61- Firestar #1-4 & Uncanny X-Men #193

61- Firestar #1-4 & Uncanny X-Men #193

This girl is on fire! That's right, folks, tune in to hear two sweet goofballs work their way through the 616 introduction of FIRESTAR, years after being created by a licensing issue! It's deeper and more complex than you'd expect for a comic origin of a Saturday morning cartoon character. Tune in, it's a good one! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Recording under a desk. Firestar! How many grapes are in a bunch? Hotel wifi. Ma and Son Jones. “Not now!” An M on your palm. Emma Frost, genius-level inventor. The school dance. Fast track to gettin’ kissed. You have to help each other! Diplomatic Xavier/dick Xavier. All of their villains, I guess, by nature, are child murderers. Jaime Rodriguez is back!! Fake punk guy. Tom DeFalco’s really not good at naming comic books. Alright, Austin Powers. Breakdancing certificate. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro and Firestar history 13:33 - Pat’s Email Corner 19:33 - Firestar #1 : "Mark of the Mutant" 43:29 - Firestar #2: "The Players and the Pawn!" 1:05:37 - Uncanny X-Men #193 : "Warhunt 2" 1:42:11 - Firestar #3 :"This Lady Kills!" 1:53:40 - Firestar #4 : "Now Strikes the Assassin!" 2:14:13 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace [http://patreon.com/mutantmenace] Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV [https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV] Instagram: @mutantmenacepod [https://www.instagram.com/mutantmenacepod]

BONUS - State Fair of Texas & Obnoxio the Clown

This one is WILD! Special guest Matt's Son Toby joins us to follow the X-Men through a couple of their most bizarre side quests to date; one wholesome, one not so much! I promise, you aren't really prepared for either. You gotta listen to understand! Tune in! SPECIAL FREE SURPRISE FOR LISTENERS: we have digitized, for the first time (to the best of our knowledge), The X-Men at the State Fair of Texas! Links below, please share! No viruses, we promise! Link to folder [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/158sFM1CazxEkpT2VoQbSeRXJiqAVPCOy?usp=sharing] with high-res cbz file, low-res cbz file, and pdf TOPICS DISCUSSED: Toby Aukamp! Attacky Titans. Scooby-Doo booby trap. Eye-Scream is here! Unstable Molecule Chest Refrigeration Unit. HE’S MY SON. Little dutch brat. Keystone Cops. Loser League. Spider-Man vs. the Dallas Cowboys. “Oh…wars.” The Cotton Bowl. “If her name is Ariel, this ain’t in your carry-all…of X-Men canon.” Nobody likes horses. A winged boy. Throwing motorcycles in a horse barn. Word search. Eques is here! Morgan Boots. TIME STAMPS: 7:55 - History of Obnoxio the Clown 13:53 - Recap of Obnoxio the Clown VS the X-Men: “Somethin’ Slimy This Way Comes!” 44:17 - History of The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas: “Battle at the State Fair of Texas” 53:51 - Recap of The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas: “Battle at the State Fair of Texas” 1:17:45 - Pat's Steals n Deals Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace [http://patreon.com/mutantmenace] Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV [https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV] Instagram: @mutantmenacepod [https://www.instagram.com/mutantmenacepod]

60 - New Mutants #26-28 - LEGION

Tune in this week, folks; the New Mutants are fun again! Join us as the gang tackles a severe psychic threat, Xavier reckons just a little with his past, and Bill Sienkiewicz cements his legendary status. Plus, a couple of goofy adventures with Spider-Man! Issues: New Mutants #26-28; Marvel Team-Up #149 & #150 TOPICS DISCUSSED: Matt won’t be home. Random number generator. Ti West’s X-Men trilogy. Wawa pizza. A reckoning for Xavier…sort of. We’re getting farther from Johnny Carson. ALARM! Jack Wayne is here!! If you die in here, you die in real life. Memory crystals. Gormless. Children are so dumb. Sales tax. Incandescent Man, Fluorescent Man, and LED Man. She doesn’t even get a name. Mrs. Muggins is here!! The Shakespearean tragedy of Juggernaut and Black Tom. Why not just wear the smaller helmet? A little goblin alien man. He is unsettling. TIMESTAMPS: 05:54 - Pat’s Email Corner 16:00 - X-Men-related things 23:17 - New Mutants #26: Legion 49:00 - New Mutants #27: Into the Abyss 1:12:05 - New Mutants #28: Soulwar 1:34:32 - BONUS Pat’s Steals n Deals 1:37:26 - Marvel Team-Up #149: The Incandescent Man 1:53:07 - Marvel Team-Up #150: ‘Tis Better to Give! 2:12:16 - Regular Pat’s Deals n Steals Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace [http://patreon.com/mutantmenace] Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV [https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV] Instagram: @mutantmenacepod [https://www.instagram.com/mutantmenacepod]

59 - Uncanny X-Men #190-192, Annual #8 - Kulan Gath?

Buckle up, listeners, because these issues get weird! Join us as we join the X-Men in medieval Manhattan, campfires, adjacent properties, and even fairytale outer space! We've got bizarre villains, dragons, aliens, and hacky-sacks! Tune in! Topics Discussed: Rogue is Green. Wilfred Brimley argues for mutant rights. Xavier/Caliban. Warlock looks like Peter Parker. "Ensorcelment". We wouldn't know if we were medieval times'd.  "I'll Slurp Ya!" Understanding Medieval English. Boob cones. WHERE THE FUCK IS CYPHER!? Why is there a plug here? Kurt's tickle party-forward leadership. Bringing a dragon to an airport. Worthy Foes. "Your planet beat Galactus?" Psi-lock. Claremont wishes he wrote Star Wars. "And I'm the ultra powerful spaceship!" The origin of Diamond White Queen. Lockheed's fuck planet. Pokemon the Movie ass ending. TIMESTAMPS 1:40 - Pat's Email Corner 13:25 - What Scared You Most As A Child? (Accidental Segment) 15:30 - Where Did We Leave The X-Men? 18:30 - UNCANNY X-MEN #190 “AN AGE UNDREAMED OF” 40:50 - UNCANNY X-MEN #191 "RAIDERS OF THE LOST TEMPLE!" 1:02:00 - Uncanny X-Men #192 "Fun ‘n’ Games!" 1:22:04 - Uncanny X-Men Annual #8 "The Adventures of Lockheed the Space Dragon and His Pet Girl Kitty" 1:41:35 - Final Thoughts 1:46:20 - Pat's Deals n' Steals Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace [http://patreon.com/mutantmenace] Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV [https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV] Instagram: @mutantmenacepod [https://www.instagram.com/mutantmenacepod]

58 - Alpha Flight #19-23

Alpha Flight continues its hot streak on this episode, covering everything from time travel to haunted houses to old Fantastic Four villains. It's funny, it's dark, and it's an open book on the weird thoughts of John Byrne! Join us as we tour Canada in this 4th installment of our Alpha Flight series! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Marvel 616 museums. “I was a little bit of a rapscallion.” Grapes vs eggs. “You have a power that may yet save us…Gun!” Boning down to save the world. WHOOPS! Gilded Lily! Steven Devil. Diablo! Pink Pearl! A very cool skeleton man. The Bearded Lady with a tommy gun. Snowbird’s powers. Sasquatch’s powers. A very dark conclusion. A deeeeep dive into John Byrne’s psyche. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - great theme song/hellos 1:30 - history recap 9:16 - Pat’s Email Corner/X-Men-related things 28:40 - Alpha Flight 19 “Turn Again, Turn Again, Time in Thy Flight…” 47:13 - Alpha Flight 20 “Gold and Love Affairs!” 1:00:30 - Alpha Flight 21 “‘Love Wrought New Alchemy…’” 1:11:33 - Alpha Flight #22 “Rub-Out” 1:28:12 - Alpha Flight #23 “Night of the Beast”/Final Thoughts 1:51:17 - Pats Steals ‘n’ Deals Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace [http://patreon.com/mutantmenace] Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV [https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV] Instagram: @mutantmenacepod [https://www.instagram.com/mutantmenacepod]