The Miasma of Man-ThingWelcome to the big Episode 30!!Tonight we ramble for 40 minutes about more non-X-related things than any of us are comfortable with.We follow that up with an On Shelves Now including Wolverine Origins 18, X-Men 203, Uncanny 491, and X-Factor 24.This episode gets jam packed with a Top 5 (favorite DC characters) and Inside the Mansion (Dark Beast... woops!)Somewhere around the hour and a half mark we hit Retro Reviews running 143 through 147.And we finish things up with January's Solicitations.Hope

you enjoy the all new, non-positive, Man-Thing filled, Brian side-kick

loving, Rob Ellis hating episode of the Uncanny X-Cast.And yes,

the rap is back. (My heartfelt apologies to Worthington a.k.a. Aaron

for me forgetting to edit it in last time. It's the best part of the

show, and should and always will end the show from here on.)

This week we review X-Factor 23, New X-Men 42, Wolverine Origins 17 and Emperor Vulcan 1.In our all positive Top 5 we pick our favorite current team members.And in retros we review Uncanny X-Men 138 - 142 and X-Men Annual #4.We also give our early Fall TV impressions, answer tons of mail and voicemails, and give much love to Wendiiiiiiiiigo.Don't forget to visit us at our forum.

This week we review Astonishing X-Men 22, World War Hulk: X-Men 3, X-Men 202, and Uncanny X-Men 490.Then we take a look at our Top 5 favorite Adjectiveless X-Men covers.Next we finish the Dark Phoenix Saga in Retro Reviews with issues 134 - 137.  And finally we take a look at the December solicitations.

Here's the mp3 of the awesome rap sent in by Worthington (aka Aaron).  Special thanks to him again for the truly amazing work.

Here's the lyrics:

Not failing to mention his obligatory Cypher referenceRobs back in the mansion, he's a year in the gameNever let him catch you disrespecting Mammomax's name 

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This show should last forever, forget the wife and kidsIts been two weeks, you need your X-news fastClick on your mouse, download the Uncanny X-Cast

This week we review Wolverine Origins 16, Uncanny X-Men 489, X-Factor 22 and New X-Men 41.We also go Inside the Mansion with lifetime tag-along Skids.In Retro Reviews the golden age of X-Men begins in The Dark Phoenix Saga part 1, issues 129 through 133.And in one of our more... creative... Top 5's we pick theme songs for X-characters using Disney songs!Download it right here or on iTunes!And don't forget to visit our forum.

This week we review New X-Men 40, X-Men 201, WWH: X-Men 2, and the soon to be classic Wolverine 51-55 arc.  We get the scoop on what happened at San Diego Comicon, and plow forward in retro reviews from X-Men 125 - 128.

In celebrating our 25th episode *hey we never thought we'd get past 2*

we mix things up a bit and talk to the listeners!  We go "live" on the

phones with a few folks in an open ended Q&A session.

In "On Shelves Now" we go X-Factor crazy with issues 20 and 21, and also take a look at Uncanny 488.

And in "Retro Reviews" we work our way through a few more - Uncanny X-Men 122 - 124 and Annual 3.

In this week's episode, we review some heavy hitters:  Uncanny X-Men

487, X-Men Endangered Species, World War Hulk:  X-Men, and X-Men 200.

We also introduce "Casting Call", a new segment where we cast roles in

a non-existant film about different X-teams.  Up this week - The Jamie

Madr.... errr.. X-Factor!

And we plow forward in retros, reviewing 118-121 of Uncanny X-Men.

And don't forget to visit us on our forum.

That's right, pinkeye.This week we take a look at the conclusion of the X23 mini with #6,  breeze through the classic that is Excalibur 20, try to figure out New X-Men 39, and try desperately to get our hands on X-Men 199.We dig our "Chances Are" segment up from the grave and dust it off to give it another try.And we creep closer to New Mutants retros by reviewing Uncanny 114 through 117.Plus an in depth look at Marvel's August solicitations!And as always, don't forget to visit us on our forum.

In 22 we review New Excalibur 19, X-Factor 19, Astonishing X-Men 21, and go in depth finishing off Brubaker's space opera in Uncanny X-Men 486.We go "Inside the Mansion" with cult favorite Illyana Rasputin a.k.a. Magik. And in our "Retro Reviews" we take a look at issues 111 through 113 of Uncanny X-Men.And don't forget to visit us at our forum!