Episode 023 - Meet the New Mutants

==Episode Description== __NOTOC__
In which Rachel and Miles return triumphant, the X-Men get a second ongoing series, we hit peak Moira MacTaggert, R-A-H-N-E is definitely pronounced “rain,” Sam Guthrie is the nicest henchman, Claremont is hit-and-miss on cultural diversity, and Bobby da Costa is the teenageriest teenager of them all.
==Cold Open==
The history of Nova Roma is explained.
==X-Plained==
*Nova Roma
*The New Mutants and The New Mutants
*Marvel Graphic Novels
*Greenberg the Vampire
*call-backs
*Karma
*Wolfsbane
*Sunspot
*Cannonball
*Mirage
*Whitewashing in superhero comics
*The mercurial Guthrie family
*Xi’an the Obscure
*The Dr. Claw Effect (and why Dr. Doom and Arcade are exceptions)
*Donald Pierce
*Eras of New Mutants
*Lila Cheney
*The Hellions
==Listener Questions==
*Karma of the New Mutants: Groundbreaking lesbian superhero of color, or chronically narratively punished cluster of overlapping stereotypes about refugees, abuse survivors, and queer people?
*While the New Mutants don't have as many notable supporting characters as the X-Men, they do have a whole host of interesting recurring characters, both good and bad. Who's your favorite recurring character that's not a member of the team itself? (ex: Lila Cheney, one of the Hellions, Xi'an's siblings, etc.)
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