Battle Of The Atom: Gray Jeans
The Dark Phoenix Saga is the defining story in X-Men, and no character is more impacted by it than Jean Grey. This episode asks, perchance, what if stories didn’t think about it? Ranked This Episode:
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Battle Of The Atom: Rather Read The Phonebook
We return to 2099 with a vengeance. Unfortunately, we are beginning to understand why these books were canceled with a vengeance. An unexpected, and historic, episode. Ranked This Episode:
Battle Of The Atom: Sharks With Rocket Butts & Ben 10
Because the site was down for a while we’re putting up two episodes at the same time. We’re doing the Brood this time. It’s the one where the Brood Queen was most likely to go to heaven. Ranked: We once again enter the weird world of Legion and let me tell you what, the takes…
Battle Of The Atom: Cool As Ice
This one is about Iceman and, as promised, we make an insufferable amount of ice puns. Ranked This Episode: Iceman Vol 2 Astonishing X-Men #62-65 Bizarre Adventure #27
Battle Of The Atom: The Power Of Solar
The rules? They no longer apply to us. We’ve decided to stretch the premise of the podcast past the logical conclusion and into a world where frankly, nothing is ever the same. Looks folks, it’s coming up on six years, we’re deep into our having fun with it era. Ranked This Episode: Incredible Hulk #148…
Battle Of The Atom: Anti-Emma Ammunition
A lot of people will be upset about the Morph we are spending the episode with. Those people need to remember that we are a podcast named after a Bendis event. Here’s your reminder to go read Christiana Strain’s Gen X. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men vol 3 #14 Generation X #1-2 (ResurrXion) Generation X…
Battle Of The Atom: The Crappy Teens That I Love
Shinobi Shaw should have been a big deal right? Instead he’s always getting into it with teenagers. The dude just needs to chill. Ranked This Episode: Child’s Play: X-Force/New Warriors X-Men Annual #3 Generation X Annual Vol 1 1995 (Mondo)
Battle Of The Atom: The Florida Textbook Version
The X-Men are always infighting. That’s why we love them. But this episode posits that maybe sometimes they fight versions of the original five X-Men as a bit? We’re committed to it. Also in this episode? A lot of talk about Tipper Gore. Ranked This Episode Uncanny X-Men #106 X-Men 2099 #8-11 (Zhao) Uncanny X-Men…
The WMQ&A 5th Anniversary Three Amigos Dollar Bin Spectacular (with Adam Reck)
Dan Grote · The WMQ&A 5th Anniversary Three Amigos Dollar Bin Spectacular (with Adam Reck) Dan and Matt celebrate five years of podcasting with a salute to the dollar bin and its many treasures, guest starring Third Amigo Rob Lynch and Battle of the Atom’s Adam Reck. Featuring discussions of Alpha Flight! Herb Trimpe! Alexander…
Battle Of The Atom: BotA 2099
It’s time, finally, the reason we started this show! Zack finally gets to talk to someone about X-Men 2099. Get ready for the critical reevaluation of the century. Ranked This Episode: X-Men 2099 #1-3 (The Gathering) X-Men 2099 #16-20 (Halloween Jack) X-Men 2099 #21-25 (2099 A.D. [After Doom])
Battle Of The Atom: Sins Of Sinister with Jordan D. White
Once again, Jordan D White, Senior Editor on the X-Men books, joins us to talk about what all happened last year and what all is going to happen this year. Also, oddly enough, a bit about the event Battle Of The Atom and where the heck you can find Raze.
Battle Of The Atom: Say What You Will About Chuck Austen
Zack’s going on vacation so he decided to torment Adam and himself by spending a whole episode talking about Ultimatum. What a bad comic. Ranked This Episode Ultimatum Ultimate X-Men #98-100, Requiem #1 (Ultimatum) Ultimate X-Men #26-33 (Return Of The King)
Battle Of The Atom: Long Island Ice Tea
We don’t actually go to Long Island on this one, but we got to the island of Madripoor. We’re all Madripoor down here. Ranked This Episode: Generation X #53-54 Wolverine #1-3 (The Black Blade) X-23/Daken: Dark Wolverine: Collision
Andor Episode #12 Concludes the Season with a Fiery Call To Action!
Nearly everyone comes to Ferrix for Maarva’s funeral and to hear her stirring call-to-action from beyond the grave in Andor episode #12, “Rix Road”! Austin Gorton: Since everyone is coming to Ferrix in this episode, and this season finale marks the completion of a stirring season of television, we thought it would be prudent to…
Andor Episode #11 Downshifts A Bit Ahead of the Finale
Cassian is free, there’s going to be a funeral on Ferrix, and things don’t look great for Anto Kreegyr as the pieces move into place for the finale in Andor episode #11, “Daughter of Ferrix”! Austin Gorton: Welcome, Adam, to the penultimate episode of Andor Season1! Following up the previous episode — one of the…