Issue 377 - Our 8th Birthday with a Mail Bag for Male FAQs

·1 hr 29 min·5 clips

Kalen reveals his headcanon that Jean Grey's love triangle is just her trying to get Scott and Logan to hook up.

The episode opens with the hosts celebrating their eighth anniversary and introducing a mailbag segment where they answer listener questions. They first discuss whether they ever feel bored with X-Men comics, with Kalen mentioning he only buys three current titles but credits the podcast for renewing his interest. The hosts share their day jobs, including economic consulting, political advocacy, and dramaturgy. Listener questions lead to discussions about non-Marvel projects like Star Wars, DC Comics, and manga. The hosts reveal humorous X-Men headcanons, such as Doop being Wolverine's mother. They imagine an alternate timeline where the podcast never existed, with Ryan aspiring to reality TV and Kalen returning to Ireland for a PhD. A segment on which X-Men character to kill permanently sparks debate, with suggestions like Charles Xavier and Sabretooth. The episode includes a preview review of the Ironheart trailer, where hosts express cautious optimism. Updates on their fictional villain team, Hellion Squad, involve a party with decorations like demon skin streamers and a river running through their living room. Casting news covers Neve Campbell potentially voicing Polaris in X-Men '97 and Kristen Ritter joining Daredevil. The episode concludes with a brief recap of Uncanny X-Men #14.

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A birthday mailbag becomes a funny, affectionate history of an X-Men podcast still happily arguing with itself.

Homo Superior's birthday episode uses its mailbag as a relaxed tour through the panel's X-Men fixations before widening into Ironheart trailer talk and a check-in with the villain team.

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Press play for X-Men headcanon, an Ironheart trailer detour, and the story behind eight years of smart analysis and dumb jokes.

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