Battle Of The Atom: Rather Read The Phonebook
We return to 2099 with a vengeance. Unfortunately, we are beginning to understand why these books were canceled with a vengeance. An unexpected, and historic, episode. Ranked This Episode:
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Battle Of The Atom: Sharks With Rocket Butts & Ben 10
Because the site was down for a while we’re putting up two episodes at the same time. We’re doing the Brood this time. It’s the one where the Brood Queen was most likely to go to heaven. Ranked: We once again enter the weird world of Legion and let me tell you what, the takes…
Battle Of The Atom: Cool As Ice
This one is about Iceman and, as promised, we make an insufferable amount of ice puns. Ranked This Episode: Iceman Vol 2 Astonishing X-Men #62-65 Bizarre Adventure #27
New X-Men In Our Exclusive Preview Of Bishop: War College #2
Bishop is no stranger to time and space shenanigans. The dude has been around. Still, everyone once and a while he sees something that surprises even him. In Bishop: War College #2 by J. Holtham and Sean Damien Hill, Bish wakes in a world where the X-Men are Black. There’s a lot we could talk…
Battle Of The Atom: The Power Of Solar
The rules? They no longer apply to us. We’ve decided to stretch the premise of the podcast past the logical conclusion and into a world where frankly, nothing is ever the same. Looks folks, it’s coming up on six years, we’re deep into our having fun with it era. Ranked This Episode: Incredible Hulk #148…
Iceman Wants To Kill All The Brood In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Men #20
Charles Xavier’s original five X-Men have a long history of advocating for, or executing, a genocide. We’re talking sentient races here. Jean and the D’Bari obviously, Cyclops and the Skrulls, Archangel and the whole human race at one point. Honestly it makes Beast’s unpleasantness on Terra Verde seem almost quaint. Not wanting to be left…
Battle Of The Atom: Anti-Emma Ammunition
A lot of people will be upset about the Morph we are spending the episode with. Those people need to remember that we are a podcast named after a Bendis event. Here’s your reminder to go read Christiana Strain’s Gen X. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men vol 3 #14 Generation X #1-2 (ResurrXion) Generation X…
A Horny, Exclusive Jeff Dekal Variant For Rogue & Gambit #3
As a boy born in 1991, my first, most vivid exposure to yearning was, of course, the relationship between Rogue & Gambit. It was nearly Evanglical in a way my parents would approve. These two are so dang horny for one another but to touch would destroy everything. Just like the youth pastor said… Anyway,…
[Attack On Titan Pun] In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Force #38
I don’t watch anime. It’s nothing against it but I wasn’t a Toonami kid when I was growing up and now there’s just too many hours in the day. I am aware of a new (?) popular (?) anime called Attack On Titan where I think dudes fight skinless Goya looking monsters. Anyway that’s what…
Battle Of The Atom: The Crappy Teens That I Love
Shinobi Shaw should have been a big deal right? Instead he’s always getting into it with teenagers. The dude just needs to chill. Ranked This Episode: Child’s Play: X-Force/New Warriors X-Men Annual #3 Generation X Annual Vol 1 1995 (Mondo)
When Billionaires Fight, We Lose: What Disney Layoffs Mean To The Working Class
This editorial originally ran in the 2/14/23 edition of the weekly ComicsXF Newsletter. Subscribe here to get the latest in comics news, opinions and other assorted goodies every Tuesday morning. Last week The Walt Disney Company ($DIS) presented its Q1 earnings results and effectively ended a headline-grabbing proxy fight. You can get caught up in…
Revenge On The Mind In Our Exclusive Preview Of Sabretooth & The Exiles #4
Who is doing it like Victor LaValle? Honestly, the guy walks right into comics and says “listen nerds, I’m going to make you go WILD for a Sabretooth book”. And, deciding not to make it easy on himself, throws Nekra in the mix. The man is a monster and we’re better for it. Here’s a…
Battle Of The Atom: The Florida Textbook Version
The X-Men are always infighting. That’s why we love them. But this episode posits that maybe sometimes they fight versions of the original five X-Men as a bit? We’re committed to it. Also in this episode? A lot of talk about Tipper Gore. Ranked This Episode Uncanny X-Men #106 X-Men 2099 #8-11 (Zhao) Uncanny X-Men…
Battle Of The Atom: BotA 2099
It’s time, finally, the reason we started this show! Zack finally gets to talk to someone about X-Men 2099. Get ready for the critical reevaluation of the century. Ranked This Episode: X-Men 2099 #1-3 (The Gathering) X-Men 2099 #16-20 (Halloween Jack) X-Men 2099 #21-25 (2099 A.D. [After Doom])
Don’t Cross Bishop In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Men Legends #6
Remember when Whilce Portacio jumped onto Uncanny X-Men and made everything look like the coolest thing that ever happened? He made us think Malcolm and Randall were something. It takes skill and the dude still has it. So why not check out what Whilce and Brian Haberlin are doing in X-Men Legends #6. It’s a…