• 58 minutes 3 seconds
    What Time Is It?

    Episode Notes

    There's a lot of things that we talk about in this episode, including the New York Knicks and Grunt Squad shirts and more importantly Ben Grimm.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Clobberin' Time #2
    • X-Man #59
    • Siege vol 2

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    15 June 2026, 8:20 am
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Pure Beautiful Stupid

    Episode Notes

    Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Excalibur #4-5
    • Claws
    • Northstar

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    1 June 2026, 8:20 am
  • 56 minutes 5 seconds
    Ghost World Daria

    Episode Notes

    I have a hard time believing that Daniel Clowes would want his "comix" confused with Marvel's "What If?" series featuring the X-Men. And yet, that's what we are presupposing in this week's Battle Of The Atom.

    Are we the smartest podcast out there? No. But we are the best place to learn about the video game series Primal Roar. A video game I think Daniel Clowes would like.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Hero Initiative: Mike Wieringo #1 
    • What If v2 #-1 (Bishop) 
    • What If v2 #92 (Josh & a Sentinel)

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    25 May 2026, 8:20 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    All Dogs

    Episode Notes

    ATTENTION ALL MEMEMBERS OF THE BOTA FEDERATION. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOG. REPEAT. ZACK HAS BECOME ALL DOGS. THIS WILL IMPACT YOUR PRECEPTIONS OF REALITY FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • X-Men: Millennial Visions #1-2
    • GeneXt
    • Marvels Comics: X-Men #1

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    11 May 2026, 12:04 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Will Not Go Meekly

    Episode Notes

    Look, I was going to write something else here but I just found a copy of the unmade Magneto movie so I'm going to be over here reading that. Thematically appropriate.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Uncanny X-Force #9
    • Magneto #13-17
    • Uncanny X-Men #161

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    4 May 2026, 8:20 am
  • 51 minutes 43 seconds
    Nude Tane

    Episode Notes

    How funny is it that Tim Heidecker is the new Alex Jones? Anyway here's an episode about Wolverine with a lot of good art and also a nude Tane.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Wolverine: Bloodlust
    • Wolverine: Inner Fury
    • Wolverine: Killing

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    27 April 2026, 8:20 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    The Wedding Special

    Episode Notes

    Adam & Dr. Anna Peppard got married. Well they got married a year ago but anyway we're celebrating it how. Say happy wedding to them.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Black Panther #14-18 (Wedding Of The Century)
    • Excalibur #124-125
    • X-Men: The Wedding Special vol 2 #1

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    20 April 2026, 4:00 am
  • 54 minutes 49 seconds
    Resurrected

    Episode Notes

    In this episode, Zack proves the one guy from 7 years ago who made a comment about how this podcast is too religious correct.

    Ranked This Episode:

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    6 April 2026, 8:20 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Hey Arnold

    Episode Notes

    Gail Simone is the current writer of Uncanny X-Men. But what we posit is that she wrote X-Men related things before this. Would you believe that's what we are covering on the podcast this week?

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Deadpool #65-69 (Healing Factor)
    • Domino: Hotshots
    • Marvelous Adventures of Gus Beezer: X-Men

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    30 March 2026, 10:18 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Jessica Rabbit

    Episode Notes

    Sometimes superheroes get new clothes for no reason other than the fact that it sells variant convers and maybe could be a microtransaction in a video game. This is call the Spider-Man sales plan.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenesis
    • X-Men vol 2 #35 (Sunset Grace)
    • X-Men #37-39 (Factor Three)

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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 with logo design by Mikey Zee

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    23 March 2026, 12:09 pm
  • 58 minutes 18 seconds
    The World's Smallest Man

    Episode Notes

    At the start of the 1970s crumbling relationships with Iran led to shocks in the global energy market, shooting up prices at the pump while the X-Men meandered aimlessly with Marvel not having a clue what to do with them. This is not commentary on current events.

    Ranked This Episode:

    • Marvel Team-Up #4
    • Avengers #110-111
    • Captain America Annual #4

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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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    16 March 2026, 12:20 pm
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