Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 103

November 8, 2016 Jay 6 comments

Weeks of 10/26 and 11/2/2016 (Plus a Very Special Preview!):

In which THE CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES AND YOU SHOULD ALL GO VOTE RIGHT NOW (and also we review some comics) (and also there’s a very special musical preview at the end).

REVIEWED:

Extraordinary X-Men #15 (00:27)
Death of X #3 (04:06)
Champions #2 (briefly) (we probably won’t make a habit of this one) (07:39)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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As Mentioned in Episode 133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars

November 8, 2016 Jay One comment

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YAYBO! We’re launching our brand new TeePublic shop with a brand new design from artist Scott Koblish and designer Dylan Todd!

You’re hearing this in the Strangers’ voices from Dark City, too, right? (X-Factor #48)

I, however, am thoroughly impressed. Look at that snazzy Kirby-designed dude! (X-Factor #48)

Including this panel mostly for ZZ-105’s adorable flailing. (X-Factor #48)

Aw, man, Beast. Never change. I mean, I guess aside from the extended series of self-induced mutations. (X-Factor #48)

Well, that’s awkward on a lot of levels. (X-Factor #48)

Iceman’s core personality traits involve both reluctance to kill and overcompensating like whoa. (X-Factor #49)

“Tell you what–I won’t tell the others about ‘Wugga Wugga Wugga’ if you don’t mention the hat.” (X-Factor #49)

Ship is such a good bro. (X-Factor #49)

SMASH THE STATE! (X-Factor #49)

Look at that creepy little smirk! (X-Factor #50)

It wouldn’t be X-Factor without some good old-fashioned baby theft! (X-Factor #50)

NO SPACE GODS NO SPACE MASTERS (X-Factor #50)

WOW. (X-Factor #50)

“Knowledge–and twenty-seven hours of smooth jazz classics!” (X-Factor #50)

Meanwhile, this nonsense. (X-Factor #50)

NEXT EPISODE: Live from VVCBF. And yes, the guitar gets played.

133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars (Judgment War, Part 2)

November 7, 2016 Jay 23 comments

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In which the plot thickens; Jay and Miles fix Avatar; Ship is a good bro; you are in space right now; the Beginagains go full This Island Earth; Cyclops weaponizes love; voting is really important; and you’re listening to ten straight hours of soft jazz and subversion on ZZ-105

X-PLAINED:

The other Dazzler (Bertram Worthington)
Our newest t-shirt
X-Factor #48-50
A metaphor within a metaphor, in space
The first half of Judgment War (briefly) (again)
A prisoner exchange
Hairstyles of the possessed and famous
Proper use of Cable
A case for retcons
Iceman vs. Archangel
A feisty little fellow from the stars
The secret origin of Ship
The Celestials
The core of Iceman’s personality
Several kisses
Beast and the Rejects
Some terrible hats
An unfair fight
A nefarious plot
Contagious heroism
Arishem
The power of love
Why we use the word “queer”
Several theoretical and unlikely crossovers

NEXT EPISODE: Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival, with musical guest Scott Koblish!

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As Mentioned in Episode 132 – Nornheim Lemonade

October 31, 2016 Jay Leave a comment

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“I mean, seriously, this is how EVERY FIGHT YOU’VE GOTTEN INTO THIS STORY has gone. Are you really surprised?” (New Mutants #82)

Aw, man. Rictor is such a good dude. (New Mutants #82)

Hela: Actually really good at this whole “villainous plan” business. (New Mutants #82)

“Also, I’m super into wrestling.” (New Mutants #83)

AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE (New Mutants #83)

Volstagg’s kids are so awesome. (New Mutants #84)

Ula and the Savage Swarm! (New Mutants #84)

If you can’t punch pterosaurs, punching the jerks riding them is the next best option. (New Mutants #84)

Let’s have a moment of awed silence for the sheer audacity of Baldur’s outfit. (New Mutants #84)

FIIIIIIIGHT! (New Mutants #85)

Asgard: where you can have a dramatic death and then show up again WITHOUT resorting to retcons! (New Mutants #85)

Evil Dani is EVIL, man. (New Mutants #85)

And that’s how you sound-effect. (New Mutants #85)

Hela, of course, manages to work in one final villain speech. Because she’s a pro. (New Mutants #85)

Considering that Rob Liefeld’s run starts next issue, I’m gonna go with “no.” (New Mutants #85)

Meanwhile on Midgard*, Rusty and Skids basically play out variations on this gag forever. (New Mutants #84)

*Earth

Bret Blevins does draw a pretty splendid Vulture, though. (New Mutants #83)

NEXT EPISODE: X-Factor vs. Celestials!

LINKS:

We covered the first half of the Asgard Adventure in Episode 127 – Disaster City.
COME SEE US AT VEGAS VALLEY COMIC BOOK FEST ON NOVEMBER 5! It’s an awesome convention, and we will be doing a VERY SPECIAL live show.

132 – Nornheim Lemonade

October 31, 2016 Jay 6 comments

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In which Rusty is an honorary Bluth; we bid a sad farewell to Bret Blevins; Hogan the Grim is probably the best at bedtime stories; Asgard has really tight hat game; Hela is a remarkably competent supervillain; there are some sound effects you have to earn; Rusty and Skids fight the Vulture; and Miles has so many feelings about Thor.

X-PLAINED:

Cortex
Damian Tryp
Our weird 2016 recording schedule
Jay & Miles at Vegas Valley Comic Book Fest 2016
Recent ResurrXion announcements
The second half of the Asgard Adventure
The end of Bret Blevins’ New Mutants run
New Mutants #82-85
The Odinsleep
A fairly upsetting board game
Volstagg’s awesome kids
Tiwaz of the Wastes
Many excellent hats
Ula and the Savage Swarm
Garm
Miles’s favorite Fenrir story
A remarkably clever villainous plan
A signature sound effect
Karnilla the Norn Queen
Cable’s relationship to Longshot
Recommendations for a comics newcomer

NEXT EPISODE: X-Factor vs. Celestials, as Judgment War concludes!

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As Mentioned in Episode 131 – The Reaver Bunch

October 24, 2016 Jay 12 comments

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That cloak! Those Kent Williams inks! (Uncanny X-Men #252)

These are not the foundations of a healthy relationship. (Uncanny X-Men #252)

Ah, yes, the old-fashioned way. With robot dingos. (Uncanny X-Men #252)

Man, Lady Deathstrike is so cool. (Uncanny X-Men #253)

Emergency medicine must be a pretty different field in the Marvel Universe. (Uncanny X-Men #253)

Really? REALLY? (Uncanny X-Men #253)

Never change, Callisto. (Uncanny X-Men #253)

“Wait, what’s this over here? A stack of books. They all say… Complete Handbook of the Marvel Universe?” (Uncanny X-Men #253)

Hope you survive the experience! (Uncanny X-Men #254)

MOIRA THAT IS NOT SAFE LAB WEAR (Uncanny X-Men #254)

Remember that time the Morlocks brought Professor Xavier back from the dead and then dressed him in bondage gear? Good times. (Uncanny X-Men #254)

Well, THAT’S ominous. (Uncanny X-Men #254)

Relationship goals. (Uncanny X-Men #254)

There’s such a thing as trying too hard. (Uncanny X-Men #254)

LOOK AT HIM MUGGING GOOFILY AT THE SECURITY CAMERA (Uncanny X-Men #255)

Aw, man. (Uncanny X-Men #255)

Aw, man. (Uncanny X-Men #255)

NEXT WEEK: Back to Asgard!

131 – The Reaver Bunch

October 24, 2016 Jay 18 comments

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In which Jubilee is the sassiest Xenomorph; Lady Deathstrike is way too good for the Reavers; Wolverine gets a sidekick; Forge arm wrestles the Shadow King; Moira takes a cavalier approach lab safety; Magneto’s motives get kind of reconciled; Legion is a chaos gamer; Mystique and Destiny break our hearts; queer erasure in fiction reflects erasure in life; and the Shadow King is not even a little bit subtle.

X-PLAINED:

That one time Donald Pierce pretended to be Cyclops for like a year
The post X-Men X-Men
What may be our deepest cut yet
Uncanny X-Men #252-255
Where’s Wolverine?
The Reaver Bunch
Major-League lumpoids
Robot dingoes
A prescient vision
Trouble at sea
Several significant deaths
Subtext and queer erasure
The key of agony
Smile noises
Non-mutants we’d team up with the X-Men

NEXT WEEK: Back to Asgard!

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 102

October 20, 2016 Jay 12 comments

Weeks of 10/12/2016 and 10/19/2016:

In which standing up is for chumps; Old Man Logan is excessively decompressed; All-New X-Men saves Jay’s day; X-Men ’92 is excessively compressed; Death of X gets hairier; and we explore some of the ResurrXion announcements!

REVIEWED:

Old Man Logan #12 (02:47)
*All-New X-Men #14 (06:30)
X-Men ’92 #8 (08:57)
Death of X #2 (12:48)

*Pick of the week (20:31)

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130 – The Soule Protocols (feat. Charles Soule)

October 16, 2016 Jay 32 comments

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In which writer Charles Soule joins us for a (spoiler free) discussion of Death of X and how to make mortality matter in universes where death is a revolving door.

X-PLAINED:

Fang
Who’s really trying to kill off the X-Men
Death of Wolverine
Death of X
Charles Soule’s favorite death scenes
Several reasons to care about the Inhumans
Unpacking Cyclops
The correct pronunciation of “ResurrXion”

NEXT EPISODE: The Makeshift X-Men of Muir Island

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