Episode 083 – Live at Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival

==Episode Description==
In which we travel back in time to 1979 for our second live convention special; X-Men Annual #3 desperately needs a Queen soundtrack; George Perez draws great Banshee; Polemachus is kind of a bullshit planet; we dream of a world without Funky Winkerbean; Cyclops’s costume does not mix and match well; if you can be someone else, you should probably be Brian Blessed; Colossus gets a dragon; and Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival is awesome.
==X-Plained==
*X-misadventures in Las Vegas
*X-Men Annual #3
*Arkon the Magnificent
*Isadore and Irmagarde Uhman
*The Comical Books
*Polemachus the planet vs. Polemachus the person
*Funky Winkerbean
*Several logistical problems with the Danger Room
*MVP Cyclops
*Some very good visual counterpoint to dialogue
*Paperboard lightning bolt disambiguation
*Jay’s favorite Starman story
*X-title and music pairings
*Imperions
*Visual perspective in grand melees
*How to order a meal on Polemachus
*One specific variation on Cyclops’s powers
*The X-Men as Spinal Tap
*Space-barbarian eyewear
*The annual cabinet
*The most appropriate X-team placement for Funky Winkerbean
*Best worst characters
*Our favorite X-Force teams
*Secret Convergence on Infinite Podcasts
== Listener Questions ==
* If Funky Winkerbean joined the X-group, which would be the most appropriate X-Men base book (New Mutants, X-Factor) -- where would Winkerbean's power of depression fit the best?
* Who is your favorite terrible X-Man? Terrible meaning powers and/or campiness.
* Which X-Force team do you prefer?
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