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As Mentioned in Episode 248 – Destructo Woman

May 19, 2019 Jay Leave a comment

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Sure! Why not? What could POSSIBLY go wrong? (Excalibur #72)

‘Kay. (Excalibur #73)

Damnit, Siena Blaze. (Excalibur #73)

Phoenix demands proportionate arms! (Excalibur #73)

I don’t know why the fact that Moira kept Proteus’s entire genome on CD-ROM strikes me as hilarious; but it really, really does. (Excalibur #73)

Yelling in the Timestream: The Brian Braddock and Rachel Summers Story. (Excalibur #74)

You see the eyes, right? (Excalibur #74)

The odds that Mr. Sinister got that knife at a mall kiosk are basically 100%. (Excalibur #74)

You’re a good kid, Jubilee. (Excalibur #74)

I like to think they’re both just yelling. (X-Force #31)

The garden is a metaphor that is also a real garden. (X-Force #31)

Why is this random blonde dude so hung up on the Cassidy family? We’ll never know. (X-Force #31)

I just really love those yelling pages. (X-Force #31)

“And yet, despite all those years of gardening, I’m still not sure how to hold a rake.” (X-Force #31)

He’s an angry tree, but he’s an angry tree who cares. (X-Force #31)

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248 – Destructo Woman

May 19, 2019 Jay 10 comments

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In which Tom Cassidy and Cain Marko may be the most stable couple in the Marvel Universe; Rory Campbell is no Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau; Siena Blaze remains a big jerk; the Cassidy family has some issues; and we are dismayed by an inexplicable dearth of leprechauns.

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Birthday presents
What Excalibur has been up to
Excalibur #72-74
X-Force #31
How to be mysterious
The Proteus Room
The continually terrible choices of Moira MacTaggert
Porridge ghosts
An unnatural disaster
Chekhov’s solid rock
Rory Campbell
Destructo Woman
Limitations of CD-ROMs
Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
The Cassidy family
How not to treat a gunshot wound
Kelvin Donaghann and his fancy hair
An intervention
The future of the New Mutants feature film
Underwear

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As Mentioned in Episode 236 – Baggage of Traumas Past

February 24, 2019 Jay Leave a comment

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THAT’S the image I always remember from this scene. (Wolverine #75)

The inside of Wolverine’s mind is surprisingly derivative. (Wolverine #75)

Throes of the Phoenix Saga… Wolverine #75)

Scott is clearly with me on this reading. (Wolverine #75)

There are a lot of people who would have made more sense than Illyana here. (Wolverine #75)

IN THIS HOUSE WE STAN JEAN GREY. (Wolverine #75)

Aw. (Wolverine #75)

That. Sound. Effect. (Wolverine #75)

One very good day to frame a conversation. (Wolverine #75)

I hate it when I get extra body parts via retcon. (Wolverine #75)

Use as you see fit. (Wolverine #75)

And then, everything got awkward. (Excalibur #71)

How you know something big is going on and/or your sales are flagging. (Excalibur #71)

Professor Xavier is a JERK. (Excalibur #71)

Ouch. (Excalibur #71)

Meanwhile in the B-Plot… (Excalibur #71)

AW. (Excalibur #71)

Aw, man, my heart. (Excalibur #71)

WELL THAT WAS A SURPRISE. (Excalibur #71)

Aw, Piotr. I’d like to say that it gets better for him from here, but… (Excalibur #71)

Has anyone ever rocked a blue-and-gold Phoenix costume? It’s not half bad! (Excalibur #71)

NEXT EPISODE: Time to get X-TREME!

LINKS & FURTHER CLONES:

Ask Stryfe
Come see us at Emerald City Comic Con! We’ll be tabling all weekend, and on Saturday, we’ve got both a live show and a party!

236 – Baggage of Traumas Past (Fatal Attractions, Part 3)

February 24, 2019 Jay 27 comments

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In which Decimation was kind of sketchy; you should definitely come see us in Seattle; Wolverine has a rough day; Colossus has yet another rough day; Excalibur plans for the future; and Fatal Attractions comes to a close.

X-PLAINED:

How Professor X got his groove and/or powers back
Jay & Miles at Emerald City Comic Con
Wolverine #75
Excalibur #71
Psychic trauma
High-stakes references
The personal Ragnarok of a shattered soul
A really effective sound effect
The first day of the rest of Logan’s life
Butterflies of the Xavier School
Muir Island’s psychiatric ward
Medical consent
The worst bar, probably
Professorial disambiguation
What Micromax and Kyluun are probably definitely up to
Several variably awkward Grey-Summers family reunions
A betrayal
Amelia Voght
Unuscione
Katu
The future of Excalibur
Proactive superheroism
How not to make a White Russian
Shadowcat’s recovery post-Mutant Massacre
Our etymological destinies

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As Mentioned in Episode 232 – Careful With That Axe, Cerise

January 27, 2019 Jay Leave a comment

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…Okay. then. (Excalibur #68)

“Now, do you want new handlebars, or should I just go ahead and go back to my lamp?” (Excalibur #68)

HI, STARJAMMERS! (Excalibur #68)

And that’s why you always leave a note. (Excalibur #69)

Oh, c’mon. I know you’re evil and bloodthirsty, but shooting corpses is just gratuitous. (Excalibur #69)

Sigh. (Excalibur #69)

Well, that works. (Excalibur #69)

I love this person. (Excalibur #69)

Fang! But not that Fang! A different Fang! (Excalibur #69)

Aw, these two. (Excalibur #70)

Awk-ward. (Excalibur #70)

The saddest staring contest. (Excalibur #70)

This seems legally dubious, but okay. (Excalibur #70)

Cerise X-Plains war crimes. (Excalibur #70)

NEXT EPISODE: X-Men Unlimited!

LINKS & FURTHER ANECDOTES

No, seriously, Saurians are Jewish.
That one Wolverine cover, and the story behind it.

232 – Careful With That Axe, Cerise

January 27, 2019 Jay 25 comments

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In which we’re still not over Into the Spider-Verse; Excalibur becomes an official X-book; Feron tries to help; Butts are fundamental; we care about the weird stuff; threats are unnecessary; and we were all always already Erik the Red.

X-PLAINED:

Several characters’ Earth-65 counterparts
The X-Office
Judging people for not being Alan Davis
Excalibur #68-70
A slippery story title
The unceremonious disappearance of Captain Britain
Mullets of space and time
Angst-ridden super-types, all of whom are morbidly obsessed with death
The other war criminal in Excalibur
Fashion trends of the Shi’ar Empire
Krag
Important conversations to have with your significant other
A sadness staredown
Cerise’s actual secret origins
A fairly poetic life sentence
The cleverest fights
Our 2019 Convention Schedule
How to get Jay & Miles at your local convention

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224 – Fix the Future

November 25, 2018 Jay 24 comments

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In which Alan Davis performs his pièce de résistance; the personification of Death is surprisingly supportive; Rachel Summers is the One True Phoenix; Kitty Pryde goes full ’90s; syntax saves the world; and the first Excalibur series should really have ended with #67.

X-PLAINED:

Origins of Phoenix mythology
Excalibur #61-67
The Phoenix Force (more) (again)
Rachel Summers (more) (again)
Earth-811 (more) (again)
Phoenix vs. Galactus
A pep talk from Death
The One True Phoenix
The dark, distant future of 2013
The dark, even more distant future of 2015
The extremely complicated future of Kate Pryde
Rory Campbell / Ahab
What may or may not be Ahab’s theme song
Moby Dick, kind of
That one time Widget was a car
Resistance Coordination Executive
Dark Angel
Killpower
Albion
Grace
Tangerine
Arthur
An Excalibur #54 callback
Excalibur (the gun)
Kitty’s new image
How to hack the robot apocalypse
Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Where Excalibur should have ended
Tactical use of Magneto’s hat
Anti-assimilation stories in X-Men

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As Mentioned in Episode 223 – Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival

November 18, 2018 Jay 3 comments

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We went to Vegas Valley Comic Book Fest!

Possibly the grooviest Dracula-related cover ever published. (X-Men Annual #6)

HELL, YEAH, IT’S DRACULA! (X-Men Annual #6)

Kitty is having SO MANY FEELINGS, and you will NEVER UNDERSTAND! (X-Men Annual #6)

Check out Cyclops and Nightcrawler exchanging a look, like, “Parents? What the hell are those?” (X-Men Annual #6)

This panel is actually a pretty good encapsulation of what I remember about being 13. (X-Men Annual #6)

TBH, a lot of Kitty’s dreams probably start like this. (X-Men Annual #6)

THAT’S NOT A BAT. (X-Men Annual #6)

Dracula is probably the only person who looked at a bright green catsuit and yellow pouches and thought “stealth.” He’s mysterious like that. (X-Men Annual #6)

Ah, 13: that tender age when a young girl’s heart turns to eldritch summonings. (X-Men Annual #6)

Dracula, that’s really the kind of thing you should be keeping track of. (X-Men Annual #6)

[Eliot Spencer voice] “It’s a very distinctive sound effect.” (X-Men Annual #6)

How does Nightcrawler know the Montesi Formula? Who knows? Who cares? He’s a good pal. (X-Men Annual #6)

OH, SNAP. (X-Men Annual #6)

That’s our Wolvie! (X-Men Annual #6)

Lilith really looks like she’s visiting from an Archie comic. (X-Men Annual #6)

Skids and Northstar!

NEXT EPISODE: Fix the future!

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Quentin Quire is indisputably the Nancy of the X-Men.

Warlock!

Smol Magneto.

Iceman assures you that he is rad.

LINKS & FURTHER GAMBLES:

We discussed X-Men #159–and a lot of other Dracula-relevant material–in Episode 18 – You’ve Got a Dracula Problem.
You can hear–and see!–us read the picture-book adaptation of “Days of Future Past” in the Jay & Miles Storytime Special.

223 – Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival

November 18, 2018 Jay 3 comments

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In which Dracula probably doesn’t drink his blood from a World’s Greatest Dad mug; Miles massively underestimates the cultural ubiquity of Sexy Dracula; Bill Sienkiewicz may or may not have ever seen a bat; Kitty gets possessed; and Dazzler is singularly well suited to a Vegas residency.

X-PLAINED:

Dracula’s ungrateful children
Marvel Dracula
A fortuitously named writer
Rachel Van Helsing
X-Men #159 (again) (briefly)
Sexy Dracula
The secret origin of sexy Draculas
Fastball Special body mechanics
X-Men Annual #6
A nightmare
“Bats”
Yet another Castle Dracula
The Montesi Formula
Sound effects, spoken or otherwise
Lilith
Chairs
The relative efficacy of holy symbols against Dracula
X-Vegas
Characters we have grown to love as a result of the podcast

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