Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast
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Ep.95 - Cyclops Has More Than Two Problems
May 27, 2019 08:12 - 51 minutes - 53.3 MBCyclops, just, boy howdy does he have some problems. We love our sweet anxiety riddled son but, man, he needs to maybe talk to someone. Maybe that someone could be you? (Cyclops is fictional, please do not talk to him unless you have put on your fiction suit). Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men vol 2 #19 (The Passion Of Scott Summers) Uncanny X-Men #391 (Dad) Champions #12 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and A...
Ep.94 - All-New, All-Different Battle Of The Atom
May 20, 2019 08:54 - 47 minutes - 47.6 MBEpisode Notes We're back, we're different, and we're talking about Bishop. But in a very different way, we aren't talking about Bishop because we picked 3 stories he is only nominally the star of. Oops! Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #281-283 (Bishop's Crossing) Life And Times Of Lucas Bishop New X-Men #139-141 (Murder At The Mansion) 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 @...
Ep.93 - The Father, Son, And Holy Spirit Of The Sentinel Program
May 13, 2019 08:50 - 56 minutes - 59.1 MBEpisode Notes Welcome to Sunday School. This has become your premier destination for all things related to Christianity if by that we mean the Sentinel program. Anyway there is a very pink robot in this one. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #194 (Juggernaut's Back In Town) New X-Men #28-31 (Nimrod) X-Men: Second Coming 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.92 - No Themed Roller Coasters Whatsoever
May 06, 2019 06:53 - 51 minutes - 55.6 MBEpisode Notes This week we talk about Beast. We were going to talk about roller coasters but SOMEONE didn't get my reference. Anyway this episode also turned into a bunch of romance stories and WOW, Hank McCoy can brood. Ranked this Episode: X-Men Endangered Species Beauty & The Beast X-Factor Special: Prisoner of Love 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 th...
Ep.91 - I Don't Want To Besmirch Daddy Chris
April 29, 2019 07:14 - 1 hour - 62 MBEpisode Notes The New Mutants do two things constantly. 1) Push back the release date of their feature film 2) Die This episode is about the second thing. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants: Dead Souls New Mutants #38-40 (Aftermath) New Mutants: Truth or Death 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.90 - Here's What I Know About Christian Grey
April 22, 2019 06:33 - 51 minutes - 50.7 MBEpisode Notes This week we talk about the Hellfire Club, and wouldn't you know it, we had audio issues and had to rerecord 2/3rds of the whole danged thing! So if we seem off our game, that's why. Sorry, we'll fix it next time. Enjoy the 50 Shades of Grey jokes! Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #96-100 (London Hellfire Club) Astonishing X-Men #13-18 (Torn) Wolverine & the X-Men #30-35 (The Hellfire Saga) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Xav...
Ep.89 - Dennis Didn't Put The Cake In Here
April 15, 2019 06:16 - 50 minutes - 49.1 MBEpisode Notes I tell you what, if my teenage self came forward in time to tell me how much I sucked, I wouldn't take him very seriously. Teenage me was a dummy. Anyway we talk about the O5 for a while. Hope you like it. Ranked This Episode: All-New X-Men #1-5 (Yesterday's X-Men) eXtermination X-Men: Season One 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...
Ep.88 - Suspiciously Similar To Your Irish Accent
April 08, 2019 08:19 - 45 minutes - 44.2 MBEpisode Notes 90s X-Men sure sold a bunch! So much so that everyone got cool, four-issue minis! We talk about 3 of them as Zack offends the entire state of Louisiana. Adam, as always, is the voice of reason and quality analysis. Ranked This Episode: Gambit vol 1 Rogue vol 1 Bishop vol 1 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...
Ep.87 - Star Studded C2E2 2019 Special
April 01, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 85.5 MBEpisode Notes Zack went to C2E2 last weekend and talked to A BUNCH of creators. Let's see what that was all about. Check out everyone in this episode like Matthew Rosenberg Todd Nauck Daniel Kibblesmith Tim Seeley Declan Shalvey Kyle Starks Russel Dauterman And special thanks to con friends Charlie Davis, Chris Eddleman, and Christi Eddleman. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Fi...
Ep.86 - The Borg Are Just Phalanx Right?
March 25, 2019 08:41 - 48 minutes - 47.8 MBEpisode Notes We boldly go where no podcast has gone before and talk about Star Trek. I know nothing about it. Adam gets frustrated at continuity. Ranked this episode: Star Trek/X-Men #1 Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Second Contact #1 X-Men: Kingbreaker 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 Sei...
Ep.85 - Honey Badger Is Gruul with Vita Ayala
March 18, 2019 05:33 - 51 minutes - 50.1 MBEpisode Notes We have Prisoner X writer Vita Ayala joining us this week to talk about their awesome book. It gets real heavy but then we talk about Magic: The Gathering so it's one of those episodes. 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. ...
Ep.84 - Faith & Begorrah
March 11, 2019 05:34 - 49 minutes - 48.6 MBEpisode Notes Happy St. Patrick's Day! Well, soon I guess. We celebrate in the X-Men way by just winging it based on cultural sterotypes that are probably a little insensitive. It is a very X-Men way to celebrate, that is for sure. Anyway we rushed to get this out so it isn't as editied as usual, sorry about that but I think it still turned out fun. Ranked this Episode: Uncanny X-Men #101-104 (The Leprechauns of Cassidy Keep) Uncanny X-Men First Class #8 (The Curse of Craeliach) Generat...
Ep.83 - I Did It All For The Nookie with Dan McMahon
March 04, 2019 08:45 - 56 minutes - 53.4 MBEpisode Notes Let's chug some Mountain Dew, hit a sick kick flip, and talk about how our parents just don't understand us. We got Dan McMahon here with us to talk about Adam-X the X-Treme. Ranked this Episode: X-Force Annual #2 Captain Marvel #2-#3 X-Men #39 (Adam-X the X-Treme Goes Camping) Check out Dan's podcast Super Sons Here's that Adam-X comic I made Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitte...
Ep.82 - If Not For X-Men Twitter with Leah Williams
February 25, 2019 06:11 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBEpisode Notes Guys, Leah Williams is back to talk about X-Tremists! It's a super fun episode that does have a cuss or two in it so keep the earmuffs ready for the young ones. Anyway it's a great time and you should go buy her books. 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.81 - The #1 Podcast For Reminding You Of All The Problematic Things Magneto Has Done
February 18, 2019 06:29 - 51 minutes - 50.4 MBEpisode Notes This episode is going to talk about stories where Magneto attempts to commit genocide and generally acts like a monster. We talk bluntly about the parallels to the real world. If that's not what you need in your life, no sweat, see you next week. Also, we split it up with a Silver Age story so we still have some jokes. Ranked this episode: Magneto Rex X-Men #4-5 (The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants) New X-Men #146-150 (Planet X) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Rankin...
Ep.80 - Your #1 "Saying 'The Todd'" Podcast
February 11, 2019 08:58 - 55 minutes - 55.3 MBEpisode Notes 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) 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...
Ep.80 - Episode 80 (Again) - Your #1 "Saying 'The Todd'" Podcast
February 11, 2019 08:58 - 55 minutes - 55.3 MBEpisode Notes 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) 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...
Ep.79 - The Cannonball In Space Hour
February 04, 2019 09:24 - 43 minutes - 42.5 MBEpisode Notes We talk about the #1 Kentucky Good Boi this week. We happen to also talk about space a ton. We happen to also also admit to making pop culture references about things we have never seen. It's metal af. Ranked This Episode: Uncnnay X-Men #341-344 (Cannonball Fights Gladiator And Then Some Space Stuff) New Mutants Annual #1 Avengers World #17 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xa...
Ep.78 - Your Premire X-Man Podcast with Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler
January 28, 2019 08:59 - 51 minutes - 49.2 MBEpisode Notes Enter the Age of X-Man with writers Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler. We talk about all the things that make the world tick! Also, there is a siren in the background for a tiny part of it. I promise, I tried to get rid of it as much as possible. 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 Fuka...
Ep.77 - Your New Age Religious Podcast
January 21, 2019 08:53 - 45 minutes - 46.6 MBEpisode Notes This is an episode about the burly Jesus named Cable. His is different than the ripped Jesus named X-Man. Comics are wild y'all! Ranked This Episode: Marvel Team-Up v3 #19 X-Men #188-193 (Supernovas) Cable & Deadpool #7-10 (The Burnt Offering) 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...
Ep.76 - Your Mutant Alternative To NPR's Code Switch
January 14, 2019 09:58 - 47 minutes - 50.9 MBEpisode Notes This week we are way over our heads with stories that have interesting elements but are problematic as heck. We also avoid making the same Greg Land comments every message board makes. Ranked This Episode: District X #1-6 (Mr. M) X-Factor Vol 2 Uncanny X-Men #530-535 (Quarantine) 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 ...
Ep.75 - We've Now Become An Antifa Podcast
January 07, 2019 08:59 - 50 minutes - 50.9 MBEpisode Notes Who wants to over throw a facist government run by a dad, the spider robot from the end of the Lost In Space movie, and a piece of Kix with a knife? We do! Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #235-238 (Welcome To Genosha) X-Tinction Agenda Cable #26-28 (The Long Way 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.74 - Stories Where Kitty Pryde Doesn't Get Married
December 31, 2018 09:01 - 42 minutes - 41 MBEpisode Notes We got some new stories about a great topic, not marriage. Join us and Kitty as we don't get married. Also, I didn't edit this too much so you might get some mouth sounds. Sorry I guess. Ranked this Episode: Uncanny X-Men #179 Excalibur #12-13 X-Men Gold #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 ...
Ep.73 - Battle Of The Atom Holiday Spectacular
December 24, 2018 09:13 - 40 minutes - 41.4 MBEpisode Notes So this is X-Mas? And what have you done? Well Mr. Judgemental, we made a podcast. It is the holiday spectacular for 2018 and it has stuff! Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #98-100 Uncanny X-Men #230 Generation X #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, ...
Ep.72 - Actual Biblical Marvel Comics Cain
December 17, 2018 10:21 - 44 minutes - 44 MBEpisode Notes What is love? Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No more. Ranked this episode: Pryde & Wisdom Rogue & Gambit Witchblade/Wolverine 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 If ...
Ep.71 - Thinking Of The Children
December 10, 2018 09:18 - 42 minutes - 44.8 MBEpisode Notes Teenagers scare the friggin' shoot out of me! That's why we dedicated an entire episode about it. A lot of children do get murdered and we are very sorry about that. Ranked This Episode: X-Campus New Mutants #21 (Slumber Party) New X-Men #20-27 (Childhood's End/Crusade) Go buy the Guide to X-Ceptional Baking 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! Ou...
Ep.70 - Magneto But Good And Young And Hot
December 03, 2018 08:53 - 46 minutes - 45.7 MBEpisode Notes Good evening my Acolytes! We talk about you today. We also renamed you. This will probably go away by the next time we record so indulge me for now. Also, the last X-Man Update(?) Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #300 X-Men Legacy #208-210 (From Genesis to Revelations) Magneto vol 1 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 Fa...
Ep.69 - Web-Head Waffles And Other Assorted Spiders-Men with Dan Gvozden
November 26, 2018 13:20 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MBEpisode Notes We realized we were woefully unprepared to to talk about Spider-Man so we brought in a ringer. Dan Gvozden from Amazing Spider-Talk is here to help us through the details of that Spectacular Spidered-Man! Ranked this episode: X-Men/Spider-Man Spider-Man vs Wolverine Amazing Spider-Man #92 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...
Ep.68 - Thanks For The Sewer Stories Jerry!
November 19, 2018 09:37 - 46 minutes - 46.4 MBEpisode Notes We are talking about Morlocks today. They should team up with the ninja turtles. Just saying. Ranked this episode: The Mutant Massacre Uncanny X-Men #291-293 (Morlocks Take Manhatten) Uncanny X-Men Annual #18 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 Nak...
Ep.67 - Acts Of Friendship
November 12, 2018 09:20 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBEpisode Notes In a special comics podcast crossover, we are joined by Chris Eddleman of Chrises On Infinite Earths and Dan Grote of WMQ&A. Instead of ranking comics, we rank friendships! It is a blast! Make sure you check out all the podcasts participating! Chrises on Infinite Earths: An all-ages comics podcast that delves into the biggest comic book crossover events that you need to know. Multiversal Q: Your guide to the comic book multiverse, now in podcast form! Play Comics: A podcas...
Ep.66 - What You Guys Call Deep Cut I Used To Call Tuesday with Fabian Nicieza
November 05, 2018 09:20 - 55 minutes - 51.9 MBEpisode Notes Incrediably excited to share this one with you folks. You might know him from X-Force, X-Men, Cable & Deadpool. It is legendary comicbook creator Fabian Nicieza. We talk about so many cool things like Shatterstar, Adam-X the X-Treme, and a secret Gambit project that the internet has no record of. Frankly, it is a wild interview. Check out Fabian's new comic Outrage! It's free! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com F...
Ep.65 - Put Dracula Back Together
October 29, 2018 05:12 - 34 minutes - 32.2 MBEpisode Notes Happy Spooktober everyone! We are celebrating the creepy month and the eve of All-Saints Day by talking about, well, Draculas. They are spoopy and drink blood. A perfect combination for these trying times. Please celebrate the dark holy month with us. Hail Satan! Ranked This Episode: X-Men vol 3 #1-6 (Curse Of The Mutants) What If...? #37 (What If Wolverine Was Lord Of The Vampires During Inferno) Generation X #63 (Monet Vampure Hunter) Check out the Battle of the Atom Ma...
Ep.64 - Our Mesh Shirt Overlord w/Trent Seely
October 22, 2018 08:55 - 50 minutes - 47.1 MBEpisode Notes This week Trent Seely from Continuity Nod joins us to talk about a lot of stories. Like, we have too many stories and we needed a 3rd host to even start to get through this! You are getting your money's worth on this one folks. Ranked this episode: X-Men: To Protect And To Serve Generation X Underground Special A+X #5 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 @arthurs...
Ep.63 - Some Chupacabra Type Activity
October 15, 2018 06:15 - 42 minutes - 42.9 MBEpisode Notes Xorn Medium elemental, neutral Armor Class 19 (Natural Armor) Hit Points 73 (7d8 + 42) Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft. STR 17 (+3) DEX 10 (+0) CON 22 (+6) INT 11 (+0) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 11 (+0) Skills Perception +6, Stealth +3 Damage Resistances Piercing and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Adamantine Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Tremorsense 60 ft., Passive Perception 16 Languages Terran Challenge 5 (1,800 XP) Or just a Gordian Knot of continuity. You decide! Ranked Thi...
Ep.62 - A Gospel Has Come Upon Us with Charlie Davis
October 08, 2018 07:00 - 44 minutes - 42.4 MBEpisode Notes We have the X-Man Update to end all X-Man Updates (note: I will still continue to do X-Man Update because it is fun for me). Plus we talk to friend of the show, Charlie Davis about Jean Grey, but like, a young version of her. And then also baking! Make sure to Kickstart The Guide To X-Ceptional Baking Zine Ranked This Episode: Jean Grey #8-11 (Psych Wars) X-Men Origins: Jean Grey #1 All-New X-Men #37 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content ever...
Ep.61 - Charlie Brown Is The Cyclops of the Peanuts
October 01, 2018 07:00 - 55 minutes - 55.7 MBEpisode Notes For being super heroes, the X-Men and Avengers fight a ton. This is a time-honored tradition from every generation. Also, Magneto is the only one to be in all of these which is a weird fun fact I forgot about. Oh, and this episode is long because AvX is a lot. Covered This Episode: Avengers Vs X-Men #0-12 The X-Men Vs The Avengers #1-4 X-Men #43-45 & Avengers #53 (The Silver Age AvX) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFi...
Ep.60 - Time To Clean House with Ed Brisson
September 24, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 42.7 MBEpisode Notes Timelines are confusing. So is having multiple characters with the same name. Luckily, Ed Brisson is here to clean everything up. I'm sure after this the X-Men will no longer be confusing. Also this was recorded before X-Force was announced so be happy we talked about them as much as we did! 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 ...
Ep.59 - You Talkin' Bout Neutrino Annihilator?
September 17, 2018 09:30 - 45 minutes - 43.7 MBEpisode Notes College is a time for growth and good X-Men stories. That's what we got today. I'm running late on putting up these notes and also the Packers TIED against the stupid Vikings so I'm mad and don't want to make jokey jokes so deal with it. Ranked This Episode: Chamber #1-4 Generation X #10-11 (Death Wail) Mechanix #1-6 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 @arthurst...
Ep.58 - Galactus Is Dope & He Does Dope Things
September 10, 2018 09:05 - 44 minutes - 44.4 MBEpisode Notes Here me listners! No longer are we the podcast you once knew! We are fire and life incarnate, we are X-Man Update! That's right, we spend the whole episode talking about how one of us is reading X-Man and nothing about the Phoenix. Deal with it nerds! Ranked this episode: Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey Uncanny X-Men #466-468 (End of Greys) Excalibur #61 (Truth and Consequence) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on...
Ep.57 - A Pack Of Misfits with Jim Zub
September 03, 2018 06:46 - 56 minutes - 52.7 MBEpisode Notes Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor writer Jim Zub joins us to dive into the wild world of Psylocke, New Tian, and what it's like to write weird 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 aft...
Ep.56 - WELCOME TO DIE!
August 27, 2018 10:21 - 54 minutes - 53.2 MBEpisode Notes Hello X-Chickens! On today's episode we talk about the one, the only, Magneto. He has done just an absolute ton of stuff and is very intresting. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #111-113 (Magneto Triumphant) Captain America #367 (Acts of Vengence) Magneto #1-3 (Infamous) 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...
Ep.55 - I'm Gonna Eat The Cake
August 20, 2018 08:04 - 42 minutes - 42.3 MBEpisode Notes This week we have a whole episode about Freedom Force today but here is the thing, Freedom Force is boring. We find a way to talk about it for a while. Also Lucifer is bad and shouldn't be part of X-Men. Ranked this Episode: Uncanny X-Men #206 (Freedom Is A Four Letter Word) Uncanny X-Men #215-216 (Old Soldiers) X-Men #20-21 (I, Lucifer) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavie...
Ep.54 - The Bob Ross Painting Video of Men with Seanan McGuire
August 13, 2018 09:00 - 57 minutes - 53 MBEpisode Notes Guys we have Seanan McGuire on the show this week and I forgot her last night right at the start. I blame it on the cursed object I got the day we recorded. We talk about Emma and Kitty and Gwen and Mystique and all sorts of stuff. 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.53 - One Year X-Travaganva
August 06, 2018 11:28 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBEpisode Notes We did it! A whole year of episodes! To celebrate we are going to have special guest Chris Clar... oh he didn't return our email? I mean superstar artist John By... he hates me? Levi's commercial star Rob L... blocked on Twitter? Podcasting superstar Jay Ed... we never even thought to ask?. Nevermind, we are just gonna do a regular episode but some bonus content at the end. Maybe SOMEONE should do a better job planning this. Ranked this Episode: Astonishing X-Men #44-#47 (Ex...
Ep.52 - Mass Murdering Genocide Girl with Brett Simon
July 30, 2018 08:00 - 51 minutes - 48.6 MBEpisode Notes I'm not gonna sugarcoat this one for you guys, this episode deals with a rough story. A story so rough that Zack needed everyone to know he was drinking to soothe the pain. Also we brought in Brett Simon from Renegades: Talking Valiant to discuss it. We are sorry it came to this (but not sorry for Brett because he is dope). Ranked This Episode: IvX #0-#6 X-Factor #65-68 (Endgame) Uncanny X-Men #390 (The Cure) Make sure you check out Renegades: Talking Valiant! Check out ...
Ep.51 - Wolverine: Cocaine
July 23, 2018 08:07 - 43 minutes - 41.5 MBEpisode Notes Hey bub, this episode is about Wolverine. That means we are obviously talking about sentient cocaine, elephant bones, and wiener mobiles. Strap in because Jimmy Six-Claws is gonna take you for a ride! Ranked this episode: Wolverine #17-23 (Cocaine) Marvel Comics Presents #85-92 (Blood Hungry) Savage Wolverine #12-13 (Come Conquer the Beasts) 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.50 - Do You Want The Honest Answer? with Cullen Bunn
July 16, 2018 09:00 - 58 minutes - 57.5 MBEpisode Notes This week on the podcast X-Men: Blue. Uncanny X-Men, and Magneto writer Cullen Bunn joins us to dish out secrets from his time working on X-Men. We discuss how he got the O5, what X-Men: Black was going to be, and his failed attempts to #BringBackMaggott. 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...
Ep.49 - Already Hogwarts
July 09, 2018 09:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBEpisode Notes It's tough being a teen and it's even tougher when you're saving the world but still have to be home in time to do your algebra homework. On today's episode of the podcast we talk about teens, youths, and everything in-between. Ranked this episode: New X-Men #1-6 (Choosing Sides) NYX #1-7 Old Man Logan #39-40 (Glob Loves, Man Kills) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Fil...
Ep.48 - Isn't That What The Marvel WIkia Is For? with Jordan D White
July 02, 2018 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBEpisode Notes The Marvel Wikia describes Jordan D White as "a panhandler in New York City". I describe him to my uninterested co-workers as the guy in charge of X-Men, which frankly, is a more relevant description. We talk about some of the big, upcoming changes in the world of X-Men, how to best structure a line, and the dangerous difference between voicing his opinion as a fan vs an editor. Zack’s mic is still broke but he has a service ticket in with Blue to get a new ding dang micropho...
Ep.47 - That Steven Spielberg
June 25, 2018 08:20 - 49 minutes - 46.5 MBEpisode Notes You know him best from ET, Saving Private Ryan, and that movie about farting giants but Steven Spielberg (yes, that Steven Spielberg) participated in the creation of an X-Men comic once. It's actually really good. Also some other times that the X-Men helped kids in need. Zack's mic is still broke but he has a service ticket in with Blue to get a new ding dang microphone that doesn't sound like he is running it through a BOSS DS-1. Sorry. Ranked this episode: Amazing X-Men #...