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Battle of The Atom

Ranking every X-Men story from A to Z. Hosted by Zack Jenkins and Adam Reck.

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Battle Of The Atom: Sweeps Week with Connor Goldsmith

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck4 months ago4 months ago01 mins

When TV shows cared about Nielsen ratings, ad rates would be set based on how well a show performed during a very specific portion of the year called “Sweeps Week”. To goose the system, shows would bring out all the stops with big episodes, guest stars, all of that. We honor that tradition as the…

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Battle Of The Atom: Humans Do Suck

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck4 months ago4 months ago01 mins

No further explanation needed. Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: Sacre Blu Superman

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck5 months ago5 months ago02 mins

This episode is all about Gambit. Why? I mean, that’s quite the important question. Friedrich Nietzsche said “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Of course, Nietzsche also said “The Superman is the meaning of the earth.” and I remember just enough about that time he had blue electricity powers…

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Battle Of The Atom: Carey On

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

Once upon a time, in the years before Xavier Files, Zack and his friend Thomas started an X-Men book club where the first thing they wanted to talk about was Mike Carey’s X-Men work. This is then that domino meme that gets us to this very moment nearly a decade later. Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: Orphan & Nannymaker

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

When we think of icons, we think of them. They are X-Men characters whose names we would never confuse or mix up and certainly characters who should help Slingers sell more copies. Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: We Have Magneto At Home

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck5 months ago5 months ago01 mins

In our post-truth world, it is sometimes difficult to discern what Magneto truly is. Is he a freedom fighter filled with righteous fury? A lunatic obsessed with supremacy? A kind shepherd for the next generation of his people? What this podcast posits, it that he is a South Beach yoga instructor, and you know we…

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Battle Of The Atom: Home Alone… With Kevin?

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck5 months ago6 months ago01 mins

We don’t have a friend or a guest named Kevin in this one. But we do have Christmas stories of VARIOUS quality. Someone help us escape from the holiday hellscape we have created for ourselves. Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: Soundwave Pterodactyl

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

Guess who had to resist screeching the entire episode? Hint: it’s the host who, for reasons unknown to himself, spends a shocking amount of this episode defending PAD X-Factor, a run he doesn’t really like all that much. People are complicated… Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: Not Pro-Murder

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

For legal reasons, the hosts of Battle Of The Atom need to affirm that we explicitly do not endorse murder as defined in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1112. 18 U.S.C. § 1111. This episode discusses fictional events and characters and any statements or inferences about one or both of the hosts being “pro-murder” must be taken…

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Battle Of The Atom: Science Cussin’

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

Son of a Bromide, those Gallium Darmstadtium BotA Boyz are at it again with their stretching of what counts as an X-Men comic. This time it’s about Dr. Nemesis. Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: The Mutant Age Has Now Begun with David Brothers

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

X-Men: The Manga: Remastered editor David Brothers joins the boys for a deep dive into the remaster of the manga adaptation of the cartoon adaptation of the X-Men comics. Like an onion, this episode has layers.

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Battle Of The Atom: My On-Fire-Motorcycle-Skeleton Friend

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck7 months ago7 months ago01 mins

The horrors around us, they persist. But so does the Spirit of Vengeance. Adam and Zack continue celebrating Halloween longer than most people by talking about Ghost Rider because it was the best use of their mental energy on a Tuesday night. Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: Third Favorite Halloween Themed Character

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck7 months ago7 months ago01 mins

Legally, it’s not Halloween anymore. But the bad boy of X-Men podcasting doesn’t care. We’re doing Halloween! Ranked This Episode:

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Battle Of The Atom: New York Comic Con Super Special 2024

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck7 months ago7 months ago01 mins

This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lanzing, David Marquez, Josh Cassara, Gerry Duggan, Chris Condon, and Justin Mason!

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Battle Of The Atom: Tapeworm Lovin’

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck8 months ago8 months ago01 mins

Tablua Rasa is a location in the Marvel Universe that we all think about every day. These are the stories about it. Ranked this episode:

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