This week comedian Ian Koranek returns to talk about the comics that inspired X-Men 97 [https://amzn.to/3y1MIgC]! Spoilers for various X-Men comics [https://amzn.to/3xSMkRD]. What comic predicted 9/11? Why didn't anyone blame mutants for 9/11 in the Marvel Universe? What happens in Uncanny X-Men #200, The Trial of Magneto? In what way did X-Men 97 improve on the source material? Which groups are X-Men an allegory for? How did we feel about Disney buying 20th Century Fox? What happens in the X-Men story Fatal Attractions [https://amzn.to/3zOAwAf]? Why can't we take dialogue from comic books and put it on screen? What happens in Operation Zero Tolerance [https://amzn.to/4cMmBsW]? What was one of the key changes they made in adapting the story for X-Men 97? Why does Ian hate it when people say "Magneto is right [https://amzn.to/3Y8jeIo]"? Who is Graydon Creed and who are his parents? Who is Bastion? Who are some mutants who don't want to join the X-Men?
Reading list: Uncanny X-Men #200 [https://amzn.to/468dRuR] Fatal Attractions: Uncanny X-Men #304 [https://amzn.to/46ftjWe] and X-Men #25 [https://amzn.to/3LzR2GM] Operation Zero Tolerance: X-Men #65-70 and Wolverine #115-118