Episode 492 - Brain Sharks (Patreon)

In which the Shockwave Riders are exceptionally silly; we are deeply impressed by brain sharks; and chrome plating and gun arms are among the lesser explored recurring Claremont motifs.

X-PLAINED:

• The fate of Sara Grey

• Revolution Claremont X-book disambiguation

• Uncanny X-Men #301-383

• The Neo (again)

• An unmarked anniversary

• A secret treasure trove

• Vagaries of telekinesis and telepathy

• The Shockwave Riders

• Brain sharks that eat memories

• The stuff of legend

• The Lost Souls

• Dirges and non-dirges

• One way to start a conversation

• Simyon Kurasov

• Colonel Alexi Vazhin (again)

• The Slash

• How to dress to go clubbing

• Blinkers, somewhat

• Ransom Sole

• Big Casino

• Sketch

• Revenant

• Major Debra Levin

• Bludgeon, Cudgel, and Manacle

• Houndification

• The best 21st century X-characters

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