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Mutant Menace
Comedians Matt Aukamp (Save Your Game, The Very Worst) and Pat Reber (The Very Worst) read the X-Men in chronological order and talk about all the weird, funny, ridiculous, insightful, and interesting things within.
Episodes
Mutant Menace82 - New Mutants 47-50
Hop in, we're going to medieval Scotland! And several potential futures! And deep space! And Limbo! All, of course, with the New Mutants! They're on the run…
Mutant Menace81 - MUTANT MASSACRE!
Issues: X-Factor 9-11, Uncanny X-Men 211-213, New Mutants 46, Power Pack 27, Mighty Thor 373-374, Daredevil 238 A GIANT-SIZED EPISODE for a GIANT-SIZED STORY…
Mutant MenaceBonus - Warlock, X-Factor, and Cartoon Frogs
Issues: Iron Man Annual #8, Amazing Spider-Man #282, Web of Spider-Man Annual #2 THIS BONUS EPISODE IS UNDER AN HOUR. I don't care what your iPod Nano says…
Mutant Menace80 - Sabretooth
Issues: Iron Fist #14, Power Man & Iron Fist #66, #78, #84, Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #116, #119 Before we dive into the Mutant Massacre, we have…
Mutant MenaceEpisode 79 - Mojo!
Issues: New Mutants Annual #2 & X-Men Annual #10 There's a scary new villain on the scene, folks! Mojo, the Lifebringer! Tune in as we cover his first couple…
Mutant Menace[PATREON UNLOCK] Puffyfaffin' with Matt and Pat
Hey everyone! Sorry about no episode this week, but in lieu of our normal X-Men rantings, we thought we'd give you a little taste of what we have goin' on over…
Mutant Menace78 - Longshot Miniseries #1-6
Join us this week on a little detour from our usual titles, as we meet a few major future X-characters in Ann Nocenti and Art Adams' Longshot miniseries! It's…
Mutant MenaceEpisode 77 - Uncanny X-Men #206-210
Holy cow. These are some wild issues folks. Claremont is back to form, firing on all cylinders and peppering us full of GOOD STORY. If only we weren't a…
Mutant Menace76 - New Mutants #41-45 & Power Pack #20
Hope you're ready for friendship, folks! Because the New Mutants are back after taking a little break from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters in the Back to…
Mutant Menace75 - X-Factor #5-8, Annual #1 - APOCALYPSE!
You can't call these guys the X-Men anymore! They're X-Factor. And they've got a brand new foe who wears a gimp mask! Or, wait, no, he doesn't. It's…
Mutant Menace74 - Alpha Flight #30-34 (and beyond)
This is definitely our angriest episode. We finish off Alpha Flight and Bill Mantlo makes many decisions that make us absolutely furious. But also plenty of…
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73 - Uncanny X-Men #201-205
ICONIC is a word that gets thrown around a lot, and today is no exception! Join us as we gleefully tear into this iconic run of issues, featuring the iconic…
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72 - New Mutants #35-40 - Professor Magneto
MAGNETO tries to settle into his new role as the headmaster of the New Mutants this week, and boy do things go wrong. Everyone dies! Just kidding. Or are we?…
Mutant Menace71 - X-Factor #1-4
ISSUES: Avengers #263, Fantastic Four #286, X-Factor #1-4 Don't tell Chris Claremont, but we're starting a brand new title: X-FACTOR! Plus, one of the most…
Mutant MenaceBONUS - Heroes for Hope w/ Alex Goldman
Returning guest and newly-christened friend of the show ALEX GOLDMAN is here to talk to us about a bizarre Exquisite Corpse-style comic Marvel did in 1985 for…
Mutant Menace70 - Secret Wars II
It's the one we warned you about, dear listeners: SECRET WARS II! Tune in to hear us get really, really frustrated and eventually very tired. We've got no…
Mutant Menace69 - Iceman #1-4
We're back with another cooooool episode for everyone! Not only cool because it's a sex number, but also cool because cold. This week, Matt and Pat talk about…
Mutant Menace68 - Nightcrawler #1-4
ISSUES: Nightcrawler #1-4, Amazing Spider-Man #161-162 & Marvel Team-Up #89, Bizarre Adventures #27 A podcast about a specific variety of earthworm, known in…
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67 - Uncanny X-Men #196-200 - Lifedeath II & The Trial of Magneto
Oh boy are we covering some all-timers in this episode, folks! We're back with the X-Men in their single-issue-story era, which includes Claremont and Barry…
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66 - Alpha Flight #24-29, Incredible Hulk #313 - Alpha Flight 5
Join us on our journey back up North, folks, as we say good riddance to John Byrne, and good god what have we done to Bill Mantlo! Alpha Flight reaches some…
Mutant MenaceEpisode 65 - Uncanny X-Men #194-195, Power Pack #11-12 - POWER PACK
You may, occasionally, think to say to yourself, "What is this podcast? Just two grown men reading comic books for teenagers?" WRONG. We've got RANGE. In THIS…
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64 - X-Men and Alpha Flight #1 & 2 - Asgardian Wars
ISSUES: X-Men and Alpha Flight #1 & 2,New Mutants Special Edition #1, X-Men Giant-Sized Annual #9 With everything going on these days, wouldn't you like to…
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Episode 63 - New Mutants #29-34 - Reunions & Betrayals
This week we return to the New Mutants, and boy are we glad we did! This story is stuffed with twists and turns so crazy we can't even tell you about em in the…
Mutant Menace62 - Dazzler #1, Dazzler: The Movie, & Beauty and the Beast
In this super-sized episode, the boys recap 5+ ears of Dazzler, including her pre-appearance history, her graphic novel, and her love story with The Beast!…
Mutant Menace61- Firestar #1-4 & Uncanny X-Men #193
This girl is on fire! That's right, folks, tune in to hear two sweet goofballs work their way through the 616 introduction of FIRESTAR, years after being…
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BONUS - State Fair of Texas & Obnoxio the Clown
This one is WILD! Special guest Matt's Son Toby joins us to follow the X-Men through a couple of their most bizarre side quests to date; one wholesome, one not…
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60 - New Mutants #26-28 - LEGION
Tune in this week, folks; the New Mutants are fun again! Join us as the gang tackles a severe psychic threat, Xavier reckons just a little with his past, and…
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59 - Uncanny X-Men #190-192, Annual #8 - Kulan Gath?
Buckle up, listeners, because these issues get weird! Join us as we join the X-Men in medieval Manhattan, campfires, adjacent properties, and even fairytale…
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58 - Alpha Flight #19-23
Alpha Flight continues its hot streak on this episode, covering everything from time travel to haunted houses to old Fantastic Four villains. It's funny, it's…
Mutant MenaceBONUS - Revenge of the Living Monolith
The Bunkies are BACK, buddies!! Along with our favorite least favorite super-villain THE LIVING PHARAOH/MONOLITH! Matt and Pat read this graphic novel that has…
Mutant Menace57 - New Mutants #22-25 & MTU Annual #6 - Cloak and Dagger
Hey, have you noticed anything strange about Bobby and Rahne lately? Like how they keep staring off at the Holy Ghost Church with a haunted look in their eyes?…
Mutant Menace56 - Powerless - Uncanny X-Men #185-189
If you like Storm, folks, then tune the heck in to this one! We delve deep into the identity of Ororo Munroe through an incredible, character-driven run…
Mutant Menace55 - Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6
There comes a time in every little girl's life where she must shed the follies of youth and grow into a super-cool secret ninja assassin mutant with her big…
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54 - Alpha Flight #13-18
We're flying back up north this week, and visiting our favorite Canadian Super Team, Alpha Flight! But it's not all fun and games, as we work through pain…
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53 - New Mutants #18-21, Annual #1 - Demon Bear Saga
Bill Sienkiewicz arrives on the New Mutants to deliver us the absolutely fantastic Demon Bear Saga and the super fun arrival of Warlock and Doug to the book!…
Mutant Menace52 - Uncanny X-Men #181-184 & Annual #7 - Consequences!
We're finally back to the regular ol' X-Men, and boy oh boy folks, did our patience ever pay off! Join us as we tackle some truly top-tier X-Men issues and…
Mutant Menace51 - Secret Wars
Here it is, folks. The Big One. The Event to End* All Events (*start). It's the Toy Company-mandated Jim Stupid-penned Super-Hero Epic SECRET WARS! And, of…
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50 - X-Men and the Micronauts
Oh boy, folks - good episode, bad subject matter! The X-Men visit the Microverse, the Micronauts visit the Macroverse, and Kitty gets punched square in the…
Mutant Menace49 - Alpha Flight #7-12
ALPHA FLIGHT IS BACK! And we get a bunch of solo adventures until the team comes together and IMMEDIATELY comes apart. This is a wild ride, folks. Join Matt…
Mutant Menace48 - New Mutants #14-17, Uncanny X-Men #180 - Hellions
What if there was another school for mutants? Well, there is! You'd know if you've been paying attention. But we're not holding that against you - instead…
Mutant Menace47 - Magik - Storm and Illyana #1-4
This week, we're not hanging out with the X-Men, we're hanging out in Hell with a little girl! Colossus's little sister, to be clear. Illyana Nikolievna…
Mutant Menace46 - Uncanny X-Men #177-179 - Brotherhood Triumphant!
Issues: Uncanny X-Men #177-179, Moon Knight #35, & Marvel Fanfare #24 Happy February, folks! Bundle up with us as we dive back into the X-Men and the…
Mutant MenaceBONUS - X-Men & Teen Titans w/ the Blerd Without Fear
For an issue this big, and a crossover this wild, our ONLY option was to bring in a guest who is nerdier (and cooler) than us: Ernie, the BLERD WITHOUT FEAR…
Mutant Menace45 - New Mutants #9-13 - Nova Roma
It's a New Mutants episode! We start with a pretty wild email segment and an even more wild Pat's Steals and Deals, but in the middle we meet Magma, Selene…
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44- Alpha Flight #1-6 - Alpha Flight!
Bundle up, folks! We're headed up north of Westchester, NY to Canada, where the nation's former official superhero team is back in action! That's right; we're…
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43 - Uncanny X-Men #174-176 & New Mutants #7-8 – Madelyne Pryor
One of the funny things about reading all the X-Books at once is that sometimes they align very well, and sometimes they are so deeply incongruous that it’s…
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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…
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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…
Mutant Menace40 - 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…
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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…
Mutant Menace38 - 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 #167 It's a brand new day on Graymalkin Lane! Where a rebuilt Xavier Mansion hosts a brand new…
Mutant Menace37 - Uncanny X-Men #161-166 - THE BROOD SAGA
It's an epic tale of tragedy and heroism. Of good and evil. Of monsters and heroes. Of mutants and bugs. And it all takes place within these 6 issues. It's THE…
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36 - Uncanny X-Men #159-160, Annual #6, Marvel Team-Up #100 - Strange Tales
Folks, prepare yourselves for some truly Strange Tales as the X-Men hold hands with Dracula, take a quick trip to Limbo, and ignore time and space! We even get…
Mutant Menace35 - Uncanny X-Men #158, Avengers Annual #10, ROM - ROGUE! with Abby Denton
Get ready listeners - this episode, we introduce an iconic character with an iconic guest, Abby Denton! Comedian and writer of Gamer Mom! We're talking…
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34 - Uncanny X-Men #154-157, Marvel Team-Up #117-118 - Space Opera
Buckle up, folks; we're going to space this episode! But first, we have to stop by and hang out with our friend Spider-Man! Get ready for adventures across New…
Mutant Menace33 - Marvel Fanfare #1-4, X-Men Annual #5, Shorts - Distant Lands
Issues: Marvel Fanfare #1-4, Marvel Treasury #27, Marvel Team Up #100 (back-up story), X-Men Annual #5 We're not puffyfaffing around this episode! We're…
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32 - Uncanny X-Men #149-153 - I, Magneto
Back in the X-Men’s main title, the X-Men are doing X-Men stuff! For example, fixing the Danger Room, visiting an old petrified friend/friend who may or may…
Mutant Menace31 – Uncanny X-Men #147, ROM, Spider-Woman – Makin' Friends!
Issues: Uncanny X-Men #147, Rom #17-18, Spider-Woman #37-38, Marvel Treasury #26 The X-Men take some time off of their regular title to hang out with some pals…
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30 - Uncanny X-Men #143-147 - Kitty Pryde & Dr. Doom
Goodbye, John Byrne; we hardly knew ye! It's time to move on to bigger, fresher things like... Dave Cockrum? The infamous Claremont/Byrne run ends with a Kitty…
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29 - Uncanny X-Men #138-142 - Days of Future Past
Plus X-Men Annual #4! Hot off the heels of one of the most famous X-Men stories of all time, we take a short respite with… ONE OF THE GREATEST X-MEN STORIES OF…