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Next up: this cover sadly walking away from a gathered crowd of additional copies of this cover. (X-Force #44)
They’re about five minutes away from standing on each other’s shoulders and wearing a big trench coat to seem like an adult. (X-Force #44)
All of the elements of a relaxing vacation: an idyllic cottage, a beautiful forest, adorable animals, a tiny speedo… (X-Force #44)
“Also, I’m going to need you to start doing machines. You’ve been cool but rude for too long.” (X-Force #44)
“Ah’m nigh invulnerable when Ah’m excited!” (X-Force #44)
Morally yellow and purple. (X-Force #44)
“DOOM”? Are we looking at Caliban and Sabretooth or Surtur and his anvil? (X-Force #45)
Adam Pollina draws some pretty great faces. (X-Force #45)
“Every time he seems to be ready to come down, he loses count of his pouches and has to start all over again.” (X-Force #45)
If you asked me what X-book would look most like a romance comic in 1995, I would not have predicted X-Force. (X-Force #45)
Perhaps it’s not a coincidence that the character Mimic has spent the most time with in the preceding decade was the Hulk. (X-Force #45)
Rutland, Vermont: not just a frequent setting of 1970s Marvel and DC comics, but totally a real place! (Avengers #119)
“Is that..? Couldn’t be. But who else has that topknot and ‘burns combo?” (X-Force #46)
And that’s why you always leave a note. (X-Force #46)
These animals look way more judgmental than the ones in the last hologram. (X-Force #46)
“This new hair gel… When it says ‘apply sparingly’, it means it.” (X-Force #46)
“What? Someone on your team now has more pouches than me? I’ll be right over!” (X-Force #46)
Reminds me of my first car. (X-Force #47)
Aww, kid. (X-Force #47)
I’m not sure why Adam Pollina sometimes randomly gives us art nouveau backgrounds, but I’m not complaining. (X-Force #47)
Jeez, now I’m scared to go outside. (X-Force #47)
Aww not this again (X-Force #47)
This haircut! Bring back this exact haircut! (Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe #1)
NEXT TIME: The kinda-new, sorta-different X-Factor.
LINKS & FURTHER NONSENSE:
- Rutland, Vermont had multiple Marvel and DC stories set in it during the 1970s – but it’s also a real place. Apologies for telling everyone it was imaginary, and thank you to all the listeners who kindly pointed out that it wasn’t!
I have to say that the “Cable gives James a completely random weapon that he has clearly not asked for, nor had displayed any interest in learning” has that “Desperate uncle hopes nephew likes sincerely chosen, but vaguely random, gift chosen for him at the last moment” vibe to it… (Not that I’m at all familiar with that feel heavens knows… ahem.)
Sam’s happy face is… disturbing. More sort of a “I’ve just been asked to talk to my favourite sci-fi author for the first time ever, but I have SUCH an unrelated boner right now there’s no way I can stand up to walk over to meet them without it being VERY visible to everyone.”
(And that one IS entirely fictional)
I have a question: I can listen the podcast here or on Spotify, but wich one is better for you? You receive any money if I listen the podcast on Spotify?
I had always interpreted Mimic’s power as copying the genotype of a mutant rather than their phenotype because Mimic is able to control Scott’s optic blasts. I think this would clear up the time paradox here because Angel’s genotype would encode wings for Mimic to copy regardless of the specific wings Warren bears. I only know of Mimic from the early Stan and Jack issues though. Is there anything later on that specifies Mimic as copying phenotypes?