Great X-Pectations: An X-Men Discussion Podcast

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Jolene" - Dolly Parton Sean and Gerry are back again for the second time after an X years hiatus! This time we're dealing with the fallout of Marvel's (in?)famous 1984's Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars! We cover Uncanny X-Men 181-183 by Chris Claremont and John Romita Jr. 181- The X-Men return from Battleworld, but to Japan instead of NY. They fight a giant dragon and Wolverine's family gets one little girl bigger. 182- We learn just how much the events of Avengers Annual #10 have changed Rogue's life, as she attempts to save the life of the only man she's ever loved. 183- You demanded it! It's Colossus vs. #Juggs as Kitty Pryde's world is turned upside down. MUSIC OUTRO - "Careless Whisper" - Wham! You can ALWAYS find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod *FUCK TWITTER*and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Album art borrowed without permission from Marvel Entertainment GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson    

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Welcome Back" - John Sebastian Sean and Gerry are back after an X years hiatus! We recorded a special episode to help celebrate the legendary Marvel Noise Podcast's 400th episode, but in case you missed it we're bringing it to you here. Buckle up, because we're taking on 1984's Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars! MUSIC OUTRO - "Heart and Soul" - Howard Shore You can ALWAYS find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod *FUCK TWITTER*and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Album art borrowed without permission from Marvel Entertainment GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Mambo" - Billy May Sean and Gerry shoot the breeze, catching up on what's happened since Episode 54 a mere 2 weeks ago. Sean gives a massive retrospective on his sequential reread. Hot Cocoa is drunk in Claremontean fashion. MUSIC OUTRO - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - John Denver and the Muppets Look us up at http://greatx-pectations.tumblr.com/ You can ALWAYS find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "School's Out" - Alice Cooper Sean and Gerry fly solo together (?) in this episode! We first discuss Uncanny X-Men #180 by Claremont and JRJr. This issue is the final hashing out of Kitty and Ororo's differences, and a lead-in to both Secret Wars and the New Mutants arc we'll be discussing next! Then we move on to New Mutants #15-17, where the New Mutants try to free Kitty Pryde from the clutches of The White Queen (cue Alan) and her own teen super team, The Hellions! MUSIC OUTRO - "Warpath" - Ingrid Michaelson You can ALWAYS find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Do You Believe In Magic" - The Loving Spoonful Sean and Gerry aren't sharing this time, because this is one of Gerry's favorites! First up is Uncanny X-Men #177 "Sanction" by Claremont, JRJr, and JRSr! The X-Men have stolen something precious from Mystique and she wants revenge! Then we discuss Uncanny X-Men 178 "Hell Hath No Fury" by Claremont, JRJr, and Wiacek Kitty scrambles to save a life, while the X-Men go toe-to-toe with the Brotherhood of Mutants! We then hit the last book in the arc, Uncanny X-Men 179 "Whatever Happened To Kitty?" by Claremont, JRJr, and Green The Morlocks come a-callin' to collect on an old bill. Lastly, we talk about one of our favorite characters- MAGIK! in New Mutants #14 : Do You Believe In -- MAGIK??? by Claremont, Buscema, and Mandrake This is the story that brings Illyana Rasputin into the fold, and is the story that frames the entire Magik miniseries we discussed with Wendi Freeman in Ep. 20! *IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED TO EP 20, GO DO IT NOW!* MUSIC OUTRO - "The Afterman" - Coheed and Cambria You can ALWAYS find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "The girl fro Ipanema" - Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz NO EDITS! Sean and Gerry tackle this one solo, and talk about: New Mutants 11-13, introducing Magma to the New Mutants, AND giving us Doug Ramsey's first appearance! Then, we delve into the first issue of John Romita's Uncanny X-men run, discussing Uncanny X-Men #176 *mea culpa: Gerry was old enough to catch the reference to "Tales of the Gold Monkey" in UXM 176, but missed it. It's missing from the episode, and tearing him up inside. Scott and Madelyne's honeymoon destination is Bora Gora - The home port of Jake Cutter and his Cutter's Goose! MUSIC OUTRO - "I Would Walk 500 Miles" - The Proclaimers Our podcast, as always, can be found at http://earth2.podbea Find us at greatx-pectations.com You can find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ GXPod logo by Justin Peterson. Follow him at @justinpeterson Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "The X-Team" Sean and Gerry bring back their A-Team, Alan "New Mutant" White and Steve Raker, to finish off the Paul Smith Uncanny run by discussing UXM #174 and 175. Then, we throw in a very quick discussion of mutant appearances in Marvel Team-Up Annual #6 and #135 You'll hear about: -4 beer Gerry! -The Starjammers' origin in Classic X-Men #15! Claremont/Bolton -Professor X's love life cramped by the Brood -Kitty really an adult playing a kid? -Character moments -Done in one storytelling -Scott showing he really is the best X-Man -Mastermind -A new appreciation for PMS -Our introduction to JRJr -Sober Gerry -Cloak and Dagger! -Human Morlocks? MUSIC OUTRO - "Fingerhut" - Biffy Clyro Our podcast, as always, can be found at http://earth2.podbean.com along with our Earth2 pals (Earth2, Comic Book Bears, The Womb Mates, The Boob Toob, and New Worlds) Find us at greatx-pectations.com You can find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Find New Mutant on twitter @newmutant and at thepowerprinciple.co Find Steve on twitter @steveraker and at www.marvelnoise.com GXPod logo by Bobgar Ornelas. Follow him at @slurmo Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "The X-Team" Sean and Gerry bring in their A-Team, Alan "New Mutant" White and Steve Raker, to go deep into New Mutants #7-10. You'll hear about: -1 beer Gerry! -The death of Karma? -Bobby Da Costa's mom! Does she look familiar? -The dreaded Axe -2 beer Gerry! -Nova Roma! -The first appearance of Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla! -The first appearance of Selene! -Drunken teenage antics! -3 beer Gerry! Look for us in just 1 week when we return with a special bonus episode! That's right! Three straight weeks of GXPod! MUSIC OUTRO - "Volcano" - U2 Our podcast, as always, can be found at http://earth2.podbean.com along with our Earth2 pals (Earth2, Comic Book Bears, The Womb Mates, The Boob Toob, and New Worlds) Find us at greatx-pectations.com You can find all of our past episodes at gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Find New Mutant on twitter @newmutant and at thepowerprinciple.co Find Steve on twitter @steveraker and at www.marvelnoise.com Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker

Explicit Content MUSIC INTRO - "Welcome to Japan" - The Strokes Happy New Year! Sean and Gerry bring in the mighty Zack Kruse, organizer of Appleseed Comics and Arts Convention, host of "The Quad," and writer of "Mystery Solved!" to drop knowledge about the Claremont/Miller/Rubinstein Wolverine mini-series of 1982! Then we go solo to give the blow-by-blow for Uncanny X-Men #172-173! You know what? I don't feel like writing notes. Listen to the show. MUSIC OUTRO - "Lovers in Japan" - Coldplay Our podcast, as always, can be found at http://earth2.podbean.com along with our Earth2 pals (Earth2, Comic Book Bears, The Womb Mates, The Boob Toob, and New Worlds) Find us at greatx-pectations.com YDID YOU KNOW YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR EPISODES AT gxpod.podbean.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Find Zack on twitter @zackkruse and at http://zackkruse.tumblr.com/, and for the love of all that's holy, visit http://appleseedcon.com/ Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker

MUSIC INTRO - "O Tannenbaum" - Vince Guaraldi Trio Sean and Gerry slip into the Christmas spirit and discuss ! We discuss our most coveted pages of original X-Men art: Uncanny #211 pg 21, Colossus vs Riptide - Brett Blevins & Al Williamson Uncanny X-Men #209 pg 14 John Romita Jr. & P. Craig Russell Bizzare Adventures #27 pg 43 - Dave Cockrum Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 #4 pg 21 - John Cassaday Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 #22 pg 24 - John Cassaday Uncanny X-Men 132 final page - John Byrne & Terry Austin Uncanny #134 pg 4 - John Byrne & Terry Austin X-Men #69 pg 1 - Pacheco/Larocca/Thibert Uncanny X-Men #173 pg 12 - Paul Martin Smith & Bob Wiacek Uncanny X-Men 275 pgs 10-11 Jim Lee & Scott Williams Uncanny X-men Annual #9 pg 1 - Art Adams Uncanny X-Men #287 pg 15 John Romita Jr. & Scott Williams Our X-Men related Christmas traditions, and The Island of Misfit Mutants. MUSIC OUTRO - "Stille Nacht" - performed by Don Cardenas T'was the Night Before X-Mas written by Gerry McDade and Sean Pigeon (with a big assist from Clement Clark Moore) & Peformed by C. Scott Lovejoy of Back to the Past Pop Culture Collectibles in scenic Redford Michigan http://gobacktothepast.com/ A million thanks to our past guests and Network partners: Ryan Stegman - @ryanstegman Chris Yost - @yost Don Cardenas - @doncardenasart Greg Turner - @GregTurner16 Steve Andreski - @steveraker Anthony Laatsch - @anthonylaatsch Alan White - @newmutant Justin Peterson - @justinpeterson Wendi Freeman - @DFWendi Jim Johnson - @QuiGonJimm Brent Anderson - http://www.brentandersonart.com/ Dan Pua - @leafinsectman Mike Mullins - @mullinsisajerk Bobgar Ornelas - @slurmo And best wishes for a speedy recovery to Bob McLeod! Guest appearances by: Belissa as Kate Pryde Arnim Zola as himself Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker as himself Our podcast, as always, can be found at http://earth2.podbean.com along with our Earth2 pals (Earth2, Comic Book Bears, The Womb Mates, The Boob Toob, and New Worlds) Find us at greatx-pectations.com You can find all of our past episodes at greatxpectations.libsyn.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/ Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it, and a Happy New Year to all! See you in 2015!