30 episodes
E For Evolution: X-Amining Grant Morrison's X-Men Perry Constantine, Oscar Owens, Patrick Lagua
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In 2001, Marvel's X-Men comics had just gone through ten years of stagnation. In sharp contrast to the monumental changes Chris Claremont routinely introduced to the characters, the X-Men had become a safe comic afraid to take risks. In an attempt to finally shake things up, Marvel tapped Grant Morrison, writer of JLA and The Invisibles, to reinvent the X-Men for a new generation. And for the first time since Claremont's initial run, Morrison introduced sweeping and controversial changes, the reverberations of which are still being felt to this day.
Join hosts Perry Constantine, Oscar Owens, and Patrick Lagua as they go back through each issue of Morrison's New X-Men run, discussing the impacts of his work on the characters, the industry, and on themselves personally.
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The Morrison Legacy
In our final episode, Perry, Oscar, and Pat discuss the legacy of Morrison's run twenty years later.
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Here Comes Tomorrow (New X-Men #151-154)
The final episode in the re-read of Grant Morrison's New X-Men run! This finale features a callback to two classic X-Men stories—The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past. 150 years in the future, the X-Men led by Wolverine and Cassandra Nova Xavier are locked in a battle with the Beast over the fate of the newly resurrected Phoenix! We discuss the revelations about Sublime, our theories regarding Morrison's meta commentary on the X-Men, and so much more!
Issues Covered:
New X-Men #151 – Here Comes Tomorrow
New X-Men #152 – Surrender the Starlit City
New X-Men #153 – We All Have to Die Sometime
New X-Men #154 – Rescue and Emergency
These issues are available in New X-Men by Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection, Book 3 or New X-Men: Here Comes Tomorrow.
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Planet X (New X-Men #146-150)
We now come to possibly the most controversial arc in Morrison's run, where Xorn was revealed to be Magneto in disguise the whole time. We discuss the fan reaction to these issues back in the day, Marvel's rapid and sloppy attempts to undo the revelations, our own theories for what the arc was really about, and so much more!
Issues Covered:
New X-Men #146 – Planet X
New X-Men #147 – Magneto Superior
New X-Men #148 – Survivor Type
New X-Men #149 – Phoenix in Darkness
New X-men #150 – Phoenix Invictus
These issues are available in New X-Men by Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection, Book 3 or New X-Men: Planet X.
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Assault on Weapon Plus (New X-Men #142-145)
All three of us are back together to discuss the "guy's night out" story-arc. Cyclops has left the X-Men after Jean learned of his psychic affair. Wolverine beats Cyclops in a drinking contest, then drags him along on a raid on Weapon Plus and The World with Fantomex. We get an action-packed arc that plays to Chris Bachalo's artistic sensibilities but also gives us some great characterization, particularly of Scott, Logan, and their relationship. And also, some great commentary on The Authority and The Ultimates.
Issues Covered:
New X-Men #142 – Brimstone & Whiskey
New X-Men #143 – The World
New X-Men #144 – The Flesh
New X-Men #145 – The Devil
These issues are available in New X-Men by Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection, Book 3 or New X-Men: Assault on Weapon Plus.
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Murder at the Mansion (New X-Men #139-141)
Perry and Pat are just a duo for this episode to discuss the Murder at the Mansion three-part story-arc. Jean has just learned about Scott and Emma's dirty little telepathic affair and after confronting them, Emma ends up shattered! A classic whodunnit that sees perhaps the best use of Bishop and Sage as mutant detectives investigating Emma's death.
Issues Covered:
New X-Men #139 – Shattered
New X-Men #140 – Murder at the Mansion
New X-Men #141 – Whodunnit?
These issues are available in New X-Men by Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection, Book 2 or New X-Men: Assault on Weapon Plus.
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Riot at Xavier's (New X-Men #135-138)
We've now entered the final phase of the Morrison run and we're switching to a new format where we cover a complete story-arc per episode. First up is Riot at Xavier's, the final arc with Frank Quitely as the interior artist, the introduction of Quentin Quire, and the beginning of a new stride for this run.
Issues Covered
New X-Men #135 – Teaching Children About Fractals
New X-Men #136 – When X is not X
New X-Men #137 – Riot at Xavier's
New X-Men #138 – The Prime of Miss Emma Frost
These issues are available in New X-Men by Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection, Book 2 or New X-Men: Riot at Xavier's.
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