X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast

It’s an all number ones special! Nico & TK dive in on the newest update to the Ultimate Universe line with the aptly named Ultimate Universe: One Year In 1, bringing the unstable new timeline closer to it’s promised reckoning. Then, the team takes a look at the long-awaited debut of a new Wolverine title – this time starring Laura, in Laura Kinney: Wolverine 1, from team favorite Erica Schultz! Th...

It’s the holiday season so Santa Claus is coming for your comics at the Big 2). That means our Big 2, Nico & TK (along with their producer Kevo) are here to review and respond to the latest and greatest in funny book magic, starting with an Avengers Academy timed for Thanksgiving and the greater holiday season. Then, it’s time for the full-on madness with Marvel Holiday: Tales To Astonish! Then mo...

It’s time to get thankful – and we’re thankful for the all new Ultimate Universe! A year in and Nico & TK (along with producer Kevo) are all in on this wild ride through the annals of Marvel history, though the real-time release schedule is creating as many questions as answers! Then, turn to the newest iteration of Marvel’s most Cali team – The West Coast Avengers with their all new #1! After tha...

WHO RUN THE WORLD? Nico & TK (and of course producer Kevo!) dive into the amazing solo titles of the best characters in comics – the women. The team kick things off with three of the strongest Marvel Women to ever have an effect on the X-Titles: Scarlet Witch! Storm! Phoenix! Then, move over to DC for more of the best! The team checks in with The Question’s new series, Jenny Spark’s wild mini, and...

It’s time for new titles and to close out old titles on an all new XI4P! First up, Nico & TK take a good look at the state of all things Spider-Man but not-quite-the-Venom-War stuff (Amazing Spider-Man, Miles Morales, Spectacular Spider-Men, Spider-Boy, and more!) as they explore what The 8 Deaths Of Spider-Man means! Then, the guys take a look at Psylocke #1 as Kwannon launches her own solo title...

It’s time to get into it – the X-Books march towards their first major crossover and a WHOLE LOTTA #1s! First up, check in on X-Men – X-Men #7, X-Force #5, X-Factor #4, NYX, & Uncanny all on #4, with Exceptional X-Men hanging tight on it’s second issue; plus solos from Wolverine (three of ‘em), Dazzler, Mystique, Phoenix, Storm, plus the From The Ashes Infinity Comic, Sentinels – weren’t we just t...

It is time to get real spooky. Nico & TK check out all the best Halloween offerings from Marvel & DC! Kick things off with some Infinity Comics like the AU title House of Harkness or the ongoing LGBTQIA-ness of Avengers Academy getting all Halloween-seasoned! Then, the team finally looks at crew all-time fav creator Jason Loo’s Werewolf By Night before finishing off with this year’s annual Crypt O...

NICO! TK! KEVO! ALL NUMBER ONES! It’s new books, NYCC news, and more! First up – we’ve got NYCC news: Daredevil: Born Again release date, Daredevil: Cold Day In Hell by Soule & McNiven, Ultimate Wolverine, Zdarsky leaving Batman for Loeb & Lee, Rise of Emperor Doom & Doom Academy, Astonishing Infinity Comics, the return of Vertigo, the TRIPLING DOWN on Absolute DC, and that’s JUST FOR STARTERS. Th...

The world’s worst good guy is back in her own title and Nico & TK are here for it! Join the guys, along with Producer Kevo as they take a look at the ongoing tradition of turning Elektra titles into minis with the ending of the newest Elektra series from Marvel! The guys do a quick recap on a number of the recent drops from the X-Line (Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, & more!) before doing the same over...

It’s New Books Wednesday and The Boys Are Back! First up, find out what happens when Thor-Mega-Villain Gorr gets his sights set on Phoenix as her solo title continues to burn it up! Then, move on over to an all new title full of some questionable characters as Sentinels #1 kicks off a new era of Mutant/Robot relations before switching gears to TWO DC debuts that feel…classic and yet so new?! First...

Nico & TK (plus producer Kevo) intended to welcome on Chad from Greymalkin Lane Podcast (https://www.instagram.com/graymalkin_lane/) to talk Storm, X-Men, & more - but life had other plans! 😅 So after a brief tribute to our love for Greymalkin and promise for him to join someday, we get down to business! First up, find out what’s going on with Kwannon & Quentin in X-Men #5 before taking a look at...

Nico & TK are back again with a double dose of the Big Two from your favorite Big Two! First up, get all the Daredevil you can handle as Marvel drops two Daredevil titles – neither of which is the on-going main series, pulling Elektra & Matt into conflict with the new Punisher & Symbiotes! From there, switch over to DC where the Batman Day celebration finally wraps up with a look at the long-await...

Hey all, it’s Nico here with a Batman Day Special! DC has decided that Batman Day is here and so I’m here to bring my love of the Dark Knight in a special way. This isn’t just an episode but it focuses on my entry point to the Batman Universe (The Long Halloween) and what I would come to understand about it. Separately, my intro to Daredevil was The Man Without Fear by Frank Miller, and so Miller’...

It’s number ones all around – new titles, new arcs, and new directions! First up, join Nico & TK as they examine the newest titles in the X-Office, including Dazzler #1! Then, take a look at the past and future of the Ghost Rider with Spirits Of Vengeance #1! Then, join the team as they turn the eyes to DC for a brand new arc of World’s Finest with #31 focusing on ECLIPSO!!! Round things out with...

Two of the biggest names in comics are set to have huge runs – it’s Wolverine & Batman in a double feature, three ways each! First up, cover all three current Wolverine books, focusing on the all new Wolverine #1, plus Savage Wolverine 1- 8 & Venom War: Wolverine #1 (and that’s not including Revenge & Deep Cut). Then, journey to the world of Gotham where the Batman returns to Halloween - and it al...

Autumn is coming into focus, which means all of the year of comic storytelling is bound to either pay off or fall short – and Nico & TK (plus Kevo!) are keeping you caught up! Get an event check-in on Absolute Power (DC) and the new Ultimate Universe (Marvel) before diving into two #1s! First up, the X-Men: From The Ashes relaunch nears the end of the first run of debuts, as Exceptional X-Men #1 (...

The boys are back at it – and they’ve got new #1s that feel fresh out of the past, plus they’re ready to catch up on all your favorite titles. First kick things off with a flip through Nico & TK’s pull lists with a speedround of X-Men #2 - 3, Phoenix #2, X-Force #2, Nyx #2, Daredevil #10 - 12, Daredevil: Woman Without Fear #2, & more before looking to the Romulus tie-in Aliens Vs Avengers #1! Then...

The Boys Are Back! And they have a double helping of the Big 2! Kick things off with Marvel’s ode to revanche: Ghost Rider: Final Vengeance gives Ben Percy a farewell to his signature non-X char as Wolverine: Revenge brings Jon Hickman back to one of his best, along with Greg Capullo! Then, checkout DC showing an end and a beginning: the end of Green Lantern War Journal until the massive crossover...

Marvel rolls out the #1s while Absolute Power reigns supreme at DC! First up, the Action Pack talk a bit about X-Factor #1, the newest From The Ashes title – though this one calling back to the From The Ashes Infinity Comic – before turning their eyes to the newest attempt to pull the Sony Spider-Verse films into the Marvel Universe that inspired them with Spider-Society #1. Then, take a look at t...

SORT-OF-THE-500th-EPISODE SPECIAL?! Nothing is more fun than pulling a pull list – and this week is the pulling-est pull list ever! Kick thing off with an excited look at Dagger, Elsa Bloodstone, White Widow, Hallow’s Eve, & guest star Miles Morale in Blood Hunters – the new on-going spinning out of Blood Hunt! Then, check out the SIXTH – THAT’S RIGHT SIXTH – Uncanny X-Men #1, and the first by a n...

It’s that time – let’s get down with some comics. We got Marvel relaunches & DC events – plus we’ve got Marvel melees and DC team-ups – AAAAND Nico & TK!? This is a double-double feature featuring scores and grades, plenty of raves, and all ya faves! Kicking things off is a quick look at the winner of Heir of Apocalypse before finding out what this new X-Force is all about! Then, Nico tries to exp...

It happens but once a year: the entirety of fandom (either physically or psychically) descends upon San Diego to soak every ounce of nerd madness, geek magic, and more – and this year really raised the stakes. Star Trek rolled out huge announcements, major trailers, and excited dates; DC announced next level programming, new titles, and more James Gunn; but Marvel definitely stole the show with th...

It’s a cool kid club party! We got the NYX crew – Kamala, Victor, David, Laura, & more – AND the Sinister Sons PLUS Jubilee leading the bamf squad of Marvel Zero. The team kicks off with a question of reprints and collections, considering Marvel Zero, seeing the reprints of Free Comic Book Day 2024: Blood Hunt/X-Men #1 & Ultimate Universe/Spider-Man #1 before turning our attention to the very diff...

Alright, well here we are! Is it Deadpool 3? Is it Wolverine 4? NO! It’s Deadpool & Wolverine! We saw it, and we’re here to talk about it! The movie happened! And it was AWESOME?!!? The first part of the episode is spoiler free, but the rest!? ALL ABOUT: The cameos! The characters! The plot (where there is plot)! There’s more to this film than just the trailer, and the Action Pack cannot wait to w...

It’s a big day for the long-in-waiting Women of Marvel! Up first, Action Team fav Elektra makes her solo title debut as Daredevil. She’s been in Elektra as Elektra, she’s been in Daredevil and minis as Daredevil, but now finally Ms. Nachios if you’re nasty steps into the cowl in an ongoing title as Daredevil: The Woman Without Fear kicks off! Then, she’s been Jean Grey in her own solo title (kinda...