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

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Ep.23 - Kang Steals A Friggin' Baby Jan 08, 2018

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Battle of the Atom is a deep dive X-Men continuity podcast that brings together three distinct plotlines with multiple readable characters. This of course includes the one in which Kang, being a total jerk, will absolutely steal a baby.

Ranked this episode:

House of M
Uncanny Avengers #18-#22 (Avenge the Earth)
X-Men: Eve of Destruction

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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.22 - And Nobody At Marvel Noticed Jan 01, 2018

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We ring in the New Year with an edit-lite episode of Battle of the Atom all about the core concept of New Years Eve. Bars! We also do our end of the year round up!

Ranked this episode:

Uncanny X-Men #183 (The Bar One)
Excalibur #91 (The Bar One)
Wolverine vol 3 #6 (The Bar One)

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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.21 - X-Mas Time Is Here Dec 25, 2017

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We celebrate the holidays with some festive X-Men stories. We answer some listener questions, and have a suprise Christmas gift at the end for all you.

Ranked this episode:

X-Factor #27 (Gifts!)
Uncanny X-Men #143 (Demon!)
A Miracle a Few Blocks Down From 34th Street (Marvel Holiday Special 1991)

That sweater Adam & I are wearing is out of stock here.

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Our theme music is from the X-Men: Evolution On Angel's Wings by William Anderson & our outro music was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, lyrics by Kelly P. Corvese, and performed by our own Adam Reck

Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum

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Ep.20 - I'm The President Of The United States Dec 18, 2017

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You remember when we asked Dennis Hopeless for a few X-Men stories to rank and then NEVER followed up with an episode about it? So do we! This one's got it all folks!

Wrestling talk? ✔️ Fridging? ✔️ A dissertation on Xorneto? ✔️

It's going to be a rip roaring time!

Ranked this episode:

X-Men #8 (Unus the Untouchable)
Cable vol 2 #7-#10
Riot at Xavier's! (New X-Men #134-#138)

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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.19 - A Little Bit of Life, A Little Bit of Death Dec 11, 2017

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Are you looking for some life? Perchance some death? What about a long digression into the history of licenced properties at Marvel? Well Zack & Adam have all of that on this episode.

Ranked this episode:

Lifedeath (Uncanny X-Men #186)
Lifedeath II (Uncanny X-Men #198)
Lifedeath III (Storm vol 3 #3)

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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.18 - Get #BringBackMaggott Trending with Leah Williams Dec 04, 2017

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Zack & Adam are joined by the writer of the upcoming X-Men Gold Annual, Leah Williams to talk about Excalibur's 30th Anniversary, how long it took to come up with the best opening line in comics this year, the recent revelations about CB Cebulski, and most importantly, Maggott. This is a Maggott heavy episode people. Get hype!

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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.17 - Behold! with Elisabeth Allie Nov 27, 2017

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Zack & Adam are joined by The Lightning & The Storm co-host Elisabeth Allie to talk about all the times the X-Men and Asgard crossed over.

Ranked this episode:

X-Men & Alpha Flight
Asgardian War
What If... The X-Men Stayed In Asgard

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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.16 - Kindergarten Cable with Dennis Hopeless Nov 20, 2017

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Zack & Adam are joined by Jean Grey scribe Dennis Hopeless for a great interview about Jean, Maddie, being dads, and everything inbetween.

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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.15 - The Air Bud Hour Nov 13, 2017

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Zack & Adam decide to turn this podcast into a dedicated Air Bud Cinematic Universe podcast. Also we talk about X-Factor I guess.

Ranked this week:

X-Factor vol 1 #1-#6
X-Factor vol 1 #71-#75
X-Factor vol 3 #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.14 - Mojo II: The Sequel Nov 06, 2017

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Zack says a cuss, Adam talks about the 90's. We all go into a Mojo inspired spiral as we talk about fun things in the Mojoverse.

Ranked this week:

Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld
X-Men vol 2 #10-#11
Howard the Duck vol 6 #8-#11

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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