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The first page of Lifedeath II. (Uncanny X-Men #198)

Contrast to the first page of Lifedeath I, 12 issues previous. (Uncanny X-Men #186)

Hallucinatory Forge. Check out those background textures, too. (Uncanny X-Men #198)

Barry Windsor Smith’s X-Men. (Uncanny X-Men #198)

Pretty snake. (Uncanny X-Men #198)

Isn’t it cool how when you don’t compulsively draw every woman as super sexy all the time, you can actually tell stories? (Uncanny X-Men #198)

Motion and rhythm in a still medium. (Uncanny X-Men #198)

Didn’t actually talk about these panels in the episode, but can we just take a moment to admire how splendidly Barry Windsor-Smith draws hands? And, y’know, everything else? (Uncanny X-Men #198)

SERIOUSLY, THIS COMIC. THIS IS OUR STORM.(Uncanny X-Men #198)

Tanya Moodie as Hunter in Neverwhere.

Frenzy is both rad as hell and criminally underused. ARE YOU THERE, MARVEL? IT’S ME, RACHEL. (X-Men: Legacy vol. 1 #249)

Idie Okonkwo (Oya) is awesome and adorable and also one of the best new X-characters of the last five years. (Generation Hope #10)

Next Week: A lot of Beauty and the Beast callbacks.
Links and Further Reading:
- Cheryl Lynn Eaton on Idie Oknokwo
- Finder is Rachel’s all-time favorite comic, and you should go read it right now.
- This didn’t actually come up in the episode, but you’ve got just under one week left to get What Would Peter Corbeau Do? t-shirts before they disappear FOREVER.