531 – Here Comes Tomorrow

 

 

Illustration by David Wynne

In which we wrap up the continuity portion of the podcast along with our coverage of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men; Wolverine poses dramatically; Cyclops breaks the timeline; Wolverine poses dramatically; we are deeply intrigued by Brian and his magic car; Wolverine poses dramatically; Sublime extends his reach; Phoenix heals the timeline; Wolverine poses dramatically; change is important; and somewhere Wolverine is probably still posing dramatically.

X-PLAINED:

• X of Swords (somewhat)
• Endings
• Varying opinions on the same art
• Earth-15104
• ‘Crawlers
• Tom Skylark
• Rover (in several media)
• The Beast (Hank McCoy) (sort of)
• The evolution of EVA
• An evocative quotation
• Several recognizable oracles
• Where the timeline broke
• The Proud People
• Apollyon the Destroyer
• Mer-Max
• A somewhat robotic love triangle
• Tito Bohusk
• How to hatch a Phoenix egg
• The White Hot Room
• The Termids
• Several atrocities
• An unfortunate costume choice
• John Sublime (for real this time)
• Yet another origin of life on Earth
• Evil science
• Kick (more) (again)
• Weapon XIV
• The X-Men’s last stand
• An unlikely Phoenix host
• Breaking cycles
• Aspects of Earth-15104 we’d like to see explored further
• Where we’d conclude the X-Men

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