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In which we attempt an all-Cyclops Winter special; X-Men are bad at processing grief; writer Alex Paknadel X-Plains his upcoming Cyclops miniseries; every character (except Cameron Hodge) is someone’s favorite; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.
X-PLAINED:
Clones of Cyclops
Gwen Warren
Our year in review
X-Men: The Search for Cyclops #1-4
Ahmed and his mustache
Emotional support boats
A monkey
Apoca-lips
Anias
Boxes of fire
One way of coping with trauma
Ozymandias (more) (again)
The relative criminality of a trail of questions
Cat lady problems
Twice as many cat ladies named Anias as you’d expect
Terrible logic
Caliban (more) (again)
Several unpleasant reunions
Alex Paknadel’s definitive Cyclopses
Fun with minor characters
Proxy characters and “highly polished surfaces”
Characters to revisit
Sentinels
Cyclops vs. his own powers
Cyclops’s powers vs. continuity
Who Scott Summers is when he’s alone
The punch dimension
The 11th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
Many people to whom we are profoundly grateful
NEXT EPISODE: Gambit & Bishop: Now Kiss Sons of the Atom
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In which the Warlock ongoing series is fun, and fun is good; people should maybe leave Doug Ramsey’s grave alone; Tony Stark is probably not in touch with the Indigo Girls; the heroes skate awfully close to the “no killing” line; Bastion gets exhumed, rehumed, and re-exhumed; you should really read the Avengers Academy Infinity Comic; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.
X-PLAINED:
X-related characters of Avengers Academy
Warlock vol. 5, #1-9
Warlock (more) (again)
M-Tech
Jay’s Bluey Test for all-ages media
The visual semiotics of Warlock
Project Mainspring
Hope (Esperanza Ling)
Chi-Chee
Psi-cops
Gatekeepers
Technarchs
The transmode virus
A fancy hat
Many guest stars
The Phalanx (more) (again)
Psiren
Psimon
The techno-mechanic virus
Complicated feelings
Psycho Man (more) (again)
Astro-computers
Hope’s actual powers
Template
Magus (more) (again)
Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic
Why there are so many Canadian comic-book writers
Superhero comics vs. religious texts
Defining heroism
Escapade
Captain America of the Railways
Bloodline
Red Goblin
Moon Girl
Kid Juggernaut
Blackheart
Ongoing storytelling
Emplate as a queer character
Marcus Wetherell
What else to read if you love Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic
The 11th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
Many people to whom we are profoundly grateful
NEXT EPISODE: The return of the Demon Bear!
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In which we have had an eventful year; Longshot is a classic folk hero; writer Kieron Gillen makes a triumphant and mildly terrifying return to the show; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.
X-PLAINED:
Our tenth birthday party!
2023
Longshot vol. 2 #1
Longshot as a folkloric archetype
Longshot (more) (again)
Dismal Nitch, Washington
The Thingee
Baum, Kansas
Corn
Betty
Barrie, Kansas
The Albony Avenue Sanitarium and several of its residents
Innocence, broadly
The Wuggly Ump, by Edward Gorey
Love
Immortal X-Men
Nathaniel Essex and several significant clones thereof
Defining Mister Sinister
Making Charles Xavier sympathetic
Reset phrases
Eternals
The 10th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
Many people to whom we are grateful
NEXT EPISODE: X-Men: Liberators
NOTE: If you want to avoid Immortal X-Men spoilers in our interview with Kieron Gillen, you can skip to 01:38:50 for the Corbeau Awards!
Special thanks to:
Matt Hunter
Dylan Higgins
Al Kennedy
Max Carleton
Kieron Gillen
Tea Fougner
Anna Stokes
All of our patrons
All of you listening, always <3
“Sinister Is Cloning This Town” performed by Steve and Erin Pence
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