Battle of the Atom: Episode 40 – Electric Hot Pink Spiders

In 1980 the English band The Vapors released their hit single Turning Japanese. Like all media from any time in the past, it was problematic. A decade later the English mutant Psylocke turned Japanese. Like all media from any time in the past, it was problematic. We get to talk about that loaded gun today on Battle Of The Atom.

Ranked this Episode:

  • Psylocke and Archangel Crimson Dawn
  • X-Men vol 2 #20-#23 (Kwannon)
  • Uncanny X-Men #256-#258 (Acts of Vengence)

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Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto.

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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.