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

Battle Of The Atom: An X-Men Podcast Zachary Jenkins & Adam Reck

    • Arts
    • 4.6 • 151 Ratings

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

    Bad Superheroes

    Bad Superheroes

    Episode Notes
    The Ultraverse dares to ask, what if comics sucked? Spoiler alert but we have never ranked this many bad comics in one episode.

    Ranked This Episode


    Phoenix Resurrection (Ultraverse)
    All-New Exiles Vs X-Men #0
    All-New Exiles #∞, 1-3

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    New content every week on ComicsXF.com

    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

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

    • 51 min
    Explicitly D-List

    Explicitly D-List

    Episode Notes
    Who is ready for Zack and Adam to argue about She-Hulk, a show one of that has not watched, for longer than we talk about some comics? Also, lots of love for John Proudstar, the star of The Gifted, a show we both did watch but forgot about until Zack was writing the episode notes. 

    Ranked This Episode:


    X-Men #22-23 (Count Nefaria)
    Uncanny X-Men #94-95 (The Doomsmith Scenario)
    Chaos War X-Men

    Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!

    New content every week on ComicsXF.com

    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

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

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Mojo TV Takeover

    Mojo TV Takeover

    Episode Notes
    Has there ever been a good Mojo story? One that didn't disappoint? This episode will not help your case if you there there has been.

    Ranked This Episode:


    Uncanny X-Men #460-461 (Mojo Rising!)
    Mojo Worldwide (X-Men Gold & Blue)
    Mr & Mrs X #7-10 (Gambit & Rogue Forever)

    Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!

    New content every week on ComicsXF.com

    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

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

    • 1 hr
    Fart Cloud

    Fart Cloud

    Episode Notes
    Remember when this podcast started and we were deep in the dog days of the Terrigen Mists? Zack & Adam remember.
    Ranked This Episode


    Civil War II: X-Men
    Deadpool & The Merc$ For Money #7-8
    Secret Warriors #8-12

    Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!

    New content every week on ComicsXF.com

    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

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

    • 1 hr 5 min
    Hell House with Robert Secundas

    Hell House with Robert Secundas

    Episode Notes
    Hell-ppy Hell-oween everyone. We are doing a Hell House instead of a heathen haunted house this year on Battle Of The Atom. ComicsXF Senior Hell Correspondent Robert Secundas joins us.

    Ranked This Episode:


    X-Men Annual #4 (Nightcrawler's Inferno)
    Wolverine #1-5 (Wolverine Goes To Hell)
    Sabretooth #1-5 (The Adversary)

    Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!

    New content every week on ComicsXF.com

    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

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

    • 1 hr 3 min
    New York Comic Con Super Special 2023

    New York Comic Con Super Special 2023

    Episode Notes
    Adam does interviews with a lot of folks. Zack has not actually listened to the episode yet. Please let him know any exciting news that comes from these.


    Ben Percy (Wolverine and X-Force)
    Philip Sevy (X-Men Unlimited, Deadpool Seven Slaughters)
    Bernard Chang (Jean Grey)
    Tini Howard (Excalibur, X-Corp, Knights of X, Capt Britain)
    Lucas Werneck (Immortal X-Men, Fall of the House of X)
    Joshua Cassara (X-Men)

    Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!

    New content every week on ComicsXF.com

    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

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

    • 57 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
151 Ratings

151 Ratings

lynxh ,

Hilarious X-Men Show

I love the bits and the tangents. I love this podcast. Pro-tip: listen at .75x speed and they sound drunk and its even funnier.

FlashFMA ,

Great concept! Great show!!

Was looking for an X-men podcast and found these incredible two guys who are undertaking the daunting task of ranking all of the X-men stories!! I’m joining the fun way late but have started from the beginning to see where all of the stories end up and have found myself making a list of my own of stuff I’ve never even read and I’m a lifelong X-men fan of 30 years!!

Clip326 ,

My favorite podcast

Excellent podcast in which two hosts (Zack and Adam) read and rate three X-Men stories each week. The hosts have a great dynamic with each other, having an entertaining approach. I’ve been a longtime X-Men fan but this has opened up many new stories to explore. Highly recommend.

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