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As Mentioned in Episode 117 – How to Pee Like a Supervillain

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Babies, amirite? (New Mutants #74)
At least we know from a previous panel that they’ve both already washed their hands. (New Mutants #74)
IT’S CANON: No fighting in the Hellfire Club bathrooms. (New X-Men #142)
Warlock is adorable and Ship is adorable and everything is adorable. (New Mutants #74)
This cannot end anything but well. (New Mutants #74)
“Have you learned nothing about foreshadowing crossover events?” (New Mutants #75)
“We’re gonna go hang out with Namor! He’d never start a war!” (New Mutants #75)
I want to go to school on Ship. (New Mutants #76)
Possibly the purest distillation of Doctor Doom as a character. (Spidey Super Stories #53)
Boom Boom, like Doom, does what she wants. (New Mutants #76)
AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE. (New Mutants #76)
This man is unflaggingly delightful. (New Mutants #76)
“Again?” (New Mutants #76)
NOPE. (New Mutants #76)
(2 of 2) (Astonishing X-Men #12)
NEXT EPISODE: Trolls!

 

117 – How to Pee Like a Supervillain

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Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.
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In which Gossamyr definitely probably doesn’t get blown up; we engage in a long and surprisingly canon-based exploration of Hellfire Club bathroom etiquette; the New Mutants break up with Magneto; you should probably never go swimming in the Marvel Universe; and it is possible (but unlikely) that Jay yells “IMPERIUS REX” more than is strictly necessary.

X-PLAINED

  • New Son/New Sun
  • Post-Inferno New Mutants
  • New Mutants #74-76
  • Babies
  • Ship shipping
  • Inanimate objects Warlock has attempted to befriend
  • Hellfire Club bathroom etiquette
  • A long-anticipated showdown
  • Magneto’s on-again-off-again children
  • The Mutant Wars
  • The Grey King (but not The Grey King)
  • Undersea creatures that have no business near New York
  • An Atlantean artificat of dubious provenance
  • How to deter a giant and possibly supernatural octopus
  • Recycled powers
  • Friendly sentinels

NOTE: The Dispossessed is in fact by Ursula K. Le Guin.

NEXT EPISODE: Trolls!

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 92

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Week of July 13, 2016:

In which Old Man Logan continues to impress, All-New X-Men wraps up Apocalypse Wars, Marvel is still (probably) not trying to destroy everything you love, and Jay makes a critical omission.

REVIEWED:

  • *Old Man Logan #8 (00:44)
  • All-New X-Men #11 (05:43)
  • Marvel Now Announcements (12:34)

*Pick of the Week (11:14)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR.

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Miles Reviews the X-Men, Episode 91

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Week of July 6, 2016

In which Jay takes a sick day (but still gets stuck editing); Civil War II remains relatively civil; Deadpool V Gambit remains bafflingly delightful; and Miles weighs in on a few newly-announced titles.

REVIEWED:

  • Civil War II: X-Men #2 (01:12)
  • *Deadpool V Gambit #2 (04:53)

*Pick of the Week

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR. Special thanks to Katie Proctor.

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Double Gatefold Foil Die-Cut Skip Week: Collector’s Edition

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Miles here!

So: we were planning to record episode 117 this past Saturday (giving us our usual eight days of time for editing, post-production, proofing, and patching) – things were going to be a little tighter than usual for our producer Kyle since he was traveling during the second part of the week, but he volunteered to kick extra ass around his day job to get the episode done around his trip.

Aaaaand then Jay very suddenly got very sick, and between our schedule and Kyle’s, by the time it became clear that they weren’t going to be able to record, it was too late to find an emergency back-up co-host, do the prep we’d need for a guest, and record and produce an episode.

All of that to say: we’ll be recording episode 117 a week later than we planned, which means it’s going up a week later. Jay’s going to be fine and we’re going to do what we can to make sure this doesn’t happen again, but we won’t have a new episode this coming Sunday.

Apologies to all of you – and thanks for your understanding. In the meantime, we’ll have video reviews up at the usual times this and next week, and episode 117 will be up on July 17th.

As Mentioned in Episode 116 – The Pooper of This Party

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So gloriously tropey!
Jubilation Lee: immediately wonderful.
The comic timing on this is perfect. That last row, y’all.
The M Squad really needs their own title. At least a one-shot (since they likely wouldn’t survive longer than that).
Is it normal for department stores to have dramatically-lit Posing Curtains?
Most people don’t know that Uncanny X-Men #246 is Gambit’s actual first appearance.
So gloriously tropey x2!
Where’s Waldo?
Okay, Liefeld’s art is actually a ton of fun in this issue.
Australia: so chill. We guess?
Longshot saves the world through enthusiasm!
Wolverine plays poker hard.
Dammit, Silvestri.
The Siege Perilous: best/worst iPad ever.
Seriously, why would someone make this Senator Kelly action figure? Aside from to make sure none of us ever sleep again.
Miles wonders how much gel it would take to get his hair to do that.
One of our favorite seldom-addressed dynamics. Such good-natured jerks!
It’s hard to make talking heads interesting. Silvestri makes it look effortless.
“Everyone! Shoot all of your differently-colored lasers!”
Psylocke looks so sad. Senator Kelly looks so is-going-to-make-some-terrible-decisions.
Never change, Jubilee.
Rogue doesn’t do things halfway.
Don’t feel bad, Dazzler. You’ll get your turn.
In an unexpected twist, the firemen are watching Nanny and Orphan-Maker.
Next time: The New Mutants drop out.

116 – The Pooper of This Party

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Jubilation Lee: immediately wonderful.
Art by Marc Silvestri from Uncanny X-Men #244. David Wynne’s art will return next episode!

In which Jubilee makes her fabulous debut, the X-Ladies visit Hotbods, the X-Dudes accidentally (and drunkenly) save the world, Longshot is Sexy Johnny Karate, the only thing worse than one anti-mutant super-robot is two, and we say goodbye to a quarter of the team.

X-PLAINED:

  • Hellfire Club leadership
  • Uncanny X-Men #244-247
  • Team-relative Inferno after-effects
  • Jubilation Lee
  • Teddy girls
  • The surprisingly not-dead M Squad
  • Chaos (but not KAOS)
  • Dazzler, heart and/or steamroller of the X-Men
  • Miles’s alternate career as alien archivist
  • DC’s Invasion
  • Logan’s Guide to Kissing Etiquette
  • Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown continuity disambiguation
  • Sexy dead girls
  • Perils of the Siege Perilous
  • Sharon Kelly
  • Rogue, Carol Danvers, and relative (im)maturity
  • The MTV Generation
  • Wolverine’s hair
  • X-(misc.) Forever
  • Storm’s threads

NEXT EPISODE: The New Mutants drop out.

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Jay & Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 90

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Week of June 29, 2016:

In which Apocalypse Wars continues; there’s a lot going on in Uncanny X-Men; nobody draws Venom like Humberto Ramos; Miles shows off a tattoo; and Jay has strong feelings about Power Man & Iron Fist.

REVIEWED:

  • Uncanny X-Men #9 (00:37)
  • *Extraordinary X-Men #11 (05:50)

*Pick of the Week (09:57)

Filmed at Books With Pictures in Portland, OR. Special thanks to Katie Proctor.

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115 – So Many Teeth (feat. Max Carleton)

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In which Jay and Max brave the X-Men anime; the problem isn’t in Wolverine’s pants; Xavier is for once less villainous than he seems; Emma Frost gets ruffly; Cyclops wasn’t even supposed to be here today; and we both really want to hang out with Scott Porter.

X-PLAINED:

  • Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd
  • Waiting for the Trade
  • The X-Men Anime
  • Marvel Anime
  • Scott Porter
  • Jay’s ongoing attempts to assemble a coherent X-Men/Speed Racer conspiracy theory
  • Floating Hands Theater Wolverine
  • An unlikely T.A.
  • Several recurring flashbacks
  • The U-Men
  • The other U-Men
  • Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
  • Emma Frost, but ruffly
  • Evil Moira MacTaggert (Yui Sasaki)
  • The Sasaki Institute
  • The other Inner Circle
  • Marsh
  • Rat
  • Neuron
  • Takeo Sasaki
  • Potluck night at the Hellfire Club
  • Living vs. dead Jean Grey

NEXT EPISODE: Jubilee!

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