Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Episode Notes This week on the show we talk about Jeff Parker and only Jeff Parker. We also get very sidetracked and get into tantgents like you wouldn't believe. This is our life now. Please don't smoosh that unsubscribe button, give us another chance. Ranked This Episode: Exiles vol 2 #1-#6 (The Jeff Marker Exiles) X-Men Vs. The Agents Of Atlas X-Men: First Class #11 (The Continuiteens) Check ou...

Episode Notes DO NOT FEAR HUMANS! WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL OF THIS POD-CAST. THE ROBOTIC MEMBER OF THE X-MEN SHALL BE THE FOCUS. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #360 & X-Men #80 (Children Of The Atom) Astonishing X-Men #7-#12 (Dangerous) X-Club #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...

Episode Notes Would you like to see Zack & Adam struggle to put their hate into words? well listen to this episode where we rank our 100th story. We hate it! Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #428-#434 (The Draco) Nightcrawler #1-#4 (Cockrum's Nightcrawler) Amazing X-Men #1-#5 (The Quest for Nightcrawler) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierF...

Episode Notes In 1980 the English band The Vapors released their hit single Turning Japanese . Like all media from anytime in the past, it was problematic. A decade later the English mutant Psylocke turned Japanese. Like all media from anytime in the past, it was problematic. We get to talk about that loaded gun today on Battle Of The Atom. Ranked this Episode: Psylocke and Archangel Crimson Dawn...

Episode Notes I, (state name here), a member of good standing of the Bird-Brain Warlock Haters Fan Club, do solemnly swear to be a Bird-Brain and hate Warlock and not read about him or draw him unless I have to and especially never fall in love and, if I do, may I die slowly and painfully and suffer for hours or until I scream bloody murder. Ranked This Episode: X-Factor #24-#26 (Fall of the Mutan...

Episode Notes Wannt travel to an alternate universe where worldbuilding isn't the greatest? Well we have 3 of them on this episode of Battle Of The Atom. Ranked this Episode: Uncanny X-Men #284-286 (Into The Void) X-Factor #43-46, #48-50 (Judgement War) X-Men: Gold #12, #16-20 (Negative Zone War) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follo...

Episode Notes In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, "OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?" Years later he would create The Brood and introduce body horror to the X-Men. Also this episode has exploding pie. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #162-#167 (The Brood Saga) Wolverine and the X-Men #5-#7 (Preggo Brood) X-Men/Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy  C...

Episode Notes An overworked assassin and his high school Spider-Friend do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday. Ranked this episode: Ultimate Spider-Man #66-#67 (Jump The Shark) All-New Wolverine Annual #1 Uncanny X-Men #314 (Early Frost) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierFiles...

Episode Notes Zack & Adam dig into the future, the past, and worlds that might have been. We talk about last wills, anniversaries, and weird weddings. This is a cool episode so you should listen to it. Or don't. I'm not your dad. Ranked this Episode The Last Will And Testament of Charles Xavier (Uncanny X-Men vol #23-31) X-Men 100th Anniversary Special X-Men Legacy #300 Get the Xavier Files Zi...

Episode Notes This week on Battle of the Atom, Adam is back and so is our format! We talk about Princess Di joining X-Statix The X-Men mini-series that stars NPR personalities And how much we adore Goldballs Ranked this Episode: Back From The Dead (X-Statix #13-18) X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 #35 (That Goldballs Issue) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New conten...

Episode Notes This week on Battle Of The Atom we travel to Interview City and discuss CABLE with writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler We talk about loving X-Man Finding a new take on a convoluted character Writing Cable in the age of Brolin Explaining Stryfe to an 8-year-old And the utterly fascinating debut that is COME INTO ME Pre-order the Xavier Files Zine Check out the Battle of the Atom Ma...

Episode Notes All right stop Go on subscribe and listen Iceman's back with a brand new edition Sina kept the plot going tightly Then he flows those dad jokes both daily and nightly Will it ever stop? Yo, You already know Crank up this pod to the max, make it blow To the extreme, BotA isn't a scandal Light up you commute, this guest is more than you can handle Ice, Ice Baby Check out the Battle of...

Episode Notes Generation X may be over but Christian Strain is here with us to go over all the nitty gritty details of it. We talk about Jubilee, Glob, Quire, X-Man, and much more! 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 Gam...

Episode Notes Welcome to an edit free episode of this podcast where we rank Spider-Man stories all day long. We have been doing this for 30 weeks now so none of this should come as a suprise to you. We do whatever a Spider can, as you well know. Ranked this Episode: Spider-Man Team-Up #1 Web of Spider-Man Annual #2 Spider-Man & The X-Men #1-2 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking Lis...

Episode Notes You know about the Phalanx? Well we sure do now and we spend some time talking about them. The good news is you get some hot beats from Retcon X at the end. Ranked This Episode: Phalanx Covenant: Generation Next Phalanx Covenant: Life Signs Phalanx Covenant: Final Sanction Check out Retcon X on Soundcloud Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week o...

Episode Notes An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. We talk about stairs a suprising amount on this episode. I've given up taking Episode Notes seriously, I doubt many of you read these and if you do, you probably appriciate me being so on brand. Ranked...

Episode Notes This week we have a Patreon supported special thanks to The Young Ones co-host Charlie Davis! We talk about Shatterstar, Rictor, and more Shatterstar. It is very on brand for one of us. Charlie It is on brand for them, not us. Ranked this episode X-Force #19-24 (Assult on Greymalkin) X-Factor #207-213 (Happenings in Vegas) X-Force #59-61 (The Shatterstar Saga) Check out Charlie on Th...

Episode Notes We follow up with that fun Kelly Thompson interview to talk about the stories that inspire her. Also face tattoos, Savage Land bikinis, and a possibly perfect story. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #273-#277 (Savage Land/Shi'ar) Gambit & The X-Ternals #1-#4 Astonishing X-Men vol 3 #1-#6 (Gifted) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on X...

Episode Notes Man I just need a break don't you? Maybe a trip to the mall or a couple of cold ones with the boyz? Well luckily we have 3 X-Men stories this week about just that. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #245 (Men!) Uncanny X-Men #244 (Ladies Night) Uncanny X-Men #15.INH Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam o...

Episode Notes ROGUE & GAMBIT writer Kelly Thompson joins the BotA boys to talk about both Rogue AND Gambit. We also talk about the craft of comics, relationships, and how to make continuity work for you! Make sure to pick up ROGUE & GAMBIT because it is very good! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitte...

Episode Notes Battle of the Atom is a deep dive X-Men continuity podcast that brings together three distinct plotlines with multiple readable characters. This of course includes the one in which Kang, being a total jerk, will absolutely steal a baby. Ranked this episode: House of M Uncanny Avengers #18-#22 (Avenge the Earth) X-Men: Eve of Destruction Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking...

Episode Notes We ring in the New Year with an edit-lite episode of Battle of the Atom all about the core concept of New Years Eve. Bars! We also do our end of the year round up! Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #183 (The Bar One) Excalibur #91 (The Bar One) Wolverine vol 3 #6 (The Bar One) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zac...

Episode Notes We celebrate the holidays with some festive X-Men stories. We answer some listener questions, and have a suprise Christmas gift at the end for all you. Ranked this episode: X-Factor #27 (Gifts!) Uncanny X-Men #143 (Demon!) A Miracle a Few Blocks Down From 34th Street (Marvel Holiday Special 1991) That sweater Adam & I are wearing is out of stock here . Check out the Battle of the...

Episode Notes You remember when we asked Dennis Hopeless for a few X-Men stories to rank and then NEVER followed up with an episode about it? So do we! This one's got it all folks! Wrestling talk? ✔️ Fridging? ✔️ A dissertation on Xorneto? ✔️ It's going to be a rip roaring time! Ranked this episode: X-Men #8 (Unus the Untouchable) Cable vol 2 #7-#10 Riot at Xavier's! (New X-Men #134-#138) Check ou...

Episode Notes Are you looking for some life? Perchance some death? What about a long digression into the history of licenced properties at Marvel? Well Zack & Adam have all of that on this episode. Ranked this episode: Lifedeath (Uncanny X-Men #186) Lifedeath II (Uncanny X-Men #198) Lifedeath III (Storm vol 3 #3) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on...