It's 1977 and Chris Claremont and John Byrne are on the Iron Fist book, where they introduce a brand new villain... SABRETOOTH! Victor Creed is a mercenary killer, in a colorful costume with fur on his limbs and around his neck... His claws are sharp, as are his fangs, and he's ready to take on our kung-fu hero with an army of costumed mercenaries. Adam Santangelo and Frank Moran are here to celebrate the first appearance of this infamous X-villain !

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Goo-goo-ga-joob! Mass Destruction! Chad is joined by Manolis Vamvounis and Christian Smith for a truly insane character just layered in pop culture references. Hubert Carpenter is... the Walrus! With a baffling origin, this character showed up in New Defenders, created by JM DeMatteis, and, well, I'm just gonna let you listen. You're gonna laugh, and also feel confused...

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Patsy Walker is finally in the Hellcat costume, as the Avengers continue their battle with the Squadron Supreme! But full stop, because there is a deadly Assassin after the Avengers first, and this story is fully bonkers. Featuring an incredible and talented group of nerdy friends for a 3 issue script read! And this launches Sabretooth month on Graymalkin Lane!

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Dead-Ringer is one of those mutants that never crosses your mind. A gimmick-y Captain America villain, he has the gruesome power to shape-shift into any super-villain (including costume and tech) whose severed finger he has access to. Yup, you heard right. Chad is joined by Karen Charm and Steve Duda to talk all about this definitely heterosexual character.

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It's Darkstar month on Graymalkin Lane! Debuting in the late 1970s in the Champions, Laynia Petrovna is a Darkforce-wielding powerhouse with a tremendous amount of potential! Largely unexplored, Laynia's stories are fleshed out through her connections to Russia, to her powerful and complicated family, and to the world of mutants! This episode features a jury of Christie Porter, D'Manda Martini, Derek Nichols, Shawn Porrett, and Tom O'Connor! (Note: the edit on this one turned out a little different... you'll hear about it in the episode...) Art for this episode by Seth Martel!

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Gimmick Villain month continues on the Patreon as we delve into the fraught life of Typeface, a mercenary and madman obsessed with letters! Created by Paul Jenkins (who is here with us), Typeface has become the ultimate gimmick, and Sean Beveridge might be his biggest fan!

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Darkstar month continues! In her earliest major story outside of her time with the Champions, Darkstar joins with her twin brother Vanguard, a new character, in an insane sci-fi adventure on the moon that jumps you all around Marvel continuity! But first Chad and Shawn get to interview the incredible Ho Che Anderson!

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Celebrating gimmick villains on Graymalkin Lane, Chad is joined by Ruthanne Price to talk all about Lady Stilt-Man! Callie Ryan is a hilarious character, often treated as a gag, but there is much more to this woman with telescoping stilt legs...

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It's Darkstar month! After some conversations about the new season of X-Men '97 with two of the show leaders, Emmett Yonemura and Sean Gantka, we look into one of the Champions' earliest adventures, alongside Iron Man versus M.O.D.O.K. and A.I.M.! Be prepared for some laughs on this one.

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Calypso! She started as Kraven's girlfriend and in time became one of the scariest magic women in the Marvel universe! Content warning on this one as we discuss sexuality, sex, and sex positivity while framing this character in a modern lens of academic analysis. This one is WILD. With DManda Martini and Harum Scarum!

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It's Darkstar month on Graymalkin Lane! Laynia Petrovna starts out as a powerful Soviet operative, working alongside her fellow agents to round up defectors in America, but in the end, she defects herself! Good thing, cause Iceman has his eye on her. Come listen to this huge and hilarious cast read these insane 70s comics!

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Network Nina! A forgotten icon of a character from the 90s, Nina is all personality, edgy fashion, sex positivity, and focused telepathic power. And maybe she's a mutant? A night club owner and a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Nina has a fantastic history with Nick Fury, and her fashion will make you look thrice. Join Chad, Andre Mason, and Nina's writer DG Chichester for this one!

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It's the Trial of Adrian Toomes: the Vulture! One of Spider-Man's original foes, Adrian Toomes is a man in a vulture suit, known for his savage attacks, powerful flying skills, and truly hateful schemes. He's hilarious! Chad is joined by a delightful jury of Joe Jones, Mike Rossi, Josh Bruckner, Justin Wilder, and Hussein Rashid !

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Tante Mattie! Over a century old, Tante Mattie is the healer of the Thieves and Assassins Guild, as she occupies a rarefied space of peace between them. Connected as a motherly figure to Gambit, Belladonna, and later Rogue, Tante is a magic-practicing mutant with some surprising potential. Darrell Taylor and Erica Schultz join me for an inspiring episode!

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Phillip Kennedy Johnson returns to Graymalkin Lane to talk about his recent limited series, Hellhunters, in which Wolverine teams up with a bunch of World War II heroes to fight demons and their human progeny! With my friends Josh Bruckner and DJ McIver! Plus, an XPOSE on Kurt Wagner: Nightcrawler!

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Antoine Delsoine: the Hypno-Hustler! A classic gimmick villain based in a particular era, this character has become a joke in the Marvel Universe, with some surprising depth under the surface. Cameron Hebron is here to dive deep into a whole different kind of 70s coverage...

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Step back into the worlds of Wolverine and his best friend Carol Danvers, on an old case where they run afoul of Sabretooth, in a story called Shadow Society! Kyle and Josh are here, hosts of the new X-Men True Friends podcast! And then stay tuned for another XPOSE, this time on Henry McCoy: the Beast!

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Margali Szardos of the Winding Way is a powerful sorceress, and a proud Romani woman who works as a fortune teller with a traveling circus. A mother of three--Jimaine, Stefan, and her adopted son, Kurt--Margali has often exploited her children in her quests for personal power, and Emmett Yonemura and Ben Raab are here to recount her history and motivations with me!

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Back to the world of Captain Britain, and it's a team-up with Captain America and Nick Fury against the threats of the Red Skull and the Third Reich in London! This reading is wild, and you're gonna laugh your asses off. And then Derek Nichols, Scott Free, and Mike Rossi join Chad for a conversation about the fashion of the Angel!

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It's Cerise! Named for a particular shade of a particular color, Cerise hails from the Shi'ar and wields pink energy, Green Lantern-style! A fascinating and underused Excalibur character, Cerise enjoys lip-locking with Nightcrawler and preventing genocides! Chad is joined by Juliet (Rukiceles) and DManda Martini for this thought-provoking episode!

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