Tag: Crusader X
505 – The Amulet of Ass
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In which Widget takes a heel turn; there is some confusion over sword identification; we appreciate Sir Benedict of the Falls; the Braddock family has a lot going on; and Otherworld changes hands.
X-PLAINED:
- Names for flying horses
- Excalibur (2001 miniseries) #1-4
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (briefly) (again)
- The Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
- Darkmoor Research Facility
- Sword and amulet distribution
- Strider the Horse
- Why all the horses of Asgard have Tolkien names
- Sir Benedict of the Falls and his many axes
- One way to win a bridge fight
- Sword pops
- Several continuity errors
- Holographic James Braddock
- The Dad Cave
- Otherworld eugenecists
- A coronation
- A twist
- Some potential X-Factor lineups
- Life expectancies of mutants with healing factors
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As Mentioned in Episode 143 – Seduction of the Innocent
143 – Seduction of the Innocent
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In which the Cross-Time Caper has finally outstayed its welcome; we bid a reluctant farewell to Alan Davis; Inferno may or may not finally actually be over; Evil Doug Ramsey rocks our socks; the Shadow King is not a particularly nuanced villain; Kitty Pryde celebrates a birthday; and Courtney Ross represents an awful lot of dangling plot threads.
X-PLAINED:
- Nocturne
- Excalibur #21-24
- The end of the Cross-Time Caper
- Post-Alan Davis Excalibur
- Chris Wozniak
- Crusader X
- Earth-2122
- How to track Excalibur
- Phoenix-related telepathic idiosyncracies
- Our general indifference to the Shadow King
- An alternate history of Earth-811
- Earth-23238
- An extended Judge Dredd riff
- Puberty
- Another John Byrne cameo
- Several variations on Courtney Ross
- Kitty Pryde’s 15th birthday
- Nightcrawler’s beard
- The Siege Courageous
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