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96 – Horsemen of the Playground
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In which we play Evolutionary War Mad-Libs; it’s probably a bad sign when Apocalypse decides you need an intervention; Dani is (briefly) the new Doug; horses are jerks; it’s probably really dangerous to be Longshot; Storm has the coolest friends; the High Evolutionary is very high indeed; and we make a (very token) nod to Valentine’s Day.
X-PLAINED:
- Secret Origins of the High Evolutionary
- Evolutionary War
- The actual history of eugenics in America
- X-Factor Annual #3
- New Mutants Annual #4
- Uncanny X-Men Annual #12
- Classic X-Men #22
- Purifiers (but not those purifiers)
- Stack
- Purge
- How to tell when an event has major psychic repercussions
- A Silver-Age callback
- An Apocalypse-style intervention
- Toga Steve (Val-Or)
- The return of Bulk and Glow Worm
- Equal-opportunity Hellfire lingerie
- Mirage’s power upgrade
- Miles vs. puberty vs. Uncanny X-Men
- The coolest civilization ever
- Colossus’s illegitimate kid
- The cutest sound effect
- Origins of the Scott/Jean/Logan love triangle
- Stuff Jay likes and Miles doesn’t
- The Elle Collins Theory of Podcast Roles
NEXT EPISODE: Captain Britain!
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As Mentioned in Episode 95 – Earthfall
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING:
- For an introduction to the Brood (and one of the best Brood stories ever), listen to Episode 20 – The Brood They Carried.
- For more on Hannah Conover, check out Left Unresolved – Do the X-Men Still Have a Frozen Lady in Their Freezer?, by Brian Cronin, over at CBR.
- Here’s a pretty solid overview of the unfathomable clusterfuck of the direct market, from Heidi MacDonald at the Beat; including links to a number of other analyses from retailer and publisher perspectives.
95 – Earthfall
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In which the X-Men finally follow up on a dropped plotline; you should probably not mess with abandoned star sharks; “Dawn of Blood” is a sometimes food; The Goblin Queen makes her first appearance; we debut a new podcast feature; and there may or may not be a frozen woman in the Xavier School basement.
X-PLAINED:
- The Providian Order
- Uncanny X-Men #232-234
- The Brood (again)
- Several ill-fated campers
- Harry Palmer
- The Brood as horror antagonists
- Why John Doggett is the best X-Files agent
- Psylocke’s armor
- Why Nestor Carbonell should play Gambit
- Some deeply dubious codenames
- Red Bee
- Michael the Bee
- Reverend William Conover and his Glory Day Crusade
- The Mile High Diner
- The strange case of Hannah Conover
- One hell of a nightmare
- A deal with a devil
- InfernoWatch
- The direct market
- Ways to approach an endless serial
INFERNO WATCH:
- Madelyne meets and strikes a deal with S’ym
- First appearance of the Goblin Queen costume
NEXT EPISODE: Evolutionary War
CORRECTION: In this episode, Jay recalled the direct market as having been conceived in significant part by Carol Kalish. It was, in fact, the brainchild of Phil Seuling.
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As Mentioned in Episode 90 – Ghosts of the Outback
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LINKS & FURTHER READING
- We first visited the Australian Outback and met the Reavers (kinda) in Episode 64 – Giant-Size Special #2.
- UncannyXMen.net on the probable location of Cooterman’s Creek
90 – Ghosts of the Outback
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In which the X-Men move to Australia; O.Z. Chase is definitely not a werewolf; Dazzler is a smart, glittery laser cookie; Gateway falls into some uncomfortable tropes; Havok remains the king of terrible hats; Madelyne Pryor hacks the planet; Rogue makes a friend; Rick Leonardi draws the definitive Magik; Colossus’ secondary mutation is allegory; and there are a lot of great places to donate your old backissues.
X-PLAINED:
- Gateway’s probable origin
- Wintry mix
- Miles’s definitive X-era
- Uncanny X-Men #228-231
- O.Z. Chase
- Vladimir Zaitzev
- The Reavers (No, not those Reavers)
- Bonebreaker
- Skullcrusher
- Pretty Boy
- Children
- Jessan Hoan (Tyger Tiger)
- Gateway
- Teamwork (more) (again)
- The Siege Perilous
- Cooterman’s Creek
- Jay’s favorite mythic figure (and long-term career goal)
- The best brother in the Marvel Universe
- A really sad team-up
- Favorite X-science moments
- Where to donate comic books
NEXT WEEK: The saddest story ever
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As Mentioned in Episode 86 – Legends
86 – Legends (Fall of the Mutants, Part 1 of 3)
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In which we begin our 3-part coverage of Fall of the Mutants; Roma is very good at her job; strange things are afoot in Dallas; Mystique’s parenting skills are somewhat lopsided; Neal Conan is awesome; Havok gets a soapbox; Storm and Forge flirt with godhood; Rogue’s costume exists in a state of quantum uncertainty; Colossus is the organic steel wrench in the gears of chaos; and the X-Men die for real (but get better).
X-PLAINED:
- Crossovers vs. events
- The Fall of the Mutants
- Uncanny X-Men #225-227
- A really great marketing campaign
- The Adversary (again)
- Roma
- The Starlight Citadel
- Retcons as applied pareidolia
- A metaphor that is also a real chess piece
- A sort-of stabbing
- Neal Conan & Manoli Wetherell
- Literally hard-hitting journalism
- A whole new world
- Another variation on the Rogue’s-costume drinking game
- A really improbable plan
- The death and resurrection of the X-Men
- Mutant metabolisms
NEXT WEEK: It’s Always Darkest…
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As Mentioned in Episode 83 – Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival
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LINKS & FURTHER READING:
- Special thanks to the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival–and in particular to Andy and Suzanne–for a fantastic con, and for hosting our second-ever live episode!
- Comics Alliance collects the month’s most depressing Funky Winkerbean strips over at FunkyWatch.
- If you haven’t seen the 1980 Flash Gordon movie, you should, because it is spectacular. Not good, mind. But spectacular.
- While we’re on a Queen kick, here’s a really kickass live Queen cover album by Jay’s favorite band.
- The Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts is running through the end of this month! For updates, follow the Convergence on Tumblr and Twitter!
83 – Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival
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In which we travel back in time to 1979 for our second live convention special; X-Men Annual #3 desperately needs a Queen soundtrack; George Perez draws great Banshee; Polemachus is kind of a bullshit planet; we dream of a world without Funky Winkerbean; Cyclops’s costume does not mix and match well; if you can be someone else, you should probably be Brian Blessed; Colossus gets a dragon; and Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is awesome.
X-PLAINED:
- X-misadventures in Las Vegas
- X-Men Annual #3
- Arkon the Magnificent
- Isadore and Irmagarde Uhman
- The Comical Books
- Polemachus the planet vs. Polemachus the person
- Funky Winkerbean
- Several logistical problems with the Danger Room
- MVP Cyclops
- Some very good visual counterpoint to dialogue
- Paperboard lightning bolt disambiguation
- Jay’s favorite Starman story
- X-title and music pairings
- Imperions
- Visual perspective in grand melees
- How to order a meal on Polemachus
- One specific variation on Cyclops’s powers
- The X-Men as Spinal Tap
- Space-barbarian eyewear
- The annual cabinet
- The most appropriate X-team placement for Funky Winkerbean
- Best worst characters
- Our favorite X-Force teams
- Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts
NEXT WEEK: Somehow, Cameron Hodge manages to get even worse.
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