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439 – Fishfic

February 4, 2024 Miles 9 comments

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In which we reach the beginning of an end; Jay totally forgot Gambit was there; we’re all living in the Mary Purcelliverse; the X-Men split the party; and we explore The Bay Area’s Bohemian Hotbed of Student Anarchy.

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Mary Purcell (sort of)
The re-defaulting of the X-Men
Uncanny X-Men #362-323
X-Men #82
Nebraska
Pyro (Saint John Allerdyce) and his endless illness
Legacy Virus variations
Going home again
Running back and forth in quarries
Marrow, who’s come a long way
The two forms of fire: skeleton monsters and sexy ladies
Cerebro (the evil one)
San Francisco and Tajikinistan
Asphalt ball pits
A topsy-turvy nonsensical impossible hell
Nina the Mannite
Desire, love, loss, and fear
Skulls and spines
The New (New) Brotherhood of Mutants
Cerebrites Alpha and Beta
A lost, smelly fish
Ambiguous art
Blood, sweat, and fears
Which mutants would cause the most chaos at holiday gatherings
Hopes for post-Fall society

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As Mentioned in Episode 438 – The Man of Harsh Business

January 28, 2024 Miles One comment

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The confident sneer of a man with a shillelagh. (Uncanny X-Men #361)

Wolverine, vigilante relationship counselor. (Uncanny X-Men #361)

A Juggernaut diminished. (Uncanny X-Men #361)

Dude’s got his flaws, but Gambit really knows how to make an entrance! (Uncanny X-Men #361)

Shadowcat and Gambit have met before, but never so close to whatever’s in Juggernaut’s pants. (Uncanny X-Men #361)

“I especially don’t want anyone to see my impressive collection of Jonathan Taylor Thomas calendars!” (Uncanny X-Men #361)

The X-Men have their best conversations while fighting ninjas or ninja equivalents. (Uncanny X-Men #361)

Jack of Queen of Hearts Death! (Uncanny X-Men #361)

Comedy gold. (X-Men #81)

I’ve missed this dynamic. (X-Men #81)

It’s so easy to follow the motion of this fight even through still images… Pay attention, every modern action director! (X-Men #81)

The three words every woman longs to hear: “I hurrk hkk”. (X-Men #81)

Hairy hugs! (Wolverine: Black Rio)

THE MAN OF HARSH BUSINESS (Wolverine: Black Rio)

My only complaint with this panel is that the sound effect should actually be SHAAARK (Wolverine: Black Rio)

Logan knows how to party! (Wolverine: Black Rio)

Logan continues to know how to party! (Wolverine: Black Rio)

I have questions. (Wolverine: Black Rio)

To this, we can only say: huh. (Wolverine: Black Rio)

“Sorry I didn’t get here sooner. This thing has, like, a lot of zippers.” (Wolverine: Black Rio)

The road goes Wolver on and on. (Wolverine: Black Rio)

NEXT EPISODE: The Hunt for Xavier begins!

438 – The Man of Harsh Business

January 28, 2024 Jay 6 comments

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In which Gambit knows how to make an entrance; Rogue and Gambit only have relationship conversations during superhero fights; Wolverine fights a shark; and we have opinions on how to handle certain aspects of backstory.

X-PLAINED:

One way to take over Madripoor
Uncanny X-Men #361
X-Men #81
Wolverine: Black Rio
The X-Men’s rapid slide back to the status quo
Steve Comicraft
The fork of loneliness
Cyttorak (again)
Black Tom Cassidy (again)
Peacocks
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
What’s sticking out of Juggernaut’s pants
Favorite versions of the Danger Room
Floriography
Kali (kind of)
Mary Purcell (a bit)
Rio Carnival
An outfit
Detective Antonio Vargas and his mustache
Saint Cyrus Leviticus
Ezra
Comparing mutant and Inhuman culture
Demonic homage

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As Mentioned in Episode 436 – The Feel-Good Movie of the Summer

January 7, 2024 Jay One comment

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Never go on a commercial flight with Wolverine. (X-Men: Liberators #1)

They have fun. (X-Men: Liberators #1)

The Cockrum line-up! (X-Men: Liberators #2)

IT IS REALLY NOT LIKE THE TREES, KURT. (X-Men: Liberators #2)

Walls are for normies. (X-Men: Liberators #2)

Hi, Nikolas! (X-Men: Liberators #2)

I bet Charles Xavier spends a lot of money on landscaping. (X-Men: Liberators #3)

One way to start a fire. (X-Men: Liberators #3)

Kids love Nightcrawler. (X-Men: Liberators #3)

Nude in the snow: the Logan story. (X-Men: Liberators #4)

Omega Red sure is Omega Red. (X-Men: Liberators #4)

…wow. (X-Men: Liberators #4)

IT’S THE FEEL-GOOD MOVIE OF THE SUMMER! (X-Men: Liberators #4)

Aw. (X-Men: Liberators #4)

NEXT EPISODE: X-Force gets possessed!

436 – The Feel-Good Movie of the Summer

January 7, 2024 Jay 5 comments

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In which Colossus has had a rough time of it; the X-Men are at their best in bar fights; Bronze-age Wolverine was a jerk; Ursa Major deserves more page space; kids dig Nightcrawler; and we imagine an X-Men newspaper comic strip.

X-PLAINED:

Notable incidents in Iceman’s romantic history
X-Men: Liberators #1-4
Nostalgia
Friendship
A bar fight
Province 13
General Sergei
Several dead deer
Gregor and Valeri
Nikolas
Zener cards
Several children
Omega Red (more) (again)
Ariana
Ideal formats
Beast vs. Dark Beast
A theoretical X-Men newspaper comic

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As Mentioned in Episode 435 – Giant-Size Special #12 (feat. Kieron Gillen)

December 31, 2023 Jay Leave a comment

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Illustration by David Wynne

Just look at that cover! (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

Strong Fantastic Planet vibes, no? (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

Meet the Thingee! (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

Heaven, sort of. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

The Statler and Waldorf of Baum, Kansas. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

Aw, Betty. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

Bad times. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

Residents of the Albony Avenue Sanitarium. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

The true form of the Thingee. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

And straight on ’til morning. (Longshot vol. 2 #1)

435 – Giant-Size Special #12 (feat. Kieron Gillen)

December 31, 2023 Jay 13 comments

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In which we have had an eventful year; Longshot is a classic folk hero; writer Kieron Gillen makes a triumphant and mildly terrifying return to the show; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.

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Our tenth birthday party!
2023
Longshot vol. 2 #1
Longshot as a folkloric archetype
Longshot (more) (again)
Dismal Nitch, Washington
The Thingee
Baum, Kansas
Corn
Betty
Barrie, Kansas
The Albony Avenue Sanitarium and several of its residents
Innocence, broadly
The Wuggly Ump, by Edward Gorey
Love
Immortal X-Men
Nathaniel Essex and several significant clones thereof
Defining Mister Sinister
Making Charles Xavier sympathetic
Reset phrases
Eternals
The 10^th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
Many people to whom we are grateful

NEXT EPISODE: X-Men: Liberators

NOTE: If you want to avoid Immortal X-Men spoilers in our interview with Kieron Gillen, you can skip to 01:38:50 for the Corbeau Awards!

Special thanks to:

Matt Hunter
Dylan Higgins
Al Kennedy
Max Carleton
Kieron Gillen
Tea Fougner
Anna Stokes
All of our patrons
All of you listening, always <3

“Sinister Is Cloning This Town” performed by Steve and Erin Pence

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As Mentioned in Episode 434 – Return to Cape Citadel

December 31, 2023 Miles Leave a comment

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Happy anniversary! Have a brand-new team! (Uncanny X-Men #360)

The first of a number of Giant-Size X-Men #1-style origin stories. (Uncanny X-Men #360)

In which the long-absent Excalibur mutants remind us of the first team they were all on. (Uncanny X-Men #360)

The All-New, Slightly-Off X-Men attack! (Uncanny X-Men #360)

Meanwhile: all that’s left of the X-Men. Err, the most recent team of X-Men. Not the returning ones. Or the fake ones. Look, there are a lot of different X-Men in this issue, okay? (Uncanny X-Men #360)

Hey, looks like Thomas Wolfe was wrong! (Uncanny X-Men #360)

Who needs panel borders when you’ve got layouts like this? (Uncanny X-Men #360)

Hey, it’s like the last issue’s cover – but with actual X-Men! (X-Men #80)

Comics’ greatest superhero soap opera. (X-Men #80)

Gotta admit, this is not Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau’s greatest showing. (X-Men #80)

A lot’s changed since you’ve been gone, Pete. (X-Men #80)

*raised heavy metal horns accompany a single heavy metal tear* (X-Men #80)

They’ve been back together for only a few hours and are already dramatically posing like champs! (X-Men #80)

“Hey, that’s not Professor X! He has a… you know!” (X-Men #80)

…rocket? (X-Men #80)

More couples’ therapy should include fastball specials. (X-Men #80)

I mean, I know they were kinda jerks, but… jeez! (X-Men #80)

NEXT EPISODE: Our tenth annual Giant-Size Winter Special!

434 – Return to Cape Citadel

December 17, 2023 Jay 13 comments

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In which the X-Men turn 35; we pause to celebrate the death of Henry Kissinger; Jay is a space nerd; Marrow hang-dries her delicates; space shuttles are not rockets; the band gets back together; and the Danger Room isn’t the first piece of X-tech to get sentience and a robot body.

X-PLAINED

How Excalibur got a Blackbird
Uncanny X-Men #360
X-Men #80
Many callbacks
The Benassi Rocket
The Cassini Probe
The All-New, Slightly Off X-Men
The Grey King (Addison Falk)
Chaos and/or Xhaos (Dan Dash)
Mercury
Rapture (Sister Joy)
Crux (Cristal Lemiuex)
Landslide (Lee Broder)
The Founder
Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau (again)
The Mutant Defense Net
Heroic narration
Lack of spacefaring continuity
Friendship
Technology
Costumes
All-New All-Different Dungeons & Dragons

NEXT EPISODE: GIANT-SIZE WINTER SPECIAL #10

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