Tag: Avengers
487 – The Only Well-Adjusted Cyclops in the Multiverse (Mutant X May, Part 2)
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In which Mutant X May continues; the X-Men return from space; it’s okay not to fill in every detail of a world; Havok leans into parenthood; we meet the only well-adjusted Cyclops in the multiverse; in any universe, Forge has terrible judgment; and the Six get some new members.
X-PLAINED:
- Several notable upcoming events in Mutant X
- What’s happened so far
- Mutant X #9-18
- Mutant X Annual 2000
- The Morlocks of Earth-1298
- The Mole Man of Earth-1298
- The Yancy Street Underground
- Magneto of Earth-1298
- Superhero costume color theory
- Polaris of Earth-1298
- The X-Men of Earth-1298
- Magneto
- Polaris
- Nightcrawler
- Rogue
- Mystique
- Quicksilver
- The Goblin Entity
- Doctor Doom of Earth-1298
- Namor of Earth-1298
- The origin of Bloodstorm
- Dracula’s fellas
- The Starjammers of Earth-1298
- Cyclops
- Binary
- Nova
- Lockheed
- Silver Surfer
- Space alien problems
- A fairly literal deus ex machina
- Captain America of Earth-1298
- A terrible idea
- The United Guild of Thieves and Assassins
- Gambit of Earth-1298
- Raven LeBeau
- The origin of Vampire Gambit
- Mister Sinister of Earth-1298
- Jean Grey of Earth-1298
- Where Scott Summers of Earth-1298 ranks on the Cyclops Has a Good Day scale
- Where to put X-logos on a costume
NEXT EPISODE: Mutant X May concludes!
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As Mentioned in Episode 479 – Nancy Drew and the Secret of Carrion Cove
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING
- That thing about the cooking show and spreader bars and Namor that Jay was talking about
- Information and pencils from Chris Claremont and Rick Leonardi’s canceled Phoenix miniseries
479 – Nancy Drew and the Secret of Carrion Cove
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In which Genosha gets better and/or worse; Fabian Cortez is the Secretary of Betrayal; having an action figure of yourself is the path to immortality; and Hammer Bay sounds like a sex toy company.
X-PLAINED:
- Triathlon
- The Revolution relaunch and the six-month gap
- Magneto: Dark Seduction #1-4
- Erotic skyscrapers
- Magneto (again) (forever)
- X-Men Tijuana Bibles
- The Genoshan Cabinet
- Dark friendship with benefits
- Polaris’s newfound interest in heavy metal
- Magneto’s on-again, off-again children
- Carrion Cove
- Coloring symbolism and/or errors
- Spat and Grovel (kind of)
- Magneto’s ancestral f**k-ghost
- Socialism!
- Magneto’s mysterious mind-voice
- Neal Conan
- The Avengers of 2000
- Kirby Krackle
- Magneto’s smooth arc into villainy
- Bonking
- Human nature
- Rachel Summers in the Body Shoppe
- Our (lack of) coverage of solo comics
NEXT EPISODE: X-Man!
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As Mentioned in Episode 476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
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Links & Further Conflagrations:
- Hear the tragic tale of Butter Rum in Episode 42 – A Firestar Is Born!
- And for more discussion, head on to Episode 225 – Class Reunion (feat. Austin Gorton)!
476 – The Moppets Take Manhattan
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In which we remain adamant pro-POG advocates; Artie and Leech have adventures; Firestar and Emma Frost get some resolution; Santa Claus may or may not be the avatar of Cyttorak; Black Tom Cassidy exceeds expectations; and Monet has vampire problems.
X-PLAINED:
- Marvel’s Revolution line
- POGs (somewhat) (again)
- Who’s on Generation X these days
- Generation X #59-62
- Artie and Leech’s adventures in NYC
- Holidays at the Massachusetts Academy
- Cordelia Frost (more) (again)
- Mondo (the real one)
- Santa Claus / Juggernaut disambiguation
- An overly convoluted plot
- Parenting?
- St. Croix family problems
- Vampire problems
- Legacies of Generation X
NEXT EPISODE: Ages of Apocalypse!
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As Mentioned in Episode 455 – Space, Geeks, and Galactus
455 – Space, Geeks, and Galactus
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In which Roadhouse is basically a Wolverine story; Spider-Man does crimes; space names are derivative; there are lots of good reasons to yell at Professor Xavier; the X-Men do Doctor Who; Galactus is not interested in your puny human feelings; Marrow gets a new look; the Skrulls need a crash course in UI; and we overthink bones.
X-PLAINED:
- The time the Skrulls did “A Piece of the Action”
- The trouble with benevolent dictatorships
- X-Men #89-90
- Uncanny X-Men #370
- A New York City that is not in fact New York City
- “Spider-Man”
- A ruse
- Faces
- Skrull problems
- Mar-Vell
- Adam Warlock
- Sass vs. joviality
- Skrull Cop City
- Disguises
- Nova (Frankie Raye)
- How Galactus eats planets
- Condiments
- Several melees
- Bone pubes
- Skrull UI
- Whether Moopsy could drink Wolverine’s bones
- X-Musicals
NEXT EPISODE: The return of Douglock!
The Roald Dahl short story whose title Jay couldn’t recall is “Beware of the Dog.”
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As Mentioned in Episode 356 – The Michael Bay-eux Tapestry
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356 – The Michael Bay-eux Tapestry
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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
In which it’s hard to be Joseph; we do our best to explain the inexplicable; Miles is full of feelings; Hulk smashes; and Onslaught finally (mostly) ends.
X-PLAINED:
- Heroes Reborn Return
- Wild times with the Dreaming Celestial
- Onslaught so far
- X-Men #56
- Onslaught: Marvel Universe
- Jay’s definitive Bond
- Joseph (more)
- The physical evolution of Onslaught
- Sense of scale
- Hawkeye (TV series)
- Onslaught’s goals, to what extent they exist
- The three genders
- A really big fight
- A miracle of magnetism
- The (nominal) end of the Age of Heroes
- Beast’s scientific career
- Chamber’s voice
NEXT EPISODE: Several epilogues
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