Class of X

Class of X

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Class of X episodes

  • Who is Nimrod, the Ultimate Sentinel?
    You've seen him in X-Men: The Animated Series! You've seen him HoX/PoX! But who is this pink robot from the future? And why does he hate mutants so much? And why is just so darn cute? All answers will be given in this character deep dive of Nimrod, the Great Hunter!
    47 min
  • X of Swords (PART 2)
    X of Swords, a massive crossover event of the Krakoan era, is heating up! Cypher, The Braddock Twins, Gorgon and Apocalypse himself are the remaining Krakoan swordbearers. Arakko has their fighters and we have ourselves a tournament! Let's discuss the thrilling conclusion to X of Swords and more importantly, let's spend a little more time talking about how awesome Saturnyne is. Deal?
    41 min
  • X of Swords (PART 1)

    Apocalypse, the ultimate 90's villain, gets his own historic retcon with X of Swords, the giant X-Men crossover event that proceeded after House of X/Powers of X. His connection to Krakoa and the mysterious partner island, Arakko, gets fleshed out by Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman in this massive crossover event that spans more than 25 issues. Which is why I have split this discussion into our first ever 2-parter. Come for the swords, stay for the hot Apocalypse lore. I promise you'll love this one.

    43 min
  • X-Men Hellfire Gala 2023
    Why is Marvel Girl with the X-Men now? Who is Iceman's new boyfriend? Why is Rogue with the Avengers? This year, the Hellfire Gala was the opening salve to the next era of X-Men comics, the Fall of X. The community requested I do an episode on this year's Gala and offer up an explanation on all the crazy shenanigans that happened in it's 78 amazing pages. So here it is, the Jon Risinger exclusive deep dive on the X-Men Hellfire Gala of 2023! Enjoy!
    51 min
  • Ultimate X-Men with James Willems
    In December of the year 2000, Mark Millar, after only having seen the X-Men film, launches a reboot of the X-Men franchise within the Marvel Ultimate Universe. New cast, new looks, new origins, new everything. And since James Willems did so well covering EXTREME X-Men, it felt right to bring him back to talk ULTIMATE as well. The episode covers Ultimate X-Men #1-6 (2000.)
    1 hr 20 min
  • X-Men: Supernovas w/ Laurel Rothamel
    Do you know what happens when you let Rogue pick her own X-Team to serve as an independent strike force from the school? She ends up using Sabretooth, Lady Mastermind, an Omega Sentinel and her mom, Mystique! Also Cable, Cannonball and Iceman can come too. Let's learn who the Children of the Vault are with guest host, Laurel Rothamel.
    1 hr 55 min
  • X-Men: Deadly Genesis w/ Mikey Neumann

    30 years after the historical release of Giant Size X-Men #1 comes X-Men: Deadly Genesis, the biggest retcon yet in Marvel history! Professor X had a secret other team? There is a third Summers brother besides Cyclops & Havok? All will be revealed with our guest, Mikey Neumann!

    2 hr 16 min
  • Inferno (1988) with Mikey Randolph
    Inferno is the culmination of years of stories leading to a giant hellish brawl in Manhattan between the X-Men and demons and Mr. Sinister and the Goblin Queen. Possibly the biggest event in X-Men history and a delightful story to talk through with my guest from The Horror Virgin podcast, Mikey Randolph!
    1 hr 39 min
  • Old Man Logan (2003) with Diction
    Wolverine is living in an alternate timeline where the villains have won, super heroes are no more, and our protagonist goes simply by Logan now. Mark Millar wrote this dark, western epic and years later it would be used as the inspiration for possibly the greatest X-Men film ever, Logan! Also, Diction returns to the show as our first returning guest!(Issues covered: Wolverine #66
    1 hr 28 min
  • Emma Frost (2003) with Barbara Dunkelman
    Emma Frost, the White Queen of the X-Men, wasn't always the platinum chic goddess known for telepathically wrapping everybody who crosses her path around her little finger. Her origins are much more complicated, timid and interesting than you could ever imagine. Let's talk all things about young Emma Frost with voice actress and content creator Barbara Dunkelman, as we read Karl Boller's 2003 solo title, Emma Frost. Happy pride, y'all!
    1 hr 32 min

About Class of X

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Class of X is a podcast book club for past, present and future readers of X-Men comics hosted by Jon Risinger. Each episode Jon & guest cover a specific story from the history of the X-Men,…