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#261 – Betsy Braddock*

Psylocke/Captain Britain/Lady Mandarin; Kwannon: Revanche/Psylocke

Today we talk about Betsy Braddock, who has been both Psylocke and Captain Britain. We also talk about Kwannon because, well, how could we not.

Note: Around the 30 minute mark Briar's microphone started having some... issues. Sorry.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Captain Britain (1976) #8
-Captain Britain (1985)
-New Mutants Annual (1984) #2
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #213
-X-Men (1991)
-Excalibur (1988) #55 -56
-X-Men Annual (1991) #2
-X-Treme X-Men (2001) #2
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #455
-New Excalibur (2005)
-Exiles (2001) #90
-New Exiles (2008)
-X-Men: Sword of the Braddocks (2009)
-Psylocke (2009)
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2013)
-X-Men (2013)
-X-Force (2014)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017)
-Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor (2018)
-Uncanny X-Men (2018)
-Excalibur (2019)
-Fallen Angels (2019)
-X of Swords (2020)
-Knights of X (2022)

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#260 – Warren Worthington III

Angel/Dark Angel/Archangel/Death

Today we talk about Warren Worthington III, also known as Angel (and several variations thereof). He's one of the original X-Men and also a very rich white man with wings.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-X-Men (1963)
-Champions (1975)
-X-Factor (1986)
-X-Men (1991) #29
-Archangel (1996)
-X-Men: The Hidden Years (1999)
-Hulk (1999) #106-107
-Angel: Revelations (2008)
-X-Force (2008) #3-7
-X-Men: Second Coming (2010)
-Uncanny X-Force (2010)
-All-New X-Men (2012)
-All-New X-Men (2015)
-Uncanny X-Men (2016)
-Astonishing X-Men (2017) #1-7
-House of X (2019)
-X-Corp (2021)

-Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen (2019)

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#259 – David Haller

Legion

Today we talk about David Haller, also known as Legion, who is a very powerful psychic with what would currently be diagnosed as Dissociative Identity Disorder, but since he's a comics character created in the 1980's it's... not handled great.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-New Mutants (1983) #25-28, 44
-Uncanny X-Men (1963) #278-280
-X-Factor (1986) #69-70
-X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (1995)
-New Mutants (2009)
-X-Men Legacy (2008) #244-253
-X-Men Legacy (2012)
-Legion (2018)
-Age of X-Man (2018)
-Way of X (2021)
-Legion of X (2022)
-Legion on Hulu

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#257 – Herbert Edgar Wyndham

The High Evolutionary

Today we talk about Herbert Edgar Wyndham, best known as the High Evolutionary, a guy whose whole thing is just ethics violations and making animals and people """more evolved""" while wearing a silver exoskeleton.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Thor (1966) #134-135
-Tales to Astonish (1959) #94-96
-Marvel Premiere (1972) #1-2
-Warlock (1972)
-Fantastic Four (1961) #172-175
-Avengers (1963) #186
-Marvel Two-in-One (1974) #61-63
-Incredible Hulk (1962) #266
-Evolutionary War (1988) reading order
-Thor (1966) #406-408; 419-425
-Siege of Wundagore (1998) reading order
-Silver Surfer (2010)
-Uncanny Avengers (2015) #1-5
-Avengers (2016) #672-674
-Champions (2016) #12-15
-The Amazing Spider-Man (2018) #16

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#256 – Michael Moran

Micky Moran/Marvelman/Miracleman

Today we talk about Michael Moran, who has a bit of a convoluted publishing history, but is recently back in the saddle as Miracleman.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Marvelman (1954) Mick Anglo
-Marvelman's Family Finest (2010 collection)
-Young Marvelman Classic (2011 collection)
-Miracleman (2014 reprint) Alan Moore
-All-New Miracleman Annual (2014) #1
-Miracleman (2015 reprint) Neil Gaiman
-Timeless (2021) #1
-Miracleman (2022) #0
-Miracleman (2022)

-Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3 trailer
-Dead Boy Detectives tv show announcement
-Blue Beetle poster

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#255 – Boston Brand

Deadman

Today we talk about Boston Brand, best known as Deadman, who was an acrobat but then he died and became a ghost who helps to fight crime by possessing people.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Deadman Collection (1960's-1980's)
-Deadman (1985)
-Deadman (1986)
-Deadman: Love After Death (1989)
-Deadman: Exorcism (1992)
-Deadman (2001)
-Deadman: Dead Again (2001)
-Deadman (2006)
-Blackest Night (2009) & Brightest Day (2010) reading orders
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-Secret Origins (2014) #6
-Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (2016)
-Trinity (2016) #12-15
-Deadman (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)

-Red Hood: Outlaws ep. 18 Opposite Day

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#254 – Madame Xanadu

Nimue Inwudu

Today we talk about Madame Xanadu, who has also been known as Nimue Inwudu. She's a psychic and a magic user who frequently helps people solve supernatural problems.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Doorway to Nightmare (1978)
-DC Comics Presents (1978) #65
-The Spectre (1987)
-Suicide Squad (1987) #8
-Hellblazer (1988): The Devil You Know (contains Annual #1)
-The War of the Gods (1991)
-The Spectre (1992)
-Day of Vengeance (2005)
-Countdown (2007) #50
-Madame Xanadu (2008)
-Demon Knights (2011)
-Justice League Dark (2011)
-I, Vampire (2011) #6-8
-Trinity War (2013) reading order
-The Demon: Hell is Earth (2017)
-Justice League Dark (2018)
-Hawkman (2018) #9-12
-Justice League (2018) #40-43, 72-74

-Sabretooth (2022)

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#253 – Vic Sage

The Question/Charles Victor Szasz

Today we talk about Vic Sage, best known as The Question, a guy who covers his face with fake skin who has followed wildly differing philosophies over his iterations, but over all of them he does a lot of violence.

Today's mentioned & relevant media:
-Watchmen (1986)
-Blue Beetle (1986) #5-7
-The Question (1986)
-L.A.W. Living Assault Weapons (1999)
-Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood (2000)
-The Question (2005)
-52 (2006)
-Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010)
-Justice League: Trinity War (2013)
-New Suicide Squad (2014)
-Convergence: The Question (2015)
-The Question: Deaths of Vic Sage (2019)
-Lois Lane (2019) #3-4
-Event Leviathan (2019)
-Checkmate (2021)

-Constantine: Distorted Illusions
-The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Special (2022) #1
-Superman: Son of Kal-El (2021) #17 textless cover
-Fantastic Four (2022) #1
-Adversary by Blue Delliquanti Print, Digital
-How to Break a Curse by Mapurl Kumoricon (currently unavailable)

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