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episode 163: Shut Up, Conscience
Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Rose City Comic Con was in fact pretty awesome; we return to Marvel Presents; Colossus has a bad day; Ann Nocenti engages in some bipartisan satire; Cyclops has a bad day; Moira MacTaggert gets possessed again; Master Mold is really hard to kill; you should absolutely not send Jay naked leprechaun pictures; sentinels are basically rationalization engines; and that is really not how consciences work. NOTE: In this episode, we said that the U.S.S.R. dissolved in 1989. That actually happened in 1991. ADDITIONAL NOTE: THE NYCC PANEL HAS BEEN MOVED. IT IS ON THURSDAY, NOT FRIDAY. X-PLAINED: Sentinel Aesthetics Prime Sentinels "Colossus: God's Country" Butt physics The Cold War Colossus's feelings about porn The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Some varyingly dubious politics The Cold Warriors Alexander, who is probably not actually either Colonel Sanders or Howard Hughes Bipartisan satire Jay's grandfather An uncomfortable picnic Limbs Number Six (but not that one) Terrible neighbors "Cyclops: The Retribution Affair" Bobbie and Mary Campbell Master Mold (again) Stephen Lang (again) Servitors A well-honed lobster alert system The Retribution Virus Conscience A terrible party Kitty Pryde's Gal Pal Squad Community Organizer Magneto NEXT EPISODE: Live from Rose City Comic Con! You can find a 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.)