Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast
348 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 5 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsJoin Zack and Adam from ComicsXF as they battle to decide the best and worst X-Men stories of all time!
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Ep.194 - House Of Pabst
April 19, 2021 08:20 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBEpisode Notes What is best in life? To read comics and do podcasts about them I guess. We talk about Conan and Conan-related wizards on this one. It's a fun time. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #190-191 (An Age Undreamed Of) Savage Avengers #1-5 (The City Of Sickles) X-Men #1/2 (Thrall) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the...
Ep.193 - Cyclops Is Wearing A Loincloth
April 12, 2021 08:20 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBEpisode Notes Who will fall? Who will rise? Who will be the last host standing? You know a schism was coming between Adam and Zack, you just never thought it would be this ugly. Ranked this episode: Schism Generation Hope #10-12 X-Men: Regenesis Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Tak...
Ep.192 - A Toy I Have No Recollection Of
April 05, 2021 12:54 - 141 MBEpisode Notes Y'all like weird X-Men guest appearances in toy comics? We do! We love them so much that we got our buddy Austen Gorton on the show to talk about ROM the Spaceknight. Ranked This Episode: ROM #17-18 (Hybrid!) X-Men and the Micronauts Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior #6 (Demon) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the...
Ep.191 - If You Only Listen One X-Men Podcast This Week, It Must Be This One
March 29, 2021 08:20 - 43 minutes - 43.7 MBEpisode Notes We wanted to talk about Magik and Shadowcat, we ended up talking about Jim Shooter and Daredevil. This is what happens every time we pick three single issues to talk about. Plus, see Zack slowly descend into madness as he loses his voice more and more over 45 minutes. It sure is content. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 #33 Uncanny X-Men #303 (Going Through The Motions) New Mutants #36 (Subway To Salvation) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New...
Ep.190 - Wacky Races
March 22, 2021 08:20 - 55 minutes - 55.8 MBEpisode Notes The old men of Battle of the Atom provide all the Old Man content you need. This includes talking about Mark Millar, arguing about New Jersey and talking about Johnny Cash. Ranked This Episode Old Man Logan (Millar/McNiven) Old Man Logan vol 2 #1-4 (Bezerker) Dead Man Logan Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the ...
Ep.189 - The Marc Silvestri Power Hour
March 15, 2021 08:20 - 47 minutes - 44.9 MBEpisode Notes It's the Marc Silvestri Power Hour where we talk all about the life and work of Marc Silvestri. Once again, Zack's audio is bad and he is so so tired. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #232-234 (Earthfall) Wolverine #35-37 (Blood & Claws) Cyberforce/X-Men Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by...
Ep.188 - Video James
March 08, 2021 09:20 - 47 minutes - 48.1 MBEpisode Notes What's Wolverine's favorite video game system? The XBox I'm sorry. We're talking about X-Men games tie-ins, some video, some card. These comics are not good, they have never been good, and they never would be good. But they are weird hell and I know you crazy kids love weird comics. Honestly? We get pretty distracted and don't talk about comics and instead Zack talks about playing video games in his friend Dave Newman's basement. Don't worry, it's still a super exciting ep...
Ep.187 - We All Love A Large Goddess
March 01, 2021 06:42 - 50 minutes - 52.1 MBEpisode Notes We dive into Nova Roma. It's bad. We don't care for it. So we listen to "Up The Wolves" by The Mountain Goats, a song that must have been inspired by that terrible New Mutants arc. John Darnielle please confirm. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #7-12 (Nova Roma) New Mutants Forever Necrosha Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk F...
Ep.186 - Powerlord Kruun
February 22, 2021 09:20 - 53 minutes - 50 MBEpisode Notes We all love Breakworld right? It's such a good fun place with a lot of stories that we all care about right? Right? Ranked This Episode: Astonishing X-Men (Unstoppable) Uncanny X-Men #504-507 (Lovelorn) Uncanny X-Men #535-538 (Breaking Point) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukam...
Ep.185 - Who Wants To Kill An Xavier? With Nola Pfau
February 15, 2021 13:30 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBEpisode Notes We complete our double Dazzler coverage by looking at recent stories featuring the disco Dazzler and oops, it's a lot about the Inhumans. Get ready for us to remember how annoying they were. Oh, and WWAC Editor-In-Chief and CXF contributor Nola Pfau joins us to relitigate some real weird times. Also, there's a bunch of doggo noises but we don't mind because he's a good pupper. Yes he is. Yes he is. Ranked this episode: X-Treme X-Men Vol 2 #1-3 (Xavier Must Die!) A-Force Vo...
Ep.184 - Disco Dazzler
February 08, 2021 09:20 - 50 minutes - 50.4 MBEpisode Notes It's the first of our Double Dazzler celebration! This week it's old school with Disco stories featuring Allison Blaire. Ranked this episode: Dazzler #9-11 (Herald of Galactus) Dazzler #38 (Vs The X-Men) Dazzler: The Movie Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, ...
Ep.183 - X-Force Vs Chick-Fil-A
February 01, 2021 09:20 - 51 minutes - 52.2 MBEpisode Notes Everyone loves Cable. He's a terrific athlete! But, oh no, many people are fighting him this week. He's even fighting some of the children he takes care of. We should do something about that, like rank it. Ranked This Episode: Cable And X-Force #1-5 (Wanted) Deadpool Vs X-Force X-Force #49-50 (Cable Vs X-Force) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our t...
Ep.182 - Poor Sapna
January 25, 2021 09:20 - 49 minutes - 54.6 MBEpisode Notes Things get Magikal as we explore three stories featuring Magik. Also, there's a story where a small child becomes a sword, and that's weird. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #160 (Chutes and Ladders) Uncanny X-Men #231 (Colossus Pretends To Be A Ghost) Extraordinary X-Men #13-16 (Kingdoms Fall) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is J...
Ep.181 - Mutant Self-Actualization With Vita Ayala
January 18, 2021 09:20 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBEpisode Notes New Mutants and Children Of The Atom writer Vita Ayala joins us again to talk about these teen and making good comics. This week's episode art was by Jen Overstreet with colors by Luke Herr and he is a good teen boy. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com or on Twitter Join the CXF Discord for good vibes and great friends. Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory f...
Ep.180 - The Book Of Love
January 11, 2021 13:40 - 54 minutes - 60.2 MBEpisode Notes This week we talk about Lorna Dane, the lady known as Polaris. She had a rough go of it at the start of the 00s and we dive right into that whole ding dang mess. Also, Zack got a football fact wrong and is very sorry that he implied that the traitor Tommy Tuberville used to coach Alabama, not Auburn. It's been a long week and Zack tries to think about the SEC as little as possible. Bama still sucks. Go Bucks! Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #442-443 (Of Darkest Nights) ...
Ep.179 - How Could This Confound Me?
January 04, 2021 16:00 - 61.3 MBEpisode Notes Happy 2021! We're exhausted from that whole thing so we are talking about Inventory Issues. One of these? One of these is a video game tie in for a canceled text based adventure game. Ranked this episode: Marvel Fanfare #1-4 (Savage Land) Marvel Fanfare #33 (Quest Probe) Marvel Fanfare #40 (Angel/Mystique) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme ...
Ep.178 - Sex Police
December 28, 2020 09:20 - 49 minutes - 51 MBEpisode Notes This whole episode is about The Blob. Freddy Dukes is a good boy now and we want nothing but the best for him at all times. So should you. Ranked this episode: Age Of X-Men: X-Tremists All-New X-Men vol 2 #4-7 Marvel Fanfare #7 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Ta...
Ep.177 - Merry Chrises-Mas with Chris & Christi Eddleman
December 21, 2020 09:20 - 52 minutes - 53.7 MBEpisode Notes Merry Chrises-Mas to all and to all a good episode of podcast talking about different X-Men stories from around the holidays with our good friends, Chris & Christi Eddleman. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine #49 Merry X-Men Holiday Special Power Pack #20 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 ...
Ep.176 - Underground Secret Grandma with Zach Rabiroff
December 14, 2020 09:20 - 55 minutes - 59.6 MBEpisode Notes We are unpacking the power of the Power Pack this week as we discuss why Leech is the best, Annalee is the worst, and learn the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Zach Rabiroff joins us because, darn it, we just wanted to share in the fun. Ranked This Episode: Power Pack #19 Power Pack #11-12 Uncanny X-Men #195 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...
Ep.175 - Forbidden To Speak Of It with Jordan D. White
December 07, 2020 09:20 - 70.5 MBEpisode Notes Senior Editor Jordan D. White joins us to talk about X Of Swords, Reign Of X, and a deep dive into how artists get cast on a book! 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo ...
Ep.174 - BotA Origins: Wolverine
November 30, 2020 09:20 - 58 minutes - 64.4 MBEpisode Notes We're going back to the beginning as we talk all about Wolverine's origins! We’re sponsored this week by the MARVEL MADE PARAGON COLLECTION: CHRIS CLAREMONT from Marvel. Go to GETMARVELMADE.COM/ATOM to pre-order your copy today! Ranked This Episode: Weapon X (Marvel Comics Presents #72-84) Wolverine #48-50 (The Shiva Scenario) Origin Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier F...
Ep.173 - Our Ultimate Episode
November 23, 2020 09:20 - 48 minutes - 48.9 MBEpisode Notes This week it is all about the late, and interesting Ultimate Universe. We're sponsored this week by the MARVEL MADE PARAGON COLLECTION: CHRIS CLAREMONT from Marvel. Go to GETMARVELMADE.COM/ATOM to pre-order your copy today! Ranked This Episode: Ultimate Comics: X Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye Ultimate Comics: X-Men #29-33 (World War X) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier File...
Ep.172 - Hope Floats
November 16, 2020 05:15 - 54 minutes - 59 MBEpisode Notes This one is all about Hope Summers. You know her. She is great. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #526-529 (Five Lights) Generation Hope #1-4 (The Future Is A four Letter Word) X-Force vol 4 #11-15 (Us Vs. Them) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Juny...
Ep.171 - Emma Would Never Wear This with Connor Goldsmith
November 09, 2020 09:20 - 78 MBEpisode Notes This week Connor Goldsmith, host of CEREBRO joins us to talk about her excellence, Emma Grace Frost. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Black: Emma Frost New X-Men #33-36 (Mercury Falling) Emma Frost #1-6 (Higher Learning) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Jun...
Ep.170 - Liberty & Justice For All with Carrie Harris
November 02, 2020 09:20 - 46 minutes - 46 MBEpisode Notes We take a break from books with pictures to talk to Carrie Harris about her new book Liberty & Justice for All: A Marvel: Xavier's Institute Novel staring Tempus and Triage. Pick up the book here! 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako ...
Ep.169 - Twenty US Dollars Worth Of Candy
October 26, 2020 08:20 - 50 minutes - 54.7 MBEpisode Notes Happy Halloween. We celebrate it by talking about Zack's 4 year-old is a scrub at SSBU. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men v3 #5-7 (Limbo) Marvel Knights: X-Men Ghost Rider #67-68 (Brood Feud II) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayak...
Ep.168 - The Power Of Love
October 19, 2020 08:20 - 57 minutes - 62.9 MBEpisode Notes L is for the way Land looks at me O is for the only storyline for Jean V is very, very, extra boring reading E is enjoyable podcast hosts that you adore Ranked this episode: Phoenix: Endsong Phoenix: Warsong New X-men #151-154 (Here Comes Tomorrow) 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 Se...
Ep.167 - The M-Word
October 12, 2020 08:20 - 56 minutes - 60.4 MBEpisode Notes The X-Men books have, at times, struggled with intersectionality and representation of the ideas they are inspired by. These ones though? They are good at it. Ranked This Episode: All-New X-Men v1 #9-14 Generation X v2 #6-7 Age Of X-Man: Prisoner X 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 Se...
Ep.166 - The Tail End Of Benjamin Button Disease
October 05, 2020 08:20 - 52 minutes - 53.4 MBEpisode Notes We are ageing backwards, all the way back to the first appearance of some of our favorite characters. Join us in the abyss. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny #265-267 (First Gambit) Uncanny #345, 347-350 (First Maggott & Trail of Gambit) X-Men #28 (First Banshee) 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 Arc...
Ep.165 - Gambit Ajace
September 28, 2020 08:20 - 49 minutes - 53.7 MBEpisode Notes Very few swords but very many minor appearances of Gambit on this one folks. Ranked this episode: X-Men vol. 4 #23-26 (The Burning World) X-Treme X-Men #5-9 All-New X-Factor #3-4 (Stolen Island) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and A...
Ep.164 - X Of Swords Eve With Tini Howard
September 21, 2020 08:20 - 58 minutes - 70.3 MBEpisode Notes Raise your blades because it's time for X Of Swords! Writer Tini Howard joins Battle Of The Atom to talk Excalibur, Tarot, and all things X Of Swords. Here's links to all the other stuff we mentioned: The Chrises On Infinite Earth's Interview with Jordan D. White The AipT X-Men Monday Interview Yoshi Yoshitani Tarot of the Divine & Beneath The Moon Biddy Tarot Cerebro Episode About Betsy Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Xa...
Ep.163 - Nearly Religious Experience
September 14, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBEpisode Notes We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the worl...
Ep.162 - Surrealist Propaganda
September 07, 2020 08:20 - 57 minutes - 62.8 MBEpisode Notes What weird one. We're talking about cartoons mostly, but also adaptations of those cartoons. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Animation Special X-Men: Evolution #1-6 X-Men: The Manga #1-4 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashim...
Ep.161 - X-Man Update
August 31, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 68 MBEpisode Notes It's finally time for all the X-Man content you could crave. We go a little off the rails on this one. Buncha Lord Of The Rings talk that I wasn't expecting tbh. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men vol 5 #1-10 (Disassembled) X-Man #1-4 (Age Of Apocalypse) X-Man #67-70 (Infinites Of Evil) 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 F...
Ep.160 - The Ethical Alternative To Going To See The New Mutants
August 24, 2020 08:20 - 58 minutes - 63.1 MBEpisode Notes Don't: Go to a movie theater and see what's probably going to be a bad movie Do: Listen to us talk about a great comic Ranked The Episode: New Mutants #18-20 (Demon Bear) X-Force vol 3 #7-10 (Old Ghosts) Uncanny X-Force vol 2 #1-6 (Let It Bleed) 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 Seii...
Ep.159 - Outpouring Of Crocodile Admiration With Annalise Bissa
August 17, 2020 08:20 - 52 minutes - 49 MBEpisode Notes This week X-Men assistant editor Annalise Bissa talks to Zack about Swords, Crocs, and the impact of COVID-19 on making X-Men. 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo desi...
Ep.158 - He's Smart But He's Dumb
August 10, 2020 08:20 - 52 minutes - 58.6 MBEpisode Notes Who loves Havok? Us I guess. This one is all about that himbo. Astonishing X-Men 13-17 (Until Our Hearts Stop) Havok & Wolverine: Meltdown X-Men 54-59 (1st Havok, 2nd Sentinels) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover...
Ep.157 - Let's Roll For Initiative Babay
August 03, 2020 08:20 - 51 minutes - 56.2 MBEpisode Notes I had good episode notes but I accidentally deleted them. This one has Thor in it. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants 77-80 and 82-85 (Back to Asgard) The Mighty Thor 15-19 (Asgard/Shi'ar War) Exiled (New Mutants/JiM) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, J...
Ep.156 - The Resurrection Protocols with Leah Williams
July 27, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBEpisode Notes Leah Williams joins the boys to talk about X-Factor as we all forget how to do podcasts with good audio quality. 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Ze...
Ep.155 - That's My Good Sword
July 20, 2020 08:04 - 43 minutes - 47.3 MBEpisode Notes We're doing hell stuff now. X-Infernus X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations: Hellbound New Mutants #15-22 (Fall & Rise Of The New Mutants) 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum w...
Ep.154 - Fairy Tales
July 13, 2020 08:20 - 44 minutes - 49.1 MBEpisode Notes We talk about fairy tales this episode. I don't know what else to say. Who reads this stuff besides the ranking thing? Couldn't be me. Ranked This Episode Uncanny X-Men #153 (Kitty's Fairy Tale) Uncanny X-Men Annual #8 X-Men vol 1 #30 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 Seiichi Fukami, ...
Ep.153 - One Of Those Sociopaths
July 06, 2020 08:20 - 40 minutes - 45.8 MBEpisode Notes Get dark and smokey to get all noir with the BotA Boys Ranked The Episode: X-Men Noir Wolverine Noir Weapon X Noir 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mi...
Ep.152 - Bun Town
June 29, 2020 08:20 - 55 minutes - 61.3 MBEpisode Notes Content Warning: There are frank discussions about sex and sexual assault in this episode. If you don't want that, feel free to skip this week. Two dudes talk about three female centered comics with no women on the creative teams. It sure is a time. Ranked This Episode: X-Women X-Treme X-Men 36-39 (Storm: The Arena) X-Men Vol 4 1-3 (Primer) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @X...
Ep.151 - Deep Lore
June 22, 2020 08:20 - 52 minutes - 59.9 MBEpisode Notes The podcast has officially been retconed. Ranked this episode: X-Men Forever X-Men: Die By The Sword Apocalypse: The Twelve 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo de...
Ep.150 - Thicc Wolf
June 15, 2020 08:20 - 50 minutes - 57.8 MBEpisode Notes This is episode 150 and The Saga of Vampire Adam does take a hairy turn. If you can, Battle Of The Atom is raising funds for The Advancement Project. If you can, please consider donating. Ranked This Episode: Captain America #170-175 (Secret Empire) A+X #13-18 (Captain America + Cyclops) Captain America #402-408 (Man And Wolf) 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 an...
Ep.149 - Burning Man Online with Charlie Davis
June 08, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 69 MBEpisode Notes We talk Cable & X-Force and enter the digital multiverse today. If you can, Battle Of The Atom is raising funds for The Advancement Project. If you can, please consider donating. Ranked This Episode: X-Fore #44 (Enter The Purple Era) Cable #22 (The Sad Airport Issue) X-Force #75 (Burning Man) 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...
Ep.148 - Death Farts
June 01, 2020 08:20 - 53 minutes - 60.7 MBEpisode Notes We love Apocalypse don't we folks? We love it when his blood courses through our veins? Ranked This Episode: Wolverine: The Jungle Adventure X-Men #182-187 (The Blood Of Apocalypse) Apocalypse Vs Dracula 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 Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, ...
Ep.147 - Laura's Sister Baloney with Stephanie Burt
May 25, 2020 08:20 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBEpisode Notes It's everyone's favorite foursome as we talk about the X-Men and Fantastic Four with special guest Stephanie Burt Ranked This Episode Fantastic Four Vs X-Men X-Men vol 3 #16-19 (Betrayal In The Bermuda Triangle) All-New Wolverine #33-35 (Old Woman Laura) 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...
Ep.146 - The BotA Boiz Bump
May 18, 2020 08:20 - 53 minutes - 59.8 MBEpisode Notes The boys are back in town, but due to the pandemic gripping our every waking thoughts, we never left to begin with. Anyway we're talking about Fantomex. Ranked This Episode: New X-Men #142-145 (Assault On Weapon Plus) Dark Reign: The List - Wolverine #1 Fantomex MAX 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...
Ep.145 - Addicted To The Internet
May 11, 2020 08:20 - 43 minutes - 49.1 MBEpisode Notes It's about hunting this week. I don't have anything interesting to say tbh. Ranked This Episode: The Hunt For Xavier (Uncanny X-Men #362-364 & X-Men #82-84) X-Men: The Search For Cyclops The Hunt For Wolverine: Weapon Lost (The Hunt For Wolverine, Weapon Lost, & Dead Ends) 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 th...