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456 – Until/Unless
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In which there’s nothing inherently wrong with monster-of-the-week; Marrow’s makeover extends to her font; Red Skull gets a Power Glove; Marvel sets up a slate of spinoffs; and you should hire Matt Hunter to produce your podcast!
X-PLAINED:
- What Danger’s been up to lately
- Uncanny X-Men #371
- X-Men #91
- X-Men Annual 1999
- Crossover cover design
- Skrullverine
- Machine Man
- Dethlok vs. Dethklok
- Jack Truman (Agent 18) (to some extent)
- A nice dress
- An awkward reunion
- Gambit as a mentor
- Billy G.
- A daring but silly rescue
- Several upcoming series
- Marrow’s bone bikini and/or pubes
- Whether Rogue can absorb animals
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As Mentioned in Episode 445 – Dick War
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LINKS & FURTHER ADVICE
- Birthday shenanigans! Be there, or be… somewhere else, I guess.
- The Harkness Test is the gold standard for ethical monsterfucking.
- Waiting for the Trade is the gold standard for Suburban Magneto.
445 – Dick War
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In which not every story needs to be an event; Alan Davis returns to the X-line; X-mansion security is not what it once was; Rogue needs some new fantasies; and Magneto wants a country.
X-PLAINED:
- A poor governance decision
- X-Men: The Magneto War #1
- Uncanny X-Men #366
- Astral demerits
- A very dramatic dream
- The yolk of oppression
- Several Acolytes
- Nightcrawler’s nightcap
- Our standards for advertisers
- Suburban Magneto
- Ferris
- Magnet problems
- Forged DNA
- Mutants from Georgia, Florida, and Indiana
- Flying with Storm
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto wins.
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As Mentioned in Episode 444 – Damnit, Magnus
444 – Damnit, Magnus
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In which it’s difficult to flee with soup; Miles may or may not be haunting the X-Men; Colossus collaborates involuntarily; Marrow is full of surprises; Magneto is a dick; Jay continues to carry a torch for Secret Wars: Siege; and you should totally come to our birthday party.
X-PLAINED:
- Several rather pointed allusions
- X-Force #86
- Uncanny X-Men #365
- X-Men #85
- Almost Reno, NM
- Where mutants come from
- The Aguilar Institute (more) (again)
- Abandoned towns
- Mary the telepathic moppet (more) (again)
- Odysseus Indigo
- The Damocles Foundation
- Sibling names
- The Fundamental Attribution Error
- A haunting
- Christmas beer
- Christmas ghost exquisite corpse
- Bill Jones
- A rescue mission
- Essential stories of the ‘90s
- Our weird favorites
- Siege
- Our upcoming 10th birthday party (more) (again)
NEXT EPISODE: Magneto War begins!
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As Mentioned in Episode 442 – MimeQuest 64
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- RSVP for our live episode and 10th birthday party on April 13th in Portland!
- Follow us on Bluesky!
- Jay’s Voice of Latveria episode about X-Men / Doom Annual 1998!
- And a Mutant: Intersectionality in Marjorie Liu’s Astonishing X-Men by Stephanie Burt!
442 – MimeQuest 64
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In which Marrow remains a connoisseur of dead rats; Jay has opinions about the NYC Subway system; U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M. are snazzy dressers; Doctor Doom gets excited about Onslaught; Magneto can have a rocket pack if he wants; villainous game recognizes villainous game; weird retcons are the best retcons; and you should totally come to our birthday party.
X-PLAINED:
- A peculiar side effect of Wolverine’s healing factor
- Jay & Miles on Bluesky (and other social media)
- Our upcoming 10th birthday party and live show (and related announcements)
- X-Men Unlimited #22
- X-Men/Doctor Doom Annual 1998
- An unpleasant way to wake up
- That’s so Kraven
- Avengers and transit cops
- U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.
- Flag Smasher
- Some miscellaneous New York Subway trivia
- Audience stand-ins (and how the reading experience changes when the audience stand-in isn’t human-passing)
- Additional New York Subway trivia
- Premonitions of Onslaught
- An X-Men highlight reel
- A delightful little retcon
- One way to ruin X-Men #137
- Healing factor preferences
NEXT EPISODE: Miles and Katie Pryde X-Plain Comics Retail!
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As Mentioned in Episode 440 – Fightin’ and Ballin’
440 – Fightin’ and Ballin’
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In which the Hunt for Xavier remains vaguely disappointing; Gambit is good with kids; nanomachines are the new unstable molecules; Marrow is a walking armory; and we recommend comics for babies.
X-PLAINED:
- The Hunt for Xavier, Part 2
- Babies and/or ghosts
- Chekhov’s repowering
- X-Men #83-84
- Uncanny X-Men #364
- Cerebro / Cerebro Prime
- Cerebrite Alpha
- Cerebrite Beta
- X-Men serial numbers
- What Gambit’s friends call him
- How Miles stopped worrying and learned to love Gambit
- Evil robot sperm
- Mary Purcell
- Multiple-monitor displays
- A computer with a computer
- AI
- The Florida facility
- Post
- Pile-Driver X
- A glimpse into the butt of all humanity
- Comics for babies
- Name-based powers
NEXT EPISODE: Generation X has Dracula problems!
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