Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Ep.418 - Mall Santa

22 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes There is an epidemic striking our country, that is an epidemic of running out of holiday themed stories to cover at Christmas time. Ther...

Ep.417 - The 2002 All-Stars

15 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Een la yair of ur laird déux thousand deux Marvel writairs absulute-lee loved makeng nu charactairs to throw at people and 'ope zey sti...

Ep.416 - Thiwp Thoughts

08 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In 2007, the creative team of J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada had children's pull-ups character Spider-Man sell his marriage to t...

Ep.415 - French Cut (At Minimum) w/ Dr. Anna Peppard

01 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We love Nightcrawer, we love all types of blue people, we also love Dr. Anna Peppard who is not blue. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #...

Ep.414 - Dolphin's Ancient Enemy

24 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.413 - Skinsuit

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Trent Renzor once said "I want to feel you from the inside" and the gothy romantic she is, Moira took that seriously in her tenth life. ...

Ep.412 - Let Doom Be Doom

10 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack gets mad at people who take a man named Victor Von Doom too seriously. Adam does his absolute best to save the podcast from neuroga...

Ep.411 - Blowing Crap Up

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's a lovely morning in the X-Mansion, and you are a horrible mutant. Ranked This Episode: Secret Wars II #5 X-Factor #12 New Mutants ...

Ep.410 - Corpse Stuff

27 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Happy Halloween everybody. We have stories about corpses. Also economics? Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #64 (The Resurrection on Cyp...

Ep.409 - Three Large, Round Reasons

20 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Look folks we are 30 or 40 years old, sometimes it takes 3 weeks to record an episode about 5 total issues of comics. This is what life ...

Ep.408 - Something To Say

29 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Sometimes, X-Men comics have something to say. No one said they should say it, but darn it, the X-Men are going to say something. Ranked...

Ep.407 - Turning Japanese

22 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics once did an elaborate deception, pretending to be a Japanese Manga writer named Akira Yoshida, in o...

Ep.406 - I Know You Planned It

15 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever h...

Ep.405 - Unbreakable

08 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I wonder what M. Night Shyamalan thought about the X-Men character Marrow. I have to assume he knows about her. Perhaps he has thoughts....

Ep.404 - Zxazx Attack

01 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Sometimes, we wonder if we should change the podcast to be something more palatable to general audiences. But listen, if the X-Men have ...

Ep.403 - Don't Bow To The Mouse

18 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Do you think I mind that Walter Disney doesn't approve of some of these comics? That his estate isn't entitled to the sweat of the worke...

Ep.402 - Daddy's Home.

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In which we understand how much Cable's favorite Everclear song is "Father of Mine" Ranked This Episode: X-Men v5 #1-2 Uncann...

Ep.401 - Clown Agnostic

04 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Clowns are so cool, I wish they were real... Ranked This Episode: Obnoxio The Clown Vs The X-Men Marvel Two-In-One #76 Wolverine & ...

Ep.400 - Ranknarök Returns

21 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes 400 episodes and nearly 8 years later, Zack and Adam return to some of their earliest episodes, Days of Future Past style, to right the ...

Ep.399 - Krakoa Cops

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The wild thing about looking back on comics is how much they are colored by what was happening when you were originally reading them. In...

Ep.398 - The Mane

07 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Sabretooth has a costume with a lion's mane sewn into it. Wrestler Tyler Mane played Sabretooth in a movie. Are these facts related to t...

Ep.397 - X-Men Monday Morning Quarterback with Chris Hassan

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Chris Hassan from AiPT's X-Men Monday joins us for a journey through the last 300 installments of his column and what folks were talking...

Ep.396 - Better Recognize

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Do the children even remember Wizard Magazine these days? I mean, to be fair, Zack only knows of it, but was never of it. Luckily, the c...

Ep.395 - The Fightingist Smashouts

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Comic fans oft wonder "who would win". Those folks need to touch grass. Ranked This Episode: Contest Of Champions II AVX: Vs ...

Ep.394 - Everyone Looks The Same

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I'll be real with you, sometimes there's a request that really throws us for a loop. This is one of them. Ranked This Episode: X-Factor...

Ep.393 - We Live In A (Mutant) (Space) Society

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & ...

Ep.392 - We Live In A (Mutant) Society

19 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I'm not mad, just disappointed at the society you chose to build. I thought we raised you better than this? Ranked This Episode: Immort...

Ep.391 - Michigan J Frog Situation

12 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This episode is about Iron Man, but more than that, it's about the turn of the century Evangelical crossover literary sensation Left Beh...

Ep.390 - Death Comes For Us All

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes What do we say to the god of death? We ask them what Dani Moonstar is like and if death thinks she would be our friend and also proud of...

Ep.389 - King Of The Hill

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Dang ol' Magneto, man, talkin' 'bout that next generation of mutant kids? Run aroun' using dang ol' magnets to reflec' people's mind bea...

Ep.388 - Flashin' Around w/ David Harper

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Flashback with us to yesteryear as we get nostalgic about comics getting nostalgic about other comics. David Harper from SKTCHD and Off ...

Ep.387 - Borat Voice My Wife

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In a 2012 episode of the hit television series "Bob's Burgers" the titular Mr. Burgers has a nightmare where, instead of being...

Ep.386 - Name That External!

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's time for everyone's favorite game, Name That External! It's the game you try and remember who the Externals are. The fun thing abou...

Ep.385 - The Gold Standard

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In times of economic uncertainty, many speculative investors will transition a larger portion of their assets into gold. This is general...

Ep.384 - The Robcipe

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes There is nothing I could say here that would help explain the life and times of Rob Liefeld more than reading literally every word he ha...

Ep.383 - Heka-Nut & The Sword Of Bone

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Sometimes, listeners tune in for insightful commentary on X-Men comics and the world at large. Other times Zack and Adam are giggling so...

Ep.382 - Egg Challenge with Dr. Anna Peppard

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We love Meggan, here's an episode. Also Anna is here and isn't that great! Ranked this Episode: Mighty World Of Marvel #14-16 Excalibur...

Ep.381 - D'Onofrio Style + Megacon 2025

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes RIP Zack "The Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting" Jenkins. He leaves behind a loving co-host and many people who would consider him a...

Ep.380 - The 1000th Story

10 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Rivers Cumo once said "I wanna go back, back to the shack, back to the Strat with the lightning strap" and we echo that messag...

Ep.379 - Sweeps Week with Connor Goldsmith

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes When TV shows cared about Nielsen ratings, ad rates would be set based on how well a show performed during a very specific portion of th...

Ep.378 - Humans Do Suck

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes No further explanation needed. Ranked This Episode: X-Men v5 #10-11 (Empyre) Wolverine & The X-Men Annual #1 Maximum Security: Dang...

Ep.377 - Sacre Blu Superman

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This episode is all about Gambit. Why? I mean, that's quite the important question. Friedrich Nietzsche said "He who has a why to l...

Ep.376 - Carey On

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Once upon a time, in the years before Xavier Files, Zack and his friend Thomas started an X-Men book club where the first thing they wan...

Ep.375 - Orphan & Nannymaker

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes When we think of icons, we think of them. They are X-Men characters whose names we would never confuse or mix up and certainly character...

Ep.374 - We Have Magneto At Home

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In our post-truth world, it is sometimes difficult to discern what Magneto truly is. Is he a freedom fighter filled with righteous fury?...

Ep.373 - Home Alone... With Kevin?

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We don't have a friend or a guest named Kevin in this one. But we do have Christmas stories of VARIOUS quality. Someone help us escape f...

Ep.372 - Soundwave Pterodactyl

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Guess who had to resist screeching the entire episode? Hint: it's the host who, for reasons unknown to himself, spends a shocking amount...

Ep.371 - Not Pro-Murder

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes For legal reasons, the hosts of Battle Of The Atom need to affirm that we explicitly do not endorse murder as defined in 18 U.S.C. §§ ...

Ep.370 - Science Cussin'

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Son of a Bromide, those Gallium Darmstadtium BotA Boyz are at it again with their stretching of what counts as an X-Men comic. This time...

Ep.369 - The Mutant Age Has Now Begun with David Brothers

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes X-Men: The Manga: Remastered editor David Brothers joins the boys for a deep dive into the remaster of the manga adaptation of the carto...

Ep.368 - My On-Fire-Motorcycle-Skeleton Friend

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The horrors around us, they persist. But so does the Spirit of Vengeance. Adam and Zack continue celebrating Halloween longer than most ...

Ep.367 - Third Favorite Halloween Themed Character

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Legally, it's not Halloween anymore. But the bad boy of X-Men podcasting doesn't care. We're doing Halloween! Ranked This Episode: X-Me...

Ep.366 - New York Comic Con Super Special 2024

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lan...

Ep.365 - Tapeworm Lovin'

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Tablua Rasa is a location in the Marvel universe that we all think about every day. These are the stories about it. Ranked this episode:...

Ep.364 - Yeet A Baby

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes So X-Men Unlimited, it's a thing we always talk about right? We all think of all the important X-Men Unlimited stories, yes? Well much l...

Ep.363 - Huevos Parásitos

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Esta semana en la Batalla del Átomo, los chicos viajan a Perú donde hablan sobre algunos cómics protagonizados por Patrulla-X. Espero...

Ep.362 - The Reptile

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The guys get spicy. And by spicy we mean that Zack tries to explain ACOTAR to Adam even though he is only vaguely aware of it and Adam t...

Ep.361 - Dearly Beloved

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Once upon a time Cyclops and Jean Grey got married at a Marvel holiday party and made it everyone else's problem. Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.360 - Aggressively Dumb

02 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Comics are dumb (Complimentary) Ranked This Episode X-Terminators vol 2 Wolverine #133-138 (Great Escape) X-23 #17-19 (Misadventures In...

Ep.359 - Summer Mailbag With Austin Gorton

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Adam and guest Austin Gorton answer your questions while Zack sells air-conditioners. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking Li...

Ep.358 - The Most Conflicted Roster

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Everyone loves conflict. Especially interpersonal conflict. Surely you will also enjoy it in this episode. Ranked this episode: New Mut...

Ep.357 - Cable: Just A Dude

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes My guy Cable is just a dude in the world trying to make it through another day. Also he has a massive spear for anyone who gets in his w...

Ep.356 - Want It Hard Enough with Anna Peppard

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Adam and Anna talk about Skids this week. I wasn't there so I don't know how to describe it except "probably great" Ranked Thi...

Ep.355 - Interdimensional Carol Killer

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we have two dudes with a podcast talking about Carol Danvers. Which is the most concerning sentence you could pay in 2019. Ran...

Ep.354 - Obligatory Deadpool & Wolverine Tie-In Episode

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Look, we are just as tired of this as you are but we want that sweet, sweet SEO boost so we got to try and capitalize on what looks to b...

Ep.353 - Mom's Happy Powder

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes There's no villains this week, but there is Ken. We all love Ken, and by all I mean Zack and Adam. Ranked This Episode: Dazzler #21 (Ca...

Ep.352 - Canada Day with Anna Peppard

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We were going to release this on Canada Day but that darn novel corona virus got in the way. Anyway, Anna is here and we are going to ta...

Ep.351 - Care Bear Stare

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's well known that Charles Francis Xavier is a jerk. Here's some more. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Original Sin The Shattering X-Men ...

Ep.350 - The Krakoan Gardener with Jordan D White

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Outgoing X-Line editor and one of the friendliest friends of the pod Jordan D White talks about the First Krakoan Era and also a bunch o...

Ep.349 - Vewy Anime

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Ah Albert & Elsie-Dee. The kind of characters only people terminally cursed with X-Men brain rot could love. We love them so much. R...

Ep.348 - Not Getting Over

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Fill-in stories are a great chance to try and get a character over. Not Hazard though, he ain't ever getting over. Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.347 - The One With The Guy From Lost

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The guy from Lost wrote a comic one time. It had Hulk into. Ipso facto we are doing a Hulk episode. Ranked This Episode Ultimate Wolver...

Ep.346 - Adaptations Of Adaptations

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Everyone is talking about X-Men '97 aren't they? Well, I guess everyone includes us because you get the unfiltered opinions of these two...

Ep.345 - Dream Of The Fisherman's Wife

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The prompt was "a fine selection of Claremont tentacles, please". So that's what we are doing this week. Ranked This Episode ...

Ep.344 - Spider-Man's Old Pants

06 May 2024

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Episode Notes I (Zack) asked my wife if she ever thought about Spider-Man's old pants and how that is what Venom is. She said I need to mulch. Ranked ...

Ep.343 - An Angels and Demons Thing

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Nightcrawler is a constant in the world of X-Men. Here's some stories where he isn't. Ranked This Episode Uncanny Spider-Man & X-Me...

Ep.342 - Alice "Malice" McAllister

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes 900 X-Men stories in and we may be losing the plot because oops this one is all Malice and we don't actually get much closer to understa...

Ep.341 - Behind The Music

08 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes When I wore a younger man's clothes I used to go to concerts and have a great time. Now I talk about them on podcasts. Ranked This Episo...

Ep.340 - Dead For 3 Pages

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Sometimes SOMEONE will start a plot and ever finish it. This is about the time Claremont decided Dazzler was immortal. Ranked This Episo...

Ep.339 - Her Web Connects Us All

25 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I once threatened Adam with a Madam Web episode. Well guess what the Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting did? Plus Zack & Adam sent each oth...

Ep.338 - Crux Point Of Your Life

18 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Our beloved Bendis era X-Men. Our Saint, Eva Bell. This one is for you. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Annual & All-New X-Men A...

Ep.337 - Zoobooks

11 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Who is ready for a huge amount of discussion about sustainability and how to manage the pending climate disaster? Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.336 - Hot Rock Star Girlfriend

04 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Austin Gorton teams up with Adam today for a very exciting episode all about Lila Cheney. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #42 (Sam + L...

Ep.335 - Attempted Cannibalism

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes With apologies to our neighbors up north, this sure is not the nicest thing anyone has ever recorded about Canada... Ranked This Episode...

Ep.334 - Cats ≠ Dogs

19 Feb 2024

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Episode Notes I know cats aren't dogs. I don't know if Jeff Loeb does. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine v3 #13-19 (Return of the Native) Wolverine v3 5...

Ep.333 - Date Night

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Oh baby, we're hot just like an oven for this the newest episode of Battle Of The Atom. This time it's about dating. Ranked This Episode...

Ep.332 - In A Psy-Locke

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Celebrate Betsy with us as Psylocke meets our psyche. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants Annual #2 (Wildways) Uncanny X-Men #328 & Sa...

Ep.331 - Is A Jerk

29 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack has the week off so Adam is joined by Harvard Prof Stephanie Burt (of Taylor Swift course fame) to talk Kitty Pryde! Ranked This Ep...

Ep.330 - #FungusCore

21 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Has Battle of the Atom turned into too much of a dads making dick jokes podcast? You be the judge because we are talking about X-Men cha...

Ep.329 - Band-Aid Protocal

15 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Want to listen to two dudes not want to talk about comics for a while? You have come to the right place. For further reading on this run...

Ep.328 - It Kills Superheroes

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Oh dang it's The Fury! I don't know if you know this, but it kills superheroes. Ranked This Episode The Jasper's Warp (Marvel Superhero...

Ep.327 - Abducting Mall Santas

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Merry Christmas everyone, let's celebrate with Zack's unsolicited opinions. Ranked This Episode: Dark Web X-Men Marvels Epilogue Marvel...

Ep.326 - Annual Checkup

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's the end of the year, go get that thing checked out. The waitlist for Dr. visits is too long and you know it. Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.325 - Never Trust Adults

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's the newest episode of that podcast that's stuck in your head, stuck on your heart, stuck on your body, body. Might want to get that...

Ep.324 - Bad Superheroes

27 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The Ultraverse dares to ask, what if comics sucked? Spoiler alert but we have never ranked this many bad comics in one episode. Ranked T...

Ep.323 - Explicitly D-List

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Who is ready for Zack and Adam to argue about She-Hulk, a show one of that has not watched, for longer than we talk about some comics? A...

Ep.322 - Mojo TV Takeover

13 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Has there ever been a good Mojo story? One that didn't disappoint? This episode will not help your case if you there there has been. Ran...

Ep.321 - Fart Cloud

06 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Remember when this podcast started and we were deep in the dog days of the Terrigen Mists? Zack & Adam remember. Ranked This Episode...

Ep.320 - Hell House with Robert Secundas

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Hell-ppy Hell-oween everyone. We are doing a Hell House instead of a heathen haunted house this year on Battle Of The Atom. ComicsXF Sen...

Ep.319 - New York Comic Con Super Special 2023

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Adam does interviews with a lot of folks. Zack has not actually listened to the episode yet. Please let him know any exciting news that ...