53 - New Mutants #18-21, Annual #1 - Demon Bear Saga

Bill Sienkiewicz arrives on the New Mutants to deliver us the absolutely fantastic Demon Bear Saga and the super fun arrival of Warlock and Doug to the book! It's so much fun, we had to bring along a guest to enjoy it with us. So Matt and Pat welcome Stephen Hesson from the Batting Around podcast to dive into it with us. We talk about X-Men: Evolution, Baseball, Marvel Movies, and then rave about Sienkiewicz's art for two hours.TOPICS DISCUSSED:BILL SIENKIEWICZ! A panel-breaking bear. Raving about the art so much. Cannonball with a shotgun. Trust us, this man is white. Who is this nurse with the chest hair? "I ain't worried about the Hulk, Bobby." Claremont's fetishization of Indigenous cultures. MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE GALAXY. Lilandra still dawdling. WOLFMAN! SHOOT IT! More raving about the art. Sam the religious himbo. Another Rahne Sinclair head injury. A really uncomfortable race-swap. Lonestar -> Moonstar? "TO: Dr. Strange RE: Demon Bear." Healer the Healer. "Drip Face" Whoops, by the way, Magneto's dead. Some Baseball friends. "ya dumb cluck!" WARLOCK! DOUG! A GREEN CAT ALIEN! LILA CHENEY! A Vrakanin, duh! Stealing a planet? A red-headed pervert Iggy Pop. Timestamps0:00 - Hellos21:30 - Pat's Email Corner26:30 - Do anything X-Men related?34:10 - New Mutants #18 - DEATH-HUNT49:20 - New Mutants #19 - SIEGE1:09:30 - New Mutants #20 - Badlands1:29:20 - New Mutants #21 - Slumber Party!1:53:05 - New Mutants Annual #1 - The Cosmic Cannonball Caper2:09:30 - Final thoughts2:10:35 - Pat's Steals n' Deals2:14:45 - GoodbyesCheck out the Batting Around Podcast: https://linktr.ee/battinaroundJoin our Patreon! Free, or pay-what-you-want: patreon.com/mutantmenaceWrite into Pat's Email Corner: [email protected] our Discord: https://discord.gg/fPv7hRgTeVInstagram: @mutantmenacepod