X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast

Welcome to X Is For Comics: Classic! This where you can follow all of XI4C’s classic comic content! Today, Nico & TK cover some of the BEST of the end of the Revolution Era! Join the duo for X-Men: The Search For Cyclops – four issues that make New X-Men & MUCH MORE possible by bringing Scott Summers back to the X-Men following Phoenix, Cable, & Apocalypse’s complex journey to complete their desti...

It’s Friday! Welcome to our new news and current topics episode – where you can follow our news, new comics, and MCU coverage! First, kick things off with Nico, Kevo, & TK as they take a look at this week in the MCU with the unforgettable Daredevil Born Again Season 2 episodes 2 -3! Then join Nico & TK as they talk about the newly announced Hellfire Gala, a history of the Hellfire Gala, & new Arma...

Daredevil is back – Born Again Season 2 kicked off on Disney+ and we’re here to catch you up, fill you in, and tell you what we think about the premiere! The team talks characters, storylines, comic inspiration, MCU history, and more! Plus check out the live recording session that lead to the team deciding to take on it’s project – a deep dive into Nico & TK’s thoughts on the MCU, Spider-Man: Bran...

The Dream is Dead. Mystique and her Brotherhood mount one of the biggest attacks of their career – an attack on Muir Island, set to spread a human variant of the Legacy Virus. The battle sees Toad Post, Sabretooth, and Pyro work to kill Senator Kelly, yet their plan fails – and results in the death of Moira & the depowering of Rahne. Yet, Senator Kelly still manages to be assassinated – and that’s...

It’s an episode full of blasts from the past! Kick things off with a look at the never-before-seen sketches from the history of the X-Men including Wolverine As Death, X-Man as Apocalypse, Gambit & Psylocke from Jim Lee era X-Girls by Art Adams, X-Men in Winter Garb from The Magneto War, new X-Men Corner Box illustrations, plus new takes on Shadowcat, The New Mutants, Cable & X-Force, Xavier & Cer...

Nico & TK are back with X-Men news, reviews, & more! First kick things off with the team covering every upcoming X-Men Omnibus & Epic Collection on the schedule – from multiple volumes of the Krakoan Age to All New Wolverine, back to Onslaught, and even the long awaited X-Men Omnibus Vol 6 and Generation X Epic Collection: Counter X! Then, the guys look at their week of reading including the wild...

It’s time for a bonus episode! Getting excited for the upcoming Marvel Maximum Collection featuring rereleases of some of the most famous X-Men games ever, Nico takes a walk down memory lane and breaks down all of the X-Men’s video games before their sudden disappearance from the gamingverse. From there, there’s TV, movies, and books before taking a look at the forgotten X-Men: The Hellfire Club m...

It’s here and gone in a flash! The Revolution era is barreling towards its conclusion – starting with Counter X! First up, Nico & TK talk about major X-Men news, including Maddie & Pixie joining Marvel’s mobile game, Contest Of Champions as well as the loss of X-Men artist Jacopo Camagni. After that, the team switches over to the titles, kicking things off by saying goodbye to X-Force, which follo...

Nico & TK are back at it and they’re talking all things X! Kick things off with a talk about the upcoming Wolverine PS5 game – which finally has a release date. The team talks origin boxes, the Ultimate Rebirth, and new Wonder Man before turning to this episode’s run of X-Titles. Check out a dark magic anniversary adventure in X-Men: Black Sun, an assassination game in Gambit, & a war between clan...

The Revolution continues! Nico & TK look at the other titles that dominate the Revolution era of X-Men by looking at all the “kid” teams – a look at the paramilitary turned spy crew of X-Force, the school-turned-X-Men team of Generation, and the excellent redefinition of X-Man. The pair do not agree across the board and raise complicated questions about the evolution of the line within itself – if...

Chris Claremont finally returns to the X-Men – but first he took runs on The Fantastic Four, Contest Of Champions II, & even a Spider-Man annual! Prepare for the debut of the modern age of Valeria Richards, the reintroduction of the Capt Britain Corps & Gatecrasher’s Technet, and more X-Men tie-ins and references than you can believe. Before he changes X-Men again, he brings the X-Men’s world to t...

Let the Revolution begin! The X-Men transform after the six month gap with all new villains like The Neo, the Goth, the Lost Souls, and more! Join Jean as she becomes Phoenix, Cable, Storm Kitty, Colossus, Gambit, Beast, the new Thunderbird, Psylocke, Rogue, Dani Moonstar, Cecelia Reyes, Nightcrawler – EVERYONE’S HERE! The X-Men go international, into space, and battle the darkest villain they’ve...

Chris Claremont finally returns to the X-Men – but of course, nothing is ever that simple! The X-Men legend finished up a Fantastic Four run as he took back over the merry mutants – and of course, there’s characters that appear in his F4 run that make it into the X-Men! The Heroes Reborn universe set up Claremont’s run, and features work by CC himself, so strap in as Nico dives in deep and explain...

Nico & TK take a break from the X-Men Revolution and the road to New X-Men with news, updates, and more on all your favorite Marvel projects! The team talk the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 preview, a first look at Wonder Man, the Youtube/theatrical Doomsday stories, and MCU X-Men Predictions! Then, the duo consider the passing of Sal Buscema and the legacy of dynastic creators before taking a cr...

It all ends here! The Age Of Apocalypse was meant to end here and never come back – the visceral and bloody battles rage on every playing field – and the final struggle between Magneto & Apocalypse hits a VIOLENT end. Prepare for the four crossover characters to make it to the main Marvel Universe; the collapse of the mutant empire; the start of Onslaught; and X-Man’s NEXT return to the world of t...

It’s another bonus episode! Join Nico as he covers the time travel and flashback stories that took place around The Twelve! Join the X-Men as Colossus journeys back to Russia with Wolverine & Kurt; discover the origin of Wolverine & Cable’s grudge; experience what could be the missing chapter of the Cross-Time Caper with Kitty & Ray; head to the end of time with the power of the Phoenix to battle...

One of the biggest X-Men crossovers ever, more than a decade in the making – Apocalypse: The Twelve! To this day, the events of Apoc: The Twelve continue to affect the characters, canon, and conflicts of the X-Men, whether it’s the introduction of scientific magic into En Sabah Nur’s narrative, Scott Summer’s descent into madness, or the permanent changes to X-Man; then journey to the Ages of Apoc...

Journey to Earth 1298 – the home of the deadly, dangerous MUTANT X! Nico gives a complete summary and review of the series, a manic and wild ride through Alex Summers’s and the X-Men’s history through a tortured, twisted lens! Alex is stranded in another universe, in another Havok’s body, and meets his version of X-Factor – THE SIX, featuring Iceman, Bloodstorm (Ororo Munroe), The Fallen (Warren W...

The X-Men’s darkest days (so far) continue in The Age Of Apocalypse! The truth about Mystique comes out in the pages of X-Calibre; the Astonishing & Amazing X-Men continue to work to save Charlie and bring down the dystopia of Apocalypse; Gen Next works to save Illyana but at what cost; the X-Man saga continues to pull Nate in multiple directions; Factor X takes a shocking turn with brother on bro...

The X-Men didn’t just Shatter — they set the stage for one of the darkest moments in mutant history! But it wasn’t just the team titles that got them there. The solo X-titles led to the personal disasters and traumas that brought the X-Men to their knees before Apocalypse. Join Nico for another solo bonus including the issues of Gambit, Cable, & Wolverine leading to their issues of X-Men: The Shat...

The X-Men are falling apart! On the road to the now legendary Apocalypse: The Twelve, the X-Men find themselves shattered – their lives come apart in ways they never expected: Scott, Logan, & Jean team up with Warren, Cable & X-Man to close out the nanites storyline; Bishop & Deathbird get up to time hijinks; Gambit revisits his past; Mystique tests Rogue and Kitty over Destiny’s Diaries; Alex & L...

As the team goes hard on 90s X-Men, it’s time to dive deeper into the sidestories, the spinoffs, and more! Introduced in Uncanny X-Men #371, X-Men #91, & X-Men Annual 1999 (plus the pages of Joe Casey’s Cable), the M-Tech line featured major tech characters, like Warlock & X-51, plus appearances from the X-Men, Brotherhood, Hellfire Club, and more! Join Nico as he takes a look at all of the issues...

The Age Of Apocalypse kicks into gear! Nico & TK continue their detour into the most famous X-Men AU of all time as the official titles of one of the most memorable runs of the 90s launch hard! Join the team as they explore the titles through the Epic Collection Books, putting the narrative in continuity order – Book Two features X-Men Alpha 1, Generation Next 1, Astonishing X-Men 1, X-Calibre 1,...

Magneto is back and he’s ready to ruin the X-Men’s day. The lead-up to New X-Men continues to gain steam as Alan Davis’s legendary-for-The-Twelve run kicks off and sees the return of MAJOR villains like Magneto – and soon Apocalypse. These moments set the stage for the future of X-Men as we know it, and the major relations of significant characters continue to grow – Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Ni...

Get ready for the Age Of Apocalypse! Nico & TK take a detour into the most famous X-Men AU of all time featuring (mostly only slightly) twisted versions of your favorite characters, the triumph of Apocalypse, and the redemption of Magneto! Join the team as they explore the titles through the Epic Collection Books, putting the narrative in continuity order – Book One features X-Men Chronicles 1 - 2...