Tag: Reed Richards
487 – The Only Well-Adjusted Cyclops in the Multiverse (Mutant X May, Part 2)
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In which Mutant X May continues; the X-Men return from space; it’s okay not to fill in every detail of a world; Havok leans into parenthood; we meet the only well-adjusted Cyclops in the multiverse; in any universe, Forge has terrible judgment; and the Six get some new members.
X-PLAINED:
- Several notable upcoming events in Mutant X
- What’s happened so far
- Mutant X #9-18
- Mutant X Annual 2000
- The Morlocks of Earth-1298
- The Mole Man of Earth-1298
- The Yancy Street Underground
- Magneto of Earth-1298
- Superhero costume color theory
- Polaris of Earth-1298
- The X-Men of Earth-1298
- Magneto
- Polaris
- Nightcrawler
- Rogue
- Mystique
- Quicksilver
- The Goblin Entity
- Doctor Doom of Earth-1298
- Namor of Earth-1298
- The origin of Bloodstorm
- Dracula’s fellas
- The Starjammers of Earth-1298
- Cyclops
- Binary
- Nova
- Lockheed
- Silver Surfer
- Space alien problems
- A fairly literal deus ex machina
- Captain America of Earth-1298
- A terrible idea
- The United Guild of Thieves and Assassins
- Gambit of Earth-1298
- Raven LeBeau
- The origin of Vampire Gambit
- Mister Sinister of Earth-1298
- Jean Grey of Earth-1298
- Where Scott Summers of Earth-1298 ranks on the Cyclops Has a Good Day scale
- Where to put X-logos on a costume
NEXT EPISODE: Mutant X May concludes!
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As Mentioned in Episode 430 – The Bad Feelings Box
430 – The Bad Feelings Box
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In which birds have no business in sex dreams; feelings are complicated and allegories are imperfect; Mystique made some valid points; Psycho-Man is good at UI; Callisto was right; and the label “Omega-level mutant” actually kind of makes sense.
X-PLAINED:
- Psycho-Man
- Malice (but not that one)
- Hate Monger (but not that one)
- Finding good comics from the ‘90s
- Uncanny X-Men #359
- X-Men / Fantastic Four Annual 1998
- X-Men #79
- The dead man’s hand
- Dr. Aubrey Agee
- Psi-War fallout
- Dr. Bradley Beynon
- Hadley the robot
- Poker twinks
- La Bludgeon
- Psycho-Man’s Bad Feelings Box
- An invisible bear trap
- Marvel’s floating poker game
- Officers Aguinal and Cleveland
- Antagonists vs. villains
- Omega-level mutants
NEXT EPISODE: The Generation X Underground Special, feat. Al Kennedy!
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As Mentioned in Episode 356 – The Michael Bay-eux Tapestry
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356 – The Michael Bay-eux Tapestry
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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line!
In which it’s hard to be Joseph; we do our best to explain the inexplicable; Miles is full of feelings; Hulk smashes; and Onslaught finally (mostly) ends.
X-PLAINED:
- Heroes Reborn Return
- Wild times with the Dreaming Celestial
- Onslaught so far
- X-Men #56
- Onslaught: Marvel Universe
- Jay’s definitive Bond
- Joseph (more)
- The physical evolution of Onslaught
- Sense of scale
- Hawkeye (TV series)
- Onslaught’s goals, to what extent they exist
- The three genders
- A really big fight
- A miracle of magnetism
- The (nominal) end of the Age of Heroes
- Beast’s scientific career
- Chamber’s voice
NEXT EPISODE: Several epilogues
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As Mentioned in Episode 284 – Precious Baubles
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LINKS & FURTHER CROSSOVERS
- We talked about the original Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men series in Episode 74 – This Dumb Rumpus…
- …and Dawn of X in Episode 274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies, feat. Chris Eddleman!
- Friend of the show Stephanie Burt is annotating this series alongside Andrea Ayres over at Xavier Files!
- Follow Chip on the Twitters!
- Peruse his website!
284 – Precious Baubles, feat. Chip Zdarsky
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In which we sit down with writer Chip Zdarsky to talk crossovers, continuity, metaphors, and X-Men/Fantastic Four!
X-PLAINED:
- X-Men/Fantastic Four
- A reunion
- Richards kids
- The state of Franklin Richards’ powers
- Balancing characters in team books
- Superhero teams as families
- Several metaphors
- Chip’s definitive X-Men
- Reed Richards vs. Charles Xavier
- Doom
- Krakoan fashion
- Switching gears
- An exchange of portraits
- Whether Garfield is a mutant
- Evolution
NEXT EPISODE: Legion Quest (for real, this time)!
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152 – Ghosts of Future Present
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In which Franklin Richards makes everything more complicated; Reed Richards is a terrible parent; Days of Future Present is a surprisingly good ghost story; Valeria Richards is awesome (but does not appear in this crossover); everyone’s got hounds these days; Banshee is your sad cyborg dad; Phoenix has a lot of feelings; and X-Factor once again manages to up the ante for child endangerment.
X-PLAINED:
- Nightcrawler’s brief clerical career
- Days of Future Present
- Annuals, in general
- Some extraordinarily specific Namor headcanon
- Fantastic Four Annual #23
- New Mutants Annual #6
- X-Factor Annual #5
- Uncanny X-Men Annual #14
- Franklin Richards
- Several statuses quo
- The reproductive potential of Doombots
- Ms. Marvel (Sharon Ventura)
- Ahab
- A Code Red Time Emergency
- One of Jay’s dream pitches
- Your sad cyborg dad
- The worst tea party
- One hell of a kiss
- Robocop vs. Terminator
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur gets eclectic!
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As Mentioned in Episode 74 – This Dumb Rumpus
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LINKS & FURTHER READING
- Come see us at (and after) RCCC! You can find, table, and meetup details here.
- Want to know (a lot) more about the Fantastic Four? Go listen to the Fantasticast!
- Law and the Multiverse has not in fact covered the Trial of Magneto, but you should read it anyway, ’cause it’s a really interesting blog.
- Here’s that one essay Rachel wrote about neurodiversity and autistic coding in X-Men.
L’Shanah Tovah!