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No gallery this week–instead, Max put together a visual addendum covering stuff we talked about while watching but forgot to mention in the episode:
LINKS & FURTHER READING:
Tag: wolverine and the x-men
115 – So Many Teeth (feat. Max Carleton)
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In which Jay and Max brave the X-Men anime; the problem isn’t in Wolverine’s pants; Xavier is for once less villainous than he seems; Emma Frost gets ruffly; Cyclops wasn’t even supposed to be here today; and we both really want to hang out with Scott Porter.
X-PLAINED:
- Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd
- Waiting for the Trade
- The X-Men Anime
- Marvel Anime
- Scott Porter
- Jay’s ongoing attempts to assemble a coherent X-Men/Speed Racer conspiracy theory
- Floating Hands Theater Wolverine
- An unlikely T.A.
- Several recurring flashbacks
- The U-Men
- The other U-Men
- Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
- Emma Frost, but ruffly
- Evil Moira MacTaggert (Yui Sasaki)
- The Sasaki Institute
- The other Inner Circle
- Marsh
- Rat
- Neuron
- Takeo Sasaki
- Potluck night at the Hellfire Club
- Living vs. dead Jean Grey
NEXT EPISODE: Jubilee!
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Abs Mentioned in Episode 51 – The X-Istentialists, Featuring Kris Anka, Marguerite Bennett, Kieron Gillen, and Peter Nguyen
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For the record: I am not even a little bit sorry. -Rachel
Art by David Wynne. We’re not selling prints of this one, but you can still hit David up for the original!
Many thanks to Kris Anka, Marguerite Bennett, Kieron Gillen, and Peter Nguyen! (I have no idea why this photo keeps displaying upside down, but at this point, I’m just gonna keep running with it.)
NEXT WEEK: Rachel and Miles Recap 51 episodes in under an hour.
LINKS:
- KRIS ANKA
- MARGUERITE BENNETT
- KIERON GILLEN
- PETER NGUYEN
- Emerald City Comicon (our favorite convention, forever)
- The other (first) Wes Anderson’s X-Men (Mash-up zeitgeist high-five to the movie trailer, which we also enjoyed a lot!)
Special thanks to Elle Collins for the last-minute abs-sist.
51 – The X-Istentialists, Featuring Kris Anka, Marguerite Bennett, Kieron Gillen, and Peter Nguyen
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In which Rachel and Miles go to Emerald City Comicon; six people try to share one microphone with varying success; you will never love anything as much as Kris loves Broo; Marguerite may or may not be a time-traveling supervillain; Peter is Laser Guy; Kieron joins an X-team; Hell is other X-Men; everyone lies egregiously; and it all comes back to Namor’s abs.
Special thanks to Jean, who let us borrow her mic and pop filter at the very last second when we realized we’d left ours in Portland! <3
X-PLAINED:
- Namor’s last name
- Several Secret Wars titles
- Wiz Kid
- Favorite characters
- Lady Deathstrike’s new look
- Seanan McGuire’s cats
- Machetes of Future Past
- Emily Aster
- Asteroid P
- Secret origins
- Points of entry
- Headcanon
- The Wolverine and the X-Men Season 2 that might have been
- The pros and cons of an isolated X-universe
- The X-Istentialists
- Hela’s Angels
- Namor’s abs
- What defines the X-Men
- Mr. Sinister
- Our X-movie wish lists
- Wes Anderson’s X-Men (both of them)
NEXT WEEK: Previously on Rachel & Miles X-Plain the X-Men…
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Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 15
Week of November 26, 2014
In which we really want a Nightcrawler-and-Northstar road-trip buddy movie and are guardedly optimistic about Cyclops.
Reviewed:
Cyclops #7 (00:25)
*Amazing X-Men #13 (2:37)
Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #5 (6:06)
Wolverine and the X-Men #12 (8:48)
*Pick of the week (11:18)
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Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 11
Week of October 29, 2014
In which we jump on the stealth-cosplay bandwagon and bid a fond farewell to Wolverine and the X-Men; and Deadpool still doesn’t count.
Reviewed:
- Death of Wolverine: Deadpool and Captain America (1:16)
- Axis: Revolutions #1 (2:50)
- All-New X-Men #33 (4:48)
- Logan Legacy #3 (6:23)
- *Wolverine and the X-Men #11 (8:47)
*Pick of the Week (13:19)
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Rachel and Miles Review the X-men, Episode 10
Weeks of October 8 and October 15, 2014
In which we catch up after New York Comic Con, and Wolverine finally dies. (Also, Rachel reorganized her office. YAY!)
Reviewed:
- Axis #1
- Axis #2
- Magneto #11
- Death of Wolverine #4
- Logan Legacy #1
- Nightcrawler #7
- Wolverine and the X-Men #10
- Storm #4
- X-Force #10*
- Uncanny X-Men #27**
*Pick of the week of October 8
**Pick of the week of October 15
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Rachel and Miles Review the X-Men, Episode 6
Weeks of September 10 and September 17, 2014
In which we play catch-up and review a record nine issues!
Reviewed:
- From the week of September 10:
- Magneto #9*
- Death of Wolverine #2
- Nightcrawler #6
- X-Force #9
- From the week of September 17:
- Wolverine and the X-Men #9
- All-New X-Men #32*
- Uncanny Avengers #24
- All-New X-Factor #14
- Uncanny X-Men #26
*Picks of their respective weeks
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Rachel wrote more about Uncanny X-Men #26 over here.
As Mentioned in Episode 16 – The Official Unofficial Not-at-SDCC (Rachel and Miles X-Plain the) X-Men Panel
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When we say that Quentin Quire has the same fashion sense as Rachel, this is not what we’re talking about. (Wolverine and the X-Men #3)
Seriously. She’s never going to take it off again.
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Why we can’t have nice things. (House of M #7)
As promised, from Uncanny X-Men #497.
Cyclops seems to like the premise of Schism about as much as we do.
We were going to photoshop word balloons in so Cap was yelling “What are we fighting about, again?” and Cyclops was yelling, “I have no idea!” but we ran out of time, so I guess just take that as read.
Yeah, that’ll end well, Iron Man. (Avengers vs. X-Men #5)
AND THAT’S WHY YOU ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE! (Avengers vs. X-Men #11)
This moment has shown up in flashbacks in something like four books so far this month, so it’s probably gonna be PRETTY RELEVANT in the near future. (Avengers vs. X-Men #11)
Pretty much everything you need to know about Battle of the Atom. (Wolverine and the X-Men #37)
This was the only yearbook photo we could find with both of us in it. TRIVIA: Can you spot the other current comics-industry pro in this photo?
Aw, bros. (Wolverine and the X-Men #40)
Oh, that’ll be awkward. (Uncanny X-Men #23)
There are… kind of a lot of X-Men books currently coming out.
A reasonably comprehensive list of current X-titles.
We are 100% with Cyclops on this. (Wolverine and the X-Men #40)
Heh. (Schism #1)
Next week: Rogue! And space adventures! And Carol Danvers!
Also next week: Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men on Comics Alliance! It’ll go up here, as well as iTunes and Stitcher, at the usual time, but you’ll also be able to catch new episodes every Thursday at ComicsAlliance.com!
Bonus not-at-SDCC cosplay pics: Miles as Starman…
…and Rachel as space-pirate-in-a-polo-shirt teenage Cyclops.
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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