Graymalkin Lane the podcast

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...

Ora Serrata, an Omega mutant from Arakko, with the power of... balefire? She can wipe you out of existence if she stares hard enough! A little gold thing riding on a giant eyeball would be a REDUCTIVE way to describe this hilarious character, and Num1cosplay and Joe Jones are here to look her right in the eye!

X-Women 1! Yup, that infamous issue by Manara where the women all look like..... Well, Preeti Chhibber and Seanan Mcguire are here to talk all about it with Chad! THEN, its the final Red Skull chat in the series... with Karen Charm!

Priya Saxena and Theodate are here to delve into the world of the Invaders, as we talk about the concepts of the Ubermensch, focusing on the sometimes hilarious but also deeply problematic histories of Warrior Woman and Master Man!

The X-Men are trapped in Cassidy Keep by evil husbands Juggernaut and Black Tom, and the crew is back for an incredible script read, and we also do a Nightcrawler story you will never forget! And then we celebrate Janet Van Dyne, and Alicia Wilder and DManda Martini are here to talk about her costume gallery!

You remember them from the X-Men cartoon, the protesting crowd in berets shouting "No More Mutants!" In the comics, this group revolves around Graydon Creed, and the group is redefined over time. Join Chad, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mike Duven, and Kevin Kiniry, though we are not friends of the Friends of Humanity... Then Joshua Catone is here for a Red Skull chat!

Marvel Western month concludes on Graymalkin Lane with the Trial of the Rawhide Kid! We forge paths in the Old West of Hollywood and Marvel Comics before analyzing this crazy character and the wild re-interpretations of him over the years! Chad is joined by a smart and hilarious jury, with Morgan Ward, Scott Free, Phillip Lundquist, Matt Parent, and Daryl Lawrence, with cover art by Seth Martel! And a Red Skull chat with Geezah Gobble!

Inspired by the Man in the High Castle, this Excalibur journey by Claremont shows a very dark counterpart of our favorite mutants, very dark indeed. Andrew Deman joins Chad for this discussion about the Lightning Squad! And James-Lee Campbell is here for a Red Skull chat!

Western month continues with some time travel CRAZY from the limited series Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine! Be ready for cowboys, dinosaurs, talking doom planets, and eyeball heads, and the space-time continuum has ripped right open! B. Earl and Jeremy Whitley are here on this crazy ride! Then Excel Summers joins for a Red Skull chat!

In one of the Fantastic Four's earliest adventures they face a man literally cloaked in symbols of hate (hoods and a certain emblem from the one-time German flag), and when they unmask him, well, it's the clone of the worst man the world has ever known. Dr. Phillip Smith and Molly Lazer are here to dive deep into a very uncomfortable and insightful conversation. Then Dean Morgan joins me for a Red Skull chat!

Marvel editors Alanna Smith and Jordan White join Chad to talk all about that time the X-Men fought Magneto over a mutant centaur at the State Fair of Texas! Be ready for laughter with this one. Then, Morgan Ward joins Chad for a Red Skull chat!

It's a new episode, all about the Bi-Beast! Designed as a robot protector of the Bird-People of Sky-Island, this little picket monster is two heads stacked on top of each other with massive claws and a metal diaper... And we're gonna give this one a they/them, in that there are two in one... Be ready for laughs with Arturo Rojas and Steve Duda! Plus a Red Skull chat with Nico Action!

Yee-haw! Cowboy month launches on Graymalkin Lane! As Beast and his allies are captives of Roxxon, Thor and Moondragon travel to the Old West for some rootin-tootin' rasslin' with Kang the Conqueror! Then Mark Bernardo joins Chad to discuss his Marvel work, and Terry Brown is here for a Red Skull chat!

Erik and Rey from Rage Gear are back for an episode they never wanted... the X-Babies! It's a little bit baby-talk, a little bit Saturday morning cartoon, and a whole lot of Mojo as we rock these weird kids to sleep. And I guarantee you have feelings about the X-Babies! Then Rob Salerno joins Chad for a Red Skull chat!

Gimmick month concludes as we talk about two recession era villains... Stuart Clarke: Rampage, and Wilbur Day: Stilt-Man! Tech-based villains with Napolean complexes take the stage as we talk about the WILD histories of these two. With Theodate Chase! Steve Duda! Derek Nichols! Shawn Porett! And Justin Kosmic! With cover art by the incredible Seth Martel! And then a Red Skull chat with Andrew Wheeler!