34 – Mordenkainen’s Marvelous Mutants

Art by David Wynne. Prints available here through Sunday, December 14! In which we venture forth into an age undreamed of, there are so many reasons to have Northstar on your team, Selene is the worst guest, Rachel X-Plains Conan, Cyttorak is the Mordenkainen of the Marvel Universe, Miles loves Doctor Strange, we have some fairly serious Captain America feelings, the X-Men completely fail at hide-and-seek, and we make more D&D references in one episode than in the previous 34 combined. X-Plained Northstar Beard privilege X-Men 189-192 Anachronistic timeline markers Hounds The Culture Shock Class An Age Undreamed of Conan disambiguation Red Sonja vs. Red Sonya Kulan Gath Marvel Team-Up #79 Barbarian Avengers Why we love Captain America Several haircuts WiFi sorcery A really good inspirational speech The inevitable cephalopod revolution Why Hank Pym is the absolute worst Claudication Hide-and-seek How Rachel Summers actually traveled back in time Magus Warlock, Adam Warlock, and their respective Magi Politics, religion, and Nightcrawler Edited to Add: In this episode, we answered a question from a listener looking for textual evidence that Nightcrawler isn’t homophobic (we pointed them to Amazing X-Men #13). We also discussed that question from a different angle--and at considerably more length--on the blog. Next Week: Dazzler: The Movie! You can find a visual companion to the episode on our blog. Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Support us on Patreon! Buy prints of this week’s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne for the original!