Mutant Menace

Matt Aukamp

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.

  1. Episode 54 - Alpha Flight #13-18

    2 DAYS AGO

    Episode 54 - Alpha Flight #13-18

    We're flying back up north this week, and visiting our favorite Canadian Super Team, Alpha Flight! But it's not all fun and games, as we work through pain, loss, and a pile of scrambled eggs. This is where Alpha Flight realllly gets good, so tune in! TOPICS DISCUSSED: Pee-wee Herman. John Byrne, fashionista. Bing-bonging Namor. Ursula K Leguin. Solemn, respectful silence, except for the screeching owl. Smart Alec’s disturbing fate. Pierre Trudeau’s resignation. Snowbird is 6 years old. Not a good-time scream. Saving the stroller. All vampires are dead. Draw us a toilet. Elizabeth Twoyoungmen is here! Douglas Thompson returns. Like a moth between the stubby fingers of a small boy. FISH SHIP. Madison Jeffries is here! We’re not canceling Puck. Jeff VanderMeer. “Dialogue.” Wolverine! What the FUCK Walter. Big year. Chekhov’s scrambled eggs. Good issue. You’re in a team book dude. TIMESTAMPS: 0:45 - Hello and Pee-wee Herman impressions 2:29 - Alpha Flight recap and initial thoughts 11:53 - Pat’s Email Corner 22:08 - X-Men-related things we’ve done this week 25:33 - Alpha Flight 13 - “Nightmare” 38:58 - Alpha Flight 14 - “Biology Class” 57:19 - Alpha Flight 15 - “Blind Date” 1:12:22 - Alpha Flight 16 - “…and Forsaking All Others…” 1:26:24 - Alpha Flight 17 - “Dreams Die Hard…” 1:39:35 - Alpha Flight 18 - “How Long Will A Man Lie In The Earth ‘Ere He Rot?” 2:00:00 - Final Thoughts 2:05:10 - Pat’s Steals ‘n’ Deals 2:09:55 - Signoffs Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Instagram: @mutantmenacepod

    2h 13m
  2. Episode 53 - New Mutants #18-21, Annual #1 - Demon Bear Saga

    26 MAR

    Episode 53 - New Mutants #18-21, Annual #1 - Demon Bear Saga

    Bill Sienkiewicz arrives on the New Mutants to deliver us the absolutely fantastic Demon Bear Saga and the super fun arrival of Warlock and Doug to the book! It's so much fun, we had to bring along a guest to enjoy it with us.  So Matt and Pat welcome Stephen Hesson from the Batting Around podcast to dive into it with us. We talk about X-Men: Evolution, Baseball, Marvel Movies, and then rave about Sienkiewicz's art for two hours. TOPICS DISCUSSED: BILL SIENKIEWICZ! A panel-breaking bear. Raving about the art so much. Cannonball with a shotgun. Trust us, this man is white. Who is this nurse with the chest hair? "I ain't worried about the Hulk, Bobby." Claremont's fetishization of Indigenous cultures. MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE GALAXY. Lilandra still dawdling. WOLFMAN! SHOOT IT! More raving about the art. Sam the religious himbo. Another Rahne Sinclair head injury. A really uncomfortable race-swap. Lonestar -> Moonstar? "TO: Dr. Strange RE: Demon Bear." Healer the Healer. "Drip Face" Whoops, by the way, Magneto's dead. Some Baseball friends. "ya dumb cluck!" WARLOCK! DOUG! A GREEN CAT ALIEN! LILA CHENEY! A Vrakanin, duh! Stealing a planet? A red-headed pervert Iggy Pop.  Timestamps 0:00 - Hellos 21:30 - Pat's Email Corner 26:30 - Do anything X-Men related? 34:10 - New Mutants #18 - DEATH-HUNT 49:20 - New Mutants #19 - SIEGE 1:09:30 - New Mutants #20 - Badlands 1:29:20 - New Mutants #21 - Slumber Party! 1:53:05 - New Mutants Annual #1 - The Cosmic Cannonball Caper 2:09:30 - Final thoughts 2:10:35 - Pat's Steals n' Deals 2:14:45 - Goodbyes Check out the Batting Around Podcast: https://linktr.ee/battinaround Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Instagram: @mutantmenacepod

    2h 19m
  3. 51 - Secret Wars

    12 MAR

    51 - Secret Wars

    Here it is, folks. The Big One. The Event to End* All Events (*start). It's the Toy Company-mandated Jim Stupid-penned Super-Hero Epic SECRET WARS! And, of course, the X-Men are in it. Or something approximating the X-Men. Matt and Pat struggle their way through this very long saga and have a lot more fun discussing it than reading it.  Issues: Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars (1984) #1-12 Topics Discussed: Professor X forgot. Galactus and the Wrecking Crew are equals. YOU'RE BEING MEAN TO DOOM. "Ach Nein Zein!" All the good guys fight all the bad guys. The planet's mysterious energies fix Jim Stupid's errors. Spider-Man's gonna rat on ya! The Weight of a Mountain. Everyone's worse than Hitler. The Size of a Solar System. Reed flailing! The chicken feather incident. Dazzler's murder of Klaw. Xavier's power is a joke. "SHUT UP, CYCLOPS!" The New Spider-Woman is here now... The Wasp is DEFINITELY dead. Thing has a good burn. Enchantress just complaining. An arrow hits harder than a bullet. The Wasp was NOT dead, she was just in some death-like stasis. Fightin' Doink-Its. Chippies. The funniest page turn reveal in history! Timestamps: 1:00 - History of Secret Wars 22:40 - Pat's Email Corner 35:15 - Weapon Jason's recap of Marvel Super-Heroes coming into Secret Wars  42:00 - Did we do anything Secret? 45:15 - Secret Wars Issue #1  57:23- Secret Wars Issue #2 1:05:25 - Secret Wars Issue #3 1:12:25 - Secret Wars Issue #4  1:23:30 - Secret Wars Issue #5 1:30:41 - Secret Wars Issue #6 1:42:25 - CHECK IN 1:46:27 - Secret Wars Issue #7 1:55:00 - Secret Wars Issue #8 2:02:57 - Secret Wars Issue #9 2:08:46 - Secret Wars Issue #10 2:16:52 - Secret Wars Issue #11 2:29:50 - Secret Wars Issue #12 2:44:55 - Pat's Steals and Deals! 2:49:23 - Ending 2:53:54 - SECRET JOKE Join our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenace Write into Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Instagram: @mutantmenacepod

    2h 54m

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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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