The X-Wife Podcast: An Introduction to X-Men Comics

The Claremont Run - Brand New Mutants!

What do you do when your students die*, Charles? Reluctantly get new students! We've got a brand NEW team of MUTANTS coming into the story in today's episode with 1982's New Mutants Graphic Novel.

Thanks for listening to our eleventh episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener! We're in the first few issues of our highlights from The Claremont Run, a 16-year run of X-Men stories.  Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

*they're not even dead guy, jeez.

The Claremont Run - Days of Future Past Part 2

Because Alicia demanded it! And Justin had planned for it! We're here for the epic part two conclusion. We last left our heroes in a charged standoff with Mystique's newly announced Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, as Kate is desperately trying to prevent her future. In that future, our remaining X-Men move forward in the next step of their plan. We set everything up in the last issue, so let's knock it all down!

Thanks for listening to our tenth episode of Season 2! This is part two of a two-part story! We're in the first few issues of our highlights from The Claremont Run, a 16-year run of X-Men stories. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Claremont Run - These Are The Days of Our Past.. Future?

We're going back! And forward? It's our first dip into Chris Claremont's comics! We're starting with Justin's favorite, Uncanny X-Men #141, Days of Future Past, the tale of two Prydes.

Thanks for listening to our ninth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener! Stay tuned for part 2? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The Claremont Run - Interview with Dr. J. Andrew Deman

How could we possibly talk about 16 years of Chris Claremont X-Men issues, analysis, and meaning in just one episode? Consult a professional opinion! This is some deep nerding out y'all and we loved it.

In this episode, we are joined by Comic's Scholar and Professor of English Language and Literature, Dr. J. Andrew Deman. Andrew is Project Lead for The Claremont Run, an SHRC-funded academic initiative micro-publishing data-based analysis of Chris Claremont's 16 year run on Uncanny X-Men #97-278. We talk about characters, themes, conclusions, and evolutions that The Claremont Run has published through their daily Twitter threads.

Thanks for listening to our eighth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener! It is helpful to know the Giant-Size X-Men team before diving into this one. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Reign of X: The X-Men Election?

Let the campaigns begin! We're getting a message from the Krakoan future, something happening in new books. There will be a vote to determine the next team of X-Men. The mutants of Krakoa will cast their ballots for the winners.

BUT! The fans have a voice in this Democracy! "Flatscans be damned...", "Quiet Cortez!" It's up to the people to decide on the last member of the X-Men team. Why are we voting? Who are our options? Alicia has a ton of questions and Justin has a campaign presentation prepared.

Light spoilers for some things that happen in the Dawn of X after HoX/PoX. Justin wanted to give Alicia enough context to make an informed decision, but nothing major is said. Vote! From now until February 2 at www.marvel.com/characters/x-men-vote

Thanks for listening to our seventh episode of Season 2! This was a random, surprise episode teasing a little of Reign of X, current continuity all caught up, where Justin's reading! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Retcon Wranglers: X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2005) - Oh Charles...

If at first, you don't succeed... we're splicing in a retcon here folks and it's a doozy! The 2005 Deadly Genesis mini-series uncovered a giant-size dark truth of X canon.

Thanks for listening to our sixth episode of Season 2! This is the second of our Retcon Wranglers series, the stories that add a little extra new continuity into our X history. It's best to know Giant-Size X-Men before diving into this one! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Seminal Moments: Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975) - It Restarts

A giant issue with some regular sized mutants, we're taking this story international y'all! It's the 1975 relaunch of X-Men. After a five-year hiatus, a mixture of good ideas and economic opportunity strikes! Marvel takes the X-Men concept worldwide and introduces some of the line's biggest fan-favorite characters. Plus, it's our first appearance of Krakoa!!

Thanks for listening to our fifth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the second of our Seminal Moments series, the game-changing stories throughout X-Men history Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

DoX Vol. 1: X-Men #1 (2019) - Viva Krakoa!

It's a brave new world mutants! Our first issue in a post-HoX/PoX world and we start out with leaders of the mutant people on a mission. Magneto!! And then some family time on the moon that Alicia is not a fan of. Hey so we tried a new format for this episode and then we decided we don't like it, so I edited it all together, and it kind of makes sense? Welcome to the Dawn of X!

Thanks for listening to our fourth episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener, knowing that it builds off of House of X and Powers of X, Season 1 of the show. It's the first of our Dawn of X Vol 1. series, the fresh starts of this new mutant world. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

X-Books: Liberty and Justice for All by Carrie Harris

We've taken away all the pictures and multiplied the word count. Oh boy, is Alicia excited! We both love books and to have one that takes place near X-Men continuity makes us nerd out even more. Carrie has a love for the X world and it shows through her knowledge of this timeline and these characters. We had a whole ton of fun talking with her about her novel.

Thanks for listening to our third episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the first of our  X-Books series, deeper narrative dives into specific characters and events. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Retcon Wranglers: All-New X-Men #1 (2012) - Needs More 1960s

A new X-Men story that connects to the comic's roots! Mutant-human relations look grim in 2012. Don't worry, Beast has a radical plan that could destroy reality as we know it! Traveling back to the 1960s, he recruits the original five X-Men to stop the world from breaking out into civil war. Plus, cowboy accents!

Thanks for listening to our second episode of Season 2! This is a standalone episode, great for any listener. It's the first of our Retcon Wranglers series, the stories that add a little extra new continuity into our X history. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!