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Matt Aukamp

Comedians Matt Aukamp (Save Your Game, The Very Worst) and Pat Reber (The Very Worst) read the X-Men in chronological order and talk about all the weird, funny, ridiculous, insightful, and interesting things within.

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  • S1 · E83
    Thursday · 2 hr 27 min

    83 - X-Factor #12-16

    The old gang is back, and the new gang is here! Plus, a bunch of Morlocks! If you like mutants, you'll love this chock-full episode! Join us as we talk through the expansion of X-Factor and wonder just what the hell is going on around here! Tune in, you'll love it! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Warren Worthington IV. VisionQuest. Bird specialist. Boom Boom is back! Some unsanitary dining conditions. Vanisher the weasel piss baby. Sara Grey! Two soup faces. Menudo. Iceman hates the X-Men. So far, so good. The Twelve! Scott’s gone mad. LEG! Butts. Making out in the sewer. Cool Button For Fun Parties: Press Me. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro and what X-Factor’s been up to 8:37 - Pat’s Email Corner 32:13 - X-Factor #12: “Boom Boom Boom!” 56:05 - X-Factor #13: “Ghosts!” 1:21:42 - X-Factor #14: “The Mutant Program!” 1:34:38 - X-Factor #15: “Whose Death is it, Anyway?” 1:52:55 - X-Factor #16: “Playing with Fire!”” 2:10:38 - Final thoughts 2:18:47 - Pat’s Deals ‘n’ Steals 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

  • S1 · E82
    October 29 · 2 hr 47 min

    82 - New Mutants 47-50

    Hop in, we're going to medieval Scotland! And several potential futures! And deep space! And Limbo! All, of course, with the New Mutants! They're on the run through space and time trying to escape incredible threats, and damn is it a good story! Tune in! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Lots of emails. Home Improvement extended theme. Diet Hell. Green and evil. Time travel frustrations. I’m just a boy. Empty-nester Magneto. Sam on the wrong side of history. Robert the Bruce. Hitting people with a stick. Ariel. Bad butte. Shape-shifting beat cop. Lawbots. John Stuart Mill and a lotta nude butts! TIME STAMPS: 8:03 - Pat’s Email Corner 39:39 - New Mutants #47: “My Heart for the Highlands” 1:03:35 - New Mutants #48: “Ashes of the Heart” 1:25:33 - New Mutants #49: “Ashes of the Soul” 1:51:13 - New Mutants #50: “Father’s Day!” 2:37:09 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals 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

  • S1 · E81
    October 22 · 3 hr 36 min

    81 - MUTANT MASSACRE!

    Issues: X-Factor 9-11, Uncanny X-Men 211-213, New Mutants 46, Power Pack 27, Mighty Thor 373-374, Daredevil 238 A GIANT-SIZED EPISODE for a GIANT-SIZED STORY. The first major mutant crossover, as the X-Men face their darkest hour. Somebody is killing Morlocks, and the X-Men arrive... too late? This crossover sees the end of an era and ushers in the beginning of another as characters die, others are introduced, knowledge is gained, long-awaited meetings occur, and much, much more. THIS is good comics. Topics Discussed: It’s time. The original plan for Mutant Massacre. “I’m X-Factor, too.” The meeting we’ve all been waiting for. Blob in glasses! The Marauders. Sewer boulders. Absolute brutality. “Who doesn’t want to draw a pegasus?” Owen J. Roberts. CONTINUITY ERROR!! Selfsoulfriend. Philadelphia mentioned! Tom “Rambo” Corsi. Your one weakness is punch! Healer, heal her. Moneyball. SABRETOOTH VS. WOLVERINE! Ass Ass, Ass-in-Ass. This is not the time to be a little scamp. The opposite of Stand By Me. Storm is back to herself: Nude. Vanisher’s Charlie’s Angels. Sal Buscema still can’t draw a dog. Davedevil. Proto-Rorschach. Just put her in a tank! Sabretooth would be a fan of fictional Deadpool. Wolverine’s wet bowl-cut. Betsy’s home-made costume. TIMESTAMPS 12:44 - X-Factor #9: “Spots!” 35:28 - Uncanny X-Men #211: “Massacre” 59:50 - New Mutants #46: “Bloody Sunday” 1:11:40 - X-Factor #10: “Falling Angel! 1:37:47 - The Mighty Thor #373: “The Gift of Death” 1:40:33 - Power Pack #27: “Whose Power–?” 2:03:30 - Uncanny X-Men #212: “The Last Run” 2:19:47 - The Mighty Thor #374: “Fires of the Night” 2:32:50 - X-Factor #11: “Redemption!” 2:47:38 - Daredevil #238: “It Comes with the Claws” 2:57:00 - Uncanny X-Men #213: “Psylocke” 3:19:00 - Final Thoughts 3:28:26 - Pat’s Deals n’ Steals 3:33:45 - 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

  • October 20 · 1 hr 26 min

    Bonus - Warlock, X-Factor, and Cartoon Frogs

    Issues: Iron Man Annual #8, Amazing Spider-Man #282, Web of Spider-Man Annual #2 THIS BONUS EPISODE IS UNDER AN HOUR. I don't care what your iPod Nano says. We're covering a bunch of random issues that didn't fit into our other episodes and holy hell are they weird and fun. Topics Covered: Gotta keep it moving. MP3 players. A talking dancing frog that is NOT Michigan J. Frog. Project Pegasus. Underground solar power. It’s a wonderful life. Willie Evans Jr. INNOCENT! Ramming comics. C-Factor. “I thought we were going to…” Comedy is back. Things Ann Nocenti hates. “Hi guys.” A 30-foot neck. DETECTIVE. TIMESTAMPS 7:50 - Iron Man Annual #8: “When Innocence Dies!” 38:11 - Amazing Spider-Man #282: “The Fury of X-Factor!” 57:23 - Web of Spider-Man Annual #2: “Wake Me Up I Gotta Be Dreaming!” 1:18:43 - Pat’s Deals ‘n’ Steals 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

  • S1 · E80
    October 15 · 2 hr 22 min

    80 - Sabretooth

    Issues: Iron Fist #14, Power Man & Iron Fist #66, #78, #84, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #116, #119 Before we dive into the Mutant Massacre, we have one last stop to make: Who is this maniacal, animalistic assassin who has been lurking around the Marvel Universe for the past 10 years? His name is Sabretooth and he's got quite a history. Topics Discussed: Snowfire! Bullets are always creasing skulls. Pirate Sabretooth. "Deep Zen Trance" *wink*. A Spell of Snowblindness. Daughters of the Dragon. How does an electro-magnetic lock work? Bob Diamond! Hiding behind a light post. Punching a door toward you. "I'm an animal too!" Hiding behind a priceless vase. La Slashier! A Boombox: My one weakness! Why did we read that? Not Bob Diamond! Wait, Bob Diamond is better! Sabretooth likes jazz. Peter David!! Go suck an egg! Let me show you my cool solid gold notebook. "By Dose! You Brobe By Dose!" PLATZ! The original run of Cats! Counting kills. The Eagles for some reason. Impressing the Foreigner. Wolverine's Dad. TIMESTAMPS 0:30 - Kilowog Hours: A Lanterns Podcast 8:39 - Background 13:40 - Pat's Email Corner 33:00 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related? 35:00 - Iron Fist #14 52:50 - Power Man & Iron Fist #66 1:10:53 - Power Man & Iron Fist #78 1:22:29 - Power Man & Iron Fist #84 1:36:30 - Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #116 1:54:05 - Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #119 2:13:15 - Pats Deals and Steals 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

  • S1 · E79
    October 8 · 2 hr 11 min

    Episode 79 - Mojo!

    Issues: New Mutants Annual #2 & X-Men Annual #10 There's a scary new villain on the scene, folks! Mojo, the Lifebringer! Tune in as we cover his first couple appearances post-Longshot and scare ourselves silly! Plus, New Mutants and X-Men working together...and even fighting!?! Plus lots of nudity! Join us! TOPICS DISCUSSED: A pink man. Bad time Benjamin. Heavy edits. Supergirl. Psylocke! Captain Britain! The Brat Pack! “It has nothing to do with the scorch marks on the phone.” Longshot! “In an Art Adams book, anything could be goop at any time.” Going too amnesiac. Doug’s addiction. New Mutants New Costumes. Thor frog friends. Lazer tag. TIMESTAMPS 1:12 - Kilowog Hours - A Lanterns Podcast 9:49 - Pat’s Email Corner 33:27 - New Mutants Annual #2: “Why Do We Do The Things We Do?” 1:10:40 - X-Men Annual #10 : “Performance” 1:59:40 - Pat’s Deals ‘n’ Steals 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

  • October 2 · 33 min

    [PATREON UNLOCK] Puffyfaffin' with Matt and Pat

    Hey everyone! Sorry about no episode this week, but in lieu of our normal X-Men rantings, we thought we'd give you a little taste of what we have goin' on over in the Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/MutantMenace For as low as $1/month, you can get these short little nuggets of comedy... there are 6 so far and more to come (when we remember to do them). Plus, Outtakes (even more occasionally) AND our undying appreciation. Thanks for listening and being cool! https://www.patreon.com/MutantMenace

  • S1 · E78
    September 24 · 2 hr 30 min

    78 - Longshot Miniseries #1-6

    Join us this week on a little detour from our usual titles, as we meet a few major future X-characters in Ann Nocenti and Art Adams' Longshot miniseries! It's weird! It's funny! It's dark and sometimes terrifying! And seriously, it's very very funny, we get a little giggly. Tune in! TOPICS DISCUSSED Ann Nocenti’s cat. A little guy. Limahl. Con-Ed. Longshot! Spiral! Eliot! Ricochet Rita! A stuntman that keeps passing out. Jinx! She-Hulk! Spider-Man! MOJO! The Little Rascals with a gun. Ronald Reagan. Gog N’Magog! Quark! Gumby. Dr. Strange! Arize! Vincent D’Onofrio. Bent Neck Lady. TIMESTAMPS 11:11 - Pat’s Email Corner 38:54 - Longshot #1: A Man Without A Past 1:00:27 - Longshot #2: “...I’ll Wave To You From The Top!” 1:17:23 - Longshot #3: Just Let Me Die 1:34:47 - Longshot #4: Can’t Give It All Away! 1:42:55 - Longshot #5: Deadly Lies 2:00:35 - Longshot #6: A Snake Coils… 2:22:25 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals 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

  • S1 · E77
    September 17 · 2 hr 46 min

    Episode 77 - Uncanny X-Men #206-210

    Holy cow. These are some wild issues folks. Claremont is back to form, firing on all cylinders and peppering us full of GOOD STORY. If only we weren't a LANTERNS podcast now, we could cover the end of Rachel Summers, Phoenix, as well as the prelude to the Mutant Massacre... Oh well, guess you'll just have to get really into LANTERNS now. Topics Mentioned: Hive Mind Gang. A fucked-up, twisted Warriors. Everyone has a perm. Jessica Drew's Full House House. Brawn over Brains. Who is this redheaded woman? Abandoning a Nightcrawler sub-plot. Ow! First Step: Break a Mirror. Rosencrantz the Magnonamous. A scary Wolverine. Rachel's Shirley Jackson Villain Arc. Pants... Off. Godzilla Rules. FRIEDRICH VON ROEHM IS BACK. Can't a man just give a woman orange juice anymore? SNIKT. "Wolverine is a PRICK!" Selene is EVIL. The Lords Cardinal. A scarier (but less consequential) Dark Phoenix. Caliban wear shirt! Harry Leland's super-hero costume. Describing Nimrod for a VERY long time. Shifting from LOVE MODE to COMBAT MODE. A juicy robot butt (again). FRIEDRICH VON ROEHM IS GONE. Nightcrawler is vaporized. Are the Hellfire Club SUPPOSED to be incompetent? Put the Tommy Gun in my hand! What's the deal with rush hour? Kitty restrains herself for once. Wolverine's moral code. "THE Bulk." TIMESTAMPS 1:10 - Kilowog Hours: A Lanterns Podcst 6:55 - The Actual Start of the Podcast 18:15 - Pat's Email Corner 29:10 - Have You Done Anything X-Men Related This Week? 35:11 - Uncanny X-Men #206 59:23 - Uncanny X-Men #207 1:21:25 - Uncanny X-Men #208 1:48:48 - Uncanny X-Men #209 2:10:50 - Uncanny X-Men #210 2:32:55 - Final Thoughts 2:36:20 - Pat's Deals n' Steals 2:41:00 - 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

  • S1 · E75
    September 10 · 2 hr 52 min

    76 - New Mutants #41-45 & Power Pack #20

    Hope you're ready for friendship, folks! Because the New Mutants are back after taking a little break from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters in the Back to School Special! Come hear how Sam and Dani spent their summer vacations, take a field trip with the gang to a rival school, attend a school dance, and even give a school assembly! Oh, and some really fucked up stuff, mostly in Power Pack. Tune in! TOPICS DISCUSSED: “You don’t have to write a whole comic about it, we picked it up in one sentence!” A lot of people with thoughts about Bill Mantlo. Hoagiemouth. Cereal reviews. Issue 73. Cowboy religion. Sam Guthrie’s many siblings. Remember Josh Guthrie for 5 years. Sam’s letters home. Stevie Hunter rules. Hellions! “He doesn’t mean any of this, he’s just excitable.” A school dance. A list of slurs. Franklin Richards saves Santa. Bonkers! TIMESTAMPS: 9:19 - Pat’s Email Corner 45:24 - New Mutants #41: “Way of the Warrior” 59:19 - New Mutants #42: “New Song For Old” 1:20:05 - New Mutants #43: “Getting Even” 1:43:50 - New Mutants #44: “Runaway!” 1:59:30 - New Mutants #45: “We Were Only Foolin’” 2:25:54 - Power Pack #20: “Turning Point” 2:45:06 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals 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

  • S1 · E75
    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

  • S1 · E74
    August 27 · 2 hr 59 min

    74 - Alpha Flight #30-34 (and beyond)

    This is definitely our angriest episode. We finish off Alpha Flight and Bill Mantlo makes many decisions that make us absolutely furious. But also plenty of absurd ones that make us laugh, so there's still plenty of joy in this episode! I promise! We find out who Puck REALLY is (ugh) and the (semi-)ultimate fates of Heather Hudson, Shaman, Snowbird, Sasquatch, Northstar, Aurora, Talisman, Madison Jeffries, Doug Thompson, Marrina, a Baby, and Puck! Topics Discussed: SCRAMBLE, THE MIXED-UP MAN. The '56 Buick line returns. Half a maple leaf is the most sturdy shape. Bill Mantlo hates women. Your brother's brain. Brobdingnagian. "The ain't your grandma's How to Pronounce Brobdingnagian video". Nemesis returns. Her sword "hungers." Bill Mantlo doesn't understand metaphors. "Short Story" A full nude butt. Heather Hudson character assassination. Razer Pronunciation (CORRECTLY!). Tall Puck. A sword that shrinks you 6 inches. I AM THE SHORT KING. Bill Mantlo unwrites characters written goodly. No ride to the Opera. Chris Claremont: Secret Editor. LADY DEATHSTRIKE! Wolverine origins. Bill Mantlo hates people with disabilities. Heather reads a folder in her memory. "Vindicator" is back. Talisman is NOT a mutant. The fate of Alpha Flight. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Background 11:40 - Pat's Email Corner 29:15 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related? 36:40 - Alpha Flight #30 1:04:04 - Alpha Flight #31 1:17:05 - Alpha Flight #32 1:38:15 - Alpha Flight #33 1:54:55 - Alpha Flight #34 2:12:35 - Alpha Flight #35-50 2:28:09 - Final Thoughts 2:31:45 - Pat's Deals and Steals 2:37:12 - 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

  • S1 · E73
    August 20 · 2 hr 38 min

    73 - Uncanny X-Men #201-205

    ICONIC is a word that gets thrown around a lot, and today is no exception! Join us as we gleefully tear into this iconic run of issues, featuring the iconic Scott/Ororo fight, art by the iconic Barry Windsor-Smith, and Wolverine being his general iconic self! And of course we, your iconic hosts, are just being iconic as hell. Tune in! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Snorting crushed up Baby Tylenol. Bryan Lee O’Malley. We’re healing. A baby that knows what an email is. Little Rascals. An absolutely iconic fight. Whilce Portacio is here! That’s her Grampapa! Edward Albee’s Zoo Story. SFLANNG! Every Arcade story is the same. Barry Windsor-Smith returns! Lady Deathstrike is here! “Transformers would write some damn ad copy.” TIMESTAMPS: 7:03 - Pat’s Email Corner 24:34 - Uncanny X-Men #201: “Duel” 52:05 - Uncanny X-Men #202: “X-Men I’ve Gone To Kill the Beyonder!” 1:10:05 - Uncanny X-Men #203: “Crossroads” 1:39:55 - Uncanny X-Men #204: ”What Happened to Nightcrawler?” 2:03:29 - Uncanny X-Men #205: “Wounded Wolf” 2:31:38 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals 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

  • S1 · E72
    August 13 · 2 hr 25 min

    72 - New Mutants #35-40 - Professor Magneto

    MAGNETO tries to settle into his new role as the headmaster of the New Mutants this week, and boy do things go wrong. Everyone dies! Just kidding. Or are we? Tune in to find out, folks, in what turns out to be a realllly good run of issues, even amidst the turdstorm of Secret Wars II! TOPICS DISCUSSED: The Odyssey rejects. The new Spider-Man movie. Mary Wilshire and Bill Sienkiewicz! He’s still doing supervillain stuff. The original X-Men would never have sex. “Also, I’m very sad.” Chris Claremont’s The Beyonder. John Wayne. Believing in the Grim Reaper. Counting coup. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Everyone’s dead. More Secret Wars II stuff. “You made her go to hell.” Charles Xavier’s mysterious older cousin, Michael Xavier is here! Avengers sleepwear. Steve Garvey’s Space Jam. TIMESTAMPS: 4:52 - Pat’s Email Corner 24:32 - New Mutants #35 : “The Times, They Are A’changin’!” 55:21 - New Mutants #36 : Subway to Salvation 1:04:06 - New Mutants #37: “If I Should Die” 1:31:14 - New Mutants #38: “Aftermath” 1:47:59 - New Mutants #39: “Pawns of the White Queen” 1:59:48 - New Mutants #40: “Avengers Assemble!” 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

  • S1 · E71
    August 6 · 2 hr 33 min

    71 - X-Factor #1-4

    ISSUES: Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor #1-4 Don't tell Chris Claremont, but we're starting a brand new title: X-FACTOR! Plus, one of the most classic deaths in all of comics is undone. Matt and Pat enjoy some controversial comics and walk away with very different opinions on the direction of the characters! We meet some cool new characters and revisit some surprising old ones... Topics Mentioned: "Huh. This is weird." Namor and Hercules nude party. The Black Knight's Atomic Steed. Talking stupid looking. An egg that looks like a coffin. We miss Peter Corbeau. John Byrne doesn't know what a clitoris is. Third Genesis. Reed Richards' one mutant friend. RUSTY! "Gotta get these clothes off. No time to lose!" Scott Summers as husband and father. "Why are you telling me this?" Cameron Hodge! A secret police for mutants. An asbestos bag. Bernard's dead! Showing up to a business meeting in your underwear. Vera's hot now. Dr. Carl Maddicks is back! ARTIE! Be nice to Artie. Bobby's ice detritus. FRENZY! The Jean/Scott/Warren Love Triangle AGAIN!? Headmaster Woodley is here! Artie is the best character in the Marvel Universe. "Say Jim, why don't you show ol' chili dog some presidents?" Ruining Scott Summers' hair. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Background 12:04 - Pat's Email Corner 30:30 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related This Week? 37:30 - Avengers #263 42:55 - Fantastic Four #286 57:35 - X-Factor #1 1:30:35 - X-Factor #2 1:46:10 - X-Factor #3 2:00:05 - X-Factor #4 2:18:15 - Final Thoughts 2:24:50 - Pat's Deals n' Steals 3:41:10 - 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

  • August 4 · 1 hr 41 min

    BONUS - Heroes for Hope w/ Alex Goldman

    Returning guest and newly-christened friend of the show ALEX GOLDMAN is here to talk to us about a bizarre Exquisite Corpse-style comic Marvel did in 1985 for famine relief - without asking any of the related charities beforehand. Featuring an unbelievable roster of creators, this whole does not quite equal the sum of its parts. Topics Discussed: Does Stan Lee know what's happening? Kill the mailman. Catholic Hades. Alex Goldman as the next Wolverine. The ol' drowning-your-friends prank. My favorite soup! Wolverine's Banana. 5000 words for 3 pages. Alan Moore nails it. Unicorn trap! A naked Logan, hair normal. Having a threesome with yourself. Storm hit in the face with a pie. The precise location of "Africa". Poverty porn for middle-class Americans. The co-creators of Swamp Thing AND Man-Thing. TIMESTAMPS 8:40 - Heroes for Hope Background 18:19 - Overview 24:10 - Stan Lee/John Romita Jr. pg 1-2 26:30 - Stan Lee/John Buscema pg 3-4 20:23 - Ed Bryant/Brent Anderson pg 5 31:00 - Louise Simonson/John Byrne pg 6-8 34:23 - Ed Bryant/Brent Anderson pg 9 35:40 - Stephen King/Berni Wrightson pg 10-12 38:20 - Bill Mantlo/Charlie Vess pg 13-14 40:54 - Ed Bryant/Brent Anderson pg 15 41:30 - Alan Moore/Richard Corben pg 16-18 46:10 - Ann Nocenti/Mike Kaluta pg 19-21 48:20 - Harlan Ellison/Frank Miller pg 22-24 56:38 - Chris Claremont/Brian Bolland pg 25-26 59:58 - Jo Duffy/John Bolton pg 27-28 1:02:03 - Mike Baron/Steve Rude pg 29-30 1:05:15 - Denny O’Neil/Bret Blevins pg 31-32 1:07:21 - George R.R. Martin/Herb Trimpe pg 33-35 1:12:35 - Bruce Jones/Gray Morrow pg 36-37 1:16:43 - Steve Engelhart/Paul Gulacy pg 38-39 1:19:37 - Jim Stupid/Alan Weiss pg 40-41 1:23:44 - Mike Grell/Jackson Guice pg 42-44 1:26:37 - Archie Goodwin/Howard Chaykin pg 45-48 1:33:10 - Final Thoughts Hyperfixed: https://www.hyperfixedpod.com/ Amityvilleville: https://www.radiotopia.fm/podcasts/amityvilleville 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

  • S1 · E71
    July 30 · 2 hr 39 min

    70 - Secret Wars II

    It's the one we warned you about, dear listeners: SECRET WARS II! Tune in to hear us get really, really frustrated and eventually very tired. We've got no shortage of complaints and dunks in this one, which is what we know you sickos want! Somewhere in there we'll even recap some comics! TOPICS DISCUSSED: We’re upset. Jack Shitbird. It all washes out in the laundry. They can’t all have massive hogs. REAGAN WATCH! Pooping glass. Circuit Breaker is (inexplicably) here! A dog that eats cigars. Boom-Boom is here! Dazzler’s love isn’t real. Intro to Philosophy. I’m just a small-town Dave. Putting original art in the typewriter. Can the thing swim? Matt understands a sports metaphor. The etymology of buttheads. All rocks are from space. Check out the Sal Buscema version of Secret Wars II we mention: https://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/2013/01/1985-sal-buscemas-secret-wars-ii-1.html TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Hello and Secret Wars II history 16:00 - Pat’s Email Corner 30:55 - Secret Wars II #1: “EARTHFALL!” 53:28 - Secret Wars II #2: “I’ll Take Manhattan…” 1:07:59 - Secret Wars II #3: “This World is Mine!” 1:20:29 - Secret Wars II #4: “Love is the Answer!” 1:35:11 - Secret Wars II #5: “DESPAIR!” 1:45:39 - Secret Wars II #6: “Life rules!” 1:56:05 - Secret Wars II #7: “Charge of the Dark Brigade!” 2:07:09 - Secret Wars II #8: “Betrayal!” 2:15:16 - Secret Wars II #9: “God in Man, Man in God!” 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

  • S1 · E69
    July 23 · 1 hr 58 min

    69 - Iceman #1-4

    We're back with another cooooool episode for everyone! Not only cool because it's a sex number, but also cool because cold. This week, Matt and Pat talk about ICEMAN! Specifically the Iceman mini-series from 1984... It's CHOCK FULL of metaphors, but are they the ones that were intended? Listen and (maybe) find out! Topics Discussed: Scrubbing Gargoyle. A very muscular Iceman statue. Hiding in a shoebox. Telling a cop they'll be hearing from you a lot from now on. J.M DEMATTEIS! That's the Silver Surfer! "If he's nude, that's not the ice dude..." Red-faced Ralph Rachitt. Deferred trauma. DA IDIOT! HOT-CHA-CHA! Cousin Joel... Blaming it all on Commie Agents. "Please don't kill your father." GET CLOTHES, DAMMIT. Iceman no longer exists. A little ice baby. "We'll never be accountants either!" Bobby Drake's perfect town. Everything is love! My daughter/sister/mate. TIMESTAMPS: 3:11 - Iceman Background 11:00 - Pat's Email Corner 18:15 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related This Week? 22:15 - Bizarre Adventures #27 (Iceman Story) 34:15 - Iceman #1 57:00 - Iceman #2 1:09:35 - Iceman #3 1:23:20 - Iceman #4 1:36:30 - Final Thoughts 1:45:17 - Pat's Steals n' Deals 1:52:55 - What's Next and 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

  • S1 · E68
    July 16 · 2 hr 21 min

    68 - Nightcrawler #1-4

    ISSUES: Nightcrawler #1-4, Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 & Marvel Team-Up #89, Bizarre Adventures #27 A podcast about a specific variety of earthworm, known in German as the Regenwurm. Topics Discussed: The X-Men's Gymnasium. Hot Dog Insecurity. Why Pat would never time travel. Too sweepy to port. JIGSAW. The Rolls Royce is back! Kurt uses his tail to make love. CUTTHROAT. Setting animals free. Mr. Villain. Webbing and elephant. The Cream of the Crown. Lockheed says "FUCK!" How do you know you're not a Boggie? Bullet Train. L'un Dun-T'wn. Tail sword-fighting. HE'S NUDE! Boggies and Bamfs. Let's Hear It For Daddy! DARK BAMF. I'll tickle ya! CRETACIOUS SAM! Illyana's porn collection. TIMESTAMPS: 3:45 - Pat's Email Corner 22:40 - Did You Do Anything X-Men Related This Week? 26:40 - Background 28:50 - Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 47:15 - Marvel Team-Up #89 1:03:51 - Bizarre Adventures #27 (Story 3) 1:17:02 - Nightcrawler #1 1:32:25 - Nightcrawler #2 1:46:05 - Nightcrawler #3 1:55:25 - Nightcrawler #4 2:09:00 - Final Thoughts 2:14:10 - Pats Deals n' Steals 2:19:00 - 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

  • S1 · E67
    July 9 · 2 hr 36 min

    67 - Uncanny X-Men #196-200 - Lifedeath II & The Trial of Magneto

    Oh boy are we covering some all-timers in this episode, folks! We're back with the X-Men in their single-issue-story era, which includes Claremont and Barry Windsor-Smith's terrific follow up to Lifedeath, and the iconic Trial of Magneto! And you'd better believe we're talking a lot! Tune in! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Emptying Claremont’s notebook. A Canadian family. X-Men murder mystery. Advanced Genetics greasers. Kitty inhales. Chloroform tips. Do it, just do it, you won’t. Darth Vader. Worst issue. Lifedeath II! Where is Storm? Earl Grey. Holoempathic Crystal. Spiral is here! “Two places that don’t want you to play Pokemon Go in them.” The Trial of Magneto! George Lucas. Fenris is here! The future of the X-Men. Cheese. Sticker history. Check out the Imperfect Storm essays by Osvaldo Oyola here: https://themiddlespaces.com/2015/06/30/imperfect-storm-part-one/ TIMESTAMPS: 8:59 - Pat’s Email Corner 30:49 - Uncanny X-Men #196: “What Was That?!!” 50:26 - Uncanny X-Men #197: “To Save Arcade?!?” 1:00:49 - Uncanny X-Men #198: “Lifedeath II: From the Heart of Darkness” 1:38:23 - Uncanny X-Men #199: “The Spiral Path” 1:56:20 - Uncanny X-Men #200: “The Trial of Magneto” 2:27:22 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals 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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