Battle Of The Atom: Outpouring Of Crocodile Admiration With Annalise Bissa
This week X-Men assistant editor Annalise Bissa talks to Zack about Swords, Crocs, and the impact of COVID-19 on making X-Men.
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The Secrets Of X Of Swords Revealed, In Poetry Form!
Friends, Krakoans, countrymen, lend me your sword! Raise it high! There’s going to be a giant new X-Men event and it’s going to be bigger than all those silly 80s crossovers, but not bigger than the 90s ones. It will have repercussions that will last a lifetime, but most importantly, it will have a very…
Enter The Phoenix This Fall In Avengers
Jason Aaron’s run on Avengers started generations ago, looking at the legacy of the Avengers of 1,000,000 BC. We’ve seen Ghost Riders and Star Brands and now we get the most X-Relevant one. This fall, with Ed McGuinness and Javier GarrĂłn by his side, we are going to “Enter The Phoenix”. But what could that…
Oops! All Avengers! It’s Another Installment of the Empyre War Report
Hello friends and readers, itâs looking familiar as we have another week of Captain America and Avengers? Will our intrepid reviewersâ opinions change with these second issues? Zack and Vishal bring the heat yet again! Empyre: Captain America #2 The last time I talked about this comic I got up on a soap box, shared…
The Top X X-Men In The Dawn Of X Era: A Very Scientific Listicle That Is Correct And Has No Room For Arguments
The Dawn Of X era has revitalized a franchise in a way rarely seen in the media. It is truly the Fast Five of the comic book industry, taking a property that was long in the tooth in a new and exciting direction while setting it up for major commercial success. But the question remains,…
Battle Of The Atom: He’s Smart But He’s Dumb
Who loves Havok? Us I guess. This one is all about that himbo. Astonishing X-Men 13-17 (Until Our Hearts Stop) Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown X-Men 54-59 (1st Havok, 2nd Sentinels)
Indie Triple Play: Ice Cream Man, Transformers/My Little Pony, Bad Mother
What happens when a mother has taken all she can and decides to go Liam Neeson on everyone? What happens when ponies and Autobots roll out together? What happens when comics’ sickest horror anthology takes on beloved children’s classics? Find out in this week’s Triple Play, as Will Nevin reviews Ice Cream Man #20, Zachary…
Question The Morality Of Our Criminal Justice System As Zacky Reads Sonic The Hedgehog Vol 2: The Fate Of Dr. Eggman
Superman stands for three things: truth, justice and the American way. In many respects, the Man of Steel and his values are in direct conversation with every action comic that has come since his first one. Villains and anti-heroes are identified in comparison to Supermanâs three guiding principles. He is the Jungian archetype of all…
The 100% Scientific Official Ranking Of Every Dawn Of X Book (Which By Clicking, You Accept That You Can Not Argue About This)
I love ranking things. Everyone loves ranking things. Weâve built a social media empire around the idea of ranking things. So lets rank all the X-Men titles in the Dawn Of X era, shall we? This is not just one opinion, this is the definitive opinion. We polled out writing staff and got twenty members…
Battle Of The Atom: Let’s Roll For Initiative Babay
I had good episode notes but I accidentally deleted them. This one has Thor in it. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants 77-80 and 82-85 (Back to Asgard) The Mighty Thor 15-19 (Asgard/Shi’ar War) Exiled (New Mutants/JiM)
The First Avenger and the Savage Avengers Take Center Stage This Week in the Empyre War Report!
Hello friends and readers, Empyre sinks in deep as we cover the highs and lows of this weekâs crop of tie-ins. Zack Jenkins has some heavy thoughts about Empyre: Captain America #1 by Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Ariel Olivetti, Rachelle Rosenberg, and VCâs Ariana Maher and Joe Caramagna. Then we join the extreme team of Conan…
Battle Of The Atom: The Resurrection Protocols with Leah Williams
Leah Williams joins the boys to talk about X-Factor as we all forget how to do podcasts with good audio quality.
Indie Triple Play: Chu, Ranger Slayer and Angel & Spike
Here comes the BOOM! … Studios. This week in our indie review roundup, Dan Grote cracks open Image’s Chu #1, Zachary Jenkins looks at Power Rangers: Ranger Slayer #1 and Robert Secundus continues his exploration of the BOOM!-fyverse (TM) with Angel & Spike #12. Chu #1 Writer/Letterer: John Layman, Artist: Dan Boultwood, Publisher: Image Tony…
Spindash Into Adventure As Zacky Reads Sonic The Hedgehog Vol 1: Fallout
It is 1993, I am 2 years old, my mother is on bedrest with her only solace being the Sega Genesis my father should not have spent money on. We were poor, not that I understood what âpoorâ was, and honestly, not that I remember any of this. I remember the Genesis, Iâve seen home…
In A Tale As Old As Time, Alex Ross Continues To Be Good At Covers
Listen, there’s not much to add here. Alex Ross is very good at art. He has been that way for like 30 years and hasn’t slowed down at all. These covers in October are called Timeless and they sure are. Check out the full press release below. Press Release New York, NYâ July 20, 2020…