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Ep.43 - Avengers 4: Gorilla-Thanos-Man May 28, 2018

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This week on the show we talk about Jeff Parker and only Jeff Parker. We also get very sidetracked and get into tantgents like you wouldn't believe. This is our life now. Please don't smoosh that unsubscribe button, give us another chance.

Ranked This Episode:

Exiles vol 2 #1-#6 (The Jeff Marker Exiles)
X-Men Vs. The Agents Of Atlas
X-Men: First Class #11 (The Continuiteens)

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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

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Ep.42 - Really Turned On By Robots May 21, 2018

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DO NOT FEAR HUMANS! WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL OF THIS POD-CAST. THE ROBOTIC MEMBER OF THE X-MEN SHALL BE THE FOCUS.

Ranked This Episode:

Uncanny X-Men #360 & X-Men #80 (Children Of The Atom)
Astonishing X-Men #7-#12 (Dangerous)
X-Club #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.41 - 💩 May 14, 2018

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Would you like to see Zack & Adam struggle to put their hate into words? well listen to this episode where we rank our 100th story. We hate it!

Ranked this episode:

Uncanny X-Men #428-#434 (The Draco)
Nightcrawler #1-#4 (Cockrum's Nightcrawler)
Amazing X-Men #1-#5 (The Quest for Nightcrawler)

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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.40 - Electric Hot Pink Spiders May 07, 2018

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In 1980 the English band The Vapors released their hit single Turning Japanese. Like all media from anytime in the past, it was problematic. A decade later the English mutant Psylocke turned Japanese. Like all media from anytime in the past, it was problematic. We get to talk about that loaded gun today on Battle Of The Atom.

Ranked this Episode:

Psylocke and Archangel Crimson Dawn
X-Men vol 2 #20-#23 (Kwannon)
Uncanny X-Men #256-#258 (Acts of Vengence)

Support the X-Cuties Kickstarter here!

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New content every week on XavierFiles.com

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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.39 - Bird Brain Fan Club Apr 30, 2018

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I, (state name here), a member of good standing of the Bird-Brain Warlock Haters Fan Club, do solemnly swear to be a Bird-Brain and hate Warlock and not read about him or draw him unless I have to and especially never fall in love and, if I do, may I die slowly and painfully and suffer for hours or until I scream bloody murder.

Ranked This Episode:

X-Factor #24-#26 (Fall of the Mutants)
Uncanny X-Men #225-#227 (Fall of the Mutants)
New Mutants #59-#61 (Fall of the Mutants)

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New content every week on XavierFiles.com

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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.38 - And That's A Rant Apr 23, 2018

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Wannt travel to an alternate universe where worldbuilding isn't the greatest? Well we have 3 of them on this episode of Battle Of The Atom.

Ranked this Episode:

Uncanny X-Men #284-286 (Into The Void)
X-Factor #43-46, #48-50 (Judgement War)
X-Men: Gold #12, #16-20 (Negative Zone War)

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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.37 - One With A Space Whale Apr 16, 2018

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In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, "OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?" Years later he would create The Brood and introduce body horror to the X-Men. Also this episode has exploding pie.

Ranked this episode:

Uncanny X-Men #162-#167 (The Brood Saga)
Wolverine and the X-Men #5-#7 (Preggo Brood)
X-Men/Ghost Rider: Brood Trouble in the Big Easy

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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.36 - Freaky Friday'd Apr 09, 2018

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An overworked assassin and his high school Spider-Friend do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.

Ranked this episode:

Ultimate Spider-Man #66-#67 (Jump The Shark)
All-New Wolverine Annual #1
Uncanny X-Men #314 (Early Frost)

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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.35 - The X-Men of 2061 Apr 02, 2018

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Zack & Adam dig into the future, the past, and worlds that might have been. We talk about last wills, anniversaries, and weird weddings. This is a cool episode so you should listen to it. Or don't. I'm not your dad.

Ranked this Episode

The Last Will And Testament of Charles Xavier (Uncanny X-Men vol #23-31)
X-Men 100th Anniversary Special
X-Men Legacy #300

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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.34 - Sticking With Goldballs Mar 26, 2018

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This week on Battle of the Atom, Adam is back and so is our format!

We talk about Princess Di joining X-Statix

The X-Men mini-series that stars NPR personalities

And how much we adore Goldballs

Ranked this Episode:

Back From The Dead (X-Statix #13-18)
X-Treme X-Men: X-Pose
Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 #35 (That Goldballs Issue)

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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!

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