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podcast podcast. We are here with episode one oh one. Can you believe
that we made it past a hundred? Holy Moley, can you believe the
incredible journey that we've had so far. I know, I mean not only
did I not think this podcast would continue this long, but that it just
you know, it kind of built, expanded and gained interest from the comic
community unlike what I ever expected. So I love it. So if you
guys are tuning in now, go back and listen to some of our episodes.
If this is your first episode of X Reads, we definitely recommend you
go back into the archive and listen to all these amazing interviews we've had with
a faby NCA Chris Claremont. Of course, he was just on for our
hundredth episode, and it was a dream come true, honestly, because when
we started this podcast, we joked constantly about like, hey, you know,
we're gould be so cool if he came on the podcast, and then
we're like, get him on the podcast, and we're like, uh,
mister Claremont, we can't remember how to say words. So I literally actually
confession, I literally forgot how to say words. I think I spoke two
words total in that episode. I was just so starstruck. I know.
I mean, the man literally is the architect of X Men, of all
that we know and love about X Men, including my favorites, my ultimate
favorites, Katy Pride and Jubilee are created by him, plus so many others.
So and all of Wolverine's attributes that we know and love are because of
him. So it's like, it was amazing. It was. It's so
cool to have him on, so amazing to get the insights directly from the
cre A tour himself himself. No, that was that was amazing. So
yeah, if you guys, if you didn't listen to that episode, please
just dial back one episode at least for our sake to listen to his episode.
Now, normally we cover a single issue per episode, cover to cover,
including the ads, but with him, we're like, we can't just
do one issue, Like that's a waste of everybody's tie. We want to
know so much more out of him, So we decided to do a whole
character evolution with Kitty Pride from her creation all the way through becoming Shadow Cat
through the Wolverine and Katy Pride mini series. So yeah, go back one
listen. So what are we doing today Chandler, Well, we're going to
be doing a really classic issue. It's got an iconic cover that we'll get
into shortly, but before we cover today's issue, which is by the way,
everybody, so you can dial it up on your Marvel Unlimited apps if
you've got it, or pull it out of the Pullblox X Men eleven from
nineteen ninety two, go dive back into those back issue bins and find that.
So one thing we got to talk about with Claremont, and one thing
that we've been talking about week after week is our upcoming event, The Uncanny
Experience. Yes, it is coming up in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late September,
and if you do not have your tickets now, you better get them
soon. Why because things are selling out quick and those VIP tickets are hot.
Omega has already sold out, some of our merchandise has already sold out.
Things are flying off the shelf, you guys, Yeah, absolutely,
And you know, newly announced by the time of this recording is we have
a comic book exclusive thanks to Unknown Comics. They are bringing an exclusive convariant
of this beautiful art of Dark Phoenix by Nathan Zurdi and it's available for pre
order so that we can get it signed by Zurdi and Claremont, who will
both be at the Cohn. By the way, so we also announce that
Nathan's Dirty, this amazing cover artist, will also be at the KHN,
but they'll be at the con together, so you can get this awesome exclusive
limited edition con variant signed and graded if you wish. Through Unknown Comics,
they are going to facilitate CGC grading and autograph signature authorization. So anyways,
it's going to be so cool. The art looks so beautiful. I cannot
wait to see it in print. I can't wait to own it. Oh
me too, I want to poster of it on my wall. It's gorgeous.
M hmmm. Yes, So we are so excited to have that comic
exclusive as well as welcome Nathan's Dirty to the Khan and enjoy everything that that
is, which, by the way, is unkinny X Men one on one
facsimile edition. I forgot to mention that part. So you guys, this
is of course the iconic issue of Phoenix rising out of the water, all
the X Men, you know, swimming to safety. So they are reprint
this issue and this is going to be an exclusive variant cover for that,
It's like a can't miss collectible. I feel Oh, I got chills.
I'm so excited and what an honor to have this as part of our event.
Yeah, thank you so much Unknown Comics for even bringing this idea to
us, because your belief in the event and support is so appreciated. So
we are so excited to have that exclusive. So you guys can pre order
that in our school store. So if you go to the Uncanny Experience dot
com, not only can you buy tickets to the event, you can also
go to the store and our menu and you can pre order this comic book.
You do not have to attend in order to get this comic. You
guys, if you can't make it to the event, we understand you're in
the UK, can't make it, we understand, you can buy this comic
and it will be signed and it will be ready for you and shipped out
to you. So go to the store check it out. We really want
you to see this amazing art. So, Chris, what issue are we
going to do today? I am so excited because we are going to be
doing X Men number eleven, which was published in August of nineteen ninety two.
The cover on this sent me into nostalgia overload, no joke, because
it is one of the most iconic covers for X Men ever. Yes,
absolutely, we will get deep into this cover so you all know what we're
talking about. But before we do, we must set the era. It
is the nineties, specifically August of nineteen ninety two, and the top film
is Unforgiven, which went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars. Blah
blah blah buth. What's more exciting is that also in August of nineteen ninety
two is Death Becomes Her came out and I would much rather talk about Death
Becomes Her then. Oh yeah, I forgive you. Every time I see
anybody do this costume as a Halloween or cosplay, I just giggle because I
love it so much. You know what it's time for It's time for a
reboot. Yeah, really, come back, We'll think about it. Come
on. They were still alive at the end. I mean they were in
pieces, but I think you know, you could glue back together. And
with modern technology nowadays, they're plastic surgery probably looks like you know, paper,
smooth and just you know, very nice looking. They could be put
back together very well with some nice glue. I have a challenge for you.
So now we're talking about, of course, the original cast being stitched
together at Meryl Streep and Goldie Hunt. But now tell me who would you
recast in the role if they redid this movie? Oh? How dare you?
I've never thought about this question before. It's all right, you could
just how dare you? Dropped that amazing question on me? How can I
You're rude? Why don't you answer first? I can't, I honestly can't.
I don't even know. Like, Okay, So if I'm going to
choose two women off the top of my head that are fabulous that I think
can pull off these roles, I'm gonna say Charlie's Throne would be incredible,
and I am going to just for the sake of comedy, I think I'm
going to throw in like Maya Rudolph really yeah, because I just think she
would be such a foil to Charlie's Throne. For people who have not seen
this movie, these two women are after the same guy and they kind of
fight together, they end up dying together, and then they joined forces to
take down the guy because he was two timing them, and I just think,
like the idea of the opposites of Charlie's throne in my rutop those are
just two that popped into my head. Are they the perfect test casting choice?
I don't think so, but that's just who jumped into my head.
I'm gonna fifth all right this question. Stay tuned for episode one oh two,
where we will revisit this question with research and study, and we will
terman who are the ideal recast mates of death becomes Her. I'm gonna go
all extra for this Channeler. You think you just made a joke, but
it's no joke. I will follow through with this. I'm going to bring
in award winning casting directors in the entertainment industry to Wagan. I'm going to
bring in magazine editors. Great, oh gosh, this is going to be
a huge debate. Okay, So yeah, listeners, you have a lot
to look forward to and one or two. So in the meantime, we
are here to talk about August of nineteen ninety two, the top song End
of the Road by Boys two Men. How does this one go? I
don't remember, Okay, so I'll start it and let me know if it
jumps into your memory. Here we go. Okay, yeah, don't let
me go to the end of the road, because I can't let go.
It's so natch. You belong to me, I belong to you. Oh
oh yes, and the road Oh yeah. Boys to men yes, wait
a minute, wait a minute, are like they boys? Are they ment
to grandpas? Now? Like probably are there already grandfathers? Yes, they
are granddaddy daddies all right. Next in our list of nostalgia of August of
nineteen ninety two, a little tidbit that I picked up was that Paramount Studios
opened up their New York Street on the back lot. And you and I
have been on the back lot of yeah, and there's been all sorts of
events back there, and it's just a really cool place. So I just
thought that was a really cool little tidbit of our history to know that that
opened up in ninety two. Oh, I love it. But the parties
there are glamorous. Yeah, it was like some sort of pride event.
If I recall that we went there last time. M yeah. Well so.
Also in August of nineteen ninety two, San Diego Comic Con moves into
the Double Tree Hotel humble beginnings. Yes, we think of San Diego Comic
Con as of course the massive beast it is, but humble beginnings, you
know, in hotel lobbies, and as we are putting together this uncanny experience,
I will say there's times where I feel like we need to be Comic
Coon right up the gate, But I think it's great to have a start
and grow from there. Yeah. Indeed, something I love about the Double
Tree fact is when we're on the shuttle bus, somebody always mentions the fact
that Comic Con used to be there as we drive by. It's like,
you know, if we were to do a drinking game with shots, like
we could get drunk on people saying that, Yeah, no kidding, no
kidding. Well, let's get into this. We are doing X Men number
eleven, published August of nineteen ninety two. It's written by Jim Lee Scott
Lobdell, The art is by Jim Lee, and it is titled The X
Men Versus The X Men exclamation Point. Yes. Plus, there's also a
bonus story on Maverick in the back that's written by Scott Lobdell and art by
Mark Textera titled over Again, We're Not Going to really go through that issue.
We'll touch upon it at the end, but touch upon it now,
let's just like get it out of the way. So like there's weird stuff
happening between Maverick and also what was his dame Warhawk It exists in the back
of the issue. Maverick at the time was a really underdeveloped character that they
introduced like through the trading cards and toys and everyone's like, Oh, what's
this character and they're like, oh crap, we better write stories about this
guy. M and this is what we got. That's what we got.
But that's okay because we have something way more exciting to talk about, and
that is a Moojo, one of my favorite characters and storylines. Yes,
a reality show like on Steroid, you guys, totally So on the cover
we mentioned iconic cover. This is the cover that, by the way,
is on all the T shirts from Target. So when you see that white
T shirt at Target with the X Men cover, it is this one X
Men number eleven. I have it. I have it. So many people
have this shirt. So I was like, when we're like, what do
I S were we're going to do after Claremont, Like what is the follow
up. We're like, well, let's go with this one because it's weird,
wacky, it's got an iconic cover, and it's Jim Lee art,
and so there's a lot to gush on. But on the cover we have
Wolverine in the forefront holding his claws up and looking through one of the claws,
and a whole team of characters behind him. Who do you see,
Chris, I see siloc and Gambit in Rogue, and Cyclops and Beast who's
actually kind of hanging upside down, which is kind of funny, and you
believe holding her head with her hand kind of smug. Yes, and she's
wearing her glasses green, by the way, not pink. I was like,
this is a bold choice. Jim Lee or colorist or whoever did this
making her glasses green instead of pink. Explain yourself. It's like if Cyclops
Advisor was suddenly blue instead of red. You're just like, excuse me.
You know why I know this is one of the most successful iconic covers of
all time is that Target keeps this shirt in stock. Like usually if it
doesn't sell well, they will cycle it out and bring new stuff in.
But the ones that stay forever I'm talking about like the band of T shirts
like Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. Will you know what this cover of the
X Men has elevated two icon status to the point where Target will always have
it available. I love it amazing. So on the inside cover we have
our very first Oh it's for Universal Soldier. It's a gen Claude van Damn
movie. Oh. Yes, that probably was action packed, is my assumption.
Yeah. It looks like they're wearing like VR glasses and pop Singer headsets
and they're holding guns. It says almost humid, almost perfect, almost under
control. Universal Soldier the Future has a bad attitude. Now I have to
invest. I've not seen this movie. I have it either, but I'm
kind of curious. Oh you know, it's by Roland Emerick, who directed
Independence Day in a bunch of action films, So I'm gonna say that it
might actually be good. I'm all about it. I need something to watch
and have on in the background while I do things. This seems like the
movie for that. Well, and because I'm always curious, you know,
there's always got to be at least a female lead or whatever side character.
And the actress I don't know her, Ali walk Walker. I don't know
her. Yeah, okay, so she was in the daytime soap opera Santa
Barbara. Oh and before landing roles on the short lived dramas True Blue and
moved over Miami. Well, well, well, good for you. She
was also in Kazam Shack amazing. I love it. Yeah, I was
like, that's the best part. That was the best part of me looking
that up. I needed to be reminded of Shack. And that's yes.
I can't wait. I can't wait un till there's an AD alert of Kazam
movie because I need to relive it. It'll happen, all right, let's
get into this issue. Oh my gosh. So we start off and we
see Dazzler seated looking very defeated. Her eyes are closed, head in her
hands. She is not happy, No, she is not. But I'm
happy because why we have a very interesting character that I completely forgot it out
into this very moment, and that is Mojo too the sequel. Yes,
he is standing over her, just menacingly, and we don't I don't know
if he's a good guy or a bad guy yet, so in my head,
I'm thinking, oh, she's in trouble. But look at this outfit.
Can you please describe this sexy monstrosity? Oh sure, so I'm he
is bare chested with metallic leggings kind of reminiscent of Lady death Strike. And
then he has got a shoulder shrug robe that's kind of happening, that's very
long and flowy, almost like mister Sinister. He's got metallic arms, like
robotic arms. His skin is yellow, he is got blue, long flowing
hair of Fu Manchou mustache, and he is fit for the gods. You
know. It's one of those things where he's Mojo to the sequel Mojo,
of course, we know is a big, large, spineless one. As
they say, he is in a mechanical thing. He has no spine so
he can't stand up. So this is the standing version of Mojo, and
apparently he is fit af Oh yeah, and I need those like metallic pants
in my wardrobe, please yes. Dazzler. On the other hand, just
to comment on what she is wearing. If y'all recall the X Men arcade
game and her outfit that game, well that's what she's wearing right now.
The blue with the headband that's read and the star burst on her chest.
Yes, she is in her Dazzler eighties glory outfit. Yes, the outback
look. And you know one thing I want to say about Mojo to the
sequel. To me, he's very evocative of like if Mojo and mister Sinister
had like a clone baby m Yeah, you know what I mean, absolutely,
especially her attitude and everything. I wonder if he is a clone thing
to mister Sinister, we should revisit that. So all the Marvel artists that
are listening and writers, there you go. There's a little pity is that
it happens. Chandler, if you say, thinks that when they happen.
So yeah, Mojo to the sequel is going to come back due to Sinister,
and I can't wait for that moment. So yeah, we learn that
Dazzler is working with Mojo to the sequel because he is vowed to take down
Mojo himself and overcome the ratings needed to be the leader of Mojo World.
Because that we learned that with the ratings you have the power. So shout
out to and DECENTI for knowing all this ahead of time. First you get
the ratings, then you get the power, then you get the women.
But I was at Scarface sure, or Godfather or something, I don't know
something. You know what, though, Like it's kind of true in today's
day and age, if you have a large social media following, people take
notice. And if you have large numbers, a lot of the times,
like they don't even investigate. They're all like, well, if this person
is obviously popular and reputable, therefore they have clout enough to be given a
job or given an opportunity. In the age of social media, ratings do
matter? I agree, and again props to Innocente for forecasting all of this.
Innocent to you, by the way, was on the podcast back and
I want to say episode forty three or forty four, So go back and
listen to her her episode where we cover long shot number three. So Dazzler
reluctantly agrees to help Mojo to the sequel. And then we cut to an
arena where we see the X Men versus the x Men again with our special
guests the X Men, and it is quite a flash page we see.
So this is a full page of Lila, Gambit, Rogue Beast, Jubilee,
Wolverine, siloc and Cyclops and they're on like a trippy yellow brick road
fighting each other. Yeah, so this Mojo verse arena is modeled after The
Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum, like the movie starting Julie Garland
and all that, except it's deadly and everybody's killing each other. This particular
splash page is so very exciting because, like with Rogue, you can see
that she is bound. Her arms and wrists are encased in metal. Her
mouth is covered in metal, so she can't kiss in anybody. Does Jubilee
have wings? Over the Jubilee, Gambit, Lila, and Silac all have
wings like the evil winged monkeys, I think is what this is running.
So if you have wings, and that means that you are possessed by Mojo,
right, or just means that you're on another team. You're on another
team. They're all possessed by Mojo except for Beast, and Beast cannot talk.
He's stuck to sounding like a cart too, and for instance, his
his words say rousy rethid ractors instead of lousy method actors, so he cannot
speak his normal erudite language. He is stuck to this beastly cartoon language.
I actually had this comic in my original long box childhood collection. And back
in the childhood years, I used to non read the comics, meaning like,
you know, who cares about the words, about the photos and the
pictures and the story of the Vocket of Art. I always thought that Lila
Cheney was like another Jubilee. Yes, like Jubilee clone. Yeah, well,
because she's got the short kind of hair that is very much like Jubilees.
And she also wears sunglasses just like Jubilee. So yeah, she could
very well to a child, look like adult Jubilee. So speaking of Lilah,
she is fighting with long Shot, and long Shot for some reason,
also is not mind controlled. I think it's because he's of this world.
And actually no, it's because he wasn't brought in with the X Men because
he, you know, was already on Mojo World. So Dazzler himself and
Beast are the only ones of their right mind. And Professor Xavier, which
we'll get into later. So he's trying to tell Lila, like, calm
down, girl, we're friends, we don't need to fight. You know,
you're you're playing into Mojo's story. You know you can't give him what
he wants. And poor Lilah, she gets whacked, thrown right into a
tree. Meanwhile, Siloc has Cyclops in a chokehold, but Professor Xavier chimes
in and he says, open your mind to me. And she's trying.
She's got a lot of beads of sweat on her forehead, but she's trying
to let him break through. Yes, Cyclops is like trying to what Betsy
kil Before we turn the page, we have our very Next. It is
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I had them all, every single one of these. Oh my god,
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now that you know how cool these cards are. The last thing you need
is for some kid from down the street to beat you to them. Be
bigger, be better, be first. And the kids in this ad are
like a gag. They're thrilled. I want to be that middle child.
Yes, they're looking at the Spider Man card all blown up as if it's
projected on a wall, and they are literally in shock about how cool this
is. Oh yeah, I think Spider Man definitely was one of the best
from that set. But I can see in the backroom deal set Thanos,
Captain America and Silver Surfer, which we're all great too. Yes, now
I don't know about these foil variants. I'm sorry, color foil and hologram
versions from this set. I only know the traditional cards. So now I'm
going to go on a hunt. I need to find out what these cards
are. It has been decided let's do it road trip. So back with
the story. Cyclops is like, you're an adult, Betsy, do what
you think is right. I don't know where this line is coming from,
but Mojo is like, off author, what's going on with this dialog?
Oh wait, it's me. I'm the I'm the author, and Earth's Maarius
mutants are reciting every line as I've scripted it. Oh the pressure. What
to do for an encore m Perhaps you could perform a lobotomy on yourself,
sire, I'll fetch the butter knife. That's Major Domo, his like right
hand man, who of course hates Mojo, but he works for him.
Anyways, that was like my favorite line. Yes, we'll keep reading the
Mojo lines because they're so juicy and you love him? What and deny my
captive audience a chance to provide it unsolidacitic review of work in progress? So
Chip, what do you think? Professor Xavier cannot speak? Everyone's a critic.
Just remember it could be worse. I could have scripted you onto the
set. Instead, you have a front row seat as your students destroy themselves
using your powers honed and through your teachings. He ha, gotta love the
irony. Oh, and Professor is thinking to himself, mocked me while you
have the opportunity, Mojo, I must work through the pain, must protect
my XPN. Mojo always is so like gregarious and Shakespeare into me. Am
I right? Does he emote that to you? Yeah? For sure?
Yeah, he's an actor on all levels, no matter who he is speaking
to. Yeah, and I gotta I gotta mention the art here where he's
saying, oh wait, I am the author and just his aunt's playling.
Oh, it's just so dramatic. I love it. Yes, when we
get that Jim Lee nineties thing where half of Mojo's face is then covered by
Professor's other half of his face, I feel like we see that a lot
in the nineties, So I love this moment elsewhere in Mojo Square Garden instead
of Madison Square Garden. Ha ha ha ha. See we see dazz Oh
wait, I got it now. No, I love it. I can't
to laugh at it. I love dad jokes. Oh that was good.
Okay, okay, I got it out. We can good. So we
see Dazzler and Mojo too, sorry Mojo too the sequel um and they the
sequel Yes, so yes, he is confessing to Dazzler that he just wants
to help those less fortunate, and she is like not having any of his
ship. He's just like yeah right as she looks over her shoulder. I
also love that she has this kind of like war paint on her face in
this Mojo verse world when she moved, when she moved there, whatever,
when she was ended up there. She adopted this kind of stripe over her
left eye and then kind of a mark under her right. Well, it's
not consistent because she didn't have that in the opening scene. You're right,
she didn't, or maybe she added it just now going into battle. Maybe
this is the first appearance of her Mojo Verse warpaint, so I'd be curious.
I have to look back on future issues. So we're back with the
X men. Psiloc is trying to work cyclops as advisor off. She's able
to rip it off of his head through Professor Xavier's motion. So Professor has
like commandeered Psiloc's head and body, and she rips off his visor so that
his optic beams can zact the booth where Mojo is. Oh isn't this exciting?
The actions so lifelike, you can almost feel the heat. And the
trick about this is is that he actually lyned the control booth with Mojo.
Oum yes, trademarks. Trademark by the way, TM, I'm guessing it's
like vibranium, but or adam antium or any of the any of the ems
of the Marble Metal Verse. So yes, Mojoe eum okay, so Professor
has to work around that. So through Silox's body, he then pivots Cyclops's
visor full blast at Rogue and it blasts her restraints off, so the ones
on her mouth and her hands break off, and it busts her through the
dome ceiling that they are fighting in, and she goes end up going into
space. Well, not only does she end up going into space, but
she ends up becoming visible to outside of the dome, which actually is a
huge giant arena filled with spectators that are just bloodthirsty for the destruction of the
X Men. And she's looking her around and she's all like, that blast
knocked me cleaned away from Joe's influence. But if I attack again, get
too close, how could I be certain I won't become his little circus befomer
again? And then they're all saying, log broadcast Mojoe? What does that
mean? Long live Mojoe? But life is the broadcast, so they want,
oh, I love it long to broadcast to Mojoe. Rogue is hesitant
to go back in, but Betsy, commandeered again by Professor, is using
her psychic abilities to go into Rogue's mind, and this art of her face,
it's so good. This is like prime Jim Lee stuff, like he
obviously is amazing, but I felt like he drew rogue so well, oh
yeah, and I love the butterfly effect right there, m because you know
that's pure psiloc. It's gorgeous. Yes, So they instruct her on what
she needs to do next, and she goes, I got it, and
she goes charging back into the arena. But then we cut to Meanwhile,
we see Dazzler and Mojo to the sequel crawling underneath the arena yep, and
they are going up against a whole bunch of robotic bad guys miscellaneous bad guy
one bad Robot number two to damn slaps wet and yeah, because you know
it's dark underneath. Luckily, Dazzler's lightpowers lights up everything, so it's very
very bright as she was. That's everybody. Mojo to the Sequel and Dazzler
as they're going through this, they really want to make sure that their victory
over Mojo is broadcasted. So Mojo too, the sequel says, well,
you and I battle his dog soldiers. My loyal key grips are attaching a
piggyback signal onto Mojo's own. The spined people will revolt if they believe they
have half a chance. So that's a key point, you guys, because
the whole plot with this is to allow the people to revolt. The spine
people, of course, being long shots race, that alien race that was
created for the spineless ones to act as slaves. That's what they mean by
the spine one, So they want them to revolt. My favorite thing about
this line is the fact that he calls his henchmen he grips. Yeah,
which you know, in Hollywood terms, they are set people. It's so
cool. Yeah, the mojovers. Noah, I'm going to send my key
grips after them. So, because Psiloc and Cyclops are going off script because
they're freeing rogue and they're doing things that are not a part of this broadcast,
Gambit, who is still under control, wax them with his bow staff
and knocks him out, and Cyclops it's like Gambit no, and then Jubilees
thinking to herself, Gambit attacked before the Professor could clear the Cajun's mind.
Let's see if I could bring the old Wolfster back to Earth, and then
Wolverine's just like, oh no, please stay back, But Jubilee is running
right towards him, blasting her fireworks powers, which kind of stunts him,
and she says Ah is a whittle old, frady cat, scared of a
girl. Just for a little clarification, Wolverine is, of course reduced to
a scared version of Wolverine. He's obviously so brave in all of his comics,
but when he's on Mojo Verse, he's a scared witt old kitty.
And he says, I ain't never back down to a skirt and no one,
no one calls Wolverine a frady cat, at least not twice anyways,
And he comes jumping at Jubilee with a snick. Yeah, but it's okay
because he did come back to his senses, and he went right flying into
Mojo's sanctuary, screaming Mojo scribed yes, and he has caused more damage to
the Mojonium, a shell that is protecting Mojo. Mojo walking off the set
in the middle of a performance. I'm afraid not Miss Cheney. By the
way, that's a typo. It's supposed to be Miss Chaney, but it's
Miss Channey. Oh you're right, Do I get a no price? This
is not Cheney change. Is it with an e not an a. It's
with an e? Yes, correct, that's the correct spelling with an a.
Yes. Oh the digital verse yours is an e yes, Mine is
an e. Oh. Okay uh, Marvel Unlimited just heads up, you
know left. Yes, So he says, have your people called my people,
Wolverine, we'll do lunch to what she says, sooner than you think,
Bob and siloc that's her cue, she says. Now rogue. Oh,
she comes crashing in because she was, you know, in orbit basically,
and she has used the speed of just flying into Earth and she's able
to crack through Moji mojonium trademarked shell due to Cyclops and Wolverine weakening the shell.
On the streets outside, a commotion starts happening, and the people start
seeing what's going on, and one of them starts saying, zas vid It
is, as the pirate programmer vowed, the spineless Mojo is vulnerable at last.
Meanwhile, on the streets outside, a big commotion is starting up because
everybody is catching on that Mojo is being attacked and could be defeated. And
one of the guys who has a mustache and this weird laurel flowing Thori hair
with a purple striped I don't know, turtleneck thing. I don't know.
Actually, you know what, I kind of like it, kind of like
this look, okay, And it was weird. It was weird to me
out for a second, but it grew on me. Lorel hair on the
streets outside, he says, zas vid it is as the Pirate programmer vowed,
the spineless Mojo is vulnerable at last, But is it enough? Has
Mojo fallen? But your guy is way cooler. Oh? Yes, he's
got like mohawk with two rat tail braids coming down his shoulders. You know
a look, it is a look. I think we need to put up
a Luke vote on social media. Ed say who who would you not?
Who would you rather? And say, like, you know which look is
better? M you know, orange shirky or purple shirt guy? Yes?
And if if you want to vote on this poll, be sure to follow
x Reid's podcast on all social media platforms. Yes, when they are watching
this TV all in awe there with bated breath, waiting to see if Mojo's
defeated, But for not because ha ha pathetic fools. We're all your top
billing and star treatment. You are a little more than extras and the big
picture I made you the mega media stars my X Men, and I can
have you canceled just as easily. And this is the big Ursula moment at
the end of The Little Mermaid when she becomes supersized and has it tried it
and is about to kill everything. But guess who is on the bottom of
this giant photo of Mojo. It is Rogue and she has got cakes.
Yes, this is X Men, the animated series, when she's going up
against Apocalypse Apocalypse Booty jim Ley the inspiration for it. Obviously she got cakes.
So yeah, outside, the spined ones are scared, but they are
still willing to revolt because you know, for better they die free than continue
a life of the Spineless Monster as their slaves. So they go two of
the Garden and Mojo is like, oh, maybe I should have stuck to
Brady Bunch reruns. Maybe you should have and Dazzler comes bursting into the scene.
I cannot not mention the Brady Bunch story that I just had coincidentally,
what's that? It's synchronicity. I haven't thought about The Brady Bunch in like
a goa jillion years. But I went with my friend Holland, who is
actually plug our terror reader for the Uncanny Experience. We were walking around Studio
City, you know, doing the dog walk thing, and I looked to
the left and I was like, oh, hey, that's the Brady Bunch
house. It's totally in Studio City. It just like right there. Walked
past it most of the time, didn't really notice it until then I was
like, yeah, that's really cool. HGTV actually rehabbed it. At the
time it was worth three million dollars, but through that reality show, they
completely refurbished it to look exactly like the set of The Brady Bunch back in
the day. The exterior is the same as the set, but the interior
wasn't and the rehab is uncanny. Yes. Now, the thing about it
is it just went back on the market. Guess how much it's being sold
for? Ten million? Ten million? Jesus. Okay, let me put
this into perspective. Okay, ten million is a lot. It started out
as three million, Okay, then they did the rehab. You can't go
up to ten everything else, I know, but everything in the house is
like from the seventies. I mean like it's not modernized furniture. Well,
flawless execution of a TV family home. People might pay for that. Yeah,
well it is priced at five million dollars. So if you are listening
to this right now and you have five million dollars and you are nostalgic for
some classic television starring those Brady Bunch family, you know what You're in luck
because you have the opportunity to purchase their home. Incredible. I want to
do it. Actually, I want to buy it. Just take out the
five million in your bank account goal buy it. Anyways, back to Dazzler,
Dazzler, and who is your handsome friend? Oh surely you remember me,
the clone you left on the editing room floor. Oh yes, the
flawed one. If compassion for all people as a flaw, guilty as charge.
But there are those on this world who believe that spines are a virtue.
Guests who comes bursting in one of the luckiest people on the Mojo Verse
planet universe asteroid. Is it a dimension, it's a world world at her
start? Oh no, no, wait, nope, launch shot. He
burst in with his sword and he says I happen to be one of them
for too long? Have you used the psychic energies of your spineless couch potatoes,
enhanced by the euphoria of the X Men exploits to suppress the rights of
my people. It ends here now, and Julie says, believe him,
but I love how she's like between his legs. In the background it emphasize
like, you know, kind of like the by the way but beat hand.
Yeah, yeah, I love it. So Ba boom. The wall
goes down and we see a whole mob of people coming to cancel Mojo.
The yellow season is Ovar and this guy's got a pitchfork. Oh, look
at the fashion of Mojo verse though, because we don't actually get to see
the fashion that often. But this is our pure firsthand up clows and personal
look with the people. What do you see? Well, so our mohawk
with the two rat tails guy he is wearing like an orange body suit and
next to him is a purple robed figure, open chested with loincloth like allah
mystique that's teal and comes down over blue pants. And then we've got somebody
that's wearing like headgear similar to how Angel and half fuck and everybody put on
their head, and he's wearing an orange suit and a jacket like gambits over
at holding a staff, and then all of a sudden, Mojoe he burst
out one of his energy beams with a crasatte and he says, polease people,
give a fella a chance to clear out his desk. No, yes,
and he's like zapping down to people, but the long Shot says,
no, never again. Will you take a life for your own sadistic pleasures
are those of your equally twisted viewers? Yeah, because he actually, with
that energy zapp killed a bunch of people. I was deadly forced, he
just used. Yeah's lunging at him and that knife is about to penetrate,
and Mojo's all like, yes, long Shot, work with me, go
with your feelings. Give them a finale they can remember, give them me,
and he does. But does he? I mean, we don't see
a body just smoke. Oh yeah, and Mojo can teleport. I don't
think he's dead. I don't think he's dead either. Comics you guys.
But you know what, when this came out, I can imagine that,
you know, me thinking in my head, this is the final moment for
Mojo, this character, and this was epic, and this was so huge
and so monuments. Actually, you know it was very Shakespearean. Yes,
absolutely well, and the people are now instead of cheering long lived long shot,
they say long air long shot. Oh my god, I love it.
I didn't catch that the first time around for some reason. I love
Mojo versus Lingo Lingo. It is. Oh. And then Dazzler goes in
for the kiss. You did it, We did it to make this world
a better place. Oh okay, now this this is the moment we've all
been waiting for, you guys, because the tea is about to be spilled.
Are you ready? I want some sugar with your tea? Do you
got some of those little tea cookies? Bring it on hand? I'm ready?
Okay, Because Professor Charles Xavier chimes in and he says, just in
time, it would seem for what greater gift could two parents give to the
un born child? I sense with an Allison, Yes, secrets. You
know, I think they should have the choice if they want to mention that
you know they're gonna have a baby. Oh oh crap, oh man,
Chandler, damn it, did you just give me a Zach Morris's trash moment,
ah crap, because you know, I mean, at the age that
we're at, we've have peers that you know, family that had children and
stuff like that, and we know the etiquette. The etiquette is you are
not supposed to say anything if you know, you keep it in. It
is their news to tell and that's the end of that. But Nope,
not Charles Xavier. He just goes in gets that information in, blabs blabs
blabs rude. But you know, they do look at each other with a
little heart over Dazzler's head, which I think is super cute. Yeah,
it is cute, and they have a loving moment. It's very tender.
But then Dazzler turns over to the sequel of Mojo and puts her finger right
in his chest and says, as we're going to be raising a kid,
it'll be up to you to rule this planet fairly. Mmm. I would
not have it any other way, he says. And Lila, Silac and
Rogue all decide that it's time to celebrate. You know, Lila can easily
teleport them all the way, but you know they want to stay with Dazzler.
You know, she's a former teammate. They need to celebrate this news,
so they decide to stay. But Jubilee, she's not feeling it.
Yeah, she's kind of like, you know, sneaking off. She's saying
to herself. Maybe it's an age thing, but I don't get it.
Ratings mean power on this world, and we just gave whoever is in charge
higher numbers in the last episode of Cosby. So if we won, do
I feel like we're still being rubed? Mmm? Ooh? And then we
that is that is a slangy word I haven't heard in a while, No
kidding. We get this incredible double page spread of Jim Lee art and this
is his farewell issue. As you told me earlier today, this is the
last issue that Jim Lee did for X Men before he went to Image,
So I think this is his like farewell. Like I love the X Men,
I'm going to give them this last splash page before I go. And
it's so beautiful. Oh, this is seared into my memory as an iconic
piece of art that I will never forget. So we have all the characters
looking super stoic super hero posed, except for Jubilee, who's seated on the
ground with soda in her mouth and popcorn, which I absolutely love that.
And her glasses are pink, by the way, unlike the cover, which
are green. They're pink on the popcorn, it says homage pop Okay,
yeah, I want to read through this because it brings up an interesting topic.
Psiloc in response to Jubilee saying why do I feel like we're still being
rude? She says the child is a point. Jubilee says, thanks,
and who are you calling a child? How do we know we're not still
being manipulated, to which Cyclops replies, we don't here or in the real
world. There are no guarantees in life people, and Beast says there comes
a time between life and death when all men stop to catch their breath.
We ask the stars why we question our lot? The heavens open wide.
In reply, why not, Yeats says Wolverine. Nope, Beast and Dazzler
and long Shot are in the corner. Long SHOT's got a hand on her
belly, and Dazzler says, shatters are You've got to be kidding? Okay,
Now, there is a lot going on in this Okay, because first
off, now this whole page has me thinking, are we all trapped in
a simulation? Have you heard of the simulation theory? Chandler? Oh sure,
I mean matrix, etc. But yes, are we in a simulation?
I don't know. I don't think so, I don't know. I
mean sometimes I think so, who knows. What strikes me about this image
is that I noticed that Gambit's arms are bare when he rolls up his sleeves
of his jacket, and it makes me think that his pink armor underneath is
like a tank top. Oh my god, here I am having an existential
crisis and you're worried about Gambit's bare arm. Yes, I don't think that's
how it's uniform works. That could just be a coloring thing. But that's
what really stands out to me, existential crisis about living in a simulation.
I don't think about that kind of stuff. Okay, fine, let's get
on to the other news in here. And that's the fact that there is
a name for this baby. Yeah, it is written there, Shatterstar.
Yes, tell me what you know about this so easter Egg. Yeah.
So this whole thing is a big mess, obviously, because so she is
allegedly pregnant with Shatterstar, at this time in comics history, Shatterstar is a
full grown adult on X Force in the comics, so you're thinking to yourself,
how did this happen? And then this is like I don't even know
where to begin with this. So she comes back to Earth, she doesn't
remember that she's pregnant, and then she never has a baby. So at
some point she must have given birth on Mojo Verse and then through the process
of going to Earth forgot. And what we learned in this long Shot Shatterstar
series is that long Shot of course is the father, but that Shatterstar is
in fact the father of long Shot because he went back in time to Mojo
World before long Shot was created, and through a DNA sample of Shatterstar,
they created long Shot in the Race of spined Ones, and then long Shot
then obviously went on to live, fall in love with Dazzler, and have
a baby, which is Shatterstar. So they're cut. They're stuck in the
time loop, like Shatterstar must go back in time in order to get his
DNA taken otherwise his father won't be bored. And I feel like it's back
to the future all over again. Well, it is also Fry from future
rama because Philip J. Fry was also bored through time travel time travelery.
It's like Tom Foolery, except time travelery. And on top of all this,
you know, we brought this up to Fabi Nissa when he was on
our show the first time. We asked him the question what do you think
about Shatterstar being the son and the father of long Shot? And he was
so baffled that he didn't know that this had happened, And his response was
pretty hilarious. Oh cool, I'll play the clip. Did you intend Shatterstar
to be the son and father of long Shot? No? I don't think
I did. No, I don't, And I don't think robbed it either.
I only got really kind of sketchy, sketchy, sketchy character bios on
the characters themselves, and Shatterstar was pretty sketchy. So there was nothing that
I remember that said he was gonna be that. I don't think I did
any of that. Most I got into Shatterstar with those horrific, awful Shattershot
annuals that I did, um and and and I don't even remember that I
didn't say that about him, then? Did I? Did I say that
he was long Shots. No, no, no, that came out.
That came out later on. It just uh, is he is he long
Yeah? He is. He's a clone. Long Shot is a clone of
Shatterstar, who time traveled to I think Mojo World beforehand. Okay, Shatterstar
was born after yeah, years after a long Shot. Yeah, yeah,
but I guess in in in the current storyline, he then went back in
time before long Shot was created, and then they took his DNA made long
Shot and then a long Shot and Dazzler had Shatterstar. So long Shot and
Dazzler or Shatterstar's parents. Yes, that makes no sense. Okay, you
have to understand. I quit X Men with issue number forty five. I
don't think I read an issue of X Men until Terry Cavanaugh asked me to
script over Alan Davis's a couple of Alan Davis issues like ten years later and
eight years later, I hadn't read anything, And after I scripted those issues,
I didn't read anything again for another ten years. I don't, you
know, I just I don't know. It's it's not it's not a family
of titles that I've had a particular vested interest in follow, and yet I've
sporadically read trade paperbacks from multiple different errors over the last twenty you know,
twenty twenty five years. I've read some of the current stuff too, the
Hickman stuff when it first launched, and then a couple of sporadic trade paperbacks.
Unless I'm unless I'm being tasked to write something that requires me to have
an idea of the current con regular ongoing basis. Yeah, that's it's so
hard to follow. I've been I was out of comics for over ten years,
so I hear what it's like to to to be out of it and
not know what's going on. But let's watching general It's like watching General Hospital.
You haven't watched what the hell? And that's the issue. But before
we get to the end of the issue, we have our very last It
is the Konami X Men Arcade Machine advertisement. So we love this. Of
course, we love the arcade Machine. You've seen us gush about it,
You've seen us play it at arcades when we have our podcast birthdays. Everybody
loves this game. We actually mentioned earlier in Dazzler's outfit as she's from the
Arcade Machine. This machine, I think made a lot of X Men fans
Oh yeah, We're obsessed and this game will be playable at the Uncanny Experience.
Oh, we are going to have an arcade inside the mansion called the
Jubilatian Station. So if you want to play, uh, the X Men
game, come on down. Yeah. And I want to know who is
your main Chris, who who do you play on this game? Oh?
It switches all the time. I mean right now in my life, I
feel like I'm back to Storm. Mostly it's Storm, you know. Sometimes
I like to dabble with the Dazzler M a little little Nightcrawler action jump and
he jump. Yes, but but Storm is just so regal, and she's
wearing the black bathing suit. Ye, so beautiful. Oh yes, yes,
I'm a Nightcrawler main he I typically always love to play Nightcrawler, but
now that you know I have the machine myself, I like to play all
the characters because I don't have to put a quarter in, I could just
do whatever I want. Well, this was a fun issue, and I'm
really glad we got to gush about Mojo and just kind of get the get
the show, and you know, to just you and I. It's really
fun to just to just have a episode with just you, Chris, because
we have all sorts of fabulous guests and we have more coming guys. By
the way, we have more that have reached out or that have agreed to
be on the show, So stay tuned for future guest announcements. And yeah,
this was a lot of fun. I had such a blast. And
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