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**Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast**

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

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Ep.300 - Ranknarok with Brian Michael Bendis May 15, 2023

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Episode Notes

Episode #300 of Battle Of The Atom brings an event foretold by the sages. Ranknarok: The Rereankening. Also Brian Michael Bendis stops by for a great discussion on his time on the X-Men titles.

Re-Ranked This Episode:

New Mutants Summer Special
Inferno (X-Men/X-Factor)
Astonishing X-Men #1-6 (Gifted)

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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!

Ep.299 - Too Many 2099s May 08, 2023

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What if I told you that the world of 2099 is a concept that often has diminishing returns? You would probably believe me. Anyway, this one is for the boys with the booming systems.

Ranked This Episode:

Timestorm 2009-2099: X-Men
Spider-Man 2099 Exodus #5
X-Men 2099: Oasis

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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!

Ep.298 - Signature Sound May 01, 2023

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It's a Cyclops week where, let me tell you what, we forgot how annoying the M-Pox era was for all of us.

Ranked This Episode:

Cyclops (2010) #1
Champions vol 3 #5 (War Of The Realms)
All New X-Men vol 2 #1-3 (The Ghosts Of Cyclops)

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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!

Ep.297 - Your Kids Marty! Apr 24, 2023

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Episode Notes

While editing this episode, Adam made a list of the stuff Zack trash talks in it:

Elon Musk
Back to the Future
All 80s Movies
Vision
All of Post-Romita Sr Spider-Man
Nick Spencer
Stefano Caselli
Pre-Sienkewicz New Mutants
Thunderbolts
M-Pox

That's why he's the Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting.

Ranked this episode:

Avengers World #9
New Mutants #1-4
US Avengers #10-12

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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!

Ep.296 - Gray Jeans Apr 17, 2023

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The Dark Phoenix Saga is the defining story in X-Men, and no character is more impacted by it than Jean Grey. This episode asks, perchance, what if stories didn't think about it?

Ranked This Episode:

X-Men #28 (Devil In The House)
X-Men First Class Vol 2 #1 (Job Shadow)
Marvel Girl #1

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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!

Ep.295 - Rather Read The Phonebook Apr 10, 2023

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We return to 2099 with a vengeance. Unfortunately, we are beginning to understand why these books were canceled with a vengeance. An unexpected, and historic, episode.

Ranked This Episode:

X-Men 2099 #26-29 (City Of The Dead)
X-Nation 2099
2099: World of Tomorrow

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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!

Ep.294 - Ben 10 Apr 03, 2023

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We once again enter the weird world of Legion and let me tell you what, the takes in this episode? They are smoking hot.

Ranked:

X-Men: Legacy #1-6 (Prodigal)
X-Men: Legacy #251-253 (Lost Legions)
Uncanny X-Men #254-255 (Muir Island X-Men)

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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!

Ep.293 - Sharks With Rocket Butts Mar 27, 2023

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We're doing the Brood this time. It's the one where the Brood Queen was most likely to go to heaven.

Ranked:

X-Men Vs The Brood
Astonishing X-Men #38,40,42 (Meanwhile)
Cable vol 2 #16-20

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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!

Ep.292 - Cool As Ice Mar 13, 2023

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Episode Notes

This one is about Iceman and, as promised, we make an insufferable amount of ice puns. Ranked This Episode:

Iceman Vol 2
Astonishing X-Men #62-65
Bizarre Adventure #27

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!

Ep.291 - The Power Of Solar Mar 06, 2023

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The rules? They no longer apply to us. We've decided to stretch the premise of the podcast past the logical conclusion and into a world where frankly, nothing is ever the same. Looks folks, it's coming up on six years, we're deep into our having fun with it era.

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