Danger Room #141: The Hellfire Gambit

The Uncanny X-Men 152Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #152 from December 1981 titled “The Hellfire Gambit”. This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Amanda Sefton, Stevie Hunter, Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, Harry Leland, and some guy named Cole.

Kitty turns into a car! The origin of Cole oohhh... mmyyy...

Sound Clips in Show #141
Original music from listener James Howlett

Danger Room #140: X-Men Minus One!

The Uncanny X-Men 151Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #151 from November 1981 titled “X-Men Minus One!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Amanda Sefton, Emma Frost, Sebastian Shaw, and the Sentinels.

Weird looking. Demon Kitty! Kurt does something cool.

Sound Clips in Show #140
Connie Boswell with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra – Me Minus You

Danger Room #139: Apokolips… Now.

Marvel and DC Present featuring the Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans #1Adam and Jeremy read and comment on Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans from August 1982 titled “Apokolips… Now.” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Raven, Starfire, Changeling, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, Cyborg, Robin, Metron, Deathstroke the Terminator, Darkseid, and Dark Phoenix.

Crossover! The return of Phoenix (first time)! Crossover!! The New Uncanny Teen-Men! Crossover? Everything new is old again.

Sound Clips in Show #139
Puffy AmiYumi – Teen Titans (Theme Song)
Original music from listener James Howlett

Danger Room #138: Fast Descent Into Hell!

Marvel Fanfare 1Adam and Jeremy read and comment on Marvel Fanfare 1-4 from 1982. Titles include “Fast Descent Into Hell!”, “To Sacrifice My Soul…”, “Into the Land of Death…”, and “Lost Souls!”. These issues feature Angel, Candy Southern, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Ka-Zar, Zabu, Shanna, Spider-Man, J Jonah Jameson, Robbie Robertson, Cyclops, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Barbarus, Gaza, Timberius, Brainchild, Amphibius, Vertigo, Zaladane, and Sauron.

Angel's nipple is staring at you! Man-Bird and Man-Spider Look at that hair! The new Cyclops visor?

Sound Clips in Show #138
Original music from listener James Howlett
Barrett Strong – Money (That’s What I Want)

Danger Room #137: Ou, La La–Badoon!

King-Size Annual! X-Men 5Adam and Jeremy read and comment on X-Men Annual #5 from October 1981 titled “Ou, La La–Badoon!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic, Thing, Human Torch, Franklin Richards, Moira MacTaggert, Arkon, and the Badoon.

Kitty cosplays. Storm and Sue Storm cosplay. Everybody cosplays!

Sound Clips in Show #137
Original music from listener James Howlett
Abba – Dancing Queen
The Sugar Hill Gang – Rappers Delight

Danger Room #136: I, Magneto…

The Uncanny X-Men 150Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #150 from October 1981 titled “I, Magneto…” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Sprite, Professor X, Moira MacTaggert, Peter Corbeau, Lee Forrester, Carol Danvers, Ronald Reagan, and Magneto.

Fish costume love!  All-New All-What the!?  The humanization of Magneto

Sound Clips in Show #136
Original music from listener James Howlett
Super Sonic – JJ Fad

Danger Room #135: And the Dead Shall Bury the Living!

The Uncanny X-Men 149Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #149 from September 1981 titled “And the Dead Shall Bury the Living!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Lee Forrester, Magneto, and Garokk.

Kitty's new costume! Wolverine is doing Kitty curls OMG, Magneto knows!

Sound Clips in Show #135
Original music from listener James Howlett

Danger Room #133: Cry, Mutant!

The Uncanny X-Men 148Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #148 from August 1981 titled “Cry, Mutant!” This issue features Cyclops, Banshee, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Angel, Kitty Pryde, Lee Forrester, Spider-Woman, Dazzler, Caliban, Magneto, Siryn, Illyana Rasputin, Stevie Hunter, and Moira MacTaggert.

HOT Angel expresses his feelings to no one in particular. A much different Caliban than we have come to know.

Sound Clips in Show #133
Gerard McCann – Cry Little Sister
Nothing’s Going to Stop Me Now (theme from Perfect Strangers)

Danger Room #132: Rogue Storm!

The Uncanny X-Men 147Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #147 from July 1981 titled “Rogue Storm!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Angel, Lee Forrester, James Hudson, Heather Hudson, Arcade, and Dr. Doom.

Combat moves! Whoah. Shadowy.

Also included in this episode is commentary on Bizarre Adventures #27 from July 1981 titled “The Brides of Attuma”.

Sound Clips in Show #132
James Horner – Rogue Wave (Perfect Storm Soundtrack)
Tim Minchin – Storm

Danger Room #131: Murderworld!

The Uncanny X-Men 146Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #146 from June 1981 titled “Murderworld!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Angel, Illyana Rasputin, Havok, Polaris, Professor X, Banshee, Iceman, Candy Southern, Amanda Sefton, Lee Forrester, Stevie Hunter, Miss Locke, Arcade, and Dr. Doom.

OMG, Storm is a fembot! Scott's deadly secret is revealed Naughty Havok

Sound Clips in Show #131
Murder She Wrote (Theme)
Murder By Numbers – The Police

Danger Room #130: Kidnapped!

The Uncanny X-Men 145Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #145 from May 1981 titled “Kidnapped!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Angel, Kitty Pryde, Havok, Polaris, Professor X, Banshee, Iceman, Beast, Lee Forrester, Stevie Hunter, Miss Locke, Arcade, and Dr. Doom.

Jean Angry! Yawn.... who's kidnapped? http://sadtrombone.com/?play=true

Sound Clips in Show #130
Kidnapped – Gary Moore

Danger Room #129: Even In Death…

The Uncanny X-Men 144Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #144 from April 1981 titled “Even In Death…” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Angel, Kitty Pryde, Havok, Professor X, Lee Forrester, D’Spayre, and Man-Thing.

"Spacial" Scott Get used to this image... Shades of Grey

Sound Clips in Show #129
Tales from the Crypt (Theme Song)
The Lonely Man Theme – Jonathan Brown
Nightmare on Elm Street (Theme Song)

Danger Room #128: Demon

The Uncanny X-Men 143Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #143 from March 1981 titled “Demon”. This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Angel, Kitty Pryde, Professor X, Mariko Yashida, Lee Forrester, and a N’Garai.

Giant-sized Colossus.Alien?Juggernaut style!

Sound Clips in Show #128
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Little Demon
Olivia Newton-John – Physical

Danger Room #122: Elegy

X-Men 138Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #138 from October 1980 titled “Elegy”. This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Beast, Angel, Iceman, Professor X, Lilandra, John Grey, Elaine Grey, Sarah Grey, Kitty Pryde, and a bunch of others in flashback.

The bazooka returns!The X-Men Rogues GalleryBitch?

Also included in this episode is commentary on Classic X-Men #44 from February 1990 titled “Her First & Last”.

Sound Clips in Show #122
Gabriel Faure – Elegy (performed by Irena Josifoska)
Art Tatum – Elegy

Danger Room #121: The Fate of the Phoenix!

X-Men 137Adam and Jeremy read and comment on The Uncanny X-Men #137 from September 1980 titled “The Fate of the Phoenix!” This issue features Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Storm, Beast, Angel, Professor X, Lilandra, Gladiator, Marvel Girl, Phoenix, Dark Phoenix, the Supreme Intelligence, Rk’lll, Starbolt, Oracle, Smasher, Warstar, Earthquake, Hussar, Manta, the Recorder, and the Watcher.

Wolverine inexplicably meets the Watcher Cyclops' first plan to eliminate Phoenix: Strangulation. The ultimate sacrifice

Also included in this episode is commentary on Classic X-Men #43 from January 1990 titled “Flights of Angels”.

Sound Clips in Show #121
Taps –  Traditional
Sound clip from “Comics in Focus: Chris Claremont’s X-Men”