Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast episodes:

• 12.06.2021

  Ep.227 - Circa 2003

  Episode Notes Travel back to 2003 as we talk about terrorist, spy and generally neat person Mystique. Ranked This Episode: Sabretooth/Mystique Mystique #1-6 X-Men #171-174 (Bizarre Love Triangle) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter...

  
• 11.29.2021

  Ep.226 - Level Of Domesticity

  Episode Notes It's time to power up this podcast as we return to the power of the Power Pack. Ranked this episode: X-Men/Power Pack Wolverine/Power Pack Power Pack #36 The episode of Jeff And Rick Present: Unpacking The Power Of Power Pack that Zack was on...

  
• 11.22.2021

  Ep.225 - Leftover Cat Food

  Episode Notes This is about team ups. I recorded it not 48 hours ago and I have no recollection of what our bits were. Adam says it's a "classic". Ranked This Episode: Wolverine & Jubilee X-Force vol 2 Wolverine/Doop Check out the Battle of the Atom...

  
• 11.15.2021

  Ep.224 - Golden Underwear

  Episode Notes We talk about the X-Men character Hyperion. You know him, he is fake Superman. Ranked this episode: Exiles #38-40 (King Hyperion) Exiles #43-45 (A Blink In Time) Exiles #62-#65 (Timebreakers) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on...

  
• 11.08.2021

  Ep.223 - Omega Red Fatty Acids

  Episode Notes We're heading to Russia comrades! Join us as we talk all about Omega Red stories. Ranked this Episode: X-Men #4-7 (Omega Red) Wolverine Origins #37-40 (Romulus) Uncanny X-Force #25-35 (Final Execution) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week...

  
• 11.01.2021

  Ep.222 - Doug Does Terrible Things With Jordan Blum

  Episode Notes We have a rip roaring time hanging with Hollywood big-shot Jordan Blum while we talk about Doug Ramsey and the Hellions. Ranked this episode: New Mutants #53-54 (Scavenger Hunt) New Warriors #31 (Who Mourns The Hellions?) New Mutants #6-8 (Necrosha) Check out the Battle...

  
• 10.25.2021

  Ep.221 - Down The Rabbit Hole

  Episode Notes Happy Halloween, we talk about some sufficiently spooky stories. Then someone gets distracted and talks about weird Marvel continuity for too long. It's a great event. Ranked This Episode: Inferno (Secret Wars) Nova #22 Generation X #22 Check out the Battle of the Atom...

  
• 10.18.2021

  Ep.220 - Spider-Man 2099 Shirt

  Episode Notes We enter the world of Mutant X, and by that we mean we get distracted by other weird Marvel stuff of the turn of the century. Ranked this episode: X-Factor #145-149 Mutant X #1-3 Mutant X: Origins #1 Check out the Battle of...

  
• 10.11.2021

  Ep.219 - I Don't Like My Brother Either with Vishal Gulapalli

  Episode Notes Everyone loves Vulcan. He's the third Summers brother and no one has ever disliked how clunkly he was put into the story and then used as a big deal in space for a while. Anyway our buddy Vishal is...

  
• 10.04.2021

  Ep.218 - Wolverine In Armor

  Episode Notes This week it is all Wolverine all the time. If anyone makes those jokes where we talk about Logan and we all know we are talking about Logan and you pretend we are talking about Laura, I will be...

  
• 09.27.2021

  Ep.217 - Thinking Vertically with Declan Shalvey

  Episode Notes Cartoonist Declan Shalvey is here with a vengeance to talk about vertical scroll comics and his just completed X-Men Unlimited story. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy...

  
• 09.20.2021

  Ep.216 - Talkin' Bout My Generation

  Episode Notes You know we won't all f f f f fade away. It's Generation X spectacular as the team gets mashed up into all sorts of detective comics. Ranked This Episode: Gen13/Generation X Generation X/Gen13 Generation Hex Check out the Battle of the Atom Master...

  
• 09.13.2021

  Ep.215 - What If We Read What If?

  Episode Notes We totally planned this What If...? episode around the TV show and this isn't a coincidence that we are talking about 3 X-Men What If...? stories today. Ranked This Episode: What If vol 2 #13 (Professor X was the Juggernaut) What If...

  
• 09.06.2021

  Ep.214 - Metal As Heck

  Episode Notes We have to go back to The Age Of Apocalypse and accept that it rules so much and we have no choice but to stan. We also make some of the weirdest structural decision about Ranking we have ever...

  
• 08.30.2021

  Ep.213 - Wolverine Kills

  Episode Notes We're a Wolverine podcast now and we promise this isn't a bit. It isn't a joke. It is just us covering times Wolverine has killed literal thousands of people. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine #20-31 (Enemy Of The State) Wolverine #69-71 (Savage Land) Wolverine...

  
• 08.23.2021

  Ep.212 - Hornheaders

  Episode Notes Hear us X-Fans, no longer are we the podcast you once know. We are hellfire and guilt incarnate Now & Forever We are The Hornheaders! Here's the thing, we're a Daredevil podcast now. Thusly, we are going to cover a whole one...

  
• 08.16.2021

  Ep.211 - Bunny Stickers & A Crudely Drawn Diagram With Leah Williams

  Episode Notes Longtime friend of the show Leah Williams stops by to talk about The Trial of Magneto, X-Factor and much much more! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy...

  
• 08.09.2021

  Ep.210 - The Problem With The Beyonder

  Episode Notes We travel to 1986 for a tale of three stories the run the gamut of iconic and aimless. It's an apt description for that year of the book. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #201 (The Duel) Uncanny X-Men #202-203 (Secret Wars II) Uncanny...

  
• 08.02.2021

  Ep.209 - Quintavius Quirinius Quire

  Episode Notes We've got another Q Drop for you as Quintin Quire riots over our list. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine & The X-Men vol 1 #1-3 Wolverine & The X-Men vol 2 #1-6 (Tomorrow Never Learns) X-Force vol 6 #17-20 (Omega) Check out the Battle of...

  
• 07.26.2021

  Ep.208 - Spacejammers

  Episode Notes We contemplate our own mortality as we realize it's been two years of Hickman's X-Men and now time no longer makes any sense. Ranked this episode: New Mutants vol 4 (Hickman) Giant Size X-Men (Hickman) Empyre: X-Men Check out the Battle of the Atom...

  
• 07.19.2021

  Ep.207 - Business Boy Hat

  Episode Notes Put on your business boy hat and talk about some of the fastest characters in X-Men history. Is it possible that this Chuckles Austen comic is THE BEST thing we rank this week? Find out. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #414...

  
• 07.12.2021

  Ep.206 - Weird Hulk Voice

  Episode Notes It's a whole episode about the bouncing blue Beast and his adventures in Steve Engelhardt's continuity fix stories. Ranked this episode: Amazing Adventures #11-16 Incredible Hulk #161 Avengers #137-138 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow...

  
• 07.05.2021

  Ep.205 - Apocalypse? Not Actually In This

  Episode Notes This is an episode about Apocalypse. He is also only really an active participant in one of these stories. We do like him though, he's just not actually been good until 2019. Ranked This Episode: Ages Of Apocalypse Extraordinary X-Men: Apocalypse Wars X-Men:...

  
• 06.28.2021

  Ep.204 - Guthrie Madness

  Episode Notes There are a lot of Guthrie children and today? We are going to talk about the lesser Guthries. So get ready for a wild range of stories from all-time greats to terrible, trash books. Ranked This Episode: X-Men #7 (The Crucible) Uncanny...

  
• 06.21.2021

  Ep.203 - Q&A Special

  Episode Notes Zack and Adam had to scramble after our great interview about Planet-Size X-Men got messed up. So we decided to answer your questions about X-Men, us and anything else. It's a fun session that has nearly no edits. All...

  
• 06.14.2021

  Ep.202 - Secret Invasion

  Episode Notes Hello normal human podcast listeners, we are your regular human hosts. Nothing is wrong. He loves you. Ranked this episode: Secret Invasion: X-Men X-Factor/She-Hulk: Secret Invasion Captain Britain & The MI:13 #1-4 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every...

  
• 06.07.2021

  Ep.201 - $50 Hat

  Episode Notes We just love it when the X-Men team up with their great pal Spider-Man. These are some of those time. It's not just just a Marvel 2-In-1, it's a a 3-In-1. Good times to be had by all. Ranked This...

  
• 05.31.2021

  Ep.200 - The Trial Of The BotA Boys

  Episode Notes Because you demanded it, Zack & Adam are put on trial for their crimes of ranking X-Men stories badly for 199 weeks straight. Now? Their podcast is on the line as the rank harder than they have ever ranked...

  
• 05.24.2021

  Ep.199 - Your Dad's Gonna Murder You

  Episode Notes You ever feel like playing the Dungeons and Dragons and pretending all your friends are wizards or whatever? Imagine if they did that for a whole comic with Wolverine in it! Ranked this episode: Wolverine: Rahne Of Terra Wolverine: Knight Of Terra New...

  
• 05.17.2021

  Ep.198 - Phoenix Pacemaker

  Episode Notes All men must die. All men must serve. Are we still talking about Game of Thrones? I don't think so but we're still talking about death and stuff this week so we're going to go with it. Ranked This Episode: Death...

  
• 05.10.2021

  Ep.197 - Soft Spot For S-Men

  Episode Notes We get all flipped and inverted and talked about by comics. It wasn't great. Ranked This Episode: AXIS Magneto #9-12 (AXIS) Deadpool #36-39 (AXIS) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy...

  
• 05.03.2021

  Ep.196 - End Of The Road (To 500)

  Episode Notes We decimate the competition as we become the only X-Men podcast to rank 500 bespoke stories. We are celebrating with wonton destruction. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Vol 2 #177-179 (Decimation) Generation M The 198 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New...

  
• 04.26.2021

  Ep.195 - Bowl of Potato Salad

  Episode Notes Let's go back to the 1970s and fill in some classic tales of X-Men action that we ding dang forgot to do before. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #105, #107-108 (Phoenix Saga) Iron Fist #15 (Enter, the X-Men) Uncanny X-Men #120-121 (Wanted: Wolverine!...

  
• 04.19.2021

  Ep.194 - House Of Pabst

  Episode Notes What is best in life? To read comics and do podcasts about them I guess. We talk about Conan and Conan-related wizards on this one. It's a fun time. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #190-191 (An Age Undreamed Of) Savage Avengers #1-5...

  
• 04.12.2021

  Ep.193 - Cyclops Is Wearing A Loincloth

  Episode Notes Who will fall? Who will rise? Who will be the last host standing? You know a schism was coming between Adam and Zack, you just never thought it would be this ugly. Ranked this episode: Schism Generation Hope #10-12 X-Men: Regenesis Check out the...

  
• 04.05.2021

  Ep.192 - A Toy I Have No Recollection Of

  Episode Notes Y'all like weird X-Men guest appearances in toy comics? We do! We love them so much that we got our buddy Austen Gorton on the show to talk about ROM the Spaceknight. Ranked This Episode: ROM #17-18 (Hybrid!) X-Men and the Micronauts Saga...

  
• 03.29.2021

  Ep.191 - If You Only Listen One X-Men Podcast This Week, It Must Be This One

  Episode Notes We wanted to talk about Magik and Shadowcat, we ended up talking about Jim Shooter and Daredevil. This is what happens every time we pick three single issues to talk about. Plus, see Zack slowly descend into madness as...

  
• 03.22.2021

  Ep.190 - Wacky Races

  Episode Notes The old men of Battle of the Atom provide all the Old Man content you need. This includes talking about Mark Millar, arguing about New Jersey and talking about Johnny Cash. Ranked This Episode Old Man Logan (Millar/McNiven) Old Man...

  
• 03.15.2021

  Ep.189 - The Marc Silvestri Power Hour

  Episode Notes It's the Marc Silvestri Power Hour where we talk all about the life and work of Marc Silvestri. Once again, Zack's audio is bad and he is so so tired. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #232-234 (Earthfall) Wolverine #35-37 (Blood & Claws) Cyberforce/X-Men Check...

  
• 03.08.2021

  Ep.188 - Video James

  Episode Notes What's Wolverine's favorite video game system? The XBox I'm sorry. We're talking about X-Men games tie-ins, some video, some card. These comics are not good, they have never been good, and they never would be good. But they are...

  
• 03.01.2021

  Ep.187 - We All Love A Large Goddess

  Episode Notes We dive into Nova Roma. It's bad. We don't care for it. So we listen to "Up The Wolves" by The Mountain Goats, a song that must have been inspired by that terrible New Mutants arc. John Darnielle please...

  
• 02.22.2021

  Ep.186 - Powerlord Kruun

  Episode Notes We all love Breakworld right? It's such a good fun place with a lot of stories that we all care about right? Right? Ranked This Episode: Astonishing X-Men (Unstoppable) Uncanny X-Men #504-507 (Lovelorn) Uncanny X-Men #535-538 (Breaking Point) Check out the Battle of the...

  
• 02.15.2021

  Ep.185 - Who Wants To Kill An Xavier? With Nola Pfau

  Episode Notes We complete our double Dazzler coverage by looking at recent stories featuring the disco Dazzler and oops, it's a lot about the Inhumans. Get ready for us to remember how annoying they were. Oh, and WWAC Editor-In-Chief and CXF...

  
• 02.08.2021

  Ep.184 - Disco Dazzler

  Episode Notes It's the first of our Double Dazzler celebration! This week it's old school with Disco stories featuring Allison Blaire. Ranked this episode: Dazzler #9-11 (Herald of Galactus) Dazzler #38 (Vs The X-Men) Dazzler: The Movie Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking...

  
• 02.01.2021

  Ep.183 - X-Force Vs Chick-Fil-A

  Episode Notes Everyone loves Cable. He's a terrific athlete! But, oh no, many people are fighting him this week. He's even fighting some of the children he takes care of. We should do something about that, like rank it. Ranked This Episode: Cable...

  
• 01.25.2021

  Ep.182 - Poor Sapna

  Episode Notes Things get Magikal as we explore three stories featuring Magik. Also, there's a story where a small child becomes a sword, and that's weird. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #160 (Chutes and Ladders) Uncanny X-Men #231 (Colossus Pretends To Be A Ghost) Extraordinary...

  
• 01.18.2021

  Ep.181 - Mutant Self-Actualization With Vita Ayala

  Episode Notes New Mutants and Children Of The Atom writer Vita Ayala joins us again to talk about these teen and making good comics. This week's episode art was by Jen Overstreet with colors by Luke Herr and he is a...

  
• 01.11.2021

  Ep.180 - The Book Of Love

  Episode Notes This week we talk about Lorna Dane, the lady known as Polaris. She had a rough go of it at the start of the 00s and we dive right into that whole ding dang mess. Also, Zack got a football...

  
• 01.04.2021

  Ep.179 - How Could This Confound Me?

  Episode Notes Happy 2021! We're exhausted from that whole thing so we are talking about Inventory Issues. One of these? One of these is a video game tie in for a canceled text based adventure game. Ranked this episode: Marvel Fanfare #1-4 (Savage...

  
• 12.28.2020

  Ep.178 - Sex Police

  Episode Notes This whole episode is about The Blob. Freddy Dukes is a good boy now and we want nothing but the best for him at all times. So should you. Ranked this episode: Age Of X-Men: X-Tremists All-New X-Men vol 2 #4-7 Marvel Fanfare...