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485 – The House of Correction

April 27, 2025 Jay 5 comments

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In which we go back to the future of Generation X; Jay once again gets pedantic about lettering; Generation X takes on the carceral state; we take a deep dive into the late ‘90s; Jubilee does her best Nick Fury; and superpowers should be noisier.

X-PLAINED:

Earth-14042
Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
Generation X #63-66
Revolution and Counter X (more) (again)
An evil Oyster
Warden Coffin
The Decency Defecit
Some shit we wish was fictional
Underpants
Souped up powers
Newsgroups
The Columbine school shooting
The Grid
Cable vs. ISDN Internet
Jonathan Somers
Generation X’s new costumes
The House of Correction
Hacking
Trophies
Baxter
‘90s X-Men outside of comics
How superpowers sound

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As Mentioned in Episode 482 – The Mutant Gene for Murder

April 13, 2025 Miles Leave a comment

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“Mr. Wisdom would have wanted me to show this much chest.” (X-Force #106)

A fitting tribute from Romany Wisdom (Mark II). (X-Force #106)

Come on, Cable totally would have trained X-Force on Robert’s Rules of Order. (X-Force #106)

“Well, you’re looking at a version of it that doesn’t yet have nearly enough black leather.” (X-Force #106)

Upon further consideration: yeah, Meltdown totally designed all of these. (X-Force #107)

Bedlam’s new powers! (X-Force #107)

Meltdown’s new powers! (X-Force #107)

Proudstar’s new powers! (X-Force #107)

“You see, I have the mutant gene for murder.” (X-Force #107)

Domino understood the fashion assignment. (X-Force #108)

Remember, you can shoot the eyeball for double damage. (X-Force #108)

Spy stuff. (X-Force #108)

First you murder all of the children at this birthday party, and then you have the gall to criticize the host’s baking? (X-Force #108)

Meet these guys! But don’t get too attached. (X-Force #108)

But that doesn’t… it looks nothing like… ah, never mind. (X-Force #108)

You can read the entirety of New Mutants and X-Force as the history of Cannonball learning to turn. (X-Force #109)

I bet he’s using his Cable voice for this threat. (X-Force #109)

Tsung has probably seen The Matrix like, a lot. (X-Force #109)

That’s our Tabitha! (X-Force #109)

Mr. Giger sends his regards. (X-Force #109)

NEXT TIME: Claremont’s back!

482 – The Mutant Gene for Murder

March 30, 2025 Jay 6 comments

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In which Pete Wisdom canonically smells weird; we are inordinately entertained by a villain; everyone levels up their superpowers; and you probably shouldn’t shave the logo of your secret super team into the side of your head.

X-PLAINED:

Nasty Boys disambiguation
X-Force #106-109
Counter X (more) (again)
Shockwave (more) (again)
Turn-of-the-millennium cool
X-Force (more) (again)
How to dress for funerals, I guess?
How Pete Wisdom smells
Romany Wisdom (again)
Marcus Tsung
Mind bullets
Nightman
Our first audience challenge in a really long time
A bad nickname
X-Force’s new looks
A thing growing out of Domino’s back
Several enigmas shrouded in mystery
The worst birthday party
Abel, Baker, and Charlie
Fish
The Factory
Telepathic “voices”
The miracle of magnetism

NEXT EPISODE: The return of Chris Claremont!

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As Mentioned in Episode 462 – Angst and Continuity

September 15, 2024 Jay 4 comments

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Oh, that can’t be good. (Generation X #55)

Well, shit. (Generation X #55)

Cold, Emma. (Generation X #55)

Ew, but also awesome. (Generation X #56)

FUCK YEAH EMMA FROST (Generation X #56)

Aw. (Generation X #56)

She’s evil, but damn does she have an eye for fashion. (Generation X #56)

Propellor beanie! (Generation X #57)

You really, really can’t. (Generation X #57)

Bobert Drake, straight heterosexual. (Generation X #57)

The queen of the goths! (Generation X #57)

We did not describe Skin’s outfit in the podcast because frankly, words do not do it justice. (Generation X #57)

TBH, this is how most of our school dances ended, too. (Generation X #57)

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462 – Angst and Continuity

September 15, 2024 Jay 2 comments

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In which the 1990s were very long; if you die in the simulation, you die in real life; Adrienne Frost is a bad person with good clothes; we judge the number 57; things just keep happening; and Penance somehow gets even more complicated.

X-PLAINED:

Bevatron
Generation X #55-57
The Hellions and their untimely demise (again)
Uncanny X-Men #281
A continuity conundrum
Many allusions and references
Cognitive dissonance
Dancing between the raindrops of continuity
Resolution
Emma Frost, triumphant
Fashion
Emplate (more) (again)
Propeller beanies
Feelings
Explosions
One way to solve a problem
Whether you should read Dazzler: The Movie
The worst possible power swaps

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As Mentioned in Episode 449 – Dressing the X-Men, with Russell Dauterman

May 12, 2024 Miles Leave a comment

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The Marvel Art of Russell Dauterman!

Storm’s X-Men Red design.

The Scarlet Witch’s new design.

Nightcrawler’s original design by Dave Cockrum.

Hellfire Gala redesigns!

And some close-ups.

Jean Grey costume variant cover for X-Men #1.

Rogue costume variant cover for Excalibur #18.

Gambit costume variant cover for Gambit #5.

Thor costume variant cover for Thor #31.

Speaking of Thor – Russell’s wraparound cover for The Mighty Thor #1.

More covers! Here’s Marauders #1.

Scarlet Witch #3.

Giant Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost #1.

Variant cover, X-Men Legends #1.

Variant cover, X-Men ’97 #1.

NEXT EPISODE: Jay & Miles live at the Clinton Street Theater!

LINKS AND FURTHER READING

You still have a few days to be part of The Marvel Art of Russell Dauterman Kickstarter campaign!
Hear Russell and Kris Anka talk Adam X and more on Episode 27 – NYCC 2014 Special!
Russell’s website!
Russell on Instagram!

449 – Dressing the X-Men, with Russell Dauterman

May 12, 2024 Jay 6 comments

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In which artist Russell Dauterman joins us to discuss super-powered costume design!

X-PLAINED:

Why it’s important to get a professional to design your superhero costume
Why Miles doesn’t trust the government
Russell’s history at Marvel
Designing for the Hellfire Gala
Mutant fashion
The word “fashionize”
Iconic looks
Modernizing superhero costumes
Powers vs. personality
Punk goddess Storm
Designing for drawability
Magic hair
Russell’s influences
Definitive Rogue costumes
X-Men ‘97
Best X-team costumes
Jay’s holy grail cosplay
Magic hair, cosplayed
Costume retrospectives
Where to find Russell online
Evil twin trends of the 1990s
Fuck You Pink

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As Mentioned in Episode 313 – Iguanafall

November 8, 2020 Jay Leave a comment

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Not even close, but go on. (Storm #1)

Spoiler: no. (Storm #1)

That is some weird-ass product placement. (Storm #1)

This is the worst panel. I hate it and everything it stands for. (Storm #1)

SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THOSE TEETH THIS IS NOT OKAY (Storm #1)

You’d think that context might salvage it. You would be wrong. (Storm #1)

The best character in this miniseries. (Storm #2)

Coooool. (Storm #2)

Misdirection or mistake? YOU BE THE JUDGE! (Storm #1)

I guess this counts as a malicious pose, but I feel like its main victims are her spine and ribcage. (Storm #2)

Hi, Callisto! Bye, Callisto! (Storm #2)

I refuse to accept this as “Daddy.” (Storm #2)

ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew (Storm #3)

Yeah, I don’t quite get it, either. (Storm #3)

“And I TRIPLE-DARE YOU!” (Storm #4)

Somewhere in the multiverse, there’s a timeline where Aidan Quinn was cast as Cable, and I want to go there. (Storm #4)

THIS IS NOT A GOOD WAY TO DISPOSE OF A BOMB WHOSE CONTENTS YOU DO NOT KNOW. (Storm #4)

Damn, Storm. Harsh. (Storm #4)

SURE WHY NOT LET’S JUST GO WITH THAT (Storm #4)

Really? You’re going to end your miniseries HERE? (Storm #4)

NEXT EPISODE: Jay has a lot of feelings about this issue of X-Factor

LINKS & FURTHER REPTILES:

This dress was weirdly central to the Internet Discourse of 2015.
We covered Lifedeath II in Episode 45 – A Woman Who Could Fly.
Here’s where you can find some of the more obscure stories we’ve X-Plained:

313 – Iguanafall

November 8, 2020 Jay 12 comments

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In which sky pirates are the best pirates; Wolverine eats chicken in the woods; Xavier’s area loses its status as our least favorite panel; Cable is suspiciously credulous; we search in vain for a consistent metaphor; Storm has a thing or two to learn about restorative justice; and this entire miniseries should probably just have been an annual.

X-PLAINED:

Storm’s pirate adventures
Storm #1-4
Mark Trail
The Morlocks (more) (again)
Unacceptable gradients
Butt murder
Fashion
Several memes of yesteryear
Product placement
The new Worst Panel
Several variations on the Ceremony of Light
How not to identify a body
The Hill (Limbo)
“Daddy”
The inconsistent portrayals of Mikhail Rasputin
Still more members of Gene Nation
A new costume
The most obscure stories we’ve covered
That time Wolverine at his own arm

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