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475 – Cross-Time Crisis
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In which we wrap up John Francis Moore’s run on X-Force; the Demon Bear returns (kinda); four Moonstars are not in fact better than one; the Queen of Star Swords is an extremely rad villain; and X-Force takes a very contained multiversal tour.
X-PLAINED:
- Multiversal canon
- X-Force #99-100
- The Demon Bear (more) (again)
- Arcadia DeVille (more) (again)
- Mary Weather
- Fenwick
- Meridian
- The Queen of Star Swords
- The Cathedral
- Cable (but not that Cable)
- The X-Forces of several universes
- Earth-3100
- Earth-10003
- Earth-130000
- Earth-8280
- Earth-23100
- Non-mutants on the X-Men
- The provenance of the Brood X-men
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As Mentioned in Episode 470 – Large Adult Men
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- For more about Wolverine, penetration, and pig masculinity, listen to Episode 420 – The Legendary House of Wolverine.
470 – Large Adult Men
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In which Cable may or may not have been a spokesperson for AT&T; it’s impossible to draw a CD dramatically; Wolverine gets his adamantium back; Apocalypse says the thing; and we probably can’t keep putting off The Twelve forever.
X-PLAINED:
- One way to dispose of a corpse
- Cable #73-74
- Wolverine #145
- Cable (more) (again)
- Poor font choice
- Sarcophagus nipples
- Caliban (more) (again)
- Impromptu tailoring
- A cliched vignette
- People talking on couches
- A compact disc
- Unpleasant reunions
- An impressive outfit
- Prior generations of horsemen of Apocalypse
- Wolverine (more) (again)
- How Wolverine ended up a horseman of Apocalypse
- Apocalypse’s aesthetic
- Wolverine vs. Hulk (yet again)
- Which version of Magik was on Krakoa
- An X-Men pitch in the style of Spidey and his Amazing Friends
NEXT EPISODE: The Twelve begins!
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As Mentioned in Episode 464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles
464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles
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In which X-Force is kind of silly; that really isn’t what “quantum” means; polite and lawful are two entirely different things, and Sam Guthrie is only one of them; Selene vogues; and the Hellfire Club plays the dead girlfriend card.
X-PLAINED:
- Blackheart
- The Damocles Foundation (more) (again)
- Lucas Bartholomew Guthrie
- The difference between prisons and jails
- X-Force #98-98
- Whether Dr. Octopus enjoys the literary stylings of Elmore Leonard
- One way to get out of prison
- The Glitterbox
- An unsuccessful heist
- Celestial cigarettes and/or golems
- Thomas and/or Tyler Zebulon and/or Zeke Guthrie
- Demon Bears as urban pests
- Selene, Always Voguing
- Gatherers
- Various evil scientists
- The Sword
- Junkyard life
- Lenny Delmonico
- Psychic rodeos
- Nightmare chambers
- Bat sex
- An offer Sunspot can’t refuse
- Hank McCoy’s villain arc
- New Mutant superlatives
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461 – Things to Do in Denver When You’re X-Force
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In which Magneto may be right but is also wildly impractical; X-Force goes on a sneaking mission; Magneto isn’t mad, he’s just disappointed; Rictor and Shatterstar return; Strong is not a common surname in the Marvel universe; and being a mutant on TV doesn’t mean you’re one in the comics.
X-PLAINED:
- How Jubilee became a vampire
- The most X-treme youth of them all
- X-Force 94-95
- X-Force Annual 1999
- Genosha
- Butler disambiguation
- Clown jobs
- A team-up predicated on an awkward breakup
- Hammer Town
- Delphi
- Memory boxes
- Several potential continuity error
- Names
- Genoshan robots
- Archie
- A hierarchy of potential fates
- Vershiagen Industries and/or Vershlagen Industries
- V2
- Hanrancha
- Stronghold
- Martin Strong
- Freddie
- Michelle Balters (Neurotap) (more) (again)
- Communication with X-teams
- A sudden and depressing resolution
- Continuity across media
- Why Gambit doesn’t (usually) throw tarot cards
NEXT EPISODE: The Return of the Hellions (kinda)
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453 – X-Men ’97, Part 1
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In which we put the comics on hold to take a look at X-Men ’97; it is still always Inferno in here; Wolverine is best used sparingly; a Marvel show finally embraces politics; Wolverine is best in small doses; Madeylne Pryor still always deserves better; Jubilee grows up; and we are all in on this series.
X-PLAINED:
- “Beyond Good and Evil”
- X-Men: The Animated Series and our respective feelings about it
- X-Men ’97, episodes 1-5
- Watching X-Men ’97 with and without context
- Making animated Cyclops work
- The Magneto’s-hair-length morality index
- Politics
- Voices
- Adaptation pacing
- Agency
- Abcissa
- Foreshadowing
- Time compression
- Horniest Rogue
- Death in cartoons
- A metaphor
- Nonbinary identity in 1997
- Character evolution
NEXT EPISODE: Episodes 6-10
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As Mentioned in Episode 448 – Skamageddon
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- The Judgment of Magneto by Asher Elbein
448 – Skamageddon
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In which timeline math is almost never worth it; Tarot comes back from the dead (kind of) (maybe); Magma makes a heel turn; “King Bedlam” would be a great name for a ska band; not every nude man can turn into a bear; and you don’t have to talk to your supervillain relatives.
X-PLAINED:
- The Triune Understanding
- Birthday party follow-up
- X-Force #87-90
- Legacy and continuity
- Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson)
- Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert)
- Goat Simulator
- King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson)
- The New Hellions
- Perils of body-swapping
- Linear time
- Science
- Armageddon Man
- Paradigm
- Senator Owen Danville
- Family
- A fancy hat
- Madame Web
- Many natural disasters
- Early Genoshan history
- Longshot as a villain
NEXT EPISODE: Dressing the X-Men with Russell Dauterman!
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