Episode Notes The guy from Lost wrote a comic one time. It had Hulk into. Ipso facto we are doing a Hulk episode. Ranked This Episode Ultimate Wolverine Vs Hulk Incredible Hulk #390-392, X-Factor #76 (War & Pieces) W.M.D.: Weapons Of Mutant Destruction Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Foll…

Episode Notes Everyone is talking about X-Men '97 aren't they? Well, I guess everyone includes us because you get the unfiltered opinions of these two chuckleheads now. Also we talk about adaptations of things from the original Animated Series. Look we are nearly 350 episodes into this thing, you know what to expect at this point. Ranked This Episo…

Episode Notes The prompt was "a fine selection of Claremont tentacles, please". So that's what we are doing this week. Ranked This Episode Uncanny X-Men #176 Uncanny X-Men #262-263 Excalibur vol 3 #5-7 (Food Fight) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & neve…

Episode Notes I (Zack) asked my wife if she ever thought about Spider-Man's old pants and how that is what Venom is. She said I need to mulch.Ranked This Episode: Poison X Web of Venom: Ve'Nam Venom: Tooth and Claw #1-3 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy &…

Episode Notes Nightcrawler is a constant in the world of X-Men. Here's some stories where he isn't. Ranked This Episode Uncanny Spider-Man & X-Men: Blue Origins Uncanny X-Force #24 X-Men 2 Prequel: Nightcrawler Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never tr…

Episode Notes 900 X-Men stories in and we may be losing the plot because oops this one is all Malice and we don't actually get much closer to understanding her. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur (2019) #20 X-Factor #103-105 X-Men #200-203 (Blinded by the Light) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.co…

Episode Notes When I wore a younger man's clothes I used to go to concerts and have a great time. Now I talk about them on podcasts. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited #32 (Behind The Music) New Mutants #33-36 (Diskhord) X-Men '92 #6-10 (Lilapalooza) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Foll…

Episode Notes Sometimes SOMEONE will start a plot and ever finish it. This is about the time Claremont decided Dazzler was immortal. Ranked This Episode Uncanny X-Men #217-218 (Dazzler v Juggernaut) New Excalibur #1-3 (Here We Go Again!) New Excalibur #6-7 (So Why Is It I'm Not Dead?!) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New conte…

Episode Notes I once threatened Adam with a Madam Web episode. Well guess what the Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting did? Plus Zack & Adam sent each other predictions of the new X-Men era. Now that it's announced we get to see who was right and who is committed to bits you couldn't possibly understand. Ranked This Episode: Amazing Spider-Mam #229-230 (No…

Episode Notes Our beloved Bendis era X-Men. Our Saint, Eva Bell. This one is for you.Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Annual & All-New X-Men Annual (The Secret Life Of Eva Bell) Uncanny X-Men vol 3 #17-18 Uncanny X-Men vol 3 #19-22 (VS S.H.I.E.L.D.) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follo…

Episode Notes Who is ready for a huge amount of discussion about sustainability and how to manage the pending climate disaster? Ranked This Episode: X-Men Green Wolverine: Global Jeopardy Doom 2099 #19-21 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 f…

Episode Notes Austin Gorton teams up with Adam today for a very exciting episode all about Lila Cheney.Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #42 (Sam + Lila) X-Factor v1 #110-111 (Lila + Guido) Strong Guy Reborn #1 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try…

Episode Notes With apologies to our neighbors up north, this sure is not the nicest thing anyone has ever recorded about Canada...Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #139-140 Amazing X-Men #8-12 (World War Wendigo) Incredible Hulk #180-181 (And Now... the Wolverine!) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Com…

Episode Notes I know cats aren't dogs. I don't know if Jeff Loeb does. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine v3 #13-19 (Return of the Native) Wolverine v3 50-55 (Evolution) Wolverine v3 57-61 (Logan Dies) 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 Zac…

Episode Notes Oh baby, we're hot just like an oven for this the newest episode of Battle Of The Atom. This time it's about dating. Ranked This Episode X-Men v2 #24 Ultimate X-Men #66-68 (Date Night) Wolverine & the X-Men #14 (Kitty/PhoenixPiotr Date) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow…

Episode Notes Celebrate Betsy with us as Psylocke meets our psyche. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants Annual #2 (Wildways) Uncanny X-Men #328 & Sabretooth Special #1 X-Men #77-78 (Psi-War) 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 the…

Episode Notes Zack has the week off so Adam is joined by Harvard Prof Stephanie Burt (of Taylor Swift course fame) to talk Kitty Pryde! Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #168 (Professor Xavier Is A Jerk) Marvel Team Up #135 (Spidey & Kitty) Classic X-Men #35 (Paper, Not Paper) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every…

Episode Notes Has Battle of the Atom turned into too much of a dads making dick jokes podcast? You be the judge because we are talking about X-Men character Man-Thing this week. I cannot tell if people enjoy it when we stretch the premise of the show like this and we no longer need the feedback as we have become part of the great mycelium network. …

Episode Notes Want to listen to two dudes not want to talk about comics for a while? You have come to the right place. For further reading on this run, check out this fantastic article by our pal Nola Pfau. Ranked This Episode Uncanny X-Men #11-16 (This Is Forever) War Of The Realms: Uncanny X-Men Uncanny X-Men #17-22 (We Have Always Been) Check ou…

Episode Notes Oh dang it's The Fury! I don't know if you know this, but it kills superheroes. Ranked This Episode The Jasper's Warp (Marvel Superheroes #377–388, The Daredevils #1-11, The Mighty World of Marvel Vol. 2 #7-13) Captain Britain #15-27 (Cap & Cap Vs Red Skull) Captain Britan #5-9 (Double Game) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ran…

Episode Notes Merry Christmas everyone, let's celebrate with Zack's unsolicited opinions.Ranked This Episode: Dark Web X-Men Marvels Epilogue Marvel Holiday Special 94 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 Fac…

Jeremy and Lisa are amazing people and dear friends of the Pondo team. We talk about the relationship between camp and youth ministry and hear some awesome stories about how they've seen God use Pondo to impact their students, leaders, and family! If you or someone you know has been impacted by a camp experience as part of their story, would you co…

Episode Notes It's the end of the year, go get that thing checked out. The waitlist for Dr. visits is too long and you know it. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Special #1, Iron Man Special #1, Nova Special #1 (No End In Sight) Uncanny X-Men v2 Annual #3, Steve Rogers: Super Soldier Annual #1, Namor: The First Mutant Annual #1 (Escape from the Ne…

Episode Notes It's the newest episode of that podcast that's stuck in your head, stuck on your heart, stuck on your body, body. Might want to get that checked out... Ranked This Episode: Runaways vol 2 #9-12 (East Coast/West Coast) Runaways vol 3 #10 (Mollifest Destiny) Runaways vol 5 #33-35 (Come Away With Me) Check out the Battle of the Atom Mast…

Chatting with one of the most adventurous pastors in Southern California about what it means to be gospel centered. Neal breaks down some moments from his life that have lead him to completely trusting and depending on the work of Jesus. Neal is heavily involved with Camp Pondo and sheds some light on how he sees God at work in and through camp!…

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Episode Notes The Ultraverse dares to ask, what if comics sucked? Spoiler alert but we have never ranked this many bad comics in one episode. Ranked This Episode Phoenix Resurrection (Ultraverse) All-New Exiles Vs X-Men #0 All-New Exiles #∞, 1-3 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam…

Episode Notes Who is ready for Zack and Adam to argue about She-Hulk, a show one of that has not watched, for longer than we talk about some comics? Also, lots of love for John Proudstar, the star of The Gifted, a show we both did watch but forgot about until Zack was writing the episode notes. Ranked This Episode: X-Men #22-23 (Count Nefaria) Unca…

Episode Notes Has there ever been a good Mojo story? One that didn't disappoint? This episode will not help your case if you there there has been. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #460-461 (Mojo Rising!) Mojo Worldwide (X-Men Gold & Blue) Mr & Mrs X #7-10 (Gambit & Rogue Forever) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content e…

Episode Notes Remember when this podcast started and we were deep in the dog days of the Terrigen Mists? Zack & Adam remember.Ranked This Episode Civil War II: X-Men Deadpool & The Merc$ For Money #7-8 Secret Warriors #8-12 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthursta…

Episode Notes Hell-ppy Hell-oween everyone. We are doing a Hell House instead of a heathen haunted house this year on Battle Of The Atom. ComicsXF Senior Hell Correspondent Robert Secundas joins us. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Annual #4 (Nightcrawler's Inferno) Wolverine #1-5 (Wolverine Goes To Hell) Sabretooth #1-5 (The Adversary) Check out the Bat…

Episode Notes Adam does interviews with a lot of folks. Zack has not actually listened to the episode yet. Please let him know any exciting news that comes from these. Ben Percy (Wolverine and X-Force) Philip Sevy (X-Men Unlimited, Deadpool Seven Slaughters) Bernard Chang (Jean Grey) Tini Howard (Excalibur, X-Corp, Knights of X, Capt Britain) Lucas…

Episode Notes There's a real upsetting thing about time in that it feels like time is all messed up as is our perception of time. I thought these stories came out last week and they DID NOT. Ranked This Episode X-Men #18-19 (The Vault) Cable vol 4 #1-4 (Light Of Galador) X-Corps Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content ever…

Episode Notes Adam and Zack gush about a forgotten gem and then also other comics with Domino in them.Ranked This Episode: Domino vol 1 Domino vol 2 Domino vol 3 #1-6 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 Fact…

Episode Notes We're finally here with our most attitude filled episode ever. Featuring WWE SmackDown referee Jason Ayers!Ranked This Episode: X-Force: Sex & Violence Wolverine #159-161 (Best There Is) The Brotherhood Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & ne…

Episode Notes Welcome to America's #1 podcast about children's X-Men comics. None of these stories are intended for the over 10 crowd, but that's not going to stop us! Ranked This Episode Meet The X-Men X-Men: Morlock Madness Avengers Assembly: X-Change Students 101 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Com…

Episode Notes Oh Magma, of all the New Mutants you are simply the one who can't seem to happen. Interesting then that you have become a stealth favorite of Marc Guggenheim... Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #37 (A Date With The Devil) Young X-Men #1-5 X-Men: Gold #1-3 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on …

Episode Notes Everyone loves Amanda Sefton, it's hard not to, despite the many terrible comics she has been in. We also love her and find, perhaps, a good gem that she has done. Ranked This Episode Magik X-Men Unlimited #19 X-Men: Black Sun Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on T…

Episode Notes Good morning folks. This one is about Rogue and then also about letting Chris Claremont do whatever he wants. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #171 (Welcome To The X-Men Rogue) X-Men #197-199 (Red Data) X-Treme X-Men #31-36 (Intifada) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow…

Episode Notes Amber is the color of our energy as we return to talk all about Eye-Boy, a great guy all around. Ranked This Episode Generation X vol 2 #5 X-Factor #1-3, 5 (Krakoa) Wolverine & the X-Men #29 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 f…

This week it's time to finish out our first season, as we look at the comic which ended up in 1st place: Saga #1 by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples and Fonographiks! The title should be a clue, but there’s just so much of Saga. This first issue is triple-sized which, yes, is cheating a little. But it’s the only way the series could have started. No…

This week it's time to dream of a better loving world, as we look at the comic which ended up in 2nd place: Watchmen #1 by Alan Moore, David Gibbons and John Higgins! Of course we all know everything about Watchmen at this point and then some, being a reimagining of the Charlton superhero characters told across twelve issues. You can see slivers of…

This week... okay, it looks bad, as we look at the comic which ended up in 3rd place: Hawkeye #1 by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth and Chris Eliopoulos! Oh, bro, you knew this was going to happen. Hawkeye’s impact remains just as strong today as when it first came out – for a comic which felt like a “moment”, that moment has certainly…

Episode Notes Another episode of Battle Of The Atom, another chance for Zack to frustrate Adam by talking about the obscure X-Men characters only he and Steve Orlando remember. This time it's Hellions. Ranked This Episode: Hellions #9-11 (Funny Games) New X-Men: Hellions X-Force #87-90 (Armageddon Now) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Rankin…

This week it's time to ascend to godhood, as we look at the comic which ended up in 4th place: The Wicked + The Divine #1 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson and Clayton Cowles! WicDiv #1 jump straight onto centrestage to offer a showy performance that looks at myth, iconography, devotion, and idolatry whilst quickly building up a fasc…

Episode Notes Forge! He's the maker and boy howdy does he have a lot going on. Zack has a lot going on too. He got a new chair! Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #184-185 (Depowering Storm) New Mutants #65-66 (Magik V Forge) X-Men vol 6 #15-17 (Forge in The Vault) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Comi…

This week it's time to ogle some deli food, as we look at the comic which ended up in 5th place: Ms Marvel #1 by G. Willow Wilson, Adrian Alphona, Ian Herring and Joe Caramagna! Devised by editor Sana Amanat with writer G. Willow Wilson and artist Adrian Alphona, Kamala Khan’s first appearance is immediately appealing and delightful. There’s an ass…

Episode Notes This is the one you have been waiting for. It is a podcast all about X-Men: Destiny character Pixie. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back Uncanny X-Men #500-503 (SFX) Runaways vol 4 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 …

This week it's time to pop on the glasses and bumble into trouble, as we look at the comic which ended up in 6th place: All-Star Superman #1 by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Jamie Grant and Phil Balsman. The comic itself radiates with energy, as Quitely creates some wonderful and magnificent pieces, and every page has at least one line of dialogue…

Episode Notes [Insert bit about Bendis] Also Tony joins us! Ranked This Episode: All-New X-Men #31-36 (Meet Miles) Ultimate X-Men #40-45 (New Mutants) Ultimate Spider-Man Annual #1 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 musi…