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354 – The Touch of Magneto
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In which Onslaught is a party that goes on way too long; we are grateful that the Hand is mostly someone else’s problem; there’s always time to get hosed down by firemen; and Emma Frost should never, under any circumstances, cook.
X-PLAINED:
- The Golden Archer
- Wolverine #104-105
- Generation X #18-19
- Portions of Elektra’s deal
- Stick
- Wolverine’s nose
- Gateway and Onslaught
- Several flashbacks
- The Onslaught goblin
- Retcons and character accountability
- A wet open
- A somewhat atypical plane flight
- Toad by way of Chris Bachalo
- The mysterious DL
- Emma’s Montreal mansion and its staff
- Cooking with Emma Frost
- Quasi-benevolent mind control
- Surgeon
- A bonus Shadowcat power
- Digital invisibility
NEXT WEEK: Hawk Talk
NEXT EPISODE: Onslaught tie-ins!
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As Mentioned in Episode 208 – The X-Patriots
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LINKS & FURTHER ENRICHMENT:
- FLAMECON IS ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY! COME SEE US! WE ARE DELIGHTFUL!
- As Jay mentioned in this episode, The Ren & Stimpy Show was created by a really fucking terrible person. (CW: child abuse, predatory grooming, and a whole bunch of other horrific stuff.)
- You can get the skinny on Jenny Ransome and Philip Moreau in Episode 99 – Those Who Walk Away from Genosha.
208 – The X-Patriots
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In which nobody wears the pants in the X-Plain family; Havok is a remarkably okay boss; Polaris may want to find a new doctor; Quicksilver has no time for your nonsense; we are very conditionally okay with resurrections; and if you spoil Season 5 of Steven Universe for Miles, we will never ever ever forgive you.
X-PLAINED:
- Jay & Miles at FlameCon
- Advantages of recording remotely
- X-Factor #81-83
- What Genosha’s been up to
- Prodigal
- An impassioned speech
- An unfortunate accident
- Yet another return(ish) of Sauron
- Chain of command
- Lukas
- Pirouette
- Yet another justification for the name of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
- Phantazia (again)
- Immovable vs. unstoppable
- What you do on a boat
- Taylor
- When Havok still cared
- “The Mutant Rap”
- Adventures in New York
- How to bond with Quicksilver
- An angry mob
- A derailed storyline
- The ignominious death of Rick Chalker
- Our opinions on the revolving door of death
- X-Men vs. electronics
- Superheroes from the Balkans
- Theoretical X-Men and Steven Universe team-ups
NEXT EPISODE: X-Editor Jordan D. White!
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As Mentioned in Episode 195 – Johnny Got His Robot Arm
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LINKS & FURTHER READING
- Shing Yin Khor’s A.I.M. comics are delightful.
- Jay’s Bela Lugosi is but a pale imitation of the real deal.
195 – Johnny Got His Robot Arm
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In which Jay may have Stockholm syndrome; Nick Fury is objectively sillier than G. W. Bridge; we get a brief artistic reprieve; Cable’s legal expertise does not extend to trademarks; our favorite Ship returns; Miles’s grandmother calls it like it is; Sauron is bad at taxonomy; and Garrison Kane is basically a very violent Inspector Gadget.
X-PLAINED:
- Brother Mutant
- X-Force #8-10
- X-Force (again)
- A protracted flashback
- The Wild and/or Six Pack
- A heist
- A trap
- Yet more Ed Wood references
- A future
- The Professor (Ship)
- Gratuitous face shadows
- A mystery
- Cable casting
- Several misplaced word balloons
- The logistics of tentacle arms
- The High Lords (Externals)
- Michael Bay’s Johnny Got His Gun
- General Clark and his diving suit
- Good Magneto stories
- How to get your dad into X-Men
NEXT EPISODE: Excalibur vs. the Anti-Phoenix!
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As Mentioned in Episode 189 – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nate Summers?
189 – How Do You Solve a Problem Like Nate Summers?
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In which Jay’s mom broke the Internet; correct credits are important; everyone has a Danger Room; no one needs that many teeth; there are so many reasons to laugh at Stryfe; the Watcher is probably affiliated with Pepperidge Farm; Boom Boom is the Rogue of X-Force; and Cable’s pouches are definitely full of menstrual products.
X-PLAINED:
- The Franklin Richards of Earth X
- The One True Cable
- X-Force #5-7
- Pocket-Size Juggernaut
- A novel approach to trauma surgery
- A moment of intersectionality
- Teeth of the early ’90s
- Soft pink bags of rice-paper flesh
- A villain speech
- X-Force’s bathtub
- Several Shel Silverstein poems that may or may not be about superheroes
- Cooking with Boom Boom
- Why the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants keeps the “Evil” in their name
- Thornn (Lucia Callasantos)
- Phantazia
- Writers vs. Scripters
- Sex Ed at the Xavier School
- The Worst Twitter Thread
NEXT EPISODE: BLOODLUST! (But not inquiry.)
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As Mentioned in Episode 166 – Proteus Has Two Mommies
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LINKS & FURTHER READING
- Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men LIVE at New York Comic Con, with special guests Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson!
- TEDxHarvardCollege
- We met all-around rad dude Taki in Episode 106 – The X-Terminators!
- We talked about Proteus in Episode 10 – Not All Mandroids!
166 – Proteus Has Two Mommies
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In which we finally announce our NYCC panel lineup; Boom Boom is the Gina Linetti of X-Force; we don’t actually know very much about the New Warriors; Cable grows as a person; Cyclops makes an ethically dubious call; Warren Kenneth Worthington III is a jerk; Jay gets very angry at a fictional character; no one gets a happy ending and the skeleton was inside you all along.
X-PLAINED:
- Penance (but not that Penance)
- Our actual, for-real NYCC panel details
- “Kings of Pain”
- New Mutants Annual #7
- New Warriors Annual #1
- Uncanny X-Men Annual #15
- X-Factor Annual #6
- The Alliance of Evil
- Harness
- Piecemeal
- Genetech
- IDIC
- Symbolic chess
- The New Warriors
- The Clean Plate Club from Hell
- The Pec Twins
- ReBoot
- A really screwed up debate
- Magneto vs. Human Nature
- Privilege and Callouts
NEXT WEEK: Summers Family Bullshit on the Moon!
COME SEE US LIVE AT NEW YORK COMIC CON, WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CHRIS CLAREMONT AND LOUISE SIMONSON!
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