Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Episode 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...

Episode 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 Tw...

Episode 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 Facto...

Episode 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 Abo...

Episode 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 sl...

Episode 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...

Episode 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 F...

Episode 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 Fil...

Episode 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, Ju...

Episode 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...

Episode 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 them...

Episode 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, an...

Episode 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 T...

Episode 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 @art...

Episode 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,...

Episode 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 Ran...

Episode 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...

Episode 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 ! N...

Episode 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 Xavier...

Episode 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 J...

Episode 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 @X...

Episode 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 o...

Episode 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...

Episode Notes Everyone hates Jamie Madrox. This is why. Content Warning: This episode has discussions about complications with pregnancy and suicide. If you don't need that in your life right now, maybe skip this one. Ranked This Episode: Madrox X-Factor #39-40 (Multiple Birth) Multiple Man Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack...

Episode Notes Zack & Adam talk about Fortnite and also Storm, who we love and cherish! Ranked this episode: X-Men: Hidden Years #6-7 Storm vol 2 Ororo: Before The Storm 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...