Tag: Sara Grey
492 – Brain Sharks
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In which the Shockwave Riders are exceptionally silly; we are deeply impressed by brain sharks; and chrome plating and gun arms are among the lesser explored recurring Claremont motifs.
X-PLAINED:
- The fate of Sara Grey
- Revolution Claremont X-book disambiguation
- Uncanny X-Men #381-383
- The Neo (again)
- An unmarked anniversary
- A secret treasure trove
- Vagaries of telekinesis and telepathy
- The Shockwave Riders
- Brain sharks that eat memories
- The stuff of legend
- The Lost Souls
- Dirges and non-dirges
- One way to start a conversation
- Simyon Kurasov
- Colonel Alexi Vazhin (again)
- The Slash
- How to dress to go clubbing
- Blinkers, somewhat
- Ransom Sole
- Big Casino
- Sketch
- Revenant
- Major Debra Levin
- Bludgeon, Cudgel, and Manacle
- Houndification
- The best 21st century X-characters
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As Mentioned in Episode 118 – Extrude the Grappling Arms!
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- Go follow the Ravenmaster on Twitter. He is absolutely delightful.
- We talked about The Dark Is Rising with Kurt Busiek in Episode 21 – Kurt Busiek at the Coffee-a-Go-Go.
118 – Extrude the Grappling Arms!
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In which you really can’t compete with Cable; the X-Men may or may not ditch a funeral; Nanny extrudes the grappling arms; Boom Boom is more responsible than she looks; Jean Grey is the cool stepmom; we posit an alternate explanation for Brexit; and ravens are the best dinosaurs.
X-PLAINED:
- What happened to the Inferno babies
- X-Factor #40-42
- Madelyne Pryor’s funeral
- Post-Inferno X-Factor
- Archangel’s inconsistent appearance
- Secret origins of Nanny and the Orphanmaker
- Teenagers (more) (again)
- Tom Jones (Alchemy)
- Conversations we probably shouldn’t have with Neal Conan
- Trolls of London
- Dubious super-parenting
- Phy
- Phay
- Phee
- Phough
- Phumm
- Troll economics
- A grocery list
- The Ravenmaster
- Miles’s mom
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100 – Unexpected Wonder, with Chris Claremont
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In which Miles follows his heart; subtext becomes text; and we celebrate a very special milestone with a very special guest.
NEXT EPISODE: Gossamyr
For a comprehensive visual companion to this episode, we recommend reading Uncanny X-Men #94-279, 381-389, and 444-473; X-Men vol. 1 #59; X-Men vol. 2 #1-3, 100-109, and 165; New Mutants #1-54, 63, and 81; Excalibur vol. 1 #1-19, 21-25, 27, and 32-34; X-Treme X-Men #1-46; X-Men Forever #1-25; and dozens of additional annuals, miniseries, ongoings, one-shots, graphic novels, and more.
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