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It’s This Week in X!

It’s our first week in the wake of X of Swords, and we have a lot to say about the aftermath. Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha’s specially-nominated guest New Mutant, Harry, as we dissect the two X-Men comics of 2 December, 2020 – X-Factor #5 and Hellions #7. Plus, we’ll go back for an issue we missed in November, Wolverine: Black, White & Red #1.

We’ll dig into the ramifications of all the post-war resurrections, the amazing pairing of Leah Williams & David Baldeon, Sinister’s new set of schemes, and so much more! Spoiler warning – we discuss everything about X-Men up to and including comics from the 2nd of December, as well as other current events in the Marvel Universe.

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We’re back again with another installment of our Epic (Re)Read of X-Men from the beginning of Chris Claremont tenure!

In this episode we discuss Claremont’s first big “hated and feared” plot as the Sentinels attack in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #98-99, as well as a pair of stories he inserts around that in back-ups from Classic X-Men (1986) #6-7.This story contains Peter’s favorite Jean Grey panel OF ALL TIME!

Our conversation includes some minor spoilers for House of X and Powers of X, so beware.

If you want us to continue this series in the long term, we need to keep hearing that you’re watching and reading along. We’ve shot a complete “pilot season” to get us to the M’kraan Crystal and back, but whether we return for the introduction of Wolverine’s Canadian backstory in UX #109 is up to you.

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

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

This is the super-sized second half of the discussion about the finale week of X of Swords. Join Peter, Tyler, and Fariha is we discuss the 25 November, 2020 issue X of Swords: Destruction – the 22nd of 22 chapters of X of Swords!

We jump right in and dissect every fist-pumping moments and sudden reversal in this epic conclusion, examine all of the new status quo that emerges, plus break down our XoS MVPs, favorite rookies, and what we’re looking forward to next! 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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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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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.

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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