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As Mentioned in Episode 185 – Becoming Wolverine
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185 – Becoming Wolverine (feat. Tom Taylor)
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In which All-New Wolverine and X-Men Red writer Tom Taylor joins us to talk friendship, heroism, pelican statues, and how to build on legacy without being bogged down by it.
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- The epic awesomeness of Gabrielle Kinney
- All-New Wolverine
- The evolution of Best Wolverine
- Character-first story
- Family
- X-Men Red
- Finding Jean Grey’s voice
- Gentle (Nezhno Abidemi)
- Transcending the Silver Age
- Laura Kinney in Logan
- Wolverine-style brain surgery
- Editing down to the bones
- Tom’s comfort reads
- Secret origins of Tom Taylor
- Writing like a street performer
- Koalas vs. reavers
NEXT EPISODE: The Boringest Rasputin
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174 – Ed Piskor’s Grand Design
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In which Jay sits down with cartoonist Ed Piskor to talk about the upcoming X-Men: Grand Design!
NEXT EPISODE: X-Men: Gal Pals!
The visual companion to this episode can be found in X-Men: Grand Design #1, available from your local comics shop this December!
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168 – Live at NYCC, feat. Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson
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In which X-Legends Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson join us for our first-ever live show on the East coast!
NEXT EPISODE: Bits ‘n’ Bobs
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154 – Leaning into the Metaphor (feat. Sina Grace)
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In which incoming Iceman writer Sina Grace joins us to talk about the coolest X-Man; Adult Bobby Drake gets the spotlight; no one looks too closely at the jokester; the mutant metaphor works both globally and personally; and we are all a little horrified by how long ago Grant Morrison’s New X-Men run happened.
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- The Apocalypse Seed
- What ice powers sound like
- Ice puns and Memento-style tattoos
- Adult coming-out stories
- Intersectionality and representation
- Iceman on his own
- The most Sinister of teases
- Cargo shorts
- Bobby’s assorted ex-girlfriends
- Omega-level ice powers vs. anxiety
- Mike Carey’s X-Men
- Bobby’s buds Cannonball and Rogue
- Yas Northstar
- Respecting continuity, avoiding overwhelm
- Advice for your younger (and older) self
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NEXT EPISODE: The X-Tinction Agenda begins!
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150 – Live at ECCC, feat. Dennis Hopeless and Charles Soule
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In which writers Dennis Hopeless and Charles Soule join us for a live episode at Emerald City Comic Con, Age of X is the world’s worst morale boost; Charles and Dennis X-Plain the Marvel Universe; we still can’t get Hieronymus Bosch’s X-Men out of our heads; and apparently somehow we’ve recorded and posted 150 of these things.
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- Age of X
- Evil Moira MacTaggert Disambiguation
- The post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe
- Major X-Men turning points
- ResurrXion
- Planning events
- A profoundly unexpected crossover
- Namor’s definitive qualities
- Our dream X-creators
- Where to find Havok in current comics
- Earned deaths
- The pronunciations of several words
- Teams we’d like to see revived or revisited
NEXT EPISODE: The road to X-Tinction Agenda continues!
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As Mentioned in Episode 146 – Asshole Factor
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This Sidney Poitier movie has taken an unexpected turn. (Excalibur #25)
Chris Wozniak is not Alan Davis; but then, few are. (Excalibur #25)
Death, Death, Death, and Death. (Excalibur #25)
This cannot possibly end badly, right? (Excalibur #26)
Dark Phoenix Saga callback! (Excalibur #26)
Days of Future Past callback! We’re hitting all the classics this issue! (Excalibur #26)
The best ruse. (Excalibur #26)
“…you asshole.” (Excalibur #26)
Oh, man. Barry Windsor-Smith and Bill Sienkiewicz should draw all the reality warpers. (Excalibur #27)
Nigel is just incredibly persistently awful. (Excalibur #27)
Even odds that they’ll be legitimately intimidated by Vixen’s killer abs. (Excalibur #27)
Meanwhile in Nth Man… (Excalibur #27)
Excalibur in a nutshell. (Excalibur #27)
‘Kay. (Excalibur #27)
I appreciate the de facto citation. (Excalibur #27)
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146 – Asshole Factor (feat. Elisabeth Allie)
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In which Elisabeth plans for her reign as Omniversal Majestrix; Hulks and moons are two great tastes that go great together; Nightcrawler takes the lead; Alastair gets a new gadget; it’s just not a cosmic event without Alan Davis; Mastermind is still the absolute worst; Excalibur fixes problems by playing dress-up; Moira MacTaggert desperately needs to hire some staff; and Jamie Braddock is legitimately terrifying.
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- M’gubgub
- Nth Man
- Excalibur #25-27
- Nova (Frankie Raye)
- The continually poor decisions of Brian Braddock
- A convergence of cosmic forces
- Lumberjack Death
- Character growth both literal and metaphorical
- A cosmic snit
- Asshole Factor
- A villainous ruse
- Several rounds of reality warping
- Definitive incarnations of characters
NEXT EPISODE: Rictor has issues!
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130 – The Soule Protocols (feat. Charles Soule)
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In which writer Charles Soule joins us for a (spoiler free) discussion of Death of X and how to make mortality matter in universes where death is a revolving door.
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- Fang
- Who’s really trying to kill off the X-Men
- Death of Wolverine
- Death of X
- Charles Soule’s favorite death scenes
- Several reasons to care about the Inhumans
- Unpacking Cyclops
- The correct pronunciation of “ResurrXion”
NEXT EPISODE: The Makeshift X-Men of Muir Island
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121 – Two Sides of a Narcissistic Coin (feat. Ben Acker)
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In which Jay may or may not have sold their voice to a sea witch; Gambit and Deadpool are somewhat lackadaisical superheroes; everything Fat Cobra does is amazing; Miles is a prepared gentleman; Gambit is there to look pretty and throw something; and there is now a Ben Acker vocaloid hovering around the studio.
X-PLAINED:
- Acker & Blacker
- Thrilling Adventure Hour
- X-Men #214, but not the real one
- Deadpool v. Gambit
- As-needed approach to continuity
- The ontology of Deadpool
- The time the Absorbing Man turned into cocaine
- Wolverine Season One
- What makes Gambit creepy
- The roadtrip miniseries you didn’t know you needed
- A theoretical poker game and its theoretical outcome
NEXT EPISODE: Atlantis Attacks!
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