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This Week in X of Swords, Week 10, Part 2: The Grand Finale in X of Swords Destruction #1!

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We’ve reached the end of X of Swords!

Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha as we tackle a super-sized discussion of the supersized X of Swords Destruction – the final chapter of this 22-part epic.

Who fights, who lives, who dies, and who returns? And, who did we think the MVPs of this entire event have been? We cover ever possible angle of this grande finale as we dissect the fist-pumping moments and sudden reversals, plus the status quo of our many sword-bearers, our XoS MVPs, and what we’re looking forward to next in Reign of X!

Need help making sense of reading and collecting the X-Men?

Crushing Comics Podcast, Episode 0014: X of Swords, Week 10, Part 1

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It’s the audio version of This Week in X from the week of the 25th of November!

The final week of X of Swords is so huge we had to break it in two! Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha as we dissect two of the three X-Men comics of 25 November, 2020 – X-Men (2019) #15 and Excalibur (2019) #15. They’re the 20th & 21st chapters of X of Swords, and they’re packed with political debate and action on the battlefield.

We have a lot to discuss about the tensions amongst the Quiet Council as one of their members wants to lead a more X-Men-esque heroic mission, which raises questions of if utopia is ever perfect and when we have to choose between family and country. Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 18th of November, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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This Week in X of Swords, Week 10, Part 1: The Quiet Council fractures in X-Men #15 & Excalibur #15!

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The final week of X of Swords is so huge we had to break it in two!

Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha as we dissect two of the three X-Men comics of 25 November, 2020 – X-Men (2019) #15 and Excalibur (2019) #15. They’re the 20th & 21st chapters of X of Swords, and they’re packed with political debate and action on the battlefield.

We have a lot to discuss about the tensions amongst the Quiet Council as one of their members wants to lead a more X-Men-esque heroic mission. Plus: the price of utopia, and what it means to be a mutant (vs. being an X-Man).

Need help making sense of reading and collecting the X-Men?

Crushing Comics Podcast, Episode 0013: Epic X-Men Re-Read – Uncanny X-Men (1963) #96-97

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Because you demanded it, our Epic X-Men (Re)Read is back!

Join us for our third installment of reading through Chris Claremont’s original classic run on Uncanny X-Men. In this episode we discuss Claremont’s first two solo plots in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #96-97, plus a pair of accompanying back-up stories in Classic X-Men (1986) #4-5. Our conversation includes some MAJOR SPOILERS for Jonathan Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X, so beware!

And, of course, you can follow the full X-Men Reading Order for yourself if you’d like to get ahead of us.

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Crushing Comics Podcast, Episode 0012: X of Swords, Week 09

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It’s the audio version of This Week in X from the week of the 18th of November!

In this episode, we cover the ninth week of the X of Swords crossover – which included the issues X-Force (2019/20) #14, Hellions (2020) #6, & Cable (2020) #6.

We discuss Sinister’s duplicitous plans, what the Quiet Council has been up to all this time, and EVERY one of the tournament matchups in the issues this week! Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 18th of November, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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