Battle Of The Atom: Helping (Sort Of)
Charles Francis Xavier is one of the most important leaders in mutant history. He’s… not great with people. Ranked This Episode:
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Battle Of The Atom: Bowie Baja Blast
Jeph Loeb probably enjoys a Mountain Dew Dark Berry Bash, the blue raspberry and blackberry variant exclusive to Applebee’s Cosmic Wings ghost kitchen. David Draiman probably enjoys Hard Mountain Dew Black Cherry, the most embarrassing way to get drunk. David Bowie would never touch the stuff. Ranked This Episode:
Battle Of The Atom: Sour Grapes Scott
Cyclops is one of the greatest characters in comics, and that’s because he screws up so often that it is funny. Like, every time, it’s funny how he makes a bad decision. Ranked This Episode:
No, it’s not THAT Mars in Uncanny X-Men #30
Widespread panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force. But are they really what they seem? We review Uncanny X-Men #30.
Battle Of The Atom: What Time Is It?
There’s a lot of things that we talk about in this episode, including the New York Knicks and Grunt Squad shirts and more importantly Ben Grimm.
Oscar, Oscar, Oscar: Tracing the mystery of Inmate X in Uncanny X-Men
Adam Reck looks back through the Gail Simone run of Uncanny X-Men to see how the mystery of Inmate X unfolded from issue #1 to #29.
Uncanny X-Men #29 stages a mutant prison break
Wave goodbye to Graymalkin Prison and hello to some new team members as another story arc wraps in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #29.
Battle of the Atom: Pure Beautiful Stupid
Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert. Ranked This Episode:
X-amining all of the X-Men ‘97 Season 2 Trailer’s Easter Eggs
The first season of X-Men ’97 proved it a worthy follow-up to the beloved 1990s animated series, a speed-run through a heaping helping of classic X-Men stories filled with both ‘member berries (Madelyne Pryor! Prime Sentinels! Fatal Attractions!) and genuinely emotional, gut-punch moments (“de name is Gambit…”). Ever since it wrapped, fans have been eagerly…
Battle Of The Atom: Ghost World Daria
I have a hard time believing Daniel Clowes would want his “comix” confused with Marvel’s “What If?” series. And yet, that’s what we are presupposing.
Uncanny X-Men #28 explains why Warden Ellis is such a grouch
Finally, the identity of Inmate X is revealed, and, much like the spelling of Madisynn, it’s not what you thiiiiink. Check out our review of Uncanny X-Men #28.
Battle Of The Atom: All Dogs
ATTENTION ALL MEMEMBERS OF THE BOTA FEDERATION. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOG. REPEAT. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOGS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR PRECEPTIONS OF REALITY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. Ranked This Episode:
Jubilee gets a name and a cousin in Deadly Reunion
Did you know Jubilee’s real name isn’t Jubilation? You do now! Check out our review of Marvel’s Jubilee: Deadly Reunion #1.
Battle Of The Atom: Will Not Go Meekly
Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I’m going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate. Ranked This Episode:
Outliers encounter Cretaceous craziness in Uncanny X-Men #27
You got Outliers in my New Mutants! You got New Mutants in my Outliers! What the heck is going on in Uncanny X-Men #27?