Ranking every X-Men story from A to Z. Hosted by Zack Jenkins and Adam Reck.
Special, unintentially long episode of you guys this week. X-Men ’92 co-writer, and podcaster who we stole the entire concept of this show from, Chris Sims joins us to talk about one thing, Arcade. Along the way, we have some fantastic conversations about, well, most things X-Men. Also, Zack’s mic broke right before recording this and he…
They say home is where the heart is, which is ridiculous. My heart lives in my ribcage right next to my breathe bags. Still, the X-Men’s home is important so we have dedicated an entire episode to that building. Ranked this episode: X-Men: Survival Guide to the Mansion Special Edition X-Men #1 (Back-Up) X-Men: Evolution…
They got the raddest hooks They got the dopest looks And when they’re misunderstood it’s even better Who are they? Mutants. And mutants are so hot right now. Zack and Adam take a beat to look at mutants bearings on pop culture. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #395-#398 (Poptopia) Morlocks #1-#4 X-Force #116-#119 (1st X-Statix)…
This week on the show we talk about Jeff Parker and only Jeff Parker. We also get very sidetracked and get into tangents like you wouldn’t believe. This is our life now. Please don’t smoosh that unsubscribe button, give us another chance. Ranked This Episode: Exiles vol 2 #1-#6 (The Jeff Parker Exiles) X-Men Vs….
DO NOT FEAR HUMANS! WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL OF THIS POD-CAST. THE ROBOTIC MEMBER OF THE X-MEN SHALL BE THE FOCUS. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #360 & X-Men #80 (Children Of The Atom) Astonishing X-Men #7-#12 (Dangerous) X-Club #1-#4 Get the Xavier Files Zine Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New…
Would you like to see Zack & Adam struggle to put their hate into words? Well listen to this episode where we rank our 100th story. We hate it! Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #428-#434 (The Draco) Nightcrawler #1-#4 (Cockrum’s Nightcrawler) Amazing X-Men #1-#5 (The Quest for Nightcrawler) Get the Xavier Files Zine Check out…
In 1980 the English band The Vapors released their hit single Turning Japanese. Like all media from any time in the past, it was problematic. A decade later the English mutant Psylocke turned Japanese. Like all media from any time in the past, it was problematic. We get to talk about that loaded gun today on…
I, (state name here), a member of good standing of the Bird-Brain Warlock Haters Fan Club, do solemnly swear to be a Bird-Brain and hate Warlock and not read about him or draw him unless I have to and especially never fall in love and, if I do, may I die slowly and painfully and…
Wanna travel to an alternate universe where worldbuilding isn’t the greatest? Well we have 3 of them on this episode of Battle Of The Atom. Ranked this Episode: Uncanny X-Men #284-286 (Into The Void) X-Factor #43-46, #48-50 (Judgement War) X-Men: Gold #12, #16-20 (Negative Zone War) Get the Xavier Files Zine Check out the Battle…
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…