S1E20 - Issue 20 - Multiple Man

It's our second ever Patreon President-selected episode, as listener Matt suggests Multiple Man Jamie Madrox! Anthony & Dr. Issues discuss paralysis by analysis, and Doc deals with an unorthodox group session. Listen now! SHOW NOTES: Introduction Background (03:33) Created by Chris Claremont, Len Wein, John Buscema in Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 (Feb. 1975) Has ability to create numerous duplicates of himself, usually through kinetic force Is not a mutant, but a changeling - a subsection of mutants whose abilities manifest at birth, rather than adolescence Splits into two babies when the doctor slaps him at birth Father creates a suit to control his powers Damien Tryp tries to convince Madroxes to let Jamie come with him, they refuse, and Tryp creates a tornado that destroys his home and kills his parents Finds the Fantastic Four, who send him to Professor Xavier, who sends him to study at Muir Island with Moira McTaggert He gets close with Siryn, daughter of Banshee Duplicate goes off and joins the Fallen Angels, who then aligns with Mister Sinister - ends up shooting another duplicate, and then gets reabsorbed into Madrox Prime, who was suffering from existential crisis that dupe could have separate life and be considered a separate individual - he basically saw another version of himself murdered in front of him Exposed to Legacy Virus - while infected, taken by Goddess as part of Infinity Crusade Dies from Legacy Virus - except it was a dupe, and the real Madrox has amnesia M-Day - opens X-Factor Investigations with game show winnings - keeps powers because he is a changeling, not a mutant Civil War - Madrox is both anti-registration, as well as a member of SHIELD hunting down protestors Goes on mission to reabsorb numerous dupes - discovers Father John Maddox, a dupe with a family and a son, so Jamie leaves him alone Discovered one of his dupes slept with Siryn, and the other with Monet St. Croix - they're not happy Layla Miller and a Madrox dupe go into the future and end up in Bishop's future - Madrox Prime ends up with same M-style tattoo but weaker Siryn gave birth to a son named Sean, but when Jamie held him, he absorbed him - this made Jamie suicidal Discovered that John Maddox's son wasn't biologically his Summers Rebellion - Alternate future where mutants fight against human oppressors - Cortex is an agent of the government trying to put down the rebellion, and turns out to be a Madrox dupe Killed again by Bloodbath - ends up in alternate reality where he's sent back to reality by spirit of Dr. Strange Matt Rocks - attorney dupe who helps She-Hulk defend Steve Rogers Retired to a farm to live with Layla Miller, but went back to Muir Island to investigate Terrigen mists - got infected and died - Prime and all dupes buried on Muir Island Issues (26:23) Lack of identity Inability to make a decision because he can make all of them (31:55) Inability to father children as a result of absorbing duplicates (38:09) Treatment (45:34) In-universe - focus on Prime, get him to acknowledge he can't control everyone and everything Out-of-universe (49:30) Skit Ending References: Fagin - Oliver Twist - Anthony - 08:03 Silence of the Lambs clip (NSFW) - Anthony - 15:37 Multiplicity - Anthony - 16:50 Power Perversion Potential - TV Tropes link - Anthony - 18:07 Ric Flair - Anthony - 23:04 Arthur - Anthony - 24:44 Poochie rap - The Simpsons - Anthony - 25:48 "The Golden Man" - Anthony - 32:15 Next - Anthony - 32:23 "I'm not Xena, I'm Lucy Lawless" - The Simpsons - Anthony - 58:55 iTunes: here Google Play: here Stitcher: here TuneIn: here iHeartRadio: hereTwitterFacebookE-mailPatreon