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episode 136: Fill-In Frenzy
Art by David Wynne. Prints, cards, and coffee mugs available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original. In which we find the idea of Jack Kirby as G-d deeply comforting; "Jercules" is our new favorite insult; the difference between camp and divinity is good backlighting; Zeus does not have the moral high ground; Ron Lim's Captain Britain is the definitive cad; the Demon Druid is the saddest supervillain; Archangel broods like it's his day job; and Jay gets to do all the fun voices for once. X-PLAINED: The Upstarts An inflatable Batman New Mutants #81 Excalibur #20 X-Factor #47 Our favorite Magma story The best insult Pugilistic impunity A context-inappropriate oath The worst film festival Fighting fire with Magma The Demon Druid A Satanic pirate tavern Reactorhenge The depths of fuchsia Archangel's deeply weird comfort mechanisms Some dude named Greg Publishing delays NEXT WEEK: Lady Mandarin, feat. Sarah Kuhn You can find the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! We're in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven't moved yet at Redbubble.) Buy prints (or mugs) of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!