Episode 114 - Meltdown

==Episode Description==
In which Havok and Wolverine head to Mexico; Havok tries his hand at noir; Wolverine gets serious about hair gel; Meltdown is probably not actually a common Russian surname; Susan X-Plains nuclear reactors; and we are pretty thoroughly besotted with Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown.
== X-Plained ==
* Age of Apocalypse Corsair
* Epic Comics
* -31
* Leila O’Toole (Plasma)
* The Cold War
* Samantha Smith
* -4
* General Meltdown
* Dr. Neutron
* The varying deadliness of vices
* Scarlett McKenzie (Quark)
* Some exceptionally gorgeous artwork
* Why we love Havok
* Chernobyl
* How nuclear reactors do and don’t work
* Other characters we’d like to see in Meltdown-type stories
* Adamantium vs. vibranium
== Special Thanks ==
Special thanks to guest reactor X-Pert Susan Beaver!
Kickass scientist Susan Beaver–who’s also the former associate director of the Reed Research Reactor–joined us in Episode 114 – Meltdown to talk about the actual science of nuclear reactors. Unfortunately, the downside of talking about complex science on a comics podcast is that there’s never enough time to go into as much depth as we’d like. Luckily for us–and you–Susan was kind enough to write a follow-up, discussing some of the terms and concepts we had to gloss over in the episode proper. -Jay
== Listener Questions ==
* Which is stronger: vibranium or adamantium? I thought that each of those was at one time or another said to be the strongest material known to man. Could Wolverine successfully cut, or at least scratch, Cap's shield?
* The obvious question related to Meltdown is this: at the end, we see more chess pieces, with the implication we should see more scheming. What other two characters would you want to see paired in a second miniseries like this?
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