Today we talk about Shatterstar, also infrequently known as Gaveedra-Seven and Benjamin Russell (that one time that he mind-melded with a man in a coma), an alien mutant who is a gladiator, a fashion disaster, and his own dad.

Media specifically mentioned in today's episode:

-New Mutants (1983) #99
-X-Factor (2005)
-X-Factor (2005) #45
-Rictor saying he and Shatterstar broke up
-Shatterstar (2018)
-X-Factor (2020)
-Julio... my love...?
-Nightwing #81 variant cover

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