10 - X-Men X-Travaganza

Never the Twins Shall Meet

This week, Pie and Lulu explore their most literary and intellectual pastime during the pandemic: reading a lot of X-Men comics. Covering comics from the eighties to the present day, topics include favorite characters, underrated comic runs, and thoughts on the unusual current status quo of the X-Men. Oh, and also cosmic tragedies, coming out stories, and karaoke–you know, all the usual staples of superhero comics.

Comics discussed in-depth:

• Astonishing X-Men (2012-2013) by Marjorie Liu
• All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor
• House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman
• Rictor and Shatterstar’s publication history
• Rogue and Gambit’s publication history
• Generation X by Christina Strain
• The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont
• Iceman by Sina Grace
• Hellions by Zeb Wells

Other comics and media mentioned:

• Heathen by Natasha Alterici
• Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Austistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale
• These Feathered Flames by Alexandra Overy
• The Wolf and the Woodsman Ava Reid
• House of M by Brian Michael Bendis
• X-Force by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
• X-Men: Season One by Dennis Hopeless
• All-New X-Men by Brian Michael Bendis
• Young Avengers: Children’s Crusade by Allan Heinburg
• New Mutants (1983) by Chris Claremont
• X-23: Innocence Lost by Craig Kyle
• X-23 by Marjorie Liu
• The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
• New X-Men by Grant Morrison
• X-Factor Investigations by Peter David
• Rogue and Gambit: Ring of Fire by Kelly Thompson
• X-Men Gold by Marc Guggenheim
• Mr. and Mrs. X by Kelly Thompson
• Excalibur by Tini Howard
• Days of Future Past by Chris Claremont
• X of Swords by Jonathan Hickman and various others

Content warnings: Discussions of the Holocaust, racism in comics, (fictional) human experimentation, and homophobia

You can learn more about Never the Twins Shall Meet at our website.