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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.201 - $50 Hat Jun 07, 2021

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We just love it when the X-Men team up with their great pal Spider-Man. These are some of those time. It's not just just a Marvel 2-In-1, it's a a 3-In-1. Good times to be had by all.

Ranked This episode:

Marvel Team-Up #100 (Karma, Storm & Black Panther)
Marvel Team-Up #149 (Cannonball)
Marvel Team-Up #150 (X-Men)

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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.200 - The Trial Of The BotA Boys May 31, 2021

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Because you demanded it, Zack & Adam are put on trial for their crimes of ranking X-Men stories badly for 199 weeks straight. Now? Their podcast is on the line as the rank harder than they have ever ranked before in this star studded 200th episode.

The Trial Of Jean Grey
The Trial Of Juggernaut
The Trial Of Magento

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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.199 - Your Dad's Gonna Murder You May 24, 2021

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You ever feel like playing the Dungeons and Dragons and pretending all your friends are wizards or whatever? Imagine if they did that for a whole comic with Wolverine in it!

Ranked this episode:

Wolverine: Rahne Of Terra
Wolverine: Knight Of Terra
New Mutants #47-50 (Magus)

Help out the Reck family here.

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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.198 - Phoenix Pacemaker May 17, 2021

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All men must die. All men must serve. Are we still talking about Game of Thrones? I don't think so but we're still talking about death and stuff this week so we're going to go with it.

Ranked This Episode:

Death Of X
X-Men: The Exterminated
Uncanny X-Men Annual 2019

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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.197 - Soft Spot For S-Men May 10, 2021

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We get all flipped and inverted and talked about by comics. It wasn't great.

Ranked This Episode:

AXIS
Magneto #9-12 (AXIS)
Deadpool #36-39 (AXIS)

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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.196 - End Of The Road (To 500) May 03, 2021

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We decimate the competition as we become the only X-Men podcast to rank 500 bespoke stories. We are celebrating with wonton destruction.

Ranked This Episode:

X-Men Vol 2 #177-179 (Decimation)
Generation M
The 198

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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.195 - Bowl of Potato Salad Apr 26, 2021

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Let's go back to the 1970s and fill in some classic tales of X-Men action that we ding dang forgot to do before.

Ranked This Episode:

Uncanny X-Men #105, #107-108 (Phoenix Saga)
Iron Fist #15 (Enter, the X-Men)
Uncanny X-Men #120-121 (Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive!)

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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.194 - House Of Pabst Apr 19, 2021

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What is best in life? To read comics and do podcasts about them I guess. We talk about Conan and Conan-related wizards on this one. It's a fun time.

Ranked this episode:

Uncanny X-Men #190-191 (An Age Undreamed Of)
Savage Avengers #1-5 (The City Of Sickles)
X-Men #1/2 (Thrall)

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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.193 - Cyclops Is Wearing A Loincloth Apr 12, 2021

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Who will fall? Who will rise? Who will be the last host standing? You know a schism was coming between Adam and Zack, you just never thought it would be this ugly.

Ranked this episode:

Schism
Generation Hope #10-12
X-Men: Regenesis

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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.192 - A Toy I Have No Recollection Of Apr 05, 2021

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Y'all like weird X-Men guest appearances in toy comics? We do! We love them so much that we got our buddy Austen Gorton on the show to talk about ROM the Spaceknight.

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