Listen to the episode here.
Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
It’s weird, but it could be SO MUCH WEIRDER. (X-Men Annual #1)
These two really have their battle banter down to a science. (X-Men Annual #1)
Well, this is awkward in retrospect. (X-Men Annual #1)
Hi, Retrieval Team. (X-Men Annual #1)
Again: I want these characters to be SO MUCH WEIRDER. (Uncanny X-Men Annual #16)
Stop trying to make “bohunk” happen. (Uncanny X-Men Annual #16)
GOOD LORD JOE QUESADA DRAWS A TERRIFYING MOJO (Uncanny X-Men Annual #16)
This comic does not include a countdown of enemies, but if it did, #1 would definitely be condiments. (X-Factor Annual #7)
This actually explains a depressing lot about Mojoworld. (X-Factor Annual #7)
SPIRAL IS SO COOL. (X-Factor Annual #7)
Spiral X-Plains Spiral, Part 1. (X-Factor Annual #7)
Spiral X-Plains Spiral, Part 2. (X-Factor Annual #7)
Okay, getting marginally weirder, but still not quite there. (X-Force Annual #1)
You can tell he’s a big deal now because he wears his hair down. (X-Force Annual #1)
I just realized that the good Spineless Ones are named after Borscht Belt comedians. (X-Force Annual #1)
Behind every Facebook meme about positivity is this panel. (X-Force Annual #1)
Powerpax! (X-Force Annual #1)
Darkchild! (X-Force Annual #1)
Banshee! (X-Force Annual #1)
Cyberlock! (X-Force Annual #1)
Sunspot, but with a mullet! (X-Force Annual #1)
You’d think a guy who grew up on a media-saturated world would know better than to trust an administrator in a fancy hat. (X-Force Annual #1)
Kill your television. (X-Force Annual #1)
I feel really good about the fact that Longshot aged into Estelle Getty. (X-Force Annual #1)
Ignore these blueprints; they will never be followed consistently. (X-Men Annual #1)
SELF-FRIEND (X-Men Annual #1)
Remember the good ol’ days, when comics NEVER dabbled in politics or even direct allegory? *snort* (X-Men Annual #1)
“I can also cross over with DC properties, but that’s not really gonna be on the table for a while.” (Uncanny X-Men Annual #16)
Val Cooper’s subconscious is an appropriately frightening place. (X-Factor Annual #7)
NOPE. (X-Factor Annual #7)
Taki! We missed you! (X-Force Annual #1)
We’re only posting one of the many pin-ups; but DANG, it’s a good one. (X-Force Annual #1)
NEXT EPISODE: Louise Simonson!
LINKS & FURTHER READING:
- For more background on Longshot and Mojoworld, listen to Episode 49 – Of Mullets and Miracles.
- Get Bishop’s backstory in Episode 180 – Lawful Badass.
- The Kobayashi Maru is a really fun book, if you like that kind of thing (which Jay does).
- If you happen to end up in New York, the Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image is AMAZING.
- “Send the Marines” is Tom Lehrer’s tribute to American interventionism, and also a very catchy song.
- Aside from this Onion article, I could find no information about the alleged Stretch Armstrong recall, so I suspect that story may in fact be apocryphal. -J
Louise Simonson!Congrats! This will be just so… so, so, so awesome!
Kobayashi Maru! When I started reading as a kid, my primary reading material was my dad’s Star Trek collection. This was in the very early 90s, so I could watch TNG when it was on but TOS reruns weren’t really much of a thing yet so those books were my connection to the original series. Kobayashi Maru was definitely my favorite – especially Scotty’s story!
I legitimately never expected to hear that book referenced anywhere so I’m super happy right now.
I unreasonably hate almost all pictures of Angel pinned to a wall by Harpoon, because the actual muscle and bone of his wings would be maybe a handspan at most along the top of the wings. The harpoons are always depicted as poking harmlessly through nothing but feathers. Not only would this not hurt him much, but it would never hold him up on the wall like that.
I mean maybe they only look like bird wings on the surface and are actually enormous slabs of meat right through, but that just makes things worse.
I’m so glad to know that someone else worries about this.