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Ponytails. Space stations. Time Displacement Cores. Attack formations. Bye bye Rob Liefeld, hello Greg Capullo! Writer Fabian Nicieza takes hold of the pouch-covered reigns of X-Force, and Matt, Brett, and guest Jeff Rubin tackle the in-your-face mutant mayhem that is… “Assault on Graymalkin.” We’re tackling the big questions! Does “Cheers” take place in the Marvel Universe? How does X-Force relate to “Friday Night Lights”? Just how bad is G.W. Bridge at his job? The answers are kinda-sorta contained within this episode! For more of Jeff, check out The Jeff Rubin Show. It’s a podcast, too! Music: “Rambo” by The Features "Jeff Rubin / X-Force #19-25: Assault on Graymalkin (1993)" originally appeared at http://mattandbrettlovecomics.com/podcast/2012/x-force-discussion.html

We’re re-launching with a book club format. Brett introduces X-Force: Assault On Graymalkin; grab a copy and get ready for a full discussion on the next episode. "The “We’re Not Teenagers; We’re Kind of Adults?” Period" originally appeared at http://mattandbrettlovecomics.com/podcast/2012/x-force-intro.html

Featuring special guest: Nicole Drespel 0:00:00 Intros made, and prepare to visualize eating Thanksgiving dinner off of Matt’s body 0:01:18 Topic broached, previously Matt asked Nicole to read Wonder Woman #1-2. Nicole gives her first impression of Wonder Woman prior to the reading. Note: she is NOT girl Superman. 0:02:54 Superhero voices, something to consider! Also, Paul Lynde superheroes. 0:04:07 Matt talks about his prior experience with Wonder Woman 0:07:21 Brett talks about Wonder Woman and of course works in fast food into it. 0:08:56 We kick off the discussion of the 3 first issues of Wonder Woman. Is Nicole a fan? Which characters are wet blankets? 0:13:24 The controversial origin change is brought up 0:15:26 How much of a feminist icon is Wonder Woman now, and how important is her origin to feminism? Also how DO you pronounce Hippolyta? 0:21:41 The potential stories told with the Greek gods, and how sketchy Zeus really is. 0:25:54 What is the deal with the name Wonder Woman? And we d

Featuring special guest: Nicole Drespel 0:00:00 Introductions are made! Welcome to Matt & Brett Love Comics! 0:03:50 Matt and Brett discuss DC’s domination of the market share. 0:07:56 Nicole just doesn’t get Animal Man! Otter Man, though, is mighty appealing… and also worth discussing in-depth. 0:13:08 Matt recounts his favorite Spider-Man 3 background extra. 0:15:33 Adam X makes the first of surely many mentions on the podcast. 0:17:29 Amazing Spider-Man #673 facilitated Matt’s single white female-ing of Spidey. 0:23:44 Animal Man #3 and Swamp Thing #3 were both incredibly disturbing 0:29:05 Avengers Academy #21 is the first of the school books to be discussed. It has everything Nicole likes in comics, except type faces. 0:34:12 If you were a superhero, where would you go on a roadtrip? 0:35:31 Action Comics #3 shows the 1% of Krypton. Should there be a spinoff called Krypton Babies? 0:45:00 Regenesis fever kicks off with New Mutants #33 and X-Men #20! Nicole perks up when she hears that the X