Class of X

Do you know what happens when you let Rogue pick her own X-Team to serve as an independent strike force from the school? She ends up using Sabretooth, Lady Mastermind, an Omega Sentinel and her mom, Mystique! Also Cable, Cannonball and Iceman can come too. Let's learn who the Children of the Vault are with guest host, Laurel Rothamel.

30 years after the historical release of Giant Size X-Men #1 comes X-Men: Deadly Genesis, the biggest retcon yet in Marvel history! Professor X had a secret other team? There is a third Summers brother besides Cyclops & Havok? All will be revealed with our guest, Mikey Neumann!

Inferno is the culmination of years of stories leading to a giant hellish brawl in Manhattan between the X-Men and demons and Mr. Sinister and the Goblin Queen. Possibly the biggest event in X-Men history and a delightful story to talk through with my guest from The Horror Virgin podcast, Mikey Randolph!

Wolverine is living in an alternate timeline where the villains have won, super heroes are no more, and our protagonist goes simply by Logan now. Mark Millar wrote this dark, western epic and years later it would be used as the inspiration for possibly the greatest X-Men film ever, Logan! Also, Diction returns to the show as our first returning guest!(Issues covered: Wolverine #66

Emma Frost, the White Queen of the X-Men, wasn't always the platinum chic goddess known for telepathically wrapping everybody who crosses her path around her little finger. Her origins are much more complicated, timid and interesting than you could ever imagine. Let's talk all things about young Emma Frost with voice actress and content creator Barbara Dunkelman, as we read Karl Boller's 2003 solo...

For almost 60 years, writers and editors alike kept Iceman frozen in the closet and it wasn't until 2017, with the help of Brian Michael Bendis, that we finally saw Bobby Drake out and proud. So we're reading the 2017 solo run that immediately explores his new queer life, dating apps and all. Joining us this week is Twitch celebrity, Blizzb3ar, who brings his own queer story along to compare and c...

Smosh let me borrow my good friend Joel Rubin for the night so that we could cover the death of the X-Men in The Fall of the Mutants. But more importantly, it gave us time to talk about why the X-Men are in Dallas, does NPR exist in the Marvel Universe and who is Spiral, the 6 armed mutant witch with the fur boats everyone wants? For all episodes of Class of X plus special features, please check o...

We're going to space! In Uncanny X-Men 107 & 108 means we're in the beginning of the epic Phoenix Saga and we get to see what Jean Grey can really do with power on a cosmic level. Join our guest, Jacob Fullerton, in heading into unknown space to meet the Starjammers, the Shi'ar alien race, the Imperial Guard and whatever the heck an M'Kraan Crystal is! Plus, the secret of Cyclops and Havok's d...

X-Treme X-Men, as the title would lead you to believe, is the exciting story of Storm and her independent team of X-Men seeking the diaries of the preognitive mutant Destiny, told through the words of Chris Claremont and art of Salvadore Larroca. The team, including Rogue, Bishop, Beast, Psylocke & Thunderbird, travels to Spain to search the home of Destiny for clues as to the location of her...

The sister of Colossus, Illyana, has died of the mysterious Legacy Virus and Magneto has decided that her funeral is where he will recruit the X-Men to abandon Xavier's dream and join him on his new satellite base, Avalon. Things don't go well, Wolverine gets the biggest boo boo of his life and one of the X-Men actually decides to join Magneto in the end. Bruce Greene joins us this week to talk ab...

After the New Mutants die at the hands of the Neyonder, only to come back to life with the memories of their demise intact, Professor Magneto is grappling with how to break his students out of this funk! Emma Frost, the White Queen herself, offers to lend a hand. Also at some point, the Avengers show up and fight Magneto. This book is wild. Join me with my guest Elyse Willems as we try to tackle a...

You've read House of X/ Powers of X and you want more? Good news! X-Force, X-Factor, Hellions, Cable, Wolverine and more are ready for you to read! And this episode is your prerequisite guide so you can jump into those issues with no issues. Read more comics, it's your homework.

Mystique has been a spy, an assassin, a terrorist, and a freedom fighter. But how will she fair as an agent of Professor X himself? In Brian K Vaughan's 2003 solo title, Mystique, we get to explore some one on one time with my favorite blue shapeshifting queer icon and I'm joined by a queer icon herself, Griff. Let's dig into this immortal changeling, class!

So you've read House of X and Powers of X, now what? Have no fear, my readers guide for Dawn of X is here! Dawn of X is the title given to all of the X-books released after HoX/Pox and this is part 1 of my guide on what to read and, as always, what you need to understand about them beforehand. This is a different episode than usual but I hope y'all enjoy it.

The foundation of what became WandaVision, the House of M tells the story of the Scarlet Witch's world changing attempt to bring peace between humans and mutants forever. By changing reality into a world run by her father, Magneto. With special guest Blaine Gibson we explore the story of how Wolverine and the resistance of humans right reality but not without a dire cost in the end. Time for more...

Continuing the rich history of new students at Xavier's school, New X-Men: Academy X introduces to the next generation of mutants and who better to dissect this slice of life "school drama" than the queen of anime and waifus, Black Krystel. Join us as we meet Surge, Elixer, Wind Dancer, Prodigy & more! Welcome to the new year and the next semester of class, students!

If Chris Claremont defined the X-Men from the 70's to the 90's then Grant Morrison defined them for the new millenium. New X-Men #1-3 and New X-Men Annual 2001 are the reading materials this week and our guest is the king of podcasts himself, Geoff Ramsey. Let's talk secondary mutations, extinction events and leather costumes, shall we?

You've seen her in "Logan", you've seen her in X-Men Evolution, but have you ever wondered what is the true origin story of Wolverine's daughter, X-23? Join me and my friend Alanah Pearce, video game writer at Santa Monica Studios and online content creator, as we read Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost's 6 part mini series, Innocence Lost. Learn with us who Laura's mother is, why she was made in a...

Ever wanted to know what would the world be like without Professor X? Age of Apocalypse answers that question with an alternate timeline that took over 8 X-Men titles in 1995 for 6 months and became so popular its been returned to multiple times. Tim Gettys joins us this week from Kinda Funny and is more than a delight to listen to. The required reading this week is just Age of Apocalypse: Alpha b...

The year is 1975, it's been 5 years since there has been a new X-Men comic when all of a sudden, this behemoth hits the newsstands and changes the course of X-Men and comics overall forever. Wolverine's first appearance in an X-Men comic as well as the first ever look at Storm, Nightcrawler & Colossus. The new X-Men are saving the old X-Men and I'm talking about it with Steven Spohn as we dive...

The year is 2013 and the Sentinels are in charge, mutants are outlawed and most of the X-Men are dead. Kate Pryde must go back in time to 1981 and change history for good! This episode we're reading "Days Future Past", Uncanny X-Men #141-142 by John Byrne & Chris Claremont and we're joined by the amazing Lawrie Bird, local Austin drag queen and Twitch Streamer.

We time travel back to 1991 where Chris Claremont is ending his 26 year run on X-Men and handing the reigns to Jim Lee. Magneto is vibing in space, Professor X is in his hoverchair and everyone keeps kissing everyone for some reason. Welcome back to the 90's, class!

In the first episode we cover Jonathan Hickman's 2019 soft reboot, House of X/Powers of X. Moira MacTaggert is a mutant, Krakoa is now the home of all mutants, Magneto and all the X-Men villains are good guys and Professor X has a fancy new hat. The Dawn of X is here and it's a good thing.