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episode 149: Panning for Callbacks
Art by David Wynne. href="http://particlefiction.bigcartel.com/">Contact David to purchase the original! In which Old Man Logan is probably better than it deserves to be; Steve McNiven is magical; the post-apocalyptic future probably belongs to the LARPers; Miles's dad may or may not secretly be Hawkeye; all babies are supervillains; every movie should have a dinosaur chase scene; Emma Frost is our queen forever; and you should never trust a Hitler cosplayer. X-PLAINED: Wolverine: Lord of the Vampires Mark Millar Wolverine vol. 3 #66-72 Giant-Size Wolverine: Old Man Logan The Hooded Man "Old Man Logan" vs. Old Man Logan The difference between Logan and Wolverine Old-timey apocalypses The Hulk Gang Old Man Hawkeye The Spider-Buggy Moloids Hammer Falls Ultron-8 Several generations of supervillains How the world fell under darkness President Red Skull Some very cathartic violence Narrative functions of the rampage NEXT EPISODE: Live from Emerald City Comic Con, with Dennis Hopeless & Charles Soule! Special thanks to the Protomen. The visual companion to this episode will be up when Jay has a working computer charger again. 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.)