Ranking every X-Men story from A to Z. Hosted by Zack Jenkins and Adam Reck.
In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, “OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?” Years later he would create The Brood and introduce body horror to the X-Men. Also, this episode has exploding pie. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #162-#167 (The Brood Saga) Wolverine and the X-Men #5-#7…
An overworked assassin and his high school Spider-Friend do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other’s life for one freaky Friday. Ranked this episode: Ultimate Spider-Man #66-#67 (Jump The Shark) All-New Wolverine Annual #1 Uncanny X-Men #314 (Early Frost) Get the Xavier Files Zine Check out the…
Zack & Adam dig into the future, the past, and worlds that might have been. We talk about last wills, anniversaries, and weird weddings. This is a cool episode so you should listen to it. Or don’t. I’m not your dad. Ranked this Episode: The Last Will And Testament of Charles Xavier (Uncanny X-Men vol…
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> This week on Battle of the Atom, Adam is back and so is our format! We talk about Princess Di joining X-Statix The X-Men mini-series that stars NPR personalities And how much we adore Goldballs Ranked this Episode: Back From The Dead (X-Statix #13-18) X-Treme…
This week on Battle Of The Atom we travel to Interview City and discuss CABLE with writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler We talk about loving X-Man Finding a new take on a convoluted character Writing Cable in the age of Brolin Explaining Stryfe to an 8-year-old And the utterly fascinating debut that is COME…
All right stop Go on subscribe and listen Iceman’s back with a brand new edition Sina kept the plot going tightly Then he flows those dad jokes both daily and nightly Will it ever stop? Yo, You already know Crank up this pod to the max, make it blow To the extreme, BotA isn’t a…
Generation X may be over but Christian Strain is here with us to go over all the nitty gritty details of it. We talk about Jubilee, Glob, Quire, X-Man, and much more! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme…
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> Welcome to an edit free episode of this podcast where we rank Spider-Man stories all day long. We have been doing this for 30 weeks now so none of this should come as a surprise to you. We do whatever a Spider can, as…
You know about the Phalanx? Well we sure do now and we spend some time talking about them. The good news is you get some hot beats from Retcon X at the end. Ranked This Episode: Phalanx Covenant: Generation Next Phalanx Covenant: Life Signs Phalanx Covenant: Final Sanction Check out Retcon X on Soundcloud Check…
An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. We talk about stairs a suprising amount on this episode. I’ve given up taking Episode Notes seriously, I doubt many of you read these and if…
This week we have a Patreon supported special thanks to The Young Ones co-host Charlie Davis! We talk about Shatterstar, Rictor, and more Shatterstar. It is very on-brand for one of us. Charlie. It is on-brand for them, not us. Ranked this episode: X-Force #19-24 (Assult on Greymalkin) X-Factor #207-213 (Happenings in Vegas) X-Force #59-61 (The Shatterstar…
We follow up with that fun Kelly Thompson interview to talk about the stories that inspire her. Also face tattoos, Savage Land bikinis, and a possibly perfect story. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #273-#277 (Savage Land/Shi’ar) Gambit & The X-Ternals #1-#4 Astonishing X-Men vol 3 #1-#6 (Gifted) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking…
Man I just need a break don’t you? Maybe a trip to the mall or a couple of cold ones with the boyz? Well luckily we have 3 X-Men stories this week about just that. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #245 (Men!) Uncanny X-Men #244 (Ladies Night) Uncanny X-Men #15.INH Check out the Battle of…
ROGUE & GAMBIT writer Kelly Thompson joins the BotA boys to talk about both Rogue AND Gambit. We also talk about the craft of comics, relationships, and how to make continuity work for you! Make sure to pick up ROGUE & GAMBIT because it is very good! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New…
Battle of the Atom is a deep dive X-Men continuity podcast that brings together three distinct plotlines with multiple readable characters. This of course includes the one in which Kang, being a total jerk, will absolutely steal a baby. Ranked this episode: House of M Uncanny Avengers #18-#22 (Avenge the Earth) X-Men: Eve of Destruction…