Entry 027 – Sage

Art by FeydRautha81 Name: Unknown Code Names: Tessa, Sage First Appearance: X-Men #132 (April 1980) Powers: Telepathy, Compter-like Brain, Ability to Jump Start Mutant Powers Teams Affiliation: Hellfire Club, X-Men, Excalibur, Exiles About X-Men fans love continuity. It isn’t shocking that one of the most recommended comics podcasts is a couple just trying to X-Plain it (Jay and Miles…

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WandaVision Episode 8 and the Not-So Spotless Mind

[Content warnings for discussions of trauma presented in WandaVision episode 8, and the 90s-00s conflicts in Yugoslavia] Mikey Zee: Another week, another WandaVision, where superhero powers definitely never cause problems! For our WandaVision episode 8 recap, this week’s contestant will compete to win… a discussion on this episode, AND an article credit on hit new…

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WMQ&A Episode 232: Let’s Get Dangerous with Amanda Deibert

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 232: Let’s Get Dangerous with Amanda Deibert Writer Amanda Deibert joins the show to talk about Darkwing Duck, Star Wars, the power of positive journaling and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where new episodes move Tuesday…

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Green Slime, Black Goo, and…More Green Slime Actually. It’s Marvel Files with Spider-Woman #2, Venom #26, and Fantastic Four #21

Hello friends and readers, it’s time for a little bit of Marvel Minutiae this week. Our esteemed boss Zack Jenkins is getting into Venom #26 and the start of Venom Beyond, Andrea Ayres ponders over Spider-Woman #2, and Tony Thornley starts off Empyre tie-ins with Fantastic Four #21.  Venom #26 I think it’s fair to…

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Entry 072 – Iceman

Art by Chris Bachalo Name: Robert Drake Code Names: Iceman First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Oct ’63) Powers: Ice manipulation Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Champions, Defenders, X-Factor About My first draft of this article had a pretentious quote from Watchmen (the Pagliacci joke) because I wanted to talk about how much Iceman avoided his real internal problems by being a clown….

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