It's that time of year again! We have scratched our noggins, ate some pie, then scratched some other bits that we shouldn't mention here! And after all that pie and scratching, we have come up with our lists of favorites and some not so favorites. In this first of two parts, we discuss our favorite creative cats, our favorite issues, heroes, and vi…

Welcome back one and all! We missed you, did you miss us? We have a couple of great issues to look at, so let's jump right into the deep end of the Jell-O tub, shall we? First up we have X-Men 111, and the return of Magneto! He comes back and is all sorts of crazy once again. He's all souped up and whoopin' ass! Next up is Marvel Team-Up 70, that's…

Bring the Mutha Fuggin' ruckus! But not to the Christmas party please! Today we have a double dose of X-Men goodness starting with a throw down in Sebastian Shaw's rumpus room! Make sure and leave your keys in the bowl! In Classic X-Men 7, Sebastian Shaw and his fun lovin' group of lackeys head to the Hellfire Club shindig. Except for Emma Frost wh…

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Welcome in, once again, hope the door didn't hit your chin! We sure do love our book clubbers, but we're just not ready to commit! But thank you for stopping by once again! We have a great pair of issues for you right now! First up, 109! Everyone is back from space, and Wolverine realizes he's wearing a dead man's clothes! He is slightly grossed ou…

It's that time again. The air is a little colder, the squirrels hide their nuts in a tree, and we submit to a special kind of torture that is The Champions. Join us won't you? In today's super special twofer, we jump in where we left off with Iron Fist. It's the end of a series, and boy, does it go out with a bang! Not the fun kind, but punches are…

Oh boy, book clubbers, have we got a treat for you! Today's episode of the HoXBC could be titled "In Space, no one can Hear you Start Shit with the locals!" It's not, but it could be. First up in X-Men 107, Scott goes off the rails and makes some fine members of the Shi'ar Empire find out! Wolverine steals another man's pants. Lillandra is here. Ne…

Welcome in, once again, how have you been? Did you sin? Did it make you grin? We love our sinnin' book clubbers, that's for sure! You guys always have smokes. We have a pair of books for you today. First up we dig into X-Men 106. we have a guest artist and writing team, and they bring us quite the interesting tale. Professor X turns evil! Wait, I m…

Here it comes, here comes the podcast, it's a demon on your ears! Wait demons? That's right we are going full satanic rituals from here on out! Drastic format change coming your way! Just kidding, we only have the energy to read funny books, and then just barely. But we have a couple of good ones for you today! First up we are reading X-Men 105, an…

We are back in Mendocino once again, and there is candy! Not in a creepy white van way though... This wee we are reading the origin of Wolverine titled... Origin! They dug deep for that one! BUT, we press on like dollar store nails. Wolverine is a very sick boy, and boy does he have funny ways of showing it. Roll call for trauma. We must go north (…

Come on in X-Fans! We love that you are here with us once again to talk about all things X! Only the single X though please, no Vin Diesel nonsense around here! We have a couple of bangers for you today! First up, X-Men 103! Whose House? Say What? Banshee's House! Well at least it was. Black Tom and our old pal Juggernaut have holed up in the basem…

Don't worry book clubbers, this is not really the last X-Pod! We will however be interspersing our regular episodes with more bons episodes. First up is out 14 part episode on Drew's favorite color of string! Welllll, maybe we will skip that for now. BUT! Today we have a great couple of classic books to talk about! More specifically Classic X-Men n…

Howdy Ho, Club-a-rinos! We have a dilly of a pickle of a cucumber of a... some other vegetable for you today! First up, we dive in to Classic X-Men number one! It is a dramatic re-telling of Giant Sized X-Men number one, complete with interpretive dance and subtitles! Will Krakoa win the day this time, or will the evil of Charles Xavier foil his pl…

Welcome home X-Clubbers! How was school? Did you make any new friends? We have a dilly of a pickle for you today! Drew pitches a great idea to the crew, and we have a special in person round table discussion about the topic. What might that be you ask? Well today we trek back to when Professor X faked his death the first(?) time, and Changeling too…

Readers of the Atom, welcome to another X filled episode! We have a pair of books the feature your favorite mutants, and on wall crawling New Yorker. That's right, Spider-Man is here! Can you just even?!? Let's dive right in to Marvel Team up Annual 1. Spider-Man meets the X-Men, and they battle a group from a whole new pantheon of gods! Welcome to…

Once again fearless listeners, we journey into the great and vast sea that is the world of everyone's favorite mutants and their evil leader! We have a great duo of pulp magazines to throw into your ears today! First up is X-Men 100, a milestone in any other book in the modern day, and here as well. But not intentionally. This continues the story o…

Welcome back fans of the Atom, I hope you are ready for another doozy of a banger of an episode! First up today we dive into X-Men 98, featuring the return of one of the X-Men's deadliest villains, TUBES! will the new X-Team fare any better against these vile creations than Beast and company did back in the day? Oh! And also, a new brand of Sentine…

Welcome home young mutants! Come in by the fire and let the old Professor mind wipe, eerrr, I mean tell you a tale. A tale of Kitty Pryde and Australian Wolverine. That's right! Today we dive into a special episode of the House of X Book Club! We are jumping in the Delorian and traveling back to the 80's! So grab your leg warmers and Flashdance you…

Just when you thought it was safe to return to the pod, There's a rumble from the darkest corners of space and the world will never be the same! Or, you know, someone had too much Taco Bell. But what an episode! We have Eric the Red, Nightcrawler the Blue, and a Widow the Black! First up, we dive into X-Men 97. Eric the Red returns, and fight Cyclo…

Cone on in Book Clubbers, we have some great stuff for you today! And Champions number 2 as well! First up we dive into X-Men 96. It's the first appearance of one of the most important people from the Krakoan Era, besides Krakoa itself. Also, the X-Men fight a moose with a woman's face! Not really, but I would totally read that one. Next up we have…

Come on in Blue Retrievers, and have a sit by the fire! We are gonna be spinnin' some yarns for ya, and have we got a couple of doozies for ya today! First off, we dive on in to X-Men 95, Featuring the antics of Count Nefaria and his Ani-Men! They all get to a'hootin and a'hollerin, and the X-Men come to save the day! No way this one turns out poor…

Welcome in to another exciting episode of the House of X Book Club What If series! Today we dive in and examine Rowan's postulation, What If The X-Men were the FBI's Most Wanted! Do they get a poster at the Post Office? We won't give anything away, but things are bound to get nefarious! Dive in and enjoy the latest iteration of our query into the u…

Welcome back book club clubbers, we have a humming dinger for you today! Are you ready? Do you have your water wings on? Then let's dive in! First up we jump in to X-Men 94. We are still basking in the afterglow of our wonderful Giant Sized last issue, but we are getting into the thick of it with the return of Count Nefaira! He and his new Pound Pu…

All right book Clubbers! Are you ready for this one? It's so big, they had to call it GIANT SIZED! For those unfamiliar there are a couple of new characters joining the team, and a giant killer vampire island who is lonely and looking for love! Will his pitching of the woo win the heart of the fjords of Vestfjordan? Or will everyone realize this is…

Welcome back Book Clubbers! Did you miss us? We missed you! How about we read some funny books that are not books, and in this case, not intentionally funny? Let's go! First up we dive into Hulk #181. There is a first full appearance in here, but what we really focus on is the love story! Will they? Won't They? Listen along and see! Next up we get …

We had some mysterious hard drive crashes that we can only assume lay at the feet of the Master of Magnetism. No episode this week, but we will be back to continue our journey through the X-Men next week!By sshanestoli

Good Morning seekers of mystery! We have a special trat for y'all today. We are going to look into our crystal ball and talk about a world where cheese is actually good for you! Wait! It's actually something else. Cheese will always be our friend. Bolivar Trask will forever live in infamy as the man who created the Sentinels. At the end of the day …

Welcome Hulk Lovers! I mean X-Men lovers! Of course you could see why I thought you loved the Hulk based on todays reading. First up is Defenders 16, featuring the Hulk. He mainly pushes our old pal Charles Xavier around in the chair, even when Doctor Strange if levitating Charles, but still! He is here! This issue has long lasting ramifications th…

Welcome in children... of the Atom! We are back with another fantastic episode of the Strangest Pod if Them All! And boy, have we got strangeness for you today! First up we travel to the distant past of 2018. We were all so innocent then. Sure, our president was a dumbass, but at least he would never tell us to do anything really stupid like drink …

Welcome back book cubbites! It's time to use the X word! We are digging in on some X-Adjacent goodness this week. But if you look into the distance you can see Claremont juuuuuuust over the horizon. I hope you are in the mood for more Hawkeye, because he's first up here today! For some reason, he came to San Francisco and decided to dress conservat…

Welcome home, merry mutant madmen! We have missed you! And boy, do we ever have a special episode for you! Today we jump into the imagination stream and play everyone's favorite game... What if?!? Today we are going to talk about one from Shane's brain, "What If Captain America was a Mutant?" Will he have prehensile toenails? Will the Avengers jump…

Welcome back, all our favorite X-Men fans! You are clearly the best! We have another exciting episode of the HoXBC, sooooOOOooo let's dive in shall we? First up we dive into Avengers #104, which is the end of the Sentinels... for now! Cap and the gangtry to rescue the Scarlet Witch and save the world!Will the power of Thor and the rest of the team …

Once more into the weird, good mutants! Welcome back to another episode of the pod that dares to ask, "Can there ever be too much Beast?" On today's episode, Hawkeye is a butthole! Wait, that's all the episodes with Hawkeye in them... Vision and Scarlet Witch are here as well! Quicksilver doesn't like Hawkeye horning in on his butthole racket so he…

Welcome back Clubbitess! We missed you! Not enough to let you borrow the car mind you, but we did miss you! And boy oh boy, do we have a pair of X-Adjacent comics for you today! First up is Amazing Adventures 12, where the Beast throws down with Iron Man! See, back in the day, Iron Man wasn't the heavy hitter he is now, so catching fists from a new…

Welcome back book club clubbers, I hope the world is treating you well! We have more weird, wacky, wild stuff for your ear holes today, so let's get weird! And wacky! Don't forget wild! Today we are taking you all on a pair of Adventures that are Amazing! Amazing Adventures 10 and 11 to be exact! First up, we finish up our story of Magneto and Blac…

Welcome back book Clubbers, as we continue our journey into X-Related pulpy fiction! We have a couple of good ones today, so join us, won't you? First up if Fantastic Four 104, continuing where last episode left off! Once again, Magneto is unable to keep his mouth shut about his plans and dicks it up for 20 pages or so. Will his antics bring things…

Welcome to the era between eras! We have some rather... interesting reads today as we look at a pair of issues of Fantastic Four! Numbers 102 and 103 to be exact! Magneto is back and making with the crazy eyes at Sue, Reed, Namor, and the rest of New York! Will he use the minerals in Thing's butt to hurl him through the cosmos? You will have to lis…

Greetings fellows comic book lovers! We have a very special episode for ya today! We are going to wrap our heads around one of our favorite concepts, the good ol' What If story! In this episode we turn to our fearless leader Rob to see what sort of alternate storylines he has come up with. And the best part about our What If stories is they won't b…

This is it kids! We are in the final stretch! Our seatbelts are fastened, our tray tables are in the upright position, and our pilot Rob has been drinking non-stop for four days! In today's episode, we are talking about X-Men issues 65 and 66, the last two of the original run! There are artistic shenanigans afoot, and we get to see the Hulk's feet …

Welcome Children of the Atom, to the penultimate episode of the first AGE OF X!!! We are going to look at two issues of X-Men that contain some awesome characters as well as some questionable choices, X-Men 63 and 64! First up, more action in the Land that is Savage, with Ka-Zar and Zabu! Fun fact the Sade song from 1985 was originally titled "Swee…

Welcome once again to the House of X Book Club We are going to take a peek at X-Men 61 and 62 in the antepenultimate episode about the first age of X! First up, the saucy Sauron saga stops here, and rather abruptly! Much like his namesake, things don't end well for our winged antagonist! Then we travel once again to the Savage Land where a man with…

Welcome home HoXBC-ites! Where has the time gone. Are you eating enough, you look skinny. Drew! Make our pals some sammiches! This week we are diving into two fantastic comics! First up is Doctor Strange 182. Like a cracked mirror of nonsense, this whole issue is Doctor Strange going the long way around to fill out a change of address form with the…

That's right book clubberinos! Today your favorite group of nerds is jumping ahead a few years and discussing all thing X-Men '97! It's another hour of action packed action as we join Cyclops and the gang where they (kinda) left off in the original cartoon series! Come join us as we marvel at Gambit's mid-riff, are astounded by Storm's powers, and …

Welcome back Clubbites! Boy are we glad to see you! Today we will be raising a barn on Drew's plot of land... no! We will be reading some X-Books! Specifically X-Men 58 & 59! First up, the return of a Trask! Larry, son of Bolivar shows up and it's Sentinels 2, Sentinel Harder! But in a twist, Larry has a secret! Big hint, it's not a third nipple! T…

Welcome back Book Clubannites! We are jumping on the road to the end of the first Age of X! Today we continue with the saga of Havok and the Living Pharaoh! Issues 56 and 57 continue down the path of the story of "How I became the second mopiest X-Man!" for one Alex Summers! Watch as he hides in a cave! Listen as Bobby tells everyone Lorna is his g…

Welcome back kids! I hope you are enjoying The first run of The Strangest Teens of All! Today we are cover two titanic tablets of trouble as we continue on our journey through the origin of Rog's favorite, Havok! First up is issue 54, featuring a villain that is really attached to having the word living in his name! Is he a pharaoh? Is he a monolit…

Welcome back Blue Retrievers! Today has got so much Blastaar in it you will never be able to wash it off! First up, Fantastic Four number 62! The origin of Blastaar! Reed Richards is flying off into the negative zone and only The Inhumans can help! Will they be able to rescue Reed or will he pass into oblivion quicker than their TV show? What will …

Gotta Keep Those E-Vile... Vibrations Happenin' With Her... AAAAAAHHHHH! E-E-E Evil Vibrations! Welcome back Book Clubbing pals! We are here today to get through this thing called life. By reading X-Men comics! Today we dive into some doozies! First we say goodbye to greatness. Issue 51 is Jim Steranko's last! We will miss him, but just you wait fo…

Jim Steranko! Hello and good bye! Today on the House of X Book Club, we talk about two issues of the X-Men comic that will change Marvel Comics forever! Only, no one knew that at the time. We are covering X-Men issues $9 and 50, with are from the one and only Jim Steranko! The layouts! The facials! So much greatness packed into these two issues! An…

Happy weekend Hox'ers! How about all those exciting things that are happening in the real world? Let's step into Dr. Doom's time machine and check out some classic X-Men (and women!) Action! First up we explore X-Men number 48! Those plucky teens Scott Summers and Jean Grey battle Computo by Radio Shack, a Tandy Company! For you young folks out the…