Month: January 2025
475 – Cross-Time Crisis
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In which we wrap up John Francis Moore’s run on X-Force; the Demon Bear returns (kinda); four Moonstars are not in fact better than one; the Queen of Star Swords is an extremely rad villain; and X-Force takes a very contained multiversal tour.
X-PLAINED:
- Multiversal canon
- X-Force #99-100
- The Demon Bear (more) (again)
- Arcadia DeVille (more) (again)
- Mary Weather
- Fenwick
- Meridian
- The Queen of Star Swords
- The Cathedral
- Cable (but not that Cable)
- The X-Forces of several universes
- Earth-3100
- Earth-10003
- Earth-130000
- Earth-8280
- Earth-23100
- Non-mutants on the X-Men
- The provenance of the Brood X-men
NEXT EPISODE: Mondo! (The real one, this time.)
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As Mentioned in Episode 474 – Giant-Size Special #13 (feat. Anthony Oliveira)
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING
- Find Anthony Oliveira on Bluesky! And lots of other places too.
- Check out Avengers Academy on Marvel Unlimited!
474 – Giant-Size Special #13 (feat. Anthony Oliveira)
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In which the Warlock ongoing series is fun, and fun is good; people should maybe leave Doug Ramsey’s grave alone; Tony Stark is probably not in touch with the Indigo Girls; the heroes skate awfully close to the “no killing” line; Bastion gets exhumed, rehumed, and re-exhumed; you should really read the Avengers Academy Infinity Comic; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.
X-PLAINED:
- X-related characters of Avengers Academy
- Warlock vol. 5, #1-9
- Warlock (more) (again)
- M-Tech
- Jay’s Bluey Test for all-ages media
- The visual semiotics of Warlock
- Project Mainspring
- Hope (Esperanza Ling)
- Chi-Chee
- Psi-cops
- Gatekeepers
- Technarchs
- The transmode virus
- A fancy hat
- Many guest stars
- The Phalanx (more) (again)
- Psiren
- Psimon
- The techno-mechanic virus
- Complicated feelings
- Psycho Man (more) (again)
- Astro-computers
- Hope’s actual powers
- Template
- Magus (more) (again)
- Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic
- Why there are so many Canadian comic-book writers
- Superhero comics vs. religious texts
- Defining heroism
- Escapade
- Captain America of the Railways
- Bloodline
- Red Goblin
- Moon Girl
- Kid Juggernaut
- Blackheart
- Ongoing storytelling
- Emplate as a queer character
- Marcus Wetherell
- What else to read if you love Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic
- The 11th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
- Many people to whom we are profoundly grateful
NEXT EPISODE: The return of the Demon Bear!
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