Episode 406 - The Most Dangerous Mini-Game (Patreon)

In which we disagree about the value of Stan Lee intros; everybody wants Wolverine; Mister Sinister lurks; Haley Blanding deserves better; Thunderbird fights a tiger; and Xavier and Magneto do their usual thing.

X-PLAINED:

• The Circus of Crime
• Stan Lee intros
• Wolverine #-1
• X-Factor #-1
• X-Force #-1
• X-Men #-1
• Proust vs. Sartre
• How Logan joined Alpha Flight
• The secret origin of the word “canucklehead.”
• USDA, Annex B
• Myron MacLain
• Logan’s cigars
• Yet more continuity errors
• Sabretooth’s ridiculous car
• The balance of scary and silly
• Wolverine’s cowboy hat
• Summers family bullshit
• The Blandings and/or Masterses
• Vince
• The Proudstar family
• One or more cats named Coyote
• The origin of Thunderbird’s totem
• Edwin Martynec (again)
• Chondu the Magician
• Ringmaster
• Yet more Xavier and Magneto flashback drama
• The bottom of the resurrection queue
• Good car-trip episodes

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