Tag: Siryn
327 – The Sounds of Gravity
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In which nobody’s ages ever make sense; Sebastian Shaw catches up on villain speeches; nobody puts Louise Simonson in a corner; Tabitha Smith has a bad day; Gambit and Bat Manuel have a lot in common; and Warpath outruns Adam X.
X-PLAINED:
- X-Force #49-51
- Haircuts
- The return off Sebastian Shaw
- Stansfield
- A series of kidnappings
- Solar-powered superpowers
- Attempted murder
- Memories
- Cable as an audience surrogate
- Tabitha’s new codename
- The first Tick live-action series
- Warpath’s running speed
- Risqué
- What gravity sounds like
- X-leisure activities
- Magneto’s human name/s
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As Mentioned in Episode 304 – Explosive Ops
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LINKS & FURTHER NONSENSE:
- Rutland, Vermont had multiple Marvel and DC stories set in it during the 1970s – but it’s also a real place. Apologies for telling everyone it was imaginary, and thank you to all the listeners who kindly pointed out that it wasn’t!
304 – Explosive Ops
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In which Jay discovers a continuity loop; phonetic spelling reaches a new level of implausibility; it’s always already Onslaught; X-Force’s roster gets shaken up; Siryn goes undercover; and the Upstarts remain vaguely plot-relevant despite our fervent wishes.
X-PLAINED:
- Mimic (Calvin Rankin)
- Wing problems
- X-Force #45-47
- One of Adam Pollina’s more remarkable non-Marvel art credits
- One of many homages to the cover of X-Men #138
- X-Force, its members, and its recent history
- Phonetic spelling
- Warpath’s hair
- Baffling managerial decisions
- Whether Reed Richards is machine washable
- Many pouches
- An unlikely friendship
- Sabretooth’s state of mind
- Rutland, VT
- The Weisman Institute for the Criminally Insane
- Dr. Rachel Weisman
- Jeremy Stevens
- Part of why we like following X-books over time
- Character redesigns
CORRECTION: In addition to being the setting of a number of 1970s Marvel and DC stories, Rutland, VT is actually a real place with a famous annual (and largely superhero-themed) Halloween parade!
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As Mentioned in Episode 297 – Blood Is Compulsory
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297 – Blood Is Compulsory
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In which Nate Grey is a drama kid; Forge-295 is the hero we need; Mister Sinister is a graduate of the Danielle “Moonstar” Moonstar school of secret identities; and we really, really, really wish that the theater troupe had gotten the ongoing series.
X-PLAINED:
- Just how powerful Nate Grey is
- X-Man’s somewhat baffling ongoing appeal
- X-Man #1-4
- A theater company
- The Best Forge (Earth-295)
- Toad (Earth-295)
- Sauron (Earth-295)
- Brute (Earth-295)
- An extended Tom Stoppard allusion
- “Essex”
- Domino (Earth-295)
- Theater in and as resistance
- An ineffectual ruse
- A lot of death
- Caliban (Earth-295)
- A family reunion
- The story we really wanted out of this series
- The X-Man ongoing series
- Chronically missing New Mutants
- X-arcs we’d like to see animated
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As Mentioned in Episode 281 – Memories
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LINKS & FURTHER ILLUSTRATION:
- Go check out Aimee Fleck’s terrific Polaris redesign!
281 – Memories
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In which Warpath and Colossus should start a support group; X-Force gets a new HQ; we make an unprecedently large number of musical-theater references; Cable is a highly qualified individual; tranq darts don’t work like that; Emma Frost gives fairly decent advice; the malls of Boston will never be the same again; and we need mutant body diversity now.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode involves discussion of child sexual abuse, murder, and cruelty to animals. If you want to skip that part, head to 34:42 for happier times!
X-PLAINED:
- An early adventures of the brothers Proudstar
- The new New Mutants trailer
- Starlight Express
- X-Force #40-42
- Feral (Maria Callasantos) (more) (again)
- X-Force’s new digs
- Little Shop of X-Force
- Thornn (Lucia Callasantos)
- Code Blue
- Cable’s law degree
- How tranq darts (don’t) work
- A lot of murder
- Several family reunions
- A terrifying team-up
- Body diversity and fat representation in X-books
- Feral’s Jellicle name
- Cats, kind of, I guess
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As Mentioned in Episode 278 – A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
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LINKS & FURTHER ATROCITIES:
- Listen to Miles talk about people who turn into dinosaurs on Battle of the Atom!
- Here is a fairly remarkable Marxist examination of Sex House; because, why not?
- Should you be so inclined, you can watch the entire series here. It’s worth noting that the first few episodes do not reflect the tone of the series as it progresses. (Content Warning: I don’t even know anymore.)
- We delved into Reignfire’s weird, weird origins in the cold open to Episode 238 – Meet Them Where They Are.
- Jay co-wrote a serial Thor novel! You can subscribe to it here, if you are so inclined.
278 – A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing
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In which Moonstar really wasn’t fooling anybody; Bird Brain is somehow still alive; Cassidy Keep is weird; Gene Ha draws excellent Storm; Reeva Payge makes her sole comics appearance; and Shinobi Shaw is wrong about everything.
X-PLAINED:
- A not-particularly-cunning disguise
- Upcoming coverage
- X-Force Annual #3
- X-Men Annual #3
- The MLF
- Reignfire (more) (again)
- Moonstar (more) (again)
- An unconventional way to keep a secret diary
- A bittersweet semi-reunion
- 3Peace
- Murphy Keep
- A ghost, maybe
- The kind of thing that happens at Cassidy Keep
- An excellent burn
- Leather
- “Neurotoxins”
- Sex House as the definitive artifact of the 2010s
- How not to draw someone having a nightmare
- A very short-lived version of the Hellfire Club
- How not to villain
- Coming to terms with bad fictional tech
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