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

It's the final life, folks. Cats have nine. Wolverines have ten. Animal Facts. A wild five issues as we close the first side in the Weeks of Wolverine. But just because Logan's a loner doesn't mean he's all by himself. We're diving in on all sorts of Hellfire Gala news with the revealed covers, questions from our friends and speculations on where we go next. Plus a double dose of digital with a St...

Before the last X Lives of Wolverine comes out, we caught up with series artist Joshua Cassara, Breaker of Storms! We dive into his X-Force run, and travel around the time stream of his career. There's a pit stop at Justin's favorite Krakoan hangout spot and a whole bunch of Wolverines. We had a blast talking to Josh!! Thanks for listening to our sixty first episode of Season 3! We're in that spec...

Two times the Wolverine, now with even more brain exploding twists! Lives and Deaths deliver the unexpected - and somewhat haunting. Our Logan adventure is nearing its end bubs, but not before we get in a few last snikts!! Sabretooth plays the hand he's dealt and it seems the Helmet Bros are overstepping their boundaries. We talk our first issue of X-Men Legends on the podcast as Nightcrawler and...

A couple of Gerrys with some digital Logan on the side! A week without Wolverine!? Not quite. We jump in with Emma's story in all this New York drama of Devil's Reign. Witches be crazy. Then a jam packed issue of X-Men with so much happening! All the things - most of the things. Things pick up in Wolverine's team mission to find the missing mutant and Life of Wolverine takes us into the tube of We...

Marvel heard your demands and they've gifted us with EVEN MORE WOLVERINES!?! I'm losing my mind at how many claws we have this week bubs. Seems there's some more slipping in the time stream of comics release dates and we've only got X Deaths of Wolverine this week to hold us over, but plenty to dissect as this story adds more layers. Plenty of Infinity Comics on the side to fill the gaps and give...

LOOK OUT! We're reaching Maximum Wolverine Overload this week! A Wolverine for every occasion. You want a guy who says he's a loner but he's looking for people with other people? Try X-Men Unlimited. You want a comic that's more of a list than a story? Read Life of Wolverine. How about a guy who isn't even a guy but a girl and she's just as stabby about it? Check out X-Men. Or go for the grab bag...

So many mutants, so little time! The runner-up squad gets wrangled into a Shi'ar secret -  Berto's outdone himself this time. Things get intense in the hunt for Moira as Mystique and Technogan pull in closer. And in New Mutants we get a whole lot of closure to our threads, gearing up for the new arc in the next issue. X-Men Unlimited is X-Corp in disguise! Life of Wolverine needs a bibliography......

The claws are out and tearing into this whole episode! Wolverine, Sabretooth, and a bunch of other guys... we're talking the debut issue of Victor Creed's Pit. A wild surprise of a comic that we both loved. Keeping things going throughout time with Wolverine's mission to save Charles Xavier and not get caught sleeping with Omega Red 😬 Over with the X-Cellent vs X-Statix, we're both a bit out of o...

A tale of new beginnings for our Krakoan Captains! We're going all around the X-Men universe with this one. It's the full reveal of Captain Krakoa's origin in X-Men and there's some conflict brewing between the team and the council in the wake of what's happened. The new Marauders crew comes together and gets their first mission in an annual issue that sets us up for an exciting new run. And the 2...

Disguised as a Wolverine comic, this trojan horse invaded our hearts with an epic story! If you thought we enjoyed Lives, just wait till we talk about Deaths. The complete opposite side of the coin, X Deaths stakes out its identity with threads built-up through  X-Force along with some added new intrigue and a recently human geneticist. We talk all about X Deaths of Wolverine #1 and Life of Wolver...

Two times the tie-ins! We've got no regular X books this week and a double helping of events. The Kingpin - er I mean Mayor Kingpin is causing trouble for all of New York's supers and now he's coming for our Treehouse team. Better watch your back, witches get stitches! And then things get magical as the Black Knight(s) team up to save our same X-Men in the wake of Doctor Strange's death. Over in I...

Grab your Cerebro helmets, we're going time traveling! A mystery of a story starts to unfold, kicking off with threads from Wolverine and X-Force and starring everyone's favorite canucklehead as he gets to the bottom of things. But it's not just a Wolverine event, he's got a team behind him and a bigger story brewing in the background. We talk X Lives of Wolverine #1 and Life of Wolverine #1 Thank...

Once a demon sorceress, always a demon sorceress! Another string of episodes has led us here, as we track Illyana Rasputin's history in and out of Limbo. Illyana's story brings us in on an internal struggle made harder by external forces as a young mutant deals with her warring sides, fearfully embracing her true power. We discuss Illyana's road to becoming the Darkchilde and the inciting Inferno...

We catch up with a double dose of Duggan and then jump in on 2022's X-Men Vote. Have you made your choice? You have until Thursday, Jan 13 at midnight EST. Speaking about adding X-Men to the team, woah Captain my Captain. Welcome, Scott hates it. Marauders comes to its first ending, a close to Gerry's run on the title while preparing it for its next jaunt at sea. We talk Marauders #27, X-Men #6, t...

There's been something building in the background. It started with the Hellfire Club's manipulations of our dear friend Jean Grey. It twisted further when her retcon revealed itself. It was built even greater as the embers of Inferno started to gather. Madelyne's story gives us a peek into the X-Men's journey, while also building up a tragic hero's story, manipulated at every instance into becomin...

End of the line friends and oo what a doozy! We talk all about Jonathan Hickman's final issue of X-Men comics in the Krakoan Age, at least for the known future he types hopefully. Bittersweet. Was it all that you wanted? Are you left with any remaining questions or dangling plot threads unanswered? Let us know on social media! Thanks for listening to our forty-seventh episode of Season 3! Things a...

We had our second annual Ugly X-Mas live show extravaganza, diving deep into the comics with friends while also having some holiday fun! There's so much to pick apart about HoX/PoX and the connections to Inferno. Join us as we speculate and question where we are and where we're going next! This is an audio recording of our live YouTube show. Head to our YouTube page to check out the video! Thanks...

Sharpen those claws bub and get ready to dive in as we talk Wolverine with Marvel comics writer Benjamin Percy! Percy has been on Krakoa since the start, seeding national threats in X-Force and taking Logan further into the field in Wolverine. With X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine on the horizon, we get into the inspiration and scope of this upcoming event and some of the eras that'll be relevant...

Even more X endings!! The final issue of SWORD reveals more about the true allegiances of everyone involved and it doesn't look good for anyone. The Trial of Magneto closes out with a gift for the mutant people and an unexpected mutant accused. And Wolverine's keeping the Krakoan coastline clean as he takes his skills into the depths. Don't forget about Deadpool Pancakes with the Juggernaut led te...

More X endings!? But with teases of what's to come. Excalibur's war in Otherworld rages to its conclusion...for now! Look for Knights of X coming in April. Over on the shores of Krakoa our X-Force crew explores the depths and surfs with danger. Broken hearts are better than broken bones, right? A double dose of Infinity Comics surprises us with Paradise Lost and the Mighty Marvel Holiday Special....

A flurry of Destiny of X teasers and announcements kick off our sleepy Sunday conversation before we dive into the newest Infinity Comics arc starring Juggernaut and Deadpool. Justin has some X relative story nuggets from the Marvel Voices: Comunidades issue as well as the kick-off to Devil's Reign - Wilson Fisk will soon bring problems for our mutants residing in New York with an X-Men tie in fas...

Hold on to your butts, we've gone time traveling! Who is playing who? What a rollercoaster of an issue y'all. We break down the twists and turns of Inferno. The layers to this story! Get ready for things to burn as we talk all about Inferno #3 Thanks for listening to our forty-first episode of Season 3! Things are heating up around the island of Krakoa!! Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us al...

A triple dose of new X comics as a few stories are nearing their ends! The Trial of Magneto takes a magical turn as Wanda tries to keep up with her selves. We get an intense showdown between our New Mutants and the shadowy mindscape. And Marauders is getting the Hellfire gang back together as Iceman flexes his Omega status. We talk X-Men: Trial of Magneto #4, New Mutants #23 and Marauders #26 Than...

It's a twosie this week, with one that was hard to come by! The X-Men are handling threats left and right, but the one that gets them is delivery issues (ahh!!) as a number of shops don't receive issue #5. One compulsive digital buy later and we're diving in! In Wolverine, we follow up with Bannister on the run. Are the wrong people finding our friends? We talk X-Men #5 and Wolverine #18 Thanks fo...

Ride the wave bubs! It's a new round of Krakoan comics to crush. Wolverine shreds the gnarliest waves Krakoa has to offer and is maybe a bit too gullible for his own good as Quentin Quire has a good then terrible day. SWORD! Following up on the cliffhanger of all cliffhangers from the last issue as we take a dive into the life and plans of Takeshi Matsuya. Over on Arakko, Storm and the team deal w...