Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

342 – Angry Birds

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Miles does his best, birds are weird, some of the most dangerous villains are pi...

341 – Rainbow Connection

02 Aug 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Chris Bachalo returns to Generation X; we briefly forget that Mondo exists; Sync...

HAWK TALK – What We Blew Up On Our Summer Vacation

25 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episo...

340 – Retconaganda

19 Jul 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the X.S.E. miniseries is future copaganda; Earth-1191 has no room for moral ambi...

339 – Luck Be a Lady

12 Jul 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which evil robots are fundamentally more optimistic than climate change; Ozymandias co...

338 – Chomp and Stomp

05 Jul 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which X-Factor’s lineup shifts further towards villainy; Wild Child is neither wild ...

HAWK TALK – Pirates

27 Jun 2021

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

337 – Wild Genes and Old Magic

21 Jun 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Excalibur is beset by shady organizations; Nightcrawler gets a new look; nobody ...

336 – Serpents in Eden, feat. Si Spurrier

14 Jun 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which writer Si Spurrier joins us to talk Nightcrawler, the unsustainability of Krakoa...

335 – Bone Town

07 Jun 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we cover somewhat peculiar content under somewhat peculiar circumstances; nobody...

HAWK TALK – Wizards

30 May 2021

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

334 – Genetic Nonsense

24 May 2021

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In which William Stryker is exceptionally difficult to kill; the terminology around Emplate’s powers is absolute nonsense even by comic-book standa...

333 – Fight Train

17 May 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Miles discovers owl legs; Iceman dwells in subtext; Dark Beast overperforms; Dar...

332 – Gideon Falls

10 May 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Swimsuit Catalog is not an actual style of martial arts; Onslaught dabbles in va...

HAWK TALK – Hack the Planet

02 May 2021

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

331 – Surprised by Brood

26 Apr 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we take a break from the lead-up to Onslaught; Hannah Conover is the queen of da...

330 – Suddenly, Ninjas

19 Apr 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the podcast turns seven; Matt has officially edited half the podcast; a lot of t...

329 – Scheming and Argument

12 Apr 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Nate Grey has the soul of a man in a mesh shirt; Black Air is somehow even worse...

HAWK TALK – Doctor Internet

04 Apr 2021

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

328 – Single Blue Male

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Sam Guthrie will take all your money; Gambit has exceptionally poor judgment; ha...

327 – The Sounds of Gravity

22 Mar 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which nobody’s ages ever make sense; Sebastian Shaw catches up on villain speeches; ...

326 – Son of a Gun

15 Mar 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it’s hard to be a hologram; the Internet is terrible and you should probably a...

HAWK TALK – Turtle Power

08 Mar 2021

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episo...

325 – Captain Bloodscream

01 Mar 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original?Drop him a line! In which we recommend against having a birthday in the Marvel  Universe; Shinobi Shaw was...

324 – Snack Attack

22 Feb 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Cordelia Frost is a terrible friend; Mondo is better than the story arcs that su...

323 – Baby Talk

15 Feb 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we spend a large amount of time on a group of small characters; X-Babies stories...

HAWK TALK – Call Any Vegetable

08 Feb 2021

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic episo...

322 – Do More Crimes

01 Feb 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the X-Babies fail to charm; clones are people, too; Iceman doesn’t (quite) com...

321 – Revolving Doors

25 Jan 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Sabretooth does not get effectively rehabilitated; nobody has the moral high gro...

320 – The Accountability Wagon

18 Jan 2021

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Pete Wisdom is the guy you love to glare at; Nightcrawler is right (and a deligh...

319 – Giant-Size Special #9 (feat. Vita Ayala, Tini Howard, and Leah Williams)

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay and Miles receive a mysterious missive and are visited by three of our favor...

HAWK TALK – Surviving 2020

28 Dec 2020

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

318 – Leprechaun Hill

21 Dec 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we are broken by leprechauns. X-PLAINED: A very necessary title change The lepr...

317 – Acquaintances of Humanity

14 Dec 2020

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In which Nicholas Cage is more of a concept than a human being; Rogue’s angst-fueled road trip continues; Gambit and Sinister have complementary ae...

316 – Return to Megalopolis: At the Movies with the New Mutants

07 Dec 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we review the New Mutants’ film debut. NEXT EPISODE: Rogue, Gambit, and fe...

HAWK TALK – Surviving the (Holiday) Experience

29 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

315 – Theater Is Dead

23 Nov 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay and/or patriarchy ruin everything; Archangel is dubiously aspirational; we n...

314 – Feelings, Alaska

16 Nov 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Haven deserved better; Cyclops and Havok have a lot of feelings in Alaska; X-Fac...

313 – Iguanafall

09 Nov 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which sky pirates are the best pirates; Wolverine eats chicken in the woods; Xavier’...

312 – Something Amazing Had to Be Done, feat. Bob Proehl

26 Oct 2020

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In which author Bob Proehl joins Jay to discuss the Resonant Duology and what it means to write original work rooted visibly in the X-universe! More ...

311 – Love Makes a Super-Team

19 Oct 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we decide to stop recognizing the nominal difference between X-Men and Uncanny X...

310 – Attack and Dethrone God

12 Oct 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we take a substantial detour; Minipax is no Raul Julia; Corsair tries (and fails...

HAWK TALK – Hawktober

04 Oct 2020

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

309 – Excellent Turtle

27 Sep 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which ballistics get weird; Black Air is no W.H.O.; we have surprisingly mixed feeling...

308 – No Story Is the Whole Story

21 Sep 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which writing X-books requires a somewhat different approach to continuity than writin...

307 – Ugly Mootants Only

14 Sep 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Cable has clearly inherited his father’s inability to go on a date that doesn’...

HAWK TALK – Playing With Super Power (feat. Matthew Hunter)

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

306 – Between Here and There

31 Aug 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we continue our ongoing tour of the post-Age of Apocalypse X-Universe; Onslaught...

305 – The Sleep of the Wicked

24 Aug 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which X-Factor gets its own roster shakeup; most bartenders will look at you funny if ...

304 – Explosive Ops

17 Aug 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay discovers a continuity loop; phonetic spelling reaches a new level of implau...

HAWK TALK – Video Renaissance

10 Aug 2020

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

303 – No Simple Answers, feat. Laura Hudson

03 Aug 2020

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In which writer and editor Laura Hudson joins us as we take a break from X-Men comics to discuss the complicated ethics of consuming and covering com...

302 – Space Junk

27 Jul 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which you should probably not mess with space junk; Exodus is terrible at many things;...

301 – Can’t Beat the Real Thing

20 Jul 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we enter our fourth century of podcasting with brand new theme music; we have bo...

HAWK TALK – Attack of the Franchise Cartoons

12 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

300 – Götterdämmerung

06 Jul 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the Age of Apocalypse comes to an end; Angel briefly lives up to his potential; ...

299 – Toaster Ovens of the Gods

29 Jun 2020

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In which some universes are more pleasant than others; Havok is basically a Care Bear; Wolverine is a P.R. nightmare; Nate Grey tries; stealth is not...

298 – Unlikely Avengers

22 Jun 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the moments of X-Universe are better than the whole; the code name “Dirigible”...

297 – Blood Is Compulsory

08 Jun 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Nate Grey is a drama kid; Forge-295 is the hero we need; Mister Sinister is a gr...

296 – Hard Choices

01 Jun 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Magneto doesn’t really do work/live divide; Amazing X-Men is a bit of a misnom...

HAWK TALK – Florida Mans

24 May 2020

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

295 – The Nuclear Naked

18 May 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which this episode may or may not be a temporal aberration; Gambit is bad at marketing...

294 – The Infernal Gallop

11 May 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which a whole lot of things burn; Nightcrawler gets gritty; it’s hard to be Dead Man...

293 – The Monster Under the World

04 May 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which not all Mondos are created equal; the kids are only rarely all right; the Age of...

HAWK TALK – Formative Novels

27 Apr 2020

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This would usually be a skip week, but the world is still being a jerk, so we made you a bonus, entirely unedited, and almost entirely off-topic epis...

292 – Weekend at Sinister’s

20 Apr 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it is probably not actually possible to be too nasty for Earth-295; Sinister is ...

291 – Eat Malarkey and Die

13 Apr 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we celebrate a birthday; nuclear war is never a good Plan A; every Logan is Old ...

290 – The Obvious, the Silly, and the True

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which it’s kind of a relief to be talking about a fictional apocalypse right now; Jo...

HAWK TALK – Social Distance Special

30 Mar 2020

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Normally, this would be a skip week and there wouldn’t be an episode – but things are pretty weird in the world right now. Let’s ta...

289 – Unsolved Mysteries

23 Mar 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which this episode is way more topical than it was when we recorded it; Apocalypse mak...

288 – Cape Citadel Remix

16 Mar 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Magneto is a drama llama in any universe (but a remarkably decent parent in at l...

287 – Welcome to the Age of Apocalypse

09 Mar 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we enter the Age of Apocalypse! X-PLAINED: One way to solve a problem The story...

286 – Family Before Continuity

24 Feb 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Sunspot is a bad enough dude to save the president; Black Air is nowhere near as...

285 – Immediately if Not Sooner

16 Feb 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Goldballs is still a better name than Egg; we continue our progress towards Eart...

284 – Precious Baubles, feat. Chip Zdarsky

10 Feb 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we sit down with writer Chip Zdarsky to talk crossovers, continuity, metaphors, ...

283 – Legion Quest Quest

03 Feb 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay is writing a Cyclops one-shot; It is honestly truly almost Legion Quest; Mys...

282 – The Tide Takes the Castle

27 Jan 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning should really be the setting of a stone...

281 – Memories

20 Jan 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Warpath and Colossus should start a support group; X-Force gets a new HQ; we mak...

280 – Business-Casual Basilisk

13 Jan 2020

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the future is not great at codenames; spot foil is cool as hell; Mountjoy is baf...

279 – Giant-Size Special #8

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Jay would absolutely fight Christmas; we welcome guest X-Perts Christina Strain ...

278 – A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing

23 Dec 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Moonstar really wasn’t fooling anybody; Bird Brain is somehow still alive; Cas...

277 – Hedgehogs of Cairo

16 Dec 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Sauron is a huge nerd; the Savage Land is where Marvel stores the weird stuff; a...

276 – Wizard Problems

09 Dec 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Excalibur gets a regular writer again; we judge a book against against its cover...

275 – End of the Summer

02 Dec 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Professor is too cool for the Phalanx; fatphobia is significantly more dangerous...

274 – The Red Shoe Prophecies (feat. Chris Eddleman)

25 Nov 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Chris Eddleman joins us for a close look at House of X and Powers of X; Doug Ram...

273 – The Back-End Creep (The Phalanx Covenant, Part 3 of 3)

18 Nov 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we have been on All the Podcasts; Full Shred Thrash is easier to say that it sou...

272 – Children of the Phalanx (the Phalanx Covenant, Part 2 of 3)

11 Nov 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Ship was inside Cable all along; Life Signs is the Two Towers of the Phalanx Cov...

271 – Abs for Days (The Phalanx Covenant, Part 1 of 3)

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we’re finally both back in the virtual studio; Generation X is the new Inferno...

270 – X-Ray Goggles and Mail-Order Lizards (feat. Steve Stokes)

27 Oct 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we hear from two generations of Stokeses for the price of one, buying comics for...

269 – NYCC 2019 Sofa Special: Double Dactyl, feat. Seanan McGuire

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Seanan and Jay break down their favorite X-Villains; technically everyone is alw...

268 – Disquettes

14 Oct 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Excalibur addresses a number of dangling plot threads, Britanic finally gets (...

267 – The Saddest Joyride

08 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Emma Frost is a better Iceman than Bobby Drake; Generation X is aggressively for...

266 – They’re Good Dogs, Miles

30 Sep 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Havok goes surfing; Malice eats a poodle; Strong Guy’s ex is a big jerk; Sinis...

265 – Rude Awakenings

23 Sep 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Glen Danzig was the most popular Wolverine fancast for a weirdly long time; brea...

264 – Autotune the Phalanx

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we celebrate our 100th episode with producer Matt Hunter; you should always be k...

263 – The Oldest Teens of Them All

09 Sep 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Cable and Domino may or may not be very old teenagers; disguises are not Dani Mo...

262 – Science Fiction Double Feature

02 Sep 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the Phalanx would make pretty fun novelty candy; “B-Plot” implies that we on...

261 – Out of the Subtext, Live from FlameCon with Vita Ayala!

26 Aug 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we return to our favorite convention; writer Vita Ayala remains an absolute lege...

260 – Professor Power’s Prodigal Podcast

19 Aug 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which we explore the aftermath of Multiple Man’s death; X-Factor has a lot of feelin...

259 – Kwannon Leap

12 Aug 2019

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Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which fix-it fic goes canon (or vice versa); Psylocke is a complicated individual and/...