Capes On The Couch - Where Comics Need Counseling

Our first ever President-picked episode - LEGION! Anthony & Dr. Issues go inside David Haller's shattered mind to revisit dissociation, talk about what it's like being the son of the most famous mutant in the world, and the most auditorally challenging couch visit yet! SHOW NOTES: Introduction Response to comments (3:06) Background (9:55) David Charles Haller - Created by Chris Claremont & Bill Sienkiewicz - New Mutants #25 (Mar. 1985) Son of Charles Xavier & Gabrielle Haller - they had an affair, but Charles didn't know of his existence for many years Sole survivor of terror attack - absorbed the mind of terrorist leader into his own mind Kept under observation by Dr. Moira McTaggert on Muir Island for many years Determined that he split his personality, with each one able to control a different ability Early personalities included Jack Wayne, who was telekinetic, and Cyndi, who was pryokinetic After emerging from catatonia, he was possessed by the Shadow King, who used him to kill Destiny A