Tag: Sword of Might
505 – The Amulet of Ass
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In which Widget takes a heel turn; there is some confusion over sword identification; we appreciate Sir Benedict of the Falls; the Braddock family has a lot going on; and Otherworld changes hands.
X-PLAINED:
- Names for flying horses
- Excalibur (2001 miniseries) #1-4
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (briefly) (again)
- The Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
- Darkmoor Research Facility
- Sword and amulet distribution
- Strider the Horse
- Why all the horses of Asgard have Tolkien names
- Sir Benedict of the Falls and his many axes
- One way to win a bridge fight
- Sword pops
- Several continuity errors
- Holographic James Braddock
- The Dad Cave
- Otherworld eugenecists
- A coronation
- A twist
- Some potential X-Factor lineups
- Life expectancies of mutants with healing factors
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As Mentioned in Episode 452 – Hot Nothing
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LINKS & OTHER ACADEMIA:
- The book Jay mentioned is The Metaphysics of Fiction, by Amie L. Thomasson
- Star Trek: Into Darkness was not a very good movie.
452 – Hot Nothing
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In which Magneto is not full of mirth; nobody real or fictional likes Fabian Cortez; when you’re a speedster, every problem is a metaphorical nail; The Zealot makes some valid points; and when Quicksilver declares himself your conscience, it’s time to examine your life.
X-PLAINED:
- How Magneto got his powers back
- Morally ambiguous hair
- Genosha (more) (again)
- Magneto Rex #1-3
- Magneto vs. Conan
- Trish Tilby
- Omniscient narrative condemnation
- Magneto’s true archfoe
- Magistrates (more) (again)
- Mutates (more) (again)
- Dr. Alda Huxley
- Phillip Moreau (more) (again)
- Jenny Ransome (more) (again)
- Pipeline (Cormac Grimshaw)
- Teleportational nudity
- The Zealot
- Fabian Cortez (more) (again)
- Amelia Voght (more) (again)
- Several of Magneto’s on-again-off-again children
- The Bastille (but not that one)
- Mutant numbering
- When to use full frontal nudity in your comic
- The X-books we’re not covering
- The Amulet of Right vs the Sword of Might
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