Zachary Jenkins - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sat, 30 May 2026 16:38:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Zachary Jenkins - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Battle of the Atom: Pure Beautiful Stupid https://comicsxf.com/2026/06/01/battle-of-the-atom-pure-beautiful-stupid/ Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56962 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:

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]]> 56962 Battle Of The Atom: Ghost World Daria https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/25/battle-of-the-atom-ghost-world-daria/ Mon, 25 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56870 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.

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]]> 56870 Battle Of The Atom: All Dogs https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/11/battle-of-the-atom-all-dogs/ Mon, 11 May 2026 15:21:01 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56770 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:

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]]> 56770 Battle Of The Atom: Will Not Go Meekly https://comicsxf.com/2026/05/04/battle-of-the-atom-will-not-go-meekly/ Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56702 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:

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]]> 56702 Battle Of The Atom: Nude Tane https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/27/battle-of-the-atom-nude-tane/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56632 Here's an episode about Wolverine with a lot of good art and also a nude Tane.

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]]> 56632 Battle Of The Atom: The Wedding Special https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/20/battle-of-the-atom-the-wedding-special/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56593 Adam & Dr. Anna Peppard got married. Well they got married a year ago but anyway we’re celebrating it how. Say happy wedding to them. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 56593 Battle Of The Atom: Resurrected https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/06/battle-of-the-atom-resurrected/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56489 In this episode, Zack proves the one guy from 7 years ago who made a comment about how this podcast is too religious correct. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 56489 Battle Of The Atom: Hey Arnold https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/30/battle-of-the-atom-hey-arnold/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56415 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:

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]]> 56415 Battle Of The Atom: Jessica Rabbit https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/23/battle-of-the-atom-jessica-rabbit/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:12:24 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56333 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.

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]]> 56333 Battle Of The Atom: The World’s Smallest Man https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/16/battle-of-the-atom-the-worlds-smallest-man/ Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:24:45 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56287 At the start of the 1970s crumbling relationships with Iran led to shocks in the global energy market, shooting up prices at the pump while the X-Men meandered aimlessly with Marvel not having a clue what to do with them. This is not commentary on current events. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 56287 Battle Of The Atom: Matsudasode https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/09/battle-of-the-atom-matsudasode/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56212 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.

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]]> 56212 Battle Of The Atom: How Solitaire Works https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/03/battle-of-the-atom-how-solitaire-works/ Tue, 03 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56141 Ultimate Gambit don’t care about your rules. Ultimate Gambit play solitaire how he want. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 56141 Battle Of The Atom: Wish Fulfillment https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/23/battle-of-the-atom-wish-fulfillment/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56082 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

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]]> 56082 Battle Of The Atom: Wolverine and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/16/battle-of-the-atom-wolverine-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day/ Mon, 16 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56005 There’s a certain person who hates birthdays, but normally for shame based reasons. Wolverine? He has better reasons. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 56005 Battle Of The Atom: Running Up That Hill https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/02/battle-of-the-atom-running-up-that-hill/ Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55788 The BotA Boyz add three Morlocks stories to the Big Ol' List, including the first Storm miniseries.

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]]> 55788 Battle Of The Atom: Funny Books https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/26/battle-of-the-atom-funny-books/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:10:46 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55725 The X-Men have often been cartoons, but what if they tried to be funny? Would that be good? History says "no."

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]]> 55725 Battle Of The Atom: Real Freaks Know https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/19/battle-of-the-atom-real-freaks-know/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55641 Battle of the Atom ranks weird Kitty Pryde stories, including X-Men: True Friends and Kitty Pryde: Agent of SHIELD.

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]]> 55641 Battle Of The Atom #420: Baked In https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/12/battle-of-the-atom-420-baked-in/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55540 Battle of the Atom blazes it up for its 420th episode with three X-Men stories you may have to be stoned to read.

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]]> 55540 Battle Of The Atom: Inscrutable Cyclops with Alex Paknadel https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/05/battle-of-the-atom-inscrutable-cyclops-w-alex-paknadel/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55455 Alex Paknadel comes on the show to chat about his upcoming Cyclops series, the Punch Dimension, and what it's like writing X-Men this past year.

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]]> 55455 Battle Of The Atom: Mall Elf https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/22/battle-of-the-atom-mall-elf/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55328 There is an epidemic striking our country, that is an epidemic of running out of holiday themed stories to cover at Christmas time. Therefore I want no complaints at what Santa brought you. Ranked This Episode;

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]]> 55328 Battle Of The Atom: The 2002 All-Stars https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/15/battle-of-the-atom-the-2002-all-stars/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55267 Een la yair of ur laird déux thousand deux Marvel writairs absulute-lee loved makeng nu charactairs to throw at people and ‘ope zey stik. Vairy fu of zém did. But zere was un and of curse ‘e’s francais, why do you think ‘e ‘as zis ootrajéous accént? Ranked zis episode:

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]]> 55267 Battle Of The Atom: Thwip Thoughts https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/08/battle-of-the-atom-thiwp-thoughts/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55173 In 2007, the creative team of J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada had children’s pull-ups character Spider-Man sell his marriage to the Satan Mephisto in exchange for the life of his dear Aunt May, an octogenarian who lived a full life that was marred near its end by nearly weekly health issues and who was...

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]]> 55173 Battle Of The Atom: French Cut (At Minimum) w/ Dr. Anna Peppard https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/01/battle-of-the-atom-french-cut-at-minimum-w-dr-anna-peppard/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55081 We love Nightcrawer, we love all types of blue people, we also love Dr. Anna Peppard who is not blue. Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 55081 Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/24/battle-of-the-atom-dolphins-ancient-enemy/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54996 You’ll never go in the water again, but maybe you’ll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode:

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]]> 54996 Battle Of The Atom: Skinsuit https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/17/battle-of-the-atom-skinsuit/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:18:50 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54911 Trent Reznor once said, “I want to feel you from the inside,” and the gothy romantic she is, Moira took that seriously in her tenth life. Ranked This Episode:

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