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…

It's the end of the X-Men as we know it, and I feel fine! Welcome back to you our bookish friends! We are diving into some of the last third of the original X-Men shenanigans! First up we take a look at X-Men 46. We are dealing with the aftermath of the death of a major character, and the Juggernaut shows up to whoop some candy asses! Back in the s…

Welcome back to part two of our House of X Book Club Annual! We look back at all our favorite moments from 2023! Well, the second half of our favorites! The first half was last week, so go give that a listen as well! Grab a tasty beverage, and enjoy this the second part of our year one recap! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houseofx_bookclub/ …

Welcome back the the Strangest Pod of them all! This week is the first of a twofer, where the Quiet Council and the Whisper Consortium get together and talk about their favorite stuff from ALL THAT HAS COME BEFORE! So gather 'round the podcast box, and listen to the gang ruminate on all things X that they read in 2023! Instagram: https://www.instag…

It's New Year, New Episode! We had some audio issues with the first upload. They were minor, but they bugged me enough that I had to go back and fix them so I could sleep tonight! Those X-Men fever dreams when you are prepping to record the next episode can be weird! Sweaty night terrors aside, we have some great stuff going on today in the form of…

Today on the House of X we are going to take a peek into two senses shattering issues, X-Men 43 and 44! First up in issue 43 we deal with the fallout from issue 42! With Professor X gone, how messed up is it that Cyclops os still only the deputy leader of the team? And in the backup we learn all about Scott's powers and how they work (to be retconn…

On this very special episode of House of X Book Club, we get into a deep conversation about two power packed issues! First off we dive in to X-Men 41 and it's sequel, X-Men number 42, Electric Boogaloo! Our heroes face off against Grotesk, a sort of Dollar Store version of Frankenstein who lives underground with all the other C.H.U.D.S. in New York…

Today on the House of X we experience some type 2 nonsense! An no amount of Metformin will ever decrease the levels! In our first issue we explore X-Men 40 where those lanky teens battle Frankenstein! Or at least a reasonable robot facsimile! He's tall and has bolts in his neck, but does he have the ability to love? In our second sugar coated tale …

Welcome back X-Men lovers, we have two barn burning issues for you today, X-Men 39 Avengers 48! And by barn burners we mean dumpster fires... First we have the (anti) climatic battle between the X-Men and Factor Three! It was a long winding road to get here so surely they will stick the landing! Anyone? Hello? In the backup we see how Professor X b…

Welcome to another exciting episode of the House of X Book Club! Today we learn how to make a London Broil. Wait! Today we are live from the Gallery Bookshop in Mendocino! Now that the crew has been here, this place will finally be on the map! We talk about the amazing, fantastic, and sometimes sexy Grand Design by Ed Piskor! Such a great set of bo…

The Factor Three train Keeps a'rollin' on anther thrill a minute episode of House of X Book Club! Our first issue is none other than X-Men #38! Today we find out about ANOTHER secondary mutation of the Beasts, as he uses his pinky toe to subdue a hippo! Not really, but the truth is even weirder! We also continue the magical journey of a boy and his…

In the nameless episode of the House of X Book Club, we read two real barn burning books, X-Men 36 & 37! First in number 36, Mekano gets mad! At Books and Words and other mad making things! He hates the written word almost as much as his father, who very much likes the written word! That dastardly man! And in X-Men 37, the team falls out of a plane…

Welcome back to another exciting episode of the House of X Book Club! Today we get a double dose of X-Men, with a side of Spider-Man! In X-Men 34, the X-Men travel underground once again to battle Mole Man and Tyrranus! See, what had happened was both of them built giant constructs to tear down their respective cities, but that just wasn't enough! …

Come and join us for the final episode of Quiet Council interviews! In this episode, Rob talks about his love for the Taco Bell dollar menu, his favorite spot to read (hint, it's not the bathroom!), and why the Ronco Pocket Fisherman is the best invention in the history of mankind! Or, maybe they talk about comics, movies, and X-Men! Either way it'…

Welcome back book clubbers! We are so glad you come here to club books and not the Antarctic to do the same to baby seals! Boy do we have a treat for you today. Not ice cream, you only get that after you visit the Professor X basement lair! It's a double shot of Juggernaut. The theory is the reason good ol' Juggs always gets a two-parter is the Cri…

Tonight in the center of the ring, The Quiet Council take on the X-Cellence of X-Cution X-Men 30 and 31! Buckle in, this is going to be a wild one! First we meet the Warlock, and Jean rides a unicorn with no hands! So young and reckless, I bet she kisses with tongues! Next up we face Cobalt Man! This was supposed to be the first in a line of elemen…

In another exciting episode of the House of X Book Club, we dive into another two classic funny books! First up, we dive deep into the sexiest book about a blind lawyer who fights crime, Lady Death! Just kidding, it's Daredevil #14! In this issue Daredevil considers a radical costume change, a bikini! And Ka-Zar goes on trial for crimes against fas…

In this pulse pounding premiere, they dynamic duo of Shane and Drew go a few rounds about how awesome Drew is! We lean his favorite food, his love for Batman, and why he is so mean to Rob! Okay, that last one might not be true, but it got your attention! See now we are baiting you like the old covers to the books we are reading! Listen on Blue Retr…

Today on the pod, the gang talks about X-Men 27 and 28! The Mimic Returns after The X-Men LET HIM GO following another wonderful mind wipe from the evil Professor X! Nothing brings more joy or power retrieval like blunt force trauma to the head! A now concussed Mimic joins the X-Men! Cyclops gets emo! Angel gets emo! Jean gets emo! Nobody wears bla…

In Episode 15 the HoXBC compare Millennium Falcons! And then they talk about X-Men 25 and 26. Cerebro works it non-mutant mutant detecting magic, a man becomes a god, and then gets Jaundice! Or maybe the coloring technology wasn't as good back in the day, I can't remember! We are still very much in the era of every sentence ending with an exclamati…

In another exciting episode of the pod, we dive into another couple of interesting issues! Frist we read X-Men number 24, featuring the crafty and conniving Locust! Otherwise known as Doctor Hopper, who perhaps had a villainous moniker a little too on the nose. The first part of an exciting (???) Locust thrillogy! It does span a few years so buckle…

I think we can all agree that Rowan is our favorite member of the Quiet Council. And today we learn more about her! Roger sits down with the best of us to talk about who she is, what she likes, and of course the X-Men! Come and join us won't you? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/houseofx_bookclub/ BookFace: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1…

Welcome back book clubbers! We have got a banger of an episode for you today! We discuss the many faces of Roger's eyebrows, as well as comic books! X-Men 23 and Avengers 13 to be precise. The battle with the Spider-Man J tier villains continues for what seems LIKE AN ETERNITY, and Porcupine may have committed a sex crime as he keeps asking The Uni…

Today on the House of X The Quiet Council digs deep into some X-Men lore. We talk about numbers 21 and 22. Lucifer brings us Dominus, the machine that can only be defeated by Professor X in a really bad Gandalf cosplay. And in issue 22, the X-Men encounter Count Nefaria and a list of Spider-Man B team villains that can only be described as... meh. …

Good day House of X listeners, I have a question for you. Have you ever wondered what would happen if Daredevil fought pirates? Would it turn out the same as when Iceman and Human Torch fought pirates, or perhaps when the British Navy took their turn? Well wait no longer funny book fans! Today is the day when we talk about the very issue where Matt…

This week in the House of X, another battle of the ages begins! Rob and Roger go one on one in a verbal bout where only one will emerge victorious! Witness Rob's mad ninja skills! Avoid Roger's headbutts and swearing! And find out what Rogers favorite brand of underpants is in this very special house of X!!! Insta: https://www.instagram.com/houseof…

In this episode we get into some magical mutant mayhem! We dig into our usual two issues, today it's X-Men #19 Strange Tales #120. We meet Mimic, perhaps the biggest turd in the X-Punchbowl! Once we move on from his craptastic attitude, we venture over to Strange Tales where Iceman and Human Torch go on a swingers cruise. Fair warning, Stan did not…

Have we got some X-Men goodness for y'all today! We review X-Men numbers 17 and 18 today. Issue 17 starts off with a lie right on the front cover, and things get dodgy from there. In issue 18 Magneto gets up to his old tricks, with the same old eyebrows in tow. Hop on board the train to X-Town, make sure Charles leaves your memory intact! Insta: ht…