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It’s This Week in X for 10 February, 2021!

Join Peter, Tyler, Fariha, & Harry as we discuss SWORD (2021) #3, Excalibur (2019) #18!, X-Force (2020) #17, and Wolverine: Black White & Blood #3.

• In SWORD #3, we follow Manifold through three conversations as it redefines his powers and discuss each one – with him as terrestrial family man in the Australian Outback, an interstellar diplomat trying to end the SnarkWar, and internal spy within SWORD.
• In Excalibur #18, we get very excited about a memo from Saturnyne and Emma’s “I mean business hairdo.” Also, we discuss what would make Rictor feel more complete (hint: it’s not mutant magic).
• In X-Force #17, we discuss the many deaths (18!) and costumes (8!) of Quentin Quire, but also unreliable narrators, locked boxes, past trauma, affection vs transaction, (X-)gene editing, and BEAUTIFUL artwork.
• And, finally, we conduct a lightning round review of Wolverine: Black White & Blood #3.

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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Listen in as Tyler and Peter re-explore the classic Claremont X-Men material, with Fariha reading it FOR THE FIRST TIME!

In this episode we discuss a pair of down-time issues in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #109-110. Issue #109 finds a lovely lake-side picnic interrupted by a certain maple-leaf-wearing visitor hot on Wolverine’s proverbial tail. Issue #110 is a fill-in, but a planned fill-in, which means it has a bit more heft to it than our recent read of issue #106. Plus, we check in on the back-up stories in Classic X-Men (1986) #16 and 27-28, which also fit in this period.

Our conversation includes some minor comments and spoilers for House of X and Powers of X – especially for House of X #2, so you’ve been warned! We also comment very broadly on Reign of X, but in a total non-spoiler fashion.

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It’s This Week in X for 3 February, 2021!

Join Peter, Tyler, Fariha, & Harry as we discuss Hellions (2020) #9, X-Factor (2020) #7, & King in Black: Marauders (2021).

In Hellions #9, we wonder who is betraying whom and when the deception really starts. In King in Black: Marauders, we have a lot to say about Kate’s compassion, Bishop’s role, and Krakoan mercy. And, we’re once again obsessed with everything in X-Factor #7, from the dynamics of speed to characer rehab to reading faces.

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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Listen in as Tyler and Peter re-explore the classic Claremont X-Men material, with Fariha reading it FOR THE FIRST TIME!

In this episode we discuss the major developments that come from the X-Men’s journey into the M’Kraan crystal in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #107-108 – including a major creative development with the arrival of John Byrne! We also check in on the back-up background stories in Classic X-Men (1986) #14-15, plus Iron Fist (1975) #15, which is more or less UXM #108.5.

Our conversation includes some minor spoilers for House of X and Powers of X – especially for House of X #2, so you’ve been warned!

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It’s This Week in X for 27 January, 2021!

Join Peter, Tyler, Fariha, & Harry as we discuss Excalibur (2019) #17, Wolverine (2020) #9, New Mutants #15, & X-Men #17 – a massive week of X-Men comics!

In Excalibur #17, why must Betsy escape her better life? And, has this book been about dual identities all along? In Wolverine, does the issue elevate itself beyond just another Madripoor plot? In New Mutants, the plot is so dense with character development we can barely discuss it all in an entire hour – but we try! And, finally, we try to make some sense of X-Men #17.

Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from this week, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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