Episode 104: Amanda Sefton (feat. Anna Peppard)

CEREBRO

Connor Goldsmith

Science Fiction, Arts, Books, Visual Arts, Fiction

4.8 • 815 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 413 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 104 of CEREBRO, Connor and Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! co-host Dr. Anna Peppard (Supersex: Sexuality, Fantasy, and the Superhero) walk the Winding Way with Amanda Sefton, the devil-may-care Daytripper! Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum in 1976 as a love interest for Nightcrawler, flight attendant Amanda was later revealed in a retcon to be a disguised figure from Kurt's past: his first love Jimaine, daughter and disciple of his foster mother, the powerful Romani sorceress Margali Szardos.

Despite a lot of interest from Claremont, some time as a member of Excalibur in the 90s, and a moment in the spotlight as the second Magik following the death of Illyana Rasputina, winsome witch Amanda has never managed to stick around as a consistent starring player.

Here is the longest conversation anyone has probably ever had about this character, in which Anna and Connor argue she should be a big deal.

The CEREBRO character file on Daytripper begins at 2:48:53. (I know. I know.)

(Content Advisory: Amanda's story includes racism and antiziganism, abusive parenting, torture, and a complex romantic relationship between foster siblings — which we get some people are just gonna find too weird!)

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0:00.0	It also happens to be the 25th anniversary of Giant Size X-Men number one.
0:05.1	So they say to Chris, let's do a 25th anniversary of Giant Size X-Men number one story.
0:12.6	And Chris says, I'm going to do an Amanda Sefton story.
0:17.6	About the Ngarai.
0:19.8	X-Men, X-Men.
0:22.8	In the 21st century, people mutants led by Magneto aimed to destroy the world.
0:31.7	Only hope is X-Men.
0:44.5	Welcome to Cerebro, the X-Men podcast, where a homo and his friends dig deep into the history of homo superior.
0:56.3	I'm your host, Connor Goldsmith, and with me today is Dr. Anna Pepart, PhD in English literature, independent researcher, specializing these days in superhero comics.
1:03.8	She is the editor of the critically acclaimed anthology Super Sex, which is all about, well,
1:08.6	the naughty kind of stuff that we talk about here on this podcast sometimes, especially when Chris Claremont comics are in The Offing.
1:10.7	And boy, do we have a lot of Chris Claremont comics to talk about today.
1:15.1	Anna is also the co-host of the podcast, Oh gosh, O'Gali, Oh, Wow, which traces the entire
1:22.2	125 issue run of Excalibur Volume 1, although you guys are getting closer and closer to that.
1:30.0	So I imagine there's maybe pivot.
1:32.5	Are you guys doing sword of power?
1:36.0	There are certain things we're not covering because, you know.
1:40.3	Well, Weird War III no one needs to cover.
1:43.0	No, they don't.
1:44.2	They don't.
1:44.8	No one needs to talk about comics where Nightcrawler slaps Rachel Summers to slap some sense into her.
1:50.9	I don't want to talk about it.
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