435 – Giant-Size Special #12 (feat. Kieron Gillen)

Illustration by David Wynne

In which we have had an eventful year; Longshot is a classic folk hero; writer Kieron Gillen makes a triumphant and mildly terrifying return to the show; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.

X-PLAINED:

Our tenth birthday party!

2023

Longshot vol. 2 #1

Longshot as a folkloric archetype

Longshot (more) (again)

Dismal Nitch, Washington

The Thingee

Baum, Kansas

Corn

Betty

Barrie, Kansas

The Albony Avenue Sanitarium and several of its residents

Innocence, broadly

The Wuggly Ump, by Edward Gorey

Love

Immortal X-Men

Nathaniel Essex and several significant clones thereof

Defining Mister Sinister

Making Charles Xavier sympathetic

Reset phrases

Eternals

The 10th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence

Many people to whom we are grateful

NEXT EPISODE: X-Men: Liberators

NOTE: If you want to avoid Immortal X-Men spoilers in our interview with Kieron Gillen, you can skip to 01:38:50 for the Corbeau Awards!

Special thanks to:

Matt Hunter

Dylan Higgins

Al Kennedy

Max Carleton

Kieron Gillen

Tea Fougner

Anna Stokes

All of our patrons

All of you listening, always <3

"Sinister Is Cloning This Town" performed by Steve and Erin Pence

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