Join married couple Brad and Lisa as they explore the various dynamics of comic book relationships throughout pop culture and publishing history.
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Friday Dec 21, 2018
Friday Dec 21, 2018
Beware! Team Scemma!! The Charles Xavier Institute is in total chaos. Professor X is still reeling from the psychic invasion of Cassandra Nova. The island nation of Genosha has been obliterated. Magneto is dead. Emma Frost joins the school as a bustin' loose teacher, but her real motives appear to be the total annihilation of Scott Summers and Jean Grey. The Phoenix Force is unleashed!
For their final episode dissecting the king and queen of The Uncanny X-Men, Brad and Lisa go out with a bang thanks to Grant Morrison's epic and oh-so controversial second volume of New X-Men. Cyclops and Phoenix have survived nearly forty years of emotionally devastating continuity, but they've never faced a menace quite like this Scottish comic book scribe. Is this a satisfying conclusion to their Five Love Languages breakdown of Scott and Jean, or will they be craving a sequel series for the distraught couple?
Also, learn which romance Brad and Lisa will be tackling in their next session of The Comic Book Couples Counseling podcast!
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I’ve managed to get though all four of Brad and Lisa’s podcasts on Scott and Jean and I think some things need to be said. First off I admired the courage and effort it takes to put yourselves on a podcast for the world to hear. Kudos to you both. Now to the not so good parts. Lisa and Brad tar and feather Scott through this podcast. The low point for me personally was the reference to Scott being a garbage person. The context for a number of his decisions that occurs outside the material being reviewed is either glossed over or ignored completely. BEWARE, if you’re a Scott fan or a fan of Scott and Jean and you know they’re history, this podcast will come off as very hostile. To be fair they acknowledge at the end that they have gone after the worst parts of this ship and may revisit it in the future. I encourage them to get educated on the stories outside this material including the rest of X-Factor as well as reading writer and editor interviews on the subject. Check out the Scott and Jean archives for a summary of every canon interaction this couple has had. There’s a reason this ship is so loved. I encourage you to discover it and return with a more nuanced view of the material. Good luck with this podcast.
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