X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast

A spider bit Peter Parker and the world gained a hero. The Avengers found Captain America and the Avengers gained a leader. The Phoenix connected with Jean Grey and worlds burned. The X is for Podcast team unites for the first time in nearly two months to take a look at one of the most significant moments in the Marvel Universe. Kick off the Dark Phoenix Saga with a summary of Phoenix’s adventures...

Nico, Jonah, Kyle, and (the absent) Kevo have navigated 4 years of Uncanny X-Men, The Champions, Marvel Team-Up, Spider-Man titles, and more odds and ends throughout every corner of the Marvel Universe. Now, as the team prepares for the biggest X-Event to date -- The Dark Phoenix Saga (just in time for the movie!) -- they're picking up every last story they can before burning everything down. Join...

Early in Chris Claremont's tenure, he introduced Moira MacTaggert with a big secret. Then, in Uncanny X-Men #104, Magneto unleashed a secret on Muir Island. Slowly, we've been seeing a creeper in the shadows, appearing to attack and draw closer to the Muir Island X-Men. After traversing the globe, the X-Men finally reunite with Jean, Hank, Alex, Lorna, and the rest of the island crew in time to fa...

Uncanny X-Men took its time to get rolling, but more than a year into Chris Claremont and John Byrne's medium-defining run, things are nonstop. Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Storm get the spotlight in this episode as we draw ever closer to The Dark Phoenix Saga and a massive change to the status quo of the Marvel Universe! Read along with Uncanny X-Men #122-124, Marvel Team-Up #89, Uncanny X-Men Ann...

You asked for it... you got it! Nico and Kyle finally finish up the nightmare of The Champions! Join the two as they follow two of the Champions -- Iceman and The Angel -- through their first year after The Champions, which, by the end, the Marvel Universe seems to have forgotten the team ever existed! X is for Podcast says goodbye to The Champions and prepares for the finale of Volume 1! Want to...

What do Japan, Egypt, and Canada all have in common? This episode! (Also, probably a lot of other stuff.) Join Nico and Jonah as they join the X-Men on a journey across the globe through the past, present, and with glimpses of the future! Xavier vs. Shadow King! The X-Men reunited with Sunfire! LOGAN GETS A GIRLFRIEND?! Alpha Flight shows up, giving us the first gay character in an X-Title (who wa...

The X-Men have fought a giant island, battled robots, gone to space, and teamed up with Spider-Man. Now, get ready for the X-Men to... fight dinosaurs. A mutant pterodactyl, really. For the first time, the All-New, All-Different, Finally-Getting-Along X-Men journey to the Savage Land! Join Nico and Jonah as they follow the golden Claremont/Byrne run as it continues to expand the X-Men universe. We...

The X-Men spend a lot of time teaming up! Check out a special appearances from Iron Fist (along with Sabretooth's really confusing debut), Weapon Alpha, Havok, Polaris, Spider-Man, Thor, and Beast as we continue on the Uncanny rollercoaster with Nico and Jonah! Also: there's a really blah one-shot that goes nowhere, but at least there's more Uncanny! X is for Podcast begins its weekly run now! Wan...

Poor Nico and Kyle. They're just two best friends who love lifting weights and geeky shit. They just wanna enjoy some comics, right? Some nice storytelling and pretty pictures. WHY DOES THE CHAMPIONS MAKE IT SO HARD TO LIKE IT?! When Herc, Black Widow, Iceman, Darkstar, and Angel (and sometimes Ghost Rider and Ivan) get together, they never do fun stuff. This time, they fight giant bees. No, serio...

In the early fall of 2018, two guys began a journey into the X-Men. One, Nico, had read nearly every page of the X-Universe a (regrettable) number of times. The other, Jonah, was new to the titles but eager to devour every page of Nightcrawler. The problem: the X-Men were rarely limited to just one title. Enter Kevo and Kyle, each taking on a common-crossover title (Captain Britain and The Champio...

In one year, Captain Britain went from anchoring his own title to running as the back-up in Spider-Man reprints... to canceled!? Join Nico and Kevo and find out how Captain Britain fell apart in the conclusion of his original run! Want to read along? Check out Super Spider-Man & Captain Britain #233-247, Captain Britain Annual #1.

Join Nico and Jonah as they take a stroll down memory lane... TO EVERYTHING THEY JUST COVERED! The duo examines the titles, issues, episodes, and themes from the first four months -- and first seven episodes -- of the series in their first annual! Want to read along? Check out Discussion/Review of X Is For Podcast, Episodes 1-7.

The magic of recording these things in advance means that we can see when there's going to be a need for NEW CONTENT! We took a look at the upcoming reads and decided to go back and slot in an episode about a Marvel team-up (that features the X-Men and some Champions!) to explain some things coming up, create a bridge between titles, and further explore the "living longbox" format of our podcast!...

Captain Britain, fresh off his excitingly long and dynamically boring adventure with Captain America and Nick Fury, does the next logical thing: he fights a RoboHawk, travels through time and space for no reason, and fights a guy with a monocle. If you read it, you're only hurting yourself. Join us for the conclusion of this run (and the beginning of the other-people's-titles era) with Captain Bri...

It's time to acknowledge the original X-Man we've dodged so far: the brilliant brawny Beast! Join us for a stroll down memory lane, taking a look at the adventures of The Beast that led to that famous blue fur... and more! Want to read along? Check out Amazing Adventures #11-17.

Marvel was on top of their game stateside and knew it was time to expand. Take one part successful longtime property (Captain America), add a popular current writer (Claremont, knocking it out of the park with X-Men), throw in some popular heroes and tropes and backup reprints, and you get a very expensive international failure... introducing Captain Britain, hosted by Nico and Kevo! Want to read...

An X-Man nearly dies, so the X-Men go on vacation: first to Ireland and then back to space! Things are getting crazy for our Marvelous Mutants as Nico and Jonah continue to read Uncanny X-Men! Want to read along? Check out Uncanny X-Men #101-108, Classic X-Men #9-15.

Iceman! Angel! Black Widow! Hercules! Ghost Rider! A Russian guy named Ivan! What do they all have in common? This was done to them. Giant-Sized X-Men #1 created a monster for Marvel, and thus the X-Men were born. Join Nico and Champs co-host Kyle as they tumble down the dark path of X-Men spin-off titles with Champions #1-10. Want to read along? Check out The Champions #1-10.

Nico (who has read nearly *all of X-Men* before) and Jonah (pretty new to X-Men) begin their Uncanny X-Men journey with Giant Size X-Men #1, Giant Size Fantastic Four #4, Uncanny X-Men #94-100, and Classic X-Men #1-8. This episodes kicks off a series that will span the Marvel Universe and its titles following Marvel's merry mutants (and their misadventures). Join co-hosts Nico, Jonah, Kevo, Kyle,...

Join Nico, Jonah, Kevo, Kyle, and more as they wade through the waters of Marvel's Merry Mutants, starting with Giant-Size X-Men #1! Anchored by Uncanny X-Men, read along as the team reads Uncanny X-Men, along with spin-offs like New Mutants, X-Factor, and Excalibur; solo titles like Wolverine, Cable, and Deadpool; and watch as the interact with the rest of the Marvel Universe in crossovers (we wi...