199 – Space, Geeks, and Gaveedra Seven

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which Shattershot is definitely better than the Cold War; Beast X-plains the X-teams; Cyclops is a tired babysitter; sustenance is not frivolous; Jim Henson is the hero that Mojoworld needs; Shatterstar is not a great head of state; it's hard to be Val Cooper; and Cable has definitely figured out how to take you (yes, YOU) out. X-PLAINED: Astra Content-to-story ratio The Mojoverse (more) (again) Longshot Shatterstar (Gaveedra Seven) Spiral (Ricochet Rita) Arize X-Men Annual #1 Uncanny X-Men Annual #16 X-Factor Annual #10 X-Force Annual #1 A pivotal battle Mujahideen A callback Several denizens of Mojoworld X-Team disambiguation The Death Sponsors A dubious solution to the Kobayashi Maru scenario Whether Arize is a mutant Telepathic favoritism Spiral's origin story A new regime Earth-84309 Powerpax (Frankie Power) Darkchild Cyberlock A metasingularity A large number of back-up features The X-Men's top ten enemies Amalgam (but not that one) Darick Robertson's juvenilia The return of Taki The Cable Protocols Brazilian Marvel characters Our feelings about Laura Kinney's backstory NEXT EPISODE: Louise Simonson CORRECTION: BonziBuddy was not released until 1999. We regret the error. Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! We’re in the process of migrating our official shop to TeePublic! Click over to check it out! (You can still find the designs we haven’t moved yet at Redbubble.)