Episode 069 – Weird Science

==Episode Description==
In which Elle and Graeme save the day; Hank McCoy joins the real world (sort of) (briefly); Carl Maddicks may or may not be undead; academic discourse in the Marvel Universe leaves a few things to be desired; Steve Englehart is an unsung hero of X-Men; Mastermind lives up to his name; Warren Worthington has a good attitude about mutation; and Avengers Beast is the best Beast; and Graeme has strong feelings about Moira MacTaggert.
==X-Plained==
*The complex romantic life of Patsy Walker
*The increasingly terrible life choices of Hank McCoy
*Amazing Adventures #11-17
*Incredible Hulk #161
*Captain America #173-175
*Avengers #137, 144, & 178
*Marvel Team-Up #124
*Life after the X-Men
*The Brand Corporation
*Carl Maddicks (again)
*Vampire Secret Agent Linda Donaldson
*The dubious chemical cause of mutation
*Beast as proto-Wolverine
*Steve Englehart
*The high price of passing
*Several unusually realistic latex masks
*Norman Mailer’s Handbook for Unliberated Women
*Sad clowns
*Buzz Baxter
*Hellcat (Patsy Walker)
*Someone who might be Carole King, Indira Gandhi, or your sister (but isn’t)
*Questionable corporate practices
*Quasimodo (but not that one)
*Semantics of fur color
*The Griffin
*The Secret Empire
*Actual supervillain Richard Nixon
*Mimic (Cal Rankin)
*Avengers Auditions
*Best Beast stories
*Scotland
==Note==
Special thanks to guest hosts Elle Collins & Graeme McMillan!
== Listener Questions ==
* What is your best Beast story?
* I recall that Graeme believes Moira MacTaggert is the worst person in the Marvel universe. Care to x-plain?
* Graeme McMillan also went on to answer another 13 questions that were submitted specifically for this episode.
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