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In this episode, we begin by finding out the results of our attempt to connect with listeners (as of this release, it hasn't gone well) and talk a little bit about things going on in the comic book adjacent realm. In this weeks issue of Cable & Deadpool (issue 20 - "Bosom Buddies Part 1: B.A.D. to the Bone"), we are treated to a pretty fun story accentuated by C-List guest stars (Black Mamba, Asp, and Diamondback, AKA the B.A.D. Girls) with art that makes me miss the subtlety of "Thor-Lite" Prester John and his "Stellar Rod". While Cable hangs out on Providence, Deadpool is hired (among many other people) to steal something that won't really be explained until next issue - the Dominus Objective. It's a something that acts like a thing doing a different thing, or something like that...

Then, Verano and Senseless work through cleaning up the mess left in the driveway created by our oil change efforts in the previous episode. So why is Verano going to leave Senseless to complete the job himself? You'll have to listen to find out!

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(Hot Take: The only way I want Hugh Jackman to return to the role of Wolverine is as "Old Man Logan" - if Marvel doesn't want to recast the role for the MCU then they should go with Laura Kinney for the main team. By the time they actually get around to bringing the mutants into the MCU, Dafne Keen will be old enough to be a bad ass "All New" Wolverine.)

An ironic coincidence: as we return to the main Cable & Deadpool storyline (Cable & Deadpool issue 19 ""Enema of the State Epilogue/Bosom Buddies Prologue: Why, Where I Was Your Age...") we start with a story that includes suspected patricide... just in time for a Father's Day release. It's an exciting tale of Cable and Deadpool sitting in a bar in a small Pennsylvania town doing their best to tell each other as little as possible while discussing where they both come from. Anyway, other comic book related properties being released for the summer season are also discussed, but probably not in a way that will provide any meaningful information to our discerning listener (our non-discerning listener, on the other hand, won't care). Oh, we also have our first listener question - "Who do you think is the most overrated superhero?" (send your responses to the email listed below, or hit either of us up on the Instagram). We close with a reboot of our first ever DIY segment (don't go back and listen, it's not very good, this one is much better) - changing your own oil.

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(It's like the underpants gnomes said: "Step 1 - Start a podcast after everyone and their mother already has one. Step 2 - ??????????. Step 3 - PROFIT!!!")

In which we interpret dreams in a mercifully short cold open, then complete our coverage of House of M with issues 7 and 8. One issue is the penultimate battle the entire miniseries has been building toward (with a continuity altering climax that forever changed the Scarlet Witch), while the other is the fallout (with a continuity altering revelation that forever changed Wolverine). These are probably the most significant issues of Marvel history that will ever be poorly summarized on this podcast, so listen at your own peril.

Then, in our cooking segment, we rectify a mistake and use our last episode in our food based event to make Deadpool's favorite Mexican food, chimichangas. Senseless brought the hot sauce, so why is Verano disappointed in his choice? You'll have to listen to find out!

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(Professional wrestling is more like politics than the people involved in either industry care to admit.)

Before we read through issues 5 and 6 of House of M, Senseless takes some time to complain about some other podcast he listens to and Mr. Verano provides the appropriate amount of attention to his commentary - none (outside of the time it took to listen to the meandering gibberish). Then we get to the meat of the story as Wolverine, the Human Resistance, Emma Frost, and Layla Miller begin to build their team in order to attack the House of M and re-align the world to the way it was. But weighing on the minds of all is the question of whether "saving" the world is even possible.

Then, because our timing is terrible (as it is now the 8th of May), Senseless and Verano host a skit themed (in it's own way) around a holiday whose popularity in the United States is mainly due to the efforts of Mexican beer companies to sell their wares to customers north of the border. So why is the planned dish not a Mexican dish to tie in to Cinco de Mayo? You'll have to listen to find out!

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(Considering our podcast has Deadpool in the title, I have only just realized we missed a perfect opportunity to make ourselves some chimichangas in this episode!! FAIL!!!)

As we here on Dp-I-Y continue to walk through the House of M event of 2005 (issues 3 and 4), Mr. Verano and the Senseless Apprentice provide the additional "service" of stumbling through news from the worlds of professional wrestling and comic books for our listener (no, I did not forget the "s"). In the wake of the previous cooking based skit, Senseless also takes the time to apologize for assuming improv would be easy (his yelling during the Aji skit could have, and should have, been funnier).

Speaking of the cooking segment, we continue to explore the food based ancestry of our hosts - this time by cooking Pierogis and Kielbasa in the way that SA learned from his Polish grandmother. So what's with that packaging for a popular frozen foods brand that Verano found? You'll have to listen to find out!

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(Your lips move, but I can't hear what you're saying - maybe you should send an email...)

On this episode, we begin our four episode "House of Mmmm" event. Now that everyone has moved on to The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Disney+, Senseless and Verano begin a walk through of 2005's House of M event! (Missing the mark - anyone can do it, but it takes a true amateur to do it so spectacularly!)

Anyway, we discuss issues 1 and 2 of the cross over event that provided some of the source material for WandaVision (but had so much more to do with X-Men Origins: Wolverine).

Then, in our special cooking segment, Senseless tries to make up for his ignorant behavior on the last episode by asking Verano to make a dish that has special significance for him, so the guys are making aji to go on some empanadas. So why will Senseless by crying for a long time after this episode was recorded? You'll have to listen to find out!

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(Bonus points if you can spot the exact moment Senseless realized improv isn't as easy as it seems when you are exhausted!)

In which we talk about the main letdown of WandaVision (spoiler alert - it has nothing to do with the actual show). We also get our first listener email... but mainly because Verano's father thinks he could be doing better things with his time. Then we read through Cable & Deadpool issue 18, "Enema of the State, Part IV: Bringing up Baby" in which the entire storyline closes with a bunch of pseudo-scientific explanations from Forge (the resident "not Tony Stark" cameo for the mutant characters) to make up for the fact that Mr. Nicieza was most likely told by Marvel to come up with some way his characters interact with a major event that they have pretty much no part of (and the baby of that directive was "Enema of the State"... and Cable). Also, Mini is still absent, so if you see him please let him know we're sorry if our assignment to infiltrate "Pa Kent" Sinister went awry...

Anyways, in the spirit of our upcoming "House of Mmmm" storyline break we try our hand in the kitchen. More specifically, Mr. Verano has made something seasonal. But why is he getting offended by Senseless' commentary about the dish? You'll have to listen to find out!

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(TTFN - Ta ta for now)

In which we have lost one of our hosts (we sent him to be an Agent of Mr. Sinister - not the 616 one, an alternate version that is strangely reminiscent of a pale Pa Kent - but he never came back). If you see him, please let us know. So, Mr. Verano and Senseless muddle on and discuss their thoughts (mostly Senseless's) about the WWE (that nobody asked for) and WandaVision (that, seriously, no one asked for). There are no real spoilers, but that probably makes the segment worse... Anyways, we then move on to recap our current chapter of the story of Cable & Deadpool, issue 17; "Enema of the State, Part III: House of Mmmm" (what a crazy coincidence - that's what we plan to call our upcoming recap of the House of M!), where Deadpool, Cannonball, and Siryn enjoy a Nebraska barbeque with... Mr. Sinister? Get ready for an odd cameo from the "mutant Mengele" himself as we recap a story that probably would have never been told if Marvel Comics management hadn't told Mr. Nicieza to connect whatever the hell he was doing on that comic nobody reads to the main attraction of the next couple weeks (back in 2004). It is thoroughly mediocre - but a fun read nonetheless. We end with a skit with much less bodily harm than our last one - so why does Verano seem to feel like he's still getting the short end of the stick? You'll have to listen to find out.

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(I swear we'll write back respectfully to anyone who sends an email - we welcome any contact from listeners who aren't blood relatives!)

In which we begin the episode talking about WandaVision with (hopefully) no spoilers. We mention a few other things too, maybe go off on an unnecessary tangent, and foreshadow an upcoming Deadpool-It-Yourself event that none of you asked for but we are going to press on with anyways. Then we cover Cable & Deadpool issue 16, "Enema of the State, Part II: What if...?", in which Deadpool travels to new and interesting locales to fight various versions of his good buddy Cable (who isn't acting like much of a "good buddy" in any of these places) with Cannonballs and Siryn of X-Force following in his wake (at a "give Deadpool time to explore the landscape by himself" three-minute delay). The issue ends with the beginning of a tie-in to a story that should be very relevant to WandaVision loving listeners; the House of M. We close with a skit where Mr. Verano makes a beautiful mural to commemorate the upcoming Super Bowl, but why is his head bleeding? You'll have to listen to find out!!

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(Seriously, Mom, send the feedback to the show email - suggesting I curse less on air at the dinner table is obviously having NO effect!!)

Just kidding with that title, we know we would have to gain so many more listeners to even be considered within six degrees of being adjacent to the side story! Anyway, we once again begin the episode with talking about stuff from the previous few weeks worth of comic book related property news (and we may have overlapped with some of the stuff we talked about last time... oops! Good thing we haven't quit our day jobs!). Then we take a walk through Cable & Deadpool issue 15, "Enema of the State, Part I: Killer Clowns". We get some more knock-off Beta Ray Bill (AKA Prester John) action, but also some interesting (and one generic, Warren Worthington III) cameos from AN Age of Apocalypse (but not the one we all know and love for all the wrong reasons...). We end with a skit about a misguided attempt to honor a great figure of American history, the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., but why does SA need to replace a windshield? You'll have to listen to find out!

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