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In a moment of clarity, Cyclops recognizes that the X-Men’s greatest enemy is, in fact, the guy writing the book. (X-Men #96)
Never change, Sunfire. (X-Men #94)
Check out that sweet Dave Cockrum training montage. (X-Men #94)
Welcome to the X-Men, Thunderbird! Hope you survive the… oh. (X-Men #95)
This panel isn’t all that plot-relevant. We just think Havok’s powers look super cool. (X-Men #97)
“There can’t be TWO bondage vikings running around the Marvel universe!” (X-Men #97)
Professor Xavier’s nightmares are AWESOME. (X-Men #97)
Steven Lang: Stable and upstanding member of society. (X-Men #96)
In the Silver Age, superhero romance was limited to soulful gazes and ongoing sexual harassment. (X-Men #98)
I don’t know why they all look so surprised. (X-Men #98)
Cyclops obliterating a Sentinel: never gets old. (X-Men #98)
As far as we can tell, he swam here. From the middle of the ocean. Dr. Peter Corbeau: Ph.D. Badassitude. (X-Men #98)
Those are actually Sentinels designed to look and act like the original X-Men, because, Steven Lang. Just run with it. (X-Men #99)
Oh, hey, it’s the first Fastball Special! (X-Men #100)
You know how we say Jean Grey is underrated? Jean Grey is freakin’ underrated. (X-Men #100)
Aw. man. This whole scene. (X-Men #100)
The (first) death of Jean Grey. (X-Men #100)
And then… (X-Men #101)
This page still gives us chills. (X-Men #101)
Next week: Leprechauns. We’re not even joking.
Links and further reading:
Episode 05 – The Retcon That Walks Like a Man (Covering Giant-Size X-Men #1)
Yet another amazing episode. I’m very glad that a friend of mine introduced me to your podcast and I’ve been spreading the word, too.
It was a bit of a head-scratcher that neither of you were able to come up with any other iconic runs besides Claremont on X-Men and Simonson on Thor. My first thought was Peter David on Incredible Hulk. We also shouldn’t discount Stan Lee on both Spider-Man and Fantastic Four.
I’d argue that none of those were equivalently definitive. Impact doesn’t always correlate to longevity, nor to getting there first, and I don’t think any of those writers had the kind of definitive impact on those titles as Claremont did on X-Men, and Simonson–to a significantly lesser extent–on Thor.
What was the name of the documentary you mentioned in this episode? I forgot to write it down, and don’t recall exactly where in the podcast it was mentioned. Thanks!
http://sequart.org/movies/4/comics-in-focus-chris-claremonts-x-men/
Also linked in the post immediately above.
I finally was able to treat myself into picking this up — downloading now! Really looking forward to watching it.
I’m interested in t his documentary. Thanks for letting us know about it!
Hey, where is that bit you mentioned in a letter response about the X-Men being pissed about Cyclops’ roster assignments & Wolverine bitching about how he can’t be on so many teams at once?