The Uncanny X-Men #258, Wolverine #21, X-Factor #51, Marvel Comics Presents #42, Excalibur #19, New Mutants #86, Amazing Spider-Man #329, Avengers West Coast #55, Captain America #367, Web of Spider-Man #61, Cloak & Dagger #10.
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Hey, Adam & Jeremy
Another quality, 2-hour barn-burner of an episode (303). Though I did notice that you encountered a few challenges along the way, possibly due to fatigue (which is entirely understandable). So, in service to the greatest X-Men comic podcast on the planet, I figured I’d offer to help you clean up after yet another wild all-nighter. Entirely pro bono, of course.
In no particular order:
1.) ‘The Last Crusade’ was, and is, the best Indiana Jones film. C’mon fellas, I can’t believe you whiffed on that one!
2.) Fact check: issue #258 was not the first time that Jubilee was referred to as ‘Jubilation Lee’. That happened in Annual #13 (her 2nd appearance), and she was explicitly revealed to be the daughter of Asian immigrants in that same issue, not Hispanic or of an unspecified origin. I blame a range of artist interpretations (of a still-new character with accentuated west-coast 80’s cultural traits) as the reason for your confusion prior to Jim’s Jubilee.
3.) Addressing the reason why Jean appeared ‘sexy’ on pg. 14: I strongly believe it was because of the narrative and symbolic function of the scene. Wolverine, like Psylocke before him, was being psychically reprogrammed by The Hand. The three women who appeared to him (Jean, Mariko, and Yukio) are representative of the psychic ‘anchors’ that have historically grounded the animalistic side of his psyche. The women also represent specific female archetypes – The Lover, The Maiden, and The Huntress. By using the the intrinsic sexual qualities of The Lover (Jean) to seduce Wolverine, The Hand were attempting to convince him to surrender control. Didn’t you guys cover Greek mythology in 9th-grade Literature class? Tisk, tisk… too much Sega Genesis the night before, I bet.
By the way, X-Factor #51 might be the most balanced, perfectly constructed issue of X-Factor so far. The tension of the Sabertooth A-plot segued nicely into the B-plot with Opal and the Morlock, which in turn merged well with the C-plot of X-Factor decompressing after the previous story arc, which then dovetailed again into the A-plot cliff-hanger. It was a perfect “take a breath”-kinda issue, while still doing the work of renewing momentum for the series. Plus I’m a sucker for Christmas-related stories. 10/10.
Keep up the great work, but remember to pace yourselves. There’s still a long road ahead.