247 – The Butt-Kick Scale

Art by David Wynne. Wanna buy the original? Drop him a line! In which the Hand probably doesn’t even offer dental; literally everyone is less creepy than the Joker and Harley Quinn; toxic masculinity is Sabretooth’s adamantium; Mark Trail is a wild ride; Wolverine trashes the dress code and gets funky; Larry Hama is your god now; and Sabretooth: Death Hunt scores a solid six on the butt-kick scale. X-PLAINED: Mark Trail vs. X-Men Sabretooth (Victor Creed) Clones of Sabretooth Birthday traditions Sabretooth: Death Hunt #1-4 Ps[i don’t remember; that one guy] Low-context ninjas A somewhat tasteful omission, I guess The glow (and its counterintuitive sound effect) Turbo Sabretooth Tribune (Graydon Creed) Mark Trail Affirmations with Sabretooth “Leni Zauber” Dress codes The butt-kick scale A tearaway tuxedo Dubious grenade handling Parenting with Mystique One thing Wolverine knows The CHK-LIT gun Comics bankers A very qualified recommendation Our preferred versions of Sabretooth’s origin Relative redeemability NEXT EPISODE: Siena Blaze and the Mystery of the Missing Leprechauns! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!