Episode 199 – X-Men: From the Ashes with Nola Pfau

Join Missy and Nola Pfau to discuss X-Men: From the Ashes, a mid-80s X-Men story featuring Scott’s new girlfriend who looks a lot like Jean Grey, Storm’s punk transformation, and more. We’re talking about Chris Claremont’s iconic writing, the representation of gender, and whether a superhero comic can be truly subversive.

Mistakes: We unfortunately had some audio issues while recording, so you may notice some echoing. Apologies—we’ve done our best to clear it up.

Some Sources You Might Find Interesting:

The Rape of Ms. Marvel by Carol A. Strickland

Reading Between the Lines: How Paul Smith’s Fluid Style Made Him the Best X-Men Artist of All by Nola Pfau

The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics by Ramzi Fawaz

X-Bodies: The Torment of the Mutant Superhero by Scott Bukatman

The Claremont Run: Subverting Gender in the X-Men by J. Andrew Deman

We’ve Been Stranger Things by Avery Alder

On X-(Wo)men and Third-Wave Feminism by Michael Campochiaro

Paul Smith’s Blog

“I am a superhero”; or, A Casting Call (to Arms) from Recovering the Radical Promise of Superheroes: Un/Making Worlds by Ellen Kirkpatrick

Superheroes And The F-Word: Grappling With The Ugly Truth Under The Capes by Glen Weldon

Watchmen author Alan Moore: ‘I’m definitely done with comics’ by Sam Leith

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