Ep.234 - The War Crimes Of Hank McCoy from 2022-01-24T09:20

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The road to 600 comes to a startling conclusion as we recount the numerous war crimes of Hank McCoy.

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Ep.233 - Equicide from 2022-01-17T12:41:36

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In beautiful, unintentional synergy with the X-Men Vote, we are talking about that time Emma Frost blew up a horse; for the children of course. Always talking about being ...

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Ep.232 - Your Theory Is Wrong With Jordan D. White from 2022-01-10T14:15

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X-Men Group Editor Jordan D White joins us to answers questions the brightest minds have been asking since before the Dawn of X. Want to know the truth about what changed...

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Ep.231 - Wolvie Weddings from 2022-01-03T09:20

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We ring in the new year with wedding bells for our friend Wolverine.

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• Uncanny X-Men #172-173 (Wolverine Wedding)
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Ep.230 - Raised On Bear Meat With Benjamin Percy from 2021-12-27T09:20

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We close out our year with X Lives & X Deaths Of Wolverine writer Benjamin Percy here to talk to us about his work on the line over the last couple years and what to e...

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Ep.229 - 2Chrises2Mas with Chris&Christi Eddleman, Chris Claremont&Larry Hama from 2021-12-20T13:50

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Chris and Christi Eddleman join us to celebrate Chrisesmas! Also exclusive interviews with Lethal Larry Hama and Cantankerous Chris Claremont from C2E2!

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Ep.228 - Put The Body Back with Connor Goldsmith from 2021-12-13T09:20

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This week on Battle Of The Atom, podcaster extraordinaire Connor Goldsmith talks to us about Betsy Braddock and Revanche. Also this one has some cusses and a couple swears...

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Ep.227 - Circa 2003 from 2021-12-06T13:15

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Travel back to 2003 as we talk about terrorist, spy and generally neat person Mystique.

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• Sabretooth/Mystique
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Ep.226 - Level Of Domesticity from 2021-11-29T09:20

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It's time to power up this podcast as we return to the power of the Power Pack. Ranked this episode:

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Ep.225 - Leftover Cat Food from 2021-11-22T09:20

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This is about team ups. I recorded it not 48 hours ago and I have no recollection of what our bits were. Adam says it's a "classic".

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Ep.224 - Golden Underwear from 2021-11-15T05:00

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We talk about the X-Men character Hyperion. You know him, he is fake Superman.

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• Exiles #38-40 (King Hyperion)
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Ep.223 - Omega Red Fatty Acids from 2021-11-08T09:20

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We're heading to Russia comrades! Join us as we talk all about Omega Red stories.

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• X-Men #4-7 (Omega Red)
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Ep.222 - Doug Does Terrible Things With Jordan Blum from 2021-11-01T12:05

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We have a rip roaring time hanging with Hollywood big-shot Jordan Blum while we talk about Doug Ramsey and the Hellions. Ranked this episode:

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Ep.221 - Down The Rabbit Hole from 2021-10-25T08:20

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Happy Halloween, we talk about some sufficiently spooky stories. Then someone gets distracted and talks about weird Marvel continuity for too long. It's a great event.

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Ep.220 - Spider-Man 2099 Shirt from 2021-10-18T08:20

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We enter the world of Mutant X, and by that we mean we get distracted by other weird Marvel stuff of the turn of the century.

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Ep.219 - I Don't Like My Brother Either with Vishal Gulapalli from 2021-10-11T08:20

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Everyone loves Vulcan. He's the third Summers brother and no one has ever disliked how clunkly he was put into the story and then used as a big deal in space for a while. ...

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Ep.218 - Wolverine In Armor from 2021-10-04T08:20

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This week it is all Wolverine all the time. If anyone makes those jokes where we talk about Logan and we all know we are talking about Logan and you pretend we are talking...

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Ep.217 - Thinking Vertically with Declan Shalvey from 2021-09-27T08:20

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Cartoonist Declan Shalvey is here with a vengeance to talk about vertical scroll comics and his just completed X-Men Unlimited story.

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Ep.216 - Talkin' Bout My Generation from 2021-09-20T08:20

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You know we won't all f f f f fade away. It's Generation X spectacular as the team gets mashed up into all sorts of detective comics.

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Ep.215 - What If We Read What If? from 2021-09-13T08:20

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We totally planned this What If...? episode around the TV show and this isn't a coincidence that we are talking about 3 X-Men What If...? stories today.

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Ep.214 - Metal As Heck from 2021-09-06T08:20

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We have to go back to The Age Of Apocalypse and accept that it rules so much and we have no choice but to stan. We also make some of the weirdest structural decision about...

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Ep.213 - Wolverine Kills from 2021-08-30T08:20

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We're a Wolverine podcast now and we promise this isn't a bit. It isn't a joke. It is just us covering times Wolverine has killed literal thousands of people.

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Ep.212 - Hornheaders from 2021-08-23T08:20

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Hear us X-Fans, no longer are we the podcast you once know. We are hellfire and guilt incarnate Now & Forever We are The Hornheaders!

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Ep.211 - Bunny Stickers&A Crudely Drawn Diagram With Leah Williams from 2021-08-16T08:20

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Longtime friend of the show Leah Williams stops by to talk about The Trial of Magneto, X-Factor and much much more!

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Ep.210 - The Problem With The Beyonder from 2021-08-09T08:20

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We travel to 1986 for a tale of three stories the run the gamut of iconic and aimless. It's an apt description for that year of the book.

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Ep.209 - Quintavius Quirinius Quire from 2021-08-02T08:20

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We've got another Q Drop for you as Quintin Quire riots over our list.

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• Wolverine & The X-Men vol 1 #1-3
• Wolverine &am...
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Ep.208 - Spacejammers from 2021-07-26T08:20

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We contemplate our own mortality as we realize it's been two years of Hickman's X-Men and now time no longer makes any sense.

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Ep.207 - Business Boy Hat from 2021-07-19T14:46

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Put on your business boy hat and talk about some of the fastest characters in X-Men history. Is it possible that this Chuckles Austen comic is THE BEST thing we rank this ...

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Ep.206 - Weird Hulk Voice from 2021-07-12T08:20

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It's a whole episode about the bouncing blue Beast and his adventures in Steve Engelhardt's continuity fix stories.

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• Amazing Advent...
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Ep.205 - Apocalypse? Not Actually In This from 2021-07-05T08:20

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This is an episode about Apocalypse. He is also only really an active participant in one of these stories. We do like him though, he's just not actually been good until 20...

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Ep.204 - Guthrie Madness from 2021-06-28T08:20

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There are a lot of Guthrie children and today? We are going to talk about the lesser Guthries. So get ready for a wild range of stories from all-time greats to terrible, t...

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Ep.203 - Q&A Special from 2021-06-21T08:20

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Zack and Adam had to scramble after our great interview about Planet-Size X-Men got messed up. So we decided to answer your questions about X-Men, us and anything else. It...

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Ep.202 - Secret Invasion from 2021-06-14T08:20

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Hello normal human podcast listeners, we are your regular human hosts. Nothing is wrong. He loves you.

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Ep.201 - $50 Hat from 2021-06-07T08:20

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We just love it when the X-Men team up with their great pal Spider-Man. These are some of those time. It's not just just a Marvel 2-In-1, it's a a 3-In-1. Good times to be...

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Ep.200 - The Trial Of The BotA Boys from 2021-05-31T08:20

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Because you demanded it, Zack & Adam are put on trial for their crimes of ranking X-Men stories badly for 199 weeks straight. Now? Their podcast is on the line as the ...

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Ep.199 - Your Dad's Gonna Murder You from 2021-05-24T08:20

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You ever feel like playing the Dungeons and Dragons and pretending all your friends are wizards or whatever? Imagine if they did that for a whole comic with Wolverine in i...

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Ep.198 - Phoenix Pacemaker from 2021-05-17T08:20

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All men must die. All men must serve. Are we still talking about Game of Thrones? I don't think so but we're still talking about death and stuff this week so we're going t...

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Ep.197 - Soft Spot For S-Men from 2021-05-10T08:20

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We get all flipped and inverted and talked about by comics. It wasn't great.

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• AXIS
• Magneto #9-12 (AXIS)
• Deadpool...
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Ep.196 - End Of The Road (To 500) from 2021-05-03T01:27:13

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We decimate the competition as we become the only X-Men podcast to rank 500 bespoke stories. We are celebrating with wonton destruction.

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Ep.195 - Bowl of Potato Salad from 2021-04-26T08:20

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Let's go back to the 1970s and fill in some classic tales of X-Men action that we ding dang forgot to do before.

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• Uncanny X-Men #10...
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Ep.194 - House Of Pabst from 2021-04-19T08:20

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What is best in life? To read comics and do podcasts about them I guess. We talk about Conan and Conan-related wizards on this one. It's a fun time.

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Ep.193 - Cyclops Is Wearing A Loincloth from 2021-04-12T08:20

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Who will fall? Who will rise? Who will be the last host standing? You know a schism was coming between Adam and Zack, you just never thought it would be this ugly.

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Ep.192 - A Toy I Have No Recollection Of from 2021-04-05T12:54

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Y'all like weird X-Men guest appearances in toy comics? We do! We love them so much that we got our buddy Austen Gorton on the show to talk about ROM the Spaceknight.

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Ep.191 - If You Only Listen One X-Men Podcast This Week, It Must Be This One from 2021-03-29T08:20

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We wanted to talk about Magik and Shadowcat, we ended up talking about Jim Shooter and Daredevil. This is what happens every time we pick three single issues to talk about...

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Ep.190 - Wacky Races from 2021-03-22T08:20

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The old men of Battle of the Atom provide all the Old Man content you need. This includes talking about Mark Millar, arguing about New Jersey and talking about Johnny Cash...

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Ep.189 - The Marc Silvestri Power Hour from 2021-03-15T08:20

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It's the Marc Silvestri Power Hour where we talk all about the life and work of Marc Silvestri. Once again, Zack's audio is bad and he is so so tired.

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Ep.188 - Video James from 2021-03-08T09:20

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What's Wolverine's favorite video game system? The XBox I'm sorry.

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Ep.187 - We All Love A Large Goddess from 2021-03-01T06:42

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We dive into Nova Roma. It's bad. We don't care for it. So we listen to "Up The Wolves" by The Mountain Goats, a song that must have been inspired by that terrible New Mut...

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Ep.186 - Powerlord Kruun from 2021-02-22T09:20

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We all love Breakworld right? It's such a good fun place with a lot of stories that we all care about right? Right?

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Ep.185 - Who Wants To Kill An Xavier? With Nola Pfau from 2021-02-15T13:30

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We complete our double Dazzler coverage by looking at recent stories featuring the disco Dazzler and oops, it's a lot about the Inhumans. Get ready for us to remember how ...

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Ep.184 - Disco Dazzler from 2021-02-08T09:20

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It's the first of our Double Dazzler celebration! This week it's old school with Disco stories featuring Allison Blaire.

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Ep.183 - X-Force Vs Chick-Fil-A from 2021-02-01T09:20

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Everyone loves Cable. He's a terrific athlete! But, oh no, many people are fighting him this week. He's even fighting some of the children he takes care of. We should do s...

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Ep.182 - Poor Sapna from 2021-01-25T09:20

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Things get Magikal as we explore three stories featuring Magik. Also, there's a story where a small child becomes a sword, and that's weird.

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Ep.181 - Mutant Self-Actualization With Vita Ayala from 2021-01-18T09:20

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New Mutants and Children Of The Atom writer Vita Ayala joins us again to talk about these teen and making good comics.

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Ep.180 - The Book Of Love from 2021-01-11T13:40

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This week we talk about Lorna Dane, the lady known as Polaris. She had a rough go of it at the start of the 00s and we dive right into that whole ding dang mess.

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Ep.179 - How Could This Confound Me? from 2021-01-04T16:00

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Happy 2021! We're exhausted from that whole thing so we are talking about Inventory Issues. One of these? One of these is a video game tie in for a canceled text based adv...

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Ep.178 - Sex Police from 2020-12-28T09:20

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This whole episode is about The Blob. Freddy Dukes is a good boy now and we want nothing but the best for him at all times. So should you.

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Ep.177 - Merry Chrises-Mas with Chris&Christi Eddleman from 2020-12-21T09:20

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Merry Chrises-Mas to all and to all a good episode of podcast talking about different X-Men stories from around the holidays with our good friends, Chris & Christi Edd...

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Ep.176 - Underground Secret Grandma with Zach Rabiroff from 2020-12-14T09:20

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We are unpacking the power of the Power Pack this week as we discuss why Leech is the best, Annalee is the worst, and learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Zach Rabiroff...

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Ep.175 - Forbidden To Speak Of It with Jordan D. White from 2020-12-07T09:20

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Senior Editor Jordan D. White joins us to talk about X Of Swords, Reign Of X, and a deep dive into how artists get cast on a book!

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Ep.174 - BotA Origins: Wolverine from 2020-11-30T09:20

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We're going back to the beginning as we talk all about Wolverine's origins!

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Ep.173 - Our Ultimate Episode from 2020-11-23T09:20

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This week it is all about the late, and interesting Ultimate Universe.

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Ep.172 - Hope Floats from 2020-11-16T05:15

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This one is all about Hope Summers. You know her. She is great.

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• Uncanny X-Men #526-529 (Five Lights)

• Genera...

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Ep.171 - Emma Would Never Wear This with Connor Goldsmith from 2020-11-09T09:20

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This week Connor Goldsmith, host of CEREBRO joins us to talk about her excellence, Emma Grace Frost. Listen

Ep.170 - Liberty&Justice For All with Carrie Harris from 2020-11-02T09:20

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We take a break from books with pictures to talk to Carrie Harris about her new book Liberty & Justice for All: A Marvel: Xavier's Institute Novel staring Tempus and T...

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Ep.169 - Twenty US Dollars Worth Of Candy from 2020-10-26T08:20

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Happy Halloween. We celebrate it by talking about Zack's 4 year-old is a scrub at SSBU.

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• Uncanny X-Men v3 #5-7 (Limbo)

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Ep.168 - The Power Of Love from 2020-10-19T08:20

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L is for the way Land looks at me O is for the only storyline for Jean V is very, very, extra boring reading E is enjoyable podcast hosts that you adore

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Ep.167 - The M-Word from 2020-10-12T08:20

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The X-Men books have, at times, struggled with intersectionality and representation of the ideas they are inspired by. These ones though? They are good at it.

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Ep.166 - The Tail End Of Benjamin Button Disease from 2020-10-05T08:20

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We are ageing backwards, all the way back to the first appearance of some of our favorite characters. Join us in the abyss.

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Ep.165 - Gambit Ajace from 2020-09-28T08:20

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Very few swords but very many minor appearances of Gambit on this one folks.

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• X-Men vol. 4 #23-26 (The Burning World)

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Ep.164 - X Of Swords Eve With Tini Howard from 2020-09-21T08:20

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Raise your blades because it's time for X Of Swords! Writer Tini Howard joins Battle Of The Atom to talk Excalibur, Tarot, and all things X Of Swords.

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Ep.163 - Nearly Religious Experience from 2020-09-14T08:20

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We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both...

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Ep.162 - Surrealist Propaganda from 2020-09-07T08:20

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What weird one. We're talking about cartoons mostly, but also adaptations of those cartoons.

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• X-Men: Animation Special

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Ep.161 - X-Man Update from 2020-08-31T08:20

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It's finally time for all the X-Man content you could crave. We go a little off the rails on this one. Buncha Lord Of The Rings talk that I wasn't expecting tbh.

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Ep.160 - The Ethical Alternative To Going To See The New Mutants from 2020-08-24T08:20

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Don't: Go to a movie theater and see what's probably going to be a bad movie

Do: Listen to us talk about a great comic

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Ep.159 - Outpouring Of Crocodile Admiration With Annalise Bissa from 2020-08-17T08:20

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This week X-Men assistant editor Annalise Bissa talks to Zack about Swords, Crocs, and the impact of COVID-19 on making X-Men.

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Ep.158 - He's Smart But He's Dumb from 2020-08-10T08:20

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Who loves Havok? Us I guess. This one is all about that himbo.

• Astonishing X-Men 13-17 (Until Our Hearts Stop)

• Havok & Wolverine: Me...

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Ep.157 - Let's Roll For Initiative Babay from 2020-08-03T08:20

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I had good episode notes but I accidentally deleted them. This one has Thor in it.

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• New Mutants 77-80 and 82-85 (Back to Asgard...

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Ep.156 - The Resurrection Protocols with Leah Williams from 2020-07-27T08:20

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Leah Williams joins the boys to talk about X-Factor as we all forget how to do podcasts with good audio quality.

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Ep.155 - That's My Good Sword from 2020-07-20T08:04

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We're doing hell stuff now.

• X-Infernus

• X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations: Hellbound

• New Mutants #15-22 (Fall & Ris...

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Ep.154 - Fairy Tales from 2020-07-13T08:20

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We talk about fairy tales this episode. I don't know what else to say. Who reads this stuff besides the ranking thing? Couldn't be me.

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Ep.153 - One Of Those Sociopaths from 2020-07-06T08:20

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Get dark and smokey to get all noir with the BotA Boys

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• X-Men Noir

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• Weapon X N...

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Ep.152 - Bun Town from 2020-06-29T08:20

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Content Warning: There are frank discussions about sex and sexual assault in this episode. If you don't want that, feel free to skip this week.

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Ep.151 - Deep Lore from 2020-06-22T08:20

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The podcast has officially been retconed.

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• X-Men Forever

• X-Men: Die By The Sword

• Apocalyps...

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Ep.150 - Thicc Wolf from 2020-06-15T08:20

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This is episode 150 and The Saga of Vampire Adam does take a hairy turn.

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Ep.149 - Burning Man Online with Charlie Davis from 2020-06-08T08:20

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We talk Cable & X-Force and enter the digital multiverse today.

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Ep.148 - Death Farts from 2020-06-01T08:20

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We love Apocalypse don't we folks? We love it when his blood courses through our veins?

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• Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure

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Ep.147 - Laura's Sister Baloney with Stephanie Burt from 2020-05-25T08:20

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It's everyone's favorite foursome as we talk about the X-Men and Fantastic Four with special guest Stephanie Burt

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Ep.146 - The BotA Boiz Bump from 2020-05-18T08:20

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The boys are back in town, but due to the pandemic gripping our every waking thoughts, we never left to begin with. Anyway we're talking about Fantomex.

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Ep.145 - Addicted To The Internet from 2020-05-11T08:20

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It's about hunting this week. I don't have anything interesting to say tbh.

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• The Hunt For Xavier (Uncanny X-Men #362-364 & ...

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Ep.144 - Multiple Men from 2020-05-04T08:20

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Everyone hates Jamie Madrox. This is why.

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Ep.143 - Bless The Rains from 2020-04-27T08:20

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Zack & Adam talk about Fortnite and also Storm, who we love and cherish!

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• X-Men: Hidden Years #6-7

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Ep.142 - Days Of Future Future from 2020-04-20T08:20

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Zack and Adam try recording live from their basements and also on Twitter. People seemed to like it. Unlike Hyperstorm, who people do not like for good reason.

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Ep.141 - Celebrate The FFVII Remake from 2020-04-13T08:20

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This week we're all talking about that JoeMad content as we celebrate a game neither of us intends on playing.

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Ep.140 - That's Not How Any Of This Works Chuckles from 2020-04-06T08:20

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It had to be done. We had to talk about it. After a long absence from the show, Chuckles Austen's work does come back up and let me tell you, there is some yelling.

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Ep.139 - Very Bad Smirnoff Cherry Vodka from 2020-03-30T08:20

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Hail Comrade! We visit Mother Russia, yes? Drink Vodka yes?

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• X-Men #17-19 (Skinning Of Souls)

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Ep.138 - Quicksilver's Quick Takes from 2020-03-23T08:20

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The bits are good but the audio is bad in this episode all about X-Factor!

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• X-Factor 17-20 (X-Cell)

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Ep.137 - Island In The Sun from 2020-03-16T08:20

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When you're on a podcast sea

You don't need no memory

Just a place to call your own

As we drift into the zone

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Ep.136 - We All Have Swords Now! C2E2 2020 Spectacular! from 2020-03-09T08:20

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Welcome to our jam packed C2E2 spectacular. Please leave your sword in its scabbard.

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Ep.135 - Another Bad iTunes Review Coming with Luke Herr from 2020-03-02T09:20

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We're assuredly going to have another bad iTunes review coming after this one, and frankly, we deserve it. Please support Listen

Ep.134 - Jack Kirby Cable from 2020-02-24T09:20

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So cool a Cable. I thought you would enjoy it. Ding dong!

• Cable #155-#159 (Past Fears)

• Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix

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Ep.133 - Mister Meatball Disaster with The Supersons from 2020-02-17T09:20

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Dan & Jake from Supersons join us on this one as we smash through the Source Wall and talk about some of those D...

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Ep.132 - Marge, The Daughter Of Oblivion from 2020-02-10T09:20

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Iceman often gets a frosty reception from his parents. They just really need to chill out. A third ice-pun.

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• Iceman vol 3 #1-5 ...

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Ep.131 - The Righteous Return Of Adam Reck from 2020-02-03T09:20

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Adam is back, but oh no! We got in a fight over a comic. Hope we can repair this podcast and there is no bad blood.

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Ep.130 - I Support Glob Herman with Alex Goldman from 2020-01-27T18:01:44

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Alex Goldman from the show Reply All and I had a chance meeting on Twitter where we bonded over that good goo boy, Glob Herman. We decided to do a podcast about it.

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Ep.129 - What The Kids Are Craving with Chris Robinson from 2020-01-20T09:20

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X-Office Editor Chris Robinson shows up to talk about his job, the X-Books, and a Man-Thing with a machine gun. Please send Chris Robinson your Alcremie's.

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Ep.128 - A Professor X&Magneto Sourdough with Chris Eddleman from 2020-01-13T09:20

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Zack and events boy Chris Eddleman talk about the big event, that's right Onslaught!

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• Onslaught

• Onslaught (Ca...

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Ep.127 - All I Want To Do In Life Is Make People Read Bad Comics with Chris Hassan from 2020-01-06T09:20

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X-Men Monday master Chris Hassan joins Zack to chat about some weird comics where the X-Men do some culty stuff. Also we talk about Transformers so you know you are gettin...

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Ep.126 - The One Where Honey Badger Dies with Matthew Rosenberg from 2019-12-30T09:20

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We close out 2019 with Uncanny X-Men scribe Matthew Rosenberg chatting about his entire career on the X-Books, what went right, what went wrong, and what went weird. You p...

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Ep.125 - A Naughty List, A Nice List, And A Mutant List with Christina Eddleman from 2019-12-23T09:20

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Captain Christi Eddleman joins Zack this week to talk about some Generation X-Mas stories as we celebrate Christimas in style.

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Ep.124 - A Great X-Men Podcast With Miles Stokes from 2019-12-16T09:20

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This week Miles Stokes from Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men joins Zack to talk about Dinosaurs with unbridled...

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Ep.123 - All The Best X-Men Are Women with Sara Century from 2019-12-09T09:20

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Sara Century from Bitches On Comics joins me today as we talk about all of the best leaders of the X-Men.

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Ep.122 - Do You Pooh? with Charlie Davis from 2019-12-02T09:17

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Special guest Charlie Davis joins Zack for a discussion about Shatterstar and his son and his father and his son ans his father and his son and his father and so on

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Ep.121 - Master Of The Magnum Force from 2019-11-25T09:20

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We intended to do an episode about Banshee but we messed up! Anyway, here's some stories that Banshee is technically in.

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Ep.120 - Everything Is Sinister from 2019-11-18T09:20

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We are all Sinister here. We are all about Sinister here. We have three Sinister stories here.

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Ep.119 - A Matching Sweater Unit from 2019-11-11T09:20

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A is for Atom B is for Battle C is for Cast D is for Download E is for Extinction

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• New X-Men #114-116 (E is for Extinction)

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Ep.118 - SQWURK!!! from 2019-11-04T09:20

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We talk about animals and X-Men this week. See if you can find the following animals: gorilla, girrafe, elephant, squirell, wolverine, human/bird monstrocity.

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Ep.117 - From A to Zombie! from 2019-10-28T08:20

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It's Halloween y'all. We did stories about demons because we wanted to. Sometimes we get to do what we want.

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Ep.116 - Big, Burly Men, Flying At The Screen, Yelling from 2019-10-21T08:20

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We're talking about Northstar and all the choices that have been made around him. Let me tell you what, there are several.

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Ep.115 - Star Studded NYCC 2019 Special from 2019-10-14T08:20

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This week, Adam goes to New York City Comic Con! Feel free to listen all the way through or skip around to these amazing interviews:

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Ep.114 - 20% Robot from 2019-10-07T08:20

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We've got ZERO TOLERANCE for these dang mutants on this episode. Here's hoping you also hate them.

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Ep.113 - Alan Davis Flexing from 2019-09-30T08:20

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Zack is in a fishing lodge with limited Wi-Fi, leaving Adam to do all the heavy lifting in this one. Luckily he is very good at podcasts.

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Ep.112 - An X-Men Way To Frame Love from 2019-09-23T08:20

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Madelyne Pryor cult leader Luz Bianca joins us this week to talk about Maddie and all the stories around her....

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Ep.111 - Hot Tamales + PCP from 2019-09-16T08:20

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Parenting is hard and I'mma be honest, the X-Men are bad at it.

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• Daken: Dark Wolverine #13-15 (Moonwalking)

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Ep.110 - Passionate MCU Warriors from 2019-09-09T08:20

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We're a Spider-Man podcast now. Here's some Spider-Man Stories.

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Ep.109 - Shatterstar's Cereal Corner from 2019-09-02T08:20

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We have a new segment guaranteed to make everyone excited. Also a guest like Charlie Davis is here to have a ...

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Ep.108 - Hands On, Constructive Learning from 2019-08-26T08:20

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We have decided to speed up our podcast's mission and just cover the entire history of the X-Men in one episode. Thank you for your time.

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Ep.107 - Mortal Kombat Time from 2019-08-19T08:20

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Grab your car chargers and your Combos kids, it's time for an X-Men Road Trip

• Uncanny X-Men #319, #322 - 325, & X-Men #45 (Gene Nation + Rogue & I...

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Ep.106 - Residual Face Tattoo Energy from 2019-08-12T08:20

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Warning: the Age Of Apocalypse is super depressing sometimes. We love it though.

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• Generation Next

• X-Men: Age ...

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Ep.105 - It's All Fun Make 'Em-Ups with Jordan D White from 2019-08-05T08:20

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Senior X-Men Editor Jordan D White joins us today to talk about his first year overseeing the line as well as what's to come in the Dawn of X

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Ep.104 - One Chart, For Which It Stands from 2019-07-29T12:00

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Welcome to the new mutant nation. Spoilers from House Of X abound. Also, we lucked into this being THEMATIC.

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Ep.103 - Hair Under There from 2019-07-22T07:26

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Welcome to Let's Talk Bill The Lobster. This is your weekly podcast where we talk about how great Bill The Lobster is.

Bill is great. All the time.

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Ep.102 - Intimidating Energy from 2019-07-15T08:21

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This week we recommend a bunch of media and also talk about X-Men!

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• X-Men: Colossus Bloodline

• Marvel Comics P...

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Ep.101 - Rosencrantz&Guildenstern Are Dead But For Battle Of The Atom from 2019-07-08T05:38

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We brought in Harvard poetry professor Stephanie Burt to school us on Kitty Pryde. There is capital "S" Su...

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Ep.100 - ?: Age Of The Atom from 2019-07-01T08:20

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Enter The Age Of The Atom as we try to prevent a dark future.

Please do not spoil this for anyone!

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Ep.99 - Legion Quest from 2019-06-24T08:20

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We celebrate the return of Legion with the return of Matt Sibley, Zack's former co-host with a chip on his shoulder. Hopefully nothing bad happens because of this.

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Ep.98 - Little Trash Boy from 2019-06-17T05:22

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Proteus is a bad child but he has been in good stories. We talk about them this week, as one does.

• Uncanny X-Men #125-128 (Proteus)
• X-Men Legacy #23...
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Ep.97 - Pocket-Sized Glob Herman from 2019-06-10T06:44

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What's up you cool babies? We've got some Weezer content, some Muppets content, and some X-Babies content. Who could ask for more? Maybe a song or post credits scene? We g...

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Ep.96 - A Phoenix Force Of Our Own with Jay Edidin from 2019-06-03T07:40

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This X-Men Podcast could be worth $2500 to you. That is, if that's what you value an epic team-up between the BotA Boys and Listen

Ep.95 - Cyclops Has More Than Two Problems from 2019-05-27T08:12

Cyclops, just, boy howdy does he have some problems. We love our sweet anxiety riddled son but, man, he needs to maybe talk to someone. Maybe that someone could be you? (Cyclops is fictional, pl...

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Ep.94 - All-New, All-Different Battle Of The Atom from 2019-05-20T08:54

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We're back, we're different, and we're talking about Bishop. But in a very different way, we aren't talking about Bishop because we picked 3 stories he is only nominally t...

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Ep.93 - The Father, Son, And Holy Spirit Of The Sentinel Program from 2019-05-13T08:50

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Welcome to Sunday School. This has become your premier destination for all things related to Christianity if by that we mean the Sentinel program. Anyway there is a very p...

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Ep.92 - No Themed Roller Coasters Whatsoever from 2019-05-06T06:53

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This week we talk about Beast. We were going to talk about roller coasters but SOMEONE didn't get my reference. Anyway this episode also turned into a bunch of romance sto...

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Ep.91 - I Don't Want To Besmirch Daddy Chris from 2019-04-29T07:14

Episode Notes

The New Mutants do two things constantly.

1) Push back the release date of their feature film 2) Die

This episode is about the second thing.

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Ep.90 - Here's What I Know About Christian Grey from 2019-04-22T06:33

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This week we talk about the Hellfire Club, and wouldn't you know it, we had audio issues and had to rerecord 2/3rds of the whole danged thing! So if we seem off our game, ...

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Ep.89 - Dennis Didn't Put The Cake In Here from 2019-04-15T06:16

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I tell you what, if my teenage self came forward in time to tell me how much I sucked, I wouldn't take him very seriously. Teenage me was a dummy. Anyway we talk about the...

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Ep.88 - Suspiciously Similar To Your Irish Accent from 2019-04-08T08:19

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90s X-Men sure sold a bunch! So much so that everyone got cool, four-issue minis! We talk about 3 of them as Zack offends the entire state of Louisiana. Adam, as always, i...

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Ep.87 - Star Studded C2E2 2019 Special from 2019-04-01T08:00

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Zack went to C2E2 last weekend and talked to A BUNCH of creators. Let's see what that was all about.

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Ep.86 - The Borg Are Just Phalanx Right? from 2019-03-25T08:41

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We boldly go where no podcast has gone before and talk about Star Trek. I know nothing about it. Adam gets frustrated at continuity.

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Ep.85 - Honey Badger Is Gruul with Vita Ayala from 2019-03-18T05:33

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We have Prisoner X writer Vita Ayala joining us this week to talk about their awesome book. It gets real heavy but then we talk about Magic: The Gathering so it's one of t...

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Ep.84 - Faith&Begorrah from 2019-03-11T05:34

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Happy St. Patrick's Day! Well, soon I guess. We celebrate in the X-Men way by just winging it based on cultural sterotypes that are probably a little insensitive. It is a ...

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Ep.83 - I Did It All For The Nookie with Dan McMahon from 2019-03-04T08:45

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Let's chug some Mountain Dew, hit a sick kick flip, and talk about how our parents just don't understand us. We got Dan McMahon here with us to talk about Adam-X the X-Tre...

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Ep.82 - If Not For X-Men Twitter with Leah Williams from 2019-02-25T06:11

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Guys, Leah Williams is back to talk about X-Tremists! It's a super fun episode that does have a cuss or two in it so keep the earmuffs ready for the young ones. Anyway it'...

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Ep.81 - The #1 Podcast For Reminding You Of All The Problematic Things Magneto Has Done from 2019-02-18T06:29

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This episode is going to talk about stories where Magneto attempts to commit genocide and generally acts like a monster. We talk bluntly about the parallels to the real wo...

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Ep.80 - Your #1 "Saying 'The Todd'" Podcast from 2019-02-11T08:58

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Zack poured himself a strong drink and talked to Adam about Wolverine. We also talk a lot about Kamala Khan and 3D and The Todd.

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Ep.79 - The Cannonball In Space Hour from 2019-02-04T09:24

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We talk about the #1 Kentucky Good Boi this week. We happen to also talk about space a ton. We happen to also also admit to making pop culture references about things we h...

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Ep.78 - Your Premire X-Man Podcast with Zac Thompson&Lonnie Nadler from 2019-01-28T08:59

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Enter the Age of X-Man with writers Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler. We talk about all the things that make the world tick!

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Ep.77 - Your New Age Religious Podcast from 2019-01-21T08:53

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This is an episode about the burly Jesus named Cable. His is different than the ripped Jesus named X-Man. Comics are wild y'all!

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Ep.76 - Your Mutant Alternative To NPR's Code Switch from 2019-01-14T09:58

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This week we are way over our heads with stories that have interesting elements but are problematic as heck. We also avoid making the same Greg Land comments every message...

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Ep.75 - We've Now Become An Antifa Podcast from 2019-01-07T08:59

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Who wants to over throw a facist government run by a dad, the spider robot from the end of the Lost In Space movie, and a piece of Kix with a knife? We do!

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Ep.74 - Stories Where Kitty Pryde Doesn't Get Married from 2018-12-31T09:01

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We got some new stories about a great topic, not marriage. Join us and Kitty as we don't get married. Also, I didn't edit this too much so you might get some mouth sounds....

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Ep.73 - Battle Of The Atom Holiday Spectacular from 2018-12-24T09:13

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So this is X-Mas? And what have you done? Well Mr. Judgemental, we made a podcast. It is the holiday spectacular for 2018 and it has stuff!

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Ep.72 - Actual Biblical Marvel Comics Cain from 2018-12-17T10:21

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What is love?

Baby don't hurt me.

Don't hurt me.

No more.

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Ep.71 - Thinking Of The Children from 2018-12-10T09:18

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Teenagers scare the friggin' shoot out of me! That's why we dedicated an entire episode about it. A lot of children do get murdered and we are very sorry about that.

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Ep.70 - Magneto But Good And Young And Hot from 2018-12-03T08:53

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Good evening my Acolytes! We talk about you today. We also renamed you. This will probably go away by the next time we record so indulge me for now.

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Ep.69 - Web-Head Waffles And Other Assorted Spiders-Men with Dan Gvozden from 2018-11-26T13:20:49

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We realized we were woefully unprepared to to talk about Spider-Man so we brought in a ringer. Dan Gvozden from Am...

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Ep.68 - Thanks For The Sewer Stories Jerry! from 2018-11-19T09:37

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We are talking about Morlocks today. They should team up with the ninja turtles. Just saying.

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Ep.67 - Acts Of Friendship from 2018-11-12T09:20

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In a special comics podcast crossover, we are joined by Chris Eddleman of Chrises On Infinite Earths and Dan Grote of WMQ&A. Instead of ranking comics, we rank friends...

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Ep.66 - What You Guys Call Deep Cut I Used To Call Tuesday with Fabian Nicieza from 2018-11-05T09:20

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Incrediably excited to share this one with you folks. You might know him from X-Force, X-Men, Cable & Deadpool. It is legendary comicbook creator Fabian Nicieza. We ta...

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Ep.65 - Put Dracula Back Together from 2018-10-29T05:12

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Happy Spooktober everyone! We are celebrating the creepy month and the eve of All-Saints Day by talking about, well, Draculas. They are spoopy and drink blood. A perfect c...

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Ep.64 - Our Mesh Shirt Overlord w/Trent Seely from 2018-10-22T08:55

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This week Trent Seely from Continuity Nod joins us to talk about a lot of stories. Like, we have too many stories a...

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Ep.63 - Some Chupacabra Type Activity from 2018-10-15T06:15

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Xorn Medium elemental, neutral

Armor Class 19 (Natural Armor) Hit Points 73 (7d8 + 42) Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft...

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Ep.62 - A Gospel Has Come Upon Us with Charlie Davis from 2018-10-08T07:00

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We have the X-Man Update to end all X-Man Updates (note: I will still continue to do X-Man Update because it is fun for me). Plus we talk to friend of the show, Charlie Da...

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Ep.61 - Charlie Brown Is The Cyclops of the Peanuts from 2018-10-01T07:00

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For being super heroes, the X-Men and Avengers fight a ton. This is a time-honored tradition from every generation. Also, Magneto is the only one to be in all of these whi...

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Ep.60 - Time To Clean House with Ed Brisson from 2018-09-24T09:00

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Timelines are confusing. So is having multiple characters with the same name. Luckily, Ed Brisson is here to clean everything up. I'm sure after this the X-Men will no lon...

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Ep.59 - You Talkin' Bout Neutrino Annihilator? from 2018-09-17T09:30

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College is a time for growth and good X-Men stories. That's what we got today. I'm running late on putting up these notes and also the Packers TIED agains...

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Ep.58 - Galactus Is Dope&He Does Dope Things from 2018-09-10T09:05

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Here me listners! No longer are we the podcast you once knew! We are fire and life incarnate, we are X-Man Update!

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Ep.57 - A Pack Of Misfits with Jim Zub from 2018-09-03T06:46

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Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor writer Jim Zub joins us to dive into the wild world of Psylocke, New Tian, and what it's like to write weird X-Men.

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Ep.56 - WELCOME TO DIE! from 2018-08-27T10:21:07

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Hello X-Chickens! On today's episode we talk about the one, the only, Magneto. He has done just an absolute ton of stuff and is very intresting.

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Ep.55 - I'm Gonna Eat The Cake from 2018-08-20T08:04

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This week we have a whole episode about Freedom Force today but here is the thing, Freedom Force is boring. We find a way to talk about it for a while. Also Lucifer is bad...

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Ep.54 - The Bob Ross Painting Video of Men with Seanan McGuire from 2018-08-13T09:00

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Guys we have Seanan McGuire on the show this week and I forgot her last night right at the start. I blame it on the cursed object I got the day we recorded. We talk about ...

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Ep.53 - One Year X-Travaganva from 2018-08-06T11:28:26

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We did it! A whole year of episodes! To celebrate we are going to have special guest Chris Clar... oh he didn't return our email? I mean superstar artist John By....

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Ep.52 - Mass Murdering Genocide Girl with Brett Simon from 2018-07-30T08:00

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I'm not gonna sugarcoat this one for you guys, this episode deals with a rough story. A story so rough that Zack needed everyone to know he was drinking to soothe the pain...

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Ep.51 - Wolverine: Cocaine from 2018-07-23T08:07

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Hey bub, this episode is about Wolverine. That means we are obviously talking about sentient cocaine, elephant bones, and wiener mobiles. Strap in because Jimmy Six-Claws ...

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Ep.50 - Do You Want The Honest Answer? with Cullen Bunn from 2018-07-16T09:00

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This week on the podcast X-Men: Blue. Uncanny X-Men, and Magneto writer Cullen Bunn joins us to dish out secrets from his time working on X-Men....

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Ep.49 - Already Hogwarts from 2018-07-09T09:00

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It's tough being a teen and it's even tougher when you're saving the world but still have to be home in time to do your algebra homework. On today's episode of the podcast...

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Ep.48 - Isn't That What The Marvel WIkia Is For? with Jordan D White from 2018-07-02T09:00

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The Marvel Wikia describes Jordan D White as "a panhandler in New York City". I describe him to my uninterested co-workers as the guy in charge of X-Men, which frankly, is...

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Ep.47 - That Steven Spielberg from 2018-06-25T08:20

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You know him best from ET, Saving Private Ryan, and that movie about farting giants but Steven Spielberg (yes, that Steven Spielberg) participated in the...

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Ep.46 - Me&Pizza Hut? We're Your Friends with Chris Sims from 2018-06-18T09:00

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Special, unintentially long episode of you guys this week. X-Men '92 co-writer, and podcaster who we stole the entire concept of this show from, Chris Sims joins ...

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Ep.45 - X-Treme Makeover Home Edition from 2018-06-11T09:00

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They say home is where the heart is, which is ridiculous. My heart lives in my ribcage right next to my breathe bags. Still, the X-Men's home is important so we have dedic...

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Ep.44 - Blue Kayne from 2018-06-04T09:00

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They got the raddest hooks They got the dopest looks And when they're misunderstood it's even better

Who are they? Mutants. And mutants are so hot right now. Zack a...

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Ep.43 - Avengers 4: Gorilla-Thanos-Man from 2018-05-28T09:00

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This week on the show we talk about Jeff Parker and only Jeff Parker. We also get very sidetracked and get into tantgents like you wouldn't believe. This is our life now. ...

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Ep.42 - Really Turned On By Robots from 2018-05-21T09:00

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DO NOT FEAR HUMANS! WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL OF THIS POD-CAST. THE ROBOTIC MEMBER OF THE X-MEN SHALL BE THE FOCUS.

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Ep.41 - ? from 2018-05-14T09:00

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Would you like to see Zack & Adam struggle to put their hate into words? well listen to this episode where we rank our 100th story. We hate it!

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Ep.40 - Electric Hot Pink Spiders from 2018-05-07T09:00

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In 1980 the English band The Vapors released their hit single Turning Japanese. Like all media from anytime in the past, it was problematic. A decade later the En...

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Ep.39 - Bird Brain Fan Club from 2018-04-30T09:00

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I, (state name here), a member of good standing of the Bird-Brain Warlock Haters Fan Club, do solemnly swear to be a Bird-Brain and hate Warlock and not read about him or ...

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Ep.38 - And That's A Rant from 2018-04-23T09:00

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Wannt travel to an alternate universe where worldbuilding isn't the greatest? Well we have 3 of them on this episode of Battle Of The Atom.

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Ep.37 - One With A Space Whale from 2018-04-16T09:00

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In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, "OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?" Years later he would create The Brood and introdu...

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Ep.36 - Freaky Friday'd from 2018-04-09T09:00

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An overworked assassin and his high school Spider-Friend do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.

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Ep.35 - The X-Men of 2061 from 2018-04-02T09:00

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Zack & Adam dig into the future, the past, and worlds that might have been. We talk about last wills, anniversaries, and weird weddings. This is a cool episode so you ...

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Ep.34 - Sticking With Goldballs from 2018-03-26T09:00

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This week on Battle of the Atom, Adam is back and so is our format!

We talk about Princess Di joining X-Statix

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Ep.33 - A Lot Of Body Horror with Zac Thompson&Lonnie Nadler from 2018-03-19T09:00

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This week on Battle Of The Atom we travel to Interview City and discuss CABLE with writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler

We talk about loving X-Man

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Ep.32 - Gay Twitter Had My Back with Sina Grace from 2018-03-12T09:00

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All right stop Go on subscribe and listen Iceman's back with a brand new edition Sina kept the plot going tightly Then he flows those dad jokes both daily and nightly Will...

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Ep.31 - Nobody Get Rid Of Shogo with Christina Strain from 2018-03-05T10:00

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Generation X may be over but Christian Strain is here with us to go over all the nitty gritty details of it. We talk about Jubilee, Glob, Quire, X-Man, and much more!

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Ep.30 - Are We Pogs? from 2018-02-26T10:00

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Welcome to an edit free episode of this podcast where we rank Spider-Man stories all day long. We have been doing this for 30 weeks now so none of this should come as a su...

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Ep.29 - Made of Yellow Cornflakes from 2018-02-19T10:00

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You know about the Phalanx? Well we sure do now and we spend some time talking about them. The good news is you get some hot beats from Retcon X at the end.

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Ep.28 - King Tut Transformer from 2018-02-12T10:00

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An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the ...

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Ep.27 - xXShattybuns69Xx with Charlie Davis from 2018-02-05T10:00

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This week we have a Patreon supported special thanks to The Young Ones co-host Charlie Davis! We talk about Shatterstar, Rictor, and more Shatterstar. It is very ...

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Ep.26 - Rockin' One Of Those Great AoA Face Tattoos from 2018-01-29T10:00

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We follow up with that fun Kelly Thompson interview to talk about the stories that inspire her. Also face tattoos, Savage Land bikinis, and a possibly perfect story.

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Ep.25 - Episode 25.INH - The Only Creator To Block Me On Twitter from 2018-01-22T10:00

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Man I just need a break don't you? Maybe a trip to the mall or a couple of cold ones with the boyz? Well luckily we have 3 X-Men stories this week about just that.

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Ep.24 - Kelly Thompson And The 20 Year Grudge Against Lila Cheney from 2018-01-15T10:00

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ROGUE & GAMBIT writer Kelly Thompson joins the BotA boys to talk about both Rogue AND Gambit. We also talk about the craft of comics, relationships, a...

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Ep.23 - Kang Steals A Friggin' Baby from 2018-01-08T10:00:38

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Battle of the Atom is a deep dive X-Men continuity podcast that brings together three distinct plotlines with multiple readable characters. This of course includes the on...

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Ep.22 - And Nobody At Marvel Noticed from 2018-01-01T10:00

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We ring in the New Year with an edit-lite episode of Battle of the Atom all about the core concept of New Years Eve. Bars! We also do our end of the year round up!

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Ep.21 - X-Mas Time Is Here from 2017-12-25T10:00

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We celebrate the holidays with some festive X-Men stories. We answer some listener questions, and have a suprise Christmas gift at the end for all you.

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Ep.20 - I'm The President Of The United States from 2017-12-18T10:00

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You remember when we asked Dennis Hopeless for a few X-Men stories to rank and then NEVER followed up with an episode about it? So do we! This one's got it all folks!

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Ep.19 - A Little Bit of Life, A Little Bit of Death from 2017-12-11T10:00:05

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Are you looking for some life? Perchance some death? What about a long digression into the history of licenced properties at Marvel? Well Zack & Adam have all of that ...

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Ep.18 - Get #BringBackMaggott Trending with Leah Williams from 2017-12-04T09:59

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Zack & Adam are joined by the writer of the upcoming X-Men Gold Annual, Leah Williams to talk about Excalibur's 30th Anniversary, how long it took to come up ...

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Ep.17 - Behold! with Elisabeth Allie from 2017-11-27T10:00

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Zack & Adam are joined by The Lightning & The Storm co-host Elisabeth Allie to talk about all the times the X-Men and Asgard crossed over.

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Ep.16 - Kindergarten Cable with Dennis Hopeless from 2017-11-20T10:00

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Zack & Adam are joined by Jean Grey scribe Dennis Hopeless for a great interview about Jean, Maddie, being dads, and everything inbetween.

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Ep.15 - The Air Bud Hour from 2017-11-13T10:00

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Zack & Adam decide to turn this podcast into a dedicated Air Bud Cinematic Universe podcast. Also we talk about X-Factor I guess.

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Ep.14 - Mojo II: The Sequel from 2017-11-06T11:00

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Zack says a cuss, Adam talks about the 90's. We all go into a Mojo inspired spiral as we talk about fun things in the Mojoverse.

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Ep.13 - Transitional Vampire State from 2017-10-30T10:00

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On the eve of All Hallows Eve the BotA boys talk about spooky stories involving demons, Draculas, and the greatest What If... ever!

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Ep.12 - Burn, Baby, Burn, BotA Inferno from 2017-10-23T10:00:18

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Zack & Adam finally come to blows about where to rank a title and Inferno infects us all on this spooky Halloween episode.

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Ep.11 - Mr. Sad Teens Himself from 2017-10-16T10:00

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Zack & Adam get polybagged as we dive into some huge events and a couple number ones.

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• X-Cutioner's Song
• X-Men #1
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Ep.10 - The Wolverine Phone with XMenTAS from 2017-10-09T15:49:50

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This week Eric and Julia Lewald join us to talk about their time on X-Men: The Animated Series

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Ep.9 - Wizard Ate That Up from 2017-10-02T10:00

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Zack & Adam get into 3 more X-Men stories. I don't have anything witty to say in these notes because we recorded this like 3 weeks ago and I forget if we made jokes. L...

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Ep.8 - CRY FOR THE MOON! from 2017-09-25T10:00

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Zack & Adam travel to the land of the rising sun for some manga inspired X-Men tales when they find a story that might forever stay at the bottom of their list.

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Ep.7 - That Mojo Brand with Luke Herr from 2017-09-18T10:00

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Zack and Adam are joined by special guest Luke Herr to talk about alternate universes, James Bond, The Real World, the most Jem & the Holograms-y of the X-Men, Smashin...

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Ep.6 - BONECLAWS!!!! from 2017-09-11T10:00

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Zack and Adam talk about what a crossover should be, what a crossover shouldn't be, and a bad book that means well.

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Ep.5 - Did You Do All That From Memory? from 2017-09-04T10:00

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Zack and Adam talk about the Silver Age, how cool face tattoo's are, and that good, good, Barry Windsor Smith art.

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Ep.4 - Vidit's Delight from 2017-08-28T11:00

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Zack and Adam both reveal huge influences on their teenage years and talk about the weirdest comic Zack has ever seen.

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Ep.3 - Preubiquitous Wolverine from 2017-08-21T10:00

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Zack and Adam talk about the source of every Wolverine story, the best idea that should never work, and the source of our great name.

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Ep.2 - Move Right Into The Retcon from 2017-08-14T10:00

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Zack and Adam jump in with a classic, a retcon, and modern mixed reaction

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1. Giant-Size X-Men #1
2. X-Men: Deadly Genesis
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Ep.1 - Claremont Loves, Doop Kills from 2017-08-07T10:00

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Zack and Adam kick off the show with a classic, a modern masterpiece, and something unfortunate.

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1. God Loves Man Kills
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Ep.1 - Claremont Loves, Doop Kills from 2017-08-07T10:00

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Zack and Adam kick off the show with a classic, a modern masterpiece, and something unfortunate.

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Ep.1 - Claremont Loves, Doop Kills from 2017-08-07T10:00

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Zack and Adam kick off the show with a classic, a modern masterpiece, and something unfortunate.

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1. God Loves Man Kills
2. Wolve...
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