Episode 338 - Chomp & Stomp (Patreon)

In which X-Factor’s lineup shifts further towards villainy; Wild Child is neither wild nor a child; bureaucrat Val Cooper > action Val Cooper; Marvel invests in Bastion; and foreshadowing works better in some titles than in others.

X-PLAINED:

• How Wolverine got his adamantium back
• A marriage of convenience
• X-Factor #122-124
• Amalgam comics
• A clever workaround
• Several new looks
• Belle Fourche (again)
• Several ways to fail to control supervillains
• The Hound
• The Hazard Chamber
• Different titles’ relationships to dark futures
• Statting up Beast in D&D
• Characters with more narrative impact dead than alive

NEXT EPISODE: Wolverine makes it weird.