Ranking every X-Men story from A to Z. Hosted by Zack Jenkins and Adam Reck.
We ring in the New Year with an edit-lite episode of Battle of the Atom all about the core concept of New Year’s Eve. Bars! We also do our end of the year roundup! Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #183 (The Bar One) Excalibur #91 (The Bar One) Wolverine vol 3 #6 (The Bar One)…
We celebrate the holidays with some festive X-Men stories. We answer some listener questions, and have a suprise Christmas gift at the end for all you. Ranked this episode: X-Factor #27 (Gifts!) Uncanny X-Men #143 (Demon!) A Miracle a Few Blocks Down From 34th Street (Marvel Holiday Special 1991) That sweater Adam & I are…
You remember when we asked Dennis Hopeless for a few X-Men stories to rank (like Riot at Xaviers) and then NEVER followed up with an episode about it? So do we! This one’s got it all folks! Wrestling talk? ✔️Fridging? ✔️A dissertation on Xorneto? ✔️ It’s going to be a rip-roaring time! Ranked this episode:…
Are you looking for some life? Perchance some death? What about a long digression into the history of licensed properties at Marvel? Well Zack & Adam have all of that on this episode. Ranked this episode: Lifedeath (Uncanny X-Men #186) Lifedeath II (Uncanny X-Men #198) Lifedeath III (Storm vol 3 #3) Check out the Battle…
Zack & Adam are joined by the writer of the upcoming X-Men Gold Annual, Leah Williams to talk about Excalibur’s 30th Anniversary, how long it took to come up with the best opening line in comics this year, the recent revelations about CB Cebulski, and most importantly, Maggott. This is a Maggott heavy episode people….
Zack & Adam are joined by The Lightning & The Storm co-host Elisabeth Allie to talk about all the times the X-Men and Asgard crossed over. Ranked this episode: X-Men & Alpha Flight Asgardian War What If… The X-Men Stayed In Asgard Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow…
Zack & Adam are joined by Jean Grey scribe Dennis Hopeless for a great interview about Jean, Maddie, being dads, and everything in between. 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 music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by…
Zack & Adam decide to turn this podcast into a dedicated Air Bud Cinematic Universe podcast. Also we talk about X-Factor I guess. Ranked this week: X-Factor vol 1 #1-#6 X-Factor vol 1 #71-#75 X-Factor vol 3 #1-#6 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and…
Zack says a cuss, Adam talks about the 90’s. We all go into a Mojo inspired spiral as we talk about fun things in the Mojoverse. Ranked this week: Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld X-Men vol 2 #10-#11 Howard the Duck vol 6 #8-#11 New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our…
On the eve of All Hallows Eve the BotA boys talk about spooky stories involving demons, Draculas, and the greatest What If… ever! Ranked this week: Storm & Illyana: Magik Uncanny X-Men #159 (That Dracula One) What If… Wolverine Was Lord of the Vampires? (What If… #24) New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and…
Zack & Adam finally come to blows about where to rank a title and Inferno infects us all on this spooky Halloween episode. Ranked this week: Inferno (X-Men & X-Factor) Inferno (New Mutants) X-Terminators 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…
Zack & Adam get polybagged as we dive into some huge events and a couple number ones. Ranked this week: X-Cutioner’s Song X-Men #1 Generation X #1-#3 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 Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi,…
This week Eric and Julia Lewald join us to talk about their time on X-Men: The Animated Series Check out more of their work here and keep an eye out for Eric’s new book Previously On X-Men, coming soon. 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…
Zack & Adam get into 3 more X-Men stories. I don’t have anything witty to say in these notes because we recorded this like 3 weeks ago and I forget if we made jokes. Let’s assume we did! Ranked this episode: Ultimate X-Men Vol 1 The Tomorrow People Messiah War X-Factor #87 (X-Aminations) New content…
Zack & Adam travel to the land of the rising sun for some manga inspired X-Men tales when they find a story that might forever stay at the bottom of their list. Ranked this episode Marvel Mangaverse X-Men X-Men: Phoenix Legacy of Fire Wolverine Snikt! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on…