Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Episode Notes There are a lot of Guthrie children and today? We are going to talk about the lesser Guthries. So get ready for a wild range of stories from all-time greats to terrible, trash books. Ranked This Episode: X-Men #7 (The Crucible) Uncanny X-Men Annual '95 Uncanny X-Men #437-441 (She Lies With Angels) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on Comics...

Episode Notes Zack and Adam had to scramble after our great interview about Planet-Size X-Men got messed up. So we decided to answer your questions about X-Men, us and anything else. It's a fun session that has nearly no edits. All rippers no skippers. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try t...

Episode Notes Hello normal human podcast listeners, we are your regular human hosts. Nothing is wrong. He loves you. Ranked this episode: Secret Invasion: X-Men X-Factor/She-Hulk: Secret Invasion Captain Britain & The MI:13 #1-4 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 the...

Episode Notes We just love it when the X-Men team up with their great pal Spider-Man. These are some of those time. It's not just just a Marvel 2-In-1, it's a a 3-In-1. Good times to be had by all. Ranked This episode: Marvel Team-Up #100 (Karma, Storm & Black Panther) Marvel Team-Up #149 (Cannonball) Marvel Team-Up #150 (X-Men) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New conten...

Episode Notes Because you demanded it, Zack & Adam are put on trial for their crimes of ranking X-Men stories badly for 199 weeks straight. Now? Their podcast is on the line as the rank harder than they have ever ranked before in this star studded 200th episode. The Trial Of Jean Grey The Trial Of Juggernaut The Trial Of Magento Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New conten...

Episode Notes You ever feel like playing the Dungeons and Dragons and pretending all your friends are wizards or whatever? Imagine if they did that for a whole comic with Wolverine in it! Ranked this episode: Wolverine: Rahne Of Terra Wolverine: Knight Of Terra New Mutants #47-50 (Magus) Help out the Reck family here. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on...

Episode Notes All men must die. All men must serve. Are we still talking about Game of Thrones? I don't think so but we're still talking about death and stuff this week so we're going to go with it. Ranked This Episode: Death Of X X-Men: The Exterminated Uncanny X-Men Annual 2019 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @a...

Episode Notes We get all flipped and inverted and talked about by comics. It wasn't great. Ranked This Episode: AXIS Magneto #9-12 (AXIS) Deadpool #36-39 (AXIS) 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, Y...

Episode Notes We decimate the competition as we become the only X-Men podcast to rank 500 bespoke stories. We are celebrating with wonton destruction. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Vol 2 #177-179 (Decimation) Generation M The 198 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 mus...

Episode Notes Let's go back to the 1970s and fill in some classic tales of X-Men action that we ding dang forgot to do before. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #105, #107-108 (Phoenix Saga) Iron Fist #15 (Enter, the X-Men) Uncanny X-Men #120-121 (Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive!) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter...

Episode 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...

Episode 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...

Episode 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...

Episode 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 M...

Episode 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 Tw...

Episode 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 @arthurs...

Episode 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 vi...

Episode 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 Com...

Episode 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 t...

Episode 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...

Episode 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...

Episode 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...

Episode 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 ComicsX...

Episode 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...

Episode 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. B...