Author: Miles
437 – Dismember the Titans
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In which the overlap between Rocky Horror and ‘90s X-Force fans is probably pretty significant; Pandemonia has priorities; the warehouse gets an evil, sexy glowup; swears are great; Johnny Blaze’s motorcycle probably shouldn’t still be on fire; and there is no single definitive X-Men experience.
X-PLAINED:
- Master Pandemonium
- X-Force #85
- X-Force/Champions Annual 1998
- What X-Force has been up to lately
- The regrettable absence of Doctor Doom
- Possession
- Community
- Cougars (euphemistic)
- The thrift cycle
- Rusty Collins on Krakoa
- Fashion
- An eons-old accord between the Houses of Chaos and the Lord of Valhalla
- Jennifer Kale
- The list
- Swears
- A statue of Hades
- Various appendages sticking out of the earth
- Hercules
- The mystic power of sarcasm
- The greatest fear of a Titan
- Monet St. Croix vs. the Count of Monte Cristo
- Good X-books for your fifteen-year-old niece
NEXT EPISODE: Wolverine vs. Vampires (again)!
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As Mentioned in Episode 434 – Return to Cape Citadel
As Mentioned in Episode 431 – Doctor Jennifer Murder’s Drop-In Deathatorium
431 – Doctor Jennifer Murder’s Drop-In Deathatorium
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In which Synch is a more versatile character than he originally got credit for; “eep” and “eek” are likewise underused; space makes everything better; Nate Grey is the proto-himbo; and if you can decipher the secret code in this episode, you, too, can win a Silver Surfer jet ski!
X-PLAINED:
- Diablo
- Generation X Underground Special
- X-Men Unlimited #30
- X-Man: All Saints Day
- Jim Mahfood
- Skin’s video-game preferences
- Strange superpowers
- Poster pirates
- Visual representations of the passage of time
- “Banshee’s Angels”
- Charlie’s Angels
- The infamous donut-day riots
- Perfect costumes
- Adequate restraints for small children
- The raw power of funk
- Generation X vs. the Beat Generation
- The greatest disco event in the universe
- Nate Grey
- Some kid named Jerome
- Countess Absynthia Von Mort
- Transylvania
- Dr. Cindy’s Castle
- The state of Phoenix affairs
- The color bar at the top of the page in ‘90s comics
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X suits up!
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As Mentioned in Episode 429 – Slightly Sticky
429 – Slightly Sticky
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In which you should stop hatin’, there’s a big difference between fill-ins and filler, Snow Valley needs higher Ferris wheel standards, Todd DeZago must really hate video rental clerks, and we’re all monsters – some of us just smell better than others.
X-PLAINED:
- Strong Guy’s hellacious history
- The nature and purpose of X-Men Unlimited
- X-Men Unlimited #20-21
- Rock Trolls (Chambliss, Nettles, and Munson)
- What Asgard was up to in 1998
- Magik vs magic
- The Snow Valley Harvest Festival
- Jubilation Lee, one of the guys
- Eagles vs Hats
- Fatman, Beardlady-o, Stickman-o, & Frogman-o
- Tic Tac Toe fundamentals
- Angry mobs
- Paige Guthrie, Angry Mom
- The many potential applications of Husk’s powers
- Falls Edge, VA vs Eagle Ridge, WV
- Payphones & video rental stores
- X-friends
- Rutland, VT (again)
- Melvin J. Weals
- Helen Back
- The Donnybrook Country Club
- Cat Fancier & Motorcycle Conventions
- The Shi’ar Wardrobe Transmogrifier
- Steel (the Shaq one)
- The worst pun we’ve ever seen in a comic
- Earth: the Hipster Planet
- Which X-Men throw the best and/or wildest Halloween parties
- Fan-casting X-voices
NEXT EPISODE: The X-Men team up with the Fantastic Four!
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As Mentioned in Episode 428 – Naked in a Cake
428 – Naked in a Cake
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In which you shouldn’t invite nazis to your wedding, there’s a lot of multiverse, Captain Britain and Meggan are pretty heteronormative but make it work, everybody forgot Feron, and the next husband will be Gatecrasher’s.
X-PLAINED:
- Captain Britain varieties
- The history of Brian Braddock and Meggan Puceanu, abridged
- Excalibur #124-125
- Mutants most likely to jump out of a cake
- The Crazy Gang (again)
- Meggan’s crush on Colossus
- Colossus’s guilt about Meggan’s crush on Colossus
- A surprise bridal shower
- The return of Captain UK
- Brian Braddock’s teetotaling techniques
- Mimic’s ever-changing facial hair
- Glorious, glorious chaos
- Poor, poor Feron
- Multiple awkward conversations
- The return of Widget and also everyone else
- Lightning Force (dammit)
- A lengthy but not exhaustive list of Captains Britain
- So many cameos
- …Seriously, so many cameos
- Dai Thomas’s anti-iron
- Shockingly healthy communication
- Bouquet brawls and garter gar-nage
- A bittersweet ending
- Nightcrawler’s best outfit
- The universe where the X-Men X-Plain Jay & Miles
- Our hypothetical post-finale Excalibur lineup
NEXT EPISODE: The return of X-Factor! Kind of!
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