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We’re back for more classic X-Men! Llisten in as Tyler and Peter re-explore the classic Claremont material, with Fariha reading it FOR THE FIRST TIME!

This is the episode that inspired us to start this show! This is our in-depth discussion of The Proteus Saga in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #125?-128, as well as related stories in Classic X-Men (1986) #24, 32, & 33. We explore ALL the implications of Moira MacTaggert, her husband Joe, her son Proteus, and the sudden growth of Jean’s powers as the Phoenix.

This episode contains full spoilers for House of X and Powers of X and a few comments about the Dawn of X status quo that follows it. The final 10 minutes includes a specific spoiler for two plot beats in X of Swords.

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It’s This Week in X for 21 April, 2021! Join Peter, Fariha, Tyler, & Harry as we discuss SWORD (2021) #5 and X-Force (2020) #19 – for Way of X #1, check out our previous episode.

For SWORD #5, we discuss the issues theme of “murder” and how that plays out across two interwoven plots. We cover the rainbow of data that opened the issue, body language, sartorial choices, the power in a name, suffering competition, the meaning of humanity, beating the odds by changing the game, and more!

X-Force #19 split our opinions as we discussed muppet faces, Jean-splaining, the Astral Plane vs. The Dreamscape, long-form storytelling, and more.

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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It’s a special single-issue episode of This Week in X, the first of two episodes for the week of 21 April 2021.

Join Peter, Fariha, Tyler, & Harry as we go deep on Way of X (2021) #1. This book seemed like it would focus on Kurt establishing a mutant religion, but this debut issue proved to be so much me. We discuss Kurt’s doubts, cheap death, failed japes, Dunbar’s number, scathing data pages, offcuts of experience, Crucible aftermath, Kindly Ones, and a SHOCKING final page.

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.

We’ll be back with another episode for SWORD #5 and X-Force #19.

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

In this episode we read Marvel Team-Up (1972) #89, a Nightcrawler solo story by Claremont with just a dash of Spider-Man as we learn more about Kurt’s past in the circus and if he can keep his tail to himself.

Then, in (Uncanny) X-Men Annual 3, Claremont writes his first of many fairy-tale send-ups – that also happens to be a cautionary environmental tale and also full of some supple bottoms of the male team members as draw by George Perez.

Finally, in Classic X-Men (1986) #31, Professor X takes out his social class discomfort on a Shi’ar plumber while cosplaying as Captain Picard. Yes, it’s all as weird as that implies.

Also, Peter is full of anecdotes and Tyler tries to make us all cry about fish.

We mostly stay away from spoilers for House of X and Powers of X, though Fariha discusses one of the themes of the Dawn of X without spoiling anything specific.

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It’s This Week in X for 14 April, 2021!

Join Peter, Fariha, Tyler, & Harry as we discuss Children of the Atom (2021) #2 and Wolverine (2020) #11.

For Children of the Atom #2 we went incredibly deep, as this series once again divided our panel like no other! We discussed Avengers vs. X-Men diplomacy, Gabe being more than meets the eye, how countries can export culture (and, vaccines as cultural innoculations), character voices, nuances of layout and coloring, Cats Laughing, and so much more!

Wolverine #11 was full of things we love: Omega Red, Paris, vampire hunting, memos from Sage, Wolverine pinching Beast’s cheek like he is a widdle baby, and more. And yet… we did NOT love it. We talk about why this issue didn’t work for us, and get hyper-fixated on the antics of an undead mosquito.

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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