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The end of the cruel Peace & the start of the desperate War.Based on ‘One In Ten' by FinalStand, adapted into 17 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.A frightened Mother Mouse will devour her young; similarly, a frightened culture will devour its future.It wasn't like a magic force field bubble protected us until our 16th birthday. I couldn't recall all the times after I was 13 some woman asked me, or my Mother, when my 16th birthday would be. Back then, I didn't think much about it. In hindsight, those women were wondering when I would become legally sexually vulnerable. In way too many cases, women with access to teenage boys didn't wait.Even if they did,"It was my Aunt," Barabbas confessed. "She and her boss."You would think a sixteen, or seventeen, year old guy getting to sleep with a Milf would be a trip. It could be. For the boys with better developed empathy, you started to realize a woman you trusted was using your sexuality for their own advancement. Then you began feeling like a whore."She got me a job, but I quit after four months, you know,” he trailed off."Yeah," I sighed sympathetically."Yeah," Lowry snorted, "when the rest decided you should be putting out for free.""That was completely unnecessary," I glared at him."But true," he defied me."True," Barabbas agreed with a familiar degree of rejection."Mom flipped out when she figured out what Tamara; my sister; was doing," Pierre picked up his tale. "I was seventeen by that time. She helped pay for my college." We assumed the 'she' was his sister; the one who pimped him out."I hit one once," Lowry bragged. I found that somewhat difficult to believe."What happened?" Pierre asked."She kicked my ass," he chuckled. "Ex-military Reservist. Beat me like I had a cock." I read somewhere in the old days it was more common to say 'like a little bitch.' Now it was 'like I had a cock' because they didn't like teaching men to be 'too violent' aka how to defend ourselves.No one else felt like inquiring, so Barabbas did the deed."Go to the cops?""For what?" he shook his head. "I threw the first punch, and the second. Fucking Bitch. We both looked pretty rough, but I lost."Another pause."What was it like to hit one with your stick?" Lowry shot me a look."Good, damn good, and stupid. I mean, I could have ended up like you with a crowd of women on a subway kicking and stomping on me and I would have ended up in jail too," I related. "Still, it felt good, just to tell one to keep her hands to herself, ya know?" I got nods all around. We were all young, healthy and relatively handsome."Yeah, you could have gotten your ass kicked," Barabbas reminded me."In fact, one of the major reasons I didn't, gave me the pistol I'm carrying," I twitched it slightly. "The first time they came for me, I asked them ~ the Vanishers ~ to wait, and they did.""Why in the fuck would you do that?" Lowry blurted out, shocked and skeptical."At the time, I didn't trust them since I figured they were nothing more than another bunch of women telling me what to do. I wanted to use them to escape. I didn't want to spend the rest of my life serving them if it meant the same fucked-up existence I was currently living," I shared the enlightenment."What changed your mind?" Pierre's eyes lit up."I figured out their prime motivation, the nature of the conspiracy and that I had no rational chance to escape them," I answered. "Every angle I was figuring out, they had figured out years ago. On the plus side, their core philosophy requires them to engage men as equals for both biological and social reasons ~ which means they are the best game in town. In case you missed it, the Vanishers didn't 'vanish' me. I escaped on my own. They have agreed to join forces with my group; no lie.""Your group has a lot of girls," Lowry drolly noted."Lowry, exactly how was I going to recruit any male to my cause without dropping the entire Metropolitan G E D (Gender Enforcement Division) on me?""Flyers?" Barabbas joked softly."He's got a point," Pierre rallied to my cause. "As far as any of you have confessed, none of us had any guy, or girl, friends. It is why we were selected.""Okay, fine. Now what?" Lowry conceded to the consensus."We wake up tomorrow working toward equality," I huffed. "We are all going to have to learn to fight and shoot because the entire group is going to be in danger for some time to come. Society, as in Global Society, is going to come crashing down. And that means anarchy, lawlessness and barbarism before it violently spasms off into extinction.""We have lived our lives effectively as slaves, though no woman inside that house will admit it truly in their hearts. For the first time in our lives, we can change our futures. I'm sure if we surrender to whomever kills the others, they will enslave us once more and leave us with far fewer illusions about our status. Or, we can chose to fight and, if worst comes to worst, die free. I'm not going back to what I was. That means I will need to learn how to survive; and that means fighting. Not because I hate women, but because there are several I love and respect and I don't want to let them down ~ as their equal.""Tonight, think about what I've told you. Tomorrow morning, I hope you join up with us," I concluded my 'pep talk.'"And if we don't?" Lowry stared defiantly."That is something you are free to do too," I shrugged. "I'm not going to tell you what to do. Let's go back inside. It is late."We'd almost made it back when Lowry put a hand on my shoulder."Can I see the gun now?""This thing? Like this?" I half-turned, made eye contact then flick my eyes down to the pistol then back to him again."Yeah.""Have you ever handled a loaded firearm before?" I requested."Yeah, plenty of times, in my dreams," he mocked me."You are a moron," I felt my blood simmering. "This isn't a game, this (the pistol) isn't a toy, and you have not been paying attention." I put both hands on the pistol, removed the magazine then removed the chambered bullet. Lastly, ass-first, I handed him the empty pistol with my left hand while keeping the ammunition in my right."Moron, huh?" he chuckled. "Gonna give me the bullets?""No, no, I'm not going to give you the bullets because you don't know what you are doing. Unlike you, I actually have had a firearm lesson. More to the point, I won't give you a loaded firearm because I think I've stressed the lady, or ladies, watching over us right now enough for one night.""Huh?" Lowry and Barabbas echoed. Pierre looked around."Wes didn't keep us inside to play '20 Questions' for her own amusement. She kept us occupied so her other teammate, or teammates, could move to this side of the house, so they could watch over us while giving you three the delusion we were alone. They are professionals in camouflage gear with night-vision goggles, so unless they had to move rapidly through the underbrush, we weren't likely to detect them.""I played along because I felt it was necessary for you three to open up a little bit. Life is only going to get tougher over the next few months. None of us want to have a chat with heavily armed women staring over our shoulders, so I took us outside where it would appear we were alone," I explained."You lied to us," Lowry snipped."No. My words were true. What I did was allow you to deceive yourself as to our level of security and amount of company. I did what I did for the good of the group, regardless of gender, Gentlemen. It is how we all need to start thinking. Something else you might want to think about is: everyone I love is with me here today. A good number of people who decided getting in my way was a good thing aren't even alive anymore. I will gladly embrace any one of you as brothers. If you are an obstacle, I will fucking see you gone, one way or another; clear?""We are guys," Lowry insisted smugly. Old thinking: women protected men."I; don't; care," I glared back. "You may be a sperm-shooter, but inside me is the only surefire cure for the Gender Plague. I repeat: people I love, and there are several, are all alive today because I cared and took an active hand in their survival. My enemies are mostly dead. Being a man will save you from the women in there. It won't save you from me.""You'd kill us?" Pierre whispered."Pierre, my Mother died over a year ago. Where are your Mother and Sister? You don't give a damn about a single fucking human being and yet you expect me to trust you? Why?" I challenged him. "I've already proved to multiple people I can reach beyond my shell and give a fuck. Until you rejoin the Human Race, I value the rest of those battling alongside me far more than you, or anyone else regardless of whether they have a penis, or a vagina. I'm not going to snap your neck, stab, or shoot you. I'm simply not going to bother trying to save you. The World is doing a bang-up job of killing the rest of Humanity off, without my assistance.""I really ought to punch you," Lowry threatened."Give it your best shot," I took a step toward him. That wasn't what he, or I, was expecting. I put down my poor judgment and combative demeanor to exhaustion."Don't, guys," Barabbas interceded."You are an Asshole," Lowry snarled."And you are consistently ignoring reality," I snapped back. "For instance, we are not alone out here, plus we are also at the door." I knocked once. The door swung open to reveal a rather attentive and unhappy Wes Prince. I handed her the bullet and magazine."You were listening in?" Lowry turned his anger on her. Wes' eyes went from me, to him, out into the darkness then back to me, though her words were to Lowry."Yes. Of course I was listening in. I wouldn't call him an Asshole. I'd go for Smart-ass." To me, "Do you enjoy being annoyingly correct?""No. I'd be ecstatic to realize I was completely wrong about everything and had lapsed into a mad delusion," I related, my own anger seeping away. "Being right means I have to keep appreciating and respecting you and your compatriots and taking responsibility for my own clumsy contributions to our current situation, which I don't want to do. I want to go to bed.""Come on in and go to bed then," she softened. She made a slight hand gesture. "My pistol, please, Mr. Pritchard?" she requested of Lowry. Grudgingly he gave her the firearm. She stepped aside. Lowry went first, Barabbas second. Pierre gasped slightly because as he went up the steps he noticed the two Vanishers coming toward us from outside ~ the ones I had predicted to be watching us.I went in after Pierre. Wes followed along. Capri and Kuiko were waiting. The lights had already been dimmed throughout most of the rest of the dwelling."Who were those other two guys?" Wes stopped me."Sergeant Major Daly was a Marine N C O and improv poet renowned for his battlefield musings. His most famous philosophical insight into the fighting spirit of men came in World War One. In his words "Come on, you sons of bitches, do you want to live forever?" He also won two Medals of Honor, so he must have had some talent.""Company Sergeant-Major John Robert Osborn was a Canadian; that was the country which now makes up the northern third of our current Federation; who found himself misplaced on the island of Hong Kong in late 1941; him, a handful of lads from Winnipeg and a shitload more Japanese. He and the Japanese ended up in a game of grenade tag,”"Grenade tag?" one of my two 'silent' guardians interrupted."Yes ~ grenade tag. Apparently in the olden days, grenades didn't airburst, or explode on impact. You pulled a pin and threw it at the enemy, then waited for the fuse to burn out and the grenade to go 'Boom!.' Quick, brave, and or stupid people could grab that grenade and toss it back. In some cases, one grenade might make two, or three trips before detonating.""Anyway, the Japanese were so very rudely throwing grenades into the position he and his Winnipeg Grenadiers were defending, so he kept returning them. After eight and a half hours of such fun, he came across one he couldn't toss back in time. He covered it with his body to shield his comrades from the blast, dying instantly. The British Empire gave him something called the Victoria Cross for his actions. He was the first Canadian in World War Two to receive it.""Why do you know such stuff?" she grinned. "Oh, I'm Scar and this is Nat," she indicated the third member of the Wes-Scar-Nat Vanisher trio."I considered myself a coward, so I read a lot about brave men. I was kind of hoping to figure out how I could be brave myself, one day," I disclosed."Mission success," the third one smiled. "Go to bed."I gathered up Capri and Kuiko and did as instructed. As I rested my head on the pillow, lights out and my mind gratefully shutting down."Less impressive sex, Bitch," Capri teased."No," I groaned."They definitely think you've got the 'sexy'," Kuiko enlightened me."Can we please just go to sleep?" I begged.Capri rolled onto her side, back to me, gave me a bump in the hip with her ass, then moved away a tiny bit. Kuiko wiggled close, kissed me lightly on the cheek, and then did the same. Unconsciousness took me before any other worries could steal my much needed slumber.The Larger World:As I struggled for sleep a second time, events unfolding in three different places around the Globe (Asia, the City and the Capitol) would impact my fate.Asia:First; the brutal agony still going on as the Sun disappeared over the horizon wasn't over when I woke up the next morning. It was largely misunderstood for some time afterwards, but was referred to as; the Battle for Shanghai.Five Chinese regular force divisions fought the garrison division of Shanghai, its 'reserve' division, hastily gathered volunteer female formations and a hodge-podge of ancillary forces the United Nations could throw into the fray. The goal for both sides was to seize a mother and her unborn child. Within them were the only other active resistant viral factory killing the T2 Gender Plague. By the time I woke up, both sides were sure the other side had killed them both, pretty much insuring the extinction of all sentient life in Eurasia.I say 'Eurasia' because by dusk of the previous day, the Federation knew for sure I, the other source of a cure for the T2, was still alive and kicking, as were my sons. My sons held a nebulous promise for a future date. I was of immediate importance since my adult body could produce enough antivirals to protect tens of thousands of people on a relatively continuous basis, or so it was projected.With, or without the mother and child, China was done for. Japan and Korea were rapidly circling the drain. North of China, the Plague was racing across Siberian Russia. Central Asia had never really recovered from the first round of the Gender Plague all those years ago so, now off the beaten path, would be longer in dying. India had too many outbreaks to even dream of containment. Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and the Levant Republic all had reported cases as well.Europe:Beyond the Urals, the Europeans were grappling with the looming fear of a global economic collapse along with the Specter of Death though 48 hours into the crisis, there were no cases to report yet. Civil order was teetering. Several nations had either closed their borders, or were considering doing so. Women began hording food, and men.Africa:

The end of the cruel Peace & the start of the desperate War.Based on ‘One In Ten' by FinalStand, adapted into 17 parts. Listen to the ► Podcast at Explicit Novels.A frightened Mother Mouse will devour her young; similarly, a frightened culture will devour its future.Roni was still working away while the rest of us were in the man-cave once more. Flame seemed happy taking long pulls on the Wild Cherry and smacking her lips. I wasn't surprised she wasn't worrying about Silent. Her wounded comrade was a reliable pair of guns guarding her back and nothing more. Emotional bonds were contrary to her psychopathic nature.Jethro had been sitting on his 'throne' for fifteen minutes, deep in thought."I guess it is about time we got those guns," he announced as he stood up. His words captured everyone's attention yet he didn't appear to care. He started walking from the room and the rest of us followed along. The need for guns had brought us here in the first place.His path led us into his walk-in pantry. One wall of shelves rolled out and to the sides on seamless wheels. Beneath that spot was a steel door, a tad over one meter wide and three meters long. It must have been spring-loaded because once Jethro yanked on the hole that only one finger could fit into, the portal swung open and back.Stairs led down into darkness. Jethro turned around and followed them out of sight for several seconds. Then a light came on. The drop looked to be around four meters. Angel went next. A strange level of respect allowed me to go third. Flame was at my back then Kuiko, Venus and Lavender.The floor was grey-painted concrete. The room stretched out five meters in each direction. 80% of the room was covered with stacked crates with a variety of markings on them, a few even in English. Angel was incredibly tense. I didn't know why, but I had a feel for her moods. The other 20% of the room was an immaculate workbench.Considering Jethro's aversion to cleanliness, this was definitely something noteworthy."What is all this stuff?" Venus asked."Weapons," Angel preempted the old guy."This is an awful lot of weapons," Lavender muttered. No one wanted to say it, so I did."Jethro, you were in the MRA, weren't you?" I tossed out there. I'd told the nation that the MRA was dead and here I was looking at a small armory of illegal weaponry. Jethro had been walking over to the work area. He turned and looked us over."I'm going to do something I don't normally do," Jethro met each of our gazes."I'm going to explain myself. Let's pull some assault rifles out of those crates, make sure they in top shape then go upstairs 'cause I am only going to do this once," he stated."These people don't know how to use firearms," Angel cautioned angrily."They'll never learn if they don't have one and we are approaching the point where we'll need everyone to be a shooter," he countered. "Let's get to it."And that's what we did. These weapons had been top rate stuff at the start of the 21st century. Now, they weren't quite antiques, only old. The basics of using some sort of explosive substance to propel an object at your target remained the same. In the case of firearms, it was remarkably the same, or so Angel said.Kuiko went straight for the Russian-made Surface-to-Air missile, because she thought that the Cyrillic writing looked pretty. It was one of the few exotic devices. Most were clearly Federation military, or Police issue, undoubtedly stolen from some armory at some point early in Jethro's terrorist career.I was irate that Kuiko looked so cute with a bandolier of ammo packs and an automatic shotgun. Angel insisted that only she and Jethro took loaded firearms upstairs. We could carry the gun and the ammo as long as the ammo wasn't in the gun. Venus argued that this defeated the purpose of having the weapon.Angel countered that if she couldn't load it quickly, she probably shouldn't have it in the first place. I caught Flame bagging up a few boxes of ammunition, but Jethro didn't seem to care so I let it slide. It fell to Flame and me to lug extra rifles and cartridge belts up to the rest of the group, being the strongest, Angel was keeping an eye on Jethro and he was keeping an eye on her.Fifteen minutes later, we had gathered back in the spacious dwelling space of our host. Jethro, on his throne, finished off a glass of Wild Cherry and began his tale:"I was seventeen and in high school when the Gender Plague first broke out. I was quarantined for a month before the Supreme Court decided it was illegal and set us men free.I took the opportunity to enlist in the Navy, the U S Navy, because of the man shortage when I was released. Went through Basic, the Specialist School, I was a Damage Control Technician which meant I was a fireman, then a second outbreak happened. I was quarantined for three months this time.I got out and was assigned to the destroyer Michael A. Mansoor. During the Relief of Athens, we all damn near died. Of the eighteen men and women in Damage Control, only me and one other rating enlistee survived. My officer, an ensign, stayed behind to make sure the forward ammunition storage was secure. Our Chief Petty Officer had us seal the ensign in. We saved the ship long enough for the crew to be pulled off.The Mansoor exploded. We were never able to locate her body. She was some R O T C kid who was only with us four months. I never knew her first name until the ceremony after it was all over. She may have been the bravest human being I've ever known. After that, I served aboard the Little Rock working anti-piracy in the Philippines and Indonesia.Since I took part in some land action during that tour, the Navy, I hate using the term Federation, reassigned me to Shore Patrol duty. I took police training and everything. I did another tour aboard the Little Rock the following year then they dragged me off when Congress decided that men couldn't be given combat assignments.Seven months later, they discharged me and thousands of other men as part of a down-sizing program. Unfortunately, the same act of Congress that exited me from the Navy also forbid me joining the fire, or police departments. A buddy of mine was able to find me work in a machine shop where I learned the craft of welding.After that, I was a good boy. I dated, joined a motorcycle club and built up a nice life. When the Gender Inequality Act was passed I was more annoyed than angry. All that changed when I was twenty-nine. See, I had some male friends who joined up with a group called Male Awakening. They were a group devoted to the repeal of the G I A through political means.Things including publically supporting male-friendly candidates and working against G I A-supporters through boycotts and the like. I was rolled up in an FBI sting and those ladies informed me that they'd make those charges go away if I agreed to go inside and spy on Male Awakening. They knew I was friends with those guys. I told them to fuck off, fought the charges and beat their trumped up bullshit.By the time I cleared up my legal troubles, they took the M A down anyway. It seems their Treasurer took off with their funds after leaving some financial irregularities. That was a total load of crap because they never caught that guy, but they did manage to put away most of the group's leadership.A few months later, I ran across one of my buddies who had asked me to join Male Awakening. He'd heard about my troubles and over a few beers, he hinted that the fight wasn't over. This time I bought in. This incarnation didn't have a name. We weren't public. We dug up dirt on corrupt female officials by any means necessary.We destroyed the careers of the worst oppressors of men. Violence wasn't our aim yet we armed ourselves for what we knew would be a harsh crackdown. We operated in small cells, but I knew we had lawyers, judges and even a few Congresswomen on our side. Since we had bracelets by that time, we used women to communicate between cells.Our cell received word of the major Federation sweep, a day before it happened. We were able to move most of our material stashes to new locations before they fell on us. The Writs of Exclusion were abominations. No one ratted me out. For weeks I sweated bullets every time I saw a cop car, a mysterious unmarked car, or heard a siren.After a few months, I began searching for other survivors. We came together in secrecy, united in our fury. The Federation had broken every law and covenant so we agreed that waging a guerilla war was our only option. A week later I bagged my first cop. Put a bullet under her left eye at 80 meters. She was dead before she hit the ground and it felt good.They, the Federation, had murdered my country and now they were paying. Three days later, I waited for a Federation agent to walk out on her porch to see her little girl off to school. I walked up, told the little girl her mother was a whore and put nine slugs into that whore's body and I felt just fine about that too.""No," squeaked Kuiko."That is the way it was," Jethro gave Kuiko a paternal look. "Those women came at me with every dirty trick they could come up with to take away my freedom and I put them in the grave for it.""You murdered people," Angel growled."Fuck you, Cop. The Gender Inequality Act was passed by women to enslave men. No man ever voted on it," Jethro snarled. "Men tried to use the system so you cheated. Boohoo that your bosses didn't figure out our only option left was violent resistance.""I killed seventeen government officials and my only regret is I didn't kill more. Not one was a fair fight. Kuiko, I killed that bitch in front of her daughter because I wanted her buddies to come around and see the anguish on that little girl's face. I wanted them to worry about their own daughters. I wanted them to know they were at war.""You are a murdering scumbag," Roni snapped."I disagree," Flame shook her head. "You are morons if you think he should have called out every freaking target and said 'hey, I know you have all the back-up in the world and I'm alone so I'm giving you ample warning that I'm going to try and kill you.'""You are a psycho," Aniqua pointed out. "It figures you would agree with him.""He didn't have a choice," Samantha intervened. Her speaking so decisively was almost as stunning as her words themselves. "Having a gun might not have saved Israel against the Aurora Slasher, but it might have discouraged those sorority students.""The politics of payback," Flame laughed. "Jethro might sound like some sadistic bastard to the rest of you; not to me. His tactics are sound and they work. Kill enough cops and women stop joining the force. The authorities either crack down harder, bringing more over to your cause, or they concede to some of your demands.""It is how a very small force fights a much larger adversary," Flame concluded."That's still cold blooded murder," Angel reiterated. I didn't know what to think. Jethro butchered defenseless women. The President doomed millions. I admired what Zara did except it was some of the same things that Jethro did, yet she was a soldier and he was a terrorist."There is no resolution to this argument," I spoke clearly and loud. "Short of violence to silence the opposition, there is nothing we can do to rectify the past now. Jethro, why did you stop being a member of the MRA?""Spokane," Jethro answered. "I had no problem with killing cops and Feds, and intimidating their families. They were part of the problem.""Those high school girls though, that made no sense to me. We weren't at war with the female gender; we were at war with the government and their policy of enslavement. Killing random kids was wrong and I wouldn't be associated with it. I talked this over with my cell, they disagreed and I told them that if I saw any of them again, I'd kill them," Jethro clarified."I had several caches only I knew about. I waited a few months then moved up to the city, slowly bringing everything up here as I had the time. A year and a half later, my old buddy was caught up in a traffic stop, shot it out with the cops and was killed. From stuff they found on his body, he rolled up the rest of the gang, but the other members didn't know my real name.""The G E D came out and talked with me. They kept an eye on me for a few years. I behaved and grew old so they eventually went sniffing elsewhere. We wouldn't be here now if I hadn't gone drinking with Kuiko and let slip about my gun stash," Jethro smiled at my little friend. "I knew she'd never betray me, and she hasn't.""Now I've got a front row seat to the End of the World so I get one last chance to make a difference," he said. Yeah, this old guy wanted to go down in a hail of gunfire, no doubt about it."Good for you, you butcher," Roni glared. "I won't do this.""I signed on to make a difference," she continued, "not to hang out with cold-blooded killers. I'm out of here. Is anyone with me?" Aniqua stood up. Venus seriously hesitated before joining them. Venus was looking right at me. Angel's eyes were boring holes into me as well."Israel?" Angel inquired.I could go with them. I could stay. I could beg them to stay. I could stay silent and let events drag me along. My mind was playing Jinga with the vortex of intellectual input and buzz saw emotions that were boiling forth."Angel, Roni, Venus and Aniqua sit back down," I stood and stated. It took them a varying number of seconds to realize I was Not pleading."Israel, you don't get to decide that for us," Roni replied evenly. "We let you go to the Arena last night. This time, we get to choose and we are leaving. If you are the man I hope you are, you will come with us.""At the same time you're pressuring me to give more to the group despite my misgivings, Roni, you are giving less?" I countered. She started to protest. I raised my hand for a reprieve."Hear me out," I continued. "It isn't that simple. I am not questioning your moral quandary about working with people too comfortable with taking human life. It is very real and I feel it. The difference is that you would rather be right and dead than alive at any cost. You've never had to make that call before, but I have and I'm alive to tell you that you are wrong, Roni.""You are dead wrong because dead does nothing. The living can always come back and make something better. Hell, that's what my life has been about the past week and a half. The rest of you are neophytes going into this. I'm not. I know exactly what it takes morally to survive. Don't make me follow any of you out that door. I love each and every one of you.""I do love you, but am I obligated to jump off a cliff for you? I respect your choice to choose suicide. It would be wrong of me to rob you of that freedom. Please don't try to make this about affection, compassion, or loyalty though. It is a matter of life and death. Roni, you are trying to kill me, which I'm okay with. I resent you killing Angel, Aniqua and Venus," I stressed."That's fucked up reasoning," Roni fought back. "Those two get off on killing other people. They enjoy it. Why can't you see that they are just as likely to get you killed as keep you alive?""I will agree with you that Flame gets off on watching people suffer and die," I nodded. "It is the way she is. I don't know Jethro so I'm not ready to make a judgment call on him.""I do know that both of them have exquisite weapon skills and I'm pretty sure we are going to need them before we are truly free," I explained. "I would prefer an all-male super commando squad who had passed every psychological test ever made. That doesn't appear to be on the menu, so I'm willing to hold on to whatever resources are available.""So you are willing to risk all our lives for the sake of expediency," Angel glared."Absolutely," I shot right back. "In case no one is paying attention, I am not in some government facility helping working on some kind of serum to fight the new plague. In case you missed it, everyone here agreed with my decision to flee instead.""Roni, Angel, you do realize that young lady who saved me this morning is going to die, right? I could have insisted she come with us. I could have given her the cure. I didn't. None of you asked me to even after I told the whole globe of an unstoppable wave of death coming for everyone. I'm not asking you to take responsibility for my decision because it was mine.""I'm begging you; understand that it isn't the end of morality to stay. When the madness ends, you need to decide if we will still be worthy of continuing on. You'll no longer be part of that equation if you go now," I declared."Are we supposed to ignore that he was a terrorist and she is a homicidal maniac?" Aniqua said."I'm not homicidal," Flame grinned. "I'm a psychotic sociopath. I don't randomly kill people. I do it with malice of forethought." Jethro didn't show a desire to defend himself."Israel, Flame almost killed you last night," Venus pointed out. "Why would you stick around?"Why was I sticking around?"Israel, don't do this," Angel said. "You promised me you would stop running into danger.""Angel, why do you have to be right and I have to be wrong?" I sighed."Because those two are dangerous criminals," Roni answered. Didn't Roni understand that I was a far more callous killer than either of those 'criminals' and I didn't have to lift a finger, or look at a single grave?(Before the Curtain Call)Shortly after nine-thirty that night, the awaited and feared seismic event happened in China. A few minutes past sunrise over Hong Kong the rains broke and a fleet of helicopters and V T O Ls (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) were heard over the city. Helicopters were not unknown in this center of wealth and commerce. Well over a hundred all coming in at once was noteworthy.For many of the citizens of the city, it had been a restless night. After midnight, police sirens had been wailing all over the city. Some even heard gunfire. What they didn't know was that for the past four hours, private security forces working for the most prominent communities and some special police units had raided the middle class communities of the city and stolen their men.They forced the men into protective suits and hustled them back to the high-rises that sheltered the most 'important' people. This was an outrage that they could not get away with, had China still functioned normally. A new order based on brutal social cannibalism was taking place. The rich were taking their vassals and their new 'acquisitions' to their estates far from the population centers.This was supposed to be a gradual process except late yesterday afternoon the other Great Families learned that one of their own had their first reported case of this new 'flu.' They could wait no longer. They would have preferred to flee under the cover of darkness, but rain and the danger of so many helicopters and V T O Ls moving around forced them to postpone until first light.You didn't have to be a connoisseur of conspiracy theories to figure out what was going on. Men had been stolen and now the rich were bugging out of town in one big hurry. Late Friday, the 'flu' began to appear in the population in a big way. The workers in the hospital were afraid, not fearful, afraid.

When a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother sets out on a life-long dream to conquer the Appalachian Trail, her plans abruptly change. The mystery of what happened to her reveals a harrowing series of events that remain puzzling to those closest to her.View source material and photos for this episode at: parkpredators.com/the-vanisher Park Predators is an audiochuck production. Connect with us on social media:Instagram: @parkpredators | @audiochuckTwitter: @ParkPredators | @audiochuckFacebook: /ParkPredators  | /audiochuckllcTikTok: @audiochuck

Welcome to Issue 225.5 of Marauder Champions Monthly, a podcast about Marvel Champions, a Living Card Game by Fantasy Flight Games. Here we take a good look at that most critical piece of the game, the Marauders. We'll discuss those poorly understood characters, unfairly labeled Villains, and their various plans to shape mutant kind and benefit the planet, as well as those so-called heroes intent on thwarting them. In this MCM Issue we take a look at Vanisher's campaign card and the rest of the villains and minions. You can find us on Discord as: Vardaen, bigfomlof, WanderingTook Email us at: criticalencounterspod@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/criticalencounterspod/ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-r6-EooHoJGa1RRsH7i3w Find our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/criticalencounterspodcast Find our Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vardaen You can also find our Discord Channel on the Marvel Champions Monthly Discord Server.  “The heart. Prime piece of muscle, Logan. I've always felt the ability to teleport has never been used... creatively. By the way... how long will it take you to regrow your heart once I relocate it?” -- Vanisher  

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In which we have grown to love Adam Pollina; the Vanisher is delightfully awful; Ekaterina Gryaznova gets a new look; Domino rejoins X-Force; superheroes actually have a conversation instead of fighting; Cannonball rejoins X-Force; we don't even remember recording this one; and something cool is coming (stay tuned).

Welcome to this episode of our podcast, where the Black Swan Coaches discuss a topic that many people have experienced: when the "vanisher" returns. Whether you're currently facing the return of a "vanisher" or want to be prepared for the possibility, this episode offers valuable insights to help you make informed decisions about your relationships. Stay tuned to hear this important topic of when the "vanisher" returns.JOIN BLACK SWAN NATIONhttps://blackswanrelationshipacademy.com/discover/black-swan-membership/choose-your-membership/BOOK A DISCOVERY CALLhttps://blackswanrelationshipacademy.com/discover/discovery-call/YouTube Channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ChengisWorld/FOR SPEAKING OR GUEST APPEARANCEShttps://blackswanrelationshipacademy.com/contact/booking-appearance/INVEST IN YOURSELFPRIVATE 1-1 COACHINGhttps://blackswanrelationshipacademy.com/discover/discovery-call/COURSEShttps://blackswanrelationshipacademy.com/cw-academy/courses/About Chengihttps://blackswanrelationshipacademy.com/about/my-story/FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM@blackswanrelationshipacademyFACEBOOKBlack Swan Relationship AcademyTikTokBlack Swan Relationship Academy

Welcome to episode 167 of Brews and Builds, featuring Fellow Host MrComboNumber5 and BigTuck. Bringing in some Chaos Draft Preston, the Vanisher stepped up to the bigboard to select out a team! But this team cares all about not casting our non token creatures to play so we can get additional token copies of them. However could mono white do this ;) Remember if you want a chance to be on Brews and Builds, join our patreon below! www.cmdtower.com/bnbe167 High quality proxies and playtest cards! Use code CMDTOWER for 10% off your entire order (stackable with other discounts!) Check out some of our other content - Every other Monday on twitch.tv/cmdtower get to see Slinging Cardboard Rectangles #SCR with content creators from across MTG and our own #thecollective members! - Where in the Multiverse is Fblthp (diving into the lore of recently old sets, what could have been, what could come, and what actually happened) Stories That Gets Left Hanging: What was left untold and where do we think it could go Unexplained Omission: Which characters should have appeared in the most recent visit to said plane Tinfoil Hat: Next time we visit who do you think we will encounter? (characters, sparks igniting, etc.) - The Eternal of Hot Takes (correlate Legacy strategies to EDH and talk the ban list) Legacy vs EDH (deck construction parallels) Countermeta (legacy tactics to counter meta's or archetypes in EDH) Council of the Unbanned (EDH ban card arguments to make legal again) - The Budget Shoppe (walk into our store so we can show you all the affordable ways to deck construct!) General consensus on the archetype Everyone chooses a commander they feel fits that archetype with budget in mind The change- 4 cards at 4 different budgets for each commander to get them going - Mr.Bever's Neighborhood (sit down with one of the calmest community members in MrBevers while he educates us on how to handle salt inducing cards) What makes this card annoying or salt-inducing?  Why do we (the individual) react this way?  How can we form habits that can change this way of reacting over the long haul? You can support the team by heading over to our Patreon, with 4 different reward tiers from discord access to getting your own playmat/sleeves anything really can help out. If you just want to pick up some CMDTower swag, head over to our amazing Etsy Store! Facebook: CMDTower Twitter: - @mrcombonumber5 - @bigtucktweeting - @CMDtower - @MrCombonumber5 Email: - cmdtower@gmail.com - mrcombonumber5@cmdtower.com - bigtuck@cmdtower.com -  Website: - CMDTower - Patreon! Become a part of The Collective

Jumpstart 2022 hat uns mit Preston, the Vanisher einen enorm coolen neuen Blink-Commander beschert. Das nutzt Matze aus, um mal im Gröberen über diese Deck-Art zu sprechen und warum ETB-Effekte eigentlich so wichtig sind in EDH. Discord-Server der PodRiders Instagram Twitter Commander Amateur auf Moxfield PodRiders wird ausgestattet von Shure. Bist du auf der Suche nach hochwertigem Audio-Equipment? Dann folge diesem Link: https://shu.re/3zdcJUV Impressum

Inspired by social media drama, Bethany and Izzy are back to give you the truth about getting ARC's (Advance Reader Copies) and advice to anyone looking to get into reviewing books. PLUS we have an extended segment with Queer book recommendations for Pride month (beginning 26:43)! - Queer Romance Readathon Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG6BYm_0ZqM Looking for a book mentioned in the episode? Check here! *Note that all links are affiliate links from which we earn a commission to support the podcast Books Mentioned Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine: https://amzn.to/3O4yygV The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill: https://amzn.to/3xBPiXG August Kitko and the Mechas from Space by Alex White: https://amzn.to/3MDBEHR Twisted Love by Ana Huang: https://amzn.to/39k70pc Bet On It by Jodie Slaughter: https://amzn.to/3MwFMJD White Whiskey Bargain by Jodie Slaughter: https://amzn.to/3QerZdy QUEER  EROTIC ROMANCE  Neighborly by Katrina Jackson: https://amzn.to/3Q9Whyf The Roommate by Brandy Bush: https://amzn.to/3QnNd98 Gifting Me to His Best Friend by Katee Robert M/M ROMANCE BY GAY MEN Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon: https://amzn.to/3QbNOue Meet Cute Club by Jack Harbon: https://amzn.to/3xzh9aW Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall: https://amzn.to/3H9mmJC Cole McCade Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: https://amzn.to/3xpCK4q I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver: https://amzn.to/3xjPpFN Phil Stamper Nate Plus One by Kevin van Whye: https://amzn.to/3ttwMhz Wolfsong by TJ Klune: https://amzn.to/3ttURVE Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune: https://amzn.to/3xBUfQ6 The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle by Matt Cain: https://amzn.to/3HbtTYd QUEER SCI-FI/FANTASY The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri: https://amzn.to/39nuIkh Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell: https://amzn.to/3O1IaZW In the Vanisher's Palace by Alliette de Bodard:https://amzn.to/3mzXlxS Siren Queen by Nghi Vo: https://amzn.to/3xj4szJ Skye Kilaen Reign of the Fallen by Sarah Glenn Marsh: https://amzn.to/3xy2Kf4 The Girls are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh: https://amzn.to/3xzd2M0 ASEXUAL REP Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann: https://amzn.to/39k98NI The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann: https://amzn.to/3aG6aU2 Beyond the Black Door by AM Strickland: https://amzn.to/3aVWPI1 In the Ravenous Dark by AM Strickland: https://amzn.to/3MBpVcO The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood: https://amzn.to/3MBq67Y That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert: https://amzn.to/3MCRIJF Network Effect by Martha Wells: https://amzn.to/3MwoD2A Books from On My Radar Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert: https://amzn.to/3ttyfV7 Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J Miller: https://amzn.to/3mzLtfc January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky: https://amzn.to/3xfTxXv Fake It Til You Bake It by Jamie Wesley: https://amzn.to/3mwYi9U American Royalty by Tracey Livesay: https://amzn.to/3MEubrT The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi: https://amzn.to/3MEubrT Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok @Chapter3Podcast or watch episodes on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6yRiktWbWRAFpByrVk-kg Interested in early access to episodes, private Discord channels and other perks? Consider joining the Chapter 3 Patreon!  Co-Hosts  Bethany: https://www.youtube.com/c/beautifullybookishbethany Liene: https://www.youtube.com/c/LienesLibrary Izzy: https://www.youtube.com/c/HappyforNow

And meet Iron Man! Today's episode covers stories from The X-Men #2 and Tales of Suspense #49. In the first story, the X-Men face a new villain with powers that prove troubling for the team to challenge. Next, Angel has an unfortunate run-in with Tony Stark that threatens the newly formed team. Follow the podcast on Instagram

Did you think Nightcrawler 1985 was bizarre? Folks, wait till you see the adventure Kurt and The Vanisher get into in Bizarre Adventures #27! The Vanisher, who the hell is that?!? Well, he's an X-Men villain who's first appearance was in X-Men #2! That's right, he's been around forever! In this issue, Nightcrawler accidentally causes The Vanisher to send them to another dimension where everything is great. Well, maybe *too* great. Tune in as Lisa and Lauren delve into this hilarious story. Can Lisa calm Lauren's thirst? Is any Kurt collection complete without this story?? The answer to both of these questions is the most positive NO! Check out all things SIMPLY AMAZING! www.simplyamazingpod.com

Collecting the first six episodes of The Essential X-Lapsed... which, coincidentally covers the first six issues of X-Men!  If you've been interested in starting with the Essentials program, but don't dig the shorter episodes... or don't know where to begin, welp - here ya go! This first and seminal selection will introduce our young mutant heroes, and have them face off against the likes of Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Blob, and the star of X-Lapsed Point One, Namor the Sub-Mariner! I hope you enjoy!  Be sure and let me know if ya do! -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) X-Men #1: "X-Men" (00:43:05) X-Men #2: "No One Can Stop the Vanisher!" (01:25:12) X-Men #3: "Beware of the Blob!" (01:53:30) X-Men #4: "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!" (02:36:13) X-Men #5: "Trapped: One X-Man" (03:08:05) X-Men #6: "Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants!" -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com The All-New, All-Different chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

In This Episode:Mike and Ed give their take on what mattered in 1963, including:Rapid growth in the number of super powered individuals, resulting in team-ups, international expansion — and fraud!New Frontiers: If 1962 was the year of aliens, 1963 expanded what it meant to be alien with the discovery of three previously unknown civilizations here on Earth, plus alternate dimensions that are in some ways closer than EuropeThe Manufacturing of Superheroes: We now have a better idea how superheroes are “made”. The Sandman and Radioactive Man showed us the importance of atomic power. The Cobra showed that duplicating powers is possible. And the Russians managed to duplicate the comic-energy power generation that created the Fantastic FourThis has led to a Technological Response to Super Powers. While 1962 saw villains like The Wizard and The Protector use technology to take on superheroes, 1963 took technology to a new level. Ironman - a normal human in a battle suit - has joined the ranks of the most powerful supers on the planet. Dr Blake's android, while eventually being destroyed, was for a time more powerful than Thor. A half-dozen Wizard “copycats” showed that it just takes some engineering genius to enter the ranks of the super elite. Meanwhile containing supervillains has taken on a new urgency. We have not done a very good job of containing technological villains like The Vulture and Sandman, but so far super powered captives like The Vanisher and The Molecule Man, have not reemerged after whatever we did to contain their powers.Also: Our hosts give their predictions on what the trends might be in 1964. You won't want to miss this! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.superserious616.com

In this episode:Mike and Ed discuss how the X-Men have become famous celebrities, just like the Fantastic Four; what the best super power would be; and the definition of super-powered terrorism (is it the actions or the goal that make it a terrorist act?) Is the Department of Special Affairs part of the military, or does it report to the Departments of Justice or National Intelligence? Also, what do we do with super-terrorists when they are incapacitated? We do not have the jails that can hold them, or technology to neutralize their powers. Are they sedated, and if so, how can the government engage in such unethical treatment of these people? In this issue:The X-Men are sought after celebrities, beloved the world over. Surely this will never change. In any event, they have a new assignment from Professor X, which is to capture the Vanisher, a mutant who has the ability to teleport. The Vanisher is using his abilities to rob banks in a garish costume. He announces his intention to rob the Pentagon, which leads to much consternation. FBI Special Agent Fred Duncan reaches out to Professor X to ask him for help in preventing the Vanisher from carrying out his threat. The X-Men are sent into the field but are unable to capture the man who can disappear at will. The next time they meet is on the lawn of the White House - the X-Men versus the Vanisher and a veritable army of thugs. Before they can engage, Professor X uses his incredible telepathic powers to get the Vanisher to forget that he can teleport, and then forget who he is, leaving the X-Men to take down the thugs, which they do with ease.Assumed before the next episode:People breathe a sigh of relief that the Vanisher has been dealt with, although the conscientious among them wonder what became of him.This episode takes place:After the thugs have been cleared off the White House lawn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.superserious616.com

Idris and Michael read the second issue ever of The X-Men, introducing The Vanisher.

Welcome back to Graymalkin Lane! This week, things get a little saucy (fair warning) as we let Vanisher have it for his fashion decisions, we discuss the ethics of using telepathy (cause Professor X is... problematic), and we talk about the X-Men's connections to the F.B.I. Ready to laugh your head off and learn a bit as you go? Give us a listen, a follow, and a share, and find Graymalkin Lane on Instagram and Twitter.

Katie and Britt decided to go back to their roots to celebrate two years of IIAXM, reading and reviewing the first five issues of the X-Men run that started it all. Join them as they meet dastardly villains like the Vanisher, Magneto, and a random carnival, and decide that Scott has been terrible from the start.(As a heads up, there won’t be an episode on May 31 due to Memorial Day. But check out Patreon that day for the monthly bonus ep!)*Support us on Patreon for monthly bonus episodes!We’re on Instagram, Twitter, and AO3 @isitanxman.Email us at isitanxman@gmail.comSee you #xmenmonday!

Welcome back to the least essential podcast with the word Essential in it's title!  Today our teen-age heroes are going to take on the dread threat of the villainous Vanisher!  What hope might they have against a foe who can... ya know, vanish? Will Professor X have to get his hands dirty this time???  Let's find out! Plus: We've already got a letter in the Essential Mailbag!  Hop aboard, we're havin' fun ova hea'! -- @acecomics / @90sxmen / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

Donate here👉 www.technols.com/donate I have a wonderful selection of new music to share with you from the deeper and darker end of the spectrum. We start with Claude Young remix of Future Beat Alliance, we have two tracks from Altered Natives new EP on Eye 4 Eye Recordings, and again two tracks from Vanisher. There is a new […]

I have a wonderful selection of new music to share with you from the deeper and darker end of the spectrum. We start with Claude Young remix of Future Beat Alliance, we have two tracks from Altered Natives new EP on Eye 4 Eye Recordings, and again two tracks from Vanisher. There is a new Keith Carnel, Ruf Stuff, Truncate & Catz n Dogz, Luna City Express, Bart van Rijn, Madben’s remix of the classic T99 ‘Anasthasia’ then we are closing the show with ‘Closing’ - my new track which is released now on Sous Music. Enjoy! 01 Future Beat Alliance - Birth (Claude Young Remix) 02 Altered Natives - Catsuit 03 Vanisher - Cedar 04 Keith Carnal - Endless 05 Ruff Stuff - Self Reflection 06 Truncate & Catz n Dogz - Body Control (Tool) 07 Luna City Express - Mr. Jack 08 Bart van Rijn -  Fyr 09 T99 - Anasthasia (Madben Remix) 10 Vanisher - Leipzig Underground 11 Altered Natives  - Abhorrence  12 Anja Schneider - Closing

PiNKHEARTS co-creator Levi Buchanan returns to the show to chat about the NINE comics that Stan Lee wrote this month! Jack Kirby somehow drew six of them, including the first appearances of the Molecule Man, Giant-Man, Space Phantom, and Vanisher. Steve Ditko, no slouch himself, gives us our first looks at the Melter and the Lizard. And we hope you weren't too attached to Hulk being an Avenger, because it doesn't even take two issues before everyone figures out that he is not a team player. [AUDIO NOTE: We're getting up to speed with some new hardware, and the first 30 minutes of this one are a little rough. But it improves dramatically after that - thank you for your patience and/or angry tweets!] Reading List: Avengers #2, Sgt. Fury #4, Strange Tales #114, Fantastic Four #20, Amazing Spider-Man #6, Tales to Astonish #49, X-Men #2, Journey Into Mystery #98, Tales of Suspense #47, ©1963 Marvel Comics. "Marvel by the Month" theme by Robb Milne, sung by Barb Allen. All incidental music by Robb Milne. Visit us on internet at marvelbythemonth.com

Hey!! Welcome to Episode 339 of The Podcast That Goes SNIKT! Vanisher Milkshake! The Excalibros are back for the Grand Design finale! Oh, and Uncanny X-Men and Age of X-Man as well... Grand Design: X-tinction #2, War Of The Realms: Uncanny X-Men #3, Uncanny X-Men #19-20 and lots of Age Of X-Man books. This podcast is about all things Wolverine, specifically focusing on his Marvel Comics appearances. I'll be offering comic reviews and commentary. Warning, this podcast features spoilers, so if that worries you and you haven't read the preceding issues, you may want to check back later...  Enjoy, Share, and please come back!! Next up...Exit Wounds! e-mail sniktcast@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/sniktpodcastfanpage https://twitter.com/sniktcast excalibros.podbean.com

Linzi, Daniel, and Meg (33% Pulp podcast) join Jessie in discussing an x-men villain that can disappear.  Twitter and Instagram: @Alphabetflight   Patreon

On this episode, we're back on our bullshit to talk about worldbuilding with mythology. Our tentpoles this week are Alexandra Rowland's A Conspiracy of Truths, Barry Hughart's Bridge of Birds, and KJ Parker's "Let Maps to Others".    What We’re Into This Week In the Vanisher’s Palace by Aliette de BodardKakashi/Iruka fic by, particularly, Maldoror and thehoydenTeetering on the brink of Venom fanfic   Other Stuff We Mentioned Terry PratchettPliny’s lettersGraffiti in PompeiiMemesIncomplete by astolatThe Thief series by Megan Whalen TurnerAlana by Tamora PierceDiscworld by Terry PratchettBuffyCharmedDoctor WhoDragon Ball ZSupernaturalBlack Sails  Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik“Icebreaker” by Cesare“Motion Parallax” by Laughsalot3412CommunityThe My Life as a Background Slytherin comics by Emily McGovern For Next Time:  "The First Stop is Always the Last" by John Wiswell    Transcription: The transcript of this episode is available here. Thanks to our wonderful and brilliant scribes: Sara, Millie, Neharika, and Magali!

Fallen Angels #5 (1987)FALLEN ANGELS is NOT a comic about all the wayward daughters that Brett Michaels sang about. It’s basically a Sunspot back door pilot where he putzes around with the techno alien Warlock in (I think) the Bowery, joining up the Vanisher and soon-to-be X-Force randoms Siryn and Boom Boom to commit petty crimes. Bobby’s not into it though so in this issue we just focus on Devil Dinosaur getting loose and some cyborg kid that looks like Peter Billingsley attempting to corral her cybernetic lobsters. Spoiler: one of the lobsters die, but not by being eaten.Email the podcast at worstcollectionever@gmail.comContinue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield

We talk about the X-Force, Dopinder NOT included!We'll talk about Bedlam, Shatterstar, Zeitgeist, Vanisher, Domino, and Cable. Yes we realize we left out Dopinder, perhaps we'll dedicate a future episode just to him. Perhaps not.There's some weird audio popping in this episode, but please don't drop us yet! Vanessa was able to look past Wade's wrinkly, avocado-like face, maybe you'll see past the glitches too?Music info (readily found on freemusicarchive.org):Introductory music is "Friday 13th Kliwon" by Chip for BreakfastOutro music is (ironically named) "Intro" by MendhoanOther music used is:"Nothing Else Matters (Spartan Feels Remix)" by Mystery Mammal"Acrobate" by Digi G'Alessio"darix togni" by Digi G'Alessio"War" by Shaolin Dub

Bem vindo ao Thwip View Classic, o nosso programa semanal de comentários e reviews das revistas clássicas do cabeça de teia! No programa de hoje voltamos ao universo da The Electric Company, com di...

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The X-Men's training begins as meanwhile a new mutant criminal arises, calling himself "The Vanisher." Join our facebook group to keep updated: https://www.facebook.com/groups/650653151690530/ All rights to Marvel Entertainment. No infringement intended.

Adam and Jeremy read and comment on X-Men #60 from September 1969 titled “In the Shadow of… Sauron!”. This issue features Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Angel, Iceman, Beast, Lorna Dane, Havok, Unus, Mastermind, the Blob, Toad, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Vanisher, the … Continue reading →

In this episode we review X-Men #2 (November 1963) featuring the Vanisher! We also finally get to discuss the entire Avengers vs X-Men mega-event which finished on October 3rd. Listeners who haven't finished reading the series or who are waiting for the trade should avoid this second part of the show because spoilers abound!    Finally, we talk about which back issues we were able to pick up this month in our unplanned spending spree at Orbital Comics. Our poor bank account took a savage beating when we discovered a gold mine in X-Men back issues just begging to be added to our fledgling collection.

Adam and Jeremy read and comment on X-Men #39 from December 1967. This issue contains two stories titled “The Fateful Finale!” and “Lonely Are The Hunted”. It features Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Marvel Girl, the Blob, the Vanisher, … Continue reading →

Adam and Jeremy read and comment on X-Men #37 from October 1967 titled “We, the Jury…” This issue features Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Marvel Girl, the Blob, Unus, the Vanisher, Mastermind, the Changeling and the Mutant Master.

The X-Men #2 from November 1963 titled “No One Can Stop the Vanisher!” Featured are Professor X, Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Marvel Girl, and the Vanisher. Sound Clips in Show #2 Title Theme from X-Men: The Animated Series

X-Aspirations Episode 002 X-Men #2, November 1963 No One Can Stop The Vanisher! Written by Stan Lee, Drawn by Jack Kirby, Inked by Paul Reinman, Lettered by S. Rosen. Second Inaugural Issue! In Which We Discover The Joys of Frozen Dairy Transportation, The Importance of Snake-Themed Quilting, and The Most Dastardly Four Part Plan of All! Check us out at www.x-aspirations.com And send us comments at xteam@x-aspirations.com The closing music is Drinkin Buddies by Six Hung Sprung http://podsafeaudio.com/jamroom/bands/1164/

It's the untouchable mutants, Vanisher and Unus the Untouchable! Telford Porter and Gunther Bain are among the X-Me's very first foes, but among the ones least used over the years. Vanisher is the evasive thief, the trainer of pickpockets, the drug dealer, and the mercenary... Unus is the costumed wrestler who likes to rob local businesses... and we love these villains. Hear Chad, Steve, Alicia, Justin, Noelle, and Hussein put these characters on trial, and laugh. A lot.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode of Graymalkin Lane, Chad is joined by Heather and indie artist and publisher Travis Bundy as well as long-term Silver Surfer writer Ron Marz! After a great discussion about Marvel vs. DC, we review X-Men #37! The year-long Factor Three plot hits its powerful conclusion in a trilogy of issues! The mysterious Mutant-Master and his aid the Changeling seek to drive the world to war! The X-Men are shot out of an airplane! And we get the return of fan-favorite villains the Blob! Unus the Untouchable! Vanisher! And Mastermind!Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, Chad is joined by Daryl and Patrick (from X-Factor Files) and Gabriella (the Girl Who Sits) and they interview the iconic and legendary artist Bob McLeod! After a delightful guest stint on the X-Men, Bob worked with Chris Claremont to launch the New Mutants! Hear us talk about the creation of these beloved characters as well as Bob's decades-long career!Then: It's the middle of the epic Factor Three storyline as the mysterious Mutant-Master seeks to drive the world to nuclear war, with only the X-Men there to stop him! Featuring the threats of Blob, Vanisher, and the Changeling! Plus, see the early origins of Professor X! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy