We lie down again and take our second foray into Marvel Mutant Movies! Check out what we thought of this X-Mash-Up of epic proportions. Just as a warning, we spoil the heck out of it after that. So listen with care.
Avengers #110-111, April – May 1973
In Which We Find That Professor X Would Like You To Keep Cowardly Currs Separate From Your Foolish Fops, That The Deinonychus Can’t Get No Dino-Respect, And That Magneto’s Greatest Power May Really Be His Unrelenting Optimism!
X-Men #60, September 1969
In Which We Find That The X-Men Health Plan Only Covers Maniacal Doctor Care, That Long Extinct Prehistoric Species Have Abysmally Low Q Ratings, And That A Guy Who Wants To Look Tough Should Really Downplay His Feathers!
X-Men #59, August 1969
In Which We Discover That Beast Is Not Altogther Pleased With Scott’s Commitment To His Personal Safety, That Our Future Robot Overlords Will Never Host A Pity Party, And That The Alphanumerically Low Robots Deserve An Award Just For Trying!
X-Men #45/Avengers #53, June 1968
In Which We Discover That You May Cheer Up A Sleepy Jean But Under No Circumstances Should You Try To Wake Her, That Cyclops Has A Very Grim And Determined Lower Cheekbone, That Once The Avengers Are Settled Into A Television Show They Are Much Harder To Assemble, That There Is Nothing As Sweet As The Payoff of a Multi-issue Spy Arrow, And That What The Avengers Fear Most Are Campfire Girl Special Forces!
X-Men #44, May 1968
In Which We Learn That The X-men Need A Canine To Help With Shackle Key Retrieval, That When Warren Watches The Lord of The Rings He Creepily Insists On Using Slow Motion For All The Hobbit Scenes, And That To This Day Professor X Can Not Even Eat A Peanut Without Weeping For The Memory Of Sally, Linus, And His Little Red-Headed Girl!
X-Men #43, April 1968
In Which We Discover That Marvel Comics May Have To Institute Mandatory Drug Tests For All Of Its Super-Speedsters, That Magneto Needs To Stop Buying Creepy Marital Aids For His Lackeys, And That There Is A Reason Hank McCoy Lost His Olympic Torch Relay Eligibility!
X-Men #11, May 1965
In Which We Learn That Facial Hair Makes The Mystery Man, What Happens When Cyclops Gets Hassled By “The” Man, And That Where There Is Haberdashery There Is Evil. Vertically Adjacent Evil. Hey, It’s Rent Controlled, What Can You do?
X-Men #7, September 1964
In Which We Learn Why The Brotherhood Has A Constant Cauldron Shortage, Where Beast Feet Are Beat Feet, And Why You Should Never Ice Improvise.
X-Men #6, July 1964
In Which We Are Warned of an Impending Schooner Pestilence of Ishmaelian Proportions, Learn Whether Fur Remains Murder In the Briney Deeps, and Discover What I’ve Chosen to Wear For Next Samhain.
