The X-Wife Podcast: An Introduction to X-Men Comics

Everyone's coming back! I expected the blue guy but praise Tarn I had no idea what else Al had in store for us. A glimpse into the afterlife as Storm fights to free Max from his fate in a heavy dose of tarot knowledge. Plus Beast's infiltration sets off a response and we all have double vision. Oh my stars and garters... New comics from January 24, we talk Resurrection of Magneto #1, X-Force #48 a...

No love triangles here folks, everyone has this relationship thing figured out... kind of. Actually, 2/3 of the leading ladies don't have physical bodies and their guys are in pretty rough shape. What the hell are you even talking about!? X-Men stuff... New comics from January 17, we talk X-Men #30, Invincible Iron Man #14, Cable #1 and X-Men Unlimited 01:06 News 10:16 Poll and General Questions 2...

A double feature as we continue to kick off our last arc of Krakoan stories - I fight a tear every time we have to write it. RotPoX coming in from all different angles! A future team, a team beyond time, and that pesky Enigma showing his dumb face. Plus a ton of reactions from that last page! A birthday surprise for Logan starts the most violent Wolverine story ever told with the Sabreteeth settin...

The beginning of the end! It's all about FotHoX folks, with a side of X-Men Unlimited and news. 01:24 News 08:30 Data 12:31 Personal News and Poll  16:57 General Questions 22:20 X-Men Unlimited 28:41 FotHoX Thanks for listening to our twenty-fourth episode of Season 5! We're off into the Fall and damn it's not off to a great start for our merry mutants. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all...

The second half of our 2023 catch up! We jump in to the remaining stories of the year as Immortal X-Men ends (SADNESS!!) and we find out the true identity of the Dominion. In X-Force, the bubs is back! Wishing for a team and finding the family he had all along, classic loner Wolverine. More Wolverine? You bet! We close our Predator mini. Plus, Arakkii customs are explored in a new arc of X-Men Unl...

We're playing catch up thanks to the holidays! Coming at ya with two episodes in one day, the first diving into comics from Dec 20 as well close a handful of titles, bring the bubs back home and hang out with nobody's favorite teenagers :) Plus a hearty rant about Wolverine! We talk Uncanny Spider-Man #5, Wolverine #40, Uncanny Avengers #5, Astonishing Iceman #5 and Original X-Men #1 01:59 Poll an...

Apologies in advance for the sound this week friends, we're recording on zoom because I (Justin) have Covid and don't want to infect Alicia. With that said, WOAH COMICS. Excellent ends to two of our favorite books in the Fall of X line. X-Men Red and the Genesis War comes to a close as Maddie takes control of the narrative in Dark X-Men. Speaking of controlling narratives, someone should check on...

Allies left and right as we build to the dark days coming! Alpha Flight closes out with a strong finish and no clear idea of what comes next, or when. Iron Man and friends start to make moves that will set up the mutants with a new fleet. Off in Latveria we get an introduction to Doom's mutants and not as much fighting as was expected. Kiss the ring and have a meal! Plus Judas loses control of the...

The long teased reveal is here! The history of Nightcrawler has been upended, adding him to the list of hyper confusing character backstories. Plus Ms. Marvel takes another step towards accepting her mutant side of things. We wrap things up in Realm of X with a bang, bringing the thunder! And a triple catch up on Firestar's Orchis story. We talk X-Men Blue: Origins #1, Ms. Marvel #4, Realm of X #4...

LIGHTNING ROUND! No it's nothing to do with Ororo, but we're digging our way out of the post-surgery, post-Thanksgiving pile of comics and coming at you with some quick recaps and thoughts on the last two weeks of issues. Thanks to everyone who reached out and checked in over the last two weeks as we've been laying low! We talk Astonishing Iceman #4, Alpha Flight #4, Uncanny Avengers #4, Jean Grey...

Bring the magic!! We're coming to you live post surgery with the latest podcast in the world. $10 says we might beat it next week as the recovery continues and we figure out a new recording situation. But let's celebrate last week's awesome comics!! X-Men Red tees up the final battle, Uncanny Spider-Man mixes business with pleasure and we FINALLY get a brother match-up. Plus! Another Fall of X rel...

It's our 200th episode! We take some time to reflect on the podcast over the years and get into our classic roots with an intro song, some big picture talking, a throwback issue and some Marvel Legends. It was a fun way to celebrate how much this podcast has meant to us and also how much you all have meant to us in being a part of this community! 02:04 Milestone Episodes 08:21 Data 13:25 Reviews a...

Running late on the edit after a wild weekend at RI Comic Con (and boring house projects :P). It was a light week with one Krakoan book as X-Men pulls together multiple plots, crossing over into X-Men Unlimited and X-Men Red! Scarlet Witch finds her way to a relaunch and Magneto battles the inner demons of his mind. Plus the last digital arc of Sunfire's story!! We talk X-Men #28, Scarlet Witch #1...

FALL OF X OVERLOAD! So many books y'all, so we're kicking it abbreviated and talking just the big picture takeaways. Alicia refuses to pick a book of the week while Justin has Dark X-Men and Uncanny Spider-Man holding the top spot of his heart. We talk Dark X-Men #3, Uncanny Spider-Man #2, Jean Grey #3, Uncanny Avengers #3, Ms. Marvel #3, Alpha Flight #3, Realm of X #3, Doomsday #4, Predator vs Wo...

We're back! Catching up on all the comics and continuing to recover from NYCC overload. It's a big stack of comics in a more abbreviated way than we're used to, but still plenty to discuss. We talk two weeks of comics with X-Men Unlimited, Magneto, Wolverine, X-Men Red, Scarlet Witch, Astonishing Iceman, Invincible Iron Man and Children of the Vault 1:21 News 25:42 X-Men Unlimited 29:18 Magneto 31...

Everyone's got secrets and they're all coming out! I'm looking at you Chronicler, Shadowkat, Stasis, Xabeard, Mother Righteous and so many more. A stacked week of three hearty books as we get ready for New York Comic Con. Plus the first iteration of a new News Segment, Data is Beautiful. Let us know if you have any questions about comic sales data! We talk Immortal X-Men #16, X-Men #27, X-Force #4...

A bunch a twos coming to yous! Please forgive me.. it's been a long weekend. Tony and Emma are married! Or Tony and Hazel... plus Feilong gets a new layer. Jean Grey shakes the magic eight ball on the first Phoenix visit, what if my boyfriends did it? Realm of X is having some magic block on all fronts, but the Four are sneaking into something juicy. Ms. Marvel doesn't know how to not get busted a...

So many great comics! So much sickness :( but we're powering through y'all. Dark X-Men splits the team and complicates things with the other Madelyne. Uncanny Spider-Man delights on all levels as Kurt tries to make a difference in NY. Wolverine catches up with his bubs and Bruce while the Uncanny Avengers have some infighting. Alpha Flight is trying to be the boots on the ground while not getting...

Uploading live from the hotel in Minneapolis! I did not edit on the plane, as I suspected, and instead watched One Piece and I Think You Should Leave Now... Enough about that, what about the comics!? A stack of them all over the Fall of X landscape. The Genesis War is at Ororo's doorstep and she's brought friends! Plus a peek into the history of Fisher King. The Children don't like being messed wi...

Ooo I don't trust her at all! Mother Righteous that is. Firestar, sure that makes sense... I guess. The wedding proposal twist of the year! With a lost shot at cutting things up, Marauders style. Our hellride concludes in a flaming pile of glory and Magneto's family tree might be even messier than we thought. We talk Immortal X-Men #15, X-Men #26, Weapons of Vengeance, Magneto #2 and Infinity Comi...

We're talking all about mutants in public this week! Ms. Marvel makes her debut, sporting an X themed costume at an Orchis funded program. Optics and identity politics abound! Wolverine blazes through his penultimate issue and ends up with a serious status change - at least he's interested in finding mutants? Jubilee takes the spotlight in our Infinity Comic and there were a few other things we co...

We're traveling through time and space via the White Hot Room, getting last week's episode in at the last possible moment. Happy new comic book eve recap! Life gets in the way sometimes folks. Jean Grey has us split, where did you fall through the continuity what if series? Realm of X brings us outside Earth and inside a group of X ladies as they fight through troubles. X-Force brings us to the ha...

It's a dark time for mutantkind. An extra helping of new teams are needed to stand up and fight for the X gene, pushing back toward the oppressors of their livelihood! We're in New York with a dark and gritty squad fighting for mutant freedom. We're on Arakko (read Mars for flatscans) with the instigated war of Genesis vs Storm, the battle over the planet's soul. We're in the sewers, at the camps...

The Fall keeps falling, but the mutants seem to catch a sandy ledge on the way down. Immortal X-Men checks in across the Council, primarily with Shaw and Charles, with some key features from Emma... and others. Children of the Vault kicks off with a high concept and great delivery. Ghost Rider / Wolverine start their not so Fall of X journey into fighting demons. We go on a Spider-Man tangent in h...

A whirlwind of a week and weekend has us catching up to bring on the Fall! Two titles start under the grim banner that's affecting mutantkind - Iceman is on a superhero journey, buoyed by his boyfriend, while Kate and the rest of the underground X-Men slowly make their moves. Plus House of M representing as we catch some classic Magneto in his new mini series, hang out with Wanda and Fake Magneto...