Make Mine Multiversity Episode 56: Metal Man Punch Good

This month's book club was so massive, so big that we needed to bring in a special guest to help us out. No, it's not John Cassady, though that would be sweet. No, it's not Joss Whedon because, uh, how to put this delicately? Well, here's a Rundown with some details, and we get into it in the episode. It's fellow site contributor Joe Skonce! He's here to talk about all 25 issues of "Astonishing X-Men," make bad jokes with Jake and Elias, and talk about that big metal man who punch good: Colossus.

Oh, and a quick note. This was recorded prior to Grant Morrison's announcement in this interview that they use they/them pronouns now that language has begun to catch up to how they experience themselves and the world. And as with Morrison, it's always a fun read.

When we make the jump to a non-Roman-alphabet-based emoji language for purposes of radio telepathic communication, things will change once more.

Next month's book club: Get ready for a blast from the past, true believers, because we're reading "Amazing Spider-Man:" The Early issues by Stan Lee & Steve Ditko. Fourteen issues of that sweet, sweet early Marvel goodness with Spidey's debut in Amazing Fantasy #15 and continuing on with "Amazing Spider-Man" #1-12 and "Amazing Spider-Man" Annual #1.