Brett and EvilJeff were super impressed with DC Fandome and talk about the experience, and the trailers! Plus we check in on Krakoa with Cable, Wolverine, Empyre: X-Men, and Excalibur! Plus plus, we start jonesing for a quick super powers fix with Netflix’s Project Power.
Aquaman writer Jordan Clark joins us to dive deep into his two-part arc featuring big things for Jackson Hyde aka Aqualad! Before that we we say farewell to Agents of SHIELD and hi to last week’s X-books, including a pivotal Marauders! Plus, we choose our #My5XMen teams. (Interview begins around 47:30.)
So many cliffhangers and reveals happened this week, the rumors are flying! Huge gay twist in Empyre #4. The Umbrella Academy S2 took us to school. Some shadowy players showed up in Empyre: X-Men. And Fantomex took us back to The World with some new context in Giant Size X-Men. All this plus more!
We are so excited for DoX books this week. Cable proves to be as hilarious as Marauders and Hellions. X-Men turns Empyre into a character study. And X-Factor has arrived! It is brilliant. Plus Umbrella Academy is back! And for some reason, Diana Rigg keeps coming up.
The unexpected Empyre: X-Men finally gives us X-Corp vs Plants vs Zombies vs Old Ladies. The Hellions get their asses kicked. Emperor Hulking is a gay comic dream. And Brett and EvilJeff talk about the virtual Comic-Con experience.
Brett and EvilJeff rocket to the far reaches of space (well, Earth’s moon) to explore Marvel’s next big thing, EMPYRE! We also dive into the seas with aquatic hero, Magneto?! Plus we checked with with new fave, Palm Springs, and a give a contentious review for Netflix’s The Old Guard.
Brett and EvilJeff focus on X-Force #10, Empyre #0: Fantastic Four, and Strange Academy #2. We also talk about Joss Whedon’s horrible behavior and J.K. Rowling's monstrously horrible soul, personage, and everything. Fuck J.K. Rowling. Plus Agents of SHIELD and Doom Patrol!
Brett and EvilJeff talk through the outcomes of the Weapon Plus program with a rundown of the 16 weapons it created. We put special emphasis on the tragic story of Isiah Bradley, the Black Captain America from Robert Morales and Kyle Baker’s TRUTH (2003). All those weapons plus a Gambit fan film!
It's our most botanical episode yet. Brett and EvilJeff give sun and water to the plight of the Cotati in Empyre #0 and the story of Poison Ivy in Harley Quinn. Plus, Doom Patrol is back with Season 2!
Brett and Evil Jeff ARE Emma Frost and Jean Grey (respectively) IN "Emma & Jean Get a Drink." Presenting a scene where Emma and Jean finally get to have that drink.
Brett and Evil Jeff read Vita Alaya’s unfinished Nebula series and wonder why Marvel is holding books back! Plus we chat about Excalibur #10, New Mutants #10, Something is Killing the Children #7, Adventureman #1, and a lot of TV. And bonus!, we continue to struggle with our transition music.
Please go to https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co for resources on how you can help fight and help heal. In this episode, we talk about Marauders #10, Amazing Spider-Man #43, and Avengers #33. We also talk Harley Quinn, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and The Shipper.
Marvel's mutants have an island, and on that island are some fierce lesbians. Brett and EvilJeff salute the X-Men's most powerful wlw including Mystique, Destiny, Karma, Bling!, and a surprise character who we all want to get over her closeted (ahem) phase.
Do you feel that? That's Rictor. And he brought his gay reptilian friend, Anole! Our CBQ Icons series continues with two of the younger gays on Marvel's mutant island. Thrill at the tale of the Rictor / Shatterstar relationship. Weep for the lonely life of little Anole.
CBQ Icons series plunges into the most prominent gay yet, Bobby "Iceman" Drake. Bobby's own past illustrates that it was not Marvel, not Bendis, but Bobby himself who lead to his outing. We explore Iceman's relationship with women to get to the heart of his relationship with men. Plus, information on our joint fundraiser for the Binc Foundation!
We continue our Icons series by exploring the 40-year history of the one true mutant luminary — Miss Allison Blaire. From her bizarre origins to her Krakoan house band, we go behind the music to get to the heart of DAZZLER!.
In 1988, the X-Men, X-Factor, and the New Mutants engulfed the Marvel Universe, and frankly, all of us in their wild, queer drama. Brett and EvilJeff take you back to a demonic Manhattan and the beginning of the end of the Claremont era. It's time to talk about the gayest crossover ever — INFERNO.
Brett and EvilJeff explore key moments in the journey of Marvel's first gay male hero, Northstar, and realize something troubling. We take a look back to 1992's Alpha Flight #106, 2001's X-Men #111-113 & UXM #392-393, and 2012's Astonishing X-Men #51. Then we realize we started a gay icons series and have the same idea for the next one.
Another week with no new comics, so we are taking it back to 2003. Brett and EvilJeff reread the Emma Frost solo series and, well, we have opinions. And on this journey, we stumble through the Frost Sisters’ history, dip a little into Generation X and Morrison’s New X-Men, and praise what TKO Comics is doing for local comic shops.
Brett and EvilJeff talk comics industry disruption and piece together what they know. EvilJeff is happy Brett has finally caught up on Runaways. We pour one out for The Magicians, and talk about movie moments that make us cry. Plus, what is this? A deep dive into the past (and possible future) of Amalgam Comics?