65 – The Mutant Massacre, Part 1 - a podcast by Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

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In which we hit the first big X-centric crossover; a lot of Morlocks die; X-Factor is a dark farce; Kitty Pryde talks down a mob without using racial slurs; when Doug Ramsey tells you there’s a problem, you listen; and Callisto should be one of the iconic leaders of the Marvel Universe.



X-PLAINED:



Death by intellectual-property dispute

The Mutant Massacre

Mutant Massacres that might have been

Uncanny X-Men #210-213

New Mutants #46

The Marauders

The best way to guarantee the New Mutants’ involvement in a storyline

Limbo fashion

The responsibility of leadership

Wolverine vs. Sabretooth

Psylocke vs. Sabretooth

The evolution of crossovers

Characters we’d like to see more of post-Secret Wars



NEXT WEEK: The Mutant Massacre, Part 2!







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