Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Ep.119 - A Matching Sweater Unit

11 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes A is for Atom B is for Battle C is for Cast D is for Download E is for Extinction Ranked this Episode: New X-Men #114-116 (E is for Ex...

Ep.118 - SQWURK!!!

04 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We talk about animals and X-Men this week. See if you can find the following animals: gorilla, girrafe, elephant, squirell, wolverine, h...

BONUS EPISODE: Boku No X-Anime

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Because you demanded it! Battle Of The Atom host Zack Jenkins and friend of the show Luz Bianca have teamed up for a prestige, 12 episod...

Ep.117 - From A to Zombie!

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's Halloween y'all. We did stories about demons because we wanted to. Sometimes we get to do what we want. Ranked This Episode: Ghos...

Ep.116 - Big, Burly Men, Flying At The Screen, Yelling

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We're talking about Northstar and all the choices that have been made around him. Let me tell you what, there are several. Ranked This E...

Ep.115 - Star Studded NYCC 2019 Special

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week, Adam goes to New York City Comic Con! Feel free to listen all the way through or skip around to these amazing interviews: Ma...

Ep.114 - 20% Robot

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We've got ZERO TOLERANCE for these dang mutants on this episode. Here's hoping you also hate them. Ranked This Episode: X-Men #65-69 (...

Ep.113 - Alan Davis Flexing

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack is in a fishing lodge with limited Wi-Fi, leaving Adam to do all the heavy lifting in this one. Luckily he is very good at podcasts...

Ep.112 - An X-Men Way To Frame Love

23 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Madelyne Pryor cult leader Luz Bianca joins us this week to talk about Maddie and all the stories around her. Plus, I get ice cream! Ran...

Ep.111 - Hot Tamales + PCP

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Parenting is hard and I'mma be honest, the X-Men are bad at it. Ranked This Episode: Daken: Dark Wolverine #13-15 (Moonwalking) New ...

Ep.110 - Passionate MCU Warriors

09 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We're a Spider-Man podcast now. Here's some Spider-Man Stories. Ranked This Episode: Spider-Man & X-Factor: Shadowgames Astonish...

Ep.109 - Shatterstar's Cereal Corner

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We have a new segment guaranteed to make everyone excited. Also a guest like Charlie Davis is here to have a fun time talking about X-Fo...

Ep.108 - Hands On, Constructive Learning

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We have decided to speed up our podcast's mission and just cover the entire history of the X-Men in one episode. Thank you for your time...

Ep.107 - Mortal Kombat Time

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Grab your car chargers and your Combos kids, it's time for an X-Men Road Trip Uncanny X-Men #319, #322 - 325, & X-Men #45 (Gene Na...

Ep.106 - Residual Face Tattoo Energy

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Warning: the Age Of Apocalypse is super depressing sometimes. We love it though. Ranked This Episode: Generation Next X-Men: Age of ...

Ep.105 - It's All Fun Make 'Em-Ups with Jordan D White

05 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Senior X-Men Editor Jordan D White joins us today to talk about his first year overseeing the line as well as what's to come in the Dawn...

Ep.104 - One Chart, For Which It Stands

29 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Welcome to the new mutant nation. Spoilers from House Of X abound. Also, we lucked into this being THEMATIC. Ranked this episode: Unca...

Ep.103 - Hair Under There

22 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Welcome to Let's Talk Bill The Lobster. This is your weekly podcast where we talk about how great Bill The Lobster is. Bill is great. Al...

Ep.102 - Intimidating Energy

15 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we recommend a bunch of media and also talk about X-Men! Ranked this episode: X-Men: Colossus Bloodline Marvel Comics Pres...

Ep.101 - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead But For Battle Of The Atom

08 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We brought in Harvard poetry professor Stephanie Burt to school us on Kitty Pryde. There is capital "S" Subtext. Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.100 - 💯: Age Of The Atom

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Enter The Age Of The Atom as we try to prevent a dark future. Please do not spoil this for anyone! Ranked this episode: New Mutants #9...

Ep.99 - Legion Quest

24 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We celebrate the return of Legion with the return of Matt Sibley, Zack's former co-host with a chip on his shoulder. Hopefully nothing b...

Ep.98 - Little Trash Boy

17 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Proteus is a bad child but he has been in good stories. We talk about them this week, as one does. Uncanny X-Men #125-128 (Proteus) X-...

Ep.97 - Pocket-Sized Glob Herman

10 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes What's up you cool babies? We've got some Weezer content, some Muppets content, and some X-Babies content. Who could ask for more? Maybe...

Ep.96 - A Phoenix Force Of Our Own with Jay Edidin

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This X-Men Podcast could be worth $2500 to you. That is, if that's what you value an epic team-up between the BotA Boys and Jay Edidin o...

Ep.95 - Cyclops Has More Than Two Problems

27 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Cyclops, just, boy howdy does he have some problems. We love our sweet anxiety riddled son but, man, he needs to maybe talk to someone. Maybe that som...

Ep.94 - All-New, All-Different Battle Of The Atom

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We're back, we're different, and we're talking about Bishop. But in a very different way, we aren't talking about Bishop because we pick...

Ep.93 - The Father, Son, And Holy Spirit Of The Sentinel Program

13 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Welcome to Sunday School. This has become your premier destination for all things related to Christianity if by that we mean the Sentine...

Ep.92 - No Themed Roller Coasters Whatsoever

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we talk about Beast. We were going to talk about roller coasters but SOMEONE didn't get my reference. Anyway this episode also...

Ep.91 - I Don't Want To Besmirch Daddy Chris

29 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The New Mutants do two things constantly. 1) Push back the release date of their feature film 2) Die This episode is about the second th...

Ep.90 - Here's What I Know About Christian Grey

22 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we talk about the Hellfire Club, and wouldn't you know it, we had audio issues and had to rerecord 2/3rds of the whole danged ...

Ep.89 - Dennis Didn't Put The Cake In Here

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I tell you what, if my teenage self came forward in time to tell me how much I sucked, I wouldn't take him very seriously. Teenage me wa...

Ep.88 - Suspiciously Similar To Your Irish Accent

08 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes 90s X-Men sure sold a bunch! So much so that everyone got cool, four-issue minis! We talk about 3 of them as Zack offends the entire sta...

Ep.87 - Star Studded C2E2 2019 Special

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack went to C2E2 last weekend and talked to A BUNCH of creators. Let's see what that was all about. Check out everyone in this episode ...

Ep.86 - The Borg Are Just Phalanx Right?

25 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We boldly go where no podcast has gone before and talk about Star Trek. I know nothing about it. Adam gets frustrated at continuity. Ran...

Ep.85 - Honey Badger Is Gruul with Vita Ayala

18 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We have Prisoner X writer Vita Ayala joining us this week to talk about their awesome book. It gets real heavy but then we talk about Ma...

Ep.84 - Faith & Begorrah

11 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Happy St. Patrick's Day! Well, soon I guess. We celebrate in the X-Men way by just winging it based on cultural sterotypes that are prob...

Ep.83 - I Did It All For The Nookie with Dan McMahon

04 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Let's chug some Mountain Dew, hit a sick kick flip, and talk about how our parents just don't understand us. We got Dan McMahon here wit...

Ep.82 - If Not For X-Men Twitter with Leah Williams

25 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Guys, Leah Williams is back to talk about X-Tremists! It's a super fun episode that does have a cuss or two in it so keep the earmuffs r...

Ep.81 - The #1 Podcast For Reminding You Of All The Problematic Things Magneto Has Done

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This episode is going to talk about stories where Magneto attempts to commit genocide and generally acts like a monster. We talk bluntly...

Ep.80 - Your #1 "Saying 'The Todd'" Podcast

11 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack poured himself a strong drink and talked to Adam about Wolverine. We also talk a lot about Kamala Khan and 3D and The Todd. Ranked ...

Ep.79 - The Cannonball In Space Hour

04 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We talk about the #1 Kentucky Good Boi this week. We happen to also talk about space a ton. We happen to also also admit to making pop c...

Ep.78 - Your Premire X-Man Podcast with Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler

28 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Enter the Age of X-Man with writers Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler. We talk about all the things that make the world tick! Also, there...

Ep.77 - Your New Age Religious Podcast

21 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This is an episode about the burly Jesus named Cable. His is different than the ripped Jesus named X-Man. Comics are wild y'all! Ranked ...

Ep.76 - Your Mutant Alternative To NPR's Code Switch

14 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we are way over our heads with stories that have interesting elements but are problematic as heck. We also avoid making the sa...

Ep.75 - We've Now Become An Antifa Podcast

07 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Who wants to over throw a facist government run by a dad, the spider robot from the end of the Lost In Space movie, and a piece of Kix w...

Ep.74 - Stories Where Kitty Pryde Doesn't Get Married

31 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We got some new stories about a great topic, not marriage. Join us and Kitty as we don't get married. Also, I didn't edit this too much ...

Ep.73 - Battle Of The Atom Holiday Spectacular

24 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes So this is X-Mas? And what have you done? Well Mr. Judgemental, we made a podcast. It is the holiday spectacular for 2018 and it has stu...

Ep.72 - Actual Biblical Marvel Comics Cain

17 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes What is love? Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No more. Ranked this episode: Pryde & Wisdom Rogue & Gambit Witchblade/Wolveri...

Ep.71 - Thinking Of The Children

10 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Teenagers scare the friggin' shoot out of me! That's why we dedicated an entire episode about it. A lot of children do get murdered and ...

Ep.70 - Magneto But Good And Young And Hot

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Good evening my Acolytes! We talk about you today. We also renamed you. This will probably go away by the next time we record so indulge...

Ep.69 - Web-Head Waffles And Other Assorted Spiders-Men with Dan Gvozden

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We realized we were woefully unprepared to to talk about Spider-Man so we brought in a ringer. Dan Gvozden from Amazing Spider-Talk is h...

Ep.68 - Thanks For The Sewer Stories Jerry!

19 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We are talking about Morlocks today. They should team up with the ninja turtles. Just saying. Ranked this episode: The Mutant Massacre ...

Ep.67 - Acts Of Friendship

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In a special comics podcast crossover, we are joined by Chris Eddleman of Chrises On Infinite Earths and Dan Grote of WMQ&A. Instea...

Ep.66 - What You Guys Call Deep Cut I Used To Call Tuesday with Fabian Nicieza

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Incrediably excited to share this one with you folks. You might know him from X-Force, X-Men, Cable & Deadpool. It is legendary comi...

Ep.65 - Put Dracula Back Together

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Happy Spooktober everyone! We are celebrating the creepy month and the eve of All-Saints Day by talking about, well, Draculas. They are ...

Ep.64 - Our Mesh Shirt Overlord w/Trent Seely

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week Trent Seely from Continuity Nod joins us to talk about a lot of stories. Like, we have too many stories and we needed a 3rd ho...

Ep.63 - Some Chupacabra Type Activity

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Xorn Medium elemental, neutral Armor Class 19 (Natural Armor) Hit Points 73 (7d8 + 42) Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft. STR 17 (+3) DEX 10 (+...

Ep.62 - A Gospel Has Come Upon Us with Charlie Davis

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We have the X-Man Update to end all X-Man Updates (note: I will still continue to do X-Man Update because it is fun for me). Plus we tal...

Ep.61 - Charlie Brown Is The Cyclops of the Peanuts

01 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes For being super heroes, the X-Men and Avengers fight a ton. This is a time-honored tradition from every generation. Also, Magneto is the...

Ep.60 - Time To Clean House with Ed Brisson

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Timelines are confusing. So is having multiple characters with the same name. Luckily, Ed Brisson is here to clean everything up. I'm su...

Ep.59 - You Talkin' Bout Neutrino Annihilator?

17 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes College is a time for growth and good X-Men stories. That's what we got today. I'm running late on putting up these notes and also the P...

Ep.58 - Galactus Is Dope & He Does Dope Things

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Here me listners! No longer are we the podcast you once knew! We are fire and life incarnate, we are X-Man Update! That's right, we spen...

Ep.57 - A Pack Of Misfits with Jim Zub

03 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor writer Jim Zub joins us to dive into the wild world of Psylocke, New Tian, and what it's like t...

Ep.56 - WELCOME TO DIE!

27 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Hello X-Chickens! On today's episode we talk about the one, the only, Magneto. He has done just an absolute ton of stuff and is very int...

Ep.55 - I'm Gonna Eat The Cake

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we have a whole episode about Freedom Force today but here is the thing, Freedom Force is boring. We find a way to talk about ...

Ep.54 - The Bob Ross Painting Video of Men with Seanan McGuire

13 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Guys we have Seanan McGuire on the show this week and I forgot her last night right at the start. I blame it on the cursed object I got ...

Ep.53 - One Year X-Travaganva

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We did it! A whole year of episodes! To celebrate we are going to have special guest Chris Clar... oh he didn't return our email? I mean...

Ep.52 - Mass Murdering Genocide Girl with Brett Simon

30 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I'm not gonna sugarcoat this one for you guys, this episode deals with a rough story. A story so rough that Zack needed everyone to know...

Ep.51 - Wolverine: Cocaine

23 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Hey bub, this episode is about Wolverine. That means we are obviously talking about sentient cocaine, elephant bones, and wiener mobiles...

Ep.50 - Do You Want The Honest Answer? with Cullen Bunn

16 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week on the podcast X-Men: Blue. Uncanny X-Men, and Magneto writer Cullen Bunn joins us to dish out secrets from his time working o...

Ep.49 - Already Hogwarts

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes It's tough being a teen and it's even tougher when you're saving the world but still have to be home in time to do your algebra homework...

Ep.48 - Isn't That What The Marvel WIkia Is For? with Jordan D White

02 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes The Marvel Wikia describes Jordan D White as "a panhandler in New York City". I describe him to my uninterested co-workers as the guy in...

Ep.47 - That Steven Spielberg

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes You know him best from ET, Saving Private Ryan, and that movie about farting giants but Steven Spielberg (yes, that Steven Spielberg) pa...

Ep.46 - Me & Pizza Hut? We're Your Friends with Chris Sims

18 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Special, unintentially long episode of you guys this week. X-Men '92 co-writer, and podcaster who we stole the entire concept of this sh...

Ep.45 - X-Treme Makeover Home Edition

11 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes They say home is where the heart is, which is ridiculous. My heart lives in my ribcage right next to my breathe bags. Still, the X-Men's...

Ep.44 - Blue Kayne

04 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes They got the raddest hooks They got the dopest looks And when they're misunderstood it's even better Who are they? Mutants. And mutants ...

Ep.43 - Avengers 4: Gorilla-Thanos-Man

28 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week on the show we talk about Jeff Parker and only Jeff Parker. We also get very sidetracked and get into tantgents like you would...

Ep.42 - Really Turned On By Robots

21 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes DO NOT FEAR HUMANS! WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL OF THIS POD-CAST. THE ROBOTIC MEMBER OF THE X-MEN SHALL BE THE FOCUS. Ranked This Episode: ...

Ep.41 - 💩

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Would you like to see Zack & Adam struggle to put their hate into words? well listen to this episode where we rank our 100th story. ...

Ep.40 - Electric Hot Pink Spiders

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In 1980 the English band The Vapors released their hit single Turning Japanese. Like all media from anytime in the past, it was problema...

Ep.39 - Bird Brain Fan Club

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes I, (state name here), a member of good standing of the Bird-Brain Warlock Haters Fan Club, do solemnly swear to be a Bird-Brain and hate...

Ep.38 - And That's A Rant

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Wannt travel to an alternate universe where worldbuilding isn't the greatest? Well we have 3 of them on this episode of Battle Of The At...

Ep.37 - One With A Space Whale

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, "OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?" Years later he would cr...

Ep.36 - Freaky Friday'd

09 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes An overworked assassin and his high school Spider-Friend do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other...

Ep.35 - The X-Men of 2061

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Zack & Adam dig into the future, the past, and worlds that might have been. We talk about last wills, anniversaries, and weird weddi...

Ep.34 - Sticking With Goldballs

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week on Battle of the Atom, Adam is back and so is our format! We talk about Princess Di joining X-Statix The X-Men mini-series tha...

Ep.33 - A Lot Of Body Horror with Zac Thompson & Lonnie Nadler

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week on Battle Of The Atom we travel to Interview City and discuss CABLE with writers Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler We talk about ...

Ep.32 - Gay Twitter Had My Back with Sina Grace

12 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes All right stop Go on subscribe and listen Iceman's back with a brand new edition Sina kept the plot going tightly Then he flows those da...

Ep.31 - Nobody Get Rid Of Shogo with Christina Strain

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Generation X may be over but Christian Strain is here with us to go over all the nitty gritty details of it. We talk about Jubilee, Glob...

Ep.30 - Are We Pogs?

26 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Welcome to an edit free episode of this podcast where we rank Spider-Man stories all day long. We have been doing this for 30 weeks now ...

Ep.29 - Made of Yellow Cornflakes

19 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes You know about the Phalanx? Well we sure do now and we spend some time talking about them. The good news is you get some hot beats from ...

Ep.28 - King Tut Transformer

12 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator...

Ep.27 - xXShattybuns69Xx with Charlie Davis

05 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes This week we have a Patreon supported special thanks to The Young Ones co-host Charlie Davis! We talk about Shatterstar, Rictor, and mor...

Ep.26 - Rockin' One Of Those Great AoA Face Tattoos

29 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We follow up with that fun Kelly Thompson interview to talk about the stories that inspire her. Also face tattoos, Savage Land bikinis, ...

Ep.25 - Episode 25.INH - The Only Creator To Block Me On Twitter

22 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Man I just need a break don't you? Maybe a trip to the mall or a couple of cold ones with the boyz? Well luckily we have 3 X-Men stories...

Ep.24 - Kelly Thompson And The 20 Year Grudge Against Lila Cheney

15 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes ROGUE & GAMBIT writer Kelly Thompson joins the BotA boys to talk about both Rogue AND Gambit. We also talk about the craft of comics...

Ep.23 - Kang Steals A Friggin' Baby

08 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes Battle of the Atom is a deep dive X-Men continuity podcast that brings together three distinct plotlines with multiple readable characte...

Ep.22 - And Nobody At Marvel Noticed

01 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We ring in the New Year with an edit-lite episode of Battle of the Atom all about the core concept of New Years Eve. Bars! We also do ou...

Ep.21 - X-Mas Time Is Here

25 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Episode Notes We celebrate the holidays with some festive X-Men stories. We answer some listener questions, and have a suprise Christmas gift at the e...