March 07, 2016

99 – Those Who Walk Away from Genosha

59 minutes

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.

In which the podcast gets a new name; Jay starts (another) imaginary band; mutant issues break away from the metaphor; Genosha’s leading industry is cognitive dissonance; invisibility to electronic surveillance is not always a plus; Rogue and Wolverine are the X-Men most likely to find themselves nude in a fight; Carol Danvers is awesome even when disembodied; and we both have a lot of feelings about Mad Max: Fury Road.

X-PLAINED:

The Havok dilemma

Our new name

Uncanny X-Men #235-238

Genosha

Jenny Ransome

The Press Gang

A really good bit of vintage slang

The downside of electronic invisibility

Naked teleportation

The Genegineer (David Moreau)

Philip Moreau

Mutates

The (sort of) return of (sort of) Carol Danvers

The portmanteaus of Genosha

Moral binary in superhero comics

Possible antecedents of Sterling Archer

The only good reason to bring Logan back

N’astirh

Several versions of Madelyne Pryor

“Gone to America”

Off-page baby theft

How to have fun re-reading

InfernoWatch:

This week, it’s all about Madelyne Pryor: her first contact with N’astirh and escalating romance with Havok; the first hints of her connection to Mister Sinister; her oblique connection to the Phoenix Force; and her first foray into baby theft!

NEXT EPISODE: Chris Claremont

CORRECTION: In this episode, Miles mentioned Those Who Walk Away From Omelas as having been written by Margaret Atwood. It was, of course, actually written by Ursula K. LeGuin. Miles blames the Jaspers Warp for this mistake.

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