Danger Room #222: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Power Pack 19Power Pack #19, Alpha Flight #31, Captain Britain #14, Defenders #152, Secret Wars II #8, and New Mutants #37, from February and March 1986.

Titles include “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”, “The Grateful Dead!”, “Should Auld Acquaintance…”, “The End of All Songs”, “Betrayal!”, and “If I Should Die”.

Featured are Wolverine, Rogue, Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Summers, Magneto, Mirage, Cannonball, Sunspot, Wolfsbane, Magma, Karma, Magik, Warlock, Doug Ramsey, Brightwind, Beast, Angel, Iceman, Candy Southern, Energizer, Lightspeed, Mass-Master, Gee, Erg, Ape, Annalee, Leech, Beta Ray Bill, Franklin Richards, Cloak, Dagger, Valkyrie, Gargoyle, Andromeda, Interloper, She-Hulk, Manslaughter, Moondragon, Hulk, Spider-Man, Molecule Man, Volcana, and the Beyonder.

Theme Music:
Lazlo Hollyfeld – Buffaloallamericacity

Leech tossed into a box Uncle Wolverine comforts Franklin Leech's new Duds

Danger Room #73: The Sins of the Secret Empire

The Sins of the Secret EmpireAdam and Jeremy read and comment on an assortment of books from August 1973 to October 1974 including Shanna the She-Devil 5, Incredible Hulk 172, Captain America 172-175, Marvel Team-Up 23, and Defenders 15-16. Titles include “Where Nekra Walks, Death Must Follow”, “And Canst Thou Slay… The Juggernaut?”, “Believe It or Not: The Banshee”, “The Sins of the Secret Empire”, “It’s Always Darkest…”, “Before the Dawn!”, “The Night of the Frozen Inferno”, “Panic Beneath the Earth!”, and “Alpha, The Ultimate Mutant!”. These issues feature Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Iceman, Beast, Professor X, Havok, Lorna Dane, Shanna, Nekra, Amos Duncan, Hulk, Peter Corbeau, Juggernaut, Captain America, Falcon, Moonstone, Banshee, Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan, Linda Donaldson, Number One, Blob, Mastermind, Mesmero, Unus, Spider-Man, Human Torch, Equinox, Dr. Strange, Valkyrie, Nighthawk, Magneto, Lorelei, Alpha, and maybe President Nixon(!??).

Hidden costumes under a trench coat Wheel of Mutants!Magneto's PlaqueBrotherhood of Baby Mutants!

Sound Clips Featured in Show #73:
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On?
Joe Harnell – The Lonely Man Theme
America the Beautiful – Willy Nelson
East Bound and Down – Jerry Reed