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Airbnb is offering a chance to stay at the X-Mansion

Hope you survive the experience!

If you’ve ever dreamed of joining the X-Men and attending Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, now’s your chance.

As a part of a new “icons” experience promotion, Airbnb has announced several new pop culture themed listings, including your chance to stay at a mansion in Westchester County, New York that’s been decked out to look like the X-Mansion from the X-Men ’97 animated series on Disney+. Your stay will be “hosted” by Jubilee, who provides commentary on the listing.

“The X-Mansion is the best place for you and other mutants to learn about and control your awesome mutant gifts,” the listing says. “Your stay will be packed with training, cool experiments, secret mission briefings, a class photo, and more! When you’re wiped out, crash in my room, Wolverine’s, or one of our other dorms.”

The outside has been decked out with a severed Sentinel head:

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Comics Lowdown: Rest in peace Sam Glanzman, George Romero

Plus: teen romance, and Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others become Disney Legends

Sam Glanzman (1924-2017): Navy veteran and and Eisner Award-nominated comic artist Sam Glanzman, 92, passed away July 12. Over the span of his 75-year career in comics, Glanzman worked for Marvel, DC Comics, Charlton, Harvey and Dell, among others, on titles like G.I. Combat, Sgt. Rock, Hercules, Jonah Hex, Fightin’ Army, Savage Tales, Semper Fi, Zorro and Kona, Monarch of Monster Isle. Marvel published his A Sailor’s Story graphic novel in 1987, a personal account of his time on the U.S.S. Stevens during World War II. A sequel followed. New stories about his time on the U.S.S. Stevens appeared in DC’s Joe Kubert Presents six-issue anthology limited series, and those stories, along with the two volumes of A Sailor’s Story, were collected in U.S.S. Stevens: The Collected Stories, which is nominated for the Eisner Award this year. A successful Kickstarter campaign to bring Red Range, a story drawn by Glanzman and written by Joe R. Lansdale, recently wrapped up.

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