Tag: The Six
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
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As Mentioned in Episode 486 – Welcome to Earth-1298 (Mutant X May, Part 1)
486 – Welcome to Earth-1298 (Mutant X May, Part 1)
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In which we embark on a Great Work; it remains hard to be Alex Summers; and it’s also always Inferno on Earth-1298.
X-PLAINED:
- Mutant X May
- Mutant X #1-8
- Mutant X Annual 1999
- Havok (Alex Summers) (more) (again)
- Earth-1298
- The Six
- The Brute (Hank McCoy)
- Ice-man (Bob Drake)
- Bloodstorm (Ororo Munroe)
- The Fallen (Warren Kenneth Worthington III)
- Marvel Woman (Madelyne Pryor)
- Bannerman Castle
- The original five X-Men of Earth-1298
- S.H.I.E.L.D. of Earth-1298
- Scotty Summers
- Elektra of Earth-1298
- The Swarms of Moot
- The Fantastic Four of Earth-1298
- Canada of Earth-1298
- The Pack
- Logan
- Sabretooth
- Wild Child
- Demon problems
- The Goblin Queen of Earth-1298
- Kitty Pryde of Earth-1298
- Forge of Earth-1298
- Man-Spider
- Some murders
- Alligators of the Night
- National politics
- Cerebro of Earth-1298
- Dr. Strange of Earth-1298
- The Nexus of All Realities
- Stingray of Earth-1298
- Yellowjacket of Earth-1298
- Doc Sampson of Earth-1298
- Vendetta
- Firestar of Earth-1298
- A coincidence
- Adam X and Vulcan of Earth-1298
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As Mentioned in Episode 72 – Thrown Under the Plot Bus
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- Special thanks to the wonderful Adam Warrock for letting us sample his song “Teamwork” in this episode! You can listen to the full track here, and find more of Adam’s work at adamwarrock.com!
72 – Thrown Under the Plot Bus
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In which Dazzler is not a team player; Longshot is the Zonker Harris of the X-Men; Juggernaut is That Guy; Rachel and Miles channel Statler and Waldorf; and Alex Summers is seriously never, ever going to finish grad school.
X-PLAINED:
- Mutant X
- The only well-adjusted Scott Summers in the Multiverse
- The Goblin Entity
- Uncanny X-Men #217-219
- The evolution of the X-Men’s lineup
- Standards for a good twist
- Doonesbury
- Several Dungeons & Dragons analogies
- A dubious literary allusion
- Flying jeeps
- CrimeBros
- The fundamental tragedy of Longshot
- Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and several homages thereto
- Geordie and Rupert
- Havok (more) (again)
- Car-wreck sex
- An unfortunate end to a camping trip
- The Plot Bus
- Several ways to stat Rogue up as a D&D character
- Narrative-friendly power sets
Special thanks to:
- The wonderful Adam Warrock, for letting us sample his song “Teamwork” in this episode! You can listen to the full track here, and find more of Adam’s work at adamwarrock.com.
- Harrison Barber for his X-Pert D&D advice (not to mention nearly fifteen years of tolerating our nonsense at the gaming table)!
NEXT WEEK: X-Men: Evolution with Robert N. Skir!
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