Mutant Menace · September 3 · 2 hr 45 min

75 - X-Factor #5-8, Annual #1 - APOCALYPSE!

You can't call these guys the X-Men anymore! They're X-Factor. And they've got a brand new foe who wears a gimp mask! Or, wait, no, he doesn't. It's Apocalypse! We start the Louise Simonson era of X-Factor and it absolutely rules! Topics Discussed: Saying your own name. A Beef Thief. Va-Va-Va-VOOM! A darker side of Bob Layton. The Alliance of Evil. The worst kept secret. Harmless Heroin. S&M Apocalypse. LOUISE SIMONSON IS HERE! Matt is right. X-Factor is good now. They should kill Angel. The Phoenix is back?? Maddy the Hatch-Opener. TRISH TILBY IS HERE! Jerry and Squiggy. Scott calls one person to look for his missing wife and son and then gives up. Skids! Jean's beeper. X-TERMINATORS. Complex mutant politics. The DOWNDRAFT returns! Bobby ices up in a suit. Jean looking at a picture of Maddy. Why is Spider-Woman part of Freedom Force? An ALMOST X-Men crossover. Spiral disappears. Holy Mike! The STRONG return of Holy Hannah! : TIMESTAMPS: 0:07:28 Pat's Email Corner 0:18:00 Did We Do Anything X-Men Related This Week? 0:26:05 X-Factor #5 0:54:15 X-Factor #6 1:25:10 X-Factor #7 1:47:24 X-Factor Annual #1 2:13:45 X-Factor #8 2:31:40 Final Thoughts 2:34:15 Pats Steals and Deals 2:41:45 Goodbye! Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Instagram: @mutantmenacepod

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You can't call these guys the X-Men anymore! They're X-Factor. And they've got a brand new foe who wears a gimp mask! Or, wait, no, he doesn't. It's Apocalypse!

We start the Louise Simonson era of X-Factor and it absolutely rules!

Topics Discussed:

Saying your own name. A Beef Thief. Va-Va-Va-VOOM! A darker side of Bob Layton. The Alliance of Evil. The worst kept secret. Harmless Heroin. S&M Apocalypse. LOUISE SIMONSON IS HERE! Matt is right. X-Factor is good now. They should kill Angel. The Phoenix is back?? Maddy the Hatch-Opener. TRISH TILBY IS HERE! Jerry and Squiggy. Scott calls one person to look for his missing wife and son and then gives up. Skids! Jean's beeper. X-TERMINATORS. Complex mutant politics. The DOWNDRAFT returns! Bobby ices up in a suit. Jean looking at a picture of Maddy. Why is Spider-Woman part of Freedom Force? An ALMOST X-Men crossover. Spiral disappears. Holy Mike! The STRONG return of Holy Hannah! :

TIMESTAMPS:

0:07:28 Pat's Email Corner

0:18:00 Did We Do Anything X-Men Related This Week?

0:26:05 X-Factor #5

0:54:15 X-Factor #6

1:25:10 X-Factor #7

1:47:24 X-Factor Annual #1

2:13:45 X-Factor #8

2:31:40 Final Thoughts

2:34:15 Pats Steals and Deals

2:41:45 Goodbye!

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