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Chapman Blake

Comics scholar and host of SubteXtMen, a podcast covering the literary adventures of Marvel's X-Men, and guest on X-Men podcasts like Graymalkin Lane.

Oct 5, 2026

9:13
As the two X-Men are pulled back into the ocean, a mysterious villain sits on Muir Island, watching them on a small television, his helmet resting on the desk next to him.
9:22
So these are the X-Men.
9:24
There have been some changes in my absence.
9:27
This is a more international and cosmopolitan team than the original.
9:31
More varied abilities, and I suspect considerably more raw power.
9:36
A most credible response to my opening gambit.
9:38
They appear to know their business.

36 MINS LATER

46:03
I chose life." This is a really powerful fucking story, and it's only, like, 10 pages.

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