Ranking every X-Men story from A to Z. Hosted by Zack Jenkins and Adam Reck.
Cormac McCarthy was quoted writing All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. But he didn’t use quotation marks because he wants to be difficult. Ranked This Episode:
In this episode, Adam finally reads Civil War Ranked This Episode:
Man that song sucks, I’m listening to it right now. Possibly this is the only time I’ve deliberately listened to Kokomo. This is what happens when you get into a fight with Brian Wilson. Ranked This Episode:
There’s a new Spider-Man and we are an X-Men podcast, therefore we are doing an episode about all the cameo’s in Spider-Man and how they relate to X-Men. Sometimes when I write this copy I put a lot of effort into it, this is not that time. Ranked This Episode:
Warning, this episode contains hot Beak. If you don’t want hot Beak, and I do not, please find a different podcast. Ranked This Episode
Dungeons and, perchance, some dragons? That’s what this BotA is all about! Ranked This Episode:
Charles Francis Xavier is one of the most important leaders in mutant history. He’s… not great with people. Ranked This Episode:
Jeph Loeb probably enjoys a Mountain Dew Dark Berry Bash, the blue raspberry and blackberry variant exclusive to Applebee’s Cosmic Wings ghost kitchen. David Draiman probably enjoys Hard Mountain Dew Black Cherry, the most embarrassing way to get drunk. David Bowie would never touch the stuff. Ranked This Episode:
Cyclops is one of the greatest characters in comics, and that’s because he screws up so often that it is funny. Like, every time, it’s funny how he makes a bad decision. Ranked This Episode:
There’s a lot of things that we talk about in this episode, including the New York Knicks and Grunt Squad shirts and more importantly Ben Grimm.
Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert. Ranked This Episode:
I have a hard time believing Daniel Clowes would want his “comix” confused with Marvel’s “What If?” series. And yet, that’s what we are presupposing.
ATTENTION ALL MEMEMBERS OF THE BOTA FEDERATION. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOG. REPEAT. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOGS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR PRECEPTIONS OF REALITY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. Ranked This Episode:
Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I’m going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate. Ranked This Episode:
Here’s an episode about Wolverine with a lot of good art and also a nude Tane.