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As Mentioned in Episode 357 – The Semiotics of Regret

December 26, 2021 Jay 3 comments

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This cover accomplishes what it sets out to do so beautifully… (Uncanny X-Men #337)

…as does its credits page. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

Nothing is entirely okay here. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

Hank, no. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

And wistfulness for dessert. (Uncanny X-Men #337)

Ah, that cover. Again. (X-Men #57)

Versions of this have been used roughly a zillion times; but it always works. (X-Men #57)

The 616, where televisions always flip through the most scene-appropriate clips. (X-Men #57)

Clean up your damn flechettes, Warren Kenneth Worthington III. (X-Men #57)

(He’s not covered in water; it’s the anti-psy field and the evocation of Days of Future Past.) (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Not… the Rainbow Bears?! (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Hi, kiddo. (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Psychology is… different, here. (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

Sure, why not? (Onslaught Epilogue #1)

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As Mentioned in Episode 347 – Onslaught Begins

September 26, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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What, indeed? (Uncanny X-Men #334)

He’s a man of simple pleasures. (Uncanny X-Men #334)

We ship it. (Uncanny X-Men #334)

What the HELL, Professor X? (Uncanny X-Men #334)

Again: THE HELL?! (Uncanny X-Men #334)

It sucks to be Dark Beast, as it should. (X-Men #54)

The wreck of Professor Xavier’s office… (X-Men #54)

…and the wreck of Professor Xavier. (X-Men #54)

Before there was SIXIS, there was OVALZNO. (Onslaught: X-Men #1)

Shielded thoughts get red borders. (Onslaught: X-Men #1)

HE’S SO DRAMATIC (Onslaught: X-Men #1)

I know he’s evil right now, but I bet Xavier was also just a super creepy kid. (Onslaught: X-Men #1)

NEXT EPISODE: More Onslaught.

LINKS & FURTHER ALLUSIONS

Muscle March sure is a real video game that actually exists.

347 – Onslaught Begins

September 26, 2021 Jay 14 comments

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In which we stop procrastinating and dive headfirst into Onslaught; Professor Xavier is a jerk; Dark Beast wasn’t even supposed to be here today; Onslaught declaims like it’s the Silver Age; Bishop gets some long-awaited closure; and we pitch alternate candidates for the X-traitor.

X-PLAINED:

Hyperstorm
Onslaught (entity)
Onslaught (event)
Uncanny X-Men #334
X-Men #54
Onslaught: X-Men #1
How to pronounce “Buccellato”
The opposite of a pep talk
Nate Grey vs. Professor X
The Z’noxx (again)
One of several times Charles Xavier has faked his own death
Muscle March
Franklin Richards
The Gem of Cyttorak
A villain speech
That one recording Bishop found in the future
The X-traitor
Li’l Charlie
Magneto’s hood ornament
Alternate takes on the X-traitor

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As Mentioned in Episode 339 – Luck Be a Lady

July 11, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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Wolverine, now with 100% less nose. (Uncanny X-Men #332)

Because no X-Man has ever made a worse decision, ever, right? (Uncanny X-Men #332)

Honestly, I’d be worried, too. (Uncanny X-Men #332)

Aw, Nate. (Uncanny X-Men #332)

Way to make it weird, Logan. (Wolverine #101)

Never not adorable. (Wolverine #101)

Elektra cameo! (Wolverine #101)

Meanwhile in a Bob Ross painting… (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

Preacher needs to get better at stretching his canvases. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

The Bishop carry. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

Ouch. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

Oh, THAT guy, again. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

Seriously, this seems logistically unlikely. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

Depixelization is no fun, apparently. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

And she’s back! (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996)

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LINKS & FURTHER TOMFOOLERY

Learn more about Preacher in Episode 317 – Acquaintances of Humanity.
Kate Beaton’s Wolverine is an eternal delight.
Please note that Dave Cockrum’s art of Nightcrawler and Storm doing that is not remotely work-safe.

339 – Luck Be a Lady

July 11, 2021 Jay 4 comments

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In which evil robots are fundamentally more optimistic than climate change; Ozymandias could probably use a new hobby; Wolverine goes full Kate Beaton; “Luck Be a Lady” would be a kickass hymn; Shard gets a body (kinda); and the X-Men definitely do that.

X-PLAINED:

Some of Stryfe’s team-ups
Fatal Attractions (briefly)
X-Cutioner’s Song (briefly)
Genesis / Tolliver / Tyler Dayspring
Several other individuals named Genesis
Lost noses, historical and fictional
Uncanny X-Men #332
Wolverine #100-101
Uncanny X-Men Annual 1996
Zoe Culloden (The Expediter)
Ozymandias
Wolverine, golden retriever
An Elektra cameo
Wild Thing
Bishop and Shard (again)
The return of Preacher
The Hound (again)
A reunion
Deplxelation
Krakoan team niches
What heroes do

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As Mentioned in Episode 333 – Fight Train

May 23, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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I’d like to think he leaves her office like this afterwards. (Uncanny X-Men #331)

Just another Thursday on the PATH… (X-Men #51)

TFW you run into your boss outside of work and they make it weird. (X-Men #51)

…Somehow. (X-Men #52)

Remember that name; you’ll be sneering it later. (X-Men #52)

I wasn’t kidding when I said that Sinister kidnapped Bishop to find out if his ships were canon. (X-Men #52)

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333 – Fight Train

May 16, 2021 Jay 9 comments

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In which Miles discovers owl legs; Iceman dwells in subtext; Dark Beast overperforms; Daredevil is a delightful trash fire of a person; Graydon Creed’s presidential run is somewhat less shocking in 2021; Rogue does not enjoy playing ‘Got your nose’; and Mister Sinister is not a friend to public transportation.

X-PLAINED:

Post-Decimation resurrections
Owl legs
Uncanny X-Men #331
X-Men #51-52
Iceman’s complicated personal life
Casual crossovers
The facial hair of Warren Kenneth Worthington III
The terrible decisions of Matt Murdock
How to subtly test your in-laws for mutant powers
What Mister Sinister sounds like
A bad plan
The debut of Bastion
DNA
Foreshadowing

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As Mentioned in Episode 330 – Suddenly, Ninjas

April 25, 2021 Jay One comment

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Photo backgrounds are among his arcane talents. (Uncanny X-Men #329)

*skitter* (Uncanny X-Men #329)

Seriously, I love this concept. (Uncanny X-Men #329)

If I had a dollar for every time I’d seen an angry man pull a tiny dude out of the back of an old woman, I would be… well, broke, but that’s not the point. (Uncanny X-Men #329)

Ah, yes, the sacred goth club. (Uncanny X-Men #329)

Seriously, there is no reasonable justification for this. (Uncanny X-Men #330)

Note: He pulled that figurine out of Archangel’s chest. (Uncanny X-Men #330)

Looks like one of those days. (X-Men #50)

Sure, why not? (X-Men #50)

WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE BEAST? (X-Men #50)

Another day, another giant floating head in the Xavier manor. (X-Men #50)

NEXT EPISODE: Brooding.

330 – Suddenly, Ninjas

April 18, 2021 Jay 40 comments

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In which the podcast turns seven; Matt has officially edited half the podcast; a lot of things are made by metal; Doctor Strange is a big weirdo; Gambit is a scoundrel, not a villain; Wolverine goes goth; Onslaught could probably use a better herald; Bishop fires two guns whilst going aaaaaaa; and we commit to making what sense we can of Onslaught.

X-PLAINED:

How Betsy got her body back
Several simultaneous anniversaries
Uncanny X-Men #329-330
X-Men #50
Some ninja bullshit
A lot of less-benign-than-it-looks racism
Excellent use of a neon sign
An odd couple
The evolution of art tools
Steam vs. metal
Gomurr the Ancient
The Ebon Vein
Catastrophic magic
Our favorite iterations of Doctor Strange
The Crimson Dawn
How one becomes Gomurr the Ancient
Tar (Proctor of the Crimson Dawn)
Post (Herald of Onslaught)
An entity who may or may not be Onslaught
Continuity party tricks
Survivors of the Age of Apocalypse

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