Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

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X-Discussion: November 2024

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X-discussion time!

A reminder about our ground rules:

  1. Keep your posts at least tangentially comics-related, please!
  2. If you want to share a link, talk about why you’re sharing it and what you think – this post should be about what you have to say, not just links!
  3. Spoilers are okay, but please mark anything from the last three months like:
    ***SPOILER***
    It turns out Lenore Zann was as cool as we’d hoped!
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As Mentioned in Episode 464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles

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The life of a Lyft driver is wild, man. (X-Force #96)
“Weirdest cigarette I ever seen.” (X-Force #96)
So Thomas/Tyler Guthrie is the Super Saiyan version of Sam? (X-Force #96)
Somebody call Occult Animal Control! (X-Force #96)
The award for Most Dramatic Lounging goes to… (X-Force #96)
Okay, Deviants, just because you look cool doesn’t mean you’re allowed to be bigoted jerks. (X-Force #96)
Sledge is wearing his ass-kicking fringe. (X-Force #96)
Lucas owns better socks – he just wears these for effect. (X-Force #96)
What we like about Selene is that she’s subtle. (X-Force #97)
Wow, healthcare really is better in other countries. (X-Force #97)
Hey, it’s a The Predator! Hello, The Predator! (X-Force #97)
Ah, so that’s how Ash Wednesday works! (X-Force #97)
Does this junkyard robo-dog fight contribute to the plot? No. Is it awesome? Obviously. (X-Force #97)
Selene is seriously never in a normal position! And we love it. (X-Force #97)
I’m pretty sure that Odysseus’s powers just made a BOI-OI-OING sound. (X-Force #97)
GNORFF (X-Force #97)
Yeah, DaCosta is da best! (X-Force #98)
Storm : Enclosed Spaces :: Cannonball : Dying Miners (X-Force #98)
Sunspot attends Selene’s art gallery opening, Concerned and X-Treme. (X-Force #98)
I never get tired of how Mephisto wears a trenchcoat like any given World of Darkness character. (X-Force #98)
Oof, that body language. (X-Force #98)
Jeez, I guess Miles could’ve skipped those four years of psychology. (X-Force #98)
YIPE YIPE YIPE (X-Force #98)
“So you see, that’s where the trouble began. That smile. That damned smile.” (X-Force #98)
NEXT TIME: Prepare to be Astonished! Maybe!

X-Discussion: October 2024

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X-discussion time!

A reminder about our ground rules:

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    Jay turned out not to be the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch!
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X-Discussion: September 2024

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X-discussion time!

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    Miles has been a Skrull this whole time!
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As Mentioned in Episode 459 – Waiting to X’Hal (feat. Devin Toohey)

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It is a crime that Dial H.U.S.K. didn’t make the cover. (X-Patrol #1)
As letterforms to create the shape of your building go, you could do worse. A lot worse. (X-Patrol #1)
I didn’t know there was a wrong way to stare at a butt, but… Beastling’s doing it. (X-Patrol #1)
Backstory, orange edition: Shatterstarfire! (X-Patrol #1)
Backstory, green edition: Beastling! (X-Patrol #1)
Backstory, yellow edition: Dial H.U.S.K.! (Bonus: Wonder Girl!) (X-Patrol #1)
Backstory, blue edition: Ferro Man! (X-Patrol #1)
Backstory, fuschia edition: Elasti-Girl! (X-Patrol #1)
Shit, now I wish Cable had a beard. And not just that literally-evil goatee from 1993. (X-Patrol #1)
An auspicious start to a first mission. (X-Patrol #1)
That outfit! On that guy! (X-Patrol #1)
Pretty bangin’ fit, I’m not gonna lie. (X-Patrol #1)
Second-rate indeed. That claw-guy doesn’t even have bat ears! (X-Patrol #1)
Mary Marvel Girl! (X-Patrol #1)
Did he murder tiny demon-squirrels just to hold his cape on? (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Hitch and Neary never disappoint. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
They must have such excellent dental hygiene practices! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Maximalism. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
X-Patrol Mark II, featuring non-Rockslide and Jan’s muscles. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Robot roll-call! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
I would read any and all of these comics. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Stalactites have a C in the middle because they’re on the ceiling, stalagmites have a G in the middle because they’re on the ground, and Brood have an O in the middle because they’ll eat your goddamn face. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Artemisty Knight! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Turns out Terrax and Terra look pretty damned cool when they merge. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
This isn’t even my final form! Wait, yes it is. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Why would you cover up that amazing outfit with rocks? (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Fuckin’ YIKES (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
Introducing: Exuberant-Man! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)
NEXT TIME: Teens!

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459 – Waiting to X’Hal (feat. Devin Toohey)

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In which Devin Toohey joins Miles to discuss X-Men’s DC Comics cousin Doom Patrol, and their bastard Amalgam child, X-Patrol!

X-PLAINED:

  • X-Men vs. Doom Patrol
  • Meet Your Doom
  • Doom Patrol
  • Amalgam
  • X-Patrol
  • Elasti-Girl (Amalgam)
  • Shatterstarfire
  • Beastling
  • Ferro Man
  • Dial H.U.S.K.
  • X-Patrol #1
  • Exciting X-Patrol #1
  • Niles Cable
  • Dr. Doomsday
  • Superhero aviation
  • Brother Brood
  • Raveniya
  • Niles Dayspring
  • Technoorganic lettering
  • Claw mechanics
  • Magneto on X-Force
  • Real-life Dazzler and Lila Cheney analogs

NEXT EPISODE: Generation X goes to Madripoor!

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As Mentioned in Episode 458 – Quantum Stuff

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A hell of a cover… (X-Force #91)
…and a hell of a title page. (X-Force #91)
Standard superhero comic art this is not! (X-Force #91)
I want to read an X-Force that looks like this! (X-Force #91)
For your reaction image folder. (X-Force #91)
An anticlimactic breakup. (X-Force #91)
This issue is full of unconventional and perfect panels. (X-Force #91)
Theresa versus alcoholism – with all the drama of a final boss fight. (X-Force #91)
*sniffle* (X-Force #91)
We’re pretty sure that’s actually what the door says. (X-Force #92)
Only a slightly weirder computer case design than Apple’s Power Mac G4 Cube. (X-Force #92)
Cool colors versus warm colors – FIGHT! (X-Force #92)
Domino does what we all wanted to. (X-Force #92)
*heavy sigh* (X-Force #92)
“Neena Thurman – this is your life!” (X-Force #92)
Fake-Cable does not have game. (X-Force #92)
Casual Friday has gone too far! (X-Force #93)
What a lovely and colorful bee-fight! (X-Force #93)
Electryon and Astarte. (X-Force #93)
The four humors. (X-Force #93)
…and the four elements? (X-Force #93)
FTTTT (X-Force #93)
Danielle Moonstar: as short history. (X-Force #93)
Ry’lor the Destroyer: a short history. (X-Force #93)
It’s amazing how many problems can be solved with a time bomb to the face! (X-Force #93)
“SEE YOU ON THANKSGIVING!” (X-Force #93)
NEXT TIME: Miles and Devin x-plain X-Patrol!

458 – Quantum Stuff

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In which Tommy Lee Edwards draws a damned fine everything; death gods get taken a lot less seriously when their avatars are seagulls; warm and cool colors get in a fight; Domino has no time for this bullshit; Cable and Domino wait ’til the kids are asleep; Sunspot’s alibi is too complicated; X-Force forges a pouches path; Engines are nothing but trouble; and Ry’lor the Destroyer puts himself in time out.

X-PLAINED:

  • The Norse Pantheon of 2099
  • X-Force #91-93
  • One of the best X-covers ever
  • Our favorite Siryn story
  • Jesse Aaronson, penitent chef
  • Sean Cassidy, penitent dad
  • A realistically anticlimactic breakup
  • Cassidy/Rourke history
  • Bring Your Daughter to Crimes Day
  • Napoleon Sanders
  • An epistolary montage
  • The dusty pink word balloons of Tom Waits
  • A missed Manos-portunity
  • The Chaos Engine
  • Halloween Jack
  • Domino’s varied musical tastes
  • Ry’lor the Destroyer
  • Kodo the Komodo
  • Bedlam’s extremely situational powers
  • Astarte and Electryon
  • Horniness as a superpower
  • The Temple of the Dying Sun
  • Cable & Corsair’s (lack of) history
  • Hope, Hope, Hope, Hope, Hope, and Hope

NEXT EPISODE: Miles and guest host Devin talk X-Patrol, 1996’s X-Force / Doom Patrol mash-up!

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X-Discussion: August 2024

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X-Discussion time!

A reminder about our ground rules (which are especially relevant again since Deadpool & Wolverine just came out like a week ago):

  1. Keep your posts at least tangentially comics-related, please!
  2. If you want to share a link, talk about why you’re sharing it and what you think – this post should be about what you have to say, not just links!
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    Jay is actually Weapon XXV!
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As Mentioned in Episode 457 – Stinking at the Moon

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Logan should always be a little funny-lookin’. (X-Men Unlimited #24)
He’s a berserker murder-uncle who can’t remember his past – she’s a grumpy doctor who’d rather be anywhere but here! Together, they’re Logan ‘n’ Cici – Thursdays on NBC! (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Seriously, I’d happily watch them argue about anything. (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Cecilia’s secondary mutation is the rare ability to avoid misunderstanding-based fights by using her words. (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Are you sure you’re not having fun, Dr. Reyes? (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Is he… is he biting the landing gear? (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Cecilia’s tertiary mutation is to not take any of your bullshit. (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Even a typo cannot mar this perfect panel. (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Jeez, Magnus! Put on some underwear over your pants! This is indecent! (X-Men Unlimited #24)
“But if there was, Father, rest assured that I would be an eighteenth-level Ranger.” (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Has he been carrying that plant around just hoping he’d have the chance to work it into a metaphor? (X-Men Unlimited #24)
“Just like I used to separate the people I teleported from their clothes!” (X-Men Unlimited #24)
“Fabian, what have I told you about sitting on my porn throne?” (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Nice to see a 1999 Magneto story remember all the super-nuance of his past. (X-Men Unlimited #24)
Jay’s got a point – how did they get Banshee into that thing? (Generation X #51)
Goodbye, old costumes… (Generation X #51)
…Hello, new costumes! (Generation X #51)
And that was it for Gaia. (Generation X #51)
Skin’s facial expression is the platonic ideal of “YIKES!” (Generation X #51)
I’m actually not sure which villain’s outfit is more surprising. (Generation X #51)
Armor’s powers, five years before Armor! (Generation X #51)
NEXT TIME: Some damned fine X-Force.