375 – One Thousand Kicks to the Face
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In which there is definitely a wrong way to enjoy your comics; Storm could probably use a more secure storage system; the Externals need more camp; and Joseph makes some valid points.
X-PLAINED
- What Storm’s up to
- X-Men Unlimited #7 (again) (briefly)
- X-Men #60-61
- X-Men Unlimited #14
- Karima
- Jamil
- Candra (again)
- A surprising absence of Howard Mackie
- Candra’s heart
- Some excessively complex psychic powers
- Phylacteries
- The origin of Storm’s romance with T’Challa
- Kicks to the face as a unit of pain
- Undercloaks
- The alternate universe where the McCoys live in Indiana
- The moppet squad (again)
- Dunfee, IN
- Yet another angry mob
- Multiverse-variable powers
- Favorite X-relationships
Correction: The Brandalorian let us know that “Phylacteries (tefillin) are not Chasidic; they’re a ritual object mentioned by the Torah, used by Jews of all sorts.” Apologies for our error, and we appreciate the correction!
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As Mentioned in Episode 374 – SMEK
374 – SMEK
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In which Frank Punisher is not a role model; Carl the X-Cutioner is not very good at secret identities; Miles tries his hand at poetry; and everything’s funny with a sidecar.
X-PLAINED:
- Frankencastle
- Frank Punisher and his cultural context
- Punisher #12-16
- Carl the X-Cutioner
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- The New Mutant Liberation Front and several members thereof
- William Connover (again)
- Agynt Kymberly Taylor
- Optimal sidecar use
- Simon Trask
- What it’s like to kiss Frank Punisher
- Poor management technique
- How we choose what to reveal when
- The timeline where Magik is textually queer
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HAWK TALK – Doonesbury
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This would usually be a skip week, but thanks to some generous donors to Equality Florida, Hawk Talk is back! This week’s topic was chosen by Andy Bartholomew.
As Mentioned in Episode 373 – Tainted Loins
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FURTHER READING
- Miles talked about how to follow Krakoa’s year two X-books into year three:
- Bridge miniseries:
- Planet-Size X-Men 1-shot
- Inferno
- X Lives of Wolverine
- X Deaths of Wolverine
- Year two books that don’t continue into year three:
- Cable (got a wrap-up 1-shot called Cable Reloaded)
- Children of the Atom
- Hellions
- X-Corp
- X-Factor
- Books that have kept their year two numbering:
- New Mutants
- Wolverine
- X-Force
- X-Men Unlimited (on Marvel Unlimited)
- Books that relaunched with a new #1 and new creators:
- Marauders
- X-Men
- Books that relaunched with a new title:
- Excalibur -> Knights of X
- SWORD -> X-Men: Red
- Way of X -> X-Men: the Onslaught Revelation -> Legion of X
- One book is brand new:
- Immortal X-Men
- Also, don’t miss the Secret X-Men 1-shot toward the end of year two!
- Bridge miniseries:
373 – Tainted Loins
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In which the Drake Roberts identity is retired; Gambit bonds with William Drake; Graydon Creed is evil but nondescript; tales of Pyro’s death have been somewhat exaggerated; and some mysteries resolve better than others.
X-PLAINED:
- Damian Tryp
- X-Factor (more) (again)
- Uncanny X-Men #340
- X-Factor #128-30
- More Drake family dynamics
- The Sword of Shannara
- The general vagueness of Graydon Creed
- Several ninjas
- Hound stuff
- Val Cooper’s pajamas
- An unexpected return
- Shapeshifting
- Overextended plotlines
- Some unusually threatening dad jokes
- The anticlimactic death of Graydon Creed
- Some time travel bullshit
- Which series are ending and which are relaunching between Reign of X and Destiny of X
- How and when Colossus stopped being the Juggernaut
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: The Adventures of Carl & Frank
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As Mentioned in Episode 372 – Monty Python’s Life of Magnus
372 – Monty Python’s Life of Magnus
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In which the first Magneto miniseries is actually a Joseph miniseries; Magneto lost a lot of nuance in the ‘90s; Fabian Cortez is friend to neither man nor bird; Joseph finds his inner supervillain; Marvel’s United Nations is unusually heavily armed; and bears are much cooler than guns.
X-PLAINED:
- Magneto (again)
- The Acolytes (again)
- Joseph (again)
- Magneto #1-4
- Amelia Voght (again)
- Religious statuary
- Razors
- New Avalon
- Magneto’s voice
- How not to make a point
- Armstrong
- A Trask who may or may not be Simon
- Weird torture
- Peonies
- A big, silly fight
- Happy X-Men comics featuring Wolverine
- The many nexuses of reality
NEXT EPISODE: Assassination!
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As Mentioned in Episode 371 – Beware of Psychodrama
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LINKS & FURTHER MISADVENTURES
- We allude frequently to Warlock piloting around Doug’s corpse, which story we covered in Episode 91 – The Saddest Story Ever Told.