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19 – Acorns and Swords
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In which we continue our delve into the eldritch end of the X-Universe, Illyana Rasputin has a rough childhood even by X-Men standards, Kitty Pryde is a Niven fan, Limbo is way metal, Vincent Price is our Belasco, and Rachel and Miles have feelings about female friendships in Claremont’s X-Men.
X-Plained:
- Mikhail Rasputin
- Hell dimensions, including but not limited to
- The Void
- The Dark Zone
- The Hill
- Limbo
- The other Limbo
- Yet a third Limbo
- Reincarnation
- Illyana Rasputin
- Magic vs. Magik
- Uncanny X-Men #160
- Octopusheim
- Stepping Disks
- Otherplace
- Belasco
- Emergo
- S’ym
- Storm and Illyana: Magik #1-4
- Bloodstones
- Yet another set of alternate X-Men
- Friendship
- The Soulsword
- Podcasting
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Next week: In space, no one can hear you snikt.
As Mentioned in Episode 17 – The Island of Dr. Corbeau
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Links and additional reading:
- Carol Danvers is awesome, and so are her fans. For her current adventures, check out the current Captain Marvel series.
- “The Rape of Ms. Marvel,” by Carol A. Strickland
- Rachel’s written a lot about sexual violence in popular media, but here’s the most recent article.
17 – The Island of Dr. Corbeau
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In which we make our Comics Alliance debut, Cyclops makes a startling discovery, Carol Danvers joins the team (sort of), Chris Claremont calls out some bullshit, Havok still has terrible taste in hats, and Peter Corbeau gets his own theme music
Content note: In this episode, we spend a lot of time talking about a rape that occurs in a previous Avengers arc, the community and narrative response thereto, and the larger landscape and ethics of portrayals of sexual violence in superhero comics.
X-Plained
- Mystique’s mercurial alliances
- Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men
- Uncanny X-Men #154-158
- Avengers Annual #10
- Bollywood Starjammers
- The dread Psi-Scream
- Shi’ar Fashion Technology
- Dr. Peter Corbeau (more) (again)
- Rogue
- Carol Danvers
- The Whole Marcus Thing
- Chris Claremont vs. rape culture
- Computers
- Gender politics of the Dark Phoenix Saga
Next week: Dracula!
Clarification, since we neglected to specify in the episode: Avengers #200 was written by James Shooter, George Pérez, Bob Layton, and David Michelinie; Avengers Annual #10 was written by Chris Claremont.
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As Mentioned in Episode 16 – The Official Unofficial Not-at-SDCC (Rachel and Miles X-Plain the) X-Men Panel
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Links:
- MOMBcast #248
- Benja Barker/Alter Egos Society
- The Gaming Intelligence Agency
- Newsarama Liveblog of the official Marvel SDCC panel (happened after we recorded this, so please forgive any minor discrepancies.)
16 – The Official Unofficial Not-at-SDCC (Rachel and Miles X-Plain the) X-Men Panel
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In which we correct a startling omission, explore the current state of the X-Universe, and speculate wildly; Quentin Quire has excellent fashion sense; Rachel gets a new accessory; Miles goes off-brand; the X-Men are somewhat complicated; Iron Man has poor decision-making skills; Charles Xavier dies for real; Beast might be a supervillain; we briefly forget Marc Guggenheim’s first name; and the future remains a relative mystery.
For purposes of continuity, it’s probably worth noting that this episode was recorded before the SDCC Marvel panel.
X-Plained:
- Quentin Quire
- Patreon
- A startling omission from the official SDCC lineup
- The current state of the X-Men
- Decimation
- Dark Reign
- Utopia
- Schism
- Avengers vs. X-Men
- Mutant politics
- Hope Summers
- The Phoenix/P.E.N.I.S. five (again)
- The (real) (this time) (we think) death of Charles Xavier
- Teenager hijinks
- Crossover events
- Battle of the Atom
- Semantics of supervillainy
- How Wolverine is 100% definitely going to die
- Jumping-on points
- Current X-books
- Jubilee
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As Mentioned in Episode 15 – The Ballad of Harvey and Janet
15 – The Ballad of Harvey and Janet
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In which we announce exciting new developments, the ASPCA should probably have a word with Emma Frost, Kitty Pryde gets a new costume, Lee Forrester is still the best, Cyclops has an octopus on his chest, Magneto has a change of heart, and Wolverine embraces transhumanism.
X-Plained:
- The Thomas Hardy novel of superhero comics
- Friendship
- X-Men #148-152
- Unstable Denim
- Disco Dinner Clubs
- Caliban (a little)
- Kitty Pryde’s amazing fashion sense
- Garokk the Unremarkable
- Atlantean couture
- Why Magneto is Interesting
- The Massachusetts Academy
- The Persona Exchange Gun
- Harvey and Janet
- How to win $2500 in 1980
- Editorial Outsourcing
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14 – Look Upon My Man-Thing and D’Spayre
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In which Canada is complicated, the X-Perts join Twitter, Rachel cares about a Wolverine story, Angel had one job, Kitty Pryde is pretty cool, Cyclops gets a hat, neither of us knows how to pronounce “Aleytys,” Doctor Doom is a terrible date, and the X-Men have an awful lot of signature moves.
X-Plained:
- Department H
- Department K
- Director X
- The Weapon Plus Program
- Weapon P.R.I.M.E.
- Weapons I-XVI
- The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage
- The new normal
- Stevie Hunter
- The Wendigo
- Berserker rage
- Yard work
- Wolverines
- Angel’s one move
- The N’Garai (again)
- Lee Forrester
- D’Spayre
- Magic-Feather villains
- Man-Thing
- Doctor Doom
- Arcade
- Why it sucks to be Havok
- The X-Perts’ relative areas of X-pertise
- Cyclops vs. Storm
- Signature moves
CORRECTIONS: Lee’s dad’s house is in Florida, not Louisiana; Doctor Doom is not in Europe but in New England, where has taken over Toad’s theme park, because that was definitely a thing.
If you’re looking for our coverage of X-Men 141 and 142—”Days of Future Past”—you can find that in Episode 6, “Days of Future Whatever.”
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