Queer friends review the original X-Men comics from the 1960s
Thunderbird month continues as we interview Jon Proudstar (yes, you read that right), Jim Terry, and Weyodi OldBear! Then we just to a story from X-Men Gold called Options, by Len Wein and Jorge Molina! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Forearmed is forewarned! Ken Crist joins Chad for an episode all about Michael McCain, Forearm, from the Mutant Liberation Front! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Be ready for a full month of content celebrating John Proudstar: Thunderbird this month on Graymalkin Lane! Beginning with... his death? Oh no! The gang returns for a hilarious script-reading of X-Men 95 (Warhunt!) and Classic X-Men 2 (First Friends!)! Then Karla Pacheco and Pere Perez are here to chat, and we review an early-placed X-Men story from Marvel 2: Danger Room is Down! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Warhawk, Mitchell Tanner, survived the war by doing terrible things, then he became a version of a Super-Soldier, his origins tied to Luke Cage and Weapon X! A deadly if infrequent foe of the X-Men, Warhawk is a character used in some deeply problematic stories, and Chad is here with Patrick Lugo and Justin Kosmachuk to teach you all about him! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
It's the trial of Shanna the She-Devil! A veterinarian and Olympic athlete who left civilization behind, first for Africa, then the Savage Land... With a wild history, Shanna has become a mainstay supporting character over the decades! Chad is joined by Susan Kirtley, Harum Scarum, Robyn Moffat, Taylor Vessell, and Alicia Wilder to talk about, well, white jungle ladies! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Writer Ryan Cady joins Chad to talk about Nightside, the member of the Imperial Guard who wields shadow as a weapon! The discussion showcases the potential of each of the Guard characters with the right focus... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In 2009, Chris Yost and Mark Texeira added to the early story of Wolverine in some key and shocking ways, giving startling revelations about what happened when Professor X recruited him! Chad is joined by the incredible talents of artist Geof Isherwood and writers Gregory Wright and Glenn Herdling, and Logan's claws are out! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
"Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!" Ozymandias, an ancient man carved into stone by Apocalypse and forced to serve as record keeper for centuries, Ozymandias is an oft-overlooked X-Men foe. Chad is joined by the stellar combination of Leah Williams and Anthony Oliveira to examine this fascinating character. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
In a world where the original X-Men were the ones to defeat Krakoa, their adventures continued as the new team was never recruited! Chad is joined by the all-star line-up of Marc Guggenheim, Jason Liebig, and John Layman to delve into a very continuity-dense What If story! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
In the early 2000s, Jeff Jensen wrote the second volume of X-Factor, a layered story abut the complex world of mutants from the perspective of two human FBI agents. Chad and Kevin Kiniry interview Jeff all about this oft-overlooked series and the potential of its characters! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
The crew returns for a script reading of X-Men 94 and Classic X-Men 1! After an amorous and upsetting first night at the mansion, the X-Men rush to save the country from Count Nefaria and the Ani-Men! Then it's a Banshee/Sunfire story from X-Men Gold, featuring Alejandro Arbona and Chapman Blake! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Amelia Voght! The one-time love interest of Charles Xavier, Amelia Voght is a nurse and a mutant who can change herself to smoke and teleport. Later a member of the Acolytes, she has a deep internal struggle with what it means to be a mutant. Featuring guests TJ Neece and Ruthanne Price! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
About Krakoa! The island that walks like a man was initially portrayed as a radioactive monster and overtime became th living homeland of mutant kind! And then there are all the clones and hybrids along the way... We open 2025 with our first academic panel, celebrating all things Krakoa... with Jordan White, Leah Williams, Bob Quinn, and Sara Century! (Cover art here by Seth Christian Martel!) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
The baseline for evil at Marvel Comics has always been the N*zi, beginning with Captain America punching Hitler right at the beginning. And so many super-powered versions of these villains exist to plague heroes from every walk of life. Chad is joined by DG Chichester and Gregory Wright to talk about some of the wild turns these stories have taken over the years. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
In this alternate world, things went a bit differently on Krakoa, and the new X-Men all died! 90s Marvel editors Kelly Corvese and Jaye Gardner join for their first interviews in years to talk about an ad-hoc team of X-Men just a world away! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
M.O.D.A.M.! If you loved the journey into the weird world of M.O.D.O.K. we took on Graymalkin Lane last May, you'll be thrilled to the attention given to this odd Marvel villain full of potential and ever-shifting origins! Featuring the amazing duo of Stephanie Williams and Sara Century! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
A nuclear bomb is dropped on a foreign mutant island... but the Howling Commandos were already there! Graymalkin Lane celebrates a powerful story about a mutant radioactive monster with artist Eric Koda and super-fans Risa Rococa and Kevin Kiniry! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Chad is joined by the wonderful Tiffie Starchild to talk all about Bling! Roxanne Washington is a mutant with diamond skin, the daughter of rappers, and is a lesbian with a brilliant brain for adventure. Chad and Tiffie laugh their way through this amazing character full of potential! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
It's an All-New, All-Different Graymalkin Lane, and we open with a massive script reading of the single most famous X-Men comic of all time! New logo, new song, new format! With Chad Anderson as your narrator, Seth Martel as Cyclops, Alicia Wilder as Marvel Girl, Scott Free as Iceman, Andre Mason as Angel, Justin Wilder as Professor X, Justin Kosmic as Havok, Isabel Dieppa as Lorna Dane, Arturo Rojas as Wolverine, Harum Scarum as Storm, Kevin Kiniry as Nightcrawler, Phillip Sevy as Colossus,...
Charlotte Jones! Nurse-turned-cop and single mother Charlotte Jones has a complicated history with the X-Men! An unlikely love interest for Warren Worthington as she changed from Death to Archangel, Charlotte turned into a long-time ally of the mutants, and Chad, Mz. Skittles, and Dominic Middleton are here to tell you all about her potential! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
It's the final episode of 2024, and we are ending with the perfection that is Marvels. In a world full of heroes, the mutants are the ones hated, and Kurt Busier and Alex Ross give us Phil Sheldon's eyes to see it all through. Featuring guests Tyson Lietz, Derek Nichols, and Seth Martel. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
It's the last Silver Age trial before the show changes! And we've saved the most anticipated character for last... Cyclops! This character raises strong feelings, and in this episode Chad, Alex Segura, Alicia and Justin Wilder, Hussein Rashid, and Derek Kunsken take a complex journey discussing this amazing character's complicated history! You're gonna be seeing red after this one, so grab your ruby quartz! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: ht...
As our coverage of the Silver Age wraps up, we review Original X-Men 1, a Christos Gage and Greg Land book from just last year! It's a dimension-hopping time travel story for our original five, who meet evil older versions of themselves, plus Phoenix, and... Onslaught? But first, Chad is joined by Frank Moran and Brent Wingate to interview Marvel writer and editor Glenn Herdling! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
Double bonus Patreon release! First up, it's Fatale, a deadly assassin with surprising connections to X-Men history! Augmented by Dark Beast, Fatale can defeat most any opponent, powers or no! With guests Regina Givens and Dylan Carter from the House of X! And then, it's Black Mariah, a Luke Cage foe, and one of Marvel's first super-villains who is a woman of color! With guests Harum Scarum and DManda Martini! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: htt...
Bailie Rosenlund, Anthony Oliveira, and Sarah Brunstad are here to celebrate their triumphant comic, Avengers Academy, before we delve into the childhood of Scott Summers at the orphanage, from a Chris Claremont back-up story in X-Men Classic 41-42! Then things get saucy and serious both with three men working in the adult entertainment industry: Michael Hamm, Ken Crist, and Colby Melvin! We talk about their jobs and how it intersects with nerd culture, then review a Roy Thomas story from X-Men ...
Victoria Hand! A lesbian conservative S.H.I.E.L.D. agent turned Norman Osborn's chief of staff turned double agent for Captain America... A fascinating and brilliant character by Brian Michael Bendis who has shocking relevance in 2024. Sara Century and Priya Saxena join Chad for a thought-provoking and hilarious discussion! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
First, it's a conversation about the new Psylocke series with writer Alyssa Wong and amazing guests Leah Williams and Justin Park, then we delve into the complex origins of Cyclops! Then it's a little-known Charles Xavier/Namor story from Invaders 4, featuring Derek Kunsken, Scott Free, and Miltown Cosplay! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
As part of our Pride month celebration, Al Ewing, and Steve and Nathan, join Chad to discuss the incredible work of Peter Gillis in establishing the character Cloud, introduced by JM DeMatteis during New Defenders, a character who has gone on in Defenders Beyond to defy constructs like gender and embrace potential. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy...
It's the first appearance of Madrox the Multiple Man, in a Chris Claremont, Len Wein, and John Buscema story in Giant-Size Fantastic Four 4! This issue is delightful and full of shocking continuity. Featuring Jamie Madrox super-fans: Jason Loo, Daryl Lawrence, and Scott Free! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Franklin Richards, the son of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, is a child with god powers, and is the heir to the the most famous family in the Marvel Universe. Created nearly 60 ago, he's held an interesting place in the Marvel pantheon, and has at times been closely connected with the X-Men. Chad is joined by Tom Brevoort, Molly Lazer, Anthony Oliveira, and D'Manda Martini for this months maxi-episode! With cover art by Seth Martel! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/br...
