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As Mentioned in Episode 16 – The Official Unofficial Not-at-SDCC (Rachel and Miles X-Plain the) X-Men Panel

July 28, 2014 Jay 25 comments

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When we say that Quentin Quire has the same fashion sense as Rachel, this is not what we’re talking about. (Wolverine and the X-Men #3)

Seriously. She’s never going to take it off again.

YAYBO! Thanks to your support, we’ve unlocked a bunch of very cool milestone goals on Patreon, from weekly video reviews of current X-books, to original illustrations, written posts, giant-size semiannuals, and more!

Why we can’t have nice things. (House of M #7)

As promised, from Uncanny X-Men #497.

Cyclops seems to like the premise of Schism about as much as we do.

We were going to photoshop word balloons in so Cap was yelling “What are we fighting about, again?” and Cyclops was yelling, “I have no idea!” but we ran out of time, so I guess just take that as read.

Yeah, that’ll end well, Iron Man. (Avengers vs. X-Men #5)

AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE! (Avengers vs. X-Men #11)

This moment has shown up in flashbacks in something like four books so far this month, so it’s probably gonna be PRETTY RELEVANT in the near future. (Avengers vs. X-Men #11)

Pretty much everything you need to know about Battle of the Atom. (Wolverine and the X-Men #37)

This was the only yearbook photo we could find with both of us in it. TRIVIA: Can you spot the other current comics-industry pro in this photo?

Aw, bros. (Wolverine and the X-Men #40)

Oh, that’ll be awkward. (Uncanny X-Men #23)

There are… kind of a lot of X-Men books currently coming out.

A reasonably comprehensive list of current X-titles.

We are 100% with Cyclops on this. (Wolverine and the X-Men #40)

Heh. (Schism #1)

Next week: Rogue! And space adventures! And Carol Danvers!

Also next week: Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men on Comics Alliance! It’ll go up here, as well as iTunes and Stitcher, at the usual time, but you’ll also be able to catch new episodes every Thursday at ComicsAlliance.com!

Bonus not-at-SDCC cosplay pics: Miles as Starman…

…and Rachel as space-pirate-in-a-polo-shirt teenage Cyclops.

Links:

MOMBcast #248
Benja Barker/Alter Egos Society
The Gaming Intelligence Agency
Newsarama Liveblog of the official Marvel SDCC panel (happened after we recorded this, so please forgive any minor discrepancies.)

As Mentioned in Episode 15 – The Ballad of Harvey and Janet

July 20, 2014 Jay 16 comments

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Angelica of the D’Urbervilles.

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“What wardrobe?” “My point exactly.” (X-Men #148)

Lee Forrester: The Best Ever. (X-Men #148)

Good luck with that, buddy. (X-Men #148)

“No, but you’ll be a sorcerer with your own Hell dimension! Won’t that be nice?” (X-Men #148)

Hi, Siryn! (X-Men #148)

Caliban and the Morlocks: Introducing the concept of passing privilege to the mutant metaphor. (X-Men #148)

last-page-of-the-issue Magneto reveals are the gift that keeps on giving. (X-Men #148)

Professor Xavier, doing our job for us. (X-Men #149)

KITTY PRYDE, YOU ARE DELIGHTFUL. (X-Men #149)

Prydeslaught, by Logan Bonner: Professor X’s unchecked rage, plus the id of a 13-year-old Kitty Pryde. We dearly wish this were canon.

Let us never speak of this again. (X-Men #149)

Still kinda bummed we didn’t make more Ann Veal jokes about this guy. “Who?” (X-Men #149)

Even his villain speech is kinda forgettable, but we will take literally any excuse to post more pictures of Kitty’s amazing outfit, so. (X-Men #149)

Phaseball Special! (X-Men #149)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA(X-Men #149)

We appreciate how obviously Lee is trying not to laugh in this panel. (X-Men #149)

There’s… a lot going on on that cover. (X-Men #150)

Magneto’s dastardly plan is basically peaceful nuclear disarmament. (X-Men #150)

Dr. Peter Corbeau: That one NPC your DM clearly rolled up as a PC in another campaign but never got to play so instead rolled into his campaign as an overcompetent badass. (X-Men #150)

The Voyage of the Mimi was an educational show, featuring a very young Ben Affleck and an ungodly earworm of a theme song. We both watched a lot of it in middle school science classes.

Wolverine with wet hair. You’re welcome. (X-Men #150)

“Also, man, he’s got killer abs.” (X-Men #150)

If there were an X-Men drinking game, “Dark City-style brain-ray psychic duel” would definitely be on the list. (X-Men #150)

Magneto: Now available with nuance and additional backstory! (Asteroid base sold separately.) (X-Men #150)

Having taken over Storm’s body, Emma Frost celebrates by, um, quoting King Lear. (X-Men #151)

HARVEY AND JANET, WE LOVE YOU. (X-Men #151)

This week in Scenes Only Chris Claremont Could Have Written: A giant robot busting through a ceiling and telling the shocked people inside, “Fear not! All will be revealed in due course!” (X-Men #151)

HARVEY AND JANET FOREVER! (X-Men #151)

Note the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends ad at the top! (X-Men #152)

Wolverine has a progressive attitude about transhumanism. (X-Men #152)

Well done, Wolverine. (X-Men #152)

How X-Men #137 could net you $2500. (Thanks to Carl Horn for finding this for us!)

As Mentioned in Episode 14 – Look Upon My Man-Thing and D’Spayre

July 14, 2014 Jay 24 comments

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Oh, hey, it’s another cover people will be riffing on until the end of time! They were flying fast and furious in these days. (X-Men #139)

This happens to us pretty regularly with college friends. (X-Men #139)

Shoulda listened to the Leprechauns, Kurt. (X-Men #139)

This isn’t plot-relevant, We just think Nightcrawler’s Scooby Doo moment is great. (X-Men #139)

The beginning of the end of Byrne on X-Men. (X-Men #140)

Storm vs. street harassment. (X-Men #140)

Storm is a somewhat possessive mama cat. (X-Men #140)

BERSERKER! (X-Men #140)

We’re really happy for you, and we’re gonna let you finish, but Daryl is the best Wendigo in comics. (B.P.R.D.: The Universal Machine #4)

Wolverine reaffirming his humanity by helping other characters find theirs remains a running motif. (X-Men #140)

Canadians, weigh in. Is this a real thing? Do your laws actually account for Wendigos? (X-Men #140)

For X-Men #141 and 142, see Episode 6, “Days of Future Whatever.”

This cover accurately reflects Rachel’s feelings about Christmas. (X-Men #143)

TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH, WOLVEIRNE. (X-Men #143)

Lee “Better Enjoy This Arc Because She’ll Never Be Written Very Well Again” Forrester. (X-Men #143)

“Not an Alien homage!” (X-Men #143)

The fact that he straight-up cheats at pool is a pretty legit charming Cyclops detail. (X-Men #144)

X-Men #144 is, structurally and thematically, a Creepy story. Still can’t believe this was CCA-compliant.

Outside of a few moments of the Dark Phoenix Saga, there’s probably no scene in X-Men that’s been redrawn as much as this one (but never retconned). (X-Men #144)

[Insert joke about Man-Thing and erections here.] (X-Men #144)

Aw. (X-Men #144)

Rachel and Doctor Doom are bros.

“This is why we can’t have nice things or tenure-track positions.” (X-Men #145)

AHAHAHAHWHAT (X-Men #145)

Toadworld. Think about that for a minute. (X-Men #145)

And thus began a long tradition of supervillains falling for Storm. (X-Men #145)

Well, that’ll end well. (X-Men #145)

Arcade! (X-Men #146)

Doom and Arcade have some fundamental differences over the proper execution of deathtraps. (X-Men #146)

Angel, you had ONE JOB. (X-Men #146)

Storm’s secondary mutation is weaponized claustrophobia. (X-Men #146)

Seriously. Don’t piss off Storm. (X-Men #146)

Fuckin’ Murderworld, man. (X-Men #146)

She is, of course, a robot, because if there’s anything Arcade and Doom can bond over, it’s their mutual love of making robot duplicates of EVERYONE THEY HAVE EVER MET. (X-Men #146)

But not that Rogue. (X-Men #147)

Recap! (X-Men #147)

You can tell it’s bad news because she’s got special balloon borders. (X-Men #147)

Aw. (X-Men #147)

I like to imagine that both of them have, in fact, had worse first dates. (X-Men #147)

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The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage

Savage Wolverine #21

All Those Signature Moves We Listed Off (We’ll Do a Visual Directory Eventually, We Promise):

FASTBALL SPECIAL VARIATIONS:

Fastball Special: Colossus throws Wolveine at something.
Phaseball Special*: Someone throws Kitty through robots

OTHER MOVES:

The Most Comics-Code-Adherent at What He Does*: The thing where Wolverine has his claws out during a fight but doesn’t cut anyone.
Cue-ball Special*: The thing where Cyclops takes out like six bad guys with ricochets from one optic blast.
Slippery Slope*: The thing where Iceman tries to be awesome and ends up beating up his teammates by accident.
Blue-Plate Special Special*: The thing where an X-man uses their powers to prepare lunch.
The thing where Kitty wrecks everything by accident phasing through it.
The thing where everyone switches opponents mid-fight, and that’s what turns the tide.
The thing where Nightcrawler is awfully dashing about beating people up.
The thing where Storm’s claustrophobia saves the day.
The thing where Angel just dodges shit for like an hour instead of participating in the fight.
The thing where Xavier fakes his own death.
The thing where Cypher and/or Kitty and/or Illyana and/or Wolverine do the “Ain’t I a stinker?” thing from the control booth of the Danger Room.
The thing where Cyclops uses his optic blasts to slow or stop inertia or a fall.
The thing where Storm has no powers and STILL kicks someone’s ass into next week.
The thing where Colossus and Wolverine throw themselves at Magneto every goddamn time despite being made of metal.

*We made these names up. They are not official canon, but we live in hope.

As Mentioned in Episode 13 – Last Stand on the Moon

July 6, 2014 Jay 14 comments

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You can tell she’s evil on account of the foreshortening. (X-Men #135)

Well, that escalated quickly. (X-Men #135)

“Inexorable” is a word we use a lot when talking about the Dark Phoenix Saga. This is one of those moments that can only lead in one devastating direction. (X-Men #135)

You can tell it’s a big deal because of the cameos… (X-Men #135)

…and the cross-promotion. Hi, Silver Surfer! (X-Men #135)

MALEFIC DESTINY! Claremont can be pretty overwrought, but for a story like this, we would argue that he is PRECISELY WROUGHT ENOUGH. (X-Men #135)

See, shit like this? This is why “malefic destiny” is an entirely appropriate and to-scale phrase. (X-Men #135)

AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE! (X-Men #135)

The Shi’ar: Why You Can’t Have Nice Things. (X-Men #136)

But first, a brief round of Danger Room exposition! (X-Men #136)

In John Grey’s defense, “what to do when your child is possessed by a potentially malevolent cosmic force” is really not covered adequately in most parenting books. (X-Men #136)

Comics Wolverine > Movie Wolverine. (X-Men #136)

If Xander’s crayon speech from that one Buffy episode is not direct homage to this scene, I will EAT MY HAT, and also your hat. (X-Men #136)

GOD DAMNIT, PROFESSOR X. (X-Men #136)

And THAT’S how you do a high-stakes psychic duel! (X-Men #136)

This will definitely not come back to haunt you. DEFINITELY NOT. (X-Men #136)

Maybe we will just put this cover in every single “as mentioned” gallery forever. Really, it deserves it. (X-Men #137)

The Watcher is like the narrative equivalent of pullquotes. (X-Men #137)

One step closer to the end. (X-Men #137)

But first, Beast pretty definitely gets a happy ending from a space massage therapist with epic green sideburns! (X-Men #137)

Again: Comics Wolverine > Movie Wolverine. (X-Men #137)

“I’ll take ‘scenes that always make Rachel tear up’ for 200, Alex.” (X-Men #137)

Yeah. (X-Men #137)

TEAMWORK! (X-Men #137)

“I’ll take ‘scenes that always make Rachel tear up’ for 1000, Alex.” (X-Men #137)

Can we have a moment of silence for this completely and absolutely perfect page? (X-Men #137)

The (definitely absolutely 100% permanent) death of Phoenix. (X-Men #137)

This is one of those covers that will be riffed and referenced until the end of time. (X-Men #138)

X-Men #138 renders 11 of the last 12 episodes of this podcast pretty much redundant.

The end… (X-Men #138)

…and the beginning. (X-Men #138)

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As Mentioned in Episode 12 – Inner Circle Jerk

June 29, 2014 Jay 11 comments

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“What’s up, Jean?”

“Oh, y’know, idyllic ancestral memories about an 18th-Century Jean Grey who hunted humans for sport.” (X-Men #126)

You know that thing where you visit your parents and they still try to ground you after you stay out late, even though you’re 30? (X-Men #129)

“Professor, this is the Claremont era, not the Silver Age. We evolve dynamically now.” (X-Men #129)

Someday, we’re going to do an entire episode about Emma Frost and the subtle but important difference between weaponized femininity and pandering to the male gaze, and it will be so rad. (X-Men #129)

Jamie McKelvie’s completely badass Emma Frost redesign.

Jean and Scott are not disco people. (X-Men #130)

“What’s up, Jean?”

“Oh, y’know, idyllic ancestral memories about getting married in a cemetery, in fetishwear.” (X-Men #130)

AWKWARD. (X-Men #130)

Ladies and gentlemen, Alison Blaire. (X-Men #130)

People tend to forget that Emma Frost, however briefly, actually managed to holder her own against the Phoenix Force. Daaaamn, Frost. (X-Men #131)

Warren Worthington and his shorts. (X-Men #132)

This scene will be referenced over and over and over until the end of time. (X-Men #132)

“About fucking time you caught on,” says the audience. (X-Men #132)

Aw, Wolverine. We remember when you were cool. (X-Men #132)

In X-men #33, we hit Peak Awesome Wolverine. It’s all downhill from here, kids.

Mostly here for the hat detail, which is pretty clever; and the tiger line, which is not. (X-Men #133)

Beast is a good bro. (X-Men #133)

Sebastian Shaw is legit fairly awesome. (X-Men #134)

Yo, Mastermind, let’s talk about manipulating omnipotent cosmic forces and natural consequences. (X-Men #134)

Oh, shit. (X-Men #134)

Next week: Epic Showdown on the Moon, and what might be the best issue of X-Men ever.

Links and further reading:

The Dark Phoenix Saga has been collected roughly a million times. Here is one such collection. Seriously. You need to just straight-up read these comics. They are very good.

Cameron Harris on Sebastian Shaw (the quote Rachel referenced in the episode but didn’t have on hand):

“So, I was all set up to haaaaaaaaate the HFC and yaaaaaaaaaay Jean and the X-Men. But I didn’t, and it was pretty much because of Shaw. His entrance, his presentation, his presence was all big, bold confidence. He wore those eighteenth-century-dandy duds with complete aplomb, and I could tell almost immediately that he was in charge of everything he wanted to be in charge of. Okay, so a good villain type. This X-fight will be great!

“But he had something I hadn’t expected. I had thought we’d get another (bigger, better, eviller) Mastermind, or a Magneto: grandiloquent (Miles’s word!) and charismatic, would-be king of all he surveys, but not a mano a mano fighter, you know? I’d been reading so many villains whose attacks came from a distance or through non-physical means–and then Shaw is taking a punch from Colossus and laughing about it and taking off his fancy coat to duke it out with the X-Men, and I thought, Holy shit. This guy is the real deal. He’s going to fight them on their terms, not hide behind robots or tele-powers. In fact, the more you beat him up, the stronger he gets! How do you even stop that? (Besides pulling a Hercules-with-Antaeus move, I thought, and was kinda hoping to see that.)

“So. I was into Shaw for that combination: immediate confidence and social control + physical prowess and willingness to fight his own fights. The capper was that when everything at the HFC goes to hell, he hops into a car and leaves. I love a canny opponent who not only isn’t afraid to retreat but doesn’t care how it looks. I commend such priorities.”

As Mentioned in Episode 11 – Who Would Win in a Fight

June 22, 2014 Jay One comment

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Rachel and Miles of 2003, testing out early “Who Would Win in a Fight” hypotheses. Rachel hasn’t had long hair in years, but she still fights dirty.

Cycloptometry, from X-Factor #39.

Some of our favorite X-spinoffs.

That’s Rachel Summers, sending Kitty Pryde’s consciousness back in time in the original “Days of Future Past” comic. (X-Men #141)

Fun fact: the title of this podcast is roughly 90% Michael C. Maronna’s fault. (Photo courtesy of Will McRobb.)

Mystique and Destiny: CANONICAL AS FUCK. (Astonishing X-Men #51)

The Siege Perilous will body-swap you with a Japanese assassin, or send you to Australia, or whatever. Unless you’re Quentin Quire, anyway. (Uncanny X-Men #229)

Lee Forrester takes shit from nobody. (X-Men #143)

You can, in fact, judge this book by its cover. (Nightcrawler #1)

Would you buy logical causality from this man? YES. Yes, you would.

From That One Time Rachel Discovered Blingee and Spent Two Days Doing Nothing but Animating Starbursts on Longshot and Dazzler Covers.

Miles’s favorite superhero.

Just in case you were wondering what it looked like.

Paracyclophus, by Legitimus Maximus.

Janet K. Lee is the inventor of the Metawolverine, the most powerful creature in Canada.

Next week: The Dark Phoenix Saga!

Links and Further Reading: UncannyXMen.net

As Mentioned In Episode 10 – Not All Mandroids

June 15, 2014 Jay 9 comments

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Multiple Man’s powers essentiall make him a retcon elemental.

Punching pterosaurs is the gift that keeps on giving. (X-Men #114)

Best Worst Reveal (X-Men #114)

“Robes” (X-Men #114)

We really can’t fault Cyclops for giving up on trying to explain Sauron. (X-Men #115)

The final fight of X-Men #116 Dark City.

Remember when we didn’t know everything about Wolverine? (X-Men #118)

Sadly, this story is really low on Sunfire Sass. Misty Knight, however, is AWESOME. (X-Men #118)

Mandroids. (X-Men #118)

Moses Magnum, P.I. (X-Men #118)

Heist stories are the best stories. (X-Men #119)

That’s Mariko Yoshida. She’s going to be really important later. (X-Men #120)

And that’s why you always leave a note. (X-Men #118)

Spoiler: Nope. (X-Men #109)

Alpha Flight. (X-Men #120)

Vindicator is a thoughtful antagonist. (X-Men #120)

Not actually episode-relevant. We just think these panels are hilarious. (X-Men #120)

Wolverine, we are pretty sure the APA would not approve of your approach to therapy. (X-Men #122)

Don’t fuck with Storm. (X-Men #122)

Ugh, THIS guy. (X-Men #122)

Based on the graffiti, this apartment was previously occupied by the 1970s Marvel bullpen. (X-Men #122)

Cyclops comes to terms with dynamic storytelling. (X-Men #125)

This is an awesome reunion, and notable as one of the only times Cyclops has ever successfully completed a hug. (X-Men #125)

Well, that’s portentous. (X-Men #104)

Angus McWhirter has REALLY STRONG FEELINGS about hovercraft. (X-Men #119)

Moira MacTaggert does science in a superhero uniform, because, comic books. (X-Men #125)

Proteus’s secondary mutation is superhuman levels of creepiness. (X-Men #127)

Well, damn. (X-Men #128)

As Mentioned in Episode 9 – Leprechaun Surprise Party

June 8, 2014 Jay 4 comments

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Cassandra Nova: The worst evil disembodied parasitic sister ever.

Cassidy Keep (X-Men #101)

Nightcrawler is just ridiculously charming. (X-Men #101)

I keep trying to think of a Monster in a Box joke to make about X-Men and vacations, but no matter where it goes, it’s not going to be in good taste. (X-Men #101)

Page 3 of Storm’s origin flashback. Can we talk about Dave Cockrum splash pages and how they are AWESOME? (X-Men #102)

After the “Cyclops Has a Good Day” sketchbook is full, Rachel’s going to move on to “Cyclops tells Professor X to go fuck himself.” (X-Men #102)

And then, Leprechauns. (X-Men #103)

Here, Nightcrawler. Have a new mutation. And also I guess some more Leprechauns, because, why not? (X-Men #103)

Even fake Charles Xavier is kind of a douche. (X-Men #103)

“We also know what you think about when you masturbate.” (X-Men #103)

The rad bromance of Cain Marko and Tom Cassidy. (X-Men #103)

“Whaddayamean, ‘roll diplomacy’? I put all my points into claw weapons!” (X-Men #104)

Secondary mutation: awesome villain speeches. (X-Men #104)

So, that happened. (X-Men #104)

Cockrum is REALLY into this layout. (X-Men #105)

Fun fact: Misty Knight is the only one of these characters alive in the modern Marvel universe. (X-Men #105)

Phoenix wants you heralds of Galactus off her damn lawn. (X-Men #105)

Shi’ar Trek. (X-Men #105)

AND THEN THINGS GOT AWESOME. (X-Men #107)

“While you guys were fighting the functionally omnipotent Superboy clone, I beat a guy up and stole his clothes.” Wolverine: Chaos gamer. (X-Men #107)

I’m not sure what he expects Captain America to do about this. (X-Men #107)

The Phoenix Force. (X-Men #108)

More majestic Phoenix action. (X-Men #108)

“I realized that I’d left some scenery unchewed, and that would NEVER do.” (X-Men #111)

Magneto is COMMITTED to the supervillain schtick. (X-Men #112)

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE (X-Men #112)

Okay, then. (X-Men #113)

Next week on Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men!

As Mentioned in Episode 8 – What We Talk About When We Talk About Claremont

June 1, 2014 Jay 8 comments

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In a moment of clarity, Cyclops recognizes that the X-Men’s greatest enemy is, in fact, the guy writing the book. (X-Men #96)

Never change, Sunfire. (X-Men #94)

Check out that sweet Dave Cockrum training montage. (X-Men #94)

Welcome to the X-Men, Thunderbird! Hope you survive the… oh. (X-Men #95)

This panel isn’t all that plot-relevant. We just think Havok’s powers look super cool. (X-Men #97)

“There can’t be TWO bondage vikings running around the Marvel universe!” (X-Men #97)

Professor Xavier’s nightmares are AWESOME. (X-Men #97)

Steven Lang: Stable and upstanding member of society. (X-Men #96)

In the Silver Age, superhero romance was limited to soulful gazes and ongoing sexual harassment. (X-Men #98)

I don’t know why they all look so surprised. (X-Men #98)

Cyclops obliterating a Sentinel: never gets old. (X-Men #98)

As far as we can tell, he swam here. From the middle of the ocean. Dr. Peter Corbeau: Ph.D. Badassitude. (X-Men #98)

Those are actually Sentinels designed to look and act like the original X-Men, because, Steven Lang. Just run with it. (X-Men #99)

Oh, hey, it’s the first Fastball Special! (X-Men #100)

You know how we say Jean Grey is underrated? Jean Grey is freakin’ underrated. (X-Men #100)

Aw. man. This whole scene. (X-Men #100)

The (first) death of Jean Grey. (X-Men #100)

And then… (X-Men #101)

This page still gives us chills. (X-Men #101)

Next week: Leprechauns. We’re not even joking.

Links and further reading:

FanBros

Chris Claremont’s X-Men

Episode 05 – The Retcon That Walks Like a Man (Covering Giant-Size X-Men #1)

As Mentioned in Episode 7 – Cyclops Has a Good Day

May 25, 2014 Jay 5 comments

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Proof that Miles does, in fact, have a Corsair costume.

I’m not sure there’s any scene from X-Men that’s been redrawn as frequently as this one. (Guardians of the Galaxy #12)

Corsair’s first appearance in X-Men #104

Look at these glorious weirdos. LOOK AT THEM. (X-Men #107)

Make good choices, Jean. (X-Men #107)

The best scene in X-Men, ever. (X-Men #114)

Sometimes Scott Summers is not the brightest crayon in the box. (X-Men #114)

Cyclops is the worst at hugs. (Uncanny X-Men #391)

Dude has a point. (Uncanny X-Men #391)

Reports of Corsair’s death have been somewhat exaggerated. (All-New X-Men #23)

Scott has questions. (Guardians of the Galaxy #12)

Aw, kiddo. (Guardians of the Galaxy #12)

Remember when you were sixteen, and everything was super serious, and your not-quite girlfriend got kidnapped by space birds and put on trial for the crimes that her past-future adult self committed by possessed by a cosmic force? (Guardians of the Galaxy #13)