Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Episode Notes This episode is all about Gambit. Why? I mean, that's quite the important question. Friedrich Nietzsche said "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." Of course, Nietzsche also said "The Superman is the meaning of the earth." and I remember just enough about that time he had blue electricity powers to use that as evidence to disagree with Nietzsche. So w...

Episode Notes Once upon a time, in the years before Xavier Files, Zack and his friend Thomas started an X-Men book club where the first thing they wanted to talk about was Mike Carey's X-Men work. This is then that domino meme that gets us to this very moment nearly a decade later. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Legacy Annual #1, #228-230 (Devil at the Crossroads_)_ X-Men #194-196 (Primary Infection)...

Episode Notes When we think of icons, we think of them. They are X-Men characters whose names we would never confuse or mix up and certainly characters who should help Slingers sell more copies. Ranked This Episode Hellions #1-4 Slingers #9 Avengers #298-300 (Inferno) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy &...

Episode Notes In our post-truth world, it is sometimes difficult to discern what Magneto truly is. Is he a freedom fighter filled with righteous fury? A lunatic obsessed with supremacy? A kind shepherd for the next generation of his people? What this podcast posits, it that he is a South Beach yoga instructor, and you know we cited our sources. Ranked This Episode: Resurrection of Magneto Amazing...

Episode Notes We don't have a friend or a guest named Kevin in this one. But we do have Christmas stories of VARIOUS quality. Someone help us escape from the holiday hellscape we have created for ourselves. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Vol #192 (Fun 'n' Games) Marvel Holiday Special 2004 (X-Men X-Mas) Marvel Digital Holiday Special #1 (If the Fates Allow) Check out the Battle of the Atom Mas...

Episode Notes Guess who had to resist screeching the entire episode? Hint: it's the host who, for reasons unknown to himself, spends a shocking amount of this episode defending PAD X-Factor, a run he doesn't really like all that much. People are complicated... Ranked This Episode: X-Force #31 Spider-Woman #37-38 X-Factor #237-239 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content e...

Episode Notes For legal reasons, the hosts of Battle Of The Atom need to affirm that we explicitly do not endorse murder as defined in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1112. 18 U.S.C. § 1111. This episode discusses fictional events and characters and any statements or inferences about one or both of the hosts being "pro-murder" must be taken in the context of a fictional story about a man with kniv...

Episode Notes Son of a Bromide, those Gallium Darmstadtium BotA Boyz are at it again with their stretching of what counts as an X-Men comic. This time it's about Dr. Nemesis. Ranked This Episode: Lightning Comics #6 X-Men: Blind Science X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Smoke & Blood Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitte...

Episode Notes X-Men: The Manga: Remastered editor David Brothers joins the boys for a deep dive into the remaster of the manga adaptation of the cartoon adaptation of the X-Men comics. Like an onion, this episode has layers. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music...

Episode Notes The horrors around us, they persist. But so does the Spirit of Vengeance. Adam and Zack continue celebrating Halloween longer than most people by talking about Ghost Rider because it was the best use of their mental energy on a Tuesday night. Ranked This Episode: Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: The Dark Design  Ghost Rider v3 #9 (X-Factor) Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons Of Vengeance...

Episode Notes Legally, it's not Halloween anymore. But the bad boy of X-Men podcasting doesn't care. We're doing Halloween! Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited v2 #1 Crypt of the Shadows #1 (2022) (Laura Kinney v Man-Thing) X-Force v1 #92 (Halloween Jack v Domino) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy &amp...

Episode Notes This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lanzing, David Marquez, Josh Cassara, Gerry Duggan, Chris Condon, and Justin Mason!  Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our them...

Episode Notes Tablua Rasa is a location in the Marvel universe that we all think about every day. These are the stories about it. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men vol 2 #5-8 (Tablua Rasa) Spider-Man/Deadpool #23-25 (Arms Race) Extraordinary X-Men #4-5 (Weirdworld) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy &am...

Episode Notes So X-Men Unlimited, it's a thing we always talk about right? We all think of all the important X-Men Unlimited stories, yes? Well much like X-Men Unlimited, Zack forgot what Adam and him talked about immediately after recording stopped on this episode so he can't give like, good notes. Sorry! Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #4 (This is the one where Mystique yeets a baby)...

Episode Notes Esta semana en la Batalla del Átomo, los chicos viajan a Perú donde hablan sobre algunos cómics protagonizados por Patrulla-X. Espero que los dos oyentes de habla hispana aprecien el esfuerzo que estoy poniendo en estas notas. También espero que cualquiera que no entienda español entienda que esto es una broma y no haya descargado el podcast equivocado. Clasificado este episodio Cabl...

Episode Notes The guys get spicy. And by spicy we mean that Zack tries to explain ACOTAR to Adam even though he is only vaguely aware of it and Adam tries to stop us from getting the explicit tag. This episode is about Chris Bachalo, we promise. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 #8-11 (Broken) X-Men: Curse of the Mutants: Storm and Gambit X-Men Unlimited #1 Check out the Battle of the Atom...

Episode Notes Once upon a time Cyclops and Jean Grey got married at a Marvel holiday party and made it everyone else's problem. Ranked This Episode: X-Men #30 X-Men The Wedding Album What If #60 (X-Men Wedding Special ) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is J...

Episode Notes Comics are dumb (Complimentary) Ranked This Episode X-Terminators vol 2 Wolverine #133-138 (Great Escape) X-23 #17-19 (Misadventures In Babysitting) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami,...

Episode Notes Adam and guest Austin Gorton answer your questions while Zack sells air-conditioners. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter  @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art...

Episode Notes Everyone loves conflict. Especially interpersonal conflict. Surely you will also enjoy it in this episode. Ranked this episode: New Mutants vol 3 #5 X-Force #124-129 Gen Hope #13-17 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-M...

Episode Notes My guy Cable is just a dude in the world trying to make it through another day. Also he has a massive spear for anyone who gets in his way. That's just the way he rolls. Ranked This Episode: Cable #54 (Jungle Action) X-Man #45-47 & Cable #63 (Blood Brothers) Cable #65-68 (Signs of the End Times) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on Comi...

Episode Notes Adam and Anna talk about Skids this week. I wasn't there so I don't know how to describe it except "probably great" Ranked This Episode: X-Factor #16 (Skids Backstory) Spider-Man and the New Mutants New Mutants #86 (Rusty & Skids vs Vulture) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy...

Episode Notes This week we have two dudes with a podcast talking about Carol Danvers. Which is the most concerning sentence you could pay in 2019. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men 246-247 (Master Mold) X-Men Legacy #269-270 (AVX Rogue vs Carol) Ms Marvel (vol 2) #9-10 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy...

Episode Notes Look, we are just as tired of this as you are but we want that sweet, sweet SEO boost so we got to try and capitalize on what looks to be the most insufferable film of the summer. You ever think about how jaded Adam & Zack have gotten over the years? How they no longer find joy in seeing their favorite blorbos on the big screen? What does that say about our society? What does it...

Episode Notes There's no villains this week, but there is Ken. We all love Ken, and by all I mean Zack and Adam. Ranked This Episode: Dazzler #21 (Carnegie Hall)  Uncanny X-Men #309 (Xavier & Voight)  New X-Men #131 (Beak/Angel, Scemma)  Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack...