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. 57 - New Mutants #22-25 & MTU Annual #6 - Cloak and Dagger

    23 APR

    57 - New Mutants #22-25 & MTU Annual #6 - Cloak and Dagger

    Hey, have you noticed anything strange about Bobby and Rahne lately? Like how they keep staring off at the Holy Ghost Church with a haunted look in their eyes? Or how they keep writing fairy tales and attacking Colossus? Well, it's time for Matt and Pat to dive into this mystery and figure out what the heck is goin' on! And we think it might involve a racially insensitive superhero duo created by Bill Mantlo who hate drugs and pimps SO MUCH. Plus, Magneto falls from space, gets ate by a shark, and hits a woman. All that, plus the most unhinged Pat's Steals and Deals of all time (or at least since Matt bought the Winged Warrior Hat immediately upon learning of it.) Topics Discussed: Don't make me beat up drug dealers! A room of dead children. CATS horns up the New Mutants. Gangs of roving criminals. 2-FOR-ONE Glancing Blow/Rahne Head Injury. Is Spider-Man real? Classic mad scientist! "Yeah." A deceptive clown dance. Rahne Sinclair is a rescue dog. FRIEDRICH VON ROEHM! Rahne's Buddy The Elf moment. Not a good fairy tale. "Invulnerable while blastin'" #11. Emmanuel Da Costa doesn't wanna wear the Hellfire outfit. MIRAGE. HARRY MORRELL: NEW FAVORITE CHARACTER. "There's Bobby." Ultimate Fear, Desire, and Customer. Father Michael Bowen is back! Fear.com. Prayer works! TIMESTAMPS 00:59 - Cloak and Dagger background 13:12 - New Mutants background 14:10 - Pat's Email Corner 26:57 - Did you do anything X-Men related? 34:02 - Marvel Team-Up Annual #6 49:55 - New Mutants #22 1:04:20 - Mew Newtons #23 1:24:36 - New Mutants #24 1:36:02 - New Mutants #25 1:59:46 - Pat's Steals and Deals 2:07:10 - Goodbye! 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 9m
  2. 55 - Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6

    9 APR

    55 - Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6

    There comes a time in every little girl's life where she must shed the follies of youth and grow into a super-cool secret ninja assassin mutant with her big hairy friend Wolverine. And this, for Kitty Pryde, is that time.  Matt and Pat dig into the 6-issue miniseries KITTY PRYDE AND WOLVERINE from 1984 and are pretty damn stoked about it. Topics Discussed: Family-owned banks. A sumo wrestler in a fine Italian suit. The dumbest we've ever seen Kitty Pryde. Two bank break-ins. SHE REEKS. Wolverine's sweater crop-top. "Yes. We shall do crimes together." Ninja baby. Best Kitty costume yet! ITBTIAWIDBWIDBIVN. Boning on the rooftops. STINK BOMB! Logan covers himself in trash. Does Yukio care about dying? "STOP HANGING OUT WITH YUKIO!" How do you stab Wolverine in the heart? Whiny Carmen Pryde. THE RETURN OF THE UPDRAFT. Logun. Share the bridges! Rocky IV. Thor Winter! "Agghhh! Ghost!" Wild genes. SHADOWCAT!!! Mariko's Mariko wig. "SURPRISE SUCKER!" "screwed her on the roof."  TIMESTAMPS: 0:00  - Intro 6:35  - Pat's Email Corner 24:45 - X-Men Related Things 28:55 - Background 31:50  - Issue #1  "Lies" 45:45  - Issue #2  "Terror" 53:48  - Issue #3 "Death" 1:03:30  - Issue #4  "Rebirth" 1:19:20  - Issue #5  "Courage" 1:31:22  - Issue #6 "Honor 1:49:38 - [REDACTED]'s Steals and Deals  1:54:05 - Goodbyes! 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

    1hr 57min
  3. 2 APR

    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
  4. 53 - New Mutants #18-21, Annual #1 - Demon Bear Saga

    26 MAR

    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

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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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