Tag: beast
148 – That’s So Ravens
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In which Archangel falls in with the LARP crowd; all yuppies are (probably) vampires; Beast is kind of a jerk; there are a lot of reasons to be mad at Forge; and you should totally come hang out with us at ECCC!
X-PLAINED:
- A peculiar scheme
- X-Factor #54, 56-59
- Crimson
- The Ravens
- A gallery opening
- Several varyingly tortured souls
- Charlotte Jones (more)
- Archangel vs. Archangel’s wings
- Ethical reporting
- An accidental bank robbery
- The return of a long-lost villain
- Timmy Jones
NEXT EPISODE: Old Man Logan!
Special thanks to Lillian Cohen-Moore!
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As Mentioned in Episode 142 – The Monster at the End of This Comic
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FURTHER LISTENING:
- For more on Scott and Jean’s Central Park conversation (and an especially ironic listen this week), check out Episode 22 – Through Death and Through Life!
142 – The Monster at the End of This Comic
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In which Jay and Miles make a personal announcement;Â moles (probably) don’t lay eggs; Angel is full of angst and flechettes; there’s always room for cello; and no matter how complicated our personal lives get, X-Factor’s will always be worse!
X-PLAINED:
- The Tanaka family business
- Jay & Miles vs. time travel
- Some personal stuff that’s going on
- Our definitive Iceman artist
- A whole lot of child endangerment
- Two reasons not to eat cereal from the 1980s
- X-Factor #51-53 and 55
- Cable’s first word
- Slightly dubious zoning
- Charlotte Jones
- Opal Tanaka
- Mole
- Chicken Wings
- Grover, but not that Grover
- B-grade Sabretooth
- A double date
- Giant bugs
- The Locust (August Hopper)
- A walk in the park
- A failed proposal
- What we talk about when we talk about retcons
NEXT EPISODE: Happy Birthday, Shadowcat!
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As Mentioned in Episode 133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars
133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars (Judgment War, Part 2)
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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 128 – A Stupid Way to Die (Judgment War, Part 1)
128 – A Stupid Way to Die (Judgment War, Part 1)
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In which X-Factor goes to space; Miles gets judgmental about spelling; Paul Smith returns to an X-title; Celestials are a pain; Judgment War is the Star-Trekkiest story that doesn’t actually involve Star Trek; monster ladies are super important; if you can be a green dude, you should be a green dude; and Cyclops gears up to fight some gods.
X-PLAINED:
- One way to kill a Celestial
- Judg(e)ment War
- Drunk Mark Trail
- X-Factor #43-46
- Walls you should maybe not bust through even if you’re X-Factor
- A completely inappropriate show pitch
- Celestials
- The true secret purpose of Ship
- The Chosen
- The Rejects
- Dualers
- Perfect Seera
- Rask
- Zarka
- Monster ladies in cultural context
- Lev
- A stupid way to die
- Jammers
- Plot-relevant amnesia
- The Most Perfect
- ZZ-105
- Baby theft (more)(again)
- Ryest
- The Beginagains
- Whether and when there’ll be another all-question episode
- The current status of the Jean Grey school
NEXT EPISODE: The Cross-Time Caper begins!
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122 – Boom Boom Von Doom and the Ontology of Monsters
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In which the back-up stories of Atlantis Attacks are way better than the main event; the Serpent Society is hilarious; Longshot finds a rock; the S.U.R.F.E.R.S. are no Neutrinos; our volume of digressions is inversely proportional to our investment in this crossover; Jay overthinks sunglasses; and somehow we still aren’t entirely done with Inferno.
X-PLAINED:
- Leonard McKenzie
- Princess Fen
- Tiger Shark
- A dubious crossover event and three splendid backup stories
- The best thing in Marvel Puzzle Quest
- Skateman
- Atlantis Attacks
- Uncanny X-Men Annual #13
- New Mutants Annual #5
- X-Factor Annual #4
- Ghaur
- Llyra
- Homo mermanus
- The Serpent Society
- Boomslang
- Why snakes don’t wear vests
- The Maple Hill Farm books
- The Horn of Doom (again)
- Namorita
- Impractical swimwear
- Surf, or S.U.R.F.E.R.S., or whoever the hell they are
- Zak and the Neutrinos
- The trouble with mobile landmarks
- A case of mistaken identity
- The true meaning of something, probably
- Ralph Macchio, but not that Ralph Macchio
- Circumstances in which it is acceptable to throw a small child down an elevator shaft
- The definitive Boom Boom
- Eligible gentlemen of the Marvel Universe
- Boom Boom Von Doom
- A false dichotomy
- Sally Pashkow
- A really great outfit
- Presidencies rated by X-Books
- Best and worst moral inversions
NEXT WEEK: Mojo Mayhem!
ART CHALLENGE: Send your best Boom Boom romance stories, covers, and pin-ups to xplainthexmen(at)gmail.com by SEPTEMBER 15, with the subject line BOOM BOOM RULES.
NOTE: In this episode, Jay briefly confused two Marvel villain teams: the Serpent Society (snake-themed villains); and the Sons of the Serpent, also known as the Serpent Men (hate group). We would like to offer our apologies to the Serpent Society, who are ridiculous but not, as far as we know, racist.
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As Mentioned in Episode 118 – Extrude the Grappling Arms!
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LINKS:
- Go follow the Ravenmaster on Twitter. He is absolutely delightful.
- We talked about The Dark Is Rising with Kurt Busiek in Episode 21 – Kurt Busiek at the Coffee-a-Go-Go.