Tag: Body Shop
366 – Nine-Tenths of the Law
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In which the Beast miniseries is actually a cleverly disguised Karma miniseries; Gateway’s moral alignment remains a mystery; Cannonball rocks some sideburns; there are many reasons to dislike Viper; and every #1 is somebody’s first.
X-PLAINED:
- An off-panel death
- X-Force #62
- Beast #1-3
- Karma’s family and backstory (again)
- Twin absorption
- MacGuffins and/or children
- Clearcut and Mindmeld
- Unconsciousness
- Spiral (again)
- Marios
- What to do (visually) with six arms
- Spiral’s mutates
- Some very impressive body horror
- MId-fight stalling
- Misplaced revenge
- Hank McCoy’s multiversal offspring
- The history of Karma’s sexual orientation
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As Mentioned in Episode 55 – How Nightcrawler Got His Groove Back
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING:
- Here is a video of 3-year-old X-Pert Kestrel and her brother Jasper pretending to be us.
- Here are the titles Kestrel and Jasper’s mom Katie recommends for very young X-Fans:
- These Are the X-Men is part of Disney’s World of Reading series, which also includes some books for slightly older readers, The Story of the X-Men and Days of Future Past (both recommended for ages 6-8).
- Kestrel and Jasper also love X-Men and Power Pack and X-Men: First Class, as well as the original animated series; but Katie cautions that all of those involve some adult themes you’ll need to either read around or be ready to have some challenging conversations about.
55 – How Nightcrawler Got His Groove Back
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In which Secret Wars II ruins everything (more) (again) (forever); Rachel Summers hates the Beyonder almost as much as we do; Miles gets mad at comics; Nightcrawler does not do gritty well; Lady Deathstrike gets wired; and we consult our favorite 3-year-old for book recommendations.
X-PLAINED:
- Rogue vs. Carol Danvers
- Life before social media
- Uncanny X-Men #202-205
- Alpha Flight #33-34
- Phoenix II vs. the Beyonder (twice)
- The Reverse Gwen Stacy
- Still more miracles of magnetism
- Kitty Pryde disambiguation
- SFLANNG!
- Good times in Murderworld
- The third-worst honeymoon
- Lady Deathstrike (Yuriko Oyama)
- Spiral’s Body Shop
- The Reavers
- One way to build a Wolverine antagonist
- Skirting the Comics Code
- Sound-effects lettering as a narrative device
- Good X-books for a 3-year-old
Special thanks to Katie and Kestrel P.
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