Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

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

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Ep.218 - Wolverine In Armor

04 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 L...

Ep.217 - Thinking Vertically with Declan Shalvey

27 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Cartoonist Declan Shalvey is here with a vengeance to talk about vertical scroll comics and his just completed X-Men Unlimited story. Ch...

Ep.216 - Talkin' Bout My Generation

20 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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. Ra...

Ep.215 - What If We Read What If?

13 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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......

Ep.214 - Metal As Heck

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep.213 - Wolverine Kills

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 litera...

Ep.212 - Hornheaders

23 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Hornheader...

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

16 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep.210 - The Problem With The Beyonder

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep.209 - Quintavius Quirinius Quire

02 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 Wolver...

Ep.208 - Spacejammers

26 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 thi...

Ep.207 - Business Boy Hat

19 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 co...

Ep.206 - Weird Hulk Voice

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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:...

Ep.205 - Apocalypse? Not Actually In This

05 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 j...

Ep.204 - Guthrie Madness

28 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

Ep.203 - Q&A Special

21 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 ab...

Ep.202 - Secret Invasion

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Hello normal human podcast listeners, we are your regular human hosts. Nothing is wrong. He loves you. Ranked this episode: Secret Inva...

Ep.201 - $50 Hat

07 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep.200 - The Trial Of The BotA Boys

31 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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? T...

Ep.199 - Your Dad's Gonna Murder You

24 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 fo...

Ep.198 - Phoenix Pacemaker

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 a...

Ep.197 - Soft Spot For S-Men

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 #...

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

03 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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....

Ep.195 - Bowl of Potato Salad

26 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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: U...

Ep.194 - House Of Pabst

19 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep.193 - Cyclops Is Wearing A Loincloth

12 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 tho...

Ep.192 - A Toy I Have No Recollection Of

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

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

29 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 pic...

Ep.190 - Wacky Races

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 J...

Ep.189 - The Marc Silvestri Power Hour

15 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 i...

Ep.188 - Video James

08 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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. Th...

Ep.187 - We All Love A Large Goddess

01 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 mus...

Ep.186 - Powerlord Kruun

22 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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:...

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

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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...

Ep.184 - Disco Dazzler

08 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 epi...

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

01 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 childr...

Ep.182 - Poor Sapna

25 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 we...

Ep.181 - Mutant Self-Actualization With Vita Ayala

18 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 epis...

Ep.180 - The Book Of Love

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Ep.179 - How Could This Confound Me?

04 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

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 t...

Ep.178 - Sex Police

28 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

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 yo...

Ep.177 - Merry Chrises-Mas with Chris & Christi Eddleman

21 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Merry Chrises-Mas to all and to all a good episode of podcast talking about different X-Men stories from around the holidays with our go...

Ep.176 - Underground Secret Grandma with Zach Rabiroff

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We are unpacking the power of the Power Pack this week as we discuss why Leech is the best, Annalee is the worst, and learn the true mea...

Ep.175 - Forbidden To Speak Of It with Jordan D. White

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Senior Editor Jordan D. White joins us to talk about X Of Swords, Reign Of X, and a deep dive into how artists get cast on a book! Check...

Ep.174 - BotA Origins: Wolverine

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We're going back to the beginning as we talk all about Wolverine's origins! We’re sponsored this week by the MARVEL MADE PARAGON COLLE...

Ep.173 - Our Ultimate Episode

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week it is all about the late, and interesting Ultimate Universe. We're sponsored this week by the MARVEL MADE PARAGON COLLECTION: ...

Ep.172 - Hope Floats

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This one is all about Hope Summers. You know her. She is great. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #526-529 (Five Lights) Generatio...

Ep.171 - Emma Would Never Wear This with Connor Goldsmith

09 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week Connor Goldsmith, host of CEREBRO joins us to talk about her excellence, Emma Grace Frost. Ranked This Episode: X-Men Black:...

Ep.170 - Liberty & Justice For All with Carrie Harris

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We take a break from books with pictures to talk to Carrie Harris about her new book Liberty & Justice for All: A Marvel: Xavier's I...

Ep.169 - Twenty US Dollars Worth Of Candy

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Happy Halloween. We celebrate it by talking about Zack's 4 year-old is a scrub at SSBU. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men v3 #5-7 (Li...

Ep.168 - The Power Of Love

19 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes L is for the way Land looks at me O is for the only storyline for Jean V is very, very, extra boring reading E is enjoyable podcast host...

Ep.167 - The M-Word

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The X-Men books have, at times, struggled with intersectionality and representation of the ideas they are inspired by. These ones though...

Ep.166 - The Tail End Of Benjamin Button Disease

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We are ageing backwards, all the way back to the first appearance of some of our favorite characters. Join us in the abyss. Ranked This ...

Ep.165 - Gambit Ajace

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Very few swords but very many minor appearances of Gambit on this one folks. Ranked this episode: X-Men vol. 4 #23-26 (The Burning Wor...

Ep.164 - X Of Swords Eve With Tini Howard

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Raise your blades because it's time for X Of Swords! Writer Tini Howard joins Battle Of The Atom to talk Excalibur, Tarot, and all thing...

Ep.163 - Nearly Religious Experience

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While you slept, the world changed. We both had dreams. Our dreams were the same. While yo...

Ep.162 - Surrealist Propaganda

07 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes What weird one. We're talking about cartoons mostly, but also adaptations of those cartoons. Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Animation Spe...

Ep.161 - X-Man Update

31 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's finally time for all the X-Man content you could crave. We go a little off the rails on this one. Buncha Lord Of The Rings talk tha...

Ep.160 - The Ethical Alternative To Going To See The New Mutants

24 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Don't: Go to a movie theater and see what's probably going to be a bad movie Do: Listen to us talk about a great comic Ranked The Episod...

Ep.159 - Outpouring Of Crocodile Admiration With Annalise Bissa

17 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week X-Men assistant editor Annalise Bissa talks to Zack about Swords, Crocs, and the impact of COVID-19 on making X-Men. Check out...

Ep.158 - He's Smart But He's Dumb

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Who loves Havok? Us I guess. This one is all about that himbo. Astonishing X-Men 13-17 (Until Our Hearts Stop) Havok & Wolverine...

Ep.157 - Let's Roll For Initiative Babay

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I had good episode notes but I accidentally deleted them. This one has Thor in it. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants 77-80 and 82-85 (B...

Ep.156 - The Resurrection Protocols with Leah Williams

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Leah Williams joins the boys to talk about X-Factor as we all forget how to do podcasts with good audio quality. Check out the Battle of...

Ep.155 - That's My Good Sword

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We're doing hell stuff now. X-Infernus X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations: Hellbound New Mutants #15-22 (Fall & Rise Of The New...

Ep.154 - Fairy Tales

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We talk about fairy tales this episode. I don't know what else to say. Who reads this stuff besides the ranking thing? Couldn't be me. R...

Ep.153 - One Of Those Sociopaths

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Get dark and smokey to get all noir with the BotA Boys Ranked The Episode: X-Men Noir Wolverine Noir Weapon X Noir Check out the...

Ep.152 - Bun Town

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Content Warning: There are frank discussions about sex and sexual assault in this episode. If you don't want that, feel free to skip thi...

Ep.151 - Deep Lore

22 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The podcast has officially been retconed. Ranked this episode: X-Men Forever X-Men: Die By The Sword Apocalypse: The Twelve Che...

Ep.150 - Thicc Wolf

15 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This is episode 150 and The Saga of Vampire Adam does take a hairy turn. If you can, Battle Of The Atom is raising funds for The Advance...

Ep.149 - Burning Man Online with Charlie Davis

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We talk Cable & X-Force and enter the digital multiverse today. If you can, Battle Of The Atom is raising funds for The Advancement ...

Ep.148 - Death Farts

01 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We love Apocalypse don't we folks? We love it when his blood courses through our veins? Ranked This Episode: Wolverine: The Jungle Adv...

Ep.147 - Laura's Sister Baloney with Stephanie Burt

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's everyone's favorite foursome as we talk about the X-Men and Fantastic Four with special guest Stephanie Burt Ranked This Episode ...

Ep.146 - The BotA Boiz Bump

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The boys are back in town, but due to the pandemic gripping our every waking thoughts, we never left to begin with. Anyway we're talking...

Ep.145 - Addicted To The Internet

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's about hunting this week. I don't have anything interesting to say tbh. Ranked This Episode: The Hunt For Xavier (Uncanny X-Men #3...

Ep.144 - Multiple Men

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Everyone hates Jamie Madrox. This is why. Content Warning: This episode has discussions about complications with pregnancy and suicide. ...

Ep.143 - Bless The Rains

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack & Adam talk about Fortnite and also Storm, who we love and cherish! Ranked this episode: X-Men: Hidden Years #6-7 Storm vol...

Ep.142 - Days Of Future Future

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack and Adam try recording live from their basements and also on Twitter. People seemed to like it. Unlike Hyperstorm, who people do no...

Ep.141 - Celebrate The FFVII Remake

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we're all talking about that JoeMad content as we celebrate a game neither of us intends on playing. Ranked This Episode: Un...

Ep.140 - That's Not How Any Of This Works Chuckles

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It had to be done. We had to talk about it. After a long absence from the show, Chuckles Austen's work does come back up and let me tell...

Ep.139 - Very Bad Smirnoff Cherry Vodka

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Hail Comrade! We visit Mother Russia, yes? Drink Vodka yes? Ranked This Episode: X-Men #17-19 (Skinning Of Souls) X-Men: Liberators ...

Ep.138 - Quicksilver's Quick Takes

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The bits are good but the audio is bad in this episode all about X-Factor! Ranked This Episode X-Factor 17-20 (X-Cell) X-Factor 200-...

Ep.137 - Island In The Sun

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes When you're on a podcast sea You don't need no memory Just a place to call your own As we drift into the zone Ranked This Episode: Exc...

Ep.136 - We All Have Swords Now! C2E2 2020 Spectacular!

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Welcome to our jam packed C2E2 spectacular. Please leave your sword in its scabbard. Jordan D White @ 00:08:05 Rod Reis @ 00:13:28 Tin...

Ep.135 - Another Bad iTunes Review Coming with Luke Herr

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We're assuredly going to have another bad iTunes review coming after this one, and frankly, we deserve it. Please support Luke Herr's Ki...

Ep.134 - Jack Kirby Cable

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes So cool a Cable. I thought you would enjoy it. Ding dong! Cable #155-#159 (Past Fears) Adventures of Cyclops & Phoenix Cabl...

Ep.133 - Mister Meatball Disaster with The Supersons

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Dan & Jake from Supersons join us on this one as we smash through the Source Wall and talk about some of those Detective Comics Comi...

Ep.132 - Marge, The Daughter Of Oblivion

10 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Iceman often gets a frosty reception from his parents. They just really need to chill out. A third ice-pun. Ranked This Episode: Icema...

Ep.131 - The Righteous Return Of Adam Reck

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Adam is back, but oh no! We got in a fight over a comic. Hope we can repair this podcast and there is no bad blood. Ranked this episode:...

Ep.130 - I Support Glob Herman with Alex Goldman

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Alex Goldman from the show Reply All and I had a chance meeting on Twitter where we bonded over that good goo boy, Glob Herman. We decid...

Ep.129 - What The Kids Are Craving with Chris Robinson

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes X-Office Editor Chris Robinson shows up to talk about his job, the X-Books, and a Man-Thing with a machine gun. Please send Chris Robins...

Ep.128 - A Professor X & Magneto Sourdough with Chris Eddleman

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack and events boy Chris Eddleman talk about the big event, that's right Onslaught! Ranked This Episode: Onslaught Onslaught (Cable...

Ep.127 - All I Want To Do In Life Is Make People Read Bad Comics with Chris Hassan

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes X-Men Monday master Chris Hassan joins Zack to chat about some weird comics where the X-Men do some culty stuff. Also we talk about Tran...

Ep.126 - The One Where Honey Badger Dies with Matthew Rosenberg

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We close out 2019 with Uncanny X-Men scribe Matthew Rosenberg chatting about his entire career on the X-Books, what went right, what wen...

Ep.125 - A Naughty List, A Nice List, And A Mutant List with Christina Eddleman

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Captain Christi Eddleman joins Zack this week to talk about some Generation X-Mas stories as we celebrate Christimas in style. Ranked Th...

Ep.124 - A Great X-Men Podcast With Miles Stokes

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week Miles Stokes from Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men joins Zack to talk about Dinosaurs with unbridled enthusiasm. Ranked T...

Ep.123 - All The Best X-Men Are Women with Sara Century

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Sara Century from Bitches On Comics joins me today as we talk about all of the best leaders of the X-Men. Ranked this Episode: Uncanny...

Ep.122 - Do You Pooh? with Charlie Davis

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Special guest Charlie Davis joins Zack for a discussion about Shatterstar and his son and his father and his son ans his father and his ...

Ep.121 - Master Of The Magnum Force

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We intended to do an episode about Banshee but we messed up! Anyway, here's some stories that Banshee is technically in. Ranked This Epi...

Ep.120 - Everything Is Sinister

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We are all Sinister here. We are all about Sinister here. We have three Sinister stories here. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men vol ...