Tag: X-Force
263 – The Oldest Teens of Them All
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In which Cable and Domino may or may not be very old teenagers; disguises are not Dani Moonstar’s strong suit; Empath remains awful; Shatterstar probably talks exactly like a telenovela; X-Force needs an office manager; Mothra is larger than most things; and if you get to choose between being an External or a Guthrie, always be a Guthrie.
X-PLAINED:
- Bastion, to some extent
- X-Force #34-37
- Optical disambiguation
- Moonstar
- Face tentacle semantics
- Sandwiches (again)
- The Richter family
- An entirely avoidable fight
- Some time-travel bullshit
- Hannigan Electronics
- An insecurity system
- Nimrods
- Things neural networks would probably do instead of murdering you
- Defining traits of the Externals
- Adoption, X-Factor style
- Wolverine: The Long Night
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As Mentioned in Episode 255 – Rules of the Game
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LINKS & FURTHER LISTENING
- Miles was on Unpacking the Power of the Power Pack, which you can listen to right here!
- We were both all over the Internet in June.
255 – Rules of the Game
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In which the Upstarts are the worst at Calvinball; Moonstar remains a non-mystery; Speedball gets a new costume; Shinobi Shaw never gets to finish a bath; Gamesmaster comes perilously close to getting context; Cable gets a new superpower; and Rahne Sinclair is too good for your crossover.
X-PLAINED:
- The time Husk went evil
- An anniversary
- A guest appearance
- X-Force #32-33
- New Warriors #45-46
- A crossover
- A game
- Younghunt
- The semi-debut of Paige Guthrie
- Deeply uncomfortable bathing-suit choices
- A toy that never actually existed
- The New Warriors
- Justice (Vance Astrovik)
- Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)
- Nova (Rich Rider)
- Silhouette (Sil Chord)
- Kymaera
- Speedball (Robbie Baldwin)
- Rage (Elvin Haliday)
- Firestar (Angelica Jones) (more) (again)
- A plan
- Bantam
- A lot of mind control
- A very ambiguous game and its potential implications
- Favorite ads
- The narrative economy of resurrection
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As Mentioned in Episode 250 – Minding the DNA, feat. Fabian Nicieza
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- Here’s Fabian on Twitter!
- You can read Outrage here!
- Special thanks to Shatterstarologist Charlie of The Young Ones for lending their X-Pertise to the cold open!
250 – Minding the DNA, feat. Fabian Nicieza
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In which writer Fabian Nicieza joins us to talk ‘90s crossovers, narrative legacies, and what Adam X’s word balloons really sound like!
Special thanks to Shatterstarologist Charlie of The Young Ones for lending their X-Pertise to the cold open!
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As Mentioned in Episode 246 – Foreshadow Puppets
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LINKS & FURTHER CONSUMABLES:
- Mandy may be the quintessential Nic Cage movie.
- We first washed up on the shores of Octopusheim in Episode 19 – Acorns & Swords!
246 – Foreshadow Puppets
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In which Danielle Moonstar is not a master of disguise; the MLF are bad enough dudes to kidnap a guy who works near the president; Tempo wasn’t even supposed to be here today; Reignfire is no Magneto; we now desperately want X-Force matryoshka dolls; Feral quits the team; Henry Peter Gyrich fails to learn from experience (or anything else); small children are bad at everything; Shatterstar gets a tagline; Sam Guthrie REALLY needs a vacation; and it’s surprisingly difficult to choose a favorite resurrection.
X-PLAINED:
- Cortex
- The kinder, gentler Cable
- Several matters related to Nicholas Cage
- X-Force #27-30
- Broome jaws
- The Area jar
- The Mutant Liberation Front
- Reignfire (again)
- Hardaway
- A cyborg asshole
- Locus
- Moonstar
- “Of Faith and Fable”
- Foreshadow puppets
- Bobby da Costa’s greatest fear
- Dad jokes with Cable
- X-Force’s day off
- Shatterstar vs. Adam X the X-Treme
- Windsong
- An inevitable team-up
- A Very Special Episode moment
- The return of Wine Mom Domino
- The return of Jean Grey’s telepathy
- Our favorite resurrections
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As Mentioned in Episode 243 – And Now We Are Five
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These are the episodes we mentioned, in chronological order:
- 1 – The Strangest Podcast of Them All
- 3 – Cartoons, Lies, and Video Tape
- 12 – Inner Circle Jerk (Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 1)
- 13 – Last Stand on the Moon (Dark Phoenix Saga, Part 2)
- 17 – The Island of Doctor Corbeau
- 18 – You’ve Got a Dracula Problem
- 20 – The Brood They Carried
- 22 – Through Death and Through Life
- 32 – Off the Map
- 35 – Post-Disco Panic
- 37 – Giant-Size Special #1
- 43 – It’s Not a Secret if It’s in the Title (AKA The Passion of Jim Shooter)
- 45 – A Woman Who Could Fly
- 48 – Guitar Solos of the Gods
- 58 – Miniseries Mayhem
- 76 – Live at Rose City Comic Con, with Ann Nocenti, Jeff Parker, & Chris Yost
- 77 – Die Hard With a Lobster
- 78 – The Eye Killers and Other Cautionary Tales
- 97 – The Crooked World
- 98 – Between Alien Visitations and Drunken Sulks
- 100 – Unexpected Wonder, with Chris Claremont
- 106 – The X-Terminators
- 107 – Fairy Tale Ending
- 108 – What Price Glory
- 109 – The Passion of Madelyne Pryor
- 111 – You’ll Have to Look Inside for That
- 112 – Embers of Inferno (feat. Sam Humphries)
- 114 – Meltdown
- 128 – A Stupid Way to Die (Judgment War, Part 1)
- 133 – Feisty Little Fellow from the Stars (Judgment War, Part 2)
- 137 – Kicky Kinko Killers (feat. Sarah Kuhn)
- 138 – What Would Dazzler Do?
- 164 – This Is the Mutant Revolution: Live at Rose City Comic Con
- 178 – Giant-Size Special #6
- 181 – Badgers Everywhere
- 200 – Lightning in a Bottle, with Louise Simonson
- 205 – Back to Basics
And, just for kicks, here are all the episodes with songs:
- 105 – Live from ECCC with Kris Anka, Al Ewing, Scott Koblish, & G. Willow Wilson
- 134 – Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival (feat. Scott Koblish)
- 226 – Les Mutants
- 229 – Giant-Size Special #7
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243 – And Now We Are Five
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In which we celebrate a red-letter birthday with a look back at five years of milestones, favorite moments, dubious headwear, and our own convoluted continuity!
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