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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.290 - Anti-Emma Ammunition Feb 27, 2023

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A lot of people will be upset about the Morph we are spending the episode with. Those people need to remember that we are a podcast named after a Bendis event. Here's your reminder to go read Christiana Strain's Gen X.

Ranked This Episode:

Uncanny X-Men vol 3 #14 Generation X #1-2 (ResurrXion) Generation X #8-9, #85-87 (Survival Of The Fittest)

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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

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Ep.289 - The Crappy Teens That I Love Feb 20, 2023

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Shinobi Shaw should have been a big deal right? Instead he's always getting into it with teenagers. The dude just needs to chill.

Ranked This Episode:

Child's Play: X-Force/New Warriors
X-Men Annual #3
Generation X Annual Vol 1 1995 (Mondo)

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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.288 - The Florida Textbook Version Feb 13, 2023

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The X-Men are always infighting. That's why we love them. But this episode posits that maybe sometimes they fight versions of the original five X-Men as a bit? We're committed to it. Also in this episode? A lot of talk about Tipper Gore.

Ranked This Episode

Uncanny X-Men #106
X-Men 2099 #8-11 (Zhao)
Uncanny X-Men #19 (Mimic)

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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.287 - BotA 2099 Feb 06, 2023

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It's time, finally, the reason we started this show! Zack finally gets to talk to someone about X-Men 2099. Get ready for the critical reevaluation of the century.

Ranked This Episode:

X-Men 2099 #1-3 (The Gathering)
X-Men 2099 #16-20 (Halloween Jack)
X-Men 2099 #21-25 (2099 A.D. [After Doom])

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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.286 - The Gates Of Heaven with Connor Goldsmith Jan 30, 2023

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Adam was busy so Zack called up Connor Goldsmith from Cerebro to talk about the Age of Apocalypse. Shocking no one, there's a mean lady that Connor has no choice but to stan.

Ranked This Episode:

Factor X
Weapon X
X-Calibre

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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.285 - Sins Of Sinister with Jordan D. White Jan 23, 2023

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Once again, Jordan D White, Senior Editor on the X-Men books, joins us to talk about what all happened last year and what all is going to happen this year. Also, oddly enough, a bit about the event Battle Of The Atom and where the heck you can find Raze.

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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.284 - Say What You Will About Chuck Austen Jan 16, 2023

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Zack's going on vacation so he decided to torment Adam and himself by spending a whole episode talking about Ultimatum. What a bad comic.

Ranked This Episode

Ultimatum
Ultimate X-Men #98-100, Requiem #1 (Ultimatum)
Ultimate X-Men #26-33 (Return Of The King)

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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.283 - Long Island Ice Tea Jan 09, 2023

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We don't actually go to Long Island on this one, but we got to the island of Madripoor. We're all Madripoor down here. Ranked This Episode:

Generation X #53-54
Wolverine #1-3 (The Black Blade)
X-23/Daken: Dark Wolverine: Collision

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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.282 - Your Hate Has Blinded You Jan 02, 2023

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Welcome to 2023. We're doing politics now.

Ranked This Episode:

X-Men #4 (Global Economics)
X-Factor #82-83 (X-Patriots)
Ultimate War

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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.281 - Negging Stan Lee Dec 26, 2022

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They say don't speak ill of the dead. Well no one told Professor X and Magneto that because this episode has them negging the heck outta Stan Lee as Battle Of The Atom goes to the movies.

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