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409 – Lurid Malarkey
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In which nobody is sure what Emplate actually eats; airport food is not a good peace offering; Larry Hama writes a good Jubilee; the St. Croix siblings merge; and we honestly have no idea what a Token is.
X-PLAINED:
- Emplate vs. Marrow
- What’s been up with Generation X
- Generation X #34-36
- Claudette and Nicole St. Croix
- Emplate (more) (again)
- Controlled chaos
- Tracy Authier
- Bullying
- Dorian and Weasel (again)
- Treasures
- EAT
- Some unusually friendly blackmail
- Wizard Magazine
- Husk’s diary and hypothetical fanfiction
- Chimera
- A Lepton imploder
- Dirt-Nap
- M-Plate
- A dream, we think, probably
- Jubilee in Wonderland
- A Token
- Chief Authier
- Elwood
- Landau, Luckman, & Lake (again)
- The Citadel at the Edge of Reality
- The Universal Amalgamator
- Magik on screen
- Our favorite villains and alignment shifts from the Krakoa era
NEXT EPISODE: The M-Plate Saga concludes
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As Mentioned in Episode 401 – True Tales of Double-Entry Bookkeeping
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401 – True Tales of Double-Entry Bookkeeping
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In which Santa Claus makes problematic choices; we make good on a promise; Sebastian is the new Deadpool; Skrulls get stuck as animals more than you’d think; Nanny and Orphan-Maker celebrate; and Jubilee stops worrying and learns to love Christmas.
X-PLAINED
- Santa Claus’s flirtations with villainy
- A new direction for Generation X
- Larry Hama
- Al vs. U.S. geography
- Generation X #32-33
- Generation X Holiday Special
- New Mutants #92
- Thing One & Thing Two St. Croix
- The Circus of Crime
- The Pirates of Dark Water (somewhat)
- Hacker T. Dog
- Why Wolfsbane is scared of clowns
- Skrull Kill Crew
- Carnie Voltron
- Chief Authier
- Phat beats
- A reality biscuit
- Emplate’s pocket dimension
- Chimera and Dirtnap
- Variant interiors
- Nanny & Orphan-Maker (more) (again)
- Santa Claus (in general)
- Benefits of inconsistent characterization
NEXT WEEK: Break week
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur!
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As Mentioned in Episode 394 – We All Have to Go Sometime
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LINKS & FURTHER LIFE LESSONS:
- Nearly 40 years after Secret Wars II, Spider-Man is still teaching people to poop.
394 – We All Have to Go Sometime
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In which there’s always room for another X-cast; Cecilia Reyes wasn’t even supposed to be here today; Sabra has indestructible underwear; prime sentinels are probably even worse pets than quail; Marrow probably swears more than superhero comics allow for; and Operation Zero Tolerance comes to an end.
X-PLAINED:
- The original proposed ending of Operation Zero Tolerance
- The actual ending of Operation Zero Tolerance
- X-Men #66-69
- Operation Zero Tolerance (so far)
- Prime Sentinels (again)
- Bastion (more) (again)
- Spidey and His Amazing Friends
- Cecilia Reyes
- The most reluctant X-Men
- Nanomachines
- Trust
- Miles’s least favorite X-Men story
- Sabra
- Superheroes who wear white
- Wizard dogs
- Indestructible undergarments
- Angie Quail
- Candy Southern (again)
- Actual quail
- Bones
- Metal Gear Solid
- Officers Aguinal and Cleaveland
- The sound of a soul losing its shape
- One of many problems with the carceral system
- What men do in bathrooms
- A showdown
- Operation Zero Tolerance in retrospect
- Silly superhero names
- Non-mutant characters who pair well with X-Men
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: Bastion’s secret origin!
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As Mentioned in Episode 392 – The Mullet of Leadership
392 – The Mullet of Leadership
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In which Chris Bachalo changes things up; we theorize about Prime Sentinel hierarchy; the headmasters go undercover; fictional characters spend a lot of time in sewers; M’s secret comes to light; J. Jonah Jameson is at his best in X-books; Jay pitches a video game; Marrow gets a makeover; and part of journalistic integrity is choosing what not to cover.
X-PLAINED:
- Banshee, recently
- Generation X #29-31
- Uncanny X-Men #346
- Bastion
- Daria
- Leave It to Chance
- Miguela Torres
- Venice Beach
- Skin’s cousin Gil
- Inconsistencies that may or may not be deliberate
- Jolt Cola™
- Yet another take on Prime Sentinels
- The Mullet of Leadership
- A cool kid
- Cat drama
- DOA (again)
- Cars
- A kiss
- Several attempted murders
- Marrow’s appearance
- Boyd and Mathers
- X-fighting games
- Mutant leadership philosophies
NEXT EPISODE: X-Men cleverly disguised as Wolverine
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As Mentioned in Episode 389 – Wreck Gotta Recognize
389 – Wreck Gotta Recognize
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In which some puns are fundamentally visual; Jubilee is a really good kid; Bastion is a bad person but a good villain; Bachalo does Romita; Seagulls are assholes (but reasonably good narrators); Skin has no time for fantasies; Hitch does Cockrum; and Operation Zero Tolerance (unofficially) begins (again).
X-PLAINED:
- Glorian, the Shaper of Dreams (Thomas Gideon) (and his dad)
- Event build-up
- Generation X #26-28
- Bad times on a raft
- Valuable lessons from the Xavier School
- Yet another somewhat pointless Nightmare cameo
- Jubilee vs. Operation Zero Tolerance
- A good conversation
- Cookin’ with Jubilee
- Seagulls
- Dreams
- The Island that Chills Like a Man
- Strong Guy on Krakoa
- How (and whether) Logan ages
NEXT EPISODE: X-Force!
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