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In which Jay is writing a Cyclops one-shot; It is honestly truly almost Legion Quest; Mystique plays the long game; sometimes filler is a good thing; Havok is a geophysicist, not a geographer; Lila definitely stole it; and more stories should be set in space junkyards.
X-PLAINED:
- How Betsy Braddock got her original body back
- Marvel Snapshots: X-Men
- The lead-up to Legion Quest
- X-Factor #108-111
- Mystique’s skill set
- Legion (David Haller) (more) (again)
- Freedom Force
- The most powerful of devices
- A dream about a dream
- An intersection of unreliable narrators
- The narrative justification for Legion Quest
- A rock monster
- Jornick
- Lila Cheney (more) (again)
- A Kurt Vonnegut reference
- The K’Lanti
- A space junkyard
- The end of X-Factor’s second iconic era
- Our favorite male/female X-friendships
- Pros and cons of line cohesiveness
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Some very minor thoughts on what Marvel Unlimited allowed me to read (just the Legion Quest stuff):-
-“X-Men Deluxe” (on the cover). Do I want to know what particular sort of desperate attempt this phrase was to boost sales in the face of a collapsing market?
-“Already classic X-Men Unlimited #4.” Not a trace of irony apparent. Kelly Corvese must be *amazing* at poker.
– “Tel Aviv Hospital.” A little thought might have suggested that a city of close to half a million people might have more than one hospital.
– It’s nice to see Mystique acting a little more like a continuation of the character that we knew prior to XMU #4.
The Deluxe is a reference to a format. It was glossier paper aimed at the Direct Market while newsstands had the regular paper. I believe Deluxe becomes standard after AoA though. I recall our hosts discuss it more indepth in another episode. I want to say the one where Jubliee leaves for Gen X.
Based on your comments about the idea of Gambit mentoring Jubilee, I suspect you might be forgetting (or, just as likely, foreshadoing) the line-up of AoA’s “Gambit and the X-Ternals” (coming soon to an episode of J&MVtX-M), which has Gambit leading a team made up of Jubille, Sunspot, Lila and Guido! (I remember nothing about the comic as I never bought it, but I remember that line-up)
What’s your pogo trainer code, Miles?
5942 7253 9967
Woo-hoo! Congratulations, Jay!
A book to buy, for sure!
“…commits crimes of passion with incredible logical forethought and planning.” You solidified my love of the character (Mystique) with this phrase. Great stuff, Jay!
u guys are the social justice warrior X-Men podcast.
What’s with the crystal? Are the wolds get covered in a coating of crystal or getting transformed wholly into crystal?
……..(er, while I’m at it…) What does the Mkraan crystal actually do??
Congratulations Jay!
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U guys are the social justice warrior X-Men podcast of the x-men podcasts.
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What’s with the crystal? Are the wolds get covered in a coating of crystal or getting transformed wholly into crystal?
……..(er, while I’m at it…) What does the Mkraan crystal actually do??