Episode Details

In which we travel back in time to 1979 for our second live convention special; X-Men Annual #3 desperately needs a Queen soundtrack; George Perez draws great Banshee; Polemachus is kind of a bullshit planet; we dream of a world without Funky Winkerbean; Cyclops’s costume does not mix and match well; if you can be someone else, you should probably be Brian Blessed; Colossus gets a dragon; and Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is awesome.

X-PLAINED:

• X-misadventures in Las Vegas
• X-Men Annual #3
• Arkon the Magnificent
• Isadore and Irmagarde Uhman
• The Comical Books
• Polemachus the planet vs. Polemachus the person
• Funky Winkerbean
• Several logistical problems with the Danger Room
• MVP Cyclops
• Some very good visual counterpoint to dialogue
• Paperboard lightning bolt disambiguation
• Jay’s favorite Starman story
• X-title and music pairings
• Imperions
• Visual perspective in grand melees
• How to order a meal on Polemachus
• One specific variation on Cyclops’s powers
• The X-Men as Spinal Tap
• Space-barbarian eyewear
• The annual cabinet
• The most appropriate X-team placement for Funky Winkerbean
• Best worst characters
• Our favorite X-Force teams
• Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts

NEXT WEEK: Somehow, Cameron Hodge manages to get even worse.

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