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20 – The Brood They Carried
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In which Claremont levels up; the Brood are legitimately scary; Colossus is an ethical dude; Nightcrawler and Wolverine share beers in the face of certain death; Storm turns into a space whale; we are Carol Corps for life; New Mutants are really into Magnum, P.I.; Kitty meets a dragon; and Xavier dies (again).
X-Plained:
- Broo
- The Brood Saga (X-Men #161-167)
- Paul Smith
- Space fashion
- A really terrible awards ceremony
- Tim O’Brien’s X-Men
- The Brood
- How to tell a good Wolverine story
- Rocket sharks
- The single most badass magical-girl transformation sequence of all time
- Binary
- The X-Men’s Kobayashi Maru
- Friendship (more) (again)
- The Acanti
- Whether Cyclops watches Star Trek
- The New Mutants
- Cloning
- Our secret cold-open formula
- Cosmic crossovers
Next Week: Kurt Busiek! We would have words with thee!
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As Mentioned in Episode 17 – The Island of Dr. Corbeau
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Links and additional reading:
- Carol Danvers is awesome, and so are her fans. For her current adventures, check out the current Captain Marvel series.
- “The Rape of Ms. Marvel,” by Carol A. Strickland
- Rachel’s written a lot about sexual violence in popular media, but here’s the most recent article.
17 – The Island of Dr. Corbeau
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In which we make our Comics Alliance debut, Cyclops makes a startling discovery, Carol Danvers joins the team (sort of), Chris Claremont calls out some bullshit, Havok still has terrible taste in hats, and Peter Corbeau gets his own theme music
Content note: In this episode, we spend a lot of time talking about a rape that occurs in a previous Avengers arc, the community and narrative response thereto, and the larger landscape and ethics of portrayals of sexual violence in superhero comics.
X-Plained
- Mystique’s mercurial alliances
- Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
- Uncanny X-Men #154-158
- Avengers Annual #10
- Bollywood Starjammers
- The dread Psi-Scream
- Shi’ar Fashion Technology
- Dr. Peter Corbeau (more) (again)
- Rogue
- Carol Danvers
- The Whole Marcus Thing
- Chris Claremont vs. rape culture
- Computers
- Gender politics of the Dark Phoenix Saga
Next week: Dracula!
Clarification, since we neglected to specify in the episode: Avengers #200 was written by James Shooter, George Pérez, Bob Layton, and David Michelinie; Avengers Annual #10 was written by Chris Claremont.
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As Mentioned in Episode 16 – The Official Unofficial Not-at-SDCC (Rachel and Miles X-Plain the) X-Men Panel
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Links:
- MOMBcast #248
- Benja Barker/Alter Egos Society
- The Gaming Intelligence Agency
- Newsarama Liveblog of the official Marvel SDCC panel (happened after we recorded this, so please forgive any minor discrepancies.)
16 – The Official Unofficial Not-at-SDCC (Rachel and Miles X-Plain the) X-Men Panel
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In which we correct a startling omission, explore the current state of the X-Universe, and speculate wildly; Quentin Quire has excellent fashion sense; Rachel gets a new accessory; Miles goes off-brand; the X-Men are somewhat complicated; Iron Man has poor decision-making skills; Charles Xavier dies for real; Beast might be a supervillain; we briefly forget Marc Guggenheim’s first name; and the future remains a relative mystery.
For purposes of continuity, it’s probably worth noting that this episode was recorded before the SDCC Marvel panel.
X-Plained:
- Quentin Quire
- Patreon
- A startling omission from the official SDCC lineup
- The current state of the X-Men
- Decimation
- Dark Reign
- Utopia
- Schism
- Avengers vs. X-Men
- Mutant politics
- Hope Summers
- The Phoenix/P.E.N.I.S. five (again)
- The (real) (this time) (we think) death of Charles Xavier
- Teenager hijinks
- Crossover events
- Battle of the Atom
- Semantics of supervillainy
- How Wolverine is 100% definitely going to die
- Jumping-on points
- Current X-books
- Jubilee
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J. Walter Xavier
Listener Josh Daniel sent us a drawing of Xavier having a J. Walter Weatherman moment (although given Xavier’s history, it’s a lesson he could probably stand to learn as well)!
As Mentioned in Episode 15 – The Ballad of Harvey and Janet
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15 – The Ballad of Harvey and Janet
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In which we announce exciting new developments, the ASPCA should probably have a word with Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde gets a new costume, Lee Forrester is still the best, Cyclops has an octopus on his chest, Magneto has a change of heart, and Wolverine embraces transhumanism.
X-Plained:
- The Thomas Hardy novel of superhero comics
- Friendship
- X-Men #148-152
- Unstable Denim
- Disco Dinner Clubs
- Caliban (a little)
- Kitty Pryde’s amazing fashion sense
- Garokk the Unremarkable
- Atlantean couture
- Why Magneto is Interesting
- The Massachusetts Academy
- The Persona Exchange Gun
- Harvey and Janet
- How to win $2500 in 1980
- Editorial Outsourcing
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As Mentioned in Episode 14 – Look Upon My Man-Thing and D’Spayre
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Links and Further Reading:
The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage
All Those Signature Moves We Listed Off (We’ll Do a Visual Directory Eventually, We Promise):
FASTBALL SPECIAL VARIATIONS:
- Fastball Special: Colossus throws Wolveine at something.
- Phaseball Special*: Someone throws Kitty through robots
OTHER MOVES:
- The Most Comics-Code-Adherent at What He Does*: The thing where Wolverine has his claws out during a fight but doesn’t cut anyone.
- Cue-ball Special*: The thing where Cyclops takes out like six bad guys with ricochets from one optic blast.
- Slippery Slope*: The thing where Iceman tries to be awesome and ends up beating up his teammates by accident.
- Blue-Plate Special Special*: The thing where an X-man uses their powers to prepare lunch.
- The thing where Kitty wrecks everything by accident phasing through it.
- The thing where everyone switches opponents mid-fight, and that’s what turns the tide.
- The thing where Nightcrawler is awfully dashing about beating people up.
- The thing where Storm’s claustrophobia saves the day.
- The thing where Angel just dodges shit for like an hour instead of participating in the fight.
- The thing where Xavier fakes his own death.
- The thing where Cypher and/or Kitty and/or Illyana and/or Wolverine do the “Ain’t I a stinker?” thing from the control booth of the Danger Room.
- The thing where Cyclops uses his optic blasts to slow or stop inertia or a fall.
- The thing where Storm has no powers and STILL kicks someone’s ass into next week.
- The thing where Colossus and Wolverine throw themselves at Magneto every goddamn time despite being made of metal.
*We made these names up. They are not official canon, but we live in hope.