Battle Of The Atom: Very Bad Smirnoff Cherry Vodka
Hail Comrade! We visit Mother Russia, yes? Drink Vodka yes? Ranked This Episode: X-Men #17-19 (Skinning Of Souls) X-Men: Liberators Weapon X #17-21 (Sabretooth In Charge)
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Step Into Tales Of Old Friends And New Enemies With Immortal Hulk #33, Road To Empyre: The Kree-Skrull War #1, The Amazing Spider-Man #42, And Marvel Snapshots: Fantastic Four #1!
Hello friends and readers, it’s a packed week here at Marvel Files as Christi Eddleman leads up on the Road to Empyre, the clockwork-like Tony Thornley swings into The Amazing Spider-Man, the big boss Zack Jenkins takes a look back in Marvel Snapshots: Fantastic Four, and Rob Secundus delves into the specifics of Immortal Hulk!…
Battle Of The Atom: Quicksilver’s Quick Takes
The bits are good but the audio is bad in this episode all about X-Factor! Ranked This Episode X-Factor 17-20 (X-Cell) X-Factor 200-202 (The Invisible Woman Has Vanished!) X-Factor 229-232 (They Keep Killing Madrox)
What Titles Are Going En Garde In X Of Swords?
Crossovers are a huge part of the comics economy and the X-Books are some of the biggest perpetrators. From all the way back in Mutant Massacre, the X-Men love to get involved in each other’s business. That’s why we love them. Well it looks like the upcoming X Of Swords will be no different. Eagle-eyed…
Learn The Secrets Of The Green Lagoon In X-Force #9
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. Unfortunately, we aren’t so lucky. In X-Force #9, we take a load off and have a little fun. It’s a tiki bar party and everyone’s there except our old pal Colossus. On an unrelated note, Domino is suddenly feeling a lot better after her resurrection, almost as…
Battle Of The Atom: Island In The Sun
When you’re on a podcast sea You don’t need no memory Just a place to call your own As we drift into the zone Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #31 Journey Into Mystery: The Birth Of Krakoa Young X-Men #7 Music at the end by 8BitWaffle
All Spiders, All The Time On Marvel Minutiae! Featuring Amazing Spider-Man #41, Gwen Stacy #2, & Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #4
Hello friends and readers and welcome to another week of Marvel Minutiae! We hope you like Spiders and Spider-adjacent folks, because it is all Spidey all the time in this week’s column. Spider Correspondent Tony Thornley spins us a yarn about Spencer and Ottley’s ASM, while Christi Eddleman gives us her thoughts on the high…
Battle Of The Atom: We All Have Swords Now! C2E2 2020 Spectacular!
Welcome to our jam packed C2E2 spectacular. Please leave your sword in its scabbard. Jordan D White @ 00:08:05 Rod Reis @ 00:13:28 Tini Howard @ 00:23:32 David Nakayama @ 00:30:47 Ed Brisson @ 00:38:49 Matt Horak @ 00:45:16 Benjamin Percy @ 00:51:44 Adam Gorham @ 00:57:09 Vita Ayala @ 01:11:58 Gerry Duggan @ 01:19:45 Leah Williams @ 01:29:05 Thanks to everyone who participated!
Hulk Smashes Into Marvel Champions This June
Today, Fantasy Flight Games announced the Hulk Hero Pack for Marvel Champions, set to arrive in June 2020. This new expansion features X new players cards, including a 40-card pre-assembled Hulk deck that, like all Hero Packs released today, will feature 15 Hulk “signature” cards that go in every Hulk deck, plus 25 other cards,…
Battle Of The Atom: Another Bad iTunes Review Coming with Luke Herr
We’re assuredly going to have another bad iTunes review coming after this one, and frankly, we deserve it. Please support Luke Herr’s Kickstarter as penance for this act we committed. Ranked This Episode: What If? Magik What If? #6 (What If The X-Men Lost Inferno) X-Men Unlimited 37 (Sacrificial Worlds)
Everyone Gets A Ding-Dang Sword In X Of Swords Announced At C2E2
Announced at C2E2, the X-Books are going to be in a 15 part crossover called X Of Swords. 10 (X) mutants will get magical swords to fight an evil that we don’t know about. But there are sword. Comics rule folks. The best sword is Cyclops’ lightsabre. Eyeboy has a sword with eyes on it….
Futurism & Hope: House Of X & No One’s Rose
It’s November 8th, 2016. My wife and I are at my father-in-law’s house picking up our ten month old son after seeing the film Doctor Strange. The anxiety of the last few weeks is washed away by an enjoyable, but ultimately empty, 115 minutes of popcorn and CGI. I’ve intentionally avoided checking my phone this…
Battle Of The Atom: Jack Kirby Cable
So cool a Cable. I thought you would enjoy it. Ding dong! Cable #155-#159 (Past Fears) Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix Cable #64 (Twas The Night Before Dying)
Marvel Champions – An Overview
We’re all acutely aware of the rise of Marvel as a brand over the past dozen years, powered by the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the company’s acquisition by Disney. However, growing in parallel with the superhero film industry has been the hobby board game one. With over 4000 games published in 2019,…
Robots, Teens, and Other Soul-Sucking Monsters this Week in Marvel Minutiae!
Hello friends and readers and welcome to another week of Marvel Minutiae. We have a true hodge-podge this week as newcomer Ian Gregory looks into 2020 Machine Man while our two esteemed editors Chris and Zack dig into returning favorites Valkyrie: Jane Foster and Runaways! 2020 Machine Man #1 I’m an X-Men fan, which means…