Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Zachary Jenkins & Adam Reck

Join Zack and Adam as they battle to decide the best and worst X-Men stories of all time!

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Updated July 21

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Feb 8, 2021 · 50 min
Ep.184 - Disco Dazzler
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 episode: Dazzler #9-11 (Herald of Galactus) Dazzler #38 (Vs The X-Men) Dazzler: The Movie Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Feb 1, 2021 · 51 min
Ep.183 - X-Force Vs Chick-Fil-A
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 children he takes care of. We should do something about that, like rank it. Ranked This Episode: Cable And X-Force #1-5 (Wanted) Deadpool Vs X-Force X-Force #49-50 (Cable Vs X-Force) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Jan 25, 2021 · 49 min
Ep.182 - Poor Sapna
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 weird. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #160 (Chutes and Ladders) Uncanny X-Men #231 (Colossus Pretends To Be A Ghost) Extraordinary X-Men #13-16 (Kingdoms Fall) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Jan 18, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min
Ep.181 - Mutant Self-Actualization With Vita Ayala
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 episode art was by Jen Overstreet with colors by Luke Herr and he is a good teen boy. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com or on Twitter Join the CXF Discord for good vibes and great friends. Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Jan 11, 2021 · 54 min
Ep.180 - The Book Of Love
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 that whole ding dang mess. Also, Zack got a football fact wrong and is very sorry that he implied that the traitor Tommy Tuberville used to coach Alabama, not Auburn. It's been a long week and Zack tries to think about the SEC as little as possible. Bama still sucks. Go Bucks! Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men #442-443 (Of Darkest Nights) Uncanny X-Men #425-426 (Sacred Vows) New X-Men #132 (Ambient Magnetic Fields) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Jan 4, 2021
Ep.179 - How Could This Confound Me?
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 tie in for a canceled text based adventure game. Ranked this episode: Marvel Fanfare #1-4 (Savage Land) Marvel Fanfare #33 (Quest Probe) Marvel Fanfare #40 (Angel/Mystique) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Dec 28, 2020 · 49 min
Ep.178 - Sex Police
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 you. Ranked this episode: Age Of X-Men: X-Tremists All-New X-Men vol 2 #4-7 Marvel Fanfare #7 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Dec 21, 2020 · 52 min
Ep.177 - Merry Chrises-Mas with Chris & Christi Eddleman
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 good friends, Chris & Christi Eddleman. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine #49 Merry X-Men Holiday Special Power Pack #20 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Dec 14, 2020 · 55 min
Ep.176 - Underground Secret Grandma with Zach Rabiroff
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 meaning of Thanksgiving. Zach Rabiroff joins us because, darn it, we just wanted to share in the fun. Ranked This Episode: Power Pack #19 Power Pack #11-12 Uncanny X-Men #195 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Dec 7, 2020
Ep.175 - Forbidden To Speak Of It with Jordan D. White
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 out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Nov 30, 2020 · 58 min
Ep.174 - BotA Origins: Wolverine
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 COLLECTION: CHRIS CLAREMONT from Marvel. Go to GETMARVELMADE.COM/ATOM to pre-order your copy today! Ranked This Episode: Weapon X (Marvel Comics Presents #72-84) Wolverine #48-50 (The Shiva Scenario) Origin Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Nov 23, 2020 · 48 min
Ep.173 - Our Ultimate Episode
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: CHRIS CLAREMONT from Marvel. Go to GETMARVELMADE.COM/ATOM to pre-order your copy today! Ranked This Episode: Ultimate Comics: X Ultimate Comics: Hawkeye Ultimate Comics: X-Men #29-33 (World War X) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Nov 16, 2020 · 54 min
Ep.172 - Hope Floats
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) Generation Hope #1-4 (The Future Is A four Letter Word) X-Force vol 4 #11-15 (Us Vs. Them) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Nov 9, 2020
Ep.171 - Emma Would Never Wear This with Connor Goldsmith
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: Emma Frost New X-Men #33-36 (Mercury Falling) Emma Frost #1-6 (Higher Learning) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Nov 2, 2020 · 46 min
Ep.170 - Liberty & Justice For All with Carrie Harris
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 Institute Novel staring Tempus and Triage. Pick up the book here! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Oct 26, 2020 · 50 min
Ep.169 - Twenty US Dollars Worth Of Candy
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 (Limbo) Marvel Knights: X-Men Ghost Rider #67-68 (Brood Feud II) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Oct 19, 2020 · 57 min
Ep.168 - The Power Of Love
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 hosts that you adore Ranked this episode: Phoenix: Endsong Phoenix: Warsong New X-men #151-154 (Here Comes Tomorrow) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Oct 12, 2020 · 56 min
Ep.167 - The M-Word
Episode Notes The X-Men books have, at times, struggled with intersectionality and representation of the ideas they are inspired by. These ones though? They are good at it. Ranked This Episode: All-New X-Men v1 #9-14 Generation X v2 #6-7 Age Of X-Man: Prisoner X Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Oct 5, 2020 · 52 min
Ep.166 - The Tail End Of Benjamin Button Disease
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 Episode: Uncanny #265-267 (First Gambit) Uncanny #345, 347-350 (First Maggott & Trail of Gambit) X-Men #28 (First Banshee) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!
Sep 28, 2020 · 49 min
Ep.165 - Gambit Ajace
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 World) X-Treme X-Men #5-9 All-New X-Factor #3-4 (Stolen Island) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast

Ep.184 - Disco Dazzler

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

Ep.182 - Poor Sapna

Ep.181 - Mutant Self-Actualization With Vita Ayala

Ep.180 - The Book Of Love

Ep.179 - How Could This Confound Me?

Ep.178 - Sex Police

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

Ep.176 - Underground Secret Grandma with Zach Rabiroff

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

Ep.174 - BotA Origins: Wolverine

Ep.173 - Our Ultimate Episode

Ep.172 - Hope Floats

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

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

Ep.169 - Twenty US Dollars Worth Of Candy

Ep.168 - The Power Of Love

Ep.167 - The M-Word

Ep.166 - The Tail End Of Benjamin Button Disease

Ep.165 - Gambit Ajace