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This week we have a Patreon supported special thanks to The Young Ones co-host Charlie Davis! We talk about Shatterstar, Rictor, and more Shatterstar. It is very on brand for one of us.

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We follow up with that fun Kelly Thompson interview to talk about the stories that inspire her. Also face tattoos, Savage Land bikinis, and a possibly perfect story.

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Man I just need a break don't you? Maybe a trip to the mall or a couple of cold ones with the boyz? Well luckily we have 3 X-Men stories this week about just that.

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ROGUE & GAMBIT writer Kelly Thompson joins the BotA boys to talk about both Rogue AND Gambit. We also talk about the craft of comics, relationships, and how to make continuity work for …

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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 Kan…

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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!

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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.

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• X-Factor #2…

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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? ✔️…

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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.

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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 …

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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.

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• X-Men & Alpha Flight
• Asg…

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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.

Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranki…

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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.

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• X-Factor vol 1 #1-#6
• X-Factor vol 1 …

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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.

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• Astonishing Tales: Mojoworld
• X-Men vo…

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On the eve of All Hallows Eve the BotA boys talk about spooky stories involving demons, Draculas, and the greatest What If... ever!

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• Storm & Illyana: Magik
• Uncanny X-M…

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Zack & Adam finally come to blows about where to rank a title and Inferno infects us all on this spooky Halloween episode.

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• Inferno (X-Men & X-Factor)
• Inferno (New Mut…

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Zack & Adam get polybagged as we dive into some huge events and a couple number ones.

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• X-Cutioner's Song
• X-Men #1
• Generation X #1-#3

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This week Eric and Julia Lewald join us to talk about their time on X-Men: The Animated Series

Check out more of their work here and keep an eye out for Eric's new book Previously On X-…

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Zack & Adam get into 3 more X-Men stories. I don't have anything witty to say in these notes because we recorded this like 3 weeks ago and I forget if we made jokes. Let's assume we did…

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Zack & Adam travel to the land of the rising sun for some manga inspired X-Men tales when they find a story that might forever stay at the bottom of their list.

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• Ma…