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As Mentioned in Episode 189 – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nate Summers?

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A day in the life of a never-nude pterosaur. (X-Force #5)
A day in the life of a never-nude pterosaur. (X-Force #5)
That's a lot of teeth, Toad. (X-Force #5)
That’s a lot of teeth, Toad. (X-Force #5)
Somewhere, Bruce Banner has just felt a great disturbance in the force. (X-Force #5)
Somewhere, Bruce Banner has just felt a great disturbance in the force. (X-Force #5)
I keep changing my mind about my favorite part of this page. Right now, it's Zero mugging facelessly at the reader. (X-Force #6)
I keep changing my mind about my favorite part of this page. Right now, it’s Zero mugging facelessly at the reader. (X-Force #6)
Seriously, why does the Brotherhood have so many teeth? Are they EVIL TEETH? (X-Force #6)
Seriously, why does the Brotherhood have so many teeth? Are they EVIL TEETH? (X-Force #6)
Genuinely unsure whether Toad is supposed to have two or three rows of teeth in this one. (X-Force #6)
Genuinely unsure whether Toad is supposed to have two or three rows of teeth in this one. (X-Force #6)
That's a lot of bathtub. (X-Force #6)
That’s a lot of bathtub. (X-Force #6)
My bad--on second look, they are not actually making PB&Js. (X-Force #6)
My bad–on second look, they are not actually making PB&Js. (X-Force #6)
If I have to keep seeing these teeth, so do you. (X-Force #7)
If I have to keep seeing these teeth, so do you. (X-Force #7)
t e e e e e e e e e e e e t h (X-Force #7)
t e e e e e e e e e e e e t h (X-Force #7)
Feral vs. Thornn. (X-Force #7)
Feral vs. Thornn. (X-Force #7)
It's okay. He'll be back. And possibly immortal? It's complicated. (X-Force #7)
It’s okay. He’ll be back. And possibly immortal? It’s complicated. (X-Force #7)
NEXT EPISODE: BLOODLUST!
NEXT EPISODE: BLOODLUST!

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189 – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nate Summers?

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In which Jay’s mom broke the Internet; correct credits are important; everyone has a Danger Room; no one needs that many teeth; there are so many reasons to laugh at Stryfe; the Watcher is probably affiliated with Pepperidge Farm; Boom Boom is the Rogue of X-Force; and Cable’s pouches are definitely full of menstrual products.

X-PLAINED:

  • The Franklin Richards of Earth X
  • The One True Cable
  • X-Force #5-7
  • Pocket-Size Juggernaut
  • A novel approach to trauma surgery
  • A moment of intersectionality
  • Teeth of the early ’90s
  • Soft pink bags of rice-paper flesh
  • A villain speech
  • X-Force’s bathtub
  • Several Shel Silverstein poems that may or may not be about superheroes
  • Cooking with Boom Boom
  • Why the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants keeps the “Evil” in their name
  • Thornn (Lucia Callasantos)
  • Phantazia
  • Writers vs. Scripters
  • Sex Ed at the Xavier School
  • The Worst Twitter Thread

NEXT EPISODE: BLOODLUST! (But not inquiry.)

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188 – Live from ECCC, feat. Bret Blevins, Rachelle Rosenberg, & Ramon Villalobos

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In which Jay makes a sartorial switch; Hope Summers is less confusing than you might expect; we are very happy to present our first all-artist convention special; Ramon kills his idols; Rachelle deciphers the past; Bret (re)defines New Mutants; a long-time mystery is resolved; colorists deserve more respect; the Xavier School probably has an actual curriculum; and a lot of X-Men have really cool hair.

X-PLAINED:

  • The adventures of Hope Summers
  • Several Phoenix hosts
  • The time Quentin Quire became a Shi’ar god
  • Jay’s mom
  • Our panelists’ definitive X-Men
  • E for Extinction
  • Killing your idols
  • Coloring as archaeology
  • Visually defining the X-Men
  • New Mutants that might have been
  • Favorite costumes
  • The actual color of Storm’s ’90s costume
  • Editorial direction vs. editorial mandate
  • Practical considerations in costume design
  • Actual education at the Xavier School
  • Wolverine’s assorted children
  • The best hair in the X-Men

NEXT EPISODE: Cannonball dies (briefly)!

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As Mentioned in Episode 187 – Mermaids at the Center of Time

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
Spoiler: They're not actually that secret.
Spoiler: They’re not actually that secret.
This panel really never stops being satisfying.
This panel really never stops being satisfying.
A surprisingly elegant fall overboard.
A surprisingly elegant fall overboard.
Is this Annie's first comics appearance?
Is this Annie’s first comics appearance?
A few variations on Jean's origins come up over the years, but most of them hew fairly close to this one.
A few variations on Jean’s origins come up over the years, but most of them hew fairly close to this one.
If I had a dollar for every time I'd woken up like that...
If I had a dollar for every time I’d woken up like that…
In the next panel, he tries to lend them a copy of Atlas Shrugged.
In the next panel, he tries to lend them a copy of Atlas Shrugged.
Not cool, Jean.
Not cool, Jean.
FUN FACT: Our friend Max went to college in New England, and apparently ice sculpture contests are TOTALLY A THING.
FUN FACT: Our friend Max went to college in New England, and apparently ice sculpture contests are TOTALLY A THING.
HI, BUBBA.
HI, BUBBA.
This looks both tremendously fun and tremendously unsafe.
This looks both tremendously fun and tremendously unsafe.
He straight-up bogarted the entire winter carnival.
He straight-up bogarted the entire winter carnival.
This gag really never stops working.
This gag really never stops working.
If you've ever wondered what sound an ice-enclosed energy-gun cane makes blowing up in the stratosphere, now you know.
If you’ve ever wondered what sound an ice-enclosed energy-gun cane makes blowing up in the stratosphere, now you know.
Thanks to Doctor Internet, I can accurately identify Nightcrawler's favorite movie as The Mark of Zorro.
Thanks to Doctor Internet, I can accurately identify Nightcrawler’s favorite movie as The Mark of Zorro.
That is quite a caption.
That is quite a caption.
I'd really love to see a full-color version of this splash.
I’d really love to see a full-color version of this splash.
IT'S A METAPHOR.
IT’S A METAPHOR.
The oracle!
The oracle!
Remember this from the Nightcrawler limited series?
Remember this from the Nightcrawler limited series?
Consider us warned.
Consider us warned.
NEXT EPISODE: Live from ECCC!
NEXT EPISODE: Live from ECCC!

And here’s a photo of Jay’s mom cosplaying Cable:

Eat your heart out, Josh Brolin.