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It’s This Week in X for 13 January, 2021!

Join Peter, Tyler, Fariha, & Harry as we discuss Marauders (2019) #17 and SWORD (2021) #2.

Marauders finds both Emma Frost and Callisto ready to make major changes to their status quo – but how will that effect Storm and the rest of the Marauders team? Plus, Storm has a decision of her own. SWORD sees Abigail Brand’s new team sucked into Earth’s conflict with Knull, space king of the symbiotes. Can Krakoa repel a fraction of Knulls symbiote invasion? And, what member of the SWORD team has been Venomized?

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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It’s This Week in X for 6 January, 2021!

Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha’s specially-nominated guest-mutant Harry as we discuss Hellions (2020) #8 and X-Factor (2020) #6.

Hellions sees Sinister’s team facing down Cameron Hodge and a fleet of deadly AI-driven mutant-killing robots. How do they get out of yet another potential suicide mission… and, what little souvenir does Nanny retrieve before they depart? X-Factor (2020) #6 finds our team of super-powered super-detectives investigating Siryn’s death… *another* one. Who keeps killing Siryn, does the team trust her, and why is one member intent on starting a “body garden” in their back yard?!

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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It’s This Week in X for 30 December, 2020!

Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha’s specially-nominated guest-mutant Harry as we discuss Wolverine (2020) #8 and X-Men (2019) #16.

The cover of Wolverine teases a throwdown with Maverick, but is that what we find inside this 350th anniversary issue? Meanwhile, X-Men finds the Quiet Council experiencing a series of rejections – between Krakoa and Arrako, in their overtures to Isca, and from Jean and Scott – who plan to reform the X-Men, but in a new and unusual way!

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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It’s This Week in X!

Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariah’s specially-nominated guest-mutant Harry as we discuss the only X-book out on Christmas Eve Eve, Excalibur (2019) #16.

This issue picks up the pieces from X of Swords, but not all of the pieces of our departed Betsy Braddock. Can this team work some mutant magic to put her back together?

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 23rd of December, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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It’s another edition of our Epic X-Men (Re)Read! Tyler and I re-explore the classic Claremont material, with Fariha reading it FOR THE FIRST TIME!

In this episode we discuss the debut of Chris Claremont’s first original mutant – Black Tom Cassidy in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #102-103, as well as a pair of stories he inserts around that in back-ups from Classic X-Men (1986) #10-11. (Actually, the back-up in issue #10 fits much earlier, and we’ve discussed it already.)

Our conversation includes some minor spoilers for House of X and Powers of X and the subsequent year of X-Men comics!

And, of course, you can follow the full X-Men Reading Order for yourself if you’d like to get ahead of us.

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It’s This Week in X!

Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha’s specially-nominated guest New Mutant, Harry, as we dissect the three X-Men comics of 16 December, 2020 – New Mutants (2019) #14, X-Force (2020) #15, and Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2021) #2.

X-Force forces us to ask the question “What is X-Force?” – both as a comic book and as an entity on Krakoa. Who is really in charge on this team?

Then, New Mutants is the debut of Vita Ayala as our new regular writer, and they bring a classic New Mutants cast plagued by bad dreams but determined to show young Krakoans that there is magic in the synergy between them. But, can they save Krakoa’s youth from what lurks in the shadows…?

Finally, we lightning round through the three stories on Wolverine’s anthology book, and you might be surprised about our favorite!

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 16th of December, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

Want to watch instead of listen? View our discussions on YouTube: New Mutants (2019) #14, X-Force (2020) #15, and Wolverine: Black, White & Blood (2021) #2.

Need help making sense of reading and collecting the X-Men? Crushing Comics can help!

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It’s another edition of our Epic X-Men (Re)Read, where Tyler and I re-explore the classic Claremont material, with Fariha reading it FOR THE FIRST TIME!

In this episode we discuss the first truly massive development in Claremont’s run – the death and rebirth of Jean Gray in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #100-101, as well as a pair of stories he inserts around that in back-ups from Classic X-Men (1986) #8-9.

Our conversation includes some minor spoilers for House of X and Powers of X!

If you want us to continue this series in the long term, we need to keep hearing that you’re watching and reading along. We’ve shot a complete “pilot season” to get us to the M’kraan Crystal and back, but whether we return for the introduction of Wolverine’s Canadian backstory in UX #109 is up to you.

And, of course, you can follow the full X-Men Reading Order for yourself if you’d like to get ahead of us.

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It’s This Week in X!

This week holds two high-anticipated issues in store. Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha’s specially-nominated guest New Mutant, Harry, as we dissect the two X-Men comics of 9 December, 2020 – Marauders (2019) #16 and SWORD (2021) #1.

Marauders has the long-awaited confrontation between Kate Pryde and Sebastian Shaw, but is there more to it than a knock-down, drag-out (well, actually, drag-in) fight? Then, we go so, so, so deep into Al Ewing’s totally obscure cast of characters in the debut of SWORD, and how Magneto relates to each of the mysterious “Six” as he walks through the space station. Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 9th of December, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

Want to watch instead of listen? View our discussions on YouTube: Marauders (2019) #16 and SWORD (2021) #1

Need help making sense of reading and collecting the X-Men? Crushing Comics can help!

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It’s This Week in X!

It’s our first week in the wake of X of Swords, and we have a lot to say about the aftermath. Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha’s specially-nominated guest New Mutant, Harry, as we dissect the two X-Men comics of 2 December, 2020 – X-Factor (2020) #5 and Hellions (2020) #7. Plus, we’ll go back for an issue we missed in November, Wolverine: Black, White & Red (2021) #1.

We’ll dig into the ramifications of all the post-war resurrections, the amazing pairing of Leah Williams & David Baldeon, Sinister’s new set of schemes, and so much more! Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 2nd of December, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

Want to watch instead of listen? View our discussions on YouTube: X-Factor (2020) #5, Hellions (2020) #7, and Wolverine: Black, White & Red (2021) #1.

Need help making sense of reading and collecting the X-Men? Crushing Comics can help!

Want to subscribe? You can find us on our RSS feed, Spotify, Stitcher, PodChaser, Apple Podcasts, and Podcast Addict!

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We’re back again with another installment of our Epic (Re)Read of X-Men from the beginning of Chris Claremont tenure!

In this episode we discuss Claremont’s first big “hated and feared” plot as the Sentinels attack in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #98-99, as well as a pair of stories he inserts around that in back-ups from Classic X-Men (1986) #6-7.This story contains Peter’s favorite Jean Grey panel OF ALL TIME!

Our conversation includes some minor spoilers for House of X and Powers of X, so beware.

If you want us to continue this series in the long term, we need to keep hearing that you’re watching and reading along. We’ve shot a complete “pilot season” to get us to the M’kraan Crystal and back, but whether we return for the introduction of Wolverine’s Canadian backstory in UX #109 is up to you.

And, of course, you can follow the full X-Men Reading Order for yourself if you’d like to get ahead of us.

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