404 – Marvel UK, Yes?

Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men

Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes

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🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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And now for something completely different. (Death's Head II #1) In which Death's Head gets around universes; AIM fails to recognize closed narrative loops; we need more huscarls in comics; time travel occasionally solves the problems it creates; and we bid a fond farewell (for now) to Al Kennedy. X-PLAINED: Death's Head Death's Head II #1-4 Marvel UK Death's Head I Minion Earth-8410 The far future of 2020 Dr. Evelyn Necker How to dress for time travel Reed Richards's mother's name Earth-12892 Robin Hood of Future Past Heavily armed nuns Tuck Spratt The Lord High Protector Huscarls Baron Strucker V Charnel A large number of deaths A deft solution to a complex problem Essential Marvel UK Marvel UK vs. Marvel US NEXT WEEK: Go outside and touch some grass! NEXT EPISODE: The return of Jay! Check out the visual companion to this episode on our blog! Find us on iTunes or Stitcher! Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men is 100% ad-free and listener supported. If you want to help support the podcast–and unlock more cool stuff–you can do that right here! Buy rad swag at our TeePublic shop!

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0:00.0	So, Al, you've told us all about a few different Marvel UK characters while you've been sitting in for Jay
0:05.1	But we've never really talked about Death's head
0:07.6	I've seen him in a couple of issues of Fantastic Four and Sheel. What's his deal?
0:13.0	Hi, Miles. Yeah, I mean Death's head's a big figure in Marvel UK
0:18.2	He's been around since the 1980s and we have a lot of British comics creators have got a real soft spot for him
0:25.6	So he's a bounty hunter, right?
0:28.2	Oh, don't let him hear you call him that. It's a bit of a sore spot
0:33.7	He prefers the term freelance peacekeeping agent
0:37.7	But basically yeah, he takes money from people to hunt down their targets
0:42.1	I mean, he's cross paths with a few Marvel super heroes over the years including
0:46.5	Spider-Man Ironman both regular and 2020 and Hulkling and Wicken
0:52.9	Those are some big guns
0:54.9	So to speak I'm guessing he can handle himself in a fight then
0:59.4	Definitely though they weren't even as tough as to Simon one time he had to take down a giant ancient planet eating god
1:07.9	Whoa, Death's head beat Galactus
1:11.6	No
1:12.8	Unicron from Transformers the movie
1:15.9	What wait no, sorry. That's too early
1:18.2	Unicron that's not expected crossover
1:21.2	Wait a minute though aren't the Transformers like huge?
1:24.6	Whenever I've seen Death's head he's been the same size as regular superheroes
1:29.9	Oh, that is because when he moved from the Transformers universe
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