ICONIC is a word that gets thrown around a lot, and today is no exception! Join us as we gleefully tear into this iconic run of issues, featuring the iconic Scott/Ororo fight, art by the iconic Barry Windsor-Smith, and Wolverine being his general iconic self! And of course we, your iconic hosts, are just being iconic as hell. Tune in!

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

Snorting crushed up Baby Tylenol. Bryan Lee O’Malley. We’re healing. A baby that knows what an email is. Little Rascals. An absolutely iconic fight. Whilce Portacio is here! That’s her Grampapa! Edward Albee’s Zoo Story. SFLANNG! Every Arcade story is the same. Barry Windsor-Smith returns! Lady Deathstrike is here! “Transformers would write some damn ad copy.”

TIMESTAMPS:

7:03 - Pat’s Email Corner

24:34 - Uncanny X-Men #201: “Duel”

52:05 - Uncanny X-Men #202: “X-Men I’ve Gone To Kill the Beyonder!”

1:10:05 - Uncanny X-Men #203: “Crossroads”

1:39:55 - Uncanny X-Men #204: ”What Happened to Nightcrawler?”

2:03:29 - Uncanny X-Men #205: “Wounded Wolf”

2:31:38 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals

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73 - Uncanny X-Men #201-205

MAGNETO tries to settle into his new role as the headmaster of the New Mutants this week, and boy do things go wrong. Everyone dies! Just kidding. Or are we? Tune in to find out, folks, in what turns out to be a realllly good run of issues, even amidst the turdstorm of Secret Wars II!

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

The Odyssey rejects. The new Spider-Man movie. Mary Wilshire and Bill Sienkiewicz! He’s still doing supervillain stuff. The original X-Men would never have sex. “Also, I’m very sad.” Chris Claremont’s The Beyonder. John Wayne. Believing in the Grim Reaper. Counting coup. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. Everyone’s dead. More Secret Wars II stuff. “You made her go to hell.” Charles Xavier’s mysterious older cousin, Michael Xavier is here! Avengers sleepwear. Steve Garvey’s Space Jam.

TIMESTAMPS:

4:52 - Pat’s Email Corner

24:32 - New Mutants #35 : “The Times, They Are A’changin’!”

55:21 -  New Mutants #36 : Subway to Salvation

1:04:06 - New Mutants #37: “If I Should Die”

1:31:14 - New Mutants #38: “Aftermath”

1:47:59 - New Mutants #39: “Pawns of the White Queen”

1:59:48 - New Mutants #40: “Avengers Assemble!”

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72 - New Mutants #35-40 - Professor Magneto

ISSUES: Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor #1-4

Don't tell Chris Claremont, but we're starting a brand new title: X-FACTOR! Plus, one of the most classic deaths in all of comics is undone. 

Matt and Pat enjoy some controversial comics and walk away with very different opinions on the direction of the characters! We meet some cool new characters and revisit some surprising old ones...

Topics Mentioned:

"Huh. This is weird." Namor and Hercules nude party. The Black Knight's Atomic Steed. Talking stupid looking. An egg that looks like a coffin. We miss Peter Corbeau. John Byrne doesn't know what a clitoris is. Third Genesis. Reed Richards' one mutant friend. RUSTY! "Gotta get these clothes off. No time to lose!" Scott Summers as husband and father. "Why are you telling me this?" Cameron Hodge! A secret police for mutants. An asbestos bag. Bernard's dead! Showing up to a business meeting in your underwear. Vera's hot now. Dr. Carl Maddicks is back! ARTIE! Be nice to Artie. Bobby's ice detritus. FRENZY! The Jean/Scott/Warren Love Triangle AGAIN!? Headmaster Woodley is here! Artie is the best character in the Marvel Universe. "Say Jim, why don't you show ol' chili dog some presidents?" Ruining Scott Summers' hair.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Background

12:04 - Pat's Email Corner

30:30 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related This Week?

37:30 - Avengers #263

42:55 - Fantastic Four #286

57:35 - X-Factor #1

1:30:35 - X-Factor #2

1:46:10 - X-Factor #3

2:00:05 - X-Factor #4

2:18:15 - Final Thoughts

2:24:50 - Pat's Deals n' Steals

3:41:10 - Goodbye!

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71 - X-Factor #1-4

Returning guest and newly-christened friend of the show ALEX GOLDMAN is here to talk to us about a bizarre Exquisite Corpse-style comic Marvel did in 1985 for famine relief - without asking any of the related charities beforehand. Featuring an unbelievable roster of creators, this whole does not quite equal the sum of its parts.

Topics Discussed:

Does Stan Lee know what's happening? Kill the mailman. Catholic Hades. Alex Goldman as the next Wolverine. The ol' drowning-your-friends prank. My favorite soup! Wolverine's Banana. 5000 words for 3 pages. Alan Moore nails it. Unicorn trap! A naked Logan, hair normal. Having a threesome with yourself. Storm hit in the face with a pie. The precise location of "Africa". Poverty porn for middle-class Americans. The co-creators of Swamp Thing AND Man-Thing.

TIMESTAMPS

8:40 - Heroes for Hope Background

18:19 - Overview

24:10 - Stan Lee/John Romita Jr. pg 1-2

26:30 - Stan Lee/John Buscema pg 3-4

20:23 - Ed Bryant/Brent Anderson pg 5

31:00 - Louise Simonson/John Byrne pg 6-8

34:23 - Ed Bryant/Brent Anderson pg 9

35:40 - Stephen King/Berni Wrightson pg 10-12

38:20 - Bill Mantlo/Charlie Vess pg 13-14

40:54 - Ed Bryant/Brent Anderson pg 15

41:30 - Alan Moore/Richard Corben pg 16-18

46:10 - Ann Nocenti/Mike Kaluta pg 19-21

48:20 - Harlan Ellison/Frank Miller pg 22-24

56:38 - Chris Claremont/Brian Bolland pg 25-26

59:58 - Jo Duffy/John Bolton pg 27-28

1:02:03 - Mike Baron/Steve Rude pg 29-30

1:05:15 - Denny O’Neil/Bret Blevins pg 31-32

1:07:21 - George R.R. Martin/Herb Trimpe pg 33-35

1:12:35 - Bruce Jones/Gray Morrow pg 36-37

1:16:43 - Steve Engelhart/Paul Gulacy pg 38-39

1:19:37 - Jim Stupid/Alan Weiss pg 40-41

1:23:44 - Mike Grell/Jackson Guice pg 42-44

1:26:37 - Archie Goodwin/Howard Chaykin pg 45-48

1:33:10 - Final Thoughts

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BONUS - Heroes for Hope w/ Alex Goldman

It's the one we warned you about, dear listeners: SECRET WARS II! Tune in to hear us get really, really frustrated and eventually very tired. We've got no shortage of complaints and dunks in this one, which is what we know you sickos want! Somewhere in there we'll even recap some comics!

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

We’re upset. Jack Shitbird. It all washes out in the laundry. They can’t all have massive hogs. REAGAN WATCH! Pooping glass. Circuit Breaker is (inexplicably) here! A dog that eats cigars. Boom-Boom is here! Dazzler’s love isn’t real. Intro to Philosophy. I’m just a small-town Dave. Putting original art in the typewriter. Can the thing swim? Matt understands a sports metaphor. The etymology of buttheads. All rocks are from space.

Check out the Sal Buscema version of Secret Wars II we mention: https://marvel1980s.blogspot.com/2013/01/1985-sal-buscemas-secret-wars-ii-1.html

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Hello and Secret Wars II history

16:00 - Pat’s Email Corner

30:55 - Secret Wars II #1: “EARTHFALL!”

53:28 - Secret Wars II #2: “I’ll Take Manhattan…”

1:07:59 - Secret Wars II #3: “This World is Mine!”

1:20:29 - Secret Wars II #4: “Love is the Answer!”

1:35:11 - Secret Wars II #5: “DESPAIR!”

1:45:39 - Secret Wars II #6: “Life rules!”

1:56:05 - Secret Wars II #7: “Charge of the Dark Brigade!”

2:07:09 - Secret Wars II #8: “Betrayal!”

2:15:16 - Secret Wars II #9: “God in Man, Man in God!”

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70 - Secret Wars II

We're back with another cooooool episode for everyone! Not only cool because it's a sex number, but also cool because cold. This week, Matt and Pat talk about ICEMAN! Specifically the Iceman mini-series from 1984... It's CHOCK FULL of metaphors, but are they the ones that were intended? Listen and (maybe) find out!

Topics Discussed:

Scrubbing Gargoyle. A very muscular Iceman statue. Hiding in a shoebox. Telling a cop they'll be hearing from you a lot from now on. J.M DEMATTEIS! That's the Silver Surfer! "If he's nude, that's not the ice dude..." Red-faced Ralph Rachitt. Deferred trauma. DA IDIOT! HOT-CHA-CHA! Cousin Joel... Blaming it all on Commie Agents. "Please don't kill your father." GET CLOTHES, DAMMIT. Iceman no longer exists. A little ice baby. "We'll never be accountants either!" Bobby Drake's perfect town. Everything is love! My daughter/sister/mate.

TIMESTAMPS:

3:11 - Iceman Background

11:00 - Pat's Email Corner

18:15 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related This Week?

22:15 - Bizarre Adventures #27 (Iceman Story)

34:15 - Iceman #1 

57:00 - Iceman #2

1:09:35 - Iceman #3

1:23:20 - Iceman #4

1:36:30 - Final Thoughts

1:45:17 - Pat's Steals n' Deals

1:52:55 - What's Next and Goodbye!

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69 - Iceman #1-4

ISSUES: Nightcrawler #1-4, Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 & Marvel Team-Up #89, Bizarre Adventures #27

A podcast about a specific variety of earthworm, known in German as the Regenwurm.

Topics Discussed:

The X-Men's Gymnasium. Hot Dog Insecurity. Why Pat would never time travel. Too sweepy to port. JIGSAW. The Rolls Royce is back! Kurt uses his tail to make love. CUTTHROAT. Setting animals free. Mr. Villain. Webbing and elephant. The Cream of the Crown. Lockheed says "FUCK!" How do you know you're not a Boggie? Bullet Train. L'un Dun-T'wn. Tail sword-fighting. HE'S NUDE! Boggies and Bamfs. Let's Hear It For Daddy! DARK BAMF. I'll tickle ya! CRETACIOUS SAM! Illyana's porn collection.

TIMESTAMPS:

3:45 - Pat's Email Corner

 22:40 - Did You Do Anything X-Men Related This Week?

26:40 - Background

28:50 - Amazing Spider-Man #161-162

47:15 - Marvel Team-Up #89

1:03:51 - Bizarre Adventures #27 (Story 3)

1:17:02 - Nightcrawler #1

1:32:25 - Nightcrawler #2

1:46:05 - Nightcrawler #3

1:55:25 - Nightcrawler #4

2:09:00 - Final Thoughts

2:14:10 - Pats Deals n' Steals

2:19:00 - Goodbye!



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68 - Nightcrawler #1-4

Oh boy are we covering some all-timers in this episode, folks! We're back with the X-Men in their single-issue-story era, which includes Claremont and Barry Windsor-Smith's terrific follow up to Lifedeath, and the iconic Trial of Magneto! And you'd better believe we're talking a lot! Tune in!

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

Emptying Claremont’s notebook. A Canadian family. X-Men murder mystery. Advanced Genetics greasers. Kitty inhales. Chloroform tips. Do it, just do it, you won’t. Darth Vader. Worst issue. Lifedeath II! Where is Storm? Earl Grey. Holoempathic Crystal. Spiral is here! “Two places that don’t want you to play Pokemon Go in them.” The Trial of Magneto! George Lucas. Fenris is here! The future of the X-Men. Cheese. Sticker history.

Check out the Imperfect Storm essays by Osvaldo Oyola here: https://themiddlespaces.com/2015/06/30/imperfect-storm-part-one/

TIMESTAMPS:

8:59 - Pat’s Email Corner

30:49 - Uncanny X-Men #196: “What Was That?!!”

50:26 - Uncanny X-Men #197: “To Save Arcade?!?”

1:00:49 - Uncanny X-Men #198: “Lifedeath II: From the Heart of Darkness”

1:38:23 - Uncanny X-Men #199: “The Spiral Path”

1:56:20 - Uncanny X-Men #200: “The Trial of Magneto”

2:27:22 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals

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67 - Uncanny X-Men #196-200 - Lifedeath II & The Trial of Magneto

Join us on our journey back up North, folks, as we say good riddance to John Byrne, and good god what have we done to Bill Mantlo! Alpha Flight reaches some real high and real low points in this arc, and you'd better believe we're gonna tear it all apart! Plus, the Hulk shows up! Tune in!



TOPICS DISCUSSED:

John Byrne’s in the news. Pokopia. Secret War. The Hero’s Journey. Walter Langkowski the dipshit. “This is not your body!” A succulent Chinese meal. Carbonized air. Madison fuggin Jeffries. Penisless Walter. The West Edmonton Mall. Who’s That Pokemon? The Bozo Brigade. The damn Beyonder and more damn Secret Wars II crap. A bunch of Hulk stuff. John Dillinger. We have some thoughts on Bill Mantlo again. Books based on movies based on video games.



TIMESTAMPS:

10:49 - Pat’s Email Corner

32:45 - Alpha Flight #24: “Final Conflict”

47:15 - Alpha Flight #25: “...And Graves Give Up Their Dead…”

59:35 - Alpha Flight #26: “If At First You Don’t Succeed…”

1:10:36 - Alpha Flight #27: “Betrayal”

1:20:41 - Alpha Flight #28: “Cross-Over”

1:32:46 - Incredible Hulk #313: “Hook, Line, and Sinker!”

1:42:31 - Alpha Flight #29: “Cut Bait and Run!”

1:56:07 - Pat’s Deals ‘n’ Steals



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66 - Alpha Flight #24-29,  Incredible Hulk #313 - Alpha Flight 5

You may, occasionally, think to say to yourself, "What is this podcast? Just two grown men reading comic books for teenagers?" WRONG. We've got RANGE. In THIS episode, we read a bunch of comic books for CHILDREN!

The X-Men meet the newest little super-team on the block, the POWER PACK. We get introduced to the writing of Louise Simonson through four little dorks who Pat can't keep straight in his head.

Plus a Pat's Deals and Steals that drives Matt insane.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

The X-Men don't wannnnnnaaaaa. NAZGUL again. Nimrod has every super power. "If her name is Ariel..." John Constantine with a rattail. He's tacticizing. Dean Coolshoes. Kids have bad ideas. A shitty cop. Kitty's trenchcoat leotard. A whole new batch of morlocks. A racist(?) folk tale. Everybody hates Leech. Wolverine's gonna gut a little girl. RUN FOR IT!! These kids love the sewers. "I've never seen anyone so ugly!" WE JUST DID THIS YESTERDAY. A morlock who's a moving van. Inviting all the super-heroes to Thanksgiving.



TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Hello and Background

15:05 - Pat's Email Corner

33:40 - Did We Do Anything X-Men Related?

39:20 - Uncanny X-Men #194

1:00:00 - Power Pack #11

1:09:00 - Power Pack #12

1:31:15 - Uncanny X-Men #195

1:58:55 - Final Thoughts

2:03:30 - Pat's Deals and Steals

2:09:30 - Goodbye!

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Episode 65 - Uncanny X-Men #194-195, Power Pack #11-12 - POWER PACK

Matt Aukamp (@mutantmenace) · Zencastr

Matt Aukamp (@mutantmenace)

Comedians Matt Aukamp (Save Your Game, The Very Worst) and Pat Reber (The Very Worst) read the X-Men in chronological order and talk about all the weird, funny, ridiculous, insightful, and interesting things within.

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