In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, “OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?” Years later he would create The Brood and introduce body horror to the X-Men. Also, this episode has exploding pie.
Ranked this episode:
- Uncanny X-Men #162-#167 (The Brood Saga)
- Wolverine and the X-Men #5-#7 (Preggo Brood)
- X-Men/Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy
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Zachary Jenkins co-hosts the podcast Battle of the Atom and is the former editor-in-chief of ComicsXF. Shocking everyone, he has a full and vibrant life outside all this.
