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As Mentioned in Episode 382 – Seven Swords
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TECHNOLOGY! Large men putting screwdrivers into things, turning them, and adjusting them! (Excalibur #107)
Nobody trusts Spiral. (Excalibur #107)
Meet the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn! (Excalibur #107)
Do you ship it? We kinda ship it. (Excalibur #108)
The part of Marvel Editorial will be played by Daytripper in this sequence. (Excalibur #108)
Built your own atom storage box! (Excalibur #109)
That’s a lot of swords! (Excalibur #109)
Xiandu X-Plains the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn. (Excalibur #110)
I don’t know what makes this panel so funny, but it really is. (Excalibur #110)
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: More Crimson Dawn
NEXT EPISODE: More Crimson Dawn
LINKS & FURTHER BACKSTORY
- For Captain Britain’s origins, listen to Episode 97 – The Crooked World and Episode 98 – Between Alien Visitations and Drunken Sulks.
- For the time Spiral turned CB and a bunch of X-characters into kids, listen to Episode 63 – Wildways.
382 – Seven Swords
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In which Brian Braddock has grown as a person; we remain unimpressed by the Crimson Dawn; Marvel discovers email; seven swords to two people is a pretty good ratio; everyone hates Spiral; and love may or may not save the world.
X-PLAINED:
- Where Brian Braddock is these days
- Excalibur #107-110
- Post-Onslaught fallout
- Excalibur (more) (again)
- The difference an inker makes
- Nigel McWhirter
- A trip to London
- Spiral (again)
- Engineering outfits? I guess?
- A machine which would be Cerebro
- Several flashbacks
- The most meta bike shorts
- Time-travel safety
- Forgotten characters who turned out to be secretly evil
- A character moment that may actually be an art error
- Shamrock (Molly Fitzgerald)
- The Dragons of the Crimson Dawn
- A ghost
- X-folks who knit
- Best X-guest star moments
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: Yet more Crimson Dawn
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As Mentioned in Episode 381 – If We Told You, We’d Have to Kill You
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If Alex Summers had more issues, he’d be a comics shop. (X-Factor #131)
I guess he swallowed the thumb, which makes its lack of repeat appearance less surprising. (X-Factor #131)
The world’s slowest plasma blast. (X-Factor #131)
The real reason for Jamie Madrox’s heel turn. (X-Factor #132)
“And if you don’t like our terms, there’s also a free AOL install!” (X-Factor #132)
Agent Bowser. (X-Factor #133)
The Many Deaths of X-Factor: Sabretooth. (X-Factor #133)
The Many Deaths of X-Factor: Wild Child. (X-Factor #133)
The Many Deaths of X-Factor: Polaris and Shard. (X-Factor #133)
The Many Deaths of X-Factor: Mystique. (X-Factor #133)
The Many Deaths of X-Factor: Forge. (X-Factor #133)
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur vs. Crimson Dawn!
381 – If We Told You, We’d Have to Kill You
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In which real life sucks; Havok may or may not be a bad enough dude to rescue mutantkind; X-Factor quits; CD-ROMs were never THAT cool; subtlety is for suckers; Val Cooper hates nothing more than she hates the U.S. government; and Jamie Madrox wants nothing to do with your nonsense.
X-PLAINED:
- One way to end a wedding
- X-Factor #130-133
- Malice (again)
- A thumb (and the biting thereof)
- Barnes (and her hair)
- The relative versatility of plasma
- The Brotherhood
- A ruse and/or retcon
- Lighting design
- A CD-ROM
- The time Jay wrote some Captain America comics
- The last time you’re gonna see these
- Trevor Chase (more)
- One thing that might’ve inspired Jamie Madrox’s heel turn
- The nature of Jamie Madrox’s relative mortality
- Brand names
- Many faked deaths
- Agent Bowser
- A very fancy haunted house
- X-Factor’s true calling
- The X.S.E. (again)
- Mutant shifts in adaptations
- ‘Nuff said
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur vs. Crimson Dawn!
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As Mentioned in Episode 380 – Arbor Day
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Autumnal. (Generation X #23)
I miss the Blue Ridge Mountains. (Generation X #23)
Banshee’s powers may not make any more sense in these panels, but damn if they don’t look cool. (Generation X #23)
Howard, you should know better than to appear in any comic ever. (Generation X #23)
“Clearly! I mean, you’re not a dog, or purple, or… oh.” (Generation X #23)
Just a regular ol’ sleepover. (Generation X #24)
Characterization by way of wardrobe. (Generation X #24)
Young Jubilee and her ol’ Gem Fusion pal. (Generation X #24)
Yep, that seems 100% accurate. (Generation X #24)
Emplate, gothiest crowd-surfer ever (Generation X #24)
Ironically, the turtle itself was telepathic. (Generation X #24)
The readers see the pictures but the girls just hear the words. Emma is a master of selective detail. (Generation X #24)
“No I did not realize! You looked much less evil before this morning! And also less awesome, if I’m being honest!” (Generation X #25)
Black Tom Cassidy, Mark I. (Generation X #25)
Man, kudzu really is invasive. (Generation X #25)
The death of the-Mondo-we-knew. (Generation X #25)
Black Tom Cassidy, Mark II. (Generation X #25)
Gaaahhhhh those creepy finger-needles in Emma’s head (Generation X #25)
Black Tom Cassidy, Mark III. (Generation X #25)
Like a samurai movie! (Generation X #25)
Could be worse, kids – Howard and the moppets ended up someplace way weirder. (Generation X #25)
NEXT TIME: X-Factor quits.
380 – Arbor Day
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In which no one wants to be compared to Chris Bachalo; it’s always a holiday for Generation X; you may already be a Guthrie; M is a fascinating mystery; and Black Tom Cassidy (finally) makes his move.
X-PLAINED:
- What Black Tom Cassidy is up to these days
- Generation X #23-25
- Generation X (again)
- Seasons
- Visual representations of Banshee’s powers
- Several holidays
- The Blue Ridge Mountains
- A slumber party
- Emplate (somewhat)
- Bad times with Black Tom Cassidy
- The apparent death of Emma Frost
- What we do and don’t cover when
- Leech on Krakoa
NEXT EPISODE: X-Factor Quits
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HAWK TALK – Joy
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As Mentioned in Episode 379 – Stardate: Today
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FAO Schwarz, allegedly. (Uncanny X-Men #341)
Gladiator is not great at diplomacy. (Uncanny X-Men #341)
I AM SO WORRIED ABOUT THIS POOR MAN AND HIS HORSE (Uncanny X-Men #341)
New Outfits: Trish (Uncanny X-Men #342)
New Outfits: Bishop and Rogue (Uncanny X-Men #342)
New Outfits: Gambit, Joseph, and Beast (Uncanny X-Men #342)
Well, that’s a new look for the Phalanx. (Uncanny X-Men #343)
One for your reaction files. (Uncanny X-Men #343)
Word balloons on the cover are an underrated gimmick. (Uncanny X-Men #344)
Where babies come from! (Uncanny X-Men #344)
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X vs. Black Tom Cassidy!
379 – Stardate: Today
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In which what happens in space stays in space; a horse is imperiled; Joseph does some dubious science; Gladiator’s name is absolutely not Gary; everybody gets new costumes; and we learn where babies come from.
X-PLAINED:
- Shi’ar taxonomy, sort of
- The Shi’ar (again)
- The Phalanx (again)
- Uncanny X-Men #341-344
- A whole bunch of callbacks to X-Men #98
- A carriage ride
- The Z’noxx chamber (again)
- One way to have safer sex
- FAO Schwarz
- The Shi’ar Imerial Guard (again)
- Diplomacy, kind of
- Space outfits
- Trademarks
- Pure Phalanx
- Dinosaur Kingdom 2
- Where Shi’ar babies come from
- Flirting
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl vs. Isca the Unbeaten
- Characters we would happily voice if invited to do so
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X vs. Black Tom Cassidy!
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