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As Mentioned in Episode 422 – Cairn Touch This

September 10, 2023 Jay Leave a comment

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If your sick room isn’t a fire hazard, you’re doing it wrong. (X-Men #74)

Well, that’s not good. (X-Men #74)

He’s got a million of ’em. (X-Men #74)

Seriously, Hank, what the hell? (X-Men #75)

I LOVE THESE GUYS THEY ARE SO WEIRD (X-Men #75)

Wolverine has been up to some… stuff. (X-Men #75)

We’re not in Westchester anymore. (X-Men #75)

Hi, Pilgrimm! (X-Men #75)

Hi, Magneto! (X-Men #76)

Hi, Eany and Meany! (X-Men #76)

It is rough to be Maggott. (X-Men #76)

NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur isn’t over (quite) yet!

422 – Cairn Touch This

August 27, 2023 Jay 3 comments

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In which the X-Men’s membership is a complicated subject; not all angels know each other; we need to talk about Beast’s Wasp costume; Cecilia Reyes speaks for all reasonable folk; Storm gets a mysterious package; and reading comics day-and-date may not be for everyone.

X-PLAINED:

The variable loyalties of the N’garai
X-Men #74-76
A somewhat atypical team lineup
A whole lotta backstory
How to join the X-Men
Warren Kenneth Worthington III as a religious figure
Flechette clean-up
Teenage drama
Detective Jim Logan
A lot of murder
The N’garai
Beast’s Wasp costume
Explanatory captions for real life
The Ru’tai
Pilgrimm
Mai’Keth the Undying One
The Eye of Kierokk
Maggott’s secret origins
X-Men cartoons for a 7-year-old
Reckoning with loss in comics

NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur rushes toward its conclusion

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As Mentioned in Episode 421 – Dudleyworld or Bust

August 27, 2023 Jay Leave a comment

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Fast times at Dudleyworld! (Colossus #1)

Aw, these wacky kids.(Colossus #1)

Note: This is supposed to be taking place during the day. (Colossus #1)

EliSabeth, you mean! (Colossus #1)

The Proletarian! (Colossus #1)

BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T TELL HER WHAT WAS GOING ON. (Colossus #1)

On the scale of bad disguises, I’ve seen worse. (Colossus #1)

He’s smooth, I’ll give him that. (X-Men Unlimited #19)

“What the HELL, Mom?!” (X-Men Unlimited #19)

See what I mean about her head? (X-Men Unlimited #19)

My kingdom for follow-through on this tease. (X-Men Unlimited #19)

NEXT EPISODE: The secret origin of Maggott!

421 – Dudleyworld or Bust

August 20, 2023 Jay 3 comments

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In which one letter can make a big difference; it’s just not Arcade without giant pinballs; Colossus is nobody’s fool; Margali Szardos is not a relative you want to stay in touch with; Nightcrawler turns to the jerk side; and Jay and Miles pitch an X-Men kids’ show.

X-PLAINED:

Elisabeth Wilford vs. Elizabeth Wilford
Colossus #1
X-Men Unlimited #19
How to name a miniseries or one-shot
The destructive potential of happiness
A clock
An inaccurate duplicate of Avalon
The return of the Proletarian
Costumes with characters’ faces on them
Death by irony
A journey to Limbo
Several blasts from the past
Margali Szardos’s head
Foreshadowing that we desperately wish had panned out
Cold open curation
A hypothetical X-Men show for five-year-olds

NEXT EPISODE: The secret origin of Maggott

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420 – The Legendary House of Wolverine, feat. Christopher Michael Roman

August 13, 2023 Jay 4 comments

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In which Jay sits down with scholar Christopher Michael Roman to discuss his recent book, Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fanfiction: A Fastball Special; alongside queer theory, porous bodies, and nontraditional mentorship.

CONTENT NOTE: This episode includes graphic discussions of physical trauma as well as consensual if weird fictional sex.

NEXT EPISODE: Colossus and Meggan finally go to Dudleyworld, sort of!

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As Mentioned in Episode 418 – Reignfirefighters

July 23, 2023 Jay Leave a comment

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Those youth and their hijinks! (X-Force #77)

This is the branch of S.H.I.E.L.D. that shows up to assure you that all you saw was a weather balloon. (X-Force #77)

I’m never gonna be able to see a superhero conversation on a swingset without thinking of the Justice League Unlimited episode “Epilogue.” (X-Force #77)

The return of the bunny slippers! (X-Force #78)

Aw, Skids. (X-Force #78)

Some very good pacing. (X-Force #78)

Reignfire X-Plains Reignfire, somewhat. (X-Force #79)

Well, shit. (X-Force #79)

Fun Fact: Psychic powers work better when they look cooler. (X-Force #80)

Oh, dear me. (X-Force #80)

Dr. Joshua X-Plains Reignfire. (X-Force #80)

The Elvis windows really make this scene. (X-Force #80)

One more Elvis, for good measure. (X-Force #80)

NEXT EPISODE: Generation X and the Seven Dwarves!

418 – Reignfirefighters

July 23, 2023 Jay 9 comments

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In which S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are scarier in suits; Reignfire is the new Erik the Red; “background assets” would be a very funny euphemism; it’s always either time travel or clones; and you should probably not get a corporate logo tattooed on the side of your head.

X-PLAINED:

Crimes of Dark Beast
X-Force #77-80
The Mutant Liberation Front
Reignfire (repeatedly)
Video Renaissance
Almost Reno, NM
The inversion of several common tropes
Small towns
Different kinds of mutants
X-Force Fun Facts
Skids (Sally Blevins)
Several continuity errors
Some kidnappings
Sexiness without prurience
Background assets
Dr. Joshua (again)
(Henry Wallinger)
Psychic shenanigans
Las Vegas
Word-balloon disambiguation
X-Force’s new HQ
Historical X-Men we’d like to see

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As Mentioned in Episode 417 – Pterodactyl with a Gun

July 23, 2023 Jay Leave a comment

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Rogue anxiety dreams like nobody’s business. (Uncanny X-Men #353)

We call this move the “Lois Lane.” (Uncanny X-Men #353)

I love it when people remember that the Xavier School is–at least ostensibly–a real school. (Uncanny X-Men #353)

WOLVERINE, WHAT THE HELL?!? (Uncanny X-Men #353)

Not the best place to hide incredibly sensitive mechanical equipment, y’all. (Uncanny X-Men #353)

This is supposed to be a clever bait-and-switch, but that hand is fairly obviously not Rogue’s. (Uncanny X-Men #353)

He sure is. (Uncanny X-Men #353)

Valid question, buddy. (Uncanny X-Men #354)

Sauron’s current whereabouts, X-Plained. (Uncanny X-Men #354)

Continued from previous. (Uncanny X-Men #354)

Fuckin’ Marvel Canadians. (Uncanny X-Men #355)

Remember answering machines? (Uncanny X-Men #355)

Yes, excellent. (Uncanny X-Men #355)

Hi, brainwashed Alpha Flight! (Uncanny X-Men #355)

This sequence is objectively perfect. (Uncanny X-Men #355)

Jean, you REALLY don’t spring that costume on someone. (Uncanny X-Men #354)

…Fair, though. (Uncanny X-Men #355)

NEXT EPISODE: this whole mess

417 – Pterodactyl with a Gun

July 16, 2023 Jay 10 comments

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In which you, too, can use Cerebro; Jubilee is here, for some reason; the Xavier School should absolutely not be accredited; Hulk Hands would solve many of Rogue’s problems; Sauron gets a gun; Psylocke pulls a Lois Lane maneuver; you really shouldn’t spring a Phoenix costume on anybody; Joseph has (another) identity crisis; and Canada has problems.

X-PLAINED:

Miles at SDCC
Uncanny X-Men #353-355
X-Men #73
A running motif
Wolverine’s sons
Margaret Stone
“fun”
The location of the original X-jet
A red herring
Sauron (more) (again)
Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy… in space!
How to ship a pterodactyl
Mighty appendages
The Agee Institute
Boundaries
Wallpaper
Joseph (more) (again)
New Year’s Resolutions
Sebastian Shaw and his wraith buddy (again)
The X-Men’s answering machine
What Wolverine does
Alpha Flight
Canada problems
A crossover
Phoenix problems
Jean Grey’s ‘90s costume
Found families
What makes the Dark Phoenix Saga an X-Men story

NEXT EPISODE: Reignfire, resolved!

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