474 – Giant-Size Special #13 (feat. Anthony Oliveira)

In which the Warlock ongoing series is fun, and fun is good; people should maybe leave Doug Ramsey’s grave alone; Tony Stark is probably not in touch with the Indigo Girls; the heroes skate awfully close to the “no killing” line; Bastion gets exhumed, rehumed, and re-exhumed; you should really read the Avengers Academy Infinity Comic; and you remain the best listeners of any podcast, ever.

X-PLAINED:

• X-related characters of Avengers Academy
• Warlock vol. 5, #1-9
• Warlock (more) (again)
• M-Tech
• Jay’s Bluey Test for all-ages media
• The visual semiotics of Warlock
• Project Mainspring
• Hope (Esperanza Ling)
• Chi-Chee
• Psi-cops
• Gatekeepers
• Technarchs
• The transmode virus
• A fancy hat
• Many guest stars
• The Phalanx (more) (again)
• Psiren
• Psimon
• The techno-mechanic virus
• Complicated feelings
• Psycho Man (more) (again)
• Astro-computers
• Hope’s actual powers
• Template
• Magus (more) (again)
• Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic
• Why there are so many Canadian comic-book writers
• Superhero comics vs. religious texts
• Defining heroism
• Escapade
• Captain America of the Railways
• Bloodline
• Red Goblin
• Moon Girl
• Kid Juggernaut
• Blackheart
• Ongoing storytelling
• Emplate as a queer character
• Marcus Wetherell
• What else to read if you love Avengers Academy Marvel Voices Infinity Comic
• The 11^th Annual Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau Awards for Excellence at X-Cellence
• Many people to whom we are profoundly grateful

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