49 Of Mullets and Miracles

Published: March 23, 2015, 6:27 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available until 3/29/2015 in the shop, or contact David for the original.\n\nIn which we meet Miles\u2019s favorite X-Man; Longshot is Secret Wars II done right; we are fairly committed to the idea of Ann Nocenti as a post-apocalyptic daredevil superhero; Longshot is patient zero of the \u201890s; Ricochet Rita is the best; luck is a zero-sum commodity; Mojo is legitimately terrifying; and nuance is Longshot\u2019s secret weakness.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tSpiral\n \tThe Body Shop\n \tSeveral ill-advised body swaps\n \tLongshot\n \tLongshot\n \tRachel Summers Syndrome\n \tThe evolution of Art Adams\n \tThe metaphysics of luck\n \tThe secret origin of pouches\n \tA large number of pop culture allusions\n \tGlam survivalists\n \tPsychometry\n \tMoral complexity\n \tGog\u2019n\u2019Magog\n \tRicochet Rita\n \tThe social economics of jetpacks\n \tA whole lot of social satire and commentary\n \tStar Slammers\n \tMojo\n \tThe Mojoverse\n \tLuck as a zero-sum commodity\n \tArize\n \tQuark\n \tLongshot and Dazzler\u2019s star sigils\n \tFinding (or creating) your comics community\n\nNEXT WEEK: The Trial of Magneto!\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode on our blog!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nSupport us on\xa0Patreon!\n\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!