Austin Gorton
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Reviewing every X-Book from #1 on. Celebrating #XFactor40. Skeeting [...sigh] a #TradingCardADay. Writing fiction. Co-host @AVSEPod. Editor at ComicsXF. Bylines linktr.ee/austingorton. He/Him. https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/
Post a character you think is cool and give no explanation why: My boy Rusty!
Jonathan Loves X-Men@jonathanlovesx-men.bsky.social · 1h agoPost a character you think is cool and give no explanation why: Aero.
Did you know: Spider-Man's encounter with each villain in the Brand New Day montage is homaging a specific comic book cover featuring that villain? Even Ramrod!
Before firing up the newest X-Men '97 ep, refresh yourself on what happened next week with my recap on @popheist.com - its more fun than the "Previously On" segment! #XMen #XMen97 #XMen97Season2 popheist.com/x-men-97-207...
'X-Men '97' 2x07 Recap: "Strange Land, Savage Heart" - Pop Heist
Nightcrawler plays defense on behalf of his bigoted half-brother in a mock trial held in a land time forgot, because it's the X-Men.
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216 - Giant-Size X-Men #2 - 8/5/1975 Reprinting X-Men #57-59. Fans would have to wait 30 years for the next issue of the series. 😏 Cover by Neal Adams. Interiors by Roy Thomas & Adams. #XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #GiantSizeXMen #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman
Dreamfyre is the oldest dragon in Westeros after Vhagar (and maybe Sheepstealer) - read more about her pre-Helaena adventures in my lastest Fire & Blood Files column! #FireAndBloodFacts #HotD #HouseOfTheDragon comicon.com/2026/08/04/f...
Where my MASK heads at?!? My pick this week is MASK #3, with Pye Parr continuing to kill it on art.
ComicsXF@comicsxf.com · 6h agoCheck out this week's CXF Staff Picks, led by new issues of Batman, Absolute Superman, Captain America and more. What are YOU reading this week?
As an avowed fan of both X-Force and DS9, 10/10 no notes.
Brett White@brettwhite.bsky.social · yesterdayWe are about 1/4th of the way through DS9 (Worf just got married), our first time watching it. I keep thinking about how, for some reason, DS9 feels like the X-Force to TNG's X-Men. Primarily because, unlike TNG, like, every member of DS9's cast can Fuck Shit Up to some degree.
104 - Fall of the Mutants Probably out of necessity, Phillips focuses on just one of the three stories & while it makes sense to go with the X-Men-specific storyline, it does mean we were robbed of getting Bird-Brain on a card. #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #XOvers
Dinosaur court is in session, with the honorable Judge Colossus presiding, in my review of the latest X-Men '97 episode! #XMen #XMen97 #XMen97Season2
ComicsXF@comicsxf.com · yesterdayCourt is in session as Nightcrawler mounts a defense of his bigoted half-brother in “Strange Land, Savage Heart,” X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 7.
The woman w/Jeyne Arryn when Daemon arrives in the Vale in "The Dragon in Winter" is Lady Jessamyn Redfort, Jeyne's "dear companion" (ie lover) - she belongs to the same house as Adrian Redfort, the Knight of the Queensguard killed by Aemond in the ep. #FireAndBloodFact #HotD
Catching up on X-books - Gambit: Wanted #1 clears a low bar to claim Book of the Week honors. Check out all the notes on that, the Hellfire Murder and more! comicon.com/2026/08/03/p...
Professional Spider-fan Tony Thornley reviews Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Brand New Day. And yes, he's getting into THAT spoiler!
Spider-Man: Brand New Day lets Peter grow up (SPOILERS)
Professional Spider-fan Tony Thornley reviews Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: Brand New Day. And yes, he's getting into THAT spoiler!
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Read more about this issue - which, despite its cover, is a heaping slice of "ominous" - here: www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2017/10/x-am...
X-amining X-Men (vol. 2) #24
I didn't expect to cry tonight, but that page with Jubilee did it. It's that she's holding the doll...When I was younger and reading/watching X-Men with my friends, Rogue's real name was the biggest and most exciting mystery to us. We were convinced she had to be connected to someone important, but in hindsight, there's nothing a name reveal could add to her. She was already interesting & important.Also, as kids, we thought Rogue & Gambit were the most tragic romantic couple ever. As an adult, I want to tell her to get out of there & find someone infinitely less creepy. Like you noted, they're finally starting to dial down Gambit's skeeziness, but it only happens after a dinner full of red flags. Sadly, as far as bad romances sold to me as a kid, this is probably one of the less icky ones. At least Gambit could learn what boundaries are.
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Austin Gorton@austingorton.bsky.social · 2d ago214 - X-Men (vol. 2) #24 - 8/3/1993 The cover that launched a thousand 'ships. Cover by Andy Kubert. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza & Kubert. #XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMenV2 #Gambit
103 - Mutant Massacre New category: X-Overs! Not sure I love the "toxic slime" coloring & font on the cardback but I do love Artie making it onto a trading card. #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #JoePhillips #XOvers
Honeyholt is the seat of House Beesbury; they rose in support of Rhaenyra (and were subsequently defeated by Ormund Hightower's host, making it available to Ulf) after Lord Lyman Beesbury, Master of Coin, was killed by Criston Cole. #FireAndBloodFacts #HouseOfTheDragon #HotD
Fleer Ultra X-Men Series 1 Mutant Liberation Front! Which card is your favorite? #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #BillHall #MarkSasso #KentWilliams #ChrisMoeller
The only people who loved their high school administrators more than the 90210 crew is the gang from Bayside. popheist.com/9021omg-the-...
9021OMG: The Wildest Moments in 'Beverly Hills 90210' - Pop Heist
From coked-up fashion shows to pregnancy scares to exploding dads, 90210 was never afraid to shock or preach to its teen audience.
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214 - X-Men (vol. 2) #24 - 8/3/1993 The cover that launched a thousand 'ships. Cover by Andy Kubert. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza & Kubert. #XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMenV2 #Gambit
New X-Men '97 recap is live on @popheist.com! It's time for justice, X-Men style, in the prehistoric wilds of the Savage Land! popheist.com/x-men-97-207...
'X-Men '97' 2x07 Recap: "Strange Land, Savage Heart" - Pop Heist
Nightcrawler plays defense on behalf of his bigoted half-brother in a mock trial held in a land time forgot, because it's the X-Men.
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Coming from me this week: new Fire & Blood Files discussing Rhaena Targaryen & dragon eggs, #SpiderManBrandNewDay review & explainer, new Snap Into Marvel column, Uncanny X-Men #32 review (Vecchio is back!) and more #XMen97 coverage!
102 - Professor X Two things I love about this card: 1. Chuck smoking a pipe. 2. This totally looks like a portrait that would be hanging over the fireplace in the X-Mansion parlor. #TradingCardADay #XMen #FUXM1 #ScottHampton #OriginalTeam
This entire thread(s) is absolutely 100% worth a read.
Comrade Bullski@comradebullski.bsky.social · 3d agoAlright friends, I touched briefly on this a couple of weeks ago but it's finally time to answer the burning question on everybody's mind. Which members of X-Force can cook or not? To keep the thread somewhat manageable this will only cover the first 50 or so issues of X-Force volume 1 🧵
Sam seems like the kind of cook who is okay at cooking a lot of things but has a specialty dish that he's REALLY good at. Like pancakes or something.
Comrade Bullski@comradebullski.bsky.social · 3d agoCannonball. Every single child in the Guthrie clan learns to cook, whether they like it or not. Sam is a good kid and a good brother, and he sees it as a responsibility to know how to feed yourself and others. Like Cable he's not exactly a flash cook but he gets the job done and everyone enjoys it.
