Battle Of The Atom: Inscrutable Cyclops with Alex Paknadel
Alex Paknadel comes on the show to chat about his upcoming Cyclops series, the Punch Dimension, and what it’s like writing X-Men this past year.
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Hey, it’s those kids we like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Expatriate X-Men #1
We’ve met a lot of new kids during the Age of Revelation. Omega Kids. Elbecca the Chorister. Temper and Ransom’s baby. Kids who theoretically weren’t even born in the present of the X-books. But the fact of the matter is, we’re still getting to know the kids we met during “From the Ashes,” which was…
Battle Of The Atom: SQWURK!!!
We talk about animals and X-Men this week. See if you can find the following animals: gorilla, girrafe, elephant, squirell, wolverine, human/bird monstrocity. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #56-58 (Bird-Brain Saga) All-New Wolverine #7 X-Men #3 (Beware of the Blob!)
Battle Of The Atom: Episode 80 (Again) – Your #1 “Saying ‘The Todd'” Podcast
Zack poured himself a strong drink and talked to Adam about Wolverine. We also talk a lot about Kamala Khan and 3D and The Todd. Ranked This Episode: Ms Marvel #6-7 (Healing Factor) Uncanny X-Men #268 (Madripoor Knights) Spider-Man #8-12 (Perceptions)
Chrises On Infinite Earths: Oh No, My Bean (Excalibur: Weird War III)
Christi and Chris get weird in this patron-requested Weird War III episode! What’s the deal with Excalibur and Nazis? How brutal is Kitty Pryde? Why does Lockheed routinely vanish mid-issue? All this and more in this episode! Patreon Kofii Album Art by Kate Foray Music Credits: “Evening Melodrama” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By…
Pyro doesn’t know how fire works in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Factor #3
Let’s talk about Pyro. St. John Allerdyce is a former journalist and current romance novelist. He is a longtime member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and its attempt to go straight as Freedom Force. As a Marauder, he was one of the more entertaining examples of a villain finding a new role on Krakoa…
X Observations About The New Quiet Council
In our earlier discussion regarding Inferno #2, Chris and I spent a little bit of time talking about new Quiet Council dynamics, but I really just couldn’t stop thinking about it. Here are some interesting things I noticed now that the Quiet Council is once again operating at full capacity. First, a quick breakdown of…
BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 42: The Chips Are Down
This week starts a new era in the ongoing Batman series, as new writer Chip Zdarsky takes over, making him the first writer to write both the Batman and Daredevil ongoings at the same time. And since both Matt & Will are fans of Zdarsky’s other crime work, well, what better time to look at…
Seeing The Black Cat’s Nine Lives in Black Cat #3
In her final King in Black tie-in, Felicia finds herself in a bit of a pickle. If a pickle were a magic room where a personification of magic (maybe) is trying to con the con artist herself. Shoutout to the regular creative team: Jed MacKay, C.F. Villa, Brian Reber, and Ferran Delgado. Zoe: At this…
Advance Review: A Poem About King In Black: Iron Man/Doctor Doom #1
King In Black: Iron Man/Doctor Doom #1 comes out on December 30th. Written by Christopher Cantwell with art by Salvador Larroca and Guru-eFX and letters by Travis Lanham. This review is a variant on “A Visit from St. Nicholas” with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore. ‘Twas a week after Christmas, a world gone to hell…
Everywhere you look, it’s our EXCLUSIVE preview of Laura Kinney: Wolverine #7
In the current arc of Laura Kinney: Wolverine, our heroine is in some kind of altered quasi-sitcom reality where she and her sister Gabby (Hooray!) live with their father, Logan, and Laura is experiencing a trauma response regarding the death of her mother in which she writes fantasies about a violent character called the Wolverine….
Batgirls Is Great, Everything Else Is a Slog in This Week’s Bat Chat
We’re back in the future Gotham, where the Next Batman must race the Magistrate to save people who tried to kill him, Cass Cain and Stephanie Brown save a lost ally from the Magistrate, and Catwoman and Poison Ivy have one last girl’s weekend in Future State: The Next Batman #4 with: “The Next Batman,”…
Obi-Wan #1 is Fun, But There’s Not a Lot There
Hello there! With a Disney+ show launching at the end of the month, everyone’s favorite Jedi with a loose definition of “the truth” gets a miniseries spotlighting his past exploits. First up, in Star Wars: Obi-Wan #1, an adventure of tween Obi-Wan from his Jedi Temple days, written by Christopher Cantwell, art by Ario Anindito,…
Ultimate Failure: The Strange Case of Marvel’s Updated Universe
The Ultimate Universe was made with noble intentions – to find a way to make an accessible version of Marvel characters that were true to the original idea of the comics. It started with Ultimate Spider-Man written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Mark Bagley, creating a new Peter Parker who was once again…
High Stakes In Lowtown! It’s Marauders #18!
The chess game between the Marauders and Homines Verendi gets more and more complex as lines are drawn in Marauders #18 by Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, Edgar Delgado and Cory Petit. Christina Eddleman: Now that the Marauders are back to marauding, I’m ready for boats! Lot’s of boats! Boats. All. Day. Okay I…