Marvel announced today a new limited series starring everyone’s favorite Mojoverse gladiator, Shatterstar. Greyson writer Tim Seeley will be joined by artist Carlos Villa, last seen on Lockjaw, to bring the series to life. Seely said “My interest in him now is more in the ‘hardboiled noir’ aspects of the character, he’s this guy whose life was violence for…
Name: Kate Pryde Code Names: Widget First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #141 (Jan ‘81) Powers: Dimension-Hopping Teams Affiliation: Excalibur About What gets weird about comics, well one of the things that gets weird about comics, is how years of alternate timelines and realities end up shaping the “real” comics. The ideas in The Dark Knight Returns end up shaping the…
The Marvel Wikia describes Jordan D White as “a panhandler in New York City”. I describe him to my uninterested co-workers as the guy in charge of X-Men, which frankly, is a more relevant description. We talk about some of the big, upcoming changes in the world of X-Men, how to best structure a line,…
You know him best from ET, Saving Private Ryan, and that movie about farting giants but Steven Spielberg (yes, that Steven Spielberg) participated in the creation of an X-Men comic once. It’s actually really good. Also, some other times that the X-Men helped kids in need. Zack’s mic is still broke but he has a…
Special, unintentially long episode of you guys this week. X-Men ’92 co-writer, and podcaster who we stole the entire concept of this show from, Chris Sims joins us to talk about one thing, Arcade. Along the way, we have some fantastic conversations about, well, most things X-Men. Also, Zack’s mic broke right before recording this and he…
Press Release New York, NY—June 14, 2018—He took the world by storm when he made his debut in last year’s THANOS #13, and now Marvel is celebrating the Cosmic Ghost Rider with a series of special order-all variant covers that feature Marvel’s breakoutcharacter battling different heroes of the Marvel Universe! Look for Marvel’s COSMIC GHOST…
Press Release New York, NY—June 13, 2018—You asked for it – you got it! In response to popular demand, the critically acclaimed series ICEMAN, which garnered multiple award nominations during its original run, is returning to the Marvel Universe featuring original writer Sina Grace along with a brand new series artist, Nathan Stockman (Amazing Spider-Man: Renew…
Press Release New York, NY—June 13, 2018—Because you demanded it! The runaway success of Domino’s solo series had has fans and retailers clamoring for more stories in her world, and readers have fallen in love Neena Thurman all over again! This September, Marvel has assembled an all-star team to chronicle her adventures! Acclaimed series writer…
They say home is where the heart is, which is ridiculous. My heart lives in my ribcage right next to my breathe bags. Still, the X-Men’s home is important so we have dedicated an entire episode to that building. Ranked this episode: X-Men: Survival Guide to the Mansion Special Edition X-Men #1 (Back-Up) X-Men: Evolution…
They got the raddest hooks They got the dopest looks And when they’re misunderstood it’s even better Who are they? Mutants. And mutants are so hot right now. Zack and Adam take a beat to look at mutants bearings on pop culture. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #395-#398 (Poptopia) Morlocks #1-#4 X-Force #116-#119 (1st X-Statix)…
This week on the show we talk about Jeff Parker and only Jeff Parker. We also get very sidetracked and get into tangents like you wouldn’t believe. This is our life now. Please don’t smoosh that unsubscribe button, give us another chance. Ranked This Episode: Exiles vol 2 #1-#6 (The Jeff Parker Exiles) X-Men Vs….
Name: Molly Hayes Code Names: Princess Powerful, Bruiser First Appearance: Runaways #1 (July ‘03) Powers: Strength Teams Affiliation: The Runaways About Comics, especially comics in the mid-00s, had a tendency to go dark. This is the era of gritty realism, of The Ultimates and Identity Crisis, so a dash of hope was refreshing. Marvel tried to tap into that…
Press Release New York, NY—May 22, 2018—This summer, Kitty Pryde will make the biggest romantic leap of her life – but what about Kitty’s first romantic adventure? Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writer Seanan McGuire (October Daye, Wayward Children series) and celebrated artist Marco Failla (Ms. Marvel, All-New Wolverine) are bringing you the Kitty before Colossus in X-MEN GOLD ANNUAL…
Press Release New York, NY—May 22, 2018—The Hunt for Wolverine is over – but the mystery of Logan’s return continues with new questions and new secrets! And the answers that Tony Stark, Kitty Pryde, Sabretooth and Daredevil have found in their search for the adamantium mutant may not be the ones they were expecting. This August,…
DO NOT FEAR HUMANS! WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL OF THIS POD-CAST. THE ROBOTIC MEMBER OF THE X-MEN SHALL BE THE FOCUS. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #360 & X-Men #80 (Children Of The Atom) Astonishing X-Men #7-#12 (Dangerous) X-Club #1-#4 Get the Xavier Files Zine Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New…