97 The Crooked World

Published: Feb. 22, 2016, 11:32 a.m.

Art by David Wynne. Prints and cards available at the shop, or contact David to purchase the original.\n\nIn which we venture out of our wheelhouse; Contest of Champions is ridiculous in any medium; Captain Britain would like you to unhand that elf; the Fury\xa0is legitimately terrifying; the Special Executive is the best at heists; Brian Braddock knows exactly what he's getting into; Merlyn is the multiversal Charles Xavier; and this is really just the tip of the iceberg.\n\nX-PLAINED:\n\n \tVarious Contests of Champions\n \tISO-8\n \tMarvel UK\n \tMarvel Superheroes 377-388\n \tDaredevils 1-11\n \tMighty World of Marvel 7-13\n \tCaptain Britain (Brian Braddock)\n \tJackdaw\n \tEarth-238\n \tMad Jim Jaspers\n \tThe Crazy Gang\n \tAlgernon the Rat\n \tOmniversal Majestrix Opal Luna Saturnyne\n \tLife-Enhancing Fluid\n \tThe Fury\n \tAlan Moore juvenilia\n \tThe (first) death and rebirth of Captain Britain\n \tHow to make a retcon work\n \tMastermind (but not that Mastermind)\n \tEmma Collins\n \tPre-Psylocke Betsy Braddock\n \tS.T.R.I.K.E.\n \tVixen\n \tSlaymaster\n \tThe Trial of Saturnyne\n \tThe Special Executive\n \tMandragon\n \tThe Captain Britain Corps\n \tCaptain U.K. (Linda McQuillan)\n \tMarvelman vs. Miracleman\n \tFuture Traumatic Stress Disorder\n\nNEXT EPISODE: But wait! There's more!\n\n\n\nYou can find a visual companion to this episode\xa0on our blog!\n\nFind us on\xa0iTunes\xa0or\xa0Stitcher!\n\nRachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to\xa0help support the podcast\u2013and unlock more cool stuff\u2013you can do that\xa0right here!\n\nBuy prints of this week\u2019s illustration at our shop, or contact David Wynne\xa0for\xa0the original!