Kurtis and Franck discuss the post-Demon Bear Saga issues of New Mutants! These stories include a Cloak and Dagger tale, a Dazzler gladiator event and the debut of Legion! This is more goodness from Bill Sienkiewicz, but how does it hold up against the classic story that came before it? Issues discussed: New Mutants 25-31, […]
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Kurtis and Franck dive into the most well known and well loved New Mutants story, The Demon Bear Saga! But before they get into that, they visit the last of the Sal Buscema issues, including a story about the Hellions! The discussion includes the development of Magik and her powers, the introduction to a few […]
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Returning to the show is master scribe, Chris Claremont, who took over Ms. Marvel after Gerry Conway stepped away after only two issues! Much of what we know of Carol Danvers is thanks to Claremont in the 70s. Also, listen to me embarrass myself at the end of this episode when I don’t understand one […]
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Kurtis and JC Carlos are back to discuss the remaining issues of Ms. Marvel’s ongoing series and the various issues that tied up her story before her transformation into Binary! Yes, this does include some discussion about the controversial Avengers #200 and the follow up in Avengers Annual #10! Issues discussed: Ms. Marvel #15-23, Marvel […]
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Will and Jim are back for a second helping of Marvel crossovers! This time, they talk about the classic Chris Claremont/Walter Simonson pairing of Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men with DC’s New Teen Titans who band together to stop the double threat of Dark Phoenix and Darkseid! Issues discussed: The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans […]
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Kurtis and Jonny continue right where they left off last week, talking about some more of the earliest Excalibur adventures! We have Arcade, Mojo, X-Babies, Looney Tunes and even Nazis! There is more weirdness than you can shake a stick at! Issues discussed: Excalibur #4-11, Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem, Marvel Comics Presents #31-38 This episode includes […]
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Beginning in this episode is our Epic dive into the pages of Excalibur by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis. In fact, our dive is so deep that we go back ten years before Excalibur and begin our conversation with a few key issues of Marvel UK’s Captain Britain! Issues discussed: Captain Britain Weekly #1-2, Mighty […]
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In 1977, Gerry Conway and John Buscema launched the very female headlined Marvel comic–Ms. Marvel! They transformed Carol Danvers into a superhero and throughout the years, many different people have had their chance to write the character. But JC and Kurtis go back to the beginning to take a look at what is essentially a […]
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Chris Claremont returns to the show to reveal the origins of the New Mutants! He discusses the creation of each character, drawing inspiration from the original X-Men, transitioning from the graphic novel to the series with Bob McLeod, and creating the Demon Bear Saga with Bill Sienkiewicz, and the Magik limited series. This is a […]
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Kurtis and Franck begin their journey through every issue of the next generation of X-Men — The New Mutants! The first leg of their journey takes them to Rio, not-so-ancient Rome, and the farthest reaches of Limbo! Meet the cast of new characters who will all become future X-Men in their own time! Issues discussed: […]
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