X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast

X IS FOR PODCAST STANDS WITH BLACK LIVES MATTER. Our episode opens with a declarative statement of support for the movement, the black community as a whole, and for the efforts to defend black lives. To celebrate our 125th episode, the X is for Podcast team chronoskims back to the O5 (Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Marvel Girl, and Iceman) to examine... what if a different sibling pair replaced Scott and Alex? What if the X-Men began with a different psychic, instead of Jean? The team also ponders these questions, discusses DC's departure from Diamond, and covers a whole lot more on an exciting anniversary edition of We Are Krakoa!

Captain Britain is finally back where he belongs: in his own solo stories... but not his own universe?! After their extensive detour through the pages of Miracleman, Nico and Kevo return to the hero that got them started with the run that put him on the map. Captain Britain enters the larger picture of the omniversal Marvel Universe, and he encounters the characters that would come to define him for decades like The Crazy Gang, the Captain Britain Corps, Saturnine, and (maybe most importantly) Betsy, who is finally being the recognizable driven, intelligent powerful character she is known to be! All this, plus Slaymaster tries to pretend that cultural appropriation is a superpower in an all-new X is for Podcast! Read along with Marvel Superheroes UK 377-388 and The Daredevils 1-11.

Bobby's got cold feet while Hank's got too much feet: welcome to the origins of the Xavier Student Body! Nico, Jonah, Dylan, Regina, and Kyle take a look at the revised backstories of Beast and Iceman, though neither quite matches the X-Men we know and love. Like, uh, Iceman's really straight here, you guys. Then, join the team as they look at Kitty, Magik, Cannonball, Jubilee, and Armor to get a better understanding of what makes the X-Men students tick on an all-new We Are Krakoa! Read along with X-Men Origins Beast, X-Men Origins Iceman, and The Origin of Marvel Comics: The X-Men.

Return to the days before the House of X! The X-Men are probably best known for their psychics, and none are better known and loved (and conversely hated) than Jean Grey and Emma Frost! Join Nico, Jonah, Dylan, Regina, and Kyle as they take a look at the most recent origin retelling-line, featuring Phoenix and The White Queen, as they also take a look at The Origin of Marvel Comics: X-Men's introductions to Jean, Emma, Professor X, Karma, Pixie, and Cable, and much more (including continuing to push for the most X-rated X-Men podcast at this point, jfc) on an all-new We Are Krakoa! Read along with X-Men Origins Jean Grey, X-Men Origins Emma Frost, and The Origins of Marvel Comics: The X-Men.

The X-Men were riding high as one of Marvel's biggest successes: Claremont was churning out two books per month, Uncanny X-Men and New Mutants, filled with crossovers and plotting. But as the world of X grew, so, too, did the desire for the world around it to consume it. Thus, the issues leading to Secret Wars were born! Less of an arc than a quick-once over, Claremont used these four issues leading up to Secret Wars to get his ducks in a row, leading to some uneven issues. Join Jonah, Dylan, and Nico as they examine the issues that confirm Doug is a mutant, Storm is a new woman, and the X-Men are heading to a new world... plus, Matty on the new back-up feature on an all new X is for Podcast! Read along with Uncanny X-Men 177-180.

Nico and Kevo say goodbye to Miracleman, Marvelman, and Mickey himself! In the early 90s, after Alan Moore left the title, the editorial team behind Miracleman (at Mooreís suggestion) turned the reins over to Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham. Gaiman was entering the first rock star phase of his career, comics were shifting away from superhero-exclusive, and British works were being imported... oddly. Join the HTML Guys on X is for Podcast as they give a brief history of Moore and Gaimanís publication during the Age of Miracles, take a look at the final completed arc of Miracleman, and say goodbye to the Miracleverse on an all new X is for Podcast! Read along with Miracleman by Gaiman and Buckingham #1-6.

The History of the Marvel Universe comes to a close in the future at the end of time! Of course, it’s not a direct line there; Nico, Jonah, Dylan, Regina, and Kyle take a look back, along with some friends, at the O5, original Bro’hood, and more, examining the characters from history that stand out, that faded away, and that no one ever liked anyway (WARREN). Then, the team wraps up THotMU before introducing their next projects, including joining forces with a coalition of X-Men podcasts to help raise money for shops, as well as their upcoming X-Men: Origins series on an all-new We Are Krakoa! Read along with The History of the Marvel Universe #1-6.

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The X-Men are one of the few comics franchises that you can be sure literally every page will see collection. That's a fact of life. However, every now and then, something occurs, rendering issues unavailable to the collections department. Such is the case with The X-Men vs. the Micronauts! Having covered Micronauts #37 featuring Kurt earlier, Nico and Jonah sit down to teach Dylan all about the Micronauts, only to discover that he knows more than they do! Join the team as they take a look at the most uncomfortable and creepiest Xavier arc of all time, as he violates his students REPEATEDLY, as well as contributor Matty explaining his experience with the X-Men, on an all-new 80s Mutant Mania: Deep Cut Edition! Read along with Micronauts #37 and X-Men vs the Micronauts #1-4 (all currently out of print).

The Marvel Universe took an unmissable step toward mutant mania as the millennium marched towards its conclusion! Nico, Kyle, Jonah, Dylan, and Regina discuss crossovers and X-epics ranging from X-Cutioner's Song, Age of Apocalypse, and Planet X, as well as the great MU like Secret Invasion, Civil War, and more, as the History of the Marvel Universe continues! Plus: Nico's love song to Songbird, Dylan's derision of aughts X-decline, and all the telekinetic cake cutting you can handle on an all-new We Are Krakoa! Read along with The History of the Marvel Universe #4-5.