Hype is my Superpower

Dawn of X vols 10-12 (2020-21). Get on our level. Also, a deep dive on the history of the Wolverine/Jean leg of that love triangle, for reasons.

Will shares the deets on Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer vol 7: 2099, Symbiote Spider-Man: Alien Reality, Revenge of the Cosmic Ghost Rider, and Ant-Man: Worldhive (all from 2020). Steve suffers through the worst week of comics he's ever read for this pod: X-Man Annual 1997, X-Factor vol 1 #138-141, Maverick vol 2 #4-7, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #17, and New Mutants: Truth or Death (1997-98). Then they play a trivia game!

Will tackles Thor by Donny Cates vol 1: The Devourer King, Valkyrie: Jane Foster vol 1: The Sacred and the Profane, and Spider-Woman vol 1: Bad Blood (all from 2020). Steve regales with tales from Deadpool (vol 3) #11, Cable (vol 1) #48-54, X-Man (vol 1) #31, and X-Man: All Saints Day.

This episode dedicated in loving memory to Sam MacKinley Vickers (Uncle Mac). Will reads Future Fight Firsts and King Deadpool vol 1: Hail to the King (both from 2020). Steve reads the start of Maverick vol 2, Gambit vol 2, Colossus One-Shot, and Wolverine Annual 1997 (all from the same year — I'll let you guess which).

Will and Steve finally get to do a show together in person! Will reads Runaways by Rainbow Rowell vol 5: Canon Fodder and Dr. Strange, Surgeon Supreme vol 1: Under the Knife (both 2020). Steve unpacks the heartache of 1997 with Sabretooth: Back to Nature, Shadows and Light, issues of X-Factor and the grand debut of Alpha Flight vol 2!

Dawn of X vols 7-9 (2020). Also, headphone warning at 27:38. Seriously, the volume broke Zoom. You've been warned.

Will takes on Aero and Swordmaster: Origins and Odysseys, Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 5: Point of Origin, and Scream vol 1: Curse of Carnage (all from 2020). Steve labors through the complete Operation Zero Tolerance crossover, talks about genocide and Palestine, and blows Will's mind about Forge.

Will reads Amazing Mary Jane vol 1: Down in Flames, Up in Smoke, Black Cat vol 2: On the Run, and Immortal Hulk vol 7: Hulk is Hulk (all from 2020). Notably, he does not read Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Steve reads Psylocke and Archangel: Crimson Dawn, Strong Guy Reborn, Daydreamers, and issues of Excalibur and Generation X (still stuck in 1997), and drowns in meta-commentary.

Will reads Miles Morales vol 3: Family Business, Morbius vol 1: Old Wounds, and Avengers/Defenders: Tarot (all from 2020). Steve reads issue -1 of all the X-Men titles (1997), and rants about how the soap opera structure makes superheroes into a genre hostile to social change.

Wooooo this one was a hoot. Will took on Venom by Donnie Cates vol 4: Venom Island, Yondu: My Two Yondus, Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 6: Starbrand Reborn, and Iron Man: The Ultron Agenda (all from 2020). Steve handled issues of Hulk, X-Force, X-Men, and Deadpool (yup, still stuck in 1997).