Queer friends review the original X-Men comics from the 1960s
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Oct 1, 2026 · 1:24:21
Becca Simon-Pinette grew up in adverse circumstances with her overbearing anti-mutant mother, her only friend being her beloved horse, Ember. But Becca herself is a mutant, able…
Sep 28, 2026 · 1:46:34
Victor Creed: Sabretooth, is one of the X-Men's deadliest enemies. An amped-up version of Wolverine, Creed is the most savage of the X-Men foes, dark and bloodthirsty, but he's…
Sep 24, 2026 · 58:45
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Sep 20, 2026 · 1:15:22
Chad is joined by a pole dancer, a queer musician, and a drag queen, all X-Men super-fans and all new guests on the show, to talk about the sordid past of Victor Creed! We review…
Sep 17, 2026 · 1:09:19
Yeee-hawww! It's Inez Temple: Outlaw! An amazing Gail Simone character, Outlaw is all cowgirl with the mutant powers of super-strength and durability! Chad is joined by Tristan…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:02:56
Sabretooth month continues as we delve into a limited series where Sabretooth takes on the role of the action hero in the Mary Shelley Overdrive! Sabretooth's biggest fan, Matt…
Sep 10, 2026 · 1:28:58
Well yeeeeeeehaw and git along, it's country western month on the Graymalkin Lane Patreon! And to open it up, my favorite ranch-hands, Terry Brown and Justin Kosmic, blew in on a…
Sep 7, 2026 · 1:11:36
It's 1977 and Chris Claremont and John Byrne are on the Iron Fist book, where they introduce a brand new villain... SABRETOOTH! Victor Creed is a mercenary killer, in a colorful…
Sep 3, 2026 · 1:01:15
Goo-goo-ga-joob! Mass Destruction! Chad is joined by Manolis Vamvounis and Christian Smith for a truly insane character just layered in pop culture references. Hubert Carpenter…
Aug 30, 2026 · 1:15:02
Patsy Walker is finally in the Hellcat costume, as the Avengers continue their battle with the Squadron Supreme! But full stop, because there is a deadly Assassin after the…
Aug 27, 2026 · 1:08:08
Dead-Ringer is one of those mutants that never crosses your mind. A gimmick-y Captain America villain, he has the gruesome power to shape-shift into any super-villain (including…
Aug 23, 2026 · 1:06:56
It's Darkstar month on Graymalkin Lane! Debuting in the late 1970s in the Champions, Laynia Petrovna is a Darkforce-wielding powerhouse with a tremendous amount of potential!…
Aug 20, 2026 · 1:00:19
Gimmick Villain month continues on the Patreon as we delve into the fraught life of Typeface, a mercenary and madman obsessed with letters! Created by Paul Jenkins (who is here…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:05:06
Darkstar month continues! In her earliest major story outside of her time with the Champions, Darkstar joins with her twin brother Vanguard, a new character, in an insane sci-fi…
Aug 13, 2026 · 45:03
Celebrating gimmick villains on Graymalkin Lane, Chad is joined by Ruthanne Price to talk all about Lady Stilt-Man! Callie Ryan is a hilarious character, often treated as a gag,…
Aug 10, 2026 · 1:21:41
It's Darkstar month! After some conversations about the new season of X-Men '97 with two of the show leaders, Emmett Yonemura and Sean Gantka, we look into one of the Champions'…
Aug 6, 2026 · 1:52:44
Calypso! She started as Kraven's girlfriend and in time became one of the scariest magic women in the Marvel universe! Content warning on this one as we discuss sexuality, sex,…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:24:18
It's Darkstar month on Graymalkin Lane! Laynia Petrovna starts out as a powerful Soviet operative, working alongside her fellow agents to round up defectors in America, but in…
Jul 30, 2026 · 1:04:24
Network Nina! A forgotten icon of a character from the 90s, Nina is all personality, edgy fashion, sex positivity, and focused telepathic power. And maybe she's a mutant? A night…
Jul 26, 2026 · 1:52:37
It's the Trial of Adrian Toomes: the Vulture! One of Spider-Man's original foes, Adrian Toomes is a man in a vulture suit, known for his savage attacks, powerful flying skills,…
Jul 23, 2026 · 59:55
Tante Mattie! Over a century old, Tante Mattie is the healer of the Thieves and Assassins Guild, as she occupies a rarefied space of peace between them. Connected as a motherly…
Jul 19, 2026 · 1:11:26
Phillip Kennedy Johnson returns to Graymalkin Lane to talk about his recent limited series, Hellhunters, in which Wolverine teams up with a bunch of World War II heroes to fight…
Jul 16, 2026 · 52:34
Antoine Delsoine: the Hypno-Hustler! A classic gimmick villain based in a particular era, this character has become a joke in the Marvel Universe, with some surprising depth…
Jul 12, 2026 · 1:03:48
Step back into the worlds of Wolverine and his best friend Carol Danvers, on an old case where they run afoul of Sabretooth, in a story called Shadow Society! Kyle and Josh are…
Jul 9, 2026 · 1:27:59
Margali Szardos of the Winding Way is a powerful sorceress, and a proud Romani woman who works as a fortune teller with a traveling circus. A mother of three--Jimaine, Stefan,…
Jul 5, 2026 · 1:59:51
Back to the world of Captain Britain, and it's a team-up with Captain America and Nick Fury against the threats of the Red Skull and the Third Reich in London! This reading is…
Jul 2, 2026 · 1:36:12
It's Cerise! Named for a particular shade of a particular color, Cerise hails from the Shi'ar and wields pink energy, Green Lantern-style! A fascinating and underused Excalibur…
Jun 29, 2026 · 1:52:15
Graymalkin Lane celebrates Pride month by hosting the trial of Black Tom Cassidy! The 'evil' cousin of Banshee, Tom has a mean streak and a shillelagh, and big hot unstoppable…
Jun 25, 2026 · 1:04:00
In his infamous run on X-Men, Chuck Austen gave us the series, the Draco, delving into the true origins of Nightcrawler (well, at least as they existed at the time). Kurt's…
Jun 22, 2026 · 1:19:02
Pride month continues and it's all about queerness and Venom! We talk about Venom's origins, why the symbiote has become a phenomenon, and then about the one-shot Web of Venom:…
Jun 18, 2026 · 1:01:14
The first character episode from Nightcrawler month is out, and it's all about the Bamfs! Little blue furry stuffed animals who have worlds of cartoon characters, and also…
Jun 15, 2026 · 1:10:43
It's an episode all about... Woodgod?!? The X-Men show up in an early appearance in a Spider-Man/Hulk team-up issue, where the major threat is the bizarre Woodgod! Alitha…
Jun 11, 2026 · 55:47
The theme of eyeball horror wraps up with SACK, one of Chad's weird little favorite mutants. Living ectoplasm, Sack is a descendant of the Morlocks who grew up on the Hill, and…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:15:33
It's an episode all about Wolverine's love/hate relationship with Death as we examine stories from Marvel Voices and My Mutant Heart with special guests Josh Cornillon and Connor…
Jun 4, 2026 · 1:11:19
The eyeball/horror theme concludes with an episode on the Orb! A weird horror character with an eyeball for a head, the Orb started as a stunt-rider and ended up one of Marvel's…
Jun 1, 2026 · 2:03:42
It's Black Tom month on the show, timed perfectly with Pride month! First it's an excellent script read of X-Men 103 and two issues of the Classic X-Men back-ups, starring…
May 28, 2026 · 1:29:27
Trevor Hawkins: Eye-Boy, joined the X-Men when Wolverine opened the Jean Grey School. Covered in eye balls that have different capabilities, Eye-Boy can be a gag character or one…
May 24, 2026 · 2:11:29
It's the Trial of the Wasp! Founding member of the Avengers, Janet Van Dyne is a premier super hero, fashion designer, president of a board of directors, and long-time leader of…
May 21, 2026 · 1:11:08
Alan White and Darrell Taylor join Chad to talk all about Third Eye, the paranormal mutant investigator from the Exiles! Sentenced to the Pit unjustly, Third Eye used his mastery…
May 18, 2026 · 1:36:37
Carol Danvers made her debut in the 1960s in the Captain Marvel title, and in the late 1970s, she dropped her career in the Air Force and launched a new career as the editor for…
May 13, 2026 · 1:33:09
Ora Serrata, an Omega mutant from Arakko, with the power of... balefire? She can wipe you out of existence if she stares hard enough! A little gold thing riding on a giant…
May 11, 2026 · 1:21:11
X-Women 1! Yup, that infamous issue by Manara where the women all look like..... Well, Preeti Chhibber and Seanan Mcguire are here to talk all about it with Chad! THEN, its the…
May 7, 2026 · 1:28:12
Priya Saxena and Theodate are here to delve into the world of the Invaders, as we talk about the concepts of the Ubermensch, focusing on the sometimes hilarious but also deeply…
May 4, 2026 · 2:10:08
The X-Men are trapped in Cassidy Keep by evil husbands Juggernaut and Black Tom, and the crew is back for an incredible script read, and we also do a Nightcrawler story you will…
Apr 30, 2026 · 1:06:41
You remember them from the X-Men cartoon, the protesting crowd in berets shouting "No More Mutants!" In the comics, this group revolves around Graydon Creed, and the group is…
Apr 26, 2026 · 2:01:02
Marvel Western month concludes on Graymalkin Lane with the Trial of the Rawhide Kid! We forge paths in the Old West of Hollywood and Marvel Comics before analyzing this crazy…
Apr 22, 2026 · 1:26:21
Inspired by the Man in the High Castle, this Excalibur journey by Claremont shows a very dark counterpart of our favorite mutants, very dark indeed. Andrew Deman joins Chad for…
Apr 19, 2026 · 1:23:24
Western month continues with some time travel CRAZY from the limited series Astonishing Spider-Man and Wolverine! Be ready for cowboys, dinosaurs, talking doom planets, and…
Apr 16, 2026 · 1:30:12
In one of the Fantastic Four's earliest adventures they face a man literally cloaked in symbols of hate (hoods and a certain emblem from the one-time German flag), and when they…
Apr 13, 2026 · 1:20:12
Marvel editors Alanna Smith and Jordan White join Chad to talk all about that time the X-Men fought Magneto over a mutant centaur at the State Fair of Texas! Be ready for…
Apr 9, 2026 · 59:07
It's a new episode, all about the Bi-Beast! Designed as a robot protector of the Bird-People of Sky-Island, this little picket monster is two heads stacked on top of each other…
Apr 5, 2026 · 2:00:47
Yee-haw! Cowboy month launches on Graymalkin Lane! As Beast and his allies are captives of Roxxon, Thor and Moondragon travel to the Old West for some rootin-tootin' rasslin'…
Apr 2, 2026 · 1:11:11
Erik and Rey from Rage Gear are back for an episode they never wanted... the X-Babies! It's a little bit baby-talk, a little bit Saturday morning cartoon, and a whole lot of Mojo…
Mar 29, 2026 · 2:03:30
Gimmick month concludes as we talk about two recession era villains... Stuart Clarke: Rampage, and Wilbur Day: Stilt-Man! Tech-based villains with Napolean complexes take the…
Mar 26, 2026 · 1:22:40
Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me! Erica Schultz and Patricio Oliver (who did the art for this cover card) are here to celebrate this mysterious Morlock! Named for a classic song,…
Mar 23, 2026 · 1:14:27
Gimmick Month continues with Gus Beezer, a Calvin/Hobbes type who had some odd misadventures in the early 2000s! Written by Gail Simone, this character has a one-shot with the…
Mar 19, 2026 · 1:13:17
Ash Alleyne joins Chad to talk about a little-known character named Sapna who has every potential in the world! Debuting in abject tragedy, Sapna becomes the ward of Magik in…
Mar 15, 2026 · 1:20:07
Gimmick month continues as we delve into the odd worlds of X-Men animal parodies, including the Uncanny X-Bugs, the X-Simians, and the Alligator X-Men! Joining me are the hosts…
Mar 12, 2026 · 1:20:15
Delightful friends Alyssa Wong and Trung-le Nguyen are here to talk about Susan Hatchi, the complicated older half-sister of Karma, and her job as a businesswoman doing…
Mar 9, 2026 · 1:24:45
Gimmick Month continues as we delve into one of the craziest X-Men parodies ever, the world of the Power Pachyderms! Andrew Wheeler and Rex Ogle are here to celebrate their…
Mar 5, 2026 · 1:33:11
Our month of coverage on 'problematic characters' concludes with BOX, aka Roger Bochs of Alpha Flight, a brilliant inventor who is paraplegic and has some... rough... stories…
Mar 2, 2026 · 2:13:18
The Champions gang is back as our heroes face off against Griffin, Rampage, and.... DARKSTAR! It's the first appearance of Laynia Petrovna! And then, the theme this month on the…
Feb 25, 2026 · 1:48:30
Our coverage of some of Marvel's most problematic characters continues as we talk all about the incredible potential of Big Bertha! DManda Martini and Harum Scarum are back to…
Feb 21, 2026 · 2:35:46
Voodoo month concludes by leaning heavily into Marvel's most voodoo-tropey characters: Brother (Doctor) Voodoo and the Black Talon! An excellent jury consisting of Alan White,…
Feb 18, 2026 · 1:49:16
Hussein Rashid joins Chad for a focused episode on one of Marvel's most problematic characters, the Arabian Knight! In fact, we cover all three of them! Lost in story stereotypes…
Feb 16, 2026 · 1:16:02
It's an early X-Men/Spider-Man team-up! Your favorite mutants, with the new Phoenix on the team, and Spider-Man fight some... radioactive gods? Stephanie Williams and Murewa…
Feb 10, 2026 · 1:34:00
M'Baku the Man-Ape is one of those characters who falls in the category of problematic, until written in just the right way. Created as a foil to the Black Panther, Man-Ape has a…
Feb 8, 2026 · 1:15:27
It's a Blade and vampirism episode as we talk about a comic featuring a crazy Wolverine flashback! Seye Sanyaolu and Dotun Akande are here to nerd out with me, and Seye sticks…
Feb 5, 2026 · 1:37:57
Carmella Unuscione, with her psychic green exoskeleton, is a favorite member of the Acolytes, and two of her biggest fans, Tom O'Connor and D'Manda Martini, join me to give you…
Feb 3, 2026 · 1:54:01
It's a new month on Graymalkin Lane! We open with a Captain Britain script read, featuring the Brit Crew (Christian Smith, James-Lee Campbell, Geezah Gobble, and Robyn Moffat),…
Jan 29, 2026 · 1:17:52
Chad and guest Scotty White delve deep into the history and psychology of the complicated villain Ahab! Based off the character in Moby Dick, Ahab is a cyborg slaver from the…
Jan 25, 2026 · 2:20:54
It's the trial of Nightcrawler! This fan favorite X-Man gets the focus in the newest Graymalkin trial! We bamf from topic to topic: super-powers, complex origins, intersectional…
Jan 22, 2026 · 1:15:50
It's Dream Queen! A magic succubus trapped in another dimension, she finds minds to manipulate and turn to her will so she can get back to this world and make it hers! Marsheila…
Jan 19, 2026 · 1:01:58
Nightcrawler month continues as we explore the first major guest feature of the Giant-Size characters in another title... it's a Nightcrawler team-up in Amazing Spider-Man! And…
Jan 15, 2026 · 1:20:18
Blaquesmith! The Yoda to Cable's Luke Skywalker, Blaquesmith is a telepathic insectoid mutant from a far future who believed in a cause, the Askani more than himself! Traveling…
Jan 12, 2026 · 1:18:26
Nightcrawler month continues! We delve deep into the complicated origins of Kurt Wagner, but first it is a celebration of everything Avengers Academy with Anthony Oliveira and…
Jan 8, 2026 · 1:06:30
It's the release of my episode on Elena Ivanova! A telepath whose powers activated in the womb when Sabretooth murdered her mother, Elena Ivanova became a KGB agent who spent her…
Jan 4, 2026 · 2:01:04
Happy New Year! Launching into 2026 with a full Nightcrawler month on Graymalkin Lane, celebrating all things Kurt Wagner! Over on the Patreon channel will be all Nightcrawler…
Jan 1, 2026 · 1:46:34
Sergei Krylov, the world's most radioactive man, and Dr. Tania Belinsky, a world-renowned neuro-surgeon, intrinsically, and uncomfortably, connected as the Presence and…
Dec 28, 2025 · 2:07:51
2025 on Graymalkin Lane closes with an academic panel all about Uatu the Watcher! With an incredible panel including Sara Century, Molly Lazer, Carrie Harris, Justin Wilder, and…
Dec 25, 2025 · 1:27:57
Ivan Kragoff and his Super-Apes, the 'red' version of the Fantastic Four, exposed to cosmic rays in the race to the moon! And then things get crazy. And that baboon... Chad is…
Dec 22, 2025 · 1:08:58
Betsy Braddock: axe murderer? The evils of Dr. Synne threaten the life and home of Captain Britain, and a very scary super-computer called Mastermind waits in the wings! More…
Dec 18, 2025 · 1:58:24
Mikhail Ursus, a mutant were-bear, is most often seen with variations of the Winter Guard! A largely unexplored character with a ton of potential, hear Chad, Ryan Cady, and…
Dec 15, 2025 · 58:59
Our Champions crew unites once again! As Iceman considers quitting the super hero business, Angel inherits his parents' billions! But the recession has turned another man into…
Dec 11, 2025 · 1:36:19
Mikhail Rasputin, the omega mutant reality warper and one-time cosmonaut is the crazy older brother of Colossus and Magik, has a wild history involving Morlocks, the Twelve, and…
Dec 8, 2025 · 1:05:36
Beast and the Avengers begin an epic new storyline as classic Marvel cowboys, Patsy Walker, and the Squadron Supreme show up! Plus a Red Skull conversation with Tristan Palmgren!…
Dec 4, 2025 · 1:10:37
Alyssa Wong is back to talk about the son of Sebastian Shaw (well, kinda), the heir to the Hellfire Club, Shinobi Shaw! A long-time member of the Upstarts, Shinobi is more likely…
Dec 1, 2025 · 1:38:32
It's an epic year end script read of X-Men 100 with an expanded cast! The X-Men fight Sentinels based on the original team! Jean Grey sacrifices her very life to save her…
Nov 27, 2025 · 1:28:24
Katrina Luisa Van Horn! The Man-Killer is a WILD character from the mid-1970s, born directly from the SCUM Manifesto and some intense second wave feminist history. Join Chad,…
Nov 23, 2025 · 2:14:19
That's right, Jean Grey was the second Phoenix... the first... Baron Helmut Zemo, son of the man who killed Bucky! (Well, kinda). The November theme concludes with the hilarious…
Nov 20, 2025 · 1:07:07
Chad finally gets to meet Ryan North, the writer of the incredible series Squirrel Girl (one of my all time favorites). And, in a Pride month celebration, the focus shifts to Ken…
Nov 16, 2025 · 2:22:04
The odd topic of fascism in pop culture continues on Graymalkin Lane in a pair of episodes that will make you laugh, learn, and think critically. First, Tini Howard and Phillip…
Nov 13, 2025 · 1:23:16
Jonas Graymalkin arrives on Graymalkin Lane! And creator Marc Guggenheim is with him! A mutant with powers of shadow and super-strength, Jonas grew up in a different time, one…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:48:25
Remember that time Sabretooth joined the Avengers in the 1950s, alongside Kraven the Hunter, Namora, Nick Fury, the Blonde Phantom, and more? Going back to some old Howard…
Nov 6, 2025 · 1:23:54
Jump back into the world of Alpha Flight with Chad, Harum Scarum, and Chapman Blake, to talk about two mutant twins, Pathway, who can open portals to other dimensions, and…
Nov 3, 2025 · 2:24:36
The theme on the podcast in November is fascism in pop culture! And we open with a script read of X-Men 99, with the X-Men facing off against the mad plans of Steven Lang! Then…
Oct 30, 2025 · 1:53:48
It's the Aleytys Forrester episode! Chad is joined by Alicia Wilder and Anthony Laudani to discuss this fan favorite supporting character. A tough-as-nails ship captain, Lee has…
Oct 26, 2025 · 2:17:45
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Oct 23, 2025 · 1:24:49
Warning: this one gets... graphic! Listener discretion advised! It's the public release of my episode on the Razor-Fist triplets! And this one gets... weird. And kinky. And…
Oct 20, 2025 · 2:21:55
Victor Creed arrives on Graymalkin Lane in a pair of X-Men prequel books! We open on Sabretooth's rough childhood, with Erica Schultz here to talk about her new Sabretooth book!…
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