Mutant Menace

Issues:  X-Men #106-108, Marvel Team-Up Annual #1, Marvel Team-Up #53, Iron Fist #15 It's a stunning conclusion to the X-Men's first galactic adventure AND Dave Cockrum's first X-Men run. Matt and Pat also fill you in on some of the other stuff that's been going on with the X-Men in other Marvel books... unfortunately. Topics Include: Bill Mantlo. The Letterin' Rosen Boys! "Nobody cramps my s...

WELCOME NEW LISTENERS! You're just in time for the return (?) of a beloved character who we were POSITIVE died last issue! Matt watched New Mutants (2020), Pat visited a bunch of comic book stores, and we take a trip through to the end of Chris Claremont's second year on The X-Men, as a bunch of weird stuff happens and it might be connected? Topics Include: Furry Nightcrawler. The Month of 100 Edi...

Matt and Pat cover the entire first year of the legendary CHRIS CLAREMONT run on the X-Men. From Moira MacTaggert to the fate of Thunderbird to Steven Lang to Polaris’s new name to the return of the Sentinels to the fate of Jean Grey. It’s a wild ride as the comic book gets truly, utterly good. Topics include: The issue number is a LIE. NAAD. Joe Harris’ button thing. “I love a man named Gort.” Th...

Before Matt and Pat took on one of the most important X-Men issues of ALL TIME, we needed to bring in a heavy hitter. Alex Goldman, from the podcast Hyperfixed, joins us to tackle the introduction of some of the most beloved characters in comic book history and a big island that’s also a mutant. Topics include: Sleeping in the Superman movie. Flying around in a cloud. Cat eyes. The X-Men arcade ga...

In this SPECIAL BONUS RECAP EPISODE, lucky listener Sine Wave Seán joins Matt and Pat (who are actually the lucky ones!) to bring listeners up to speed on all we’ve been through so far in the first 66 issues of the X-Men and the first 16 episodes of Mutant Menace! We tell you all about the X-men so far, including: The Beast aka Hank McCoy, cool hippy stoner Iceman aka Bobby Drake, performative abo...

Issues: Defenders #15-16, Hulk #180-182, Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 What’s that we see? Some light shining in the distance of this dark, dark void? Well first, we have to wade through baby villains, a scrappy new Canadian anti-hero, an obscure Fantastic Four antagonist, and so so much Hulk stuff. But two new writers enter our world, a guy named Len Wein and a kid named Chris Claremont. Wonder if...

Issues: Marvel Team-Up #4, Avengers #103-104 & #110-111, Captain America #172-175 The X-Men are STILL CANCELLED so Matt and Pat continue to scrape the bottom of that barrel, looking for X-Men appearances in other Marvel comics. We manage to find some, but with far less X-Men and far more… other guys. Topics Include: Matching X-Men and Pokemon. Gerry Conway! Dr. Hans Jrgromsahn. Morbius is NOT...

Issues: Hulk #150, Amazing Adventures #11-17, Hulk #161, Hulk #172 The X-Men are cancelled and we're swimming in a dark, tideless sea of 1970's Marvel comics, grasping around for any mutant life-rafts we can find. This one has a weird energy, folks. With no main series to guide them, Matt and Pat have to generate their own momentum and they certainly try their best. Topics: Will we ever get the in...

It’s the end of an era. The X-Men go out like a… well, you’ll hear the metaphor. Neal Adams and Roy Thomas both say goodbye, but not together as the X-Men get cancelled! And Matt and Pat are, unexpectedly, super bummed about it. Other Topics: Has Pat been punched in the face? Magneto is back, bitch! Warren gets beat up. The X-Men fight wolves. Savage Land Mutates. Buster Crabbe/Tarzan Inception. B...

FULL SWING into the legendary NEAL ADAMS/ROY THOMAS run and Matt and Pat are finally absolutely loving the X-Men. We finally meet Havok in earnest and a vampiric pterodactyl named Sauron. Other topics:  Always in our hearts: @canadawolverine. Danger AKA Havok. Pompeii jerk-off guy, Pompeii jerk-off city. More Sentinel bureaucracy. "TRASK'S TREACHERY TRASK'S TREACHERY." Fight the Sun! Mr. Ande...

Hosts of Escape the Mojoverse, Allison and Matt Parent, join Matt and Pat to tackle the Butt Pages (#buttissues) of the last several issues of the X-Men. We talk about their podcast and the confounding origins of Angel and the Beast! Check out Escape The Mojoverse: https://shows.acast.com/escape-the-mojoverse Write in to Pat's Email Corner: mutantmenacepod@gmail.com Instagram: @mutantmenacepod We...

We're coming now to the end of the long, epic, generational Arnold Drake run and things start getting good!? Legendary artist Neal Adams joins the book with past writer Roy Thomas, and the two immediately revive THE SENTINELS. Plus, the first appearance of Alex Summers and Matt and Pat absolutely lose their minds at a Cyclops moment. We also talk about: Scott Summers is a bad brother. Why is Cyclo...

Matt and Pat get bold this episode and cover SIX WHOLE ISSUES of the very short but very interesting Arnold Drake run on The X-Men. Sandwiched between two of the worst issues we’ve ever read are three of the best we’ve ever read. We talk about: MAGMAR IS THE UGLIEST POKEMON. X-Men Legends. Making the pencils kiss. Who is Arnold Drake? A robot hidden inside a robot. Kirby, Sonic, and a guy with fir...

PLUS, Issue #53 of The Avengers! A brand new writer, Gary Friedrich, joins the X-Men creative team and PROMPTLY DESTROYS THEM.  Also, Matt went to a comic book convention, Pat is 40, Pat explains beepers to Matt, and we talk about what the word "mutant" really means in the Marvel Universe We talk about: Magneto is glad Professor X is dead he SWEARS! Quicksilver can fly. Toad is back and weird...

It’s a wrap on Factor Three, folks, as the X-Men’s final confrontation with the MUTANT MASTER wraps up. You know, the MUTANT MASTER, the biggest villain ever in X-Men history? He would go on to… oh, I guess this is his last appearance… We also get the Origins of Cyclops and Professor X and some background on Roy Thomas’s X-Men experience. We talk about: Comedy club etiquette. “Horatio at the Bridg...

This episode starts with a conversation about trash hoarding and ends with a conversation about the etymology of the term “69”… So…. Buckle up? Werner Roth’s reign of terror continues as Ross Andru and Don Heck join the art team. Matt and Pat ponder over the trials of our intrepid team of mutants and plea to our future robot overlords. We talk about: Where are Juggernaut’s beautiful thighs? Manspl...

Mimic is now a full-fledged member of the team as Factor Three begins to close in! Roy Thomas and Werner Roth continue their parade of weirdo villains, and Matt and Pat are here to explain and mock them all for you We talk about: Banshee's weird face and iconic costume. The Ogre: Bob Hoskins of Super-Villains. Calvin is still a dick. What's behind THE DOOR? Iceman can't skate. The Super-Adaptoid's...

Matt and Pat bring you another stunning episode of Mutant Menace, as the Roy Thomas era continues, bringing you a parade of obscure villains that will basically never show up in the X-Men again. We talk about: A bunch of villains that are hard to grab. Having too much fun being evil. Is criminal conspiracy a crime? Stan and Roy trade barbs. What is Telekinetic Research? Charles Xavier: Master of D...

Okay, I lied in last episode's show notes. We left you on a cliff-hanger again. But I PROMISE we won't do it again here. Werner Roth is off and running as Stan Lee hands the reigns of the world's strangest super-team over to Roy Thomas! Stan Lee seems to wrap his story up by bringing the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to a pretty final conclusion and introducing The Mimic! We also talk about: Magneto...

Welcome to another episode of Mutant Menace ...!  Sorry we left you on a cliff-hanger last time! we certainly won't do it again here... ! Matt and Pat say goodbye to the pencils of Jack Kirby and say Hello to Werner Jay Roth Gavin as the X-Men encounter, for the first time, the dreaded SENTINELS and their perfectly molded butts!  We also talk about: A baffling Human Torch cameo. Bolivar...

This episode, Matt and Pat encounter a veritable parade of long-time X-Men villains limping their way into and out of fights with our mutant heroes! The Blob returns and wrestles everyone! Unus the Untouchable can't smoke a cigarette! The X-Men face off against THE AVENGERS because Professor X is too lazy to tell everyone what's going on. Ka-Zar is gorgeous, but his dinosaur friends aren't. The St...

In our INAUGURAL EPISODE, Matt Aukamp and Pat Reber (former hosts of The Very Worst) talk about the first six issues of the X-Men, from 1966. Written by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby and drawn by Jack Kirby, these first six issues introduce our main cast - Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Marvel Girl, plus their teacher and mentor Professor X. We also meet Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, t...

Mutant Menace is a BRAND NEW podcast where Matt Aukamp (Save Your Game, The Very Worst) and Pat Reber (The Very Worst) talk about every issue of the X-Men comic book franchise in chronological order. We will talk about all the bizarre, hilarious, ridiculous, political, and interesting aspect of every issue for -- I guess, ever? Listen to MUTANT MENACE wherever you found this trailer or on your fav...