Great X-Pectations: An X-Men Discussion Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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MUSIC INTRO - "Jolene" - Dolly Parton

Sean and Gerry are back again for the second time after an X years hiatus! This time we're dealing with the fallout of Marvel's (in?)famous 1984's Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars! We cover Uncanny X-Men 181-183 by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr.

181- The X-Men return from Battleworld, but to Japan instead of NY. They fight a giant dragon and Wolverine's family gets one little girl bigger.

182- We learn just how much the events of Avengers Annual #10 have changed Rogue's life, as she attempts to save the life of the only man she's ever loved.

183- You demanded it! It's Colossus vs. #Juggs as Kitty Pryde's world is turned upside down.

MUSIC OUTRO - "Careless Whisper" - Wham!

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MUSIC INTRO - "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian

Sean and Gerry are back after an X years hiatus! We recorded a special episode to help celebrate the legendary Marvel Noise Podcast's 400th episode, but in case you missed it we're bringing it to you here. Buckle up, because we're taking on 1984's Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars!

MUSIC OUTRO - "Heart and Soul" - Howard Shore

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Sean and Gerry discuss Ultimate X-Men #54-57 with guest Mike Mullins, then tackle New Mutants #4-6!

MUSIC INTRO - "Are You Ready?" - Devo

-Mullins' comics origin -Your house is on fire, what do you save? -Ultimate Bobby Drake - douche. -The Most Dangerous game and its offspring: The Running Man, Battle Royale, Hunger Games -Silver Spoons! (Sean and Mullins don't know who Erin Gray is and it kills Gerry inside.) -Struggling to put together the chronology of the Ultimate Universe. -What we thought worked and didn't work with the Ultimate Universe in the early days. -Ultimate Colossus & Nightcrawler vs our beloved 616 versions -Ultimate Arcade and Gamergate -Ultimate Spiral! Mullins hates them furry boots! -Dr. Doom, Doom War, Dr. Strange & Dr. Doom: Triumph & Torment *BARON STRUCKER RETURNS!* -The results of the Strucker Challenge-New Mutants! -Stevie Hunter -Those sweet, sweet McLeod inks -Thoughtful character creation -Fish Face? -Eye Boy? -Hijack! -Discussing the challenges of making great X-Men books -Cable & X-Force, Uncanny X-Force -Quiet moments -Team America! Merchandise driven story telling! -Major Spoilers for New Mutants issue 7 (1983)! -Things to do while reading these New Mutants issues

MUSIC OUTRO - "America (Fuck Yeah)" - Team America World Police: Music From The Motion Picture

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Sean and Gerry discuss Uncanny X-Men #168-171, Marvel Fanfare #24, and X-Men Annual #6 with Alan White!

MUSIC INTRO - "Down Under" - Men At Work

Shout out to the Cos! Wait. What? NO!

Kitty Pryde. Sweet tantrumy Kitty.

Illyana, THAT friend.

Paul Smith draws Ellen Page 25 years before Ellen Page.

The quality of Paul Smith's line - simplicity implies detail

The Twitter spoiler machine

What is Twitter really for, then?

Axis #5 - SPOILERS - discussing artists hitting or not hitting the important details.

The movie universe bleeding into the comics.

Wolverine's face!

Storm wears fur. You read that right.

Storm's losing control of her powers. Was this leading somewhere?

How Storm got her unique look.

Lee Forrester is back!

Nighcrawler brings a special package to Amanda Sefton. Or does he have 2 packages???

Great Ads - Spider-Man's Christmas ad, and a Bill Willingham D&D ad!

Hey, why NOT talk about D&D on an X-Men podcast?

Alan's Madelyne Pryor story!

Warren Worthington has a private elevator. Elevators. Yeah, they're safe.

Candy Southern is introduced to Sunder, who is there to hurt her.

EMMA FROST!

The X-Men meet the Morlocks for the first time! We're introduced to Callisto, Sunder, Plague, and Masque.

Scott drops Lee Forrester faster than a hooker in Sketchers, and plans his trip to Egypt.

Storm will cut a beech!

Alan's story idea for the end of the Maddy Pryor/Mastermind arc. Woulda been so so nice.

Illyana manifests the soul sword for the first time!

Rogue arrives at the X-Mansion for the first time!

Ms. Marvel comes home and punches Rogue to the Moon, then gives the X-Men the finger.

Shortly after, in Marvel Fanfare #24, Carol Danvers says goodbye to planet Earth at an Avengers poker game.

Lastly, in Uncanny X-Men Annual #6, Dracula comes a-callin' again.

Sienkiewicz's art compared to his work in Uncanny X-Men #159.

Young readers' lack of appreciation for Dracula's place in the Marvel U.

Kitty's parents divorce.

The final, sad fate of Rachel Van Helsing.

MUSIC OUTRO - "On a Plain" - Nirvana

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Sean and Gerry discuss Marvel Graphic Novel #5: God Loves, Man Kills with guests Jim Johnson and BRENT ANDERSON?!

MUSIC INTRO - "Losing My Religion"(instrumental) - R.E.M.

JJ tells us how Sean always makes a good first impression Red Skull Incarnate Age of Ultron Archie's got a way with the ladies. Betty or Veronica?

TRUST US, THIS IS AN X-MEN PODCAST

JJ's comics origin story: X-Men #112 Operation Zero Tolerance! Morrisson/Quitely's New X-Men What Do Artists Do All Day, featuring Frank Quitely: http://youtu.be/Uy6lSE0bTeA http://youtu.be/CQhmkarzA1k Sean coming to terms with the run, Tank Emma replacing Colossus Cyclops was right, or what? New X-Men from any direction! Anyone out there Finally, God Loves Man Kills! Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past The graphic novel format was... novel! Death of Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin, Elric: The Dreaming City by P. Craig Russell, Dreadstar by Starlin, New Mutants by Claremont and McLeod Pushback over Brent Anderson as the artist at the time, but come on. He crushed it. Comparisons to X-Men United will come up throughout the episode. Brent Anderson's X-cred: Uncanny 144, 160, Annual 5 (COMIC CRUUUUUSH- Storm and Sue Storm!) Neal Adams originally slated to draw the book (First X-Men) Go see our tumblr page to check them out! The schism between Xavier's dream and Magneto's vision. Cullen Bunn and Gabriel Hernandez Walta's Magneto. 80's televangelism Fan reaction to the book The n-word incident Where's the human element? This ain't the Av@%^%$! The influence of GLMK on Bendis and Kyle & Yost. Scott steps in to say the right thing at the end, but lays down the future's hypocracy. Scott's suddenly found a willingness to sacrifice Xavier. Secret Wars, Secret Wars II

*BRENT ANDERSON JOINS US TO DISCUSS HIS TIME with Marvel's X-Men!!!*

Rushed publishing schedule Starslammers, Killraven, She-Hulk by John Byrne, Emperor Doom by David Michilinie and Bob Hall

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MUSIC OUTRO - "Faithful" - Pearl Jam

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Sean and Gerry discuss Marvel Team-Up #100 and The New Mutants Graphic Novel and issues 1-3 with guest BOB MCLEOD!

MUSIC INTRO - "Karma Police" - Radiohead

In this mega ultra sized episode, Gerry and Sean clean up their act and keep it classy and all ages as they spend a couple hours at Genre Con 2014, held at the Livonia Public Library in scenic Livonia, MI

-Our first discussion is of Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's double sized Marvel Team-Up #100, featuring the origin of Karma and a great backup story by Claremont, Byrne, and McLeod telling the tale of Storm and Black Panther's first meeting

-Then we move on to one of Gerry's personal favorite stories, Marvel Graphic Novel #4: The New Mutants We spend a good bit of time on this book, so if you love it, you'll love our conversation, and if you've never read it you'll learn why you SHOULD!

-We move on to our impressions of New Mutants Vol. 1 #1-3, all penciled by Bob McLeod, before moving on to our Main Event...

-A 1 hour interview with the man himself, Bob McLeod, the co-creator of the most successful group of X-Babies known to the Marvel Universe!

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MUSIC OUTRO - "Cannonball" - The Breeders

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Sean and Gerry discuss Uncanny X-Men #162-167!

MUSIC INTRO - "Infected" - Bad Religion

Out with the Cockrum, in with the Smith! Scolding the listeners for turning on Gerry in the Strucker Sketch Challenge. Charles Xavier is not a nice person. Claremont's "wordiness" and what we think about it (again...) Wolverine's heavy drug use leads to interesting life choices Why Cockrum is perfect for this story Wolverine hooking up with Carol Danvers?/Kitty Pryde?/Storm? The Brood Queen is an early hint that Marvel and Disney will unite. The Brood as the stuff of nightmares. Plotting the death of Wolverine then and now. Shooter's New Universe and the New New Universe by Ellis and Larocca. The fate of Fang I. Michael Golden's Superprint Colossus: Weakest willed X-Man? X-Ladies go crazy in Shi'ar space! Holiday special! X-Mas comes early for Chloe and Finn R.I.P. Saturday morning cartoons. Gabe Kaplan Illyana ignored as a potential New Mutant. The relationship between Storm's powers and the Earth. CBS Saturday Starcade Stevie "Sympathy" Hunter The first appearance of Karma - created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller Professor X tries to pull a Stevie, Moira ain't having it. Kris Anka as the PMS of today's X-Men? Atari 2600 Spider-Man video game ad The Brood/Acanti relationship is really the Dark Crystal? Princess Lilandra: Silverhawk? The X-Men come face-to-face with the New Mutants for the first time! Professor X overcome by the Brood, and gets a new clone body!!!

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MUSIC OUTRO - "The Last Chance" - Novada

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Great X-Pectations Episode 24 - Enter the Starjammers!

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What we did for summer vacation! Sean's evil thorn in his side Gerry's run of conventions: Wizard World Chicago, Toronto Fan Expo, Cincy ComiCon A Fraction of an opinion of Fraction's work: Casanova, Defenders, Iron Man, Hawkeye, and (of course) X-Men Sean's problem with Utopia RIP Bendis Board Bendis's X-Men -What's Maria Hill doing in all these X-stories??? -The Ultimate Universe crossing over -What we dug/ didn't dig about the Ultimate U Bucking the completist attitude Taking a hard look at our comic collections What are those old books worth to us, anyway? What are we willing to let them go for? Trying to understand the back issue market digital vs paper U2 and how "stuff" doesn't mean as much anymore Gravity Falls and Girl Meets World Sean is hurting because of all the Cyclops hatred and Wolverine love. Sean's origin story and his relationship with the Church. Cyclop's change in attitude. Writers using fan complaints to screw with fans in the stories. Peter David as an example for building characters instead of tearing them down, and his new X-Factor book (Volume 4). Hey comics, Gerry is Audi 5000.

Uncanny X-Men #156-161! Claremont / Cockrum / Sienkiewicz / Anderson / Wiacek More shitty Kitty costumes Christopher Summer's death and Corsair's origin! Brubaker's rewrite of Corsair's origin Professor X gives up on life Bill Sienkiewicz's first X-Men work Dracula visits the X-Men The return of #Ballsacko! We recap The X-Men's adventure through Limbo. Baron Strucker returns as a guest of the show and tries to explain his actions in Uncanny X-Men #161 Strucker's twitter jampiece challenge!!! Vote @baronvstrucker to determine whether Gerry will add a Strucker sketch to his jampiece!

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Great X-Pectations Episode 23: NO EDITS

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Sean and Gerry discuss Uncanny X-Men #151-155!

MUSIC INTRO - "Elmer Fudd Sings Bruce Springsteen" - Robin Williams

*HEADS UP - THERE IS LOUD INTERMITTENT YELLING IN THIS EPISODE.*

Buckle up, everyone. You're getting this episode IN THE RAW. That's right. No edits! Why? Because we didn't feel like it, that's why!

-Kitty is sent to the Massachussetts Academy and the clutches of Emma Frost!!! -Storm and The White Queen swap bodies! -Kitty's Fairy Tale! -The first reference to Lockheed! -The return of Corsair! -The introduction of the Brood! -Deathbird! -Corsair reveals that he is Scott's father! -Lilandra kidnapped! -Professor X promoted to Chief Regent Bang Buddy!

MUSIC OUTRO - "In the Garage" - Weezer

Rest in Peace Robin Williams and Lauren Bacall. We thank you!

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Great X-Pectations Episode 22: Ooh La La Badoon

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Sean and Gerry dig into some X-teamups!

MUSIC INTRO - "Walk the Dinosaur" - Was (Not Was)

-We discuss Uncanny X-Men Annual #5, written by Chris Claremont, with art by Brent Anderson and Bob McLeod. This story features a team-up with the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men's old villain-turned-ally, Arkon! -We then leave the X-Books into uncharted waters, making first time visits to Marvel Fanfare #1-4! -Marvel Fanfare #1 & #2 feature the writing of Chris Claremont and the art of Michael Golden. Angel and Spider-Man team up to search the Savage Land for Karl Lykos, and there's a Ka-Zar appearance! -Marvel Fanfare #3 is written by Claremont and is graced with the art team of Dave Cockrum and Bob McLeod. Angel brings in The X-Men to face the threat of Sauron! -Marvel Fanfare #4 is written by Claremont and features Paul Martin Smith's first X-Men story. You have to see it to believe this conclusion to the Sauron quadrilogy!

MUSIC OUTRO - "Ooh La La" - The Faces

Now stop reading this and go preorder Ryan Browne's God Hates Astronauts, coming soon from Image Comics! You can read the original webcomic at http://www.godhatesastronauts.com/ but the Image book will be all new material!

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