FULL SWING into the legendary NEAL ADAMS/ROY THOMAS run and Matt and Pat are finally absolutely loving the X-Men. We finally meet Havok in earnest and a vampiric pterodactyl named Sauron.

Other topics: 

Always in our hearts: @canadawolverine. Danger AKA Havok. Pompeii jerk-off guy, Pompeii jerk-off city. More Sentinel bureaucracy. "TRASK'S TREACHERY TRASK'S TREACHERY." Fight the Sun! Mr. Anderson. Bobby's girl                 friend. “Observe the Monitron!” A rip-off fantasticar. What IS the sound of evil? Don't google Ben Casey. Warren is suck a dick. Beware the icy grip of death. What is 333x worse than a vampire pterodactyl? KA ZAR IS BACK. Equilibrius aka Mark joins the Loser League. Cyclops is a terrible dentist. "What’s wrong, are we keeping your dinosaurs awake?”

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12 - X-Men #58-62 - Havok and Sauron

Hosts of Escape the Mojoverse, Allison and Matt Parent, join Matt and Pat to tackle the Butt Pages (#buttissues) of the last several issues of the X-Men. We talk about their podcast and the confounding origins of Angel and the Beast!

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We talk about:

How do we make our podcasts? MATTamathically or MathaMATTically? White Guy Pharaoh. Kitty Pryde’s favorite word. Batman in our esophagi. Bring Esophagus Man To Life! The most well-attended high school football game in history. The 2025 Matt and Pat Marble Peach Basket Competition. Hank is incredible at football, but is he good at jumping? An electric triple-sword. Taking over the world with three solar panels. Smelling your own gas. Check out this guy’s shoulder blades! Most men can wear shoeboxes. UNCLE BOB. How to be the world’s worst roommate: Piss, Piccolo, and Porn.

BONUS – The Origins of Beast & Angel w/ Escape the Mojoverse!

We're coming now to the end of the long, epic, generational Arnold Drake run and things start getting good!? Legendary artist Neal Adams joins the book with past writer Roy Thomas, and the two immediately revive THE SENTINELS. Plus, the first appearance of Alex Summers and Matt and Pat absolutely lose their minds at a Cyclops moment.

We also talk about:

Scott Summers is a bad brother. Why is Cyclops always waking up in museums? WHO IS THIS PHARAOH GUY? The Angel loses the same fight twice. Waiting in a sarcophagus for my boss to need me. The LIVING Pharaoh. Cyclops smashes-- well, actually, you should just wait and listen to this one. "NOT RAYS!" Searching the whole Earth for a super-villain. NEAL ADAMS joins Marvel's worst-selling book. Scott is immune to (further) brain damage. "My son... the Super Hero!" Beating up cops in two countries. A very unfortunate and offensive slur (like seriously, not joking, this sucks). X-Men on the run from the law. LARRY TRASK AND THE SENTINELS REBORN.

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11 - X-Men #54-57 - The Roy Thomas/Neil Adams Run Begins!

Matt and Pat get bold this episode and cover SIX WHOLE ISSUES of the very short but very interesting Arnold Drake run on The X-Men. Sandwiched between two of the worst issues we’ve ever read are three of the best we’ve ever read.

We talk about:

MAGMAR IS THE UGLIEST POKEMON. X-Men Legends. Making the pencils kiss. Who is Arnold Drake? A robot hidden inside a robot. Kirby, Sonic, and a guy with fire hands. The Joe Rogan podcast for the Left. JIM STERANKO IS HERE. Arnold Drake falls asleep while writing. LORNA DANE IS HERE. Just preparing bodies for a funeral in my apartment. “There are beings in there that feast on the human soul itself!” MESMERO IS HERE. A legitimately epic argument. Cyclops’ Rat List. “A warm hunk of girl.” A Kevin-McAllister-ass plan gone wrong. Scott designs himself a cute costume. Barry Windsor-Smith’s disappointing debut. Iceman doesn’t think women should vote. Blastaar sucks. Issue 53 sucks. History Stan’s Soapbox moments!

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10 - X-Men #48-53 - Arnold Drake and Polaris

PLUS, Issue #53 of The Avengers!

A brand new writer, Gary Friedrich, joins the X-Men creative team and PROMPTLY DESTROYS THEM. 

Also, Matt went to a comic book convention, Pat is 40, Pat explains beepers to Matt, and we talk about what the word "mutant" really means in the Marvel Universe

We talk about:

Magneto is glad Professor X is dead he SWEARS! Quicksilver can fly. Toad is back and weirder than ever. NO TRAPS. Cyclops has no regard for sailors. Marvel's prototypical super-hero: THE RED RAVEN. Wait, what is a "Red Raven"? Every idea is Angel's idea. Warren Worthington has ADHD. "No one tells Cyclops to halt!" Mutant Separatism. Seymour the Skydiver joins the Loser League. THE AVENGERS. Everyone is an unreliable narrator. The REAL Juggernaut is back. Foggy Nelson is a defense attorney. Globules. Warlocks eaws huwt. Hank McCoy's "Wonderous Wench." THE ICEMAN COMETH.

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9 - X-Men #43-47 - Gary Friedrich and the End of the X-Men 

It’s a wrap on Factor Three, folks, as the X-Men’s final confrontation with the MUTANT MASTER wraps up. You know, the MUTANT MASTER, the biggest villain ever in X-Men history? He would go on to… oh, I guess this is his last appearance…

We also get the Origins of Cyclops and Professor X and some background on Roy Thomas’s X-Men experience.

We talk about:

Comedy club etiquette. “Horatio at the Bridge?” NO TIME FOR THAT NOW. Roy Thomas can’t talk normal. Contract-tracing the “Holy Hannah” pandemic. Fred Duncan’s dudes. Don Heck was famous for drawing machines? A major punch-fest. A political rant. New costumes!! The REAL Frankenstein. Stop calling me “Tiger.” Grotesk. Professor Xavier’s Solar Orbs. An amazing trainman. A convincing disguise.

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8 - X-Men #38-42 - The Death of Professor X and Cyclops’ Origin

This episode starts with a conversation about trash hoarding and ends with a conversation about the etymology of the term “69”… So…. Buckle up?

Werner Roth’s reign of terror continues as Ross Andru and Don Heck join the art team. Matt and Pat ponder over the trials of our intrepid team of mutants and plea to our future robot overlords.

We talk about:

Where are Juggernaut’s beautiful thighs? Mansplaining to Jean Grey. The most disappointing Dr. Strange cameo in history. Two losers living in their basement dragging the X-Men into their petty bickering. Still sculpting robot muscles, huh? A MAJOR SPIDER-MAN CAMEO! Mekano is boring as hell. A real tear-jerker of an issue. “Jean makes the robot suck its own dick until it dies.” The Mutants Return!

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7 – X-Men #33–37 - Spider-Man and Factor Three

Mimic is now a full-fledged member of the team as Factor Three begins to close in! Roy Thomas and Werner Roth continue their parade of weirdo villains, and Matt and Pat are here to explain and mock them all for you

We talk about:

Banshee's weird face and iconic costume. The Ogre: Bob Hoskins of Super-Villains. Calvin is still a dick. What's behind THE DOOR? Iceman can't skate. The Super-Adaptoid's bizarre plan. The Warlock's bizarre plan. "It's not magic, it's mutant!" Turning people into medieval. Roy just can't bring out the hate for youth culture like Stan. Cobalt is too expensive! Are size 13 shoes really that big? THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF CANDY SOUTHERN! Rock and Red-Bone blaze their way into the Coffee-a-Go-Go AND our hearts.

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6 - X-Men #28-32 - Banshee and More Obscure Villains

Matt and Pat bring you another stunning episode of Mutant Menace, as the Roy Thomas era continues, bringing you a parade of obscure villains that will basically never show up in the X-Men again.

We talk about:

A bunch of villains that are hard to grab. Having too much fun being evil. Is criminal conspiracy a crime? Stan and Roy trade barbs. What is Telekinetic Research? Charles Xavier: Master of Disguise. "Do we both have the same bug guy?" THE LOCUST. Bola bonanza. Ted Roberts sucks so bad. The romantic sound of screaming orphans. The "no-prize." A Dig-Dug scene. Mimic is back, and part of the team? 

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5 - X-Men #23-27 - Roy Thomas’s Obscure Villain Parade

Okay, I lied in last episode's show notes. We left you on a cliff-hanger again. But I PROMISE we won't do it again here.

Werner Roth is off and running as Stan Lee hands the reigns of the world's strangest super-team over to Roy Thomas! Stan Lee seems to wrap his story up by bringing the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to a pretty final conclusion and introducing The Mimic!

We also talk about:

Magneto treats Toad like shit. Do sulfa drugs do that? What is a Counter-Ego? An anti-mutant mob! Cal Rankin is a dick. Using a MEMORY ENHANCER because you forgot a dude's name. Hot Tub Time Machine. Innuendo in the desert. The Unforgettable Porter Mack! A guy with a gun on his head. And dubious claims of "yester-year."

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4 - X-Men #18-22 - The Mimic and the End of the Stan Lee Era

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