Graymalkin Lane the podcast

Becca Simon-Pinette grew up in adverse circumstances with her overbearing anti-mutant mother, her only friend being her beloved horse, Ember. But Becca herself is a mutant, able to give she and Ember different super-powered 'horse-forms'. A member of the Outliers (and girlfriend to Jitter), Calico is part of Gail Simone's new class of X-Men, and Chad is here to talk all about her, with guests from Homo Superior, Adam Koussari and Ryan Krull!

Victor Creed: Sabretooth, is one of the X-Men's deadliest enemies. An amped-up version of Wolverine, Creed is the most savage of the X-Men foes, dark and bloodthirsty, but he's also the litmus test for the effectiveness of Xavier's dream. And he's got way more solo series than you might think... Chad is joined by Justin Wilder, Scott Free, Matt and Allison Parent, and Joe Jones for this thought-provoking and hilarious trial. With cover art by Seth Martel!

Chad is joined by Phil Sevy and Josh Catone for an episode all about Absalom, the youngest External, at least until Cannonball came along. With his origins in the Old West, Corey Flynn was an outlaw who killed a legend and was hanged for it... then he woke up as a mutant. Now in the modern era, he faces death once again as the Legacy Virus runs rampant...

Chad is joined by a pole dancer, a queer musician, and a drag queen, all X-Men super-fans and all new guests on the show, to talk about the sordid past of Victor Creed! We review the recent mini-series by Frank Tieri and Michael Sta. Maria, setting Creed in the early 1900s, and things get bloody fast! Come learn about your favorite X-Men villain!

Yeee-hawww! It's Inez Temple: Outlaw! An amazing Gail Simone character, Outlaw is all cowgirl with the mutant powers of super-strength and durability! Chad is joined by Tristan Palmgren (who wrote an Outlaw novel!) and Excel Summers to guide you through the sordid history of Outlaw through Deadpool and Agent X and up through her time in the Posse with Domino!

Sabretooth month continues as we delve into a limited series where Sabretooth takes on the role of the action hero in the Mary Shelley Overdrive! Sabretooth's biggest fan, Matt Parent, is here with me to interview this series' writer, Dan Jolley! The violence and fight choreography in this one are glorious...

Well yeeeeeeehaw and git along, it's country western month on the Graymalkin Lane Patreon! And to open it up, my favorite ranch-hands, Terry Brown and Justin Kosmic, blew in on a twister... a Texas Twister that is! Drew Daniels moves into the focus (along with his flop girlfriend Shooting Star) and what a wild journey this is! 

It's 1977 and Chris Claremont and John Byrne are on the Iron Fist book, where they introduce a brand new villain... SABRETOOTH! Victor Creed is a mercenary killer, in a colorful costume with fur on his limbs and around his neck... His claws are sharp, as are his fangs, and he's ready to take on our kung-fu hero with an army of costumed mercenaries. Adam Santangelo and Frank Moran are here to celebrate the first appearance of this infamous X-villain !

Goo-goo-ga-joob! Mass Destruction! Chad is joined by Manolis Vamvounis and Christian Smith for a truly insane character just layered in pop culture references. Hubert Carpenter is... the Walrus! With a baffling origin, this character showed up in New Defenders, created by JM DeMatteis, and, well, I'm just gonna let you listen. You're gonna laugh, and also feel confused...

Patsy Walker is finally in the Hellcat costume, as the Avengers continue their battle with the Squadron Supreme! But full stop, because there is a deadly Assassin after the Avengers first, and this story is fully bonkers. Featuring an incredible and talented group of nerdy friends for a 3 issue script read! And this launches Sabretooth month on Graymalkin Lane!

Dead-Ringer is one of those mutants that never crosses your mind. A gimmick-y Captain America villain, he has the gruesome power to shape-shift into any super-villain (including costume and tech) whose severed finger he has access to. Yup, you heard right. Chad is joined by Karen Charm and Steve Duda to talk all about this definitely heterosexual character.

It's Darkstar month on Graymalkin Lane! Debuting in the late 1970s in the Champions, Laynia Petrovna is a Darkforce-wielding powerhouse with a tremendous amount of potential! Largely unexplored, Laynia's stories are fleshed out through her connections to Russia, to her powerful and complicated family, and to the world of mutants! This episode features a jury of Christie Porter, D'Manda Martini, Derek Nichols, Shawn Porrett, and Tom O'Connor! (Note: the edit on this one turned out a little different... you'll hear about it in the episode...) Art for this episode by Seth Martel!

Gimmick Villain month continues on the Patreon as we delve into the fraught life of Typeface, a mercenary and madman obsessed with letters! Created by Paul Jenkins (who is here with us), Typeface has become the ultimate gimmick, and Sean Beveridge might be his biggest fan!

Darkstar month continues! In her earliest major story outside of her time with the Champions, Darkstar joins with her twin brother Vanguard, a new character, in an insane sci-fi adventure on the moon that jumps you all around Marvel continuity! But first Chad and Shawn get to interview the incredible Ho Che Anderson!

Celebrating gimmick villains on Graymalkin Lane, Chad is joined by Ruthanne Price to talk all about Lady Stilt-Man! Callie Ryan is a hilarious character, often treated as a gag, but there is much more to this woman with telescoping stilt legs...

It's Darkstar month! After some conversations about the new season of X-Men '97 with two of the show leaders, Emmett Yonemura and Sean Gantka, we look into one of the Champions' earliest adventures, alongside Iron Man versus M.O.D.O.K. and A.I.M.! Be prepared for some laughs on this one.

Calypso! She started as Kraven's girlfriend and in time became one of the scariest magic women in the Marvel universe! Content warning on this one as we discuss sexuality, sex, and sex positivity while framing this character in a modern lens of academic analysis. This one is WILD. With DManda Martini and Harum Scarum!

It's Darkstar month on Graymalkin Lane! Laynia Petrovna starts out as a powerful Soviet operative, working alongside her fellow agents to round up defectors in America, but in the end, she defects herself! Good thing, cause Iceman has his eye on her. Come listen to this huge and hilarious cast read these insane 70s comics!

Network Nina! A forgotten icon of a character from the 90s, Nina is all personality, edgy fashion, sex positivity, and focused telepathic power. And maybe she's a mutant? A night club owner and a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Nina has a fantastic history with Nick Fury, and her fashion will make you look thrice. Join Chad, Andre Mason, and Nina's writer DG Chichester for this one!

It's the Trial of Adrian Toomes: the Vulture! One of Spider-Man's original foes, Adrian Toomes is a man in a vulture suit, known for his savage attacks, powerful flying skills, and truly hateful schemes. He's hilarious! Chad is joined by a delightful jury of Joe Jones, Mike Rossi, Josh Bruckner, Justin Wilder, and Hussein Rashid !

Tante Mattie! Over a century old, Tante Mattie is the healer of the Thieves and Assassins Guild, as she occupies a rarefied space of peace between them. Connected as a motherly figure to Gambit, Belladonna, and later Rogue, Tante is a magic-practicing mutant with some surprising potential. Darrell Taylor and Erica Schultz join me for an inspiring episode!

Phillip Kennedy Johnson returns to Graymalkin Lane to talk about his recent limited series, Hellhunters, in which Wolverine teams up with a bunch of World War II heroes to fight demons and their human progeny! With my friends Josh Bruckner and DJ McIver! Plus, an XPOSE on Kurt Wagner: Nightcrawler!

Antoine Delsoine: the Hypno-Hustler! A classic gimmick villain based in a particular era, this character has become a joke in the Marvel Universe, with some surprising depth under the surface. Cameron Hebron is here to dive deep into a whole different kind of 70s coverage...

Step back into the worlds of Wolverine and his best friend Carol Danvers, on an old case where they run afoul of Sabretooth, in a story called Shadow Society! Kyle and Josh are here, hosts of the new X-Men True Friends podcast! And then stay tuned for another XPOSE, this time on Henry McCoy: the Beast!

Margali Szardos of the Winding Way is a powerful sorceress, and a proud Romani woman who works as a fortune teller with a traveling circus. A mother of three--Jimaine, Stefan, and her adopted son, Kurt--Margali has often exploited her children in her quests for personal power, and Emmett Yonemura and Ben Raab are here to recount her history and motivations with me!

Back to the world of Captain Britain, and it's a team-up with Captain America and Nick Fury against the threats of the Red Skull and the Third Reich in London! This reading is wild, and you're gonna laugh your asses off. And then Derek Nichols, Scott Free, and Mike Rossi join Chad for a conversation about the fashion of the Angel!

It's Cerise! Named for a particular shade of a particular color, Cerise hails from the Shi'ar and wields pink energy, Green Lantern-style! A fascinating and underused Excalibur character, Cerise enjoys lip-locking with Nightcrawler and preventing genocides! Chad is joined by Juliet (Rukiceles) and DManda Martini for this thought-provoking episode!

Graymalkin Lane celebrates Pride month by hosting the trial of Black Tom Cassidy! The 'evil' cousin of Banshee, Tom has a mean streak and a shillelagh, and big hot unstoppable husband. We'll guide you through his crimes and motivations, and review all the hilarious and frightening moments from his history. Join Chad, Num1cosplay, Daniel Wilson, Robyn Moffat, Kevin Kiniry, and Christian Smith for a trial that will make you learn and laugh all at once. Cover art by Seth Martel!

In his infamous run on X-Men, Chuck Austen gave us the series, the Draco, delving into the true origins of Nightcrawler (well, at least as they existed at the time). Kurt's mother... Mystique. Kurt's father... Azazel! An immortal mutant sorcerer and teleporter who poses as the devil sometimes, Azazel is a lot to wrap your brain around. But Chuck himself, and my buddy Ruthanne Price, are here to give you the whole history!

Pride month continues and it's all about queerness and Venom! We talk about Venom's origins, why the symbiote has become a phenomenon, and then about the one-shot Web of Venom: Ve'Nam, which includes an excellent Wolverine flashback! Featuring the talents of Josh Trujillo, Scott Free, and Anthony Oliveira! Then it's an XPOSE about Alex Summers: Havok!

The first character episode from Nightcrawler month is out, and it's all about the Bamfs! Little blue furry stuffed animals who have worlds of cartoon characters, and also sometimes dolls that get possessed but also sometimes demons... Be ready for some crazy voices as Chad is joined by Manolis Vamvounis and Seth Martel for a wild journey.

It's an episode all about... Woodgod?!? The X-Men show up in an early appearance in a Spider-Man/Hulk team-up issue, where the major threat is the bizarre Woodgod! Alitha Martinez and Jordan Morris are here to laugh a lot, and we talk about their impressive careers! Then it's an XPOSE on Colossus...

The theme of eyeball horror wraps up with SACK, one of Chad's weird little favorite mutants. Living ectoplasm, Sack is a descendant of the Morlocks who grew up on the Hill, and later helped form Gene Nation. Come consider the mutant world from a very different perspective with Chad and Dante Rodriguez!

It's an episode all about Wolverine's love/hate relationship with Death as we examine stories from Marvel Voices and My Mutant Heart with special guests Josh Cornillon and Connor Goldsmith, the creative team behind "Did You Hear About Mimi Greene?" Then its an XPOSE on Storm!

The eyeball/horror theme concludes with an episode on the Orb! A weird horror character with an eyeball for a head, the Orb started as a stunt-rider and ended up one of Marvel's most bizarre and horrible villains. Come celebrate this hilarious and scary character with Chad, Tom T'Connor, and Harum Scarum!

It's Black Tom month on the show, timed perfectly with Pride month! First it's an excellent script read of X-Men 103 and two issues of the Classic X-Men back-ups, starring Wolverine and Storm in some shocking solo stories! Then it's an interview with Margeaux Pepoy and Jenny Isabella!

Trevor Hawkins: Eye-Boy, joined the X-Men when Wolverine opened the Jean Grey School. Covered in eye balls that have different capabilities, Eye-Boy can be a gag character or one with shocking capabilities bordering on realms of magic, including his time on Leah Williams' X-Factor! Joshua Catone and Excel Summers are here for a hilarious and insightful episode about this amazing character.

It's the Trial of the Wasp! Founding member of the Avengers, Janet Van Dyne is a premier super hero, fashion designer, president of a board of directors, and long-time leader of the world's premier super team! And she's one of Chad's favorite characters. Come and celebrate the insane history of the Wasp, with DMAnda Martini, Alicia Wilder, Jenalee Saladino, Alison Parent, and Ruthanne Price! Cover art here by the amazing Seth Martel!

Alan White and Darrell Taylor join Chad to talk all about Third Eye, the paranormal mutant investigator from the Exiles! Sentenced to the Pit unjustly, Third Eye used his mastery of the astral plane to do great acts of heroism. Eyeball Horror Month continues! 

Carol Danvers made her debut in the 1960s in the Captain Marvel title, and in the late 1970s, she dropped her career in the Air Force and launched a new career as the editor for Woman Magazine! But Carol had a secret... she was also... MS. MARVEL! Annie Nocenti and Paul Jenkins are here to celebrate this amazing debut! Then it's the first saucy installment of XPOSE... put your headphones on for this one...