X-Aspirations Episode 145 Uncanny X-Men #156, April 1982 "Pursuit!" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Janice Chiang, Colors by Don Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones. NFT Safe For Work?! In Which We Find That Bikini-Clad Avengers Have Serious Pocket Problems, That Kitty Is Being Corrupted By The Nihilistic Relativism Of European Pseudo-intellectual Morality And, Also, She Likes Colossus’ Badonkadonk, And That The Three Keys To Extraterrestrial Name Creation Are Apostrophes, Apostrophes, Apostrophes! While Storm May Struggle With the Ethics of Euthanasia on a Galactic Scale, We Struggle Equally On The Watchability of The Movie, Stowaway! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

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X-Aspirations Ep. 145, Uncanny X-Men #156, April 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 144 Uncanny X-Men #4, March 1982 "First Blood" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Joe Rosen, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Hell Hath No Fury Like A Colorist Scorned! In Which We Discover That It Is Nigh Impossible To Repair The Trauma Of Fractured Familial Bonds Under The Constant Assault Of Alien Incursion, That The Shi’Ar Admiral Always Proudly Displays His Daughter’s Tentacle Art On The Dreadnaught Refrigerator, And That Deathbird Would Have Long Ago Conquered The Galaxy If She Could Stop Buying All Her Weaponry From “As Seen On TV!” The Shi’ar Are Slaves To The Whims Of Whomever The Empress Be Banging! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 144, Uncanny X-Men #155, March 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 143 Wolverine #4, December 1982 "Honor" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Lynn Varley, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Holy Xenophobia, Miller! In Which We Learn That When You Care To Send The Very Best Send A Bloody Ninja Hood, That Yukio Shares The Same Weakness For Netting As Crustaceans, And That Mariko Should Have Skipped Out On Lord Shingen’s Take Your Daughter To Work Day! Places not to be sword stabbed, in order of brutality: love handles, soft faces, neck ties, and finally neck ties that are metaphorically not neck ties at all, if you know what I mean. Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 143, Wolverine #4, December 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 142 Wolverine #3, November 1982 "Loss" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Rated M - For Miller! In Which We Find That Ninja Is One of The More Overlooked Positions In The Hospitality Industry, That There Are Very Few Times Appropriate For Calling Out Your Ex's Name And After Killing Five Ninjas Is Still Not It, And That When The Mangled Corpses Are All Aligned Along The Garden Rake Tracks That Is Actually Maximum Zen! Can't Get Enough Summer In Our Spectacular! Literally! We Are Going To Say The End Of September Still Counts! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 142, Wolverine #3, November 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 141 Wolverine #2, October 1982 "Debts and Obligations" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. It Was A Dark And Returny Knight! In Which We Discover That While Ladies Dig The Abs They Are Turned Off By Murder Sprees, That From Nefari- To Treacher-, Lord Shingen Has All the -Ous's, And That It's Raining Ninja Men! Halllejah, Amen! The Summer Series Continues! Yes, I Am Sure It Is Still Summer! It Ends On The Equinox! Go Ahead, Google It! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 141, Wolverine #2, October 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 140 Wolverine #1, September 1982 "I'm Wolverine" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Frank Miller, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. It's Miller Time! In Which We Learn That If You Got Junk In The Trunk You Don't Like Poisoning Bears With Gunk, That If You Name It Logan Can Clench It, And That In Japan You Can't Walk Ten Feet Without Hitting A Shuriken Shower! It's Our Summer Spectacular! And Yes, September Is Still Summer! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 140, Wolverine #1, September 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 139 The Uncanny X-men #154, February 1982 "Reunion" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein and Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Joe Rosen, Colors by D. Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Less Bigotry, More Birding! In Which We Find That You Should Definitely Call The X-Men for Any Demonic Hellscapes You Would Like To Renovate and Flip, That Wolverine Knows Chicks With Damage Give Logan The Hammage, And That The Sidri Can Only Be Defeated With Fire... and Presumably a Glue Trap Baited with Sugar! Bad Boys, Bad Boys, What's You Gonna Do When The Cops Dive Bomb Their Chopper On You!!! Helicopter COPS! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 139, The Uncanny X-men #154, February 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 138 Avengers Annual #10, Summer 1981 "By Friends -- Betrayed!" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Michael Golden, Inks by Armando Gil, Lettered by Joe Rosen, Colors by Michael Golden, Edited by Chris Claremont and David Kraft, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. The Captain Marvelous Ms. Marvel! In Which We Discover That The Only Things More Nefarious Than Evil Mutants Are Long Distance Fees, That The Blob Lets His Little Blobs Dangle And You Can't Unsee It, And That Storm Is Not Sure What Exploding Relays Stimulate, But She'll Take Two Of What Kitty Is Having! Fertility Is Intensely Personal, But We Can All Agree That Trans-Dimensional Implantation (TDI) Is Too Risky And Too Likely To Result In Megalomaniac Transfers Of The Father. Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 138, Avengers Annual #10, Summer 1981

X-Aspirations Episode 137 The Uncanny X-Men #153, January 1982 "Kitty's Fairy Tale" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Apocalypse Now? Ask Me How! In Which We Learn That Even The Sugariest of Sugar Daddies Might Not Have Enough Sugar For Routine Sentinel Damage, That Muppet Dolls Are Probably Not Vessels Hosting Spirits of the Damned, Yearning to Return to Our Realm Through The Weak Will of a Storyteller, And That Bilbo Could Have Saved Everyone A Lot of Trouble If He Had Just Jabbed Smaug In The Ass! Some Day Soon, There Will Have To Be A Smurf/Snork/Bamf Reckoning… There Can Be Only One! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 137, The Uncanny X-Men #153, January 1982

X-Aspirations Episode 136 The Uncanny X-Men #152, December 1981 "The Hellfire Gambit" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Bob McLeod, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Janice Chiang, Colors by Don Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Festival of Comic De-Lights! In Which We Find That You Can't Keep Your Emmas Straight From Your Ororos Without A Program, That Kitty Pryde Does Not Just Wake Up Looking This Good, And That Sebastion Shaw Is One Corset Short Of A Rocky Horror Picture Show! Now That I Really Think About It, It Might just Have Been a Drunk Homeless Man Who Looked Like Adam Sandler... But He Definitely Said It Was Ok! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 136, The Uncanny X-Men #152, December 1981

X-Aspirations Episode 135 The Uncanny X-Men #151, November 1981 "X-Men Minus One!" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Jim Sherman and Bob McLeod, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Bobbie Wilford, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Oh Ignatz, You Dahlink George Hairy-Man! In Which We Discover That Kitty Pryde Is Not A Girl and Not Yet a Woman But She Might Be A Really Old Woman, That In The X-Mansion Swim Wear IS Formal Wear, And That Hellfire Guards Need Their Uniforms For A Lot More Than Just Guard Duty! Bonus Bobbit Worm Nightmare Facts: They have up to 7 pairs of jaws, consisting of a mix of mandibles and maxillae while their bodies are covered in stinging, nerve-damaging bristles! Never swim again! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 135, The Uncanny X-Men #151, November 1981

X-Aspirations Episode 134 The Uncanny X-Men #150, October 1981 "I, Magneto..." Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein and Bob Wiacek, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Double Issue Double Pumping! In Which We Learn That Wolverine Is A Serial Lady Dunker, That Scott Summers Finds Impossible Lovecraftian Geometry Surprisingly Sexy, And That While Magneto May Be An Insane Despot, His Musings On Government Resource Allocation Are Surprisingly Compelling! Magneto Teaches Us A Critical Lesson: Don’t Wait Too Long To Drop Your Backstory Or Kids Get Hurt! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 134, The Uncanny X-Men #150, October 1981

X-Aspirations Episode 133 The Uncanny X-Men #149, September 1981 "And the Dead Shall Bury the Living!" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Janice Chang, Colors by Don Warfield, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Bulgarian Rhapsody?! In Which We Find That Wolverine Skipped the Entire Underpants Grappling Section of The Workplace Harassment Manual, That There Is Never a Piece of Food That Can't Be Improved By Shoving More Food Into It, And That The X-men Don't Understand Kitty And Never Will Because They Are Stupid And Old And Smelly And She Hates Them Sooooo Much! There Is One Undisputed X-men Strength: Ball Specials! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 133, The Uncanny X-Men #149, September 1981

X-Aspirations Episode 132 The Uncanny X-Men #148, August 1981 "Cry, Mutant!" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Janice Chiang, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. Quality, Value, Convenience, and Mutation! In Which We Discover That Wolverine Is A Dark Master Of The High Shoulder Stab, That You Can Say Whatever You Want About Caliban's Hideous Disfigurement, But He Can Get You Into Any Club in Manhattan, And That It Is Not Even The First Time Tonight That Someone Has Stripped Under A Table at Club Infinity! Not All Women Pine For Cyclops' Noble, Brooding Heart - Some Just Want A Delicious Dose Of Those Chiseled, Ruby-Red Abs! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 132, The Uncanny X-Men #148, August 1981

X-Aspirations Episode 131 The Uncanny X-Men #147, July 1981 "Rogue Storm!" Written by Chris Claremont, Pencils by Dave Cockrum, Inks by Josef Rubinstein, Lettered by Tom Orzechowski, Colors by Glynis Wein, Edited by Louise Jones, Editor-In-Chief Jim Shooter. There's No Biz Like Toy Biz! In Which We Learn That The Professor and Doom Are Subscribers To The Same Torture Room Monthly, That Henchmen Only Really Hench For The Fringe Benefits, And That Wolverine Is Working Hard To Broaden Himself With More Focused Mindless Slashing! Doctor Doom's Signature Move Is Asking Scantily Clad Heroes Up To His Room To See His Charcoal Sketches... And If That Works Out, It's Devices Time! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com

X-Aspirations Ep. 131, The Uncanny X-Men #147, July 1981

An issue by issue history of the X-men, lovingly described by a husband and wife team.

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