95 – Earthfall

Art by David Wynne

 

In which the X-Men finally follow up on a dropped plotline; you should probably not mess with abandoned star sharks; “Dawn of Blood” is a sometimes food; The Goblin Queen makes her first appearance; we debut a new podcast feature; and there may or may not be a frozen woman in the Xavier School basement.

X-PLAINED:

• The Providian Order
• Uncanny X-Men #232-234
• The Brood (again)
• Several ill-fated campers
• Harry Palmer
• The Brood as horror antagonists
• Why John Doggett is the best X-Files agent
• Psylocke’s armor
• Why Nestor Carbonell should play Gambit
• Some deeply dubious codenames
• Red Bee
• Michael the Bee
• Reverend William Conover and his Glory Day Crusade
• The Mile High Diner
• The strange case of Hannah Conover
• One hell of a nightmare
• A deal with a devil
• InfernoWatch
• The direct market
• Ways to approach an endless serial

INFERNO WATCH:

• Madelyne meets and strikes a deal with S’ym
• First appearance of the Goblin Queen costume

NEXT EPISODE: Evolutionary War

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CORRECTION: In this episode, Jay recalled the direct market as having been conceived in significant part by Carol Kalish. It was, in fact, the brainchild of Phil Seuling.

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