17 The Island of Dr. Corbeau

Published: Aug. 4, 2014, 2:06 a.m.

In which we make our Comics Alliance debut, Cyclops makes a startling discovery, Carol Danvers joins the team (sort of), Chris Claremont calls out some bullshit, Havok still has terrible taste in hats, and Peter Corbeau gets his own theme music\n\nContent note: In this episode, we spend a lot of time talking about a rape that occurs in a previous Avengers arc, the community and narrative response thereto, and the larger landscape and ethics of portrayals of sexual violence in superhero comics.\n\nX-Plained\n\n \tMystique's mercurial alliances\n \tRachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men\n \tUncanny X-Men #154-158\n \tAvengers Annual #10\n \tBollywood Starjammers\n \tThe dread Psi-Scream\n \tShi'ar Fashion Technology\n \tDr. Peter Corbeau (more) (again)\n \tRogue\n \tCarol Danvers\n \tThe Whole Marcus Thing\n \tChris Claremont vs. rape culture\n \tComputers\n \tGender politics of the Dark Phoenix Saga\n\nNext week: Dracula!\n\nClarification, since we neglected to specify in the episode: Avengers #200 was written by James Shooter, George P\xe9rez, Bob Layton, and David Michelinie; Avengers Annual #10 was written by Chris Claremont.\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to the episode \u2013 and links to recommended reading \u2013\xa0on our\xa0blog.\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\nSupport us on\xa0Patreon!