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Back to SearchWelcome to Earth-1298 (Mutant X May, Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 486
In which we embark on a Great Work; it remains hard to be Alex Summers; and it’s also always Inferno on Earth-1298.
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The House of Correction
Season 1 Episode 485
In which we go back to the future of Generation X; Jay once again gets pedantic about lettering; Generation X takes on the carceral state; we take a deep dive into the late ‘90s; Jubilee does her be…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Hell Tuba
Season 1 Episode 484
In which the 2000 Magik miniseries is not a good comics series but is an excellent heavy metal concept album; Nightmare has a nightmare; and tubas work differently in Hell.
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Piotr Lovely Locks
Season 1 Episode 483
In which a lot has happened in the Six Month Gap (and we even get to learn about some of it); we’d missed Claremontian narration; Miles has questions about Colossus’s ponytail; the Soulsword is basi…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
The Mutant Gene for Murder
Season 1 Episode 482
In which Pete Wisdom canonically smells weird; we are inordinately entertained by a villain; everyone levels up their superpowers; and you probably shouldn’t shave the logo of your secret super team…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Chekhov's Butt-Gun
Season 1 Episode 481
In which Adrienne Frost is absolutely terrible (and so was Ronald Reagan); you should not put guns in your butt; Synch deserved better; and Jay and Miles inventory their favorite dangling plot thread…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Cross-Time Tattoo Parlor
Season 1 Episode 480
In which we check in on Nate Grey; yet another Madelyne Pryor is not what she seems; dead men tell tales; there are a lot of Canadians out there; and Nate gets a makeover.
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Nancy Drew and the Secret of Carrion Cove
Season 1 Episode 479
In which Genosha gets better and/or worse; Fabian Cortez is the Secretary of Betrayal; having an action figure of yourself is the path to immortality; and Hammer Bay sounds like a sex toy company.
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Published on 8 months ago
The Monologue Tube
Season 1 Episode 478
In which Alan Davis is Team Cyclops; everyone gets depowered; it’s hard to connect with kids your age when you’re a superhero; Sinister’s gotta sinister; everyone gets repowered; and the ‘90s were m…
Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ages of Apocalypse
Season 1 Episode 477
In which reality shatters; Ghost Rider wants friends; Jay’s toddler weighs in on the X-Men; the Phoenix costume is pretty much perfect; Caliban puts all his resources into an epic mount; and the fut…
Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago