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- The Judgment of Magneto
- More Asher Elbein:
- And here’s the Boaz Evron essay Asher references extensively in the episode.
As Mentioned in Episode 516 – The Evolution of Magneto
Tag: politics
516 – The Evolution of Magneto (feat. Asher Elbein)
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In which Asher Elbein joins us to discuss the complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
X-PLAINED:
- Some complicated intersections between Magneto, big feelings, and international politics.
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As Mentioned in Episode 513 – Eve of Destruction
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Scott Summers, sharply dressed in (morally) gray! (Uncanny X-Men #391)
“Geez, Dad, can you say midlife crisis??” (Uncanny X-Men #391)
Summerses gotta Summers. (Uncanny X-Men #391)
“You must be thinking of the me from Earth-10005 or Earth-13122.” (Uncanny X-Men #391)
Exposition in the front, party in the (flash-)back. (Uncanny X-Men #391)
Scott’s face in that second panel… (Uncanny X-Men #391)
*sniffle* (Uncanny X-Men #391)
Anyone have ideas about the significance of the text on that gravestone in the foreground? (X-Men #111)
A purple and unpleasant land. (X-Men #111)
Muscles and shadows. (X-Men #111)
“Here with us is Doctor Henry McCoy, who’s really good with his… uh, science.” (X-Men #111)
Hey, she’s being nicer than she was back in her Alliance of Evil days! (X-Men #111)
A picture is worth – and includes – a thousand words. (X-Men #111)
Now that’s how you end a prologue. (X-Men #111)
The All-New, Mostly-Untrained X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men #392)
Jean recruits Jean-Paul Beaubier, Northstar! (Uncanny X-Men #392)
Jean recruits Hector Rendoza, AKA Wraith! (Uncanny X-Men #392)
Jean is about to recruit Paulie Provenzano, AKA Omerta! (Uncanny X-Men #392)
Jean recruits Leyu Yoshida, AKA Sunpyre! (Uncanny X-Men #392)
They’re… they’re gonna do fine. (Uncanny X-Men #392)
Jean recruits(?) Joanna Cargill, AKA Frenzy! (Uncanny X-Men #392)
Jean accepts the coincidental timing of the arrival of Alison Blaire, AKA Dazzler! (Uncanny X-Men #392)
NEXT TIME: Eve of Destruction concludes.
LINKS AND FURTHER READING:
- Relevant once again: The Judgment of Magneto by Asher Elbein
513 – Eve of Destruction
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In which Jay and Miles make an announcement; the X-Men are down to bare bones; Cyclops and Corsair are stunningly bad at feelings; Trish Tilby is stunningly bad at journalism; Magneto says goodbye to nuance; and Jean Grey assembles a team.
X-PLAINED:
- X-Corps vs. X-Corp
- A thing that will be happening in a few months
- The story so far
- Uncanny X-Men #391-392
- X-Men #111
- The state of the X-Men
- A short-lived Cyclops costume
- A reunion
- A sorry excuse
- Resolution, somewhat
- Genosha (more) (again)
- Conflict of interest
- Several excellent villain speeches
- Joanna Cargill (Frenzy) (again)
- Jean-Paul Beaubier (Northstar) (again)
- Hector Rendoza
- Yet another angry mob
- Paulie Provenzano (Omerta)
- Leyu Yoshida (Sunpyre)
- Ice skating in Rockefeller Center
- Our picks for a new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
NEXT EPISODE: Eve of Destruction concludes!
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As Mentioned in Episode 491 – Live from the Library
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LINKS & FURTHER READING
- Go read “Kitty Queer,” by Sigrid Ellis.
- Done? Great. Next, read “The Judgment of Magneto,” by Asher Elbein.
- If you’re looking for a jumping-on point to this podcast, you could do worse than the Age of Apocalypse.
- Jay has some additional thoughts on identity politics, which you can read here.
491 – Live from the Library
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In which we record live from the Library of Congress; time travel complicates everything; X-Men is a fundamentally queer narrative; we attempt to summarize a lot of history very fast; and when identities are politicized, claiming them becomes a political act.
X-PLAINED:
- LC-GLOBE
- The first openly queer X-Man
- Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
- Why we do what we do
- Why the X-Men are worth studying
- Returning nuance to critical discussion of media
- A brief(ish) history of X-Men and queerness in X-Men
- Iceman Watch
- Retroactive foreshadowing
- The mutant metaphor
- Found family
- Subtext
- Text
- Facets of mutant activism
- Coming-out stories
- Various vectors of diversity
- Some comics Jay wrote
- Comics in libraries
- Where to start with Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men
- X-Men for horror fans
- Our favorite X-Men lineups
- Identity politics
- The T-O virus vs. the Legacy Virus
NEXT EPISODE: Brain Sharks!
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Jay has some additional thoughts on identity politics, which you can read here.
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As Mentioned in Episode 472 – Leave Room for Magneto (The Twelve, Part Two)
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Intense emotion, fiddly gadgets, and dramatic narration. What more do you need? (Wolverine #146)
Gravity be damned, Nightcrawler’s going to punch some bricks and stomp some turtles. (Wolverine #146)
Generation Blue, Generation Red. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #211. (Wolverine #146)
Warren Kenneth Worthington III, you give that tiny caveman back his club! (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #170. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #179. (Wolverine #146)
Now that is a fight scene. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #153. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #169. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #148. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Uncanny X-Men #242. (Wolverine #146)
Referencing Wolverine #74. (Wolverine #146)
Neat, they’re (psychically) wearing their outfits from that time they were partners in Madripoor! (Wolverine #146)
Angel’s darkness looks like light? You know, that actually makes a lot of sense. (Wolverine #147)
Flechettes! (Wolverine #147)
Referencing… oh, wait, this one actually has a caption. (Wolverine #147)
Poor kid… (Wolverine #147)
United by trauma. (Wolverine #147)
Everyone is just so sharp on this page… (Wolverine #147)
Silhouettes: climax! (Wolverine #147)
Silhouettes: denouement! (Wolverine #147)
“Do I have to call your parents, children?” (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Heh. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
I wish we saw more of these two together. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Damaging currency is a federal crime, Wolverine! (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
This page has earned its Kirby Krackle. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
“You see, I have to be extra spooky to even out everyone else’s happiness. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Like a hairy little astromech droid at a scomp port. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
Science! (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
And they died miserably ever after. (Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999)
NEXT TIME: The Twelve concludes!
LINKS & FURTHER FELINES:
- A metaphor that is also a very real space cat
- Jay is delighted to have been wrong! The Philharmonic Gets Dressed is totally still in print!
- Dave has been one of Jay’s comfort movies for longer than he entirely cares to admit.
472 – Leave Room for Magneto (The Twelve, Part Two)
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In which the Twelve should really be twelve chapters long; Archangel has issues; we continue to bemoan the absence of captions; the X-Men ditch their crossover event for a side quest; Magneto is Genosha’s official chaperone; and we would absolutely elect Emma Frost to a school board.
X-PLAINED:
- What Cable does next
- The event so far
- Wolverine #146-147
- Uncanny X-Men Annual 1999
- Whether the Shadow King is moist
- Why tiny cavemen can’t have nice things
- Numerous flashbacks and allusions
- Archangel’s third-stage evolution
- The Philharmonic Gets Dressed
- Abraham Kieros (again)
- Apocalypse as a self-help guru
- Fully nude Wolverine
- X-51 #8 (briefly)
- Fabian Cortez (more) (again)
- A miracle of magnetism
- Scomp linking
- A big fancy machine
- Exodus (more) (again)
- Mutants we’d like to see in public office
- The (theoretical) Essex administration
NEXT EPISODE: The Twelve concludes!
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As Mentioned in Episode 311 – Love Makes a Super Team
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This friendship really never gets old. (X-Men Annual 1995)
Freakin’ Genesis, man. (X-Men Annual 1995)
The Nasty Boys, they are not. (X-Men Annual 1995)
Nathaniel Essex: The Hollywood Dracula Years. (X-Men Annual 1995)
The ladies love the cape. (X-Men Annual 1995)
In all fairness, I’m not sure I’d want to be naked in Teen Hank and Bobby’s makeouts cabin without cleaning first, either. (X-Men Annual 1995)
Meanwhile in the UK, a dramatic man and his dramatic ponytail! (X-Men Annual 1995)
I still think the photos were a bit much. (X-Men Annual 1995)
Anniversary or no, this image does not justify a double gatefold. (Uncanny X-Men #325)
Jean Grey: thirsty on main. (Uncanny X-Men #325)
Me, too, Monet. Me, too/ (Uncanny X-Men #325)
Damn, Piotr. (Uncanny X-Men #325)
“Non, mon ami, I do not have Prince Albert in a can.” (Uncanny X-Men #325)
Marrow may be bloodthirsty, but she’s also inclusive! (Uncanny X-Men #325)
What. (Uncanny X-Men #325)
Ew. (Uncanny X-Men #325)
This is why we can’t have nice things and/or organs. (Uncanny X-Men #325)
NEXT EPISODE: The Nobody People, with author Bob Proehl!
311 – Love Makes a Super-Team
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In which we decide to stop recognizing the nominal difference between X-Men and Uncanny X-Men; time travel may or may not wait for you; Mister Sinister has probably appeared in at least one Ed Wood film; we are a pro-Tingle podcast; X-Men is about family; the Braddock twins catch up; Sailor Moon > Shinobi Shaw; Generation X is inducted into the baseball tradition; and Storm does what she does with Morlocks in sewers.
X-PLAINED:
- Franklin Richards’ impressive lineage
- 311
- Yet another structure for annuals
- X-Men Annual 1995
- Uncanny X-Men #325
- Serious academic discussions
- Faye Livingstone
- Mister Sinister’s Hollywood adventures
- Tyler Dayspring / Tolliver / Genesis (again)
- Teenage optimism
- An absolutely nonsensical villainous plot
- A Hank McCoy that might have been
- Friendship
- Fraternal correspondence
- Romance
- Morlocks
- The first time Storm stabbed a Morlock leader in the heart
- Gene Nation
- A really excessive cover
- An intergenerational baseball game
- Another fairly nonsensical villainous plot
- The second time Storm stabbed a Morlock leader in the heart
- X-horror
- Other media X-fans may enjoy reading, playing, or watching
NEXT EPISODE: Bob Proehl X-Plains the Resonant Duology!
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