Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Episode Notes This week writer Jonathan Hickman ( House of X, Secret Wars, Ultimate Spider-Man, East of West ) joins us to talk about Midnight X-Men , his new horror infused book out October 7th. He talks about his approach to Vampires, the horror of late-stage capitalism, the minimalization of X-Men, the unexpected ending of his Ultimate Universe, how him and Alan Moore are alike, the impending A...

Episode Notes It's a Longshot one. We all like Longshot in theory but do we like him in practice? I oft ponder this. The man has an iconic, consistent pedigree but has it served him and the greater X-Men universe well? I don't know man, but it keeps me up at night. Ranked This Episode: Longshot vol 2 Marvel Fanfare vol 2 #4-5 Ultimate X-Men #54-57 (The Most Dangerous Game) Check out the Battle of...

Episode Notes Please we are begging you, join the Patreon and listen to us talk about the X-Men movies. We're all out of ideas and shoveling things in front of you asking "do you like this?" It's been 9 years, we have no idea how to grow into a more commercially viable podcast. Possibly we should have made the show more accessible? But in reality, we are much like the comics we are discu...

Episode Notes This is not a new Twitter fan account for the messiest Inhuman, but instead just a podcast episode where we try and unravel which crystal is on Storm's shirt. Ranked This Episode: X-Men v2 #60-61 X-Men: Worlds Apart #1-4 X-Men v3 #30-37 (Proto-Mutants) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @arthurstacy &a...

Episode Notes The thing about Joe Casey is that he figured out how to make actual money so he can just make comics for fun. Would that all of comics be this lucky. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #400, 407-409 X-Men: Children of the Atom #1-6 Weapon X-Men vol 2 #1-5 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @arthurstacy...

Episode Notes Cormac McCarthy was quoted writing All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes. But he didn't use quotation marks because he wants to be difficult. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine: Weapon X #16 Nightcrawler Vol 4 #7 X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #36 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List...

Episode Notes In this episode, Adam finally reads Civil War Ranked This Episode: Civil War: X-Men Wolverine vol 3 #42-48 (Vendetta) X-Factor vol 3 #8-9 (Civil War) 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...

Episode Notes Man that song sucks, I'm listening to it right now. Possibly this is the only time I've deliberately listened to Kokomo. This is what happens when you get into a fight with Brian Wilson. Ranked This Episode: X-Men '92 #5 Uncanny X-Men #356 - 357 Colossus # 1 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @arthurst...

Episode Notes There's a new Spider-Man and we are an X-Men podcast, therefore we are doing an episode about all the cameo's in Spider-Man and how they relate to X-Men. Sometimes when I write this copy I put a lot of effort into it, this is not that time. Ranked This Episode: Amazing Spider-Man #282 World War Hulk: X-Men #1-3 Punisher vol. 6 #16-17 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking Li...

Episode Notes Warning, this episode contains hot Beak. If you don't want hot Beak, and I do not, please find a different podcast. Ranked This Episode Wolverine & The X-Men: Alpha and Omega New Warriors vol 4 #1-6 (Defiant) New Mutants vol 4 #31-33 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 Dungeons and, perchance, some dragons? That's what this BotA is all about! Ranked This Episode: Excalibur Annual #1 Uncanny X-Men Annual #3 Savage Avengers #17-19 (King In Black) 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...

Episode Notes Charles Francis Xavier is one of the most important leaders in mutant history. He's... not great with people. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Annual 2000 X-Men #2 (Vanisher)  Marvel Team-Up #118 (Spidey & Prof X) 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...

Episode Notes Jeph Loeb probably enjoys a Mountain Dew Dark Berry Bash, the blue raspberry and blackberry variant exclusive to Applebee's Cosmic Wings ghost kitchen. David Draiman probably enjoys Hard Mountain Dew Black Cherry, the most embarrassing way to get drunk. David Bowie would never touch the stuff. Ranked This Episode: Hulk #14-17 (Code Red) Avengers: X-Sanction Wolverine #310-313 (Sabret...

Episode Notes Cyclops is one of the greatest characters in comics, and that's because he screws up so often that it is funny. Like, every time, it's funny how he makes a bad decision. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men v1 #96 (Night of the Demon) X-Factor v1 #13-14 (Master Mold) Uncanny X-Men v3 #32 (Cyclops & Havok) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week...

Episode Notes There's a lot of things that we talk about in this episode, including the New York Knicks and Grunt Squad shirts and more importantly Ben Grimm. Ranked This Episode: Clobberin' Time #2 X-Man #59 Siege vol 2 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...

Episode Notes Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #4-5 Claws Northstar 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...

Episode Notes I have a hard time believing that Daniel Clowes would want his "comix" confused with Marvel's "What If?" series featuring the X-Men. And yet, that's what we are presupposing in this week's Battle Of The Atom. Are we the smartest podcast out there? No. But we are the best place to learn about the video game series Primal Roar. A video game I think Daniel Clowes wou...

Episode Notes ATTENTION ALL MEMEMBERS OF THE BOTA FEDERATION. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOG. REPEAT. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOGS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR PRECEPTIONS OF REALITY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Millennial Visions #1-2 GeneXt Marvels Comics: X-Men #1 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @arthur...

Episode Notes Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I'm going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Force #9 Magneto #13-17 Uncanny X-Men #161 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 How funny is it that Tim Heidecker is the new Alex Jones? Anyway here's an episode about Wolverine with a lot of good art and also a nude Tane. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine: Bloodlust Wolverine: Inner Fury Wolverine: Killing 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...

Episode Notes Adam & Dr. Anna Peppard got married. Well they got married a year ago but anyway we're celebrating it how. Say happy wedding to them. Ranked This Episode: Black Panther #14-18 (Wedding Of The Century) Excalibur #124-125 X-Men: The Wedding Special vol 2 #1 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @arthurs...

Episode Notes In this episode, Zack proves the one guy from 7 years ago who made a comment about how this podcast is too religious correct. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Hope #1 New Mutants v2 #5-6 Astonishing X-Men v4 #7-12 (A Man Called X) https://www.patreon.com/BattleOfTheAtom Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @a...

Episode Notes Gail Simone is the current writer of Uncanny X-Men. But what we posit is that she wrote X-Men related things before this. Would you believe that's what we are covering on the podcast this week? Ranked This Episode: Deadpool #65-69 (Healing Factor) Domino: Hotshots Marvelous Adventures of Gus Beezer: X-Men Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week o...

Episode Notes Sometimes superheroes get new clothes for no reason other than the fact that it sells variant convers and maybe could be a microtransaction in a video game. This is call the Spider-Man sales plan. Ranked This Episode: Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis X-Men vol 2 #35 (Sunset Grace) X-Men #37-39 (Factor Three) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week...

Episode Notes At the start of the 1970s crumbling relationships with Iran led to shocks in the global energy market, shooting up prices at the pump while the X-Men meandered aimlessly with Marvel not having a clue what to do with them. This is not commentary on current events. Ranked This Episode: Marvel Team-Up #4 Avengers #110-111 Captain America Annual #4 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master...