah, never mind. I see it.
Rahne really looks like she’s here to offer you your heart’s desire in exchange for your heart, or something equally creepy and folklorish. (X-Factor #74)
Meet Slab. He’s a Nasty Boy. (X-Factor #74)
Write your own dick joke. (X-Factor #74)
Man, Evil Madrox is so creepy! (X-Factor #74)
Meet the Nasty Boys! Also Senator Shaffran, but he’s going to die soon, so, whatever. (X-Factor #75)
OKAY BUT HOW DO THE CLOTHES WORK?! (X-Factor #75)
It’s not common knowledge, but actually, all U.S. senators can do this. (X-Factor #75)
It’s funny ’cause his name’s Ricochet. (X-Factor #75)
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I find it kind of dull when the comics have the heroes dating civilian characters as there rarely well developed. The recent Batgirl book started feeling like a bad teen drama that sometimes had her fighting c list villains.Also who doesn’t like Seinfeld, Larry David is a God lol
Jay and Miles,
First off big fan. Second I wanted to address the question at the end of episode 179 about female superheroes not dating civilians. Now I don’t know any superheroesmake or female, but I do know many heroes. As a member of the US army for 15 years I’ve gotten to k ow quite a few. In my experience not many female soldiers dated male civilians for very long. I think a lot of it has to do with the machismo factor. There are not a lot of men out there that are ok with their significance other being more badass then them. I’m not agreeing with it just stating an observation. I’ve found that a lot of combat vet females have had problems with relationships with civilian men after they are out. I don’t know if there is any research out there that backs this up, but like I said this is just what I’ve observed.
Thanks for the real-world window! I know there’s been research on relationship tension based on things like salaries and comparative job status; and it makes sense that it would play out even more intensely in the circumstances you’re describing.
I think a lot of guys are conditioned to believe that their role in a household is primary provider/protector, and that anyone else taking point on or being better equipped to perform those functions constitutes failure. Patriarchy: fucking us all up since pretty much forever. =(
“Strong Guy and Slab go at it-fight.” was the the biggest chuckle a non comedy podcast has gotten out of me in a long time.
The only female superhero dating a civilian that pops out of my head is She-Hulk, who dated a bunch of non-powered guys. And really, isn’t that the perfect character for it? I mean, it’s a dumb trope, so leave it to She-Hulk to smash it.