Tag: Mystique
385 – Super Whiny Adults Simulator 64
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In which we make an omission; X-Factor’s concept of “underground” is somewhat unconventional; Trevor Chase turns uncanny moppet; and Strong Guy and Lila Cheney have some very silly space adventures.
X-PLAINED:
- X-Factor #134-135
- Strong Guy Reborn #1
- The “deaths” of X-Factor (again)
- Lady Cop
- A contextually inappropriate pun
- The Adversary (more) (again)
- Why you use an air-gapped system
- How not to fake your own death
- Trevor Chase and his mysterious mutant powers
- Rusty Trail
- X-Factor X-Ploits
- A lot of wasted potential
- The Jorken-Kront war
- Space stuff
- Lila Cheney (more) (again)
- Kreetor
- Spiff’s Saucers
- Calvin & Hobbes licensing in the Marvel Universe
- The Chalker Brothers (briefly) (again)
- The most useful and fun mutant powers
- Musicals with Mister Sinister
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NEXT EPISODE: Maggott!
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As Mentioned in Episode 381 – If We Told You, We’d Have to Kill You
381 – If We Told You, We’d Have to Kill You
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In which real life sucks; Havok may or may not be a bad enough dude to rescue mutantkind; X-Factor quits; CD-ROMs were never THAT cool; subtlety is for suckers; Val Cooper hates nothing more than she hates the U.S. government; and Jamie Madrox wants nothing to do with your nonsense.
X-PLAINED:
- One way to end a wedding
- X-Factor #130-133
- Malice (again)
- A thumb (and the biting thereof)
- Barnes (and her hair)
- The relative versatility of plasma
- The Brotherhood
- A ruse and/or retcon
- Lighting design
- A CD-ROM
- The time Jay wrote some Captain America comics
- The last time you’re gonna see these
- Trevor Chase (more)
- One thing that might’ve inspired Jamie Madrox’s heel turn
- The nature of Jamie Madrox’s relative mortality
- Brand names
- Many faked deaths
- Agent Bowser
- A very fancy haunted house
- X-Factor’s true calling
- The X.S.E. (again)
- Mutant shifts in adaptations
- ‘Nuff said
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur vs. Crimson Dawn!
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As Mentioned in Episode 373 – Tainted Loins
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FURTHER READING
- Miles talked about how to follow Krakoa’s year two X-books into year three:
- Bridge miniseries:
- Planet-Size X-Men 1-shot
- Inferno
- X Lives of Wolverine
- X Deaths of Wolverine
- Year two books that don’t continue into year three:
- Cable (got a wrap-up 1-shot called Cable Reloaded)
- Children of the Atom
- Hellions
- X-Corp
- X-Factor
- Books that have kept their year two numbering:
- New Mutants
- Wolverine
- X-Force
- X-Men Unlimited (on Marvel Unlimited)
- Books that relaunched with a new #1 and new creators:
- Marauders
- X-Men
- Books that relaunched with a new title:
- Excalibur -> Knights of X
- SWORD -> X-Men: Red
- Way of X -> X-Men: the Onslaught Revelation -> Legion of X
- One book is brand new:
- Immortal X-Men
- Also, don’t miss the Secret X-Men 1-shot toward the end of year two!
- Bridge miniseries:
373 – Tainted Loins
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In which the Drake Roberts identity is retired; Gambit bonds with William Drake; Graydon Creed is evil but nondescript; tales of Pyro’s death have been somewhat exaggerated; and some mysteries resolve better than others.
X-PLAINED:
- Damian Tryp
- X-Factor (more) (again)
- Uncanny X-Men #340
- X-Factor #128-30
- More Drake family dynamics
- The Sword of Shannara
- The general vagueness of Graydon Creed
- Several ninjas
- Hound stuff
- Val Cooper’s pajamas
- An unexpected return
- Shapeshifting
- Overextended plotlines
- Some unusually threatening dad jokes
- The anticlimactic death of Graydon Creed
- Some time travel bullshit
- Which series are ending and which are relaunching between Reign of X and Destiny of X
- How and when Colossus stopped being the Juggernaut
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: The Adventures of Carl & Frank
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As Mentioned in Episode 369 – Carly Askani
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING
369 – Carly Askani
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In which Storm & Joseph X-Plain the X-Men, Alex Summers is not brainwashed this time, he promises, Scott Lobdell writes better moments than stories, Ed McGuinness draws very large chins, and it’s Denver the Last Dinosaur, not Denver the Lost Dinosaur
X-PLAINED:
- Uncanny X-Men #339
- Spider-Man disambiguation
- A. Kubert disambiguation
- J. Jonah Jameson (again) (hooray!)
- Sneaking songs
- The history of smoking regulation on airlines
- Creed disambiguation
- Havok’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
- Bonding while falling out of planes
- X-Men #59
- The copyright status of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- Well-drawn Wolverines
- Hercules vs The Tick
- Wolverine Annual 1996
- The tragic death of Mariko Yashida
- Silver Samurai (Kuniuchio Harada)
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) and what he’s been up to since Fatal Attractions
- Josef Stalin, apparently?
- Red Ronin and its nemesis, a time-lost dinosaur who we assure you is not Godzilla
- Jedi and/or samurai vs. doors
- Our logo fonts
- James Howlett, guidance counselor
- Onslaught but not evil
- Whether Magneto could wield Mjolnir
NEXT EPISODE: The Silver Age with Max Carleton!
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As Mentioned in Episode 362 – Lazy Summer Day
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LINKS & FURTHER MISCREANTS
- Waiting for the Trade re: the Danger Room and what’s been done there.
- For more about Tana Nile, Howard the Duck, and Franklin Richards, check out Giant-Size Special #10!
- X-Factor, summarized.
362 – Lazy Summer Day
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In which Chris Bachalo draws excellent critters; Bastion is a terrible boss; everyone fucks in the Danger Room; Jubilee fails a midterm; and humans were the real monsters all along.
X-PLAINED:
- The worst mutant power
- Generation X #20-21
- X-Factor #127
- Bachalo critters
- Bastion (more) (again)
- Daria (but not the one you’re thinking of)
- Chevy the janitor (again)
- Mean Cuisine
- Harker the cat
- A threatening salad
- Yet another time-traveling Nate
- Flirting
- A movie reference
- U.S.1 and Baron von Blimp
- Several ways to fail a midterm
- “Autism”
- Miguela Torres
- Trevor Chase
- A series of interviews
- Richard Starkings and Comicraft
- Destiny’s absence from film
NEXT EPISODE: Baseball!
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