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A triple-threat this week!

…by which I mean, three different short stories.

We visit the FF with “Childhood’s End” and ask ourselves, “What IS feminism, really?”

The New Mutants graphic novel confirms our pre-established bias that Professor X is, in fact, a jerk.

And then, we totally fell for the thirst trap that is Mary Jane & Black Cat Beyond… finding out it actually isn’t a thirst trap at all. Well played.

In an unfortunate bit of timing, we read Daredevil: Yellow, and got to share our praise of the late, great Tim Sale. We won’t bury the lede: he was a fantastic artist, and this is some of his best work. He’ll be missed.

We also read the first part of 2014’s Magneto series. I’m not really in the mood for jokes in this summary, but we make some in the episode, so you can listen to it and have a laugh there.

This week’s two stories were historic, but for entirely different reasons.

First up, we have an adaptation of the first draft of a little-known movie called Star Wars. I think the story we read here is pretty interesting, though I’m not sure it’ll lead to anything.

Next up: in memory of George Perez, we tackled the first appearance of a powerful Hulk antagonist, the Maestro!

Sony’s continued attempts to turn Spider-Man villains into solo movies led us to give a chance to El Muerto in a two-part Spider-Man story called “Masks”!

Meanwhile, recent losses in the comics community turned our attention to the legend Neil Adams and his contribution to the early Marvel event, the Kree-Skrull War!

This week, we take a deep dive into history… in more ways than one!

First, we go to the classic Stan and Jack X-Men stories to meet, for the very first time, the Sentinels!

We follow that up with a more recent story that takes its OWN jaunt into the past. It’s time travel shenanigans with Squirrel Girl!

This week, the boys dive back into a pair of series we’ve visited in the past to see how things progress. We tackle the second arc of Superior Spider-Man and lose ourselves in an epic mind fight! Plus, we learn more of the mystery of Mjolnir in the second arc of Jane Foster’s Thor tenure.

It’s a Marvelous 2 for 1 this week (please don’t sue us for that, Disney). First, we cover a cute two-issue story where Captain Marvel gets to know her “cat” a little better.

Then… Kamala Khan gets a BOOOOYFRIIEEEND!!!

It is the beginning of the end… 

…or, at least, that’s how it feels when the fellas of the Superhuman Registration Podcast tackle this week’s reading. Just how divisive is 2002’s Ultimates?

Well, it’s not that divisive. But still, it threatens to tear the podcast apart.

A couple of short mini-series provokes a lengthy conversation about patriotism, medical ethics, and indigenous representation. Is this still a comic book podcast?

Yes it is. Join us for a discussion of United States of Captain America and Doctor Strange: The Oath.

Today, we look at the stories of two heroes who have brushes with the pure evil inside their souls. Join us as we look at the story of Illyana Rasputin and her sojourn in Limbo in Magik.

We also take a look at Superior Iron Man, where Tony Stark doesn’t even have to go to hell to be evil.