Mutant Menace

42 - Uncanny X-Men #169-173 - Culture Shock

Welcome back to the grind, folks! The holidays are over and we are right back into the action! Join us as we join the X-Men deep under Manhattan, high up in Alaska, and back over to Japan for a crazy destination wedding! Plus, we've been a little sick! Tune in!!Topics include:It’s 2026! We’re bad at compliments. Encyclopedias. Contest of Champions. The Drew Carey Show. We’re sick and rusty. Skin care with feathers. Candy Southern! Amanda Sefton! Nudecrawler. The Morlocks are here! Cassette tapes. Weak restraints. A duel to the death. Brilliant Paul Smith art. Carol Danvers visits her parents. Rogue’s back! The X-Men have gone to Japan! Rooftop city over here. Yukio and Ororo team-up. Rogue zipping around. Lilandra almost ruins the wedding. Punk Storm!Issues: Uncanny X-Men #169-173Write in to Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVInstagram: @mutantmenacepod

41 - Uncanny X-Men #168, New Mutants #4-6 - Professor Xavier is a Jerk!

Happy New Year! Kick it off by visiting some iconic and, uh, uniconic moments in mutant history; and rest assured that, through it all, Professor Xavier is a JERK! Join us as we meet some of the silliest characters we've seen in a long while, and tackle it all with complete grace and professionalism. It's 2026!Topics Discussed:Coming clean. Matt Rogers. Professor Xavier is a JERK! Paul Smith’s perfect Wolverine. Stevie Hunter’s full mailing address. Booty calls. Tunnels. A dragon! You’ve gotta stop saying “stank face”. Dani’s frisbee skills. Can’t be hurt while I’m blasting. Mulled cider. Team America! Silver Samurai and Serpent. Running over people with motorcycles. Cerebrating. A very obvious plan. We just don’tacare. Can Cannonball see through walls?! 2 shacks 2 explosions. BLIP Magazine.Issues: Uncanny X-Men #168, X-Men Special Edition #1 (bonus story), New Mutants #4-6Write in to Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVInstagram: @mutantmenacepod

40 - Wolverine #1-4 with PushingUpRoses

Listen Bub, it's Christmas.... We're the best there is at what we do, and what we do is friggin precious! Matt and Pat welcome on YouTuber, podcaster, and friend PushingUpRoses to read the landmark 1983 WOLVERINE MINI-SERIES by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller.We get pretty goddamn deep on this one, so expect to laugh, cry, half-laugh/half-sob, and growl through this Christmas Day episode on WOLVERINE (Vol. 1) #1-4.Topics Discussed:Link climbing in the rain. Wolverine peaking between two knees. A rogue bear. One eye apart. Who is Wolverine's father? Unpackin' my costume. Undressing and redressing Logan. Professional assassins with terrible aim. YUKIO! THE HAND! A closet full of lamps. Not my Carmen Sandiego hat! "That is NOT a swimming position". One of the finest Kabuki troops Logan has ever seen. PICKING UP A SUMO WRESTLER!? Asan-ment. Bullet Train Chicken. An uncreative dream. Breaking the same window. Part-laugh/Part-sob. Spider-Man kicking through a box of cocaine. Can Wolverine get drunk? Weapon collecting.Find PushingUpRoses at: PushingUpRoses on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@pushinguproses Save Your Game https://zencastr.com/Save-Your-GameWrite in to Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVInstagram: @mutantmenacepod

39 - God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Graphic Novel #5) with Andre!

It's finally time to cover perhaps THE definitive X-Men story! Join us for God Loves, Man Kills; a deep, dark, and unsubtle exploration of the Mutant Metaphor. The topics are heavy, the writing is deep, and the art is striking. We tackle the silly and the serious with the help of our very cool guest, YouTuber and video maker Andre (@mostlyandre)! Tune in!Topics include:Egg Nog. A brief physics lesson. X-Men Evolution. Brent Anderson! Neal Adams! A very heavy prologue. Reverend William Stryker! Kitty whooping some jerk's ass. THAT moment. Nightline. Ariel?? The Mannequinov family. Not the Rolls! Wolverine's claws. Xavier's crucifixion. The Joe Rogan of the X-Men. Dr Phillip Ramsey. Abominations. The Village People. Idolatry. Magneto! John Cheever. Scott gets it. Dang that ruled.Find Andre on YouTube at @mostlyandre (https://www.youtube.com/@mostlyandre)Write in to Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeV Instagram: @mutantmenacepod (https://www.instagram.com/mutantmenacepod)

38 - The New Mutants Graphic Novel, New Mutants #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #167 - NEW MUTANTS

Issues: Marvel Graphic Novel #4, New Mutants #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #167It's a brand new day on Graymalkin Lane! Where a rebuilt Xavier Mansion hosts a brand new group of young mutants - you might even call them The New Mutants! Join us as we meet each member of this future-star-studded team and watch them write their own origin story, define themselves and their villains, and even take on the freakin X-Men themselves! Plus, a conclusion - FINALLY - to the final cliffhanger of the Brood Saga! Tune in!Topics discussed:Matt does his best. Al Jolson. You can’t trick us and you can’t derail us. Egg nog. No one wanted this. Bob McLeod. Torch-wielding mobs. Ruffled sleeve = Hellfire Club. White men. The scariest Wolverine possible. Wolf to werewolf to girl. Mind Tap. What file type is a thought? Superheroes with rifles. “Nossir.” Stevie Hunter is in over her head. “I can’t be hurt while I’m blastin’.” Psyche! ET at the Salem Center Mall. Col. Michael Rossi. Frigi-Beam. Sentinels! Magnum P.I. New Mutants vs. X-Men. Professor Xavier is a prick!Write in to Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.comJoin our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVInstagram: @mutantmenacepod