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Toy Biz X-Men Archangel II
The Toy Biz X-Men Blue & Gold Team collection continues with a character that didn’t get a lot of play in the animated series. Warren Worthington III was one of…
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Cyclops II
Scott Summers was the first X-Man officially recruited by Professor X. He was just a teenager when he was brought in to lead the team, but eventually grew into a…
Posted inVideo games
Marvel Maximum Collection
This video game collection was announced last week, and I want to talk about it. https://youtu.be/XwzjDboeb5Q?si=pyyxEcf8sXl_r1sJ Konami’s 1992 X-Men Arcade is a classic beat ‘em up in the vein of…
Atomic Monsoon Season 3 Episode 02 – Age of Apocalypse: X-Men Alpha
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pqHxV6J1K5fh2LEgaUWRE Andy hands Stephanie the beginning of the 1995 X-Men Alternate Universe, the AGE OF APOCALYPSE. It's 90s X-Men in a way that you've never seen them before! Unless you…
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Weather Fury Storm
The second figure in my new Toy Biz X-Men/Marvel collection is Weather Fury Storm, also from the X-Men Water Wars assortment that Hydro Blast Wolverine came from. I chose this…
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Hydro Blast Wolverine
I love toys. I’m in my 40s, and I still love these little silly pieces of plastic that represent fictional characters from stories and various bits of entertainment that I…
Posted inComics
My first X-Men comic was… something else.
It was either late March or early April in 1993. The first season of the X-Men animated series had just wrapped up on Fox Kids, and I needed more. At…
Posted inComics Television
Rachel Green and Jean Grey
In season 3 episode 8 of the show Friends, "The One With the Giant Poking Device" (aired 14 November 1996), Jennifer Aniston's character Rachel Green can be seen wearing this…
Atomic Monsoon Season Two Episode Two: Deadpool & Wolverine
https://open.spotify.com/episode/64Um10Ol1Kwm8kT3Zidv7I LANGUAGE WARNING: Much like Deadpool himself, we say lotsa naughty words in this episode. We talk about the Rated R superhero movie from summer 2024, DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE! We…
Posted inMovies
A List of Theatrical Releases I saw in 2024
As the year draws to a close, I wanted to do something to encapsulate my 2024, but I didn't want to get too into stories that involved other people without…
Posted inTelevision
X-Men ’97 Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv3Ss8o9gGQ Well this looks enticing. The 1992 X-Men animated series is the thing that got me into comics in the first place, and is pretty much the reason for... like,…
Posted inIllustration
Inktober 2023 Day 23 – “Roller Skates”
It’s that time of year again — An ink drawing a day for a whole month of October! I’m using the #MysticalWitchtober prompt list this year. Today’s prompt is "Roller…
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Happy Apocalypse (2012)
Remember when the world was supposed to end back in December of 2012? I thought it would only be appropriate if the X-Men villain named Apocalypse wished everybody a happy,…
Banshee Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
In late 2009, I received a commission to make a custom Mighty Muggs figure of the X-Men character, Banshee, from someone who had seen some of my previous Mighty Muggs…
Deadpool Mighty Muggs Custom Toy
Thanks to his appearance in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (or whatever that thing was), Marvel gave the "Merc with a Mouth" a huge push in 2009-2010, making Deadpool more visible than…