Episode 034 - Mordenkainen’s Marvelous Mutants

==Episode Description== __NOTOC__
In which we venture forth into an age undreamed of, there are so many reasons to have Northstar on your team, Selene is the worst guest, Rachel X-Plains Conan, Cyttorak is the Mordenkainen of the Marvel Universe, Miles loves Doctor Strange, we have some fairly serious Captain America feelings, the X-Men completely fail at hide-and-seek, and we make more D&D references in one episode than in the previous 34 combined.
==X-Plained==
*Northstar
*Beard privilege
*-192
*Anachronistic timeline markers
*Hounds
*The Culture Shock Class
*An Age Undreamed of
*Conan disambiguation
*Red Sonja vs. Red Sonya
*Kulan Gath
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*Barbarian Avengers
*Why we love Captain America
*Several haircuts
*WiFi sorcery
*A really good inspirational speech
*The inevitable cephalopod revolution
*Why Hank Pym is the absolute worst
*Claudication
*Hide-and-seek
*How Rachel Summers actually traveled back in time
*Magus
*Warlock, Adam Warlock, and their respective Magi
*Politics, religion, and Nightcrawler
==Note==
In this episode, we answered a question from a listener looking for textual evidence that Nightcrawler isn’t homophobic (we pointed them to Amazing X-Men #13). We also discussed that question from a different angle–and at considerably more length–on the blog.
== Listener Questions ==
* Are there any comics where Nightcrawler struggles with his religion not lining up with his personal beliefs? I'm asking because I know someone who insists Kurt must be a homophobe because a devout Catholic wouldn't disagree with the church's teachings. I'm not Catholic but I went to a Catholic school for eight years and I know she's wrong. Also, Kurt is one of my favorite characters. I'm queer and she keeps telling me that it's unethical to like him. Are there any comics that will shut her up?
* It seems oddly serendipitous that there'd be a mutant alien named Warlock whose father's named Magus in the same universe with a character named Adam Warlock whose evil twin is named Magus. Is there a connection between these two pairs of characters?
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