Escape the Mojoverse: An X-Men Comics Podcast

We have a detour on our Next Level recaps as Joey Clift (Spirit Rangers, Molly of Denali, Smartypants) joins us to talk Spider-Punk by Cody Ziglar and Justin Mason. Grab your spiked bracelets and hop in the Spider-van for a world tour of a United States run by gangsters, fascists, and evil billionaires in the white house. Thank goodness it's a wacky alternate universe!

Spider-Punk (2022) is written by Cody Ziglar with art by Justin Mason colored by Jim Charalampidis lettered by Vc Travis Lanham Cover Art by Takashi Okazaki and Rico Renzi

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Pull out your books on rhetoric and raise your hand to speak, it's Back to Pool! We read the lighthearted (to a fault) Deadpool V Gambit. The V is for Versus, but spoiler they don't even really fight.

Deadpool V Gambit "The V Stands for Versus" is by Ben Acker, Ben Blacker and Danilo S Beyruth with colors by Cris Peter, letters by Joe Sabino and covers by Kevin Wada

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Absolute Mojoverse and we're stuck at the NEXT LEVEL. Aww do you want a cute little joke here? Well too bad Bast-itches we just read Lobo and now we're ornery badasses. It's a real hoot of a book though!

Lobo 1-6 is by Skottie Young and Jorge Carona with colors by Jean Francois Beaulieu and letters by Nate Piekos of Blambot with guest art by Nicoletta Baldari and Riley Rossmo

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Sharpen those pencils and grab your two best friends, it's Back to 'Pool! Read along with the fun loving wacky Deadpool and pals as he... oh.... Um... this is a darker one!

Deadpool (2012-2016) "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" (15-19) written by Brian Posehn and Gerry Duggan with art by Declan Shalvey and Irene Y. Lee with colors by Jordie Bellaire and letters by VC's Joe Sabino edited by Jordan D. White

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Absolute Mojoverse and we're still reading the NEXT LEVEL titles at DC. Join us as we check ourselves into in-patient, steal our sister's identity, and just generally vibe out with Batwoman 1-6 by Greg Rucka and DaNi!

Batwoman 1-6 is by Greg Rucka and DaNi with colors by Matt Hollingsworth and letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

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Class is back in session for our second annual Deadpool Month! We get nation building with an X-Men character, but not the way you're thinking. Also Elsa Bloodstone and Jeff the Landshark!

Deadpool (2019-2021) is by Kelly Thompson, Chris Bachalo and Gerardo Sandoval, colored by David Curiel and lettered by VC's Joe Sabino

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to to take it to the NEXT LEVEL. We make our money loud, are very polite to waitresses, and watch as Slade Wilson kills like a few hundred people as we read Deathstroke the Terminator 1-6!

Deathstroke the Terminator is by Tony Fleecs and Carmine Di Giandomenico with colors by

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It's time for the prologue of DNX, next months X-Men/Fantastic Four crossover! Beast talks to his older, hotter, much more evil self and Magneto takes a hit. Elsewhere in the X-Line Jubilee starts a dungeon crawl, Wither shows up with Blade, and Wolverine has breakfast and a heart to heart with Nightcrawler.

Blockbuster Summer has ended. It's all over but the decimation. Thank you so much to our lovely guests Dr. Anna Peppard and Adam Reck.

Honorary citizens of the Mojoverse Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly join us to talk their new horror comic for IDW Dark "You'll Never Leave this Place Alive", The end of their Star Trek masterstroke "The Last Starship" The new Dungeons and Dragons ongoing and just generally their current trajectory of world domination. Always fun to hang out with the Hivemind!

You'll Never Leave This Place Alive FOC is September 7th

Star Trek The Last Starship vol 1 is in stores September 8th

Dungeons and Dragons FOC is September 21st!

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It's our 150th episode so we're talking about one of Matt's favorite comics. As you might suspect Matt cries, what you might not expect is a parody song about local man, but you know it's a big episode. Join us as we travel down and out to Farmington Wisconsin and hang out with just a real jackass Jack Xaver (formerly Crossjack but now Local Man) as he fights the good fight against nostalgia and bitterness, sleeps with every married women who will have him and gets high enough to break the fourth wall.

Local Man is...

It's the end of BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER as we know it and honestly that's probably for the best! Marvel by the Month join us to talk event book dead ends, great Spider-Man moments and our tragic heroine's only scene in the whole damn event. No more Mutants!

Thank you to Marvel by the Month! you can find them here!

Absolute Mojoverse is back to go on little gay dates to the museum, have big gay fights with Zatanna and Giganta, and bring our horrible husband to the side of Dianna as we read Absolute Wonder Woman 16-22.

Absolute Wonder Woman "Season of the Witch" and "Friends and Neighbors" is written by Kelly Thompson with art by Hayden Sherman and Dillon Snook, colors by Jordie Bellaire, and letters by Becca Carey

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Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER House of M hits the penultimate episode and we FINALLY get some Wanda Maximoff. She's in the background of a scene that is NOT about her but baby steps. Harum Scarum joins to talk this chunk of House of M!

Thank you to Harum Scarum you can find them here!

Absolute Mojoverse is back to dual wield hammers, befriend everyone from fascist "superheroes" to alien parasites, and wage the battle of Kansas as we read Absolute Superman issues 12-21!

Absolute Superman is written by Jason Aaron with art by Rafa Sandoval and Juan Ferreyra with colors by Ulises Arreola and lettered by Becca Carey

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Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER House of M continues as we hit the mid point and are joined by Joe Jones! He's a pal so we gave him the section with ZERO issues titled House of M! Thanks Joe! The Hulk hates personal pronouns, The Exiles appear in 616, and Spider-Man finds out who the Green Goblin is and we're all confused about that!

Pop on your finery and dust for fingerprints it's X-Men the Hellfire Murder! Cyclops and Kwannon hatch a plan, Aliens attack New Orleans, and Deadpool cuts off his finger to see what will happen.

Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER House of M keeps on rolling along as Mutant Studies 101 join the party. Doom prepares to confront his boss, Quintin learns too much, and Layla Miller shows off that she “knows stuff”™️©️®️

A book that answers the question "who is John Galt?" with a trillionaire dog in a business suit. Better than the trillionaire we have now, that's for sure. We read the WOEFULLY prescient Billionaire Island by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh and Chris Chuckry. It's our first book by Ahoy comics we're covering on the show!

Billionaire Island vol 1 and vol 2 are by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, and Chris Chuckry

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Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER House of M continues! Logan Wakes to a world where he has all his memories and immediately jumps off a Helicarrier! Also don't think too hard about what they're doing in Australia!

Thank you as always to Sara Century. Sara can be found here! You should order her X-Men and Elizabeth Taylor Zines here!

We sat down to discuss Jed MacKay's long run on Moon Knight (and you'll hear that in October along side an actual mega ep about Moon Knight) but we ARE and X-Men podcast and when you have Jed MacKay's ear you HAVE to ask him about this fall's DNX crossover pitting 3K and the Alaskan X-Men against each other in a crossover with the Fantastic Four. Enjoy!

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You've listened to the interview a few weeks ago, now listen to an episode proper of Matt's favorite comic The Flintstones (2016)

The Flintstones (2016) is by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, and Chris Chuckry

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It's our BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER House of M (FINALLY) begins! Charles calls in his kids to beg the avengers to kill Wanda Maximoff, Spider-Man is living the good life, and for some reason Iron Man Death Match is the biggest sport in the House of M. Nikhil Clayton joins to talk the beginnings of this enormous event.

Why would Spider-Man and the Predator even need to fight? Luckily for us, Spidey has brought his old pal* Kraven to even the odds. Jordan Morris joins to discuss Predator vs Spider-Man. Later we get the rundown on Predator: Bloodshed (one of the very best comics of the year) and a preview of Jordan's new Amazing Venom out September 16th!

*mortal enemy

Predator vs Spider-Man is written by Benjamin Percy, Pencils by Marcelo Ferreira, inks by Jay Leisten, colors by Frank D'Armata lettered by Clayton Cowles

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Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER keeps rolling along as we meet The New Avengers! They're a tough modern team for our tough modern world. Also Spider-Man is there!

New Avengers 1-10 is by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch and Steve McNiven

Gianni Palumbo is the host of Biff! Bam! Pow! and Picture Perfect. Listen to Matt talk for way too long on Picture Perfect about Steven Soderberg here!

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Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER takes a slight detour to give us some background for one of our favorite things in the X-Men: NEW MUTANTS! And this is a great batch! We got a rock guy and a Liquid Metal girl and a Guthrie, gotta have one of them! Wait, what do you mean those aren’t the New Mutants? Oh boy. PJ Fairweather joins to help us through this weird book and later we get into their Kickstarter for their book Karrot Can’t Sleep! It’s got toxic Yuri!

New X-Men: Academy X 1-6 "Choosi...

Mark Russell is one of our great living satirists and one of the smartest comic writers working today. A decade ago, after his very first comic was canceled abruptly, he was offered to write a reimagined Flintstones. Ten years later the stories and themes of his and Steve Pugh's Flintstones are more relevant that ever. We sat down with Mark to discuss the history of the pitch and the craft that went into making one of the best comics of the decade.

The Flintstones (2016) is by Mark Russell, Steve Pugh, and Chris Chuckry

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Escape the Mojoverse's BLOCKBUSTER SUMMER kicks off and we're joined by Blerd without Fear's Ernie Carothers to discuss the kickoff to House of M 2005's Avengers Disassembled. Janet, what the hell were you thinking?

Avengers Disassembled is by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch

Ernie Carothers is the host of Blerd without Fear.

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It's Shadows of Tomorrow and three books are publishing twice a month! Monet does some paperwork, Cyclops blows up the side of a mountain, and Wolverine has a beach episode!

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Happy Pride! I can't believe Marvel was willing to publish a gay wedding in 2012. Northstar is marrying some guy named Kyle, and oh my gosh it's just the most adorable thing. There's usually a pithy joke here, but nah. It's really good.

Astonishing X-Men 51 is by Marjorie Liu and Mike Perkins with inks by Andrew Hennessy, Colors by Andy Troy, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Jim Charalampiois lettered by VC's Clayton Cowles, Cory Petit and Joe Caramagna and a cover...

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Happy Pride! We're here to talk about a pretty cool guy.

Iceman (2017) is by Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti, Edgar Salazar, and Robert Gill

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Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back to run away from home, learn a lot about ballroom, and oh god. This isn't going to end cleanly. We read Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story by Nicole Maines and Rye Hickman

Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story is written by Nicole Maines with art by Rye Hickman color by Bex Glendining and letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

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Happy Pride! Fire up your AO3 accounts as we read Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! We're headed back to the waning days of the Obama years and like all media from that time, Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat is a charming, warm hearted, workplace comedy! It's also hella gay.

Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat! is by Kate Leth and Brittney L Williams with colors by Megan Wilson and letters by VC's Clayton Cowles and guest art by...

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Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back to visit colleges, put too many toppings on a hot dog, and school Superman in sensitivity as we read Galaxy As the World Falls Down!

Galaxy As the World Falls Down is written by Jadzia Axelrod with art by Rye Hickman and letters by Jodie Troutman

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Tim Seeley is one of the most prolific comic writers working today. We were lucky to sit down with Mr. Seeley to discuss the pitfalls and craft associated with telling a story like Psylocke Ninja. Later we discuss the development of Inglorious X-Force and how challenging it was to keep Ms. Marvel hidden from the spoiler machine that is comics internet.

Psylocke Ninja is by Tim Seeley and Nico Leon. Inglorious X-Force is by Tim Seeley and Michael Sta. Maria

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Happy Pride! A time to celebrate our queer friends and family and remember that just because you're cool, aloof, and gay doesn’t mean you get to be THE WORST, Laura Dean! We’re joined by Phillip Sevy and Christie Porter to talk the YA Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up with Me and later, their Erotic Fantasy Comic “She Comes With Magic”

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It's month five of Shadows of Tomorrow! We learn who Inmate X is! It's Dr. Ellis' evil abusive reality warping brother who is also the AI from Sentinels. Huh? Also on the docket: the X-Men take down the Danger Room, Storm fights in an Internet comment section and poor Glob is having a few REALLY bad days! Check it out!

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Ulti-May continues as we are joined by our Non-X-Men correspondent Owen (of the incredible YouTube series Owen Likes Comics) joins us to discuss Ultimates (2024). I know what your thinking, didn't that series end THIS WEEK? Yes! Editing this was hard! Join as we discuss the differences of the Absolute and Ultimate line, how subtlety is sometimes for the birds, and how many gosh darn times this book made each of us cry!

Ultimates (2024) is by Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri with guest art by Phil Noto, Pere Perez, Von Randal, and Stipan Morian with Colors by...

The X-Men can be a lot of things, a strike force, a found family, a polycule. But what if The X-Men were a class of Japanese school girls with bad grades? We'll it'd kick ass is what it'd do. We read Peach Momoko's Ultimate X-men. We read it month to month, but what does reading Ultimate X-Men all together change? Listen to find out!

Ultimate X-Men is by Peach Momoko with script adaptation by Zack Davisson lettered by VC's Travis Lanham

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to join up with The Rogues, save our dads, and bully our new boyfriends into running to go get fries! We read Absolute Flash 7-14 "Rogues Revenge" "War of the Flashes" and "Mirror Master"

Absolute Flash 7-14 is written by Jeff Lemire with art by Nick Robles, Travis Moore and Haining with colors by Adriano Lucas and letters by Tom Napolitano

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