162 – Naked In Canada

In which almost everyone is better than Romulus; Barry Windsor-Smith continues to draw the best naked X-Men; Jay has strong feelings about Wolverine’s origins; Miles still hasn’t seen The Prisoner; when in doubt, it’s probably Kang the Conqueror and/or Mystique; we remain unqualified to give bear-fighting advice; you should not hide out in a nuclear reactor; and the Coffee-a-Go-Go has probably been turned into a new-wave sushi bar or something.
X-PLAINED:

* The Professor (Truett Hudson)
* Romulus
* Jay & Miles at Rose City Comic Con
* Marvel Comics Presents #72-84
* “Weapon X”
* Backstory attrition
* A really good opening montage
* Some very effective use of color
* Healing hair
* The original villain behind Weapon X
* A retconned origin of Wolverine’s claws
* Dr. Abraham Cornelius
* Carol Hines
* Terry Gilliam’s Weapon X
* Audio vs. text-based mind control
* An action figure in dubious taste
* The Milgram Experiment
* An adaptation we’d like to see
* A bad place to hide
* Subsequent “Weapon X” retcons
* How Cyclops’s powers have (and haven’t) developed
* Jay’s general failure at X-tourism

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