In this episode of XXL Men, we dive into “Repo Man,” the X-Men: The Animated Series episode that introduces Alpha Flight, gives us a highly sanitized Wolverine origin story, and expects us to already know who all these Canadian people are like we did the reading. We did not. And now it feels too late to ask.
Join us as we
🍁 try to figure out who Alpha Flight is and why Canada apparently has its own superhero homework assignment
🧪 witness a Wolverine origin story where the horrific experimentation mostly comes off like a medically inconvenient rash
🇨🇦 listen to Jason passionately reaffirm his deep and abiding love of Canadians
🐺 talk about why this version of Logan’s backstory feels like network television was terrified of upsetting anyone before dinner
😵 marvel at an episode that says “weaponized human tragedy” but presents it like a mildly unpleasant visit to urgent care
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