Press Release New York, NY—September 18, 2017—When Jean Grey died heroically in Grant Morrison’s epic run of NEW X-MEN, she left a void among her mutant family – and in the world. For over a decade, the X-Men have lived with the fact that Jean Grey is no longer with them as a team member and…
Zack and Adam are joined by special guest Luke Herr to talk about alternate universes, James Bond, The Real World, the most Jem & the Holograms-y of the X-Men, Smashing Pumpkins, and how The Legion of Superheroes crippled Earth-811 Magneto Ranked this episode X-Men ’92 Vol 2 #1-#4: The World Is A Vampire Exiles #1-#2…
Press Release New York, NY—September 15, 2017— “Ed Piskor is one of the most exciting cartoonists working today and seeing the iconic X-men filtered through his singular vision is the sort of comic book project that you can usually only dream about. But this dream is real, and it is a thing to behold!” — Jeff Lemire (DESCENDER, MOON…
Name: Lucas Bishop Code Names: Bishop First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #282 (Nov ‘91) Powers: Energy absorption and redirection Teams Affiliation: XSE, X-Men, X-Force About When I was young I had a weird idea that I was just fixated on. I wanted the next Metal Gear Solid game to give Solid Snake a teen sidekick who could be…
Zack and Adam talk about what a crossover should be, what a crossover shouldn’t be, and a bad book that means well. Ranked this episode Fatal Attractions Messiah CompleX X-Men: Heroes for Hope New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade…
Name: Max Eisenhardt, Erik Magnus Lehnsherr Code Names: Magneto First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Sept ‘63) Powers: Control of Magnetism Teams Affiliation: The Brotherhood, X-Men, Hellfire Club About Conflict is at the root of all storytelling. All the exciting set pieces and witty banter doesn’t mean much if there isn’t a strong conflict to get the audience invested. X-Men:…
Zack and Adam talk about the Silver Age, how cool face tattoos are, and that good, good, Barry Windsor Smith art. Check out Max’s series Marvel TL;DR on YouTube. Ranked this episode X-Men #12-#13 (The 1st Juggernaut Story) Uncanny X-Force (The Dark Angel Saga) Uncanny X-Men #205 (Wounded Wolf) New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam…
Zack & Matt talk about where you can find the actors as the off-season drags on. Make sure you rate and review the show! Follow Legion Quest on Twitter or just Zack & Matt on Twitter! If you want to support the show check out our Patreon!
Name: Nimrod Code Names: Nathan Hunter First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #191 (Mar ‘85) Powers: Body transformation. time travel, teleportation, lasers Teams Affiliation: N/A About Evolution is key to the X-Men. Not just an evolution of characters and their powers, but an evolution of ideas. Since X-Men will never really end, at least not in the foreseeable future, nor…
Zack and Adam both reveal huge influences on their teenage years and talk about the weirdest comic Zack has ever seen. Ranked this episode Mutant Genesis (X-Men Vol 2 #1-#3) Worst X-Man Ever #1-#5 New Mutants Summer Special 1990 Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade…
Name: Alex Summers Code Names: Havok First Appearance: X-Men #54 (Mar ‘69) Powers: Plasma Beams Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Factor, The Brotherhood, The Six, The Starjammers, The Avengers About Siblings have a relationship that few others do. There is the unique challenge of living up to an older brother who is so accomplished. Younger siblings can feel left in the…
Zack and Adam talk about the source of every Wolverine story, the best idea that should never work, and the source of our great name. Ranked this episode Battle of the Atom Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem Wolverine vol 1 #1-#4 Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade…
Name: Emma Frost Code Names: The White Queen First Appearance: X-Men #129 (Jan ’80) Powers: Telepathy, Organic Diamond Form Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Hellfire Club, Generation X About Ambition is a powerful force. The desire to control your own destiny and get what you want drives many lives. Ambition isn’t good or evil, ambition is just a quality in a…
Zack and Adam jump in with a classic, a retcon, and modern mixed reaction Ranked this episode Giant-Size X-Men #1 X-Men: Deadly Genesis X-Men: No More Humans OGN Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto….
Peter Milligan & Mike Allred’s X-Force #116 from 2001, their first issues on the book, spends its’ first 18 pages introducing readers to a new team of superheroes. They were well-branded reality stars that the world loved to watch. They were nothing like the X-Force team of the last hundred-odd issues, they were the new…