As Mentioned – Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

As Mentioned in Episode 465 – Right in the Fabric

October 20, 2024 Jay Leave a comment

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Death’s new look. (Astonishing X-Men #1)

He just really likes that snowboard, okay? Leave him alone! You’re not his real dad! (Astonishing X-Men #1)

FORESHADOWING! (Astonishing X-Men #1)

The sassiest severed head since Cameron Hodge. (Astonishing X-Men #1)

Meet the Mannite moppets! (Astonishing X-Men #1)

This Final Fantasy-looking motherfucker. (Astonishing X-Men #2)

Weird but rad. (Astonishing X-Men #2)

Sausage! (Astonishing X-Men #2)

Mind control or just psychic startle? You be the judge! (Astonishing X-Men #3)

It’s fine; he’s a Skrull. (Astonishing X-Men #3)

NEXT EPISODE: All things animated Rogue, with Lenore Zann!

As Mentioned in Episode 464 – The Cigarettes of Damocles

October 3, 2024 Miles 2 comments

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The life of a Lyft driver is wild, man. (X-Force #96)

“Weirdest cigarette I ever seen.” (X-Force #96)

So Thomas/Tyler Guthrie is the Super Saiyan version of Sam? (X-Force #96)

Somebody call Occult Animal Control! (X-Force #96)

The award for Most Dramatic Lounging goes to… (X-Force #96)

Okay, Deviants, just because you look cool doesn’t mean you’re allowed to be bigoted jerks. (X-Force #96)

Sledge is wearing his ass-kicking fringe. (X-Force #96)

Lucas owns better socks – he just wears these for effect. (X-Force #96)

What we like about Selene is that she’s subtle. (X-Force #97)

Wow, healthcare really is better in other countries. (X-Force #97)

Hey, it’s a The Predator! Hello, The Predator! (X-Force #97)

Ah, so that’s how Ash Wednesday works! (X-Force #97)

Does this junkyard robo-dog fight contribute to the plot? No. Is it awesome? Obviously. (X-Force #97)

Selene is seriously never in a normal position! And we love it. (X-Force #97)

I’m pretty sure that Odysseus’s powers just made a BOI-OI-OING sound. (X-Force #97)

GNORFF (X-Force #97)

Yeah, DaCosta is da best! (X-Force #98)

Storm : Enclosed Spaces :: Cannonball : Dying Miners (X-Force #98)

Sunspot attends Selene’s art gallery opening, Concerned and X-Treme. (X-Force #98)

I never get tired of how Mephisto wears a trenchcoat like any given World of Darkness character. (X-Force #98)

Oof, that body language. (X-Force #98)

Jeez, I guess Miles could’ve skipped those four years of psychology. (X-Force #98)

YIPE YIPE YIPE (X-Force #98)

“So you see, that’s where the trouble began. That smile. That damned smile.” (X-Force #98)

NEXT TIME: Prepare to be Astonished! Maybe!

As Mentioned in Episode 463 – The Fart Ghost That Walks Like a Manhattan

September 29, 2024 Jay Leave a comment

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Well, that can’t be good. (Gambit Annual 1999)

What a silly man. (Gambit Annual 1999)

“Get in the tube, Remy.” (Gambit Annual 1999)

I know we joke about the fart ghost thing, but she literally comes out of his butt. (Gambit Annual 1999)

Dewey is practically the patron saint of the t’ieves guild. (Gambit Annual 1999)

It’s a save point! (Gambit Annual 1999)

ERIK THE RED! (Gambit Annual 1999)

Okay, I know it’s a serious scene, but this panel is absolutely hilarious. (Gambit Annual 1999)

CONCRETE DATE! CONCRETE DATE! (Gambit Annual 1999)

“Demerits for everyone!” (Uncanny X-Men #372)

Oof. (Uncanny X-Men #372)

Professor Xavier is a jerk. (Uncanny X-Men #372)

Ouch. (X-Men #92)

NEXT EPISODE: The return of the Damocles Foundation!

As Mentioned in Episode 462 – Angst and Continuity

September 15, 2024 Jay 4 comments

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Oh, that can’t be good. (Generation X #55)

Well, shit. (Generation X #55)

Cold, Emma. (Generation X #55)

Ew, but also awesome. (Generation X #56)

FUCK YEAH EMMA FROST (Generation X #56)

Aw. (Generation X #56)

She’s evil, but damn does she have an eye for fashion. (Generation X #56)

Propellor beanie! (Generation X #57)

You really, really can’t. (Generation X #57)

Bobert Drake, straight heterosexual. (Generation X #57)

The queen of the goths! (Generation X #57)

We did not describe Skin’s outfit in the podcast because frankly, words do not do it justice. (Generation X #57)

TBH, this is how most of our school dances ended, too. (Generation X #57)

NEXT EPISODE: The secret origins of Gambit’s fart ghost girlfriend!

As Mentioned in Episode 460 – Setting Sons

September 1, 2024 Jay Leave a comment

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I really enjoy cover copy like this. (Generation X #52)

Synch is better at your powers than you are. (Generation X #52)

Oh, snap! (Generation X #52)

Wait, if it’s just her skin, shouldn’t we be seeing muscles and stuff under it? (Generation X #52)

What happens when you give image inducers to moppets. (Generation X #52)

TFW you just rescued a mercenary in the woods outside your boarding school, and he’s kinda hot. (Generation X #53)

The Rising Sons. (Generation X #53)

This is one of very few panels in which you can see Paladin’s whole costume. (Generation X #54)

Damn, Adrienne. (Generation X #54)

NEXT EPISODE: The return of Rictor and Shatterstar!

As Mentioned in Episode 459 – Waiting to X’Hal (feat. Devin Toohey)

August 18, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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It is a crime that Dial H.U.S.K. didn’t make the cover. (X-Patrol #1)

As letterforms to create the shape of your building go, you could do worse. A lot worse. (X-Patrol #1)

I didn’t know there was a wrong way to stare at a butt, but… Beastling’s doing it. (X-Patrol #1)

Backstory, orange edition: Shatterstarfire! (X-Patrol #1)

Backstory, green edition: Beastling! (X-Patrol #1)

Backstory, yellow edition: Dial H.U.S.K.! (Bonus: Wonder Girl!) (X-Patrol #1)

Backstory, blue edition: Ferro Man! (X-Patrol #1)

Backstory, fuschia edition: Elasti-Girl! (X-Patrol #1)

Shit, now I wish Cable had a beard. And not just that literally-evil goatee from 1993. (X-Patrol #1)

An auspicious start to a first mission. (X-Patrol #1)

That outfit! On that guy! (X-Patrol #1)

Pretty bangin’ fit, I’m not gonna lie. (X-Patrol #1)

Second-rate indeed. That claw-guy doesn’t even have bat ears! (X-Patrol #1)

Mary Marvel Girl! (X-Patrol #1)

Did he murder tiny demon-squirrels just to hold his cape on? (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Hitch and Neary never disappoint. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

They must have such excellent dental hygiene practices! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Maximalism. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

X-Patrol Mark II, featuring non-Rockslide and Jan’s muscles. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Robot roll-call! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

I would read any and all of these comics. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Stalactites have a C in the middle because they’re on the ceiling, stalagmites have a G in the middle because they’re on the ground, and Brood have an O in the middle because they’ll eat your goddamn face. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Artemisty Knight! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Turns out Terrax and Terra look pretty damned cool when they merge. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

This isn’t even my final form! Wait, yes it is. (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Why would you cover up that amazing outfit with rocks? (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Fuckin’ YIKES (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

Introducing: Exuberant-Man! (Exciting X-Patrol #1)

NEXT TIME: Teens!

LINKS AND FURTHER READING

Check out Devin’s Doom Patrol podcast Meet Your Doom!

As Mentioned in Episode 458 – Quantum Stuff

August 4, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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A hell of a cover… (X-Force #91)

…and a hell of a title page. (X-Force #91)

Standard superhero comic art this is not! (X-Force #91)

I want to read an X-Force that looks like this! (X-Force #91)

For your reaction image folder. (X-Force #91)

An anticlimactic breakup. (X-Force #91)

This issue is full of unconventional and perfect panels. (X-Force #91)

Theresa versus alcoholism – with all the drama of a final boss fight. (X-Force #91)

*sniffle* (X-Force #91)

We’re pretty sure that’s actually what the door says. (X-Force #92)

Only a slightly weirder computer case design than Apple’s Power Mac G4 Cube. (X-Force #92)

Cool colors versus warm colors – FIGHT! (X-Force #92)

Domino does what we all wanted to. (X-Force #92)

*heavy sigh* (X-Force #92)

“Neena Thurman – this is your life!” (X-Force #92)

Fake-Cable does not have game. (X-Force #92)

Casual Friday has gone too far! (X-Force #93)

What a lovely and colorful bee-fight! (X-Force #93)

Electryon and Astarte. (X-Force #93)

The four humors. (X-Force #93)

…and the four elements? (X-Force #93)

FTTTT (X-Force #93)

Danielle Moonstar: as short history. (X-Force #93)

Ry’lor the Destroyer: a short history. (X-Force #93)

It’s amazing how many problems can be solved with a time bomb to the face! (X-Force #93)

“SEE YOU ON THANKSGIVING!” (X-Force #93)

NEXT TIME: Miles and Devin x-plain X-Patrol!

As Mentioned in Episode 457 – Stinking at the Moon

July 28, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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Logan should always be a little funny-lookin’. (X-Men Unlimited #24)

He’s a berserker murder-uncle who can’t remember his past – she’s a grumpy doctor who’d rather be anywhere but here! Together, they’re Logan ‘n’ Cici – Thursdays on NBC! (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Seriously, I’d happily watch them argue about anything. (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Cecilia’s secondary mutation is the rare ability to avoid misunderstanding-based fights by using her words. (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Are you sure you’re not having fun, Dr. Reyes? (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Is he… is he biting the landing gear? (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Cecilia’s tertiary mutation is to not take any of your bullshit. (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Even a typo cannot mar this perfect panel. (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Jeez, Magnus! Put on some underwear over your pants! This is indecent! (X-Men Unlimited #24)

“But if there was, Father, rest assured that I would be an eighteenth-level Ranger.” (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Has he been carrying that plant around just hoping he’d have the chance to work it into a metaphor? (X-Men Unlimited #24)

“Just like I used to separate the people I teleported from their clothes!” (X-Men Unlimited #24)

“Fabian, what have I told you about sitting on my porn throne?” (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Nice to see a 1999 Magneto story remember all the super-nuance of his past. (X-Men Unlimited #24)

Jay’s got a point – how did they get Banshee into that thing? (Generation X #51)

Goodbye, old costumes… (Generation X #51)

…Hello, new costumes! (Generation X #51)

And that was it for Gaia. (Generation X #51)

Skin’s facial expression is the platonic ideal of “YIKES!” (Generation X #51)

I’m actually not sure which villain’s outfit is more surprising. (Generation X #51)

Armor’s powers, five years before Armor! (Generation X #51)

NEXT TIME: Some damned fine X-Force.

As Mentioned in Episode 456 – Until/Unless

July 24, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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Techno-organic cover #1! (Uncanny X-Men #371)

Cheer up, Chuck – it’s just naptime at your school! I guess they all forgot their red and blue mats. (Uncanny X-Men #371)

I’m not so sure about this plot development, but… she’s just so happy! (Uncanny X-Men #371)

Hey, don’t judge: you look way grosser under your outer layer. (Uncanny X-Men #371)

“Dis was not in Gambit’s horoscope!” (Uncanny X-Men #371)

The Phalanx Covenant by Doctor Seuss. (Uncanny X-Men #371)

Techno-organic cover #2! (X-Men #91)

Take that, Billy G! You know what you did. (X-Men #91)

I love these weird faces and terrifying bone-trees! (X-Men #91)

Oof, brutal. (But nice dress, Rogue!) (X-Men #91)

URRKK indeed! (X-Men #91)

And for one panel, we were joined by the spirit of Bill Sienkiewicz. (X-Men #91)

Techno-organic cover #3! Yep, that’s Colossus’s arm from the last cover – we didn’t realize they connected until our listener Alex pointed it out on the blog! (X-Men Annual 1999)