Episode 106, “He Only Laughs When I Hurt!”

X-Men #124, August 1979

In Which We Find That There Is No Crisis Storm Can Not Face Through Increased Teenage Boy Titillation, That Half A Villainess Costume Might Not Be Better Than None, And That Cyclops Found His Red Cross Training Got Him More Than Just A Renewal Of His Lifeguard Certification!

Episode 105, “Listen — Stop Me if You’ve Heard It — But This One Will Kill You!”

X-Men #123, July 1979

In Which We Discover That Ororo Must Be By Far the Cleanest Member of the X-men, That Colossus Has Finally Earned His Big Boy Pants, And That Arcade Has Managed To Merge His Three Greatest Passions: Homicide, Inflatable Latex, and Who Rock Operas!

Episode 104, “Cry for the Children!”

X-Men #122, June 1979

In Which We Find That Wolverine is a Worker’s Comp Lawsuit Waiting To Happen, That On the Shi’Ar Homeworld No One Can Avoid The Noid, and That Colleen Wing Is Looking For a House Call From The One-Eyed Wonder! It Is Both Not What You Are Thinking and Totally Is!

Episode 103, “Shoot-Out At The Stampede!”

X-Men #121, May 1979

In Which We Discover That Sugar and Spice and PCP-Ice, That’s What Calgary Is Made Of, That Most Supervillainy Is Just A Side Effect Of Grumpy Tummies, And That If Vindicator Is Not Careful He Might Just Fly His F-14 Tomcat Right Into The Danger Zone!!!

Episode 102, “Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive!”

X-Men #120, April 1979

In Which We Learn That There Is No Shame Greater Than The Mid-Plane Walk of Shame, That Storm Would Be Perfect For Hair or Equus or Really Any Play Where She Can Hang Out Her Junk, And That, Yes, Banshee Did Try Adding Both Ginger and Honey To Hot Chamomile And Now Would Like You To Shut Up With All Your Home Brewed Throat Bullcrap!

Episode 101, “Twas The Night Before Christmas…”

X-Men #119, March 1979

In Which We Find That One Should Fear Nightcrawler And His Arsenal Of Swirlies, Indian Burns, and Red Bellies, That Colleen Wing Is Desperately Trying To Get On The Right Email Lists, or Phone Trees, or Maybe Just Set Her RSS Fields Correctly, And That Jean Does Not Understand Why Misty Knight Insists On Telling Her How Japan Is Super Boring And No One’s Boyfriends Ever Double Die There!

Episode 100, “The Submergence of Japan”

X-Men #118, February 1979

In Which We Learn That Colossus Has Both A Hulk Fetish And The Torn Pants To Prove It, That If Sunfire Drops Just One More “Woman” Epithet Then The Only Thing Left Capable Of Rising On His Torso Will Be His Sun, And That Wolverine Is The Best At What He Does And What He Does Is Love Anachronistic Geishas That Are Still Out of His League!

Refreshment, Anyone?

Hey Kids!

Your X-hosts had a busy year, including the relocation of our worldwide X-Aspirations headquarters. I am not going to say the website got neglected, but every time I Googled the word “neglect” it kept returning this web site (heyo!). Anyway, that is all water under the bridge as we have really snazzied up the place. The rugs have been beaten, the couches have been cleaned behind, and we finally threw out that aluminum foil monstrosity from the back of the meat drawer!

For starters, we have updated both the Mighty Marvel Mutant Count (M.M.M.C.) and the Suggested X-Reading List. In particular, the reading list got a major overhaul, adding links to reprints that actually contain the comics we are covering right now, so you, the listener, can actually follow along. We also greatly beefed up the comic history section with more of the reference material I have been digging into for the history section of the ‘Cast.

We also added a whole new section, the Episode Guide, with detailed descriptions of all the different episodes, so if you wanted to go back and listen to a particular topic, you no longer have to click through every episode, trying to decipher my cryptic descriptive hints. If you want to know more about Neal Adams you can now just scroll down to where it says Neal Adams Biography, click the link. Episode 57, by the way.

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Episode 099, “Psi War!”

X-Men #117, January 1979

In Which We Discover That What Lilandra Really Wants To Be Empress of Is The Local Sephora, That Xavier came to Cairo for the Sex Tourism, but Stayed For The Astral Sex Tourism, That Twilight’s Bella and The Smith’s Morrisey Have Both Just Arrived To Tell Xavier To Cheer The F*&^ Up!

Special Edition – X-Men: Days of Future Past

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.