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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!

Latest Episodes:

Ep.63 - Some Chupacabra Type Activity Oct 15, 2018

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Xorn Medium elemental, neutral

Armor Class 19 (Natural Armor) Hit Points 73 (7d8 + 42) Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft.

STR 17 (+3) DEX 10 (+0) CON 22 (+6) INT 11 (+0) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 11 (+0)

Skills Perception +6, Stealth +3 Damage Resistances Piercing and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Adamantine Senses Darkvision 60 ft., Tremorsense 60 ft., Passive Perception 16 Languages Terran Challenge 5 (1,800 XP)

Or just a Gordian Knot of continuity. You decide!

Ranked This Episode:

New X-Men #127
X-Men #157-160 (Day of the Atom)
E is For Extinction #1-4

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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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.62 - A Gospel Has Come Upon Us with Charlie Davis Oct 08, 2018

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We have the X-Man Update to end all X-Man Updates (note: I will still continue to do X-Man Update because it is fun for me). Plus we talk to friend of the show, Charlie Davis about Jean Grey, but like, a young version of her. And then also baking!

Make sure to Kickstart The Guide To X-Ceptional Baking Zine

Ranked This Episode:

Jean Grey #8-11 (Psych Wars)
X-Men Origins: Jean Grey #1
All-New X-Men #37

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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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.61 - Charlie Brown Is The Cyclops of the Peanuts Oct 01, 2018

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For being super heroes, the X-Men and Avengers fight a ton. This is a time-honored tradition from every generation. Also, Magneto is the only one to be in all of these which is a weird fun fact I forgot about. Oh, and this episode is long because AvX is a lot.

Covered This Episode:

Avengers Vs X-Men #0-12
The X-Men Vs The Avengers #1-4
X-Men #43-45 & Avengers #53 (The Silver Age AvX)

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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.60 - Time To Clean House with Ed Brisson Sep 24, 2018

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Timelines are confusing. So is having multiple characters with the same name. Luckily, Ed Brisson is here to clean everything up. I'm sure after this the X-Men will no longer be confusing. Also this was recorded before X-Force was announced so be happy we talked about them as much as we did!

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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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.59 - You Talkin' Bout Neutrino Annihilator? Sep 17, 2018

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Episode Notes

College is a time for growth and good X-Men stories. That's what we got today. I'm running late on putting up these notes and also the Packers TIED against the stupid Vikings so I'm mad and don't want to make jokey jokes so deal with it.

Ranked This Episode:

Chamber #1-4
Generation X #10-11 (Death Wail)
Mechanix #1-6

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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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.58 - Galactus Is Dope & He Does Dope Things Sep 10, 2018

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Episode Notes

Here me listners! No longer are we the podcast you once knew! We are fire and life incarnate, we are X-Man Update!

That's right, we spend the whole episode talking about how one of us is reading X-Man and nothing about the Phoenix. Deal with it nerds!

Ranked this episode:

Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey
Uncanny X-Men #466-468 (End of Greys)
Excalibur #61 (Truth and Consequence)

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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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.57 - A Pack Of Misfits with Jim Zub Sep 03, 2018

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Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor writer Jim Zub joins us to dive into the wild world of Psylocke, New Tian, and what it's like to write weird X-Men.

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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.56 - WELCOME TO DIE! Aug 27, 2018

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Hello X-Chickens! On today's episode we talk about the one, the only, Magneto. He has done just an absolute ton of stuff and is very intresting.

Ranked this episode:

Uncanny X-Men #111-113 (Magneto Triumphant)
Captain America #367 (Acts of Vengence)
Magneto #1-3 (Infamous)

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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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.55 - I'm Gonna Eat The Cake Aug 20, 2018

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Episode Notes

This week we have a whole episode about Freedom Force today but here is the thing, Freedom Force is boring. We find a way to talk about it for a while. Also Lucifer is bad and shouldn't be part of X-Men.

Ranked this Episode:

Uncanny X-Men #206 (Freedom Is A Four Letter Word)
Uncanny X-Men #215-216 (Old Soldiers)
X-Men #20-21 (I, Lucifer)

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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

Ep.54 - The Bob Ross Painting Video of Men with Seanan McGuire Aug 13, 2018

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Episode Notes

Guys we have Seanan McGuire on the show this week and I forgot her last night right at the start. I blame it on the cursed object I got the day we recorded. We talk about Emma and Kitty and Gwen and Mystique and all sorts of stuff.

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

If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!