The X-Wife Podcast: An Introduction to X-Men Comics

The webs are all strung together and the masks are coming off! It's a big wrap up week for plots. Legion of X tugs at the heartstrings as we continue the lead in to Sins of Sinister. X-Force reveals the face behind the mad genetics as the Peacock Man is unmasked! Dark Web explodes all over New York City in an all out battle that leaves our landscape forever changed. Scarlet Witch continues to have...

It's here! That ridiculous man's glorious muck around plan has begun!! Broad strokes laying it down as we jump one year, five years, ten years into a most sinister future. We wrap up the bombastic team up with a bang and hints of more X-Terminators in the future. The astral plan journey in Sabretooth has mixed results as we find out more of Orchis' plots. Agatha! The Midnight Suns finish but could...

Diamonds are for everyone! Too soon? Maybe not, as Sinister's schemes set up. We're back from vacation and catching up on all the comics of the last few weeks. Xavier's telling it like it is in Immortal! We're Dark Web HEAVY overall but with a big dose of heart from our X-Men. A tale of two Laura's, terrible fathers with tech invasions from beyond and the bubs struggles to make it back. We talk en...

How Sinister of you, Marvel! They've revealed that third Essex in X-Men Red, leaving only one left before we kick off Sins of Sinister. So much happens in this issue between Storm and Vulcan, the World Farm, and Brand! Somehow Beast is out of his handcuffs and we're just acting like it didn't happen!? Just throwing him some shade as we go covert on Xeno's work. Marauders wraps up its Threshold sto...

We want Justice for Maddie! And maybe less kidnapping and demon sending for her as well, but hey we'll take what we can get. And what we get is a lot of exploration of her plan. Maddie's team of Chasm and Venom are mucking up New York while the Goblin Queen herself plays some tricks on Jean and Illyana. Our X-Terminators ladies stick it to the Vampire creeps and we have the most celebrated past ti...

Some classic X-Men feels! Team missions, Wolverine and Sabretooth, and more. Wolverine is the mindless tool of Beast, the thing he talks most about not wanting to be - but now there's a new complication. We get a Firestar conversation about her place in mutant society and on the team and we're here for it. Explore the next prison of Orchis with the Exiles and Sabretooth, separate entities, not a t...

The Dark Web is seeping into the show! Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends are taking over and we are here for it. The X-Men team divides to take on the demonic threat plaguing New York, while Spider-Man wrestles with his own demons. Things get mythical in Legion of X as we get some more clues as to what's going on with our angels and demons. Deadpool is here! He has nothing to do with Krakoa, but...

Stacked! Almost an aggressive amount, but wow did it offer variety. There's just so much going on. Let's hear it for the clear villains of our titles. We've got Sinister's secret extra lives. Vulcan and Brand's space empire overthrow attempt. The Goblin Queen, Chasm, and friends coming up (over?) from Limbo. Beast! The Brood. Sublime and the U-Men and then Sublime and whatever the heck that guy's...

A light week with a heavy hitter! The explosive tatas are here and we're ready for the Boom. X-Terminators is our only book this week, but it does not disappoint as the ladies bust their way through this adventure. We've got a double dose of Marvel Unlimited kicking off with our World Without X continuation - a new twist on a classic post apocalyptic future. AND! The most ridiculous family road tr...

Reunited and it feels so good! It's an unusually happy issue of X-Men as the Vault has been opened and some of the secrets are coming out. Literally. Forge, the ball's in your court to be not as terrible as some people. Speaking of! Beast is the worse and Sage is going through it. All about the numbers in this issue of X-Force. Our Midnight Suns gather closer to where they're needed, combining our...

How much Sinister is too much? NEVER! Ok well maybe soon. It may be a Mystique issue of Immortal X-Men but sneaky Nathaniel is always willing to steal the show. Plus the sad conclusion of the otherwise delightful Gambit mini series. Our hearts hurt for Remy! Plus a big ol question sesh on Dark Web, everything you wanted to now about getting ready for the upcoming Spider-Man/X-Men event. And of cou...

Kill the Beast! We're done with him y'all, let's wrap it up and roll out. X-Force is hiring for a new director, last guy got mutinied on. But the other beast unleashed in the Orchis prison is doing some good. A reluctant team may now be his only hope. Legion of X delivers with some great HoX/PoX connections and mystery of what's to come. Our rescue team is going on the longest mission of their liv...

That damn Brand y'all! An explosive week where we thought it was light, but a last minute Carol joined the party. Captain Marvel kicks off an arc with a select team of X-Men fighting a Brood threat in spaaaace! Speaking of kicking things off, the merc with a mouth has a new solo that looks Krakoan by its data pages, but not so much by its plot. Watch out Wade, Harrower has your number. Then the bo...

Final judgments are in folks and it looks like the moral of the story is judge slowly - but also don't judge X-Terminators because it is sweet sweet magic! A solid week with new plots, old villains and sneaky deceptions. We talk X-Terminators #2, Judgment Day #6, New Mutants #31, Wolverine #26, X-Men Legends #3 and X-Men Unlimited Thanks for listening to our thirty sixth episode of Season 4! The D...

The mutant we left behind, the dinosaurs that joined us along the way, plus monsters and magic! Friends this one has it all. But really we just want to talk about that last page X-Men reveal, because WHAT!? The Vault's secrets start to unravel as Forge continues further - all while some brother time shenanigans happen outside. We catch up with Kraven and have a prehistoric time in the Shadow Room....

What a week to have missed an episode y'all! We're going high level across all the books from last week and this week. I just, woah. How does one even begin to list and tease? We go over almost every title we talk about. Some X-Men Unlimited, a bunch of AXE one shots, tie ins across the Marvel Universe, our X-Men Red beautiful sadness, Kurt being the desperate hero we all needed, Kraven causing tr...

We see the light on the other side of the Judgment Day tunnel! Our X-Men team is onto their own troubles as the Vault cracks open. Forge taking some strong liberties in the name of science and government.. Our two AXE tie-ins dive into specific character judgments as Spider-Man faces a disapproving look from Gwen and Tony works through some history. Back in the late 80's Gambit and 'Ro continue to...

Make room in the Treehouse, we're talking Gerry Duggan into adding us onto the X-Men roster! We dive into the details of his Krakoan titles - from high seas on the Marauder to the fresh roots planted just below the NYC skyline.  We had a blast talking shop with Gerry about the ideas and character arcs that have formed into these last few years of comics. He shares his current photography project,...

Long gone are the days where our mutants stayed secluded on a fantasy island. We're knee deep in tie ins but skimming high level, because really, we're only here for our Krakoan mutants. So let's celebrate 40 years of great New Mutants stories as we send off Vita and Rod (sadness). Let's get mentally confusing in David's brain space as Legion of X closes out its first arc. Let's literally enjoy ev...

We're on a universe wide tour this time folks as the mutants' circle is expanding even further. It's becoming a challenge to keep up! The big one two punch of X-Men Red and Judgment Day has us feeling uncertain about a mutant patriarchal figure - say it ain't so! Charles, do your morally questionable deals behind people's wishes! Spider-Man makes an appearance on our rundown with his Wolverine tea...

A random assortment of mutant activity! You get a team up and you get a team up. The New Mutants are going on a side quest as James Proudstar and Akihiro hunt for a missing Gabby. Speaking of missing friends, Moon Girl and the X-Men (or really just Wolverine and Havok) team up to rescue Devil Dinosaur. Space travel abound! We catch up with the cameos of Nightcrawler and Wolverine in other books -...

You get judgment and you get judgment! You and you and you... look under your seats, JUDGMENT FOR ALL! Woah friends it's a loaded week of comics with four Judgment Day tie ins. We're talking just those tie ins in this episode, organized in story order. Wolverine gets judged with Solem smirking nearby. Deviants and Eternals get judged. Shaw and Destiny. The Marauders say they were judged but I'll b...

What a week! It's an all killer, no filler lineup with solid story and art all around. Our X-Men team take on a slight side quest with an extinction level event in the sun as Iceman gets to shine as his full self! Knights of X comes to an end, leaving us wanting more but finding solid resolution for our heroes. X-Force is stirring the pot with our feature characters as someone stalks in the distan...

Woof y'all what a week. We're fighting through each of our first times having Covid and honestly just glad to have the energy to talk comics. And we have a lot of comics to talk! We go high level on the non Krakoan books that we missed last week and this week - X-Men 92 and Patch, as well as checking in with our X-Men Green Team. Then we catch up with our Limbo ladies to find what's truly going to...

We're judging pretty hard in today's new episode, talking about the next three issues of this massive Marvel event. The new team is here! And they are ready for some intense action. Lots of great synergy in this first issue of the new lineup. X-Force somehow gets the Judgment Day banner, but otherwise has a really fun issue with new members and a brand new threat rocking a unique wardrobe. Death t...