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330 – Suddenly, Ninjas
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In which the podcast turns seven; Matt has officially edited half the podcast; a lot of things are made by metal; Doctor Strange is a big weirdo; Gambit is a scoundrel, not a villain; Wolverine goes goth; Onslaught could probably use a better herald; Bishop fires two guns whilst going aaaaaaa; and we commit to making what sense we can of Onslaught.
X-PLAINED:
- How Betsy got her body back
- Several simultaneous anniversaries
- Uncanny X-Men #329-330
- X-Men #50
- Some ninja bullshit
- A lot of less-benign-than-it-looks racism
- Excellent use of a neon sign
- An odd couple
- The evolution of art tools
- Steam vs. metal
- Gomurr the Ancient
- The Ebon Vein
- Catastrophic magic
- Our favorite iterations of Doctor Strange
- The Crimson Dawn
- How one becomes Gomurr the Ancient
- Tar (Proctor of the Crimson Dawn)
- Post (Herald of Onslaught)
- An entity who may or may not be Onslaught
- Continuity party tricks
- Survivors of the Age of Apocalypse
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As Mentioned in Episode 323 – Baby Talk
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LINKS & FURTHER JUVENALIA
- Who could ever forget cinematic icon Robert Cop?
- Meredith McClaren would draw extremely kickass X-Babies.
- Welcome to Westview: For all your WandaVision deep-dive needs!
323 – Baby Talk
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In which we spend a large amount of time on a group of small characters; X-Babies stories cover a wide range of quality; Mojo is relegated to public access; the ‘Vengers rebel against their creator; the X-Babies excavate Star Comics; we adjust our opinion of the mid-‘90s; and WandaVision is probably not connected to the Mojoverse.
X-PLAINED:
- Fun with blood
- The X-Babies
- Mojo
- Pint-Sized X-Babies #1
- X-Babies Reborn #1
- X-Babies: Stars Reborn #1-4
- The Brotherhood of Mutant Bullies
- X-Baby nomenclature
- The Pix
- Hell’s Kitchen
- The Wildways (more) (again)
- Monkey Wagon
- Bubblefield
- Marshmallow Marsh
- Gamesboro
- The Textbook Sisters
- The ‘Vengers
- A transformation
- Mr. Veech
- Nandy
- Star Comics and several characters therefrom
- The Adorable X-Babies
- Our opinions on the mid-‘90s
- Welcome to Westview
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As Mentioned in Episode 321 – Revolving Doors
321 – Revolving Doors
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In which Sabretooth does not get effectively rehabilitated; nobody has the moral high ground; Val Cooper is the worst possible person to call in any emergency; Bishop needs a better support system; Jay knows several things about onions; and not everything has to be a mammal.
X-PLAINED:
- Sabretooth (more) (again)
- X-Force #48
- Uncanny X-Men #328
- Sabretooth Special #1
- Bunny slippers
- An intervention
- Stages of grief
- What not to do with Sabretooth
- An evil squirrel
- Onions
- The three genders
- Mutant Massacre callbacks
- Caption disambiguation problems
- The overabundance of boobs on fictional non-mammalian species
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As Mentioned in Episode 319 – Giant-Size Special #9
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LINKS & FURTHER ADVENTURES
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- How to Be a Mutant
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319 – Giant-Size Special #9 (feat. Vita Ayala, Tini Howard, and Leah Williams)
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In which Jay and Miles receive a mysterious missive and are visited by three of our favorite X-writers; Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix is a pleasant surprise; Nathaniel Essex is the most dramatic man in the Marvel Universe; the sewers of Victorian London were a happenin’ place; Apocalypse isn’t even French; Beast is the flip-side of Sinister; community is for everyone; the Internet is (kind of) Krakoa; and death is fixable, but trauma might take a little more work.
X-PLAINED:
- A quotation
- Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #1-4
- A closed loop
- Time travel with Scott Summers and Jean Grey
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex)
- A somewhat excessive visual aid
- Beards
- Cootie Tremble
- The cultural context of sideshows
- The first Marauders and/or Nasty Boys
- Victorian Apocalypse
- Strained allegories
- Sanctity
- Apocalypse vs. the Hellfire Club
- Oscar the Somewhat Less Nasty Boy
- Varyingly anachronistic costuming
- The secret origin of ruby quartz
- A very vague objective
- A makeover
- A closed time loop
- Actual Cat Wizard Jonathan Hickman
- Something Jay is not in fact going to pitch to Marvel
- Creative dynamics and processes in the current X-line
- Revolutionary joy
- What’s cooler than one sword
- The Sixth Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
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As Mentioned in Episode 314 – Feelings, Alaska
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LINKS & FURTHER MISUNDERSTANDINGS:
- Lauretta Jean’s makes the best pie on earth, and Jay misses it desperately.
- Wanna make comics? Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work are an incredibly useful resource.
- We watched so much Sealab 2021 in college.
- If you’re interested in the intersections of psychology and superhero comics, check out The Arkham Sessions!
- PREVIOUSLY ON JAY & MILES X-PLAIN THE X-MEN
- For more about Scott and Alex’s origin story and picking which versions of canon count, check out Episode 308 – No Story Is the Whole Story.
- Hear about Roma and The Adversary’s last fight in Episode 86 – Legends.
- Dr. Andrea Letamendi joined us to discuss representations of mental illness and therapy in X-Factor in Episode 216 – X-Amining X-Factor.
- Our coverage of the Age of Apocalypse starts in Episode 287 – Welcome to the Age of Apocalypse…
- …and we focus on Cyclops and Havok’s relationship in that universe in Episode 292 – Weekend at Sinster’s.
314 – Feelings, Alaska
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In which Haven deserved better; Cyclops and Havok have a lot of feelings in Alaska; X-Factor is the cop team; breaking up with your girlfriend between issues is a massive faux pas; Haven got a bad deal; no one cares about Random’s feelings; Spiral is weird Twitter; and Alex Summers once again fails to finish his dissertation.
X-PLAINED:
- Chaos (Daniel Dash)
- Pie
- Power suits vs. power suits
- X-Factor #115-118
- Haven (more) (again)
- The Adversary (more) (again)
- Naze (more) (again)
- Several people who may or may not be holograms
- One of Jay’s all-time-favorite single issues
- Howard Mackie
- Wally Wood’s 22 Panels
- The Summers Family plane crash
- Cyclops and Havok’s relationship
- Havok’s Silver Age origins
- Trans readings of Alex Summers
- Shard (more) (again)
- Canadian drama
- A trap
- The return of Random
- Roma (again)
- Mojoworlders on social media
- Which X-teens should be audience surrogates in a new animated series
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