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Look at this gorgeous monstrosity. (Stryfe’s Strike File)
This dude would not appear in the main Marvel Universe until about a decade after he was introduced here. (Stryfe’s Strike File)
FORESHADOWING! (Stryfe’s Strike File)
Mystique’s worst kid, by a fairly wide margin. (Stryfe’s Strike File)
Remember her; she’ll be a big deal later. (Stryfe’s Strike File)
Stryfe: The Worst Kid in Your Fandom. (Stryfe’s Strike File)
SPOILER: This cover is profoundly misleading. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
WARREN KENNETH WORTHINGTON III, YOU DID WHAT?! (Uncanny X-Men #297)
A rare moment of candor from Professor X. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
The only part of this issue that I REALLY have trouble believing is that Jubilee was carying around a second pair of ‘blades just for funsies. Those things are cumbersome as heck. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
DAMNIT, JUBILEE. THIS IS WHY NOBODY TRUSTS YOU. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
Aw. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
And Aw, again. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
Yet a third Aw. (Uncanny X-Men #297)
She’s beauty, she’s grace, she’ll explode your face. (X-Force #19)
Bobby has had a pretty rough year. (X-Force #19)
Slow clap. (X-Force #19)
Vanessa is not having a great time post-X-Force. (X-Force #19)
PHOENIX II DECOLLETAGE! (X-Force #19)
Those are actually… really snazzy team uniforms. Dang. (X-Force #19)
And that was the end of THAT particular metaphor. (X-Force #19)
NEXT EPISODE: Rich people are different from us.
LINKS & FURTHER CONVERSATIONS:
- Check out the first Very Official Episode Transcript, over on the J&M wiki!
- (Did you know we have a wiki? We have a wiki!)
- If you want to get involved in the transcripts–or just hang out with rad folks–come join us on Discord! (Transcription organization happens in the Greymalkin channel.)
- You can hear the WHAT?! supercut in Episode 52!
This is an episode I’ve really been waiting for. Like Miles, New Mutants was MY book and MY team. But, this is the first issue that really made me love X-Force. It’s part of why I love Sam and Tabitha so much. I’m so happy to see that you guys loved it as much as I do. Thank you do much.
Stryfe considers the possibility that Holocaust is a hero. I guess he likes to keep an open mind about these things…?
I have so many questions about Threnody’s costume, but at the end of the day, most of them boil down to “WHY?”
I can’t get my head around an American saying “bugger off”. Well done, Miles.
oops, overshot the reply page I was aiming at. Sorry.