Episode 086 – Legends (Fall of the Mutants, Part 1 of 3)

==Episode Description== __NOTOC__
In which we begin our 3-part coverage of Fall of the Mutants; Roma is very good at her job; strange things are afoot in Dallas; Mystique’s parenting skills are somewhat lopsided; Neal Conan is awesome; Havok gets a soapbox; Storm and Forge flirt with godhood; Rogue’s costume exists in a state of quantum uncertainty; Colossus is the organic steel wrench in the gears of chaos; and the X-Men die for real (but get better).
==X-plained==
*Crossovers vs. events
*The Fall of the Mutants
*Uncanny X-Men #225-227
*A really great marketing campaign
*The Adversary (again)
*Roma
*The Starlight Citadel
*Retcons as applied pareidolia
*A metaphor that is also a real chess piece
*A sort-of stabbing
*Neal Conan & Manoli Wetherell
*Literally hard-hitting journalism
*A whole new world
*Another variation on the Rogue’s-costume drinking game
*A really improbable plan
*The death and resurrection of the X-Men
*Mutant metabolisms
== Listener Questions ==
* Do all, most, or many mutants require a specific source to recharge their powers? For those that don't, is it just basic metabolism? If Angel has a long day of dodging things, can he get in a mondo cheat meal without regretting it later? If Dazzer becomes deaf, would she effectively lose her powers?
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