Remembering the inimitable Sam Kieth
In a crowded field of 1990s art talents who zigged, Sam Kieth zagged, from his chunky, hairy Wolverine to his indie creation The Maxx. Adam Reck pays tribute.
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Battle Of The Atom: Hey Arnold
Gail Simone is the current writer of Uncanny X-Men. But what we posit is that she wrote X-Men related things before this. Would you believe that’s what we are covering on the podcast this week? Ranked This Episode:
Uncanny X-Men #25 finishes doing the Monster Mash
A battle spreads across the globe as the Louisiana X-Men face the Legion of Monsters and fight to save the souls of two teammates in Uncanny X-Men #25.
Battle Of The Atom: Jessica Rabbit
Sometimes superheroes get new clothes for no reason other than the fact that it sells variant convers and maybe could be a microtransaction in a video game.
X-Men United #1 goes back to school, doesn’t make the grade
Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.
Battle Of The Atom: Matsudasode
Zack spends a frustrating amount of time just reading Jeff Matsuda’s LinkedIn page. Is it more entertaining than Howard Mackie comics? You be the judge.
Battle Of The Atom: How Solitaire Works
Ultimate Gambit don’t care about your rules. Ultimate Gambit play solitaire how he want. Ranked This Episode:
Battle Of The Atom: Wish Fulfillment
Marvel, many times, will tell you that nothing will ever be the same again, when many times, not only will it be the same, but you will forget that they ever said that things would be different. This is that but with character. Ranked This Episode
Uncanny X-Men #24 pits mutants against monsters
The Louisiana X-Men are the only force standing in front of a murderers’ row of monsters, and Jubilee may fall off the vampire wagon, in Uncanny X-Men #24.
Many X-Men have kids. How many survive the X-perience?
It’s tough being a newly introduced kid in the pages of X-Men comics. What are the odds Furaha will “survive the experience” and stick around?
Battle Of The Atom: Wolverine and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
There’s a certain person who hates birthdays, but normally for shame based reasons. Wolverine? He has better reasons. Ranked This Episode:
Cyclops’ 10 best stories according to Battle of the Atom
In honor of Alex Paknadel and Roge Antonio’s new Cyclops series, we combed Battle of the Atom’s Big Ol’ List to find the 10 best stories starring Scott Summers.
ComicsXF makes its fashionably late New Year’s resolutions for 2026
More than a month late but no worse for wear, the ComicsXFamily makes its New Year’s resolutions for 2026. What sort of things are you looking to accomplish?
Uncanny X-Men #23 sees Gambit try to eat [redacted]
A forgotten vow from one of the team comes back to haunt them all. Can the Uncanny X-Men stop their friend from being taken to where monsters dwell?
Battle Of The Atom: Running Up That Hill
The BotA Boyz add three Morlocks stories to the Big Ol’ List, including the first Storm miniseries.