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HAWK TALK – Galaxy: The Prettiest Star

September 18, 2022 Miles Leave a comment

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This would usually be a skip week, but thanks to some generous donors to Equality Florida, Hawk Talk is back! This week: Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor’s graphic novel, Galaxy: The Prettiest Star!

As Mentioned in Episode 380 – Arbor Day

August 1, 2022 Miles 2 comments

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!

Autumnal. (Generation X #23)

I miss the Blue Ridge Mountains. (Generation X #23)

Banshee’s powers may not make any more sense in these panels, but damn if they don’t look cool. (Generation X #23)

Howard, you should know better than to appear in any comic ever. (Generation X #23)

“Clearly! I mean, you’re not a dog, or purple, or… oh.” (Generation X #23)

Just a regular ol’ sleepover. (Generation X #24)

Characterization by way of wardrobe. (Generation X #24)

Young Jubilee and her ol’ Gem Fusion pal. (Generation X #24)

Yep, that seems 100% accurate. (Generation X #24)

Emplate, gothiest crowd-surfer ever (Generation X #24)

Ironically, the turtle itself was telepathic. (Generation X #24)

The readers see the pictures but the girls just hear the words. Emma is a master of selective detail. (Generation X #24)

“No I did not realize! You looked much less evil before this morning! And also less awesome, if I’m being honest!” (Generation X #25)

Black Tom Cassidy, Mark I. (Generation X #25)

Man, kudzu really is invasive. (Generation X #25)

The death of the-Mondo-we-knew. (Generation X #25)

Black Tom Cassidy, Mark II. (Generation X #25)

Gaaahhhhh those creepy finger-needles in Emma’s head (Generation X #25)

Black Tom Cassidy, Mark III. (Generation X #25)

Like a samurai movie! (Generation X #25)

Could be worse, kids – Howard and the moppets ended up someplace way weirder. (Generation X #25)

NEXT TIME: X-Factor quits.

HAWK TALK – Joy

July 24, 2022 Miles 9 comments

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This would usually be a skip week, but thanks to some generous donors to Equality Florida, Hawk Talk is back! This week’s topic was chosen by Blindseer0.

As Mentioned in Episode 378 – The Unstoppable Huggernaut

July 10, 2022 Miles 2 comments

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That is a lot of Cain Marko. (Juggernaut #1)

WE’VE GOT SMEK SIGN! WE’VE GOT SMEK SIGN! (Juggernaut #1)

I do not want to be in Juggernaut’s fraternity, please. (Juggernaut #1)

I honestly do not know whether D’Spayre or his chompy demons look cooler. (Juggernaut #1)

They’ve been busy. (Juggernaut #1)

Presenting Black Tom Cassidy’s forked beard and his forked… boots? (Juggernaut #1)

Same outfit as last time, but Spite looks rad as hell in this story. (Juggernaut #1)

Aww shit D’Spayre looks even cooler here (Juggernaut #1)

Even Juggernaut’s skeleton is beefy. (Juggernaut #1)

Jay disapproves of this butt. (Generation X Annual 1997)

“You can’t be Catseye! Your hair is wrong and you’re not talking like Yoda! Aaaaaaand also you’re dead!” (Generation X Annual 1997)

“Thanks for saying my logo right, Jubes.” (Generation X Annual 1997)

Aww, kids. (Generation X Annual 1997)

March 2020 – present (Generation X Annual 1997)

Nothing brings out backstory like a Fear Lord! (Generation X Annual 1997)

Did the power pairings of the current New Mutants run get their start here? Prrrrrobably not. (Generation X Annual 1997)

That’s one biiiiig leprechaun in that executioner’s hood. (Generation X Annual 1997)

When Chamber’s mutant powers first manifested, they destroyed not only his lower jaw and upper chest, but also his swole-ness. (Generation X Annual 1997)

NEXT TIME: Space fashion!

As Mentioned in Episode 377 – Sam Hill

July 10, 2022 Miles Leave a comment

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Milo is better at dominoes than Miles. (Domino #1)

Oh ay oh ay indeed! (Domino #1)

“Miss you? Dude, I barely remember who you are!” (Domino #1)

“And my boots are still full of ninja stars!” (Domino #1)

Is that… a Nike beret? Puck makes it work, though. (Domino #1)

Solid Snake she ain’t. (Domino #1)

Ah, the classic narrative conflict of (wo)man versus man(droid). (Domino #1)

Not exactly the red carpet Domino was hoping for. (Domino #1)

Domino gets strangled, part one. (Domino #2)

…did that explosion just say “Kablooey”? (Domino #2)

Man, that flashback must have been a long time ago. Look how much more hair she has! (Domino #2)

Between this place and the Witness’s cell in Bishop’s future… Are prisons just extra sexy in the Marvel Universe? (Domino #2)

“Ah, we do have fun.” (Domino #2)

Jay disapproves of robot tits. (Domino #2)

Domino gets strangled, part two. (Domino #2)

Domino gets strangled, part three. (Domino #3)

Pay no attention to the mysterious silhouette behind the curtain. (Domino #3)

Somehow, Milo Thurman’s studies of history never included learning just how very common faking one’s own death tends to be in X-books. (Domino #3)

I feel like Domino’s powers have a sense of humor. (Domino #3)

Domino may be an member of X-Force, but she learned how to enter rooms from X-Factor. (Domino #3)

I… but… what? (Domino #3)

Oof. (Domino #3)

PUCK WHY WOULD YOU DRESS LIKE THAT (Domino #3)

NEXT TIME: D’Spayre.

HAWK TALK – The Voyage of the Mimi

June 26, 2022 Miles 13 comments

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This would usually be a skip week, but thanks to some generous donors to Equality Florida, Hawk Talk is back! This week’s topic was chosen by Chuck Reynolds.

As Mentioned in Episode 376 – Moore of This

June 19, 2022 Miles Leave a comment

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!

You’ve come a long way from tick-tick-boom, Tabitha. (X-Force #63)

Dammit, X-Force! You were already living in the same house as the X-Men, and now you have their color scheme too? (X-Force #63)

When continuity is character. (X-Force #63)

Oh, great, it’s that dream again. (X-Force #63)

Yep, Lila Cheney is just that good. (X-Force #63)

“Alright, Agents! Just like we practiced: POSE!” (X-Force #63)

Ah, come on, Bobby – you’ve been to space and multiple other dimensions. Get over yourself. (X-Force #64)

Meanwhile in Spookytown (X-Force #64)

GAVEEDRA BENJAMIN SEVEN YOU PUT THOSE SWORDS DOWN RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR (X-Force #64)

But… but ambush is the exact thing you just did! (X-Force #64)

We immediately love John Francis Moore’s Meltdown. (X-Force #64)

We’ve missed you, Julio. (X-Force #64)

Michael McCain, AKA Forearm, AKA a guy in a shirt best described as “normal”. (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

You put that down! Bad dog! Drop it! DROP IT! (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Meltdown auditions for Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men. (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Like the Rainbow Bridge but somehow more cosmic! Or at least differently cosmic. (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Presenting Malekith the Accursed. (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Is Caliban huge or is Shatterstar tiny? The world will never know! (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Our high school English teacher always told us we needed to learn the rules of writing so we could more effectively break them. This page does that with its panel borders. (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Mutants and dwarves and giants, oh my! (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

Hela: goddess of death and high fashion. (Cable & X-Force Annual 1997)

NEXT TIME: Do not mess with Domino.

LINKS AND FURTHER READING

Previously on Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men:
- Miles and guest x-pert Elisabeth Allie talked about the X-Men and Alpha Flight’s visit to the Viking citadel in Episode 47: The Price of Power!
- To learn about the New Mutants’ first visit to Asgard (and Mirage becoming a Valkyrie), check out Episode 48: Guitar Solos of the Gods!
- We discussed the New Mutants second visit to Asgard (and Mirage’s corruption by Hela) in Episode 127: Disaster City and Episode 132: Nornheim Lemonade!
Miles and Elisabeth Allie covered Walter Simonson’s entire epic Thor run in their limited-series podcast THOR: The Lightning and the Storm!

As Mentioned in Episode 375 – One Thousand Kicks to the Face

June 19, 2022 Miles Leave a comment

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So many textures! (X-Men #60)

Ororo, you’re a good enough thief that you could probably afford clothes without holes in them… or is that a style thing? (X-Men #60)

I mean, this is definitely implying that Storm ran around the bronze age with Candra’s Heart as a fashion accessory, right? (X-Men #60)

“Dammit Ororo, did you learn nothing from my brother?!” (X-Men #60)

Candra as shibari lobster once more, now with ear-mandibles! (X-Men #60)

Remember that one Punisher movie where Frank set a bunch of cars on fire in the shape of a big skull? That was kinda cool. (X-Men #60)

Tiny mustache or shadow – you be the judge! (X-Men #60)

I know the Shadow King is supposed to be dead at this point, but that has to be him! Look at the speech bubble borders! (X-Men #60)

Suddenly, ninjas. (X-Men #61)

Ooh, nice visual flow. (X-Men #61)

“As opposed to that time I had kidney stones, which was only about three hundred kicks to the face!” (X-Men #61)

Logan is tasting the air like a snake! (X-Men #61)

Storm gets Candra’s hopes up… (X-Men #61)

…before Cyclops ZARKs them upon the rocks. That’s cold, guys. (X-Men #61)

Is it, though? (X-Men Unlimited #14)

Matching nightshirts! (X-Men Unlimited #14)

Whoa. Nicely done, Jim Cheung. (X-Men Unlimited #14)

Idyllic! (X-Men Unlimited #14)

Never change, Artie. (X-Men Unlimited #14)

Ever see Children of the Corn, Joe? (X-Men Unlimited #14)

I wish everyone had a dad this supportive. (X-Men Unlimited #14)

No moppet should moppet alone! (X-Men Unlimited #14)

NEXT TIME: Back to Asgard!

HAWK TALK – Doonesbury

May 29, 2022 Miles 8 comments

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This would usually be a skip week, but thanks to some generous donors to Equality Florida, Hawk Talk is back! This week’s topic was chosen by Andy Bartholomew.