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Excalibur #18 “Wild Wild Wheels” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Dennis Jensen Inks: Dan Adkins Colours: Mike Rockwitz and Brad Vancata  Letters: Jade Moede Editing: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: January 1990    In this episode, manga scholar Dr. Mimi Okabe steers Anna, Mav, and Andrew through the mecha/shōjo/shōnen (?) inspired Excalibur #18, “Wild Wild Wheels!” Featuring cars, cars, and…

Excalibur #17 “From the Crucible – A Captain?” Writer: Chris Clarement  Pencils: Alan Davis  Inks: Paul Neary  Colors: Nelson Yomtov  Letters: Jade Moede  Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: December 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Liz Large of ComicsXF to ride a “Warlord”-inspired hangover straight into a never-ending bacchanalian…

Excalibur #16 “Warlord” Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver and Mike Rockwitz Letters: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: December 1989 Some people say you shouldn’t go full Nightcrawler. The GGW pod disagrees. Especially Anna, Kurt Wagner’s (Unofficial) PR Manager, who’s hoping he’ll be hiring her in…

Excalibur #15 “Impossible Missions!” Writer: Chris Claremont  Pencils: Alan Davis  Inks: Paul Neary  Colours: Gylnis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski and Michael Heisler  Editing: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: November 1989 In this episode, Dazzler stan and all-around X-Men aficionado Dr. Nicholas Miller joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to talk serious political allegories and equally serious…

“Mojo Mayhem” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Arthur Adams Inks: Terry Austin & Bob Wiacek Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski and Jade Moede Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: December 1989 In this episode, we laugh, we cry, we over-intellectualize the self-reflexivity of itty-bitty X-Men on the run from the spineless dictator of a reality…

Excalibur #14 “Too Many Heroes” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Agustin Mas Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1989 Summer’s rolling in, which means it’s time for an epic crossover! Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Sean Ross of the Secret Wars & Beyond Podcast to slice-and-dice…

Excalibur #13 “The Marriage of True Minds” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: October 1989 What do Gloria Anzaldúa, Donna Haraway, and Kitty Pryde have in common? Find out in this week’s discussion of Excalibur #13, “The Marriage of True Minds,” where…

Excalibur #12 “My Friends Call Me Billy the Kid!” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Alan Davis Inks: Paul Neary Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: September 1989 In this episode, Alan Davis is back and Excalibur’s gone—on the Cross-Time Caper, that is! Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by educator, supermom, and Excalibur superfan…

Excalibur #11 “The Price” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Marshall Rogers Inks: Terry Austin Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Todd Klein Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: August 1989 This episode, talking Excalibur #11: “The Price,” is a pod-friends reunion as Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Dr. Michael Hancock, the self-proclaimed “Beta Ray Bill of comics and games…

Excalibur #10 “Widget” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils: Marshall Rogers Inks: Terry Austin Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Michael Heisler and Agustin Mas Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: July 1989 In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew team up with Dr. Travis Smith, author of Superhero Ethics, to discuss the ethically fraught Excalibur #10: “Widget,” in which Brian spends…