Episode Description[]
In which the X-Tinction Agenda begins in earnest; Jim Lee rocks our world; Cable doesn’t need any Mickey-Mouse schedules; Jean Grey is not paid by the word; Havok makes a heel turn; Boom Boom’s pretext of self-interest fools no one; Cameron Hodge is STILL the worst; and Jay and Miles make an announcement.
X-Plained[]
- Warlock across the multiverse
- Uncanny X-Men #270, New Mutants #95, X-Factor #60
- X-Tinction Agenda
- The first modern crossover
- The creative state of the X-line
- Limitations of Marvel Unlimited
- Dramatis Personae
- Mickey-Mouse schedules
- The X-Men, who do not die the old-fashioned way
- One-way nude teleportation
- Magistrate Summers
- The return of Cameron Hodge’s angry severed head
- Wipeout (again)
- Mutates
- The death of Warlock
- The esoteric paraphernalia of war
- Silver Age misogyny
- What we’d do differently if we introduced the X-Men in 2017
- Our upcoming hiatus
Listener Questions[]
- I've been reading through the Silver Age, and Jean's danger room sessions keep sticking out to me. They're consistently much simpler and less dangerous than anything the male members of the team are doing - threading a needle for example. While I get that this is supposed to emphasize finesse with her powers, the constant choice to have the lone woman focus on tasks that are notably not strength based, they easily could have had her try to lift heavy objects, stop incoming missile based attacks, etc, this seems deliberate. There's even a moment in issue #9 in which the X-Men are going in to battle, and each character gets a little moment to show off their powers as they charge in, but Jean's introduction is just moving a log over a hole so she doesn't step in to it. Am I reading too much in to this, or is this something you've noticed as well?
- If you were introducing the X-Men in 2017, what would you do differently?