Tag: Meltdown
332 – Gideon Falls
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In which Swimsuit Catalog is not an actual style of martial arts; Onslaught dabbles in vandalism; Crule is a special guy; we identify briefly with X-Force; and Charles Xavier is the Keyser Soze of Onslaught.
X-PLAINED:
- Externals on Krakoa
- Relative levels of violence in X-books
- X-Force #52-54
- Camp Hayden, KY
- Onslaught-facilitated power-ups
- Gideon (again)
- At least one apparent death
- How it feels to be us
- Businesswear
- Whether Cannonball is an external
- Nazis in the Captain Britain Corps
- Doop
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As Mentioned in Episode 326 – The Sounds of Gravity
327 – The Sounds of Gravity
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In which nobody’s ages ever make sense; Sebastian Shaw catches up on villain speeches; nobody puts Louise Simonson in a corner; Tabitha Smith has a bad day; Gambit and Bat Manuel have a lot in common; and Warpath outruns Adam X.
X-PLAINED:
- X-Force #49-51
- Haircuts
- The return off Sebastian Shaw
- Stansfield
- A series of kidnappings
- Solar-powered superpowers
- Attempted murder
- Memories
- Cable as an audience surrogate
- Tabitha’s new codename
- The first Tick live-action series
- Warpath’s running speed
- Risqué
- What gravity sounds like
- X-leisure activities
- Magneto’s human name/s
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As Mentioned in Episode 200 – Lightning in a Bottle, with Louise Simonson
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LINKS & FURTHER LISTENING:
- For the beginning of Louise Simonson’s X-Factor run, check out Episode 64 – Ski Lodge of Apocalypse.
- We started covering Simonson’s New Mutants run in Episode 82 – Birds and Boys.
- Hear about the aftermath of Doug Ramsey’s death in Episode 91 – The Saddest Story Ever Told.
- For a close look at Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown, click over to Episode 114 – Meltdown.
- You can learn more about the Judgment War arc in Episode 128 – A Stupid Way to Die, and Episode 133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars.
- Louise previously appeared on the show–along with Chris Claremont–in Episode 168 – Live at NYCC.
- (We interviewed Chris at more length in Episode 100 – Unexpected Wonder.)
- And we talked a lot about the mutant metaphor and current politics in Episode 164 – This Is the Mutant Revolution: Live at Rose City Comic Con.
- The new Power Pack podcast we mentioned this episode is Unpacking the Power Pack. Go give ’em a listen!
200 – Lightning in a Bottle, with Louise Simonson
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In which we celebrate a major milestone with the coolest person ever to work on the X-books and look back at the last four-plus years of the podcast; and nobody ends up on trial at the Hague.
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As Mentioned in Episode 114 – Meltdown
114 – Meltdown (feat. Susan Beaver)
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In which Havok and Wolverine head to Mexico; Havok tries his hand at noir; Wolverine gets serious about hair gel; Meltdown is probably not actually a common Russian surname; Susan X-Plains nuclear reactors; and we are pretty thoroughly besotted with Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown.
X-PLAINED:
- Age of Apocalypse Corsair
- Epic Comics
- Marvel Comics Presents #24-31
- Leila O’Toole (Plasma)
- The Cold War
- Samantha Smith
- Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown #1-4
- General Meltdown
- Dr. Neutron
- The varying deadliness of vices
- Scarlett McKenzie (Quark)
- Some exceptionally gorgeous artwork
- Why we love Havok
- Chernobyl
- How nuclear reactors do and don’t work
- Other characters we’d like to see in Meltdown-type stories
- Adamantium vs. vibranium
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Special thanks to guest reactor X-Pert Susan Beaver!
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