Tag: Miles Stokes

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Well, that’s a hell of an opening. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Remember when Kitty Pryde was scrappy as hell? (God Loves, Man Kills)

We just really love this dialogue. (God Loves, Man Kills)

In which Xavier and Stryker do their best Carter/Reagan. (God Loves, Man Kills)

TEAMWORK! (God Loves, Man Kills)

Whoa. (God Loves, Man Kills)

OH, HELL, YES. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Classic. (God Loves, Man Kills)

If only this had involved his magnetic personality. But no. Just slightly different torture. (God Loves, Man Kills)

WELL, THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Stryker is such a Bond villain. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Um. Wow. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Magneto is so awesome in this story. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Can we talk about how Brent Anderson is one of the all-time great unsung X-artists? Because he really is. (God Loves, Man Kills)

CHARLES, NOOOOOO (God Loves, Man Kills)

Nightcrawler, you lovable scamp. (God Loves, Man Kills)

“It’s okay! He put it back!” (God Loves, Man Kills)

Damn, Stryker. That’s cold.

Cyclops solves problems with ricochets! Take a drink! (God Loves, Man Kills)

He’s not wrong, but damn. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Even if you’ve not read the book, you’ve probably seen this moment referenced at least once. (God Loves, Man Kills)

We have fairly different feelings about the strengths and weaknesses of this layout, but we agree that it is damn stylish. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Didn’t mention this in the episode, but it’s kind of amazing how directly this penultimate scene visually echoes Xavier’s earlier mid-brainwashing encounter with Stryker. (God Loves, Man Kills)

Next Week: Rachel and Chris Sims X-Plain Arcade!

THE 2014 SUPER DOCTOR ASTRONAUT PETER CORBEAU AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN X-CELLENCE

• Best X-Writer – Brian Michael Bendis, for Uncanny X-Men, All-New X-Men, and general line architecture
• Best X-Artist – Kris Anka, for Uncanny X-Men and general visual and costuming impact
• Best X-Colorist – Chris Sotomayor, for Cyclops
• Best X-Letterer (Now and Forever) – Tom Orzechowski, for everything ever forever
• Jean Grey Award for Creative Resurrection – Nightcrawler (Amazing X-Men)
• Best New Character – Forget-Me-Not (X-Men Legacy #300)
• Best Complete Arc – Cyclops #1-5, by Greg Rucka, Russell Dauterman, Chris Sotomayor, Carmen Carnero, et. al.
• Best Soap Opera – All-New X-Men, by Brian Michael Bendis et. al.
• Silver Lining Award – Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #4, by Marguerite Bennett, Juan Doe, et. al.
• Golden Retcon – X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Irene Adler Award for Most Anticipated Future Run – G. Willow Wilson on X-Men
• About Damn Time – Storm, by Greg Pak et. al.
• Cyclops Has a Good Day Award – Wolverine and the X-Men #40, by Jason Aaron, Pepe Larraz, et. al.
• Best Listeners of Any Podcast Ever – YOU*

*Details of the Corbeau Coloring Contest will go up on Monday, because Rachel’s parents are visiting this weekend. We appreciate your patience.

CLASSIC CORBEAUS (for older X-material covered in the podcast during 2014)

• Harvey and Janet Award for Best Walk-On – The staff and guests of the Heartbreak Hotel
• Lost Treasure – Beauty and the Beast, by Ann Nocenti, Don Perlin, et. al.
• Sure, Why Not? – The Leprechauns of Cassidy Keep
• Still the Best Issue After All These Years – Uncanny X-Men vol. 1 #137

LINKS AND ADDITIONAL READING

• We are an entirely listener-supported podcast, and features like this Giant-Size episode are made possible by our kickass Patreon subscribers. You can become one of those here.
• “You dare call that thing human?”: Classic line from God Loves, Man Kills; AND the title of this X-cellent Adam Warrock album.
• Bobby interviewed us this episode, but we totally interviewed him first. So there.
• Miles’s favorite episode.
• Rachel’s favorite episode.
• This one was fun, too.