Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast
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Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast
Join 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.408 - Something To Say
Sometimes, X-Men comics have something to say. No one said they should say it, but darn it, the X-Men are going to say something.
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Ep.407 - Turning Japanese
The Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics once did an elaborate deception, pretending to be a Japanese Manga writer named Akira Yoshida, in order to skirt...
Ep.406 - I Know You Planned It
We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever happen to the Twi...
Ep.405 - Unbreakable
I wonder what M. Night Shyamalan thought about the X-Men character Marrow. I have to assume he knows about her. Perhaps he has thoughts.
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Ep.404 - Zxazx Attack
Sometimes, we wonder if we should change the podcast to be something more palatable to general audiences. But listen, if the X-Men have taught us anyt...
Ep.403 - Don't Bow To The Mouse
Do you think I mind that Walter Disney doesn't approve of some of these comics? That his estate isn't entitled to the sweat of the worker's brow? None...
Ep.402 - Daddy's Home.
In which we understand how much Cable's favorite Everclear song is "Father of Mine"
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Ep.401 - Clown Agnostic
Clowns are so cool, I wish they were real...
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Ep.400 - Ranknarök Returns
400 episodes and nearly 8 years later, Zack and Adam return to some of their earliest episodes, Days of Future Past style, to right the wrongs that le...
Ep.399 - Krakoa Cops
The wild thing about looking back on comics is how much they are colored by what was happening when you were originally reading them. In retrospect, p...
Ep.398 - The Mane
Sabretooth has a costume with a lion's mane sewn into it. Wrestler Tyler Mane played Sabretooth in a movie. Are these facts related to this episode?
Ep.397 - X-Men Monday Morning Quarterback with Chris Hassan
Chris Hassan from AiPT's X-Men Monday joins us for a journey through the last 300 installments of his column and what folks were talking about for all...
Ep.396 - Better Recognize
Do the children even remember Wizard Magazine these days? I mean, to be fair, Zack only knows of it, but was never of it. Luckily, the children all re...
Ep.395 - The Fightingist Smashouts
Comic fans oft wonder "who would win". Those folks need to touch grass.
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Ep.394 - Everyone Looks The Same
I'll be real with you, sometimes there's a request that really throws us for a loop. This is one of them.
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Ep.393 - We Live In A (Mutant) (Space) Society
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Ep.392 - We Live In A (Mutant) Society
I'm not mad, just disappointed at the society you chose to build. I thought we raised you better than this?
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Ep.391 - Michigan J Frog Situation
This episode is about Iron Man, but more than that, it's about the turn of the century Evangelical crossover literary sensation Left Behind.
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Ep.390 - Death Comes For Us All
What do we say to the god of death? We ask them what Dani Moonstar is like and if death thinks she would be our friend and also proud of us.
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Ep.389 - King Of The Hill
Dang ol' Magneto, man, talkin' 'bout that next generation of mutant kids? Run aroun' using dang ol' magnets to reflec' people's mind beams and talkin'...
Ep.388 - Flashin' Around w/ David Harper
Flashback with us to yesteryear as we get nostalgic about comics getting nostalgic about other comics. David Harper from SKTCHD and Off Panel is here...
Ep.387 - Borat Voice My Wife
In a 2012 episode of the hit television series "Bob's Burgers" the titular Mr. Burgers has a nightmare where, instead of being a small business owner...
Ep.386 - Name That External!
It's time for everyone's favorite game, Name That External! It's the game you try and remember who the Externals are. The fun thing about this game is...
Ep.385 - The Gold Standard
In times of economic uncertainty, many speculative investors will transition a larger portion of their assets into gold. This is generally a weird pla...
Ep.384 - The Robcipe
There is nothing I could say here that would help explain the life and times of Rob Liefeld more than reading literally every word he has ever said ab...
Ep.383 - Heka-Nut & The Sword Of Bone
Sometimes, listeners tune in for insightful commentary on X-Men comics and the world at large. Other times Zack and Adam are giggling so much that the...
Ep.382 - Egg Challenge with Dr. Anna Peppard
We love Meggan, here's an episode. Also Anna is here and isn't that great!
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Ep.381 - D'Onofrio Style + Megacon 2025
RIP Zack "The Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting" Jenkins. He leaves behind a loving co-host and many people who would consider him an enemy because of jokes...
Ep.380 - The 1000th Story
Rivers Cumo once said "I wanna go back, back to the shack, back to the Strat with the lightning strap" and we echo that message back going back to our...
Ep.379 - Sweeps Week with Connor Goldsmith
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...
Ep.378 - Humans Do Suck
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Ep.377 - Sacre Blu Superman
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...
Ep.376 - Carey On
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 ab...
Ep.375 - Orphan & Nannymaker
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 h...
Ep.374 - We Have Magneto At Home
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 obs...
Ep.373 - Home Alone... With Kevin?
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 holida...
Ep.372 - Soundwave Pterodactyl
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 episo...
Ep.371 - Not Pro-Murder
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. 1...
Ep.370 - Science Cussin'
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...
Ep.369 - The Mutant Age Has Now Begun with David Brothers
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...