It was a dark and stormy night, in that there was a massive storm outside of Zack’s window and team? We had to call the episode early so SOMEONE could get away from the window. We talk about Annuals this week. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants Annual #3 X-Force Annual #3 Uncanny X-Men #371, X-Men…
Continuing their unbeaten streak of kicking ass, Vita Ayala and Rod Reis are delivering the next in their fantastic run on New Mutants with New Mutants #27. This arc, “The Trials Of Magik” has been a fantastic and detailed look at Illyana Rasputin, the break-out start of the last decade of X-Men comics. Along with…
We talk about definitely an X-Men character no matter what you say, Deadpool on this exciting episode where there is nothing but Deadpool content. Ranked This Episode: Deadpool vol 5 #15-19 (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly) Deadpool vol 4 #15-18 (Want You To Want Me) Deadpool vol 2
Victor LaValle & Leonard Kirk’s Sabretooth is among the best comics coming out these days. It’s a thrilling critique of the “justice system”, an exploration of evil and a true terror. Sabretooth has been in The Pit since the early days of Krakoa, what happens now that he’s out? If you aren’t reading this book,…
We ask “What If those BotA boys talked about the best comic strip cat for an absurd chunk of the episode?” And we salute a fallen friend. Ranked This Episode: What If? Wolverine: Enemy Of The State What If? Deadly Genesis What If? Astonishing X-Men
Meow! What a preview. Jed MacKay keeps the cat purring with Iron Cat #1. This follow up to MacKay’s acclaimed Black Cat series an Felicia’s past loose ends come back to get her. Artist Pere Pérez joins to tell the tale of Iron Cat aka the follow up to that time Black Cat stole and Iron…
X-Men Unlimited writer Alex Paknadel helps celebrate the year of Maggott as he and Zack talk about the just wrapped arc!
In Tini Howard and Bob Quinn’s Knights Of X we have ten mutants fighting for an Otherworld that hates and fears them. That’s a big cast but friend, it’s about to get smaller as one of the knights will die. Between the Furies (they kill superheroes) in the Crooked Market and the vampires masquerading in…
Syd Dallas is responsible for pop culture’s greatest hero: The Domain. But his sons, Miles and David, have a complicated relationship with both the creation and their creator. Can they convince their dad to fight for their family’s legacy? Find out in Public Domain #1, written, drawn, catered and key gripped by Chip Zdarsky via…
Hey you tall haired freaks, we’re here to talk about David Haller, the boy known as Legion. He’s been in some, uhhhh, odd stories over the years. These are 3 of them. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Legacy #13-14 (Hope & Glory) Legion Age Of X
Listen folks, this one has everything you want from those BotA Boyz: religion, art, making fun of Daddy Chris, circus crimes and incest. It’s always fun to talk about Nightcrawler. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #83-85 (The Soul Sword Trilogy) Nightcrawler vol 3 #7-12 (The Winding Way) Nightcrawler vol 4 #1-4
Shatterstar begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar who begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar who begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar who begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar and oh shoot it’s a DADDYBOROS! Ranked This Episode: X-Factor #259 (Daddyboros) Longshot Shattershot
Look, I’m going to be honest here, I had dreams, big dreams, of filling this section with jokes related to culture’s more important depiction of a grail quest. Unfortunately for me, but deeply fortunate for you, it’s been a decade since I last watched Monty Python And The Holy Grail. It’s Tini Howard, Bob Quinn…
We celebrate our 250th episode in a low key style with some exciting stories about X-23, plus a Q&A segment. Always a fun time.Ranked This Episode: X-23 Vol 1 (Innocence Lost) X-23 Vol 3 #10-12 (Touching Darkness) X-23 Vol 4 #1-5 (Two Birthdays and Three Funerals)
It’s so important that we remember that a “deal with the devil” is a common phrase about compromising your values and not a literal deal with a literal devil. That would be a morally abhorrent thing for Spider-Man to do. Some would say an unforgivable act. Zeb Wells and John Romita Jr. deliver another issue…