This week, it is our pleasure to have on the legendary Louise Simonson!  Brian's euphoria knows no bounds as we discuss Power Pack, the New Mutants, X-Factor, X-Factor Forever, and of course the death of Doug Ramsey.  

Special thanks to Louise for taking the time to put up with us, and for consoling Brian on the tragedy of "poor dead Doug's" death.

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 This week in On Shelves Now we review X-Men Forever 12-14, Cable 22, UXM 518-519, X-Factor Nation X 1, X-Force 23, New Mutants 9, and Legacy 232.

We then throw out our Top 5 X-Men characters who need a break from being in X-books.

In Retro Reviews we look at X-Factor #18-19, Uncanny X-Men #220 and New Mutants #53.

And after an uprising on the forums, we bring back our wives to try their hands at a "Spouseball Special" to end the show.

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This week we review Legacy 230, Necrosha the Gathering, X-Force Annual 1, X-Factor 200, New Mutants 8, X-Force 22, Legacy 231, and Cable 21.

Then we give out our 2009 Year End Awards!

And in retros, Uncanny X-Men Annual 11, New Mutants 52, X-Factor Annual 2, and Fallen Angels 1.

And we finish up with a Fastball Special.

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This week we bring on the legendary creator of Cherry Poptart... Larry Welz! 

We talk underground comix, censorship, stories from Rob that should be censored, and the future of Cherry Poptart. 

Special thanks to Larry for coming on the show!  To order commissions from Larry, go here!

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This week the X-Cast brings forth a very special holiday themed episode!

In On Shelves Now:  Sword 1, Astonishing 31 and 32, Dark X-Men 1, Legacy 229, Uncanny 516 and 517, and New Mutants 7.

Then we go Inside the Mansion with the Marvel version of Santa Claus!!

In Retro Reviews, we look at X-Factor 17, New Mutants 51, NM Annual 3, and Uncanny 217.

And we finish up with Retro Reviews.

And we manage to sneak in 3 songs, a quiz, an argument about strippers, and one more surprise bombshell.

Plus cameos by EVERY SINGLE X-CAST CHARACTER EVER.  (We think)

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This week we try and empty out our ever growing On Shelves Now shelf and review X-Force 21, Weapon X: 5 and 6, Dark Wolverine 78 and 79, Dark Reign Wolverine: The List, Cable 19 and 20, X-Factor 50,  and X-Men Legacy 228.

We then turn down the lights and do a little X-Men Roleplay.

In Retro Reviews we look at Thor 377 and 378, X-Factor 16, and Uncanny 218.

And as always we finish up with a Fastball Special.

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This week we welcome X-Men legend Chris Claremont to the X-Phone.  We talk X-Men, New Mutants, both versions of Forever, and of course the death of Douglas Ramsey.

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We've decided it's time to expose ourselves to some new opinions from outside our bubble here at the Uncanny X-Cast by bringing in some friends to argue over some of the hot topics in the comics industry.   So with that I introduce you to the newest game show to the growing stable of Uncanny X-Cast gameshows:

INSIDE THE PANEL

On Inside the Panel we will be bringing in three comic podcasters, in addition to the X-Cast's very own Brian Perillo, to debate hot comic topics and have their answers judged and scored by Rob Briscoe.

In this installment we welcome Lene Taylor of I Read Comics, Ron Richards of iFanboy, and Louis Kwok of KwokTalk.

You can download it on iTunes or right here and a no bing version right here.   Don't forget to leave us comments on iTunes.

Topics include:
Stealing Spidey, Peter David, Movie Fears, Apple Tablets, Disney, Event Fatigue, Solicitations, DC's Revolving Door, Waiting for the Trade, Hope, Bagging and Boarding, and High Heels.

Special thanks to all our guests in this episode, they went above and beyond all we expected. 

This week in OSN: X-Factor 48, Cable 18, Dark Reign: The List X-Men, Dark X-Men Confession,  Legacy 227, Legacy Annual 1, and New Mutatnts  5.

In Top 5, we give our Top 5 New Mutants Covers.

And in Retros:  X-Factor 13 & 14, Uncanny 216, and New Mutants 48.

PLUS:  Pregnancy Sex, solicitation hatred, Mr Shaw from Bat-Radia, and the unveiling of a new voicemail number!

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osn:              46:50
top 5:          1:24:25
retros:          1:37:10
fastball:        1:58:35

TOP 5

Brian 5:

Brian 4:

Brian 3:

Brian 2:

Brian 1 (and Rob 3)

Rob 5:

Rob 4:

Rob 3 (see Brian's 1)

Rob 2:

Rob 1: