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Queer friends review the original X-Men comics from the 1960s
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The Champions gang is back as our heroes face off against Griffin, Rampage, and.... DARKSTAR! It's the first appearance of Laynia Petrovna! And then, the theme this month on the show is GIMMICKS, and Jim Salicrup and Glenn Herdling are here to talk all about Marvel's history with parody magazines and partnering with other franchises! Then Terry Kavanagh is here for a Red Skull chat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Our coverage of some of Marvel's most problematic characters continues as we talk all about the incredible potential of Big Bertha! DManda Martini and Harum Scarum are back to talk all about Great Lakes Avengers, and that early 2000s story you can never forget... Then Jarrod Jahoda is here for a Red Skull chat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Voodoo month concludes by leaning heavily into Marvel's most voodoo-tropey characters: Brother (Doctor) Voodoo and the Black Talon! An excellent jury consisting of Alan White, Cameron Hebron, Darrell Taylor, Num1cosplay, and Scotty deGeest will leave you laughing and learning as we take these characters way too seriously. With cover art by the amazing Seth Martel! And stay tuned for a Red Skull chat with DJ McIver!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Hussein Rashid joins Chad for a focused episode on one of Marvel's most problematic characters, the Arabian Knight! In fact, we cover all three of them! Lost in story stereotypes and cultural tropes with clashing points of reference, these super heroes grant some odd representation in some very concerning stories, with lots of laughter along the way. And Derek Kunsken is back with a Red Skull chat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's an early X-Men/Spider-Man team-up! Your favorite mutants, with the new Phoenix on the team, and Spider-Man fight some... radioactive gods? Stephanie Williams and Murewa Ayodele are here for a hilarious conversation in a classic Claremont story. Plus, a Red Skull chat with Molly Lazer!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
M'Baku the Man-Ape is one of those characters who falls in the category of problematic, until written in just the right way. Created as a foil to the Black Panther, Man-Ape has a long history as a villain with different kinds of focus, and then there's the Black Panther movie... Murewa Ayodele and Dotun Akande join Chad for this conversation! And then a Red Skull chat with Jenalee Saladino!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's a Blade and vampirism episode as we talk about a comic featuring a crazy Wolverine flashback! Seye Sanyaolu and Dotun Akande are here to nerd out with me, and Seye sticks around afterward for a Red Skull chat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Carmella Unuscione, with her psychic green exoskeleton, is a favorite member of the Acolytes, and two of her biggest fans, Tom O'Connor and D'Manda Martini, join me to give you everything you need in a Unuscione episode! Then it's a Red Skull chat with Dante Rodriguez! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's a new month on Graymalkin Lane! We open with a Captain Britain script read, featuring the Brit Crew (Christian Smith, James-Lee Campbell, Geezah Gobble, and Robyn Moffat), with a special guest voice by Adam Koussari! Evil super-computers and fascist super-villains are in the wings as Captain America lands in London and spars with Brian Braddock! Then the show theme for the month is... VOODOO! Be ready for an incredible interview with the smart academic Yvonne Chireau all about this topic in our comics! All that and a Red Skull chat with Josh Bruckner!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Chad and guest Scotty White delve deep into the history and psychology of the complicated villain Ahab! Based off the character in Moby Dick, Ahab is a cyborg slaver from the Days of Future Past time, credited with turning Rachel Summers into a Hound! And then stay tuned for a Red Skull chat with Brent Wingate!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's the trial of Nightcrawler! This fan favorite X-Man gets the focus in the newest Graymalkin trial! We bamf from topic to topic: super-powers, complex origins, intersectional identity, and convoluted storylines, culminating in what makes the perfect Nightcrawler story, with a group of super-fans, including Justin Wilder, Daniel Wilson, Alain Diaz, Taylor Vessel, and Kevin Kiniry! And a Red Skull chat with Adam Koussari! Episode art by Seth C. Martel!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's Dream Queen! A magic succubus trapped in another dimension, she finds minds to manipulate and turn to her will so she can get back to this world and make it hers! Marsheila Rockwell (who wrote the Dream Queen) and Daryl Lawrence (of True North) join me to talk about this unforgettable villain. Plus, a Red Skull chat with Ruthanne Price!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nightcrawler month continues as we explore the first major guest feature of the Giant-Size characters in another title... it's a Nightcrawler team-up in Amazing Spider-Man! And the Punisher and Jigsaw are here, too! Jason Loo and Andrew Drilon join Chad to talk all things Kurt Wagner, then Tom O'Connor joins Chad for a Red Skull chat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Blaquesmith! The Yoda to Cable's Luke Skywalker, Blaquesmith is a telepathic insectoid mutant from a far future who believed in a cause, the Askani more than himself! Traveling through time, he has sought to guide the actions of his 'messiah' in the erasure of Apocalypse for years, and Robyn Moffat and Ben Rome are here with Chad to laugh with you through his odd history! Then Michael Solis joins Chad for a Red Skull conversation!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Nightcrawler month continues! We delve deep into the complicated origins of Kurt Wagner, but first it is a celebration of everything Avengers Academy with Anthony Oliveira and Bailie Rosenlund! And stay tuned after for a Red Skull chat with Jason Loo! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's the release of my episode on Elena Ivanova! A telepath whose powers activated in the womb when Sabretooth murdered her mother, Elena Ivanova became a KGB agent who spent her whole life wanting revenge on Victor Creed. Chad is joined by Maverick writer Jorge Gonzalez, and friend J Kosmic to explore this excellent character! Then stay tuned for a hilarious Red Skull chat with Michael Hamm!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Happy New Year! Launching into 2026 with a full Nightcrawler month on Graymalkin Lane, celebrating all things Kurt Wagner! Over on the Patreon channel will be all Nightcrawler characters (from Cerise to Margali), but we open the month with a script read of X-Men 101! The Phoenix Force is here and nothing will ever be the same! Then stay tuned for an amazing interview with Seanan Mcguire, celebrating her career and talking all about Romani culture in comics! Then it's a Red Skull conversation with Darrell Taylor!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Sergei Krylov, the world's most radioactive man, and Dr. Tania Belinsky, a world-renowned neuro-surgeon, intrinsically, and uncomfortably, connected as the Presence and Starlight, crackling with radioactivity! Derek Nichols, Scotty deGeest, and Chad delve deep into the Cold War, Chernobyl, the Red Guardian, Darkstar and Vanguard, and so much more in this fascinating episode! Plus a Red Skull conversation with Manolis Vamvounis!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
2025 on Graymalkin Lane closes with an academic panel all about Uatu the Watcher! With an incredible panel including Sara Century, Molly Lazer, Carrie Harris, Justin Wilder, and Derek Kunsken, we talk all about the Watchers, characters you for sure you have feelings about, ranging from high-concept sci-fi to god powers to bizarre parodies, you'll leave with a fundamental understanding of these oft-used space-dwelling Watchers! Plus, a Red Skull conversation with Tom O'Connor! Cover art for this episode by Seth Christian Martel!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Ivan Kragoff and his Super-Apes, the 'red' version of the Fantastic Four, exposed to cosmic rays in the race to the moon! And then things get crazy. And that baboon... Chad is joined by Molly Lazer and Shawn Porett for this hilarious episode. And Alan White joins Chad for a Red Skull chat!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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