February 2021 – Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

As Mentioned in Episode 325 – Captain Bloodscream

February 28, 2021 Jay One comment

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I’m sorry; I cannot accept this as Cable. (X-Force/Cable Annual 1995)

The Impossible Teens. (X-Force/Cable Annual 1995)

Yay, Team-Ups! (Spider-Man Team-Up #1)

Tessa, Shade Queen of the Hellfire Club. Spider-Man Team-Up #1

SERIOUSLY, WHAT IS THE GOLD CROTCH THING (Spider-Man Team-Up #1)

Also Tessa. (Spider-Man Team-Up #1)

NO, SERIOUSLY: 30-50 FERAL HOGS. (X-Men Unlimited #9)

FUCKING GHOST PIRATES Y’ALL (X-Men Unlimited #9)

YES AS A MATTER OF FACT I WILL BE CAPTIONING ALL THE IMAGES FROM THIS ISSUE IN ALL CAPS (X-Men Unlimited #9)

LOOK AT THIS MAN. THIS IS A MAN LIVING HIS DREAM. (X-Men Unlimited #9)

SURE WHY NOT (X-Men Unlimited #9)

SHARK FIGHT SHARK FIGHT (X-Men Unlimited #9)

THIS VISUAL IS LIKE ALL THE GOOFINESS OF THE EPISODE IN A NUTSHELL (X-Men Unlimited #9)

KING OF THE CAT PEOPLE (X-Men Unlimited #9)

FOOTNOTES FOR THE FOOTNOTE GODS (X-Men Unlimited #9)

FISH! FISH OF DECEIT! (X-Men Unlimited #9)

OH HEY WE KNOW THAT GUY (X-Men Unlimited #9)

THE NEXT TWO IMAGES WILL JUST BE KICKASS BLOODSCREAM YOU’RE WELCOME (X-Men Unlimited #9)

I WISH HIM THE BEST (X-Men Unlimited #9)

NEXT EPISODE: The Adversary probably does not actually join X-Factor.

325 – Captain Bloodscream

February 28, 2021 Jay 12 comments

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In which we recommend against having a birthday in the Marvel Universe; Shinobi Shaw was a proto-Quentin Quire; Lee Forrester returns under the best possible circumstances; Bloodscream lives his best unlife; Belasco is apparently master of the cat people now; and a former Marvel intern returns to solve a mystery.

X-PLAINED:

Bloodscream (again)
X-Force/Cable Annual 1995
Spider-Man Team-Up #1
X-Men Unlimited #9
The Impossible Man (and his slacker kids)
The Clone Saga
Benedict Kine
A really superlative insult
The continuity box
Still more Bloodscream
30-50 feral hogs
GHOST PIRACY
Belasco (more)(again)
The N’garai (more) (again)
A follow-up to a mystery from Episode #323

NEXT EPISODE: X-Factor vs. the Adversary

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As Mentioned in Episode 324 – Snack Attack

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So, yeah, there’s a lot going on. (Generation X Annual 1995)

Not who they appear to be, which honestly doesn’t even really matter in context. (Generation X Annual 1995)

His sovereignty over the Hellfire Club is dubious, but he’s definitely the king of shade. (Generation X Annual 1995)

Ouch. (Generation X Annual 1995)

Wait, what? (Generation X Annual 1995)

I still can’t tell if this is him not knowing she kidnapped him or telling her that it’s fine that she did… (Generation X Annual 1995)

Well, that’s some Silent Hill-inflected creepiness. (Generation X Annual 1995)

This party is an odd mix of formality levels. (Generation X #10)

Look, it happens to all of us eventually. (Generation X #10)

We would read the HELL out of a series about Banshee’s Interpol adventures. (Generation X #10)

OH HEY WE KNOW THAT DUDE (Generation X #10)

They are a genuinely fun pair. (Generation X #10)

NEXT EPISODE: MOTHERFUCKIN’ GHOST PIRATES!

Web site remodeling

February 25, 2021 Miles 2 comments

You may have noticed changes to our website’s design yesterday and today – especially since you’re probably on the site while reading this!

We’ve been having stability issues with our site for a few months now, and our image gallery slideshows inexplicably broke a few weeks ago. We’re troubleshooting with DreamHost and hope to have things working much better soon.

We’ll also find a permanent theme (or improve this one) at that point, but alas, our previous theme is down for the count. It was discontinued many years ago and has never worked right on mobile, so we want to find something a bit more modern that still has the features everyone is used to. Please bear with us for a bit longer!

324 – Snack Attack

February 21, 2021 Jay 18 comments

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In which Cordelia Frost is a terrible friend; Mondo is better than the story arcs that surround him; and we’d really love to see a series about Sean Cassidy’s super groovy past.

X-PLAINED:

The one who got away
Generation X Annual 1995
Generation X #10-11
A failed seduction attempt
Mondo and a plant-based facsimile thereof
An emergency
The very personal and private journal of Monet St. Croix
A party
Omega Red (again)
Sean Cassidy’s Interpol days
An unlikely informant
A somewhat surreal monitoring system
The Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men Wiki

NEXT EPISODE: GHOST PIRATES!

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As Mentioned in Episode 323 – Baby Talk

February 14, 2021 Jay Leave a comment

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Seriously–they look like little adults! (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

This gag was probably inevitable, honestly. (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

Enter the X-Babies! (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

I feel like public opinion of Sentinels would go way up if they looked like dinosaurs. (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

Arcade X-Plains the premise. (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

THIS IS REALLY DARK FOR WHAT IT IS. (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

Is this actually Sinister? We never really find out, but it’s gotta be, right? (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

Hooray! (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

…that’s a lotta X-Babies. (Pint-Sized X-Babies #1)

Absolutely iconic cover. (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

Damn good interior art, too. (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

Kirby’s art has leveled up exponentially between Murderama and Reborn; I particularly dig his Spiral. (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

Expanded geography of the Mojoverse. (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

Man, I wanna live in a closed-down theater! (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

The textbook sisters. (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

‘Vengers Assembly! (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

That it’s an obvious joke doesn’t stop it from being funny. (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

All-New Psychilde! (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

Seriously, who WOULDN’T read about the adventures of Baby Doom? (X-Babies: Reborn #1)

That Skottie Young cover! (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1)

Mr. Veech and Nandy. (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1)

Good times. (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1)

Our first glimpse of the Star Comics characters. (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1)

Planet Terry (Bowdlerized version). (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1)

Wally and the Wizard (Bowdlerized version). (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #2)

Royal Roy (Bowdlerized version). (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #2)

Top Dog (Bowdlerized but still helpful version). (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #3)

The actual, exiled Royal Roy, Planet Terry, and Top Dog. (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #3)

oh shit (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #3)

And they all pretty much lived happily ever after, probably, I guess. (X-Babies: Stars Reborn #4)

NEXT EPISODE: Aging up to X-teens!

LINKS & FURTHER JUVENALIA

Who could ever forget cinematic icon Robert Cop?
Meredith McClaren would draw extremely kickass X-Babies.
Welcome to Westview: For all your WandaVision deep-dive needs!

323 – Baby Talk

February 14, 2021 Jay 12 comments

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In which we spend a large amount of time on a group of small characters; X-Babies stories cover a wide range of quality; Mojo is relegated to public access; the ‘Vengers rebel against their creator; the X-Babies excavate Star Comics; we adjust our opinion of the mid-‘90s; and WandaVision is probably not connected to the Mojoverse.

X-PLAINED:

Fun with blood
The X-Babies
Mojo
Pint-Sized X-Babies #1
X-Babies Reborn #1
X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1-4
The Brotherhood of Mutant Bullies
X-Baby nomenclature
The Pix
Hell’s Kitchen
The Wildways (more) (again)
Monkey Wagon
Bubblefield
Marshmallow Marsh
Gamesboro
The Textbook Sisters
The ‘Vengers
A transformation
Mr. Veech
Nandy
Star Comics and several characters therefrom
The Adorable X-Babies
Our opinions on the mid-‘90s
Welcome to Westview

NEXT EPISODE: X-Teens!

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HAWK TALK – Call Any Vegetable

February 7, 2021 Miles 13 comments

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episode. This time, we talked about vegetables. Kind of.