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Juggernaut #2, Excalibur #13, X-Men #13

This episode the guys discuss the Battle of the Four Chrises, Sonic the Hedgehog taking the Cinematic Superhero Crown of 2020, Eric Kripke of the “The Boys” blaming the MCU for Trump, who is excited for the constantly pending new team of X-Teens: Children of the Atom, and Marvel’s Mystery Comic coming in December.  The Juggernaut continues a rampage of quality comics in his five part mini series.  Excalibur tells a Braddock family story that seeks to foil some Saturnyne-centric plots and redefine what it means to be Captain Britain.  Finally, X-Men continues X of Swords forward by looking back and filling in more gaps about Apocalypse and his family.  In the Danger Room, Dane Kelsey axe questions but will they be successful?

This episode the guys discuss the new M.O.D.O.K. show coming soon to Hulu and how Dane’s toddler is scared of the Hulk in the Avenger’s video game (and Quintin’s advice to maybe wait until the price drops to pick it up).  Hellions features Sinister on his absolute cape based comical A-Game balanced by an Otherworld suicide mission.  New Mutants deals with Cypher trying to balance his presence in the tournament prophecy as a non-fighter with the fact that he is so valuable to Krakoa as a translator and Magik tries to whip him into shape.  Cable channels classic sci-fi horror vibes as the Summers family investigates the S.W.O.R.D space station, The Peak, for an interdimensional alien invasion.  With Dane back, he and Kelsey dive into the deep end of the Pool ready to take on the Danger Room.

We cover Wolverine #6 as well as X-Force and Marauders #13.  A fun week that continues on with the X of Swords Crossover!  Spoiler! We love it.

X-Factor #4

This episode the guys discuss the new casting of She-Hulk and Ms. Marvel and some of the upcoming Disney+ MCU shows getting released soon.  X-Factor carries on the X of Swords storyline and the guys have (very differing) opinions.  How much of X-Factor shines through in a X of Swords crossover issue?  What does resurrection mean with the revelation of how Otherworld affects the Krakoan backups?  What does this mean for the stakes of death from a storytelling perspective?  Finally, Dane and Kelsey bend over backwards to try and raise the bar for the Danger Room!

Juggernaut #1, X of Swords: Creation #1

SEASON 4 AND X OF SWORDS IS HERE!  This season the guys discuss...the new pushback dates for MCU’s Black Widow, Shang Chi, and The Eternals, the new WandaVision trailer, and the new upcoming X-Book, SWORD.  Juggernaut smashes on the scene with everything you could want out of an issue one.  After months of waiting we finally have the start of X of Swords.  It has political drama.  It has family.  It has betrayal.  It has high-concept-barely-follow-along-but-love-it-anyway Hickman action.  But most of all, it has SWORDS!  Finally, Kelsey gives Q and Dane a boost, but will it be enough to overcome the Danger Room?

This week the guys discuss...the reveal of the NEW New Mutants roster moving forward (check the cover image below), Jonathan Majors getting cast for Ant-Man 3 (and how they want to see Kang the Conqueror used in the MCU), and theories on who the X of Swords traitor will be.  Giant-Size Storm pulls from the previous Giant-Size and sets up for more stories in the future centered around The World and Storm’s techno-organic infection.  Excalibur reveals Apocalypse’s all along plan as a set up and continuation of a big Krakoan storyline.  Hellions wraps up an arc as they return from a successful mission, albeit with some members returning with more scars, physical and emotional, than they started with.  X-Men serves as a prologue to X of Swords explaining everything that has happened since Krakoa was separated from its other half, Arakko.  Finally Dane and Quintin enter the arena that is the Danger Room with Kelsey at the helm.

Tell your kids, tell your friends, next week is X of Swords and Season 4!

NEW New Mutants Cover: https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wuP5joNQs46cuoWHbwHSUH.jpg

X-Force #12, Marauders #12, X-Factor #3

This week the guys discuss...Hellions #4 delay and the surrounding confusion, Disney+ gets The Wolverine (and Dane has an incorrect opinion about that movie), Q and Dane try to pitch the new Avengers Video Game (and why it should be an X-Men game).  Beast does Beast things and makes some questionable decisions while Mikhal’s plan slowly unfolds.  Kate Pryde returns, the X-Men celebrate and revenge is in the air.  The X-Factor team continues to stream live from the Mojoverse solving mysteries and tying in even more X-side characters.  Finally, Dane and Kelsey have to pool all the comic knowledge in their attempt to thwart the danger room.

Cable #4, New Mutants #12, Wolverine #4

This week the guys discuss New Mutants movie reviews and criticisms (no spoilers, cause, we haven’t seen it yet) and somehow briefly get distracted with some talk about Mr. Bean.  Cable and some time travel shenanigans leads to blowing up some Galdorians before dinner.  Glob pours out his globby soul after some New Mutants finally confront the DOX “journalists.”  And when it really comes down to it, can it be any better than the simplicity of Wolverine hunting vampires?  Finally, in the Danger Room, no jokes, no puns, just Wakanda Forever.

Hellions #3, X-Factor #2, X-Men #11

This week the guys discuss what is in store for the X-Men with the upcoming X of Swords and gauging their excitement and the X-Men movie that has been upcoming for the last few years: New Mutants.  The Island of Misfit Toys (get it?!  Island!?  Krakoa!?) known as the Hellions continue to confront Madelyne Pryor as Havok takes a dark and bloody turn.  X-Factor follows the leads and finds themselves investigating a mutant murder in the Mojoverse.  The titular X-Men comic transitions from Empyre to X of Swords with the epic legend of Magneto.  In the Danger Room, things spiral out of control quickly.

Cable #3, Wolverine #4, Empyre: X-Men #4, Excalibur #11

This week the guys discuss DC’s Fan-Dome (whatever that is), the podcast throws its endorsement in for the not yet released (and only barely announced) Olivia Wilde directed super movie (which has to be Spider-Woman, right?), the announcement of yet another Wolverine comic: Black, White, and Blood, and the new Eternals title featuring the writing of Kieron Gillen.  What is a comical and campy Cable book without the eventually inclusion of Deadpool?  Wolverine isn’t making friends on the Quiet Council or in the human world and it seems like that, and Omega Red, is catching up with him.  The Empyre storyline comes to a close for the X-Men, but what does any of it really mean for the X-Men moving forward?  Captain Britain and the Excalibur team press forward to the Starlight Citadel despite the obstacles in the way.  Finally, we won’t lie, this week’s Danger Room really sucks.