Happy New Year! Kick it off by visiting some iconic and, uh, uniconic moments in mutant history; and rest assured that, through it all, Professor Xavier is a JERK! 

Join us as we meet some of the silliest characters we've seen in a long while, and tackle it all with complete grace and professionalism. It's 2026!

Coming clean. Matt Rogers. Professor Xavier is a JERK! Paul Smith’s perfect Wolverine. Stevie Hunter’s full mailing address. Booty calls. Tunnels. A dragon! You’ve gotta stop saying “stank face”. Dani’s frisbee skills. Can’t be hurt while I’m blasting. Mulled cider. Team America! Silver Samurai and Serpent. Running over people with motorcycles. Cerebrating. A very obvious plan. We just don’t care. Can Cannonball see through walls?! 2 shacks 2 explosions. BLIP Magazine.

Issues: Uncanny X-Men #168, X-Men Special Edition #1 (bonus story), New Mutants #4-6

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41 - Professor Xavier is a Jerk! - Uncanny X-Men #168, X-Men Special Edition #1 (bonus story), New Mutants #4-6

Listen Bub, it's Christmas.... We're the best there is at what we do, and what we do is friggin precious! Matt and Pat welcome on YouTuber, podcaster, and friend PushingUpRoses to read the landmark 1983 WOLVERINE MINI-SERIES by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.

We get pretty goddamn deep on this one, so expect to laugh, cry, half-laugh/half-sob, and growl through this Christmas Day episode on WOLVERINE (Vol. 1) #1-4.

Topics Discussed:

Link climbing in the rain. Wolverine peaking between two knees. A rogue bear. One eye apart. Who is Wolverine's father? Unpackin' my costume. Undressing and redressing Logan. Professional assassins with terrible aim. YUKIO! THE HAND! A closet full of lamps. Not my Carmen Sandiego hat! "That is NOT a swimming position". One of the finest Kabuki troops Logan has ever seen. PICKING UP A SUMO WRESTLER!? Asan-ment. Bullet Train Chicken. An uncreative dream. Breaking the same window. Part-laugh/Part-sob. Spider-Man kicking through a box of cocaine. Can Wolverine get drunk? Weapon collecting.

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40 - Wolverine #1-4 with PushingUpRoses

It's finally time to cover perhaps THE definitive X-Men story! Join us for God Loves, Man Kills; a deep, dark, and unsubtle exploration of the Mutant Metaphor. The topics are heavy, the writing is deep, and the art is striking. We tackle the silly and the serious with the help of our very cool guest, YouTuber and video maker Andre (@mostlyandre)! Tune in!

Topics include:

Egg Nog. A brief physics lesson. X-Men Evolution. Brent Anderson! Neal Adams! A very heavy prologue. Reverend William Stryker! Kitty whooping some jerk's ass. THAT moment. Nightline. Ariel?? The Mannequinov family. Not the Rolls! Wolverine's claws. Xavier's crucifixion. The Joe Rogan of the X-Men. Dr Phillip Ramsey. Abominations. The Village People. Idolatry. Magneto! John Cheever. Scott gets it. Dang that ruled.

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39 - God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Graphic Novel #5) with Andre!

Issues: Marvel Graphic Novel #4, New Mutants #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #167

It's a brand new day on Graymalkin Lane! Where a rebuilt Xavier Mansion hosts a brand new group of young mutants - you might even call them The New Mutants! Join us as we meet each member of this future-star-studded team and watch them write their own origin story, define themselves and their villains, and even take on the freakin X-Men themselves! Plus, a conclusion - FINALLY - to the final cliffhanger of the Brood Saga! Tune in!

Topics discussed:

Matt does his best. Al Jolson. You can’t trick us and you can’t derail us. Egg nog. No one wanted this. Bob McLeod. Torch-wielding mobs. Ruffled sleeve = Hellfire Club. White men. The scariest Wolverine possible. Wolf to werewolf to girl. Mind Tap. What file type is a thought? Superheroes with rifles. “Nossir.” Stevie Hunter is in over her head. “I can’t be hurt while I’m blastin’.” Psyche! ET at the Salem Center Mall. Col. Michael Rossi. Frigi-Beam. Sentinels! Magnum P.I. New Mutants vs. X-Men. Professor Xavier is a prick!

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38 - The New Mutants Graphic Novel, New Mutants #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #167  - NEW MUTANTS

It's an epic tale of tragedy and heroism. Of good and evil. Of monsters and heroes. Of mutants and bugs. And it all takes place within these 6 issues. It's THE BROOD SAGA. The X-Men are shuffled off to space to fight a menace that legitimately proves too much for them to handle. It's a wild, emotional ride and we just absolutely loved it.

Topics discussed: 

Was Illyana in Limbo a filler issue? Woke King Wolverine. Moira MacTaggert has Pikachu tears. The Xavier Stare. Xavier’s ethical failings. Following a mental map to a special African cave to find Hitler’s secret gold! A familiar man. WE LOVE WOLVERINE! The scale of Berzerker Moods. Punching VCRs. Illyana doesn’t know Xavier is a telepath? EFL without consent! Carol kills everyone by accident. So many bad cliff hangers!  PAUL SMITH!“I have to tap that White Hole”. Trying to justify Storm’s powers in space. The X-Men are set on genocide. Greaser Cyclops. Come into my mouth, I swear I have a plan! The Acanti Baby Plan. A DRAGON!?

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37 - Uncanny X-Men #161-166 - THE BROOD SAGA

Folks, prepare yourselves for some truly Strange Tales as the X-Men hold hands with Dracula, take a quick trip to Limbo, and ignore time and space! We even get some incredible Spider-Man and Fantastic Four action, with the debut of a brand new mutant! Plus, some very impressive creative teams! Join us!

Topics discussed:

Bill Sienkiewicz! A very rude entrance. Harmony Young. Brothers blastin. Indiana Jones. Dracula?! Wolverine - NOT a christian. Jim Stupid. Divorce. ZARK! A Van Helsing! Big slap. Why Wolverine’s cool. Lilith! Very silly stuff. Stupid questions. Cripes! Limbo! Belasco! Bloodstones and an amulet. Creepy Nightcrawler. Old Storm. Time and space. Waving skeletons. Cerebus. 7 years in 2 panels! Karma! She possesses people. Frank Miller! Spider-Man & The Fantastic Four! So, so cool.

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36 - Uncanny X-Men #159-160, Annual #6, Marvel Team-Up #100 - Strange Tales

Get ready listeners - this episode, we introduce an iconic character with an iconic guest, Abby Denton! Comedian and writer of Gamer Mom! We're talking Avengers, ROM Spaceknight, and the X-Men all facing off with this...villain?!? Who IS this woman??

Topics discussed:

Jeez what DON'T we discuss? Local pro wrestling circuits. Gamer Mom. Digimon. San Francisco. Spider-Woman. Carol Danvers? The pretty fucked up events of Avengers 200. My Dark Angel. ROM's back! Is he stupid? The SISTERhood of Evil Mutants. Wraiths! Hybrid! Mack Killburn, Hack Reporter. Death by twirling. Two girlfriends. In love with ROM. Can claws do that? Alien virus. And a lot of mentions of Philadelphia. Go birds!

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35 -  Uncanny X-Men #158, Avengers Annual #10, ROM - ROGUE! with Abby Denton

Buckle up, folks; we're going to space this episode! But first, we have to stop by and hang out with our friend Spider-Man! Get ready for adventures across New York, Earth's orbit, and the Shi'ar Empire, making friends like Corsair and the Starjammers along the way! A LOT of X-Men down, and an eerie forecast of things to come.

Topics discussed:

Guy Ritchie’s X-Men. Dog ate a book. Marvel movies. J.M. DeMatteis! Wolverine touchin' butts. Wolverine at Ren Faire. Bunkies. Roman orgies. Robot heads roll. Spider-Man’s awkward sleepover. Professor Anthony Power. Mentallo? The Fixer?? Vacation-mode Professor X. Corsair! Shi’ar drama! Father issues. Spider-bots blowing the hell up. Tigra! The Imperial Consort. Calling Professor Xavier “Charlie”. Kitty still in a bikini. The Brood?! Deathbird! Is Colossus dead?!? The Starjammers are back! Lilandra and Charles reunited. A full-fledged Space Opera. A handheld costume generator. Kitty’s raddest costume. Admirable Admiral. Xavier down! The Phoenix?! Nope haha. Peter Pan. Intercepting lasers. WEBWING! Another T-Rex.

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34 - Uncanny X-Men #154-157, Marvel Team-Up #117-118  - Space Opera

Issues: Marvel Fanfare #1-4, Marvel Treasury #27, Marvel Team Up #100 (back-up story), X-Men Annual #5

We're not puffyfaffing around this episode! We're getting to it! We've got so many stories to tell you! Among them: A story about the Savage Land, Sauron, Angel, Mutates, and Spider-Man! A pointless short story about Angel beating up an underdog on behalf of his evil father! A story about how all African people know each other! And a story about the Badoon.

Topics discussed:

Extremely accurate Nightcrawler fancasting. Angel's Aerie. Warren's shirtless era. Peter Parker strips while fighting. Marvel Fanfare! Warren's nipples. The best T-Rex so far. Karl remembers his ex. A terrifying Big Bird. Insulted by a giant spider. “Watch me beat the shit out of your frog friend!” Tally ho! A polite earthquake. COLONEL CATHCART IS HERE! Moses Magnum...? “TIMBERIUS”!? WHERE'S LUPO!???!? “zonk”. A big moment for the frog-man. Angel runs away. The dreaded downdraft! The New Toad. They forget a cliffhanger. A gendered de-evolution machine. “The youth is demented!” Ka-Zar gets The Ick. SCOTT EDELMAN! Andreas De Ruyter! Walking from Cairo to South Africa to Kenya. “...in a word...” A big orange robot who looks like Alpha from the Power Rangers. Chris goes ALL OUT on the FF. “...in a word...” The Fantastic Four cause a lady's death. Finding the old bolts. Colossus' berzerker rage!

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33 - Marvel Fanfare #1-4, X-Men Annual #5, Shorts - Distant Lands

Back in the X-Men’s main title, the X-Men are doing X-Men stuff! For example, fixing the Danger Room, visiting an old petrified friend/friend who may or may not be a Sun God, switching bodies, and telling bedtime stories! Also, we finally learn the origin of Magneto!?

Topics discussed:

Studying Kermit. Kitty’s new costume sucks! Being “precise” about “broads.” Curling with Colossus. Magneto the Designer. “Hey, Cyclops!” RONALD REAGAN IS HERE! The Bermuda Triangle. Magneto’s philosophy. BONK! Why is Carol Danvers here? X-Men goofin’ on the beach… Deus ex Claremont. A missed eye opportunity. A FREAKY FRIDAY. Cyclops Snipin’! THE ARMORY RETURNS. Distracting lettering. The worst “No time for that now!” yet. Kitty Pryde’s arch-nemesis. Persona Exchange Gun! Stevie Hunter’s life has gotten pretty fucked up. Sebastian Shaw hitting himself. “THIS IS FOR WOLVERINE, SWINE!”  Pirate Kitty! Wolverine is comic relief. Un-mutinying.

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32 - Uncanny X-Men #149-153 - I, Magneto

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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