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437 – Dismember the Titans
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In which the overlap between Rocky Horror and ‘90s X-Force fans is probably pretty significant; Pandemonia has priorities; the warehouse gets an evil, sexy glowup; swears are great; Johnny Blaze’s motorcycle probably shouldn’t still be on fire; and there is no single definitive X-Men experience.
X-PLAINED:
- Master Pandemonium
- X-Force #85
- X-Force/Champions Annual 1998
- What X-Force has been up to lately
- The regrettable absence of Doctor Doom
- Possession
- Community
- Cougars (euphemistic)
- The thrift cycle
- Rusty Collins on Krakoa
- Fashion
- An eons-old accord between the Houses of Chaos and the Lord of Valhalla
- Jennifer Kale
- The list
- Swears
- A statue of Hades
- Various appendages sticking out of the earth
- Hercules
- The mystic power of sarcasm
- The greatest fear of a Titan
- Monet St. Croix vs. the Count of Monte Cristo
- Good X-books for your fifteen-year-old niece
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As Mentioned in Episode 425 – Shooting the Moose
425 – Shooting the Moose
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In which moose are nothing to mess with; Cyclops requests a reality check; Bachalo does Kirby; Rogue absorbs a catchphrase; and the Shadow King needs a villain song.
X-PLAINED:
- Uncanny X-Men #356-357
- X-Men 77-78
- The Cable Principle
- Corvid disambiguation
- An aborted narrative
- Moose
- Sherrif and/or Officer Chris
- Stacy’s sister Melissa
- Cul-de-sacs
- Ptarmigan Creek
- Dubiously credible lies
- Nostalgia
- Bad times in Westchester
- Bad times in space
- Punching birds
- Moon Wolf
- An absolutely inappropriate theatrical reference
- Ainet
- Ananansi vs. Anansi
- The Shadow King (more) (again)
- Psi-War
- Temptation
- Shadow powers
- Hair swaps
- Solo Disney+ series for X-Men
- How to make Gambit work onscreen
NEXT EPISODE: Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy… IN SPACE!
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As Mentioned in Episode 417 – Pterodactyl with a Gun
417 – Pterodactyl with a Gun
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In which you, too, can use Cerebro; Jubilee is here, for some reason; the Xavier School should absolutely not be accredited; Hulk Hands would solve many of Rogue’s problems; Sauron gets a gun; Psylocke pulls a Lois Lane maneuver; you really shouldn’t spring a Phoenix costume on anybody; Joseph has (another) identity crisis; and Canada has problems.
X-PLAINED:
- Miles at SDCC
- Uncanny X-Men #353-355
- X-Men #73
- A running motif
- Wolverine’s sons
- Margaret Stone
- “fun”
- The location of the original X-jet
- A red herring
- Sauron (more) (again)
- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy… in space!
- How to ship a pterodactyl
- Mighty appendages
- The Agee Institute
- Boundaries
- Wallpaper
- Joseph (more) (again)
- New Year’s Resolutions
- Sebastian Shaw and his wraith buddy (again)
- The X-Men’s answering machine
- What Wolverine does
- Alpha Flight
- Canada problems
- A crossover
- Phoenix problems
- Jean Grey’s ‘90s costume
- Found families
- What makes the Dark Phoenix Saga an X-Men story
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As Mentioned in Episode 400 – Loud Noises
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NOTES & FURTHER READING:
- All that remains of Gambit Cyber Comic: The Hunt for the Tomorrow Stone
400 – Loud Noises
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In which legacy numbering is best left alone; all roads lead to the Antarctic; we finally learn Gambit’s big secret; Erik the Red gets yet a third identity; no one soils the Juggernaut; Maggott saves the day; and we have somehow made (technically more than) 400 of these things.
X-PLAINED
- Spat
- The tragic loss of the Cyber Comics
- How not to back up your work
- Uncanny X-Men #350
- X-Men #70
- A shambles
- What’s been happening since Operation Zero Tolerance
- A very fancy cover
- Insufficient outerwear
- Senses
- Justice as a decorating theme
- Baffling statuary
- The return of Erik the Red
- Erik the Red (again)
- Ferris
- Gambit’s big secret
- A large number of continuity errors
- A total dick move
- De-icing
- Untitled Marrow Game
- A big fight
- Living room surgery
- Legal documents
- Favorite anniversary issues
- Dangling plot threads
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X vs. Christmas
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As Mentioned in Episode 394 – We All Have to Go Sometime
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LINKS & FURTHER LIFE LESSONS:
- Nearly 40 years after Secret Wars II, Spider-Man is still teaching people to poop.
394 – We All Have to Go Sometime
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In which there’s always room for another X-cast; Cecilia Reyes wasn’t even supposed to be here today; Sabra has indestructible underwear; prime sentinels are probably even worse pets than quail; Marrow probably swears more than superhero comics allow for; and Operation Zero Tolerance comes to an end.
X-PLAINED:
- The original proposed ending of Operation Zero Tolerance
- The actual ending of Operation Zero Tolerance
- X-Men #66-69
- Operation Zero Tolerance (so far)
- Prime Sentinels (again)
- Bastion (more) (again)
- Spidey and His Amazing Friends
- Cecilia Reyes
- The most reluctant X-Men
- Nanomachines
- Trust
- Miles’s least favorite X-Men story
- Sabra
- Superheroes who wear white
- Wizard dogs
- Indestructible undergarments
- Angie Quail
- Candy Southern (again)
- Actual quail
- Bones
- Metal Gear Solid
- Officers Aguinal and Cleaveland
- The sound of a soul losing its shape
- One of many problems with the carceral system
- What men do in bathrooms
- A showdown
- Operation Zero Tolerance in retrospect
- Silly superhero names
- Non-mutant characters who pair well with X-Men
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: Bastion’s secret origin!
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