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June 9, 2018 104 mins

MUSIC INTRO - "O Tannenbaum" - Vince Guaraldi Trio

Sean and Gerry slip into the Christmas spirit and discuss !

We discuss our most coveted pages of original X-Men art: Uncanny #211 pg 21, Colossus vs Riptide - Brett Blevins & Al Williamson Uncanny X-Men #209 pg 14 John Romita Jr. & P. Craig Russell Bizzare Adventures #27 pg 43 - Dave Cockrum Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 #4 pg 21 - John Cassaday Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 #22 pg 24 - John Cassaday Uncanny X-Men 132 final page - John Byrne & Terry Austin Uncanny #134 pg 4 - John Byrne & Terry Austin X-Men #69 pg 1 - Pacheco/Larocca/Thibert Uncanny X-Men #173 pg 12 - Paul Martin Smith & Bob Wiacek Uncanny X-Men 275 pgs 10-11 Jim Lee & Scott Williams Uncanny X-men Annual #9 pg 1 - Art Adams Uncanny X-Men #287 pg 15 John Romita Jr. & Scott Williams

Our X-Men related Christmas traditions, and The Island of Misfit Mutants.

MUSIC OUTRO - "Stille Nacht" - performed by Don Cardenas

T'was the Night Before X-Mas written by Gerry McDade and Sean Pigeon (with a big assist from Clement Clark Moore) & Peformed by C. Scott Lovejoy of Back to the Past Pop Culture Collectibles in scenic Redford Michigan http://gobacktothepast.com/

A million thanks to our past guests and Network partners: Ryan Stegman - @ryanstegman Chris Yost - @yost Don Cardenas - @doncardenasart Greg Turner - @GregTurner16 Steve Andreski - @steveraker Anthony Laatsch - @anthonylaatsch Alan White - @newmutant Justin Peterson - @justinpeterson Wendi Freeman - @DFWendi Jim Johnson - @QuiGonJimm Brent Anderson - http://www.brentandersonart.com/ Dan Pua - @leafinsectman Mike Mullins - @mullinsisajerk Bobgar Ornelas - @slurmo

And best wishes for a speedy recovery to Bob McLeod!

Guest appearances by: Belissa as Kate Pryde Arnim Zola as himself Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker as himself

Our podcast, as always, can be found at http://earth2.podbean.com along with our Earth2 pals (Earth2, Comic Book Bears, The Womb Mates, The Boob Toob, and New Worlds) Find us at greatx-pectations.com You can find all of our past episodes at greatxpectations.libsyn.com OR FIND IT ON ITUNES AND STITCHER! Follow us on Twitter @GXPod and and on Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/groups/GXPod/

Album art by Baron Strucker. Follow his monacled ass on twitter @BaronVStrucker

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it, and a Happy New Year to all! See you in 2015!

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