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148 – That’s So Ravens
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In which Archangel falls in with the LARP crowd; all yuppies are (probably) vampires; Beast is kind of a jerk; there are a lot of reasons to be mad at Forge; and you should totally come hang out with us at ECCC!
X-PLAINED:
- A peculiar scheme
- X-Factor #54, 56-59
- Crimson
- The Ravens
- A gallery opening
- Several varyingly tortured souls
- Charlotte Jones (more)
- Archangel vs. Archangel’s wings
- Ethical reporting
- An accidental bank robbery
- The return of a long-lost villain
- Timmy Jones
NEXT EPISODE: Old Man Logan!
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As Mentioned in Episode 138 ā What Would Dazzler Do?
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As Mentioned in Episode 124 – The Cruelest Planet
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LINKS & FURTHER READING:
- Come see us at Rose City Comic Con!
- You can hear Dennis Hopeless’s explanation of the Noodle Incident in Episode 104!
- Read theĀ pitch for the Siege Perilous game in the visual companion to Episode 18!
- TheĀ ergonomic violas and violins Jay mentioned are made by David Rivinus. Check ’em out here!
124 – The Cruelest Planet
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In which everyone dies (or something); every Summers is miserable in their own way; we are pretty done with Nanny and the Orphanmaker; Lady Deathstrike is a surprisingly astute art critic; the X-Men’s digital invisibility does not extend to the White Pages; we venture into slightly less charted territory; Wolverine has a really bad day; and you should totally come hang out with us at Rose City Comic Con!
X-PLAINED:
- Origins of Lady Deathstrike
- Jay & Miles at Rose City Comic Con
- X-Ray party etiquette
- Uncanny X-Men #248-251
- The precise inverse of an anticlimax
- The Siege Perilous (more) (again)
- Dramatic parallels
- Summers tragedy disambiguation
- Jim Lee’s first X-issue
- The apparent death of Storm (this time)
- The merged Reavers
- What it takes for Jay to play a sidescroller
- An X-band
- Longshot’s departure
- A really ineffective rescue
- Art-critic Deathstrike
- Administrative assistant Jubilee
- Zaladane
- An unconventional approach to genealogy
- The ickiest method of mind control
- Dark Claw
NEXT EPISODE: GIANT-SIZE SUMMER SPECIAL!
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As Mentioned in Episode 109 – The Passion of Madelyne Pryor
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LINKS & FURTHER LISTENING
- For our Inferno coverage, weāre working (somewhat loosely) from the reading order mapped out at UncannyXMen.net.
- We’ll be bringing you up to speed on both the cinematic X-MenĀ and Apocalypse’s comics background in episode 110, but if you want toĀ brush up this week, you can do that here:
109 – The Passion of Madelyne Pryor
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In which you should not presume to judge Madelyne Pryor by your standards; we wrap up the core plot of Inferno (but still somehow have two episodes left to go); sympathetic is not the same thing as right; Storm and Jean use friendship and it’s super effective; Iceman is basically incorruptible; Angel gets a new codename; Cyclops gets a backstory; Sinister is aptly named; and Inferno makes retcons into retconade.
X-PLAINED:
- Limbo vs. Limbo
- Hel vs. Hell
- Uncanny X-Men #242-243
- X-Factor #38-39
- A moment that does not speak eloquently for itself
- Several extended misunderstandings
- The difference between sympathetic and right
- N’astirh’s sweet ride
- A false binary
- The Goblin Prince
- Yet another reason Havok should have finished his dissertation
- The power of friendship
- The Rube Goldberg approach to combat
- Superconductivity, kind of
- Our least favorite retcon in Inferno
- The Summers brothers summed up in a single scene
- Clone ethics
- Why we like it when characters screw up
- Our favorite retcons
- How to prep for X-Men: Apocalypse
NEXT WEEK: ApocalypseĀ for Beginners
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As Mentioned in Episode 108 – What Price Glory
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LINKS & FURTHER READING:
- For our Inferno coverage, we’re working (somewhat loosely) from the reading order mapped out at UncannyXMen.net.
- Jay is the worst at Valentine’s Day.
- The amazing BelleChere cosplays a phenomenalĀ page-accurate Goblin Queen, sometimes alongside either Rule-63 or original-flavor Sinister! (Madelyne is only one of a ton of really terrific X-Men cosplay BelleChere has done over the years; we highly recommend clicking through her galleries to see the rest!)
- Amanda Lafrenais draws awesome comics and has rats named after soup! (Link may not be work-safe–contains some cartoon nudity.)
108 – What Price Glory
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In which we recap nearly 200 issues in under three minutes; Madelyne Pryor is the Medea of X-Men; Mister Sinister takes the stage; Dazzler is basically an ’80s movie refugee; Scrambler may or may not be an exchange student from the Riverdale Marauders; Marc Silvestri is excellent at some things and less so at others; nothing good happens in Nebraska; Trish Tilby is the April O’Neil of X-Factor; and we swear that it was a total coincidence that this episode went up on Mother’s Day.
X-PLAINED:
- One solution to the existential conundrum of the Carol Danvers who is also kind of part of Rogue
- Pretty much everything that’s happened since the Dark Phoenix Saga
- The structure of Inferno
- Uncanny X-Men #239-241
- X-Factor #36-37
- The rise of the Goblin Queen
- Several deaths in elevators
- Mister Sinister and his amazing action-figure collection
- The evolution of Mark Silvestri
- Madelyne and Alex
- A very symbolic dress
- The Rainbow Room
- M-Squad
- That damn costume
- 1989 in outfit form
- Jay’s favorite Marauder
- Rats-R-Us
- Wolverine vs. a mail box
- The X-Men, but evil
- The secret origin of Madelyne Pryor
- A long-anticipated reunion
- Objects we’d demonically animate
- Which X-Man should do your taxes
NEXT WEEK: The Passion of Madelyne Pryor
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As Mentioned in Episode 107 – Fairy Tale Ending
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LINKS AND FURTHER LISTENING:
- We discussed the Magik miniseries inĀ Episode 19 – Acorns and Swords.