Podcast Episode Details

Milkshakes of Despair (Maximum Security, Part 2 of 2)

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Season 1 Episode 502

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In which t’ieves and assassins dress to impress; Bishop returns; Rogue and Carol Danvers have a moment; and the revolution will be stored on compact disc.

X-PLAINED:

• The New Son
• The First Half of Maximum Security
• Gambit #23
• X-Men #107
• X-Men Unlimited #29
• Maximum Security #3 (briefly)
• Several of Gambit’s buddies
• How to dress for… stealth? I guess?
• Heth’sa of the planet Culth
• Where Carl the X-Cutioner got his silly outfit
• A heist
• How to restore your lost honor without messing up the timeline
• 12-18 milkshakes
• What Colossus is into these days
• Vampire clowns (maybe)
• Z’Cann
• The Blood Brothers
• Vibes memories
• A big fight
• A touching moment of touching
• Mechamage, briefly
• Quasar, superficially
• Cadre K
• The Skrull cows
• Writing for the trade vs. podcast pacing
• Limits of power-cancelling accessories

NEXT EPISODE: Dream’s Rather Anticlimactic End!

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Published on 4 weeks ago