Mutant Menace
Episodes
Episode 58 - Alpha Flight #19-23
30 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alpha Flight continues its hot streak on this episode, covering everything from time travel to haunted houses to old Fantastic Four villains. It's fun...
BONUS - Revenge of the Living Monolith
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Bunkies are BACK, buddies!! Along with our favorite least favorite super-villain THE LIVING PHARAOH/MONOLITH! Matt and Pat read this graphic novel...
57 - New Mutants #22-25 & MTU Annual #6 - Cloak and Dagger
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hey, have you noticed anything strange about Bobby and Rahne lately? Like how they keep staring off at the Holy Ghost Church with a haunted look in th...
56 - Powerless - Uncanny X-Men #185-189
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you like Storm, folks, then tune the heck in to this one! We delve deep into the identity of Ororo Munroe through an incredible, character-driven r...
55 - Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1-6
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
There comes a time in every little girl's life where she must shed the follies of youth and grow into a super-cool secret ninja assassin mutant with h...
Episode 54 - Alpha Flight #13-18
02 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're flying back up north this week, and visiting our favorite Canadian Super Team, Alpha Flight! But it's not all fun and games, as we work through ...
Episode 53 - New Mutants #18-21, Annual #1 - Demon Bear Saga
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Sienkiewicz arrives on the New Mutants to deliver us the absolutely fantastic Demon Bear Saga and the super fun arrival of Warlock and Doug to th...
52 - Uncanny X-Men #181-184 & Annual #7 - Consequences!
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're finally back to the regular ol' X-Men, and boy oh boy folks, did our patience ever pay off! Join us as we tackle some truly top-tier X-Men issue...
51 - Secret Wars
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Here it is, folks. The Big One. The Event to End* All Events (*start). It's the Toy Company-mandated Jim Stupid-penned Super-Hero Epic SECRET WARS! An...
50 - X-Men and the Micronauts
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Oh boy, folks - good episode, bad subject matter! The X-Men visit the Microverse, the Micronauts visit the Macroverse, and Kitty gets punched square i...
49 - Alpha Flight #7-12
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
ALPHA FLIGHT IS BACK! And we get a bunch of solo adventures until the team comes together and IMMEDIATELY comes apart. This is a wild ride, folks. Joi...
48 - New Mutants #14-17, Uncanny X-Men #180 - Hellions
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if there was another school for mutants? Well, there is! You'd know if you've been paying attention. But we're not holding that against you - ins...
47 - Magik - Storm and Illyana #1-4
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're not hanging out with the X-Men, we're hanging out in Hell with a little girl! Colossus's little sister, to be clear. Illyana Nikoliev...
46 - Uncanny X-Men 177-179, Moon Knight #35, Marvel Fanfare #24 - Brotherhood Triumphant!
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy February, folks! Bundle up with us as we dive back into the X-Men as the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants...gets away with it? We worry as every X-Ma...
BONUS - X-Men & Teen Titans w/ the Blerd Without Fear
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For an issue this big, and a crossover this wild, our ONLY option was to bring in a guest who is nerdier (and cooler) than us: Ernie, the BLERD WITHOU...
45 - New Mutants #9-13 - Nova Roma
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's a New Mutants episode! We start with a pretty wild email segment and an even more wild Pat's Steals and Deals, but in the middle we meet Magma, S...
44- Alpha Flight #1-6 - Alpha Flight!
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bundle up, folks! We're headed up north of Westchester, NY to Canada, where the nation's former official superhero team is back in action! That's righ...
43 - Uncanny X-Men #174-176 & New Mutants #7-8 – Madelyne Pryor
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One of the funny things about reading all the X-Books at once is that sometimes they align very well, and sometimes they are so deeply incongruous tha...
42 - Uncanny X-Men #169-173 - Culture Shock
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the grind, folks! The holidays are over and we are right back into the action! Join us as we join the X-Men deep under Manhattan, high...
41 - Professor Xavier is a Jerk! - Uncanny X-Men #168, X-Men Special Edition #1 (bonus story), New Mutants #4-6
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year! Kick it off by visiting some iconic and, uh, uniconic moments in mutant history; and rest assured that, through it all, Professor Xavi...
40 - Wolverine #1-4 with PushingUpRoses
25 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Listen Bub, it's Christmas.... We're the best there is at what we do, and what we do is friggin precious! Matt and Pat welcome on YouTuber, podcaster,...
39 - God Loves, Man Kills (Marvel Graphic Novel #5) with Andre!
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's finally time to cover perhaps THE definitive X-Men story! Join us for God Loves, Man Kills; a deep, dark, and unsubtle exploration of the Mutant ...
38 - The New Mutants Graphic Novel, New Mutants #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #167 - NEW MUTANTS
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Marvel Graphic Novel #4, New Mutants #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #167It's a brand new day on Graymalkin Lane! Where a rebuilt Xavier Mansion hosts a b...
37 - Uncanny X-Men #161-166 - THE BROOD SAGA
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's an epic tale of tragedy and heroism. Of good and evil. Of monsters and heroes. Of mutants and bugs. And it all takes place within these 6 issues....
36 - Uncanny X-Men #159-160, Annual #6, Marvel Team-Up #100 - Strange Tales
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Folks, prepare yourselves for some truly Strange Tales as the X-Men hold hands with Dracula, take a quick trip to Limbo, and ignore time and space! We...
35 - Avengers Annual 10, ROM 31-32, Uncanny X-Men 158 - Rogue! with Abby Denton
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready listeners - this episode, we introduce an iconic character with an iconic guest, Abby Denton! Comedian and writer of Gamer Mom! We're talkin...
34 - Marvel Team-Up 117-118, Uncanny X-Men 154-157 - Space Opera
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up, folks; we're going to space this episode! But first, we have to stop by and hang out with our friend Spider-Man! Get ready for adventures a...
33 - Marvel Fanfare #1-4, X-Men Annual #5, Shorts - Distant Lands
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Marvel Fanfare #1-4, Marvel Treasury #27, Marvel Team Up #100 (back-up story), X-Men Annual #5We're not puffyfaffing around this episode! We'r...
32 - Uncanny X-Men #149-153 - I, Magneto
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the X-Men’s main title, the X-Men are doing X-Men stuff! For example, fixing the Danger Room, visiting an old petrified friend/friend who ma...
31 – Uncanny X-Men #147, ROM, Spider-Woman – Makin' Friends!
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Uncanny X-Men #147, Rom #17-18, Spider-Woman #37-38, Marvel Treasury #26The X-Men take some time off of their regular title to hang out with s...
30 - Uncanny X-Men #143-147 - Kitty Pryde & Dr. Doom
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Goodbye, John Byrne; we hardly knew ye! It's time to move on to bigger, fresher things like... Dave Cockrum? The infamous Claremont/Byrne run end...
29 - Uncanny X-Men #138-142 - Days of Future Past
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus X-Men Annual #4!Hot off the heels of one of the most famous X-Men stories of all time, we take a short respite with… ONE OF THE GREATEST X-MEN ...
28 - The Dark Phoenix Saga: Uncanny X-Men #129-137 w/ Quinton Alexander
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GIANT-SIZED SPECTACULARThis is a big one folks. An epic episode for an epic story. The Dark Phoenix Saga is one of the most transformative and dramati...
27 - The Champions #11-17
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues Covered: The Champions #11-17, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #17-18, Incredible Hulk Annual #7We’re losing our goddamn minds. In t...
26 - The Champions #1-10
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Pat are depriving themselves of sleep so that they can bring you a marathon episode of TEN ISSUES of THE CHAMPIONS in a row! It's gonna be a ...
25 - Uncanny X-Men 125-128, Annual #3 - Proteus
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not much of an intro this week. We've really gotta start doing more X-Men related stuff, I guess. But then we get into a rip-roaring, intense few issu...
24 - Uncanny X-Men #120-124 - Alpha Flight/Arcade
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PLUS: Power Man & Iron Fist #56-57 After an unbelievably long journey, the X-Men FINALLY MAKE it home! But first, they have to stop in Calgar...
23 - Uncanny X-Men #114-119 - The Savage Land
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The last we saw the X-Men, they were in dire straits! Most of the team was about to be buried under a flood of lava in an underground laboratory in th...
22 - Havok & Polaris
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Marvel Team-Up #69-70, Defenders #62-65Last we saw Alex Summers, Havok, and Lorna Dane, Polaris, they were being blasted point-blank by the go...
21 - X-Men #109-113 - The Return of Magneto
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: X-Men #109-113Pat won’t stop getting horned-up for the X-Men, but it’s hard to blame him when we’re reading comics as hot as these...
20 - X-Men #106-108 - To Space and Back
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: X-Men #106-108, Marvel Team-Up Annual #1, Marvel Team-Up #53, Iron Fist #15It's a stunning conclusion to the X-Men's first galactic adve...
19 - X-Men #101-105 - The Phoenix
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WELCOME NEW LISTENERS! You're just in time for the return (?) of a beloved character who we were POSITIVE died last issue! Matt watched New Mutants (2...
18 - X-Men #94-100 - The Chris Claremont Era
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Pat cover the entire first year of the legendary CHRIS CLAREMONT run on the X-Men. From Moira MacTaggert to the fate of Thunderbird to Steven...
17 - Giant Size X-Men #1 w/ Alex Goldman
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Before Matt and Pat took on one of the most important X-Men issues of ALL TIME, we needed to bring in a heavy hitter. Alex Goldman, from the podcast H...
BONUS - The Story So Far (1-16) w/ Sine Wave Seán
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this SPECIAL BONUS RECAP EPISODE, lucky listener Sine Wave Seán joins Matt and Pat (who are actually the lucky ones!) to bring listeners up to spe...
16 - The Dark Era: Enter, the Wolverine!
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Defenders #15-16, Hulk #180-182, Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4What’s that we see? Some light shining in the distance of this dark, dark void?...
15 - The Dark Era: Secret Empire
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Marvel Team-Up #4, Avengers #103-104 & #110-111, Captain America #172-175The X-Men are STILL CANCELLED so Matt and Pat continue to scrape ...
14 - The Dark Era: Beast Transformed
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Issues: Hulk #150, Amazing Adventures #11-17, Hulk #161, Hulk #172The X-Men are cancelled and we're swimming in a dark, tideless sea of 1970's Marvel ...
13 - X-Men #63-66 - The X-Men Are Cancelled!
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the end of an era. The X-Men go out like a… well, you’ll hear the metaphor. Neal Adams and Roy Thomas both say goodbye, but not together as...
12 - X-Men #58-62 - Havok and Sauron
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
FULL SWING into the legendary NEAL ADAMS/ROY THOMAS run and Matt and Pat are finally absolutely loving the X-Men. We finally meet Havok in earnest and...
BONUS – The Origins of Beast & Angel w/ Escape the Mojoverse!
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hosts of Escape the Mojoverse, Allison and Matt Parent, join Matt and Pat to tackle the Butt Pages (#buttissues) of the last several issues of the X-M...
11 - X-Men #54-57 - The Roy Thomas/Neil Adams Run Begins!
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're coming now to the end of the long, epic, generational Arnold Drake run and things start getting good!? Legendary artist Neal Adams joins the boo...
10 - X-Men #48-53 - Arnold Drake and Polaris
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Pat get bold this episode and cover SIX WHOLE ISSUES of the very short but very interesting Arnold Drake run on The X-Men. Sandwiched between...
9 - X-Men #43-47 - Gary Friedrich and the End of the X-Men
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PLUS, Issue #53 of The Avengers!A brand new writer, Gary Friedrich, joins the X-Men creative team and PROMPTLY DESTROYS THEM. Also, Matt went to ...
8 - X-Men #38-42 - The Death of Professor X and Cyclops' Origin
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a wrap on Factor Three, folks, as the X-Men’s final confrontation with the MUTANT MASTER wraps up. You know, the MUTANT MASTER, the biggest v...
7 – X-Men #33–37 - Spider-Man and Factor Three
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode starts with a conversation about trash hoarding and ends with a conversation about the etymology of the term “69”… So…. Buckle up...
6 - X-Men #28-32 - Banshee and More Obscure Villains
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mimic is now a full-fledged member of the team as Factor Three begins to close in! Roy Thomas and Werner Roth continue their parade of weirdo villains...
5 - X-Men #23-27 - Roy Thomas's Obscure Villain Parade
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Pat bring you another stunning episode of Mutant Menace, as the Roy Thomas era continues, bringing you a parade of obscure villains that will...
4 - X-Men #18-22 - The Mimic and the End of the Stan Lee Era
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Okay, I lied in last episode's show notes. We left you on a cliff-hanger again. But I PROMISE we won't do it again here.Werner Roth is off and running...
3 - X-Men #13-17 - Juggernaut and the Sentinels
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of Mutant Menace ...! Sorry we left you on a cliff-hanger last time! we certainly won't do it again here... !Matt and ...
2 - X-Men #7-12 - Magneto and Lucifer
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, Matt and Pat encounter a veritable parade of long-time X-Men villains limping their way into and out of fights with our mutant heroes!Th...
1 - X-Men #1-6 - The Original X-Men and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our INAUGURAL EPISODE, Matt Aukamp and Pat Reber (former hosts of The Very Worst) talk about the first six issues of the X-Men, from 1966. Written ...
Mutant Menace - Trailer
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mutant Menace is a BRAND NEW podcast where Matt Aukamp (Save Your Game, The Very Worst) and Pat Reber (The Very Worst) talk about every issue of the X...