X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast

Nico, Jonah, Kyle, and (the absent) Kevo have navigated 4 years of Uncanny X-Men, The Champions, Marvel Team-Up, Spider-Man titles, and more odds and ends throughout every corner of the Marvel Universe. Now, as the team prepares for the biggest X-Event to date -- The Dark Phoenix Saga (just in time for the movie!) -- they're picking up every last story they can before burning everything down. Join the team as they say goodbye to Claremont's All New All Different Uncanny X-Men and prepare for the age of Kitty Pryde. Read along with Marvel Team-Up #90, Bizarre Adventures #27, Marvel Treasury Edition #26-27, Classic X-Men #41-42, Classic X-Men #44, and Marvel Fanfare #60.

Early in Chris Claremont's tenure, he introduced Moira MacTaggert with a big secret. Then, in Uncanny X-Men #104, Magneto unleashed a secret on Muir Island. Slowly, we've been seeing a creeper in the shadows, appearing to attack and draw closer to the Muir Island X-Men. After traversing the globe, the X-Men finally reunite with Jean, Hank, Alex, Lorna, and the rest of the island crew in time to face the single worst threat they've ever encountered: a reality altering body-hopping super-mutant. Meanwhile, Jason Wyngard is getting sexy with Jean in her head?! Don't miss The Mutant X Saga in X is for Podcast! Read along with Uncanny X-Men #125-128 and X-Men Classic #31-33.

Uncanny X-Men took its time to get rolling, but more than a year into Chris Claremont and John Byrne's medium-defining run, things are nonstop. Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Storm get the spotlight in this episode as we draw ever closer to The Dark Phoenix Saga and a massive change to the status quo of the Marvel Universe! Read along with Uncanny X-Men #122-124, Marvel Team-Up #89, Uncanny X-Men Annual #3, and Classic X-Men #28-30.

You asked for it... you got it! Nico and Kyle finally finish up the nightmare of The Champions! Join the two as they follow two of the Champions -- Iceman and The Angel -- through their first year after The Champions, which, by the end, the Marvel Universe seems to have forgotten the team ever existed! X is for Podcast says goodbye to The Champions and prepares for the finale of Volume 1! Want to read along? Check out Spectacular Spider-Man #17-18, Incredible Hulk Annual #7, Marvel Two In One #68 (Iceman), Marvel Two In One #76 (Angel).

What do Japan, Egypt, and Canada all have in common? This episode! (Also, probably a lot of other stuff.) Join Nico and Jonah as they join the X-Men on a journey across the globe through the past, present, and with glimpses of the future! Xavier vs. Shadow King! The X-Men reunited with Sunfire! LOGAN GETS A GIRLFRIEND?! Alpha Flight shows up, giving us the first gay character in an X-Title (who was always intended to be gay!), even though he can't be gay until after he gets fairy AIDS in about 20 years... Okay, well, hang in there for an all new X is for Podcast! Want to read along? Check out Uncanny X-Men #117-121, Power Man & Iron Fist #56-57, Classic X-Men #23-27.

The X-Men have fought a giant island, battled robots, gone to space, and teamed up with Spider-Man. Now, get ready for the X-Men to... fight dinosaurs. A mutant pterodactyl, really. For the first time, the All-New, All-Different, Finally-Getting-Along X-Men journey to the Savage Land! Join Nico and Jonah as they follow the golden Claremont/Byrne run as it continues to expand the X-Men universe. We hope you survive the experience! Want to read along? Check out Uncanny X-Men #111-116, Classic X-Men #17-22.

The X-Men spend a lot of time teaming up! Check out a special appearances from Iron Fist (along with Sabretooth's really confusing debut), Weapon Alpha, Havok, Polaris, Spider-Man, Thor, and Beast as we continue on the Uncanny rollercoaster with Nico and Jonah! Also: there's a really blah one-shot that goes nowhere, but at least there's more Uncanny! X is for Podcast begins its weekly run now! Want to read along? Check out Iron Fist #14-15, Uncanny X-Men #109-110, Marvel Team-Up #69-70, Classic X-Men #16.

Poor Nico and Kyle. They're just two best friends who love lifting weights and geeky shit. They just wanna enjoy some comics, right? Some nice storytelling and pretty pictures. WHY DOES THE CHAMPIONS MAKE IT SO HARD TO LIKE IT?! When Herc, Black Widow, Iceman, Darkstar, and Angel (and sometimes Ghost Rider and Ivan) get together, they never do fun stuff. This time, they fight giant bees. No, seriously, like GIANT ROBOT BEES. It's not even good. The Champions are like being forced to live through Room watching The Room. Well, join them for the (THANKFULLY) penultimate episode featuring THE CHAMPIONS on X Is For Podcast! Want to read along? Check out The Champions #11-15, Marvel Villains Team-Up #14, The Champions #16, Iron Man Annual #4, Avengers #163, The Champions #17.

In the early fall of 2018, two guys began a journey into the X-Men. One, Nico, had read nearly every page of the X-Universe a (regrettable) number of times. The other, Jonah, was new to the titles but eager to devour every page of Nightcrawler. The problem: the X-Men were rarely limited to just one title. Enter Kevo and Kyle, each taking on a common-crossover title (Captain Britain and The Champions, respectively). When it comes to digging into last age's long boxes, context is king, so the team took a step back from these titles to examine the back issue bin. It turns out that you can't read a 1970s comic run without crossing over into Marvel Team-Up. So they did... and now it seems that they can't escape. Join the team for one last major trip into Marvel Team-Up featuring The X-Men, Morbius, some Champions, an Avenger or two, Captain Britain, and, of-goddamn-course, Spider-Man. Want to read along? Check out Marvel Team-Up Annual #1 (X-Men), Marvel Team-Up #53-55 (X-Men/Infinity Gems). Marvel Team-Up #65-66 (Captain Britain).

In one year, Captain Britain went from anchoring his own title to running as the back-up in Spider-Man reprints... to canceled!? Join Nico and Kevo and find out how Captain Britain fell apart in the conclusion of his original run! Want to read along? Check out Super Spider-Man & Captain Britain #233-247, Captain Britain Annual #1.