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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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MUSIC INTRO - "Watch Your Step” – Dan Phillips featuring Anna Abbey and the Marvel Music Group

-Gerry and Sean make a plan that they’ll probably break next week -Gerry gets ambushed by Sean! -Spider-Woman and the introduction of Siryn -2 seconds later, Sean derails…. -A GXPod drinking game is discussed -Spider-Woman! Quite the badass. -Black Tom & The Juggernaut! -Gerry & Sean hate changes to Colossus -Regina piles! -Peter David X-Factor talk -Poor decisions at funerals have been made -#reXamined -Colossus vs. Juggernaut, always a favorite -Great Colossus one liners & catchphrases! -What a country -Gerry’s comic crush -Share in the joy, read along! -Lee Forrester needs to learn how to read a room -Who needs a danger room? -Wolverine NO! -Father/Daughter reunion -Caliban just wants love -Kitty Pryde to the rescue? -Magneto returns -Xavier’s past with Magneto -Kitty’s worst costume yet -Garokk and that damn lava base! -Find out what happens in 150 in the Earth 2 anthology episode! -******** Annual 10 -Charming people out of comics since 1981 -Go out and read this issue, it’s a classic! -Maddy Pryor!? What is happening?! -Enter: Rogue! -Vision: The best ******* -Best Brotherhood of Mutants… Ever. -Golden is a fantastic storyteller -Great ******** tale ends on a bummer, if not for the most human ******* of all, the Vision.

MUSIC OUTRO - “The Fly” – U2

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Great X-Pectations Episode 20: Magik

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Wendi Freeman of the Double Page Spread Podcast joins us to talk about her favorite Mutant Mini, Magik: Storm & Illyana!

MUSIC INTRO - "Oh Ho Ho It's Magic" - Pilot

Big brother is the gateway drug again! Wendi's a drummer? WENDI'S A DRUMMER!!! m/ Digression time, buckle up! -Let's talk Dune and Watchmen and Doctor Who and Blade Runner. Why not? -Following creators vs following characters -Marvel Age! Wizard Magazine! Diamond Previews! Back to the X-Talk -the innovation of setting an entire miniseries between the space of two panels! -She's all growns up and she's all growns up and she's all growns up! - #Ballsacko -Where Magik rates in the X-Universe as a concept and a character -The character design for Limbo's Kitty Pryde -All X-Roads lead to tragedy. Will this include the 616? -Which path do you take, sword or sorcery? -The reproductive health of some of your favorite people -Why aren't the young characters allowed to grow up and become real X-Men? -Bret Blevins delivers a masterpiece with the cover of Magik #4 -#Underboob #ThatSlutShanna -Rob Liefeld

MUSIC OUTRO - "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" - Tegan and Sara

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MUSIC INTRO - "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo" - Billy May

Sean and Gerry shoot the breeze, catching up on what's happened since Episode 54 a mere 2 weeks ago. Sean gives a massive retrospective on his sequential reread. Hot Cocoa is drunk in Claremontean fashion.

MUSIC OUTRO - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - John Denver and the Muppets

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Great X-Pectations Episode 19: Nightcrawler's Inferno

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With Sean trapped in the Age of Apocalypse, Gerry calls in Stupendous Steve Raker for a chat about his favorite one-off X-Men tale: Uncanny X-Men Annual #4 (1980)!

MUSIC INTRO - "Dante's Inferno" - Iced Earth

-The art contributions of John Romita Jr. and Bob McLeod -The first death of Kurt Wagner -Margali Szardos, Nightcrawler's adoptive mother -Wait, Nightcrawler's got all kinds of family, some of them dead by his hand?! -The X-Men's descent into Hell -Steve shows off his big educated brain -Wolverine vs Storm; who IS the more fit leader? -The big finish: a John Byrne art discovery that only Gerry, Steve, and Alan White care about.

MUSIC OUTRO - "Hell" - Tegan and Sara

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Great X-Pectations Episode 17: Days of Future Past: The Movie

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Sean and Gerry dig into Uncanny X-Men #144-147, then chat with return guest Don Cardenas to discuss the new X-Men: Days of Future Past film!

MUSIC INTRO - "?" - MF Doom Feat. Kurious

-The life and times of Jock Forrester, and the introduction of his lovely daughter Aleytys! -A quick appreciation of Brent Anderson's pencils -An appearance by Gerry's boo, Man-Thing! -Claremont & Byrne's D'Spayre, Man-Thing's nemesis, rears his ugly head! -Lee's got the fire down below for our man Scott Summers! -Ms. Locke rolls in John Wilkes Booth style! -Arcade returns to annoy us again! -Getting the band back together: Angel, Iceman, Havok, and Polaris return! -Dr. Doom outclasses and outtraps Arcade! -Storm and Doom make a lovely couple -The return of The Phoenix?!

SPOILERS FOR x-Men: DOFP begin at 1:18:00

From here on out we blab about what we love about the movie and a couple things we WOULD have loved.

MUSIC OUTRO - "Time in a Bottle" - Sponge

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Great X-Pectations Episode 17: The Phalanx Covenant

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Sean and Gerry are joined by Justin Peterson (author and artist of Very Near Mint) to discuss The Phalanx Covenant: Generation Next (Uncanny X-Men #316, X-Men #36, Uncanny X-Men #317, X-Men #37) Life Signs (X-Factor #106, X-Force #38, Excalibur #82) Final Sanction (Wolverine (vol. 2) #85, Cable (vol. 2) #16) Gerry also spends a few minutes with Ken Lashley to discuss his early days at Marvel!

MUSIC INTRO - "Technologic" - Daft Punk

We cover a ton of stuff. Sadly, I forgot to take notes. Just enjoy it, okay?

MUSIC OUTRO - "The Humans Are Dead" - Flight of the Conchords

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Great X-Pectations Episode 16: Days of Future Past

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Sean and Gerry fly solo...together? We discuss Uncanny X-Men #138-143

MUSIC INTRO - "Time Warp" - Rocky Horror Picture Show

-The end of the Byrne Era! -The Jean Grey Holempathic Matrix! -An emotional goodbye to Cyclops and hello to Sprite! -Wolverine's new duds! -Is the Brown and Beige superior to the Blue and Yellow? -Favorite Wolverine artists? -Whatever happened to the X-Men's human supporting cast (Moira MacTaggert, Stevie Hunter, Tom Corsi, Sharon Friedlander, Trish Tilby) -Sucky Angel, again! -Storm takes the leadership mantel, but should it have been Wolverine's? -Alpha Flight Returns, but where is Puck? Under the stairs, of course. -Machine Man #18 X-over (sorta)! -Wendigo, the rematch! -Wendigo, the Predator! -Wendigo, the perfect disguise for woods porn! -Bob Hoskins, Wolverine?! -Wolverine's early life with the Hudsons -Comic cruuuush! -So much Alpha Flight talk -Days of Future Past! -Some thoughts on the upcoming film -Missed opportunity for a sweet One Sheet -Handing out comics for Halloween ** CHECK OUT WWW.HALLOWEENCOMICFEST.COM! ** -Kitty's first Danger Room session -Save the past and/or save the future! -Mystique's costume - another missed opportunity for the film franchise -the rest of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Pyro, Avalanche, Destiny, Blob) -The first New Brotherhood / X-Men showdown! -Sean picks apart fandom. Buckle up. -a VERY brief C2E2 wrapup. Thanks to all who said hello!

MUSIC OUTRO - "Back In Time" - Huey Lewis & the News

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Great X-Pectations Ep15: Dark Phoenix

Super Steve Raker lends a hand as our emergency fill-in guest to discuss the Mother-Of-All-X-Men-Stories... The Dark Phoenix Saga!

MUSIC INTRO - Icona Pop - “I love it (I don’t care)” -Introductions -Shoutout to Emma -Super Steve leaves some children stranded -Quick recap -Jim Salicrup: Editor extraordinaire -Gerry’s comic crush! -Days of Future podcast… -Gerry & Sean’s destiny! -The history of the Hellfire Club -The best Wolverine ever -The birth of the Reavers! -Sebastian Shaw better get an amulet -Sean’s mistrust of adults is revealed! -Gerry is cursed with the longest cliffhanger ever -X3 rage! -That wacky John Byrne -Spoilers for “The Trial of Jean Grey” -More hot chocolate -The greatest magic 8 ball of all time -Kids! Go read “End of Greys” -Raker: Ruining panels -Kids! Win a shopping spree! -The X-Men bring knives to the Imperial Guards gunfight -What if’s and what might’ve been MUSIC OUTRO - Ash - “Girl from Mars”

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Great X-Pectations Ep14: Run For Your Life!

MUSIC INTRO - INXS - “Devil Inside”

Sean and Gerry talk Uncanny X-Men #126-131 with guest Alan White! -Alan’s origin story -Alan does the unthinkable…he makes Sean blush -Can Larry Hama take Gerry in hand to hand combat? -The “Stand By Me” moment of summertime comic reading -Proteus! -subplots are fun! -5 minutes of Fantastic X-Pectations! -Hickman's potential as X-Writer -Alan does podcasts right -Great Angus-pectations! -comic crush, red alert! -some serious John Byrne love -some not so serious John Byrne love…. He sure can draw huh… -Hot plates & Hot Chocolate -Cyclops: Leader of the X-Men, Shit-starter. -Cosplay: Dafuq. -The Power Principle! -Comic Crush sneak attack! -Kitty Pryde! -The fellas talk Project Runway. Make it work boys. -Emma Frost! -Gerry gets a lesson about the ghetto -Dazzler! Gerry drops knowledge, Raker-style! -The Hellfire Club retirement plan is terrible -Jean Grey: Backseat Driver -Alan talks about his work, go out there and support! @NewMutant http://powerprinciplecomic.blogspot.com/

MUSIC OUTRO - Japan's alternate intro for X-Men: The Animated Series

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Great X-Pectations Ep13: The Submergence of Japan

MUSIC INTRO - Kirsten Dunst - “Turning Japanese”

Sean and Gerry hit their X-Men reread hard, discussing Uncanny #117-125 (and Annual #3!) We are also joined by a surprise guest in the middle and you DON'T want to miss that. We warn you though- *OUR GUEST LOVES CAPTAIN AMERICA SPOILERS*

MUSIC OUTRO - Marshall Neely and the Deputies of Destruction -“Japan”

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Great X-Pectations Ep12: Gifted

MUSIC INTRO - Our Lady Peace - “Made of Steel”

Sean and Gerry are Joined by Anthony Laatsch to discuss Astonishing X-Men #1-24 & Giant-Sized X-Men #1! In these Joss Whedon/John Cassaday/ Laura Martin issues, we see the return of a steely team member, and some of the best storytelling and art the Mutants have ever given us!

MUSIC OUTRO - The Shins -“Simple Song”

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Great X-Pectations Ep11: Strangers In A Strange Land

MUSIC INTRO - The Tokens - “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”

Sean and Gerry are Joined by Greg Turner to discuss X-Men V1 #60-65! In these Thomas/Adams issues we see the first appearance and origin of Sauron, as well as a trip to the Savage Land, and the first appearance of Sunfire!

Then Uncanny Steve Raker joins in for our Previously segment to chat about his favorite X-Men arc- Uncanny X-Men #114-116! In these Claremont/Byrne issues, our favorite mutants have another trip to the Savage Land and another run in with Sauron, as well as a kerfuffle with the Petrified Man!

But wait, there's more! Steve goes into overtime sharing his thoughts on other X-related appearances of the recently discussed Living Monolith in Marvel Team Up #69-70 and Power Man/ Iron Fist #56-57!

MUSIC OUTRO - Kool and the Gang -“Jungle Boogie”

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Great X-Pectations Ep10: The Sentinels Live!

MUSIC INTRO - Las Dilly Sisters - “Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White”

Sean and Gerry are Joined by Greg Turner to discuss X-Men V1 #56-59! Then they fly solo as they continue their reread with Uncanny X-Men #109-113!

MUSIC OUTRO - The Pleasure Seekers -“What A way To Die”

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Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "School's Out" - Alice Cooper

Sean and Gerry fly solo together (?) in this episode! We first discuss Uncanny X-Men #180 by Claremont and JRJr. This issue is the final hashing out of Kitty and Ororo's differences, and a lead-in to both Secret Wars and the New Mutants arc we'll be discussing next!

Then we move on to New Mutants #15-17, where the New Mutants try to free Kitty Pryde from the clutches of The White Queen (cue Alan) and her own teen super team, The Hellions!

MUSIC OUTRO - "Warpath" - Ingrid Michaelson You can ALWAYS find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson

Great X-Pectations Ep9: Who Will Stop the Juggernaut?

MUSIC INTRO - Oliver - “Jean” Sean and Gerry are discussing Uncanny X-Men #101-108! -POV characters -Modern X-Force talk **SPOILERS AT 5:45, SKIP TO 6:30** -The Phoenix saga -Black Tom and Juggernaut -Australians -Eric the Red -Lilandra, the Shi'ar, and the Imperial Guard! -John Byrne! Finally! -Some X-Men movie talk to wrap things up

MUSIC OUTRO - Beastie Boys -“Intergalactic”

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Great X-Pectations Ep8: The Best of 2013

MUSIC INTRO - Joe Esposito - “You're the Best Around”

We want the ladies! (to listen) Our X-Book of the Year - Uncanny Avengers! Reading habits Debate over Marvel's flagship title Savage Wolverine and Comic Crush #1 Legion stories - Age of X, X-Men Legacy X-Factor and Longshot and Shatterstar's relationship revealed! Huey Lewis You hate our music! X-Factor #259, and Sean wants to give Peter David a raise All-New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men #14, Mr. Deeds, and Comic Book Crush #3 Age of Ultron Jason Aaron, Wolverine and the X-Men #29 and clues to the future of the X-Men Wood's X-Men Battle of the Atom - Jean Grey, Raze's 3 minutes, piecemeal art Astonishing X-men #67 Wolverine NOW!

MUSIC OUTRO - Huey Lewis and the News -“Back In Time”

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Great X-Pectations Ep7: All-New All-Different Giant-Sized X-Mas Pod

MUSIC INTRO - “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” John Denver & The Muppets -Sean’s Christmas tree is an expensive fire hazard and Gerry gets ambushed by Hydra leader, Baron Strucker MUSIC INTERLUDE - The Smashing Pumpkins - “Christmastime” -Uncanny X-Men #98 -Sean gets a warm New York Christmas welcome! Gerry’s back at it with his comics crush! MUSIC INTERLUDE - Weezer - “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” -Uncanny X-Men #119 -Dave Cockrum causes a rift between our hosts, Gerry finds Sean’s weakness and has hair envy and we learn the X-Men are no A-Team! MUSIC INTERLUDE - Edward Gerhard - “Oh Tannenbaum” -Gerry and Sean share childhood Christmas memories, we learn that Sean has too much time on his hands and Rom and the Micronauts save Gerry’s Christmas! MUSIC INTERLUDE - @andreashock & @wasgo - “God Rest Ye Merry Nightcrawler” -Uncanny X-Men #143 -Gerry and Sean learn that Wolverine is a jealous boyfriend, make a lunch date, and discover Kurt Busiek is a fanboy! MUSIC INTERLUDE - Run DMC - “Christmas in Hollis” -Uncanny X-Men #341 -Gerry and Sean learn that Sean’s ego is only matched by the might of Gladiator, they bond over Cannonball love, and we discover another of Gerry’s comic crushes, again! MUSIC INTERLUDE - Scott Weiland - “It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year” -Generation X #4 -Gerry and Sean learn tough life lessons from comics, and a Christmas miracle gets Gerry back into comics! MUSIC INTERLUDE - Vince Guaraldi Trio - “Linus & Lucy” -Sean divulges a long kept secret, Gerry and Sean agree to hold tightly to their “Peter Pan” syndrome and they Thank all of you! MUSIC OUTRO - U2 -“Baby Please Come Home” -It’s hard for Gerry and Sean to say farewell, until Gerry gives Sean the Christmas gift of smell!

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Great_Xpectations Ep6: Nightmares Persist Sean and Gerry climb inside the head of artist and bestie Don Cardenas to discuss our love (hatred?) for Wolverine V1 #75-90

MUSIC INTRO - Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax

-Dawn just sounds better -Bone Claws -Adam Kubert -Cyber -Everything crashes in a Hama book -Heather Hudson and that creeper Puck -Importance of inkers -Origin/First appearance of Truck Stop -Writers draw the best metaphors -Bloodstrike vs Ani-Mator vs Doug Ramsey -Vaughn & Staples's's's Saga (wha?!) -Gambit and Deadpool

MUSIC OUTRO - Bonnie Tyler - "Holding Out For a Hero"

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Great_Xpectations Ep5: Massacre Sean and Gerry get the Most from guest Chris Yost, writer of Thor: the Dark World and a kajillion funny books!!

MUSIC INTRO - Arlo Guthrie - "Alice's Restaurant Massacree"

-A quick update on our stalled X-Men reread

-Chris Yost breaks down what's great about The Mutant Massacre crossover, and how it impacts his own writing

-Chris shares some details about his new upcoming comic project "New Warriors"

-Sean and Gerry wrapup with their thoughts on the Mutant Massacre.

MUSIC OUTRO - INXS - Don't Change

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Great_Xpectations Ep4: Once More With Feeling Sean and Gerry go deep into special guest Ryan Stegman!

MUSIC INTRO - Blind Melon - "Three is a Magic Number"

Your hosts visited chez Stegman (he took lots of french, y'all) to discuss Age of Apocalypse AND:

Ryan's first Creator owned work: Spirit of the Night How Ryan got into comics How Ryan's parents never bought him the cool toys How digital comics are pretty great Stegman calls Sean a "collector," tearing out Sean's heart Joe Madureira's early art Costume design in Astonishing X-Men Morph sucks Scott Lobdell is Sean's boo Paper action figures are LAME, except when @AusGerCo makes them Life at conventions So much twitter complaining Stegman's outrageous commission prices and dillholes Ryan's dad's comic collection Dawn Fartpenis OMG RYAN STEGMAN IS PENCILING WOLVERINE!!1

MUSIC OUTRO - De La Soul - Three is a Magic Number

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MUSIC INTRO – Paul McCartney and Wings - "Magneto and Titanium Man" -Soooo much X-Men talk. -Sean goes all in, just not in the way Gerry was hoping. -The Giant Size reread begins! -Gerry shits on Sean’s youth. -Gerry’s a pirate. -Sean’s weird reading habits. -Hey Kids, we talk X-Men comics! -Sunfire is a huge dick. -Трахните Вас Интернет, это является Питером (Fuck you internet, it’s Peter) -Best friends! -It’s not always a positive thing to see a few seconds into the future. -Claremont planting seeds. -Classy dickheads vs twitter. -The Scott Lobdell letter. -Gerry wishes death upon Papa Grande. -Gerry loves an underdog. -Origins don’t have to take an entire six issues. -It’s not Mag-Net-O!!! -Was Goldballs based on Gerry? -Sean’s mom does not put up with his 8 year old sexist bullshit. -X-Men Vignettes! -More DC Bashing. -You’re a nerd, you better have some thick skin. -Power Rangers gives Sean his first taste of depression. -SPOON! -Some NYCC announcement talk. -Sean’s too dumb for Hickman. -Sean gets his second dose of depression from AoA. -A little Wolverine talk. -Amazing X-Men talk. -Selective continuity for the win! MUSIC OUTRO – Rod Stewart - "Every Picture Tells a Story" We have a Tumblr page!!! greatx-pectations.tumblr.com/ Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and find our Facebook group- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Feel like giving us more private feedback? Hit us up at greatxpectationspod@gmail.com Album artwork by Justin Peterson. Follow him on twitter at @justinpeterson

We're starting to hit our stride with enhanced mutant speed! Here's what's in store for you this episode:

MUSIC INTRO - Sponge - "Plowed"

-Sean's favorite TMNT

-X-Men 39 "Birds of a Feather" Dec 1994 -Adam X *Digressions- *Changing Art Styles *Iceman's daddy issues *Gambit falling out of writers' favor *Writers ruining characters because they don't like them.

-New Mutants Special Edition #1 & X-Men Annual #9 "The Asgardian Wars" Dec 1985 *Digressions- *Storm's hotness *Comic reading rituals *Body image politics -Karma slimmed in 80's vs Amanda Waller now *How X-Characters' bodies have changed through the years (Cyclops, Wolverine) *Longshot

-X-Men V2 #42-44 "The Fall of Avalon" July-Oct 1995

-A failed livetweet experiment

-Discussing the future of the show's format

MUSIC OUTRO - Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"

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Welcome to the Great X-Pectations podcast! Your hosts Sean and Gerry introduce themselves and try to lay out their own humble origins as X-Men fans for your listening pleasure. This episode was recorded when the idea for doing this podcast was still in its infancy. Follow along with the boys and figure it out with them!

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Do You Believe In Magic" - The Loving Spoonful

Sean and Gerry aren't sharing this time, because this is one of Gerry's favorites! First up is Uncanny X-Men #177 "Sanction" by Claremont, JRJr, and JRSr! The X-Men have stolen something precious from Mystique and she wants revenge!

Then we discuss Uncanny X-Men 178 "Hell Hath No Fury" by Claremont, JRJr, and Wiacek Kitty scrambles to save a life, while the X-Men go toe-to-toe with the Brotherhood of Mutants!

We then hit the last book in the arc, Uncanny X-Men 179 "Whatever Happened To Kitty?" by Claremont, JRJr, and Green The Morlocks come a-callin' to collect on an old bill.

Lastly, we talk about one of our favorite characters- MAGIK! in New Mutants #14 : Do You Believe In -- MAGIK??? by Claremont, Buscema, and Mandrake This is the story that brings Illyana Rasputin into the fold, and is the story that frames the entire Magik miniseries we discussed with Wendi Freeman in Ep. 20! *IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO EP 20, GO DO IT NOW!*

MUSIC OUTRO - "The Afterman" - Coheed and Cambria

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Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "The girl fro Ipanema" - Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz

NO EDITS! Sean and Gerry tackle this one solo, and talk about: New Mutants 11-13, introducing Magma to the New Mutants, AND giving us Doug Ramsey's first appearance!

Then, we delve into the first issue of John Romita's Uncanny X-men run, discussing Uncanny X-Men #176

*mea culpa: Gerry was old enough to catch the reference to "Tales of the Gold Monkey" in UXM 176, but missed it. It's missing from the episode, and tearing him up inside. Scott and Madelyne's honeymoon destination is Bora Gora - The home port of Jake Cutter and his Cutter's Goose!

MUSIC OUTRO - "I Would Walk 500 Miles" - The Proclaimers

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Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "The X-Team"

Sean and Gerry bring back their A-Team, Alan "New Mutant" White and Steve Raker, to finish off the Paul Smith Uncanny run by discussing UXM #174 and 175. Then, we throw in a very quick discussion of mutant appearances in Marvel Team-Up Annual #6 and #135 You'll hear about: -4 beer Gerry! -The Starjammers' origin in Classic X-Men #15! Claremont/Bolton -Professor X's love life cramped by the Brood -Kitty really an adult playing a kid? -Character moments -Done in one storytelling -Scott showing he really is the best X-Man -Mastermind -A new appreciation for PMS -Our introduction to JRJr -Sober Gerry -Cloak and Dagger! -Human Morlocks?

MUSIC OUTRO - "Fingerhut" - Biffy Clyro

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Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "The X-Team"

Sean and Gerry bring in their A-Team, Alan "New Mutant" White and Steve Raker, to go deep into New Mutants #7-10. You'll hear about: -1 beer Gerry! -The death of Karma? -Bobby Da Costa's mom! Does she look familiar? -The dreaded Axe -2 beer Gerry! -Nova Roma! -The first appearance of Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla! -The first appearance of Selene! -Drunken teenage antics! -3 beer Gerry!

Look for us in just 1 week when we return with a special bonus episode! That's right! Three straight weeks of GXPod!

MUSIC OUTRO - "Volcano" - U2

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Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Welcome to Japan" - The Strokes

Happy New Year! Sean and Gerry bring in the mighty Zack Kruse, organizer of Appleseed Comics and Arts Convention, host of "The Quad," and writer of "Mystery Solved!" to drop knowledge about the Claremont/Miller/Rubinstein Wolverine mini-series of 1982! Then we go solo to give the blow-by-blow for Uncanny X-Men #172-173!

You know what? I don't feel like writing notes. Listen to the show.

MUSIC OUTRO - "Lovers in Japan" - Coldplay

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MUSIC INTRO - "O Tannenbaum" - Vince Guaraldi Trio

Sean and Gerry slip into the Christmas spirit and discuss !

We discuss our most coveted pages of original X-Men art: Uncanny #211 pg 21, Colossus vs Riptide - Brett Blevins & Al Williamson Uncanny X-Men #209 pg 14 John Romita Jr. & P. Craig Russell Bizzare Adventures #27 pg 43 - Dave Cockrum Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 #4 pg 21 - John Cassaday Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 #22 pg 24 - John Cassaday Uncanny X-Men 132 final page - John Byrne & Terry Austin Uncanny #134 pg 4 - John Byrne & Terry Austin X-Men #69 pg 1 - Pacheco/Larocca/Thibert Uncanny X-Men #173 pg 12 - Paul Martin Smith & Bob Wiacek Uncanny X-Men 275 pgs 10-11 Jim Lee & Scott Williams Uncanny X-men Annual #9 pg 1 - Art Adams Uncanny X-Men #287 pg 15 John Romita Jr. & Scott Williams

Our X-Men related Christmas traditions, and The Island of Misfit Mutants.

MUSIC OUTRO - "Stille Nacht" - performed by Don Cardenas

T'was the Night Before X-Mas written by Gerry McDade and Sean Pigeon (with a big assist from Clement Clark Moore) & Peformed by C. Scott Lovejoy of Back to the Past Pop Culture Collectibles in scenic Redford Michigan http://gobacktothepast.com/

A million thanks to our past guests and Network partners: Ryan Stegman - @ryanstegman Chris Yost - @yost Don Cardenas - @doncardenasart Greg Turner - @GregTurner16 Steve Andreski - @steveraker Anthony Laatsch - @anthonylaatsch Alan White - @newmutant Justin Peterson - @justinpeterson Wendi Freeman - @DFWendi Jim Johnson - @QuiGonJimm Brent Anderson - http://www.brentandersonart.com/ Dan Pua - @leafinsectman Mike Mullins - @mullinsisajerk Bobgar Ornelas - @slurmo

And best wishes for a speedy recovery to Bob McLeod!

Guest appearances by: Belissa as Kate Pryde Arnim Zola as himself Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker as himself

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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it, and a Happy New Year to all! See you in 2015!