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As Mentioned in Episode 358 – Giant-Size Special #10

January 2, 2022 Jay 3 comments

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I’d have picked this off the rack for its title treatment alone. (Daydreamers #1)

Skrull or Green Goblin? You be the judge! (Daydreamers #1)

(No fingernails were used in the construction of this possibly-imaginary boat.) (Daydreamers #1)

Damnit. (Daydreamers #1)

The first sign (heh) of the direction this universe is headed… (Daydreamers #2)

A passel of unlicensed guest stars. (Daydreamers #2)

WHAT THE DUCK?! (Daydreamers #2)

Howard’s idyllic not-actually family. (Daydreamers #3)

It’s weird, right? (Daydreamers #3)

Ouch. (Daydreamers #3)

This whole sequence is both very creepy and very sad. (Daydreamers #3)

Franklin deals with grief. (Daydreamers #3)

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358 – Giant-Size Special #10

January 2, 2022 Jay 15 comments

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In which Hub & Lisa X-Plain Howard the Duck; Jay & Miles X-Plain Daydreamers; and Jonathan Hickman X-Plains his tenure on the X-line!

X-PLAINED:

The many lives of Moira MacTaggert
Feral moppets
Man-Thing and several characters who closely resemble Man-Thing
Howard the Duck
At least one Nexus of All Reality
Duck sex
Daydreamers #1-3
Never-Never Narnozbia
Tana Nile
A shadowy hunter and his ship of empty souls
A reasonably good Dr. Seuss riff
Duckworld, or an appealing facsimile thereof
H.E.R.B.I.E.
Jonathan Hickman on X-Men
The 7^th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence

(Note: Our interview with Jonathan Hickman contains spoilers for September 2021’s Inferno #1!)

NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur!

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As Mentioned in Episode 357 – The Semiotics of Regret

December 26, 2021 Jay 3 comments

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This cover accomplishes what it sets out to do so beautifully… (Uncanny X-Men #337)

…as does its credits page. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

Nothing is entirely okay here. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

Hank, no. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

And wistfulness for dessert. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

Ah, that cover. Again. (X-Men #57)

Versions of this have been used roughly a zillion times; but it always works. (X-Men #57)

The 616, where televisions always flip through the most scene-appropriate clips. (X-Men #57)

Clean up your damn flechettes, Warren Kenneth Worthington III. (X-Men #57)

(He’s not covered in water; it’s the anti-psy field and the evocation of Days of Future Past.) (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Not… the Rainbow Bears?! (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Hi, kiddo. (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Psychology is… different, here. (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Sure, why not? (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

NEXT EPISODE: GIANT-SIZE WINTER SPECIAL, feat. Jonathan Hickman!

357 – The Semiotics of Regret

December 26, 2021 Jay 7 comments

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In which Professor X has no time for your sympathy; there are too many people in the bathroom; everything’s more fun with J. Jonah Jameson; psychologists dress better in the 616; the Rainbow Bears have your back; and Onslaught finally, actually, for-real ends.

X-PLAINED:

How Logan got his adamanitum back (again)
Onslaught (briefly)
Uncanny X-Men #337
X-Men #57
Onslaught Epilogue #1
What we wish Onslaught had been
The anti-mutant agenda
Alarm clocks
Ruby quartz storage and cleaning
Optic-blast sound effects
Googol vs. google
Breakfast
A familiar cover homage
The semiotics of regret
Disappearance-montage photos
Accountability
Polychromatic world-building
Prisoner M-13
Prisoner M-9 (Nina)
The Manite Project
The Rainbow Bears
Renee Majcomb
Getting through Operation Zero Tolerance
Our favorite continuity tangles

NEXT EPISODE: GIANT-SIZE WINTER SPECIAL (feat. Jonathan Hickman)

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355 – All Sentinels Are Bastards

December 12, 2021 Jay 18 comments

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In which we take a break from X-Men to talk Onslaught tie-ins; Miles learns about coffee shop AUs; Sentinels are very large; there are no bystanders in a crossover event; we are really not Punisher people; and all the bad guys have plans.

X-PLAINED:

The Clone Saga (briefly)
How not to dispose of a dead clone
Ben Reilly
Amazing Spider-Man #415
Spider-Man #72
Green Goblin #12
Punisher #11
Onslaught’s increasingly nebulous goals
Sentinel timing
Coffee shop AUs
Sentinels in Manhattan
Several fights with Sentinels
Green Goblin (Phil Urich)
Uncles Ben
The Lunatic Laugh
Punisher (Frank Castle) (briefly)
Yet another helicarrier crash
The happiest cannon fodder
The Junkyard Dogs
Rashid Hammer Jones
The surprisingly exciting world of NYC maritime salvage
Make-believe superpowers
Deadlines

NEXT EPISODE: A Big Fight

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As Mentioned in Episode 354 – The Touch of Magneto

December 5, 2021 Jay One comment

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Elektra is… complicated. (Wolverine #104)

Where babies come from. (Wolverine #104)

This is actually how most Wolverine stories start. (Wolverine #105)

AWWWWWW. (Wolverine #105)

Ewwwwww. (Wolverine #105)

Stick in a nutshell. (Wolverine #105)

Chris Bachalo, man. Chris Bachalo. (Generation X #19)

They’re not Artie and Leech; but they’re kinda Artie and Leech. (Generation X #19)

SURE WHY NOT (Generation X #19)

Oh, buddy. You tried. (Generation X #19)

You also tried. (Generation X #19)

NEXT WEEK: HAWK TALK!
NEXT EPISODE: Tie-ins!

354 – The Touch of Magneto

November 28, 2021 Jay 14 comments

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In which Onslaught is a party that goes on way too long; we are grateful that the Hand is mostly someone else’s problem; there’s always time to get hosed down by firemen; and Emma Frost should never, under any circumstances, cook.

X-PLAINED:

The Golden Archer
Wolverine #104-105
Generation X #18-19
Portions of Elektra’s deal
Stick
Wolverine’s nose
Gateway and Onslaught
Several flashbacks
The Onslaught goblin
Retcons and character accountability
A wet open
A somewhat atypical plane flight
Toad by way of Chris Bachalo
The mysterious DL
Emma’s Montreal mansion and its staff
Cooking with Emma Frost
Quasi-benevolent mind control
Surgeon
A bonus Shadowcat power
Digital invisibility

NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk

NEXT EPISODE: Onslaught tie-ins!

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As Mentioned in Episode 353 – Scientists and Superheroes

November 28, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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Forge X-Plains. (X-Factor #126)

Wait, if she’s also visible as herself, why does it even MATTER which wings she uses? (X-Factor #126)

Don’t steal the man’s tagline. (X-Factor #126)

I really enjoy this cover. (Fantastic Four #416)

“NOBODY menaces the Richardses but me!” (Fantastic Four #416)

Aw his silly device. (Fantastic Four #416)

“You have my abs.” (Fantastic Four #416)

THIS WEIRDO (Fantastic Four #416)

“DOOM WOULD ALSO ENJOY A LATTE.” (Fantastic Four #416)

This page super reminds me of the credits of the movie Help! (X-Men Unlimited #12)

They were cooler when they were just a neon sign come to life. (X-Men Unlimited #12)

This probably happens to Strange a lot. (X-Men Unlimited #12)

I’m sorry, Spite; I can’t take you seriously without a Y and possibly a gratuitous apostrophe in your name. (X-Men Unlimited #12)

A large boy. (X-Men Unlimited #12)

…they fight crime! (X-Men Unlimited #12)

NEXT EPISODE: some bullshit.

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I’m pretty sure we’ve linked to Robert Cop before, but just in case, here you go.

353 – Scientists and Superheroes

November 21, 2021 Jay 10 comments

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In which Dark Beast is an unlikely father figure; Wild Child remains low-budget Wolverine; X-Factor foreshadows the XSE; no one else thwarts Richardses on Doom’s watch; the cow goes “hate”; and Juggernaut fails to grow as a person.

X-PLAINED:

The Red Ghost
Onslaught thus far
X-Factor #126
Fantastic Four #416
X-Men Unlimited #12
Random’s origins (kind of)
Pinochle
Kristoff Vernard
Several villains
Juggernaut’s adventures in the Gem of Cyttorak
Gomurr the Ancient (again)
Spite
Unreliable narrators
The evolution of Cyttorak
Wolverine’s hair
X-arcs we’d like to see as video games

NEXT EPISODE: To nobody’s surprise, Onslaught.

CORRECTION: Kristoff Vernard is not in fact a clone of Doctor Doom.

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