Best Adam Reck Podcasts (2025)

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Ep.396 - Better Recognize 49:02

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Episode Notes Do the children even remember Wizard Magazine these days? I mean, to be fair, Zack only knows of it, but was never of it. Luckily, the children all remember Skin; isn't that right children? Ranked This Episode: Generation X v1 #17 (X-Cutioner) Generation X v1 #20-21 (Howard The Duck) Generation X v1 #1/2 Check out the Battle of the At…

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Ep.395 - The Fightingist Smashouts 58:32

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Episode Notes Comic fans oft wonder "who would win". Those folks need to touch grass. Ranked This Episode: Contest Of Champions II AVX: Vs Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection Arcade Classics 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…

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Ep.394 - Everyone Looks The Same 53:19

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Episode Notes I'll be real with you, sometimes there's a request that really throws us for a loop. This is one of them.Ranked This Episode: X-Factor #63-64 (Cyburai) Generation X #29-31 (Operation: Zero Tollerance) Alpha Flight #107 (X-Factor) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam o…

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The Living Room Show Memorial Day 2025 1:25:11

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The Living Room Show is Powered by: Olde City Sports Network! Go to www.oldecitysports.com for all your favorite OCSN podcasts, articles and much more! Use Promo Code: OLDCITY for 15% off site wide Www.facebook.com/roberthangholtconstruction if you're in the Greater Philadelphia Region and need some work done with your roof, windows Siding, deck et…

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Ep.393 - We Live In A (Mutant) (Space) Society 55:26

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Episode Notes 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 l…

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Ep.392 - We Live In A (Mutant) Society 54:35

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Episode Notes I'm not mad, just disappointed at the society you chose to build. I thought we raised you better than this? Ranked This Episode: Immortal X-Men #1-4 District X #7-12 (Underground) Ultimate Comics: X-Men #18.1-22 (Reservation X) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on …

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Ep.391 - Michigan J Frog Situation 52:12

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Episode Notes This episode is about Iron Man, but more than that, it's about the turn of the century Evangelical crossover literary sensation Left Behind. Ranked This Episode: Iron Man Annual #8 Tales of Suspense #49 Sentinel Squad ONE Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitte…

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Ep.390 - Death Comes For Us All 47:59

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Episode Notes What do we say to the god of death? We ask them what Dani Moonstar is like and if death thinks she would be our friend and also proud of us.Ranked This Episode: New Mutants vol 1 #41 New Mutants vol 3 #11 (Siege) Chris Claremont Anniversary Special #1 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Comi…

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Ep.389 - King Of The Hill 51:49

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Episode Notes Dang ol' Magneto, man, talkin' 'bout that next generation of mutant kids? Run aroun' using dang ol' magnets to reflec' people's mind beams and talkin' 'bout mothervine and all 'dat. Zippin' round like vrroom-bing-bop-screech-pow man. It's a, a real weird school man. Ranked This Episode: New Mutants #35 (Headmaster Magneto) New Mutants…

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Video Game April 2025 1:24:33

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📡📡 The Living Room is Powered by: Olde City Sports Network Go to www.oldecitysports.com for all your favorite OCSN podcasts, articles and much more! Use promo code: OLDECITY for 15% off site wide! Www.facebook.com roberthangholtconstruction if you're in the Greater Philadelphia Region and need some work done with your roof, windows Siding, deck etc…

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Ep.388 - Flashin' Around w/ David Harper 1:00:21

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Episode Notes Flashback with us to yesteryear as we get nostalgic about comics getting nostalgic about other comics. David Harper from SKTCHD and Off Panel is here to help us out! Ranked This Episode: Wolverine: First Class #5 X-Men Legends #10 Generation X # -1 Make sure you check out his new SKTCHD Book 2024 on sale now! New content every week on…

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Ep.387 - Borat Voice My Wife 1:01:16

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Episode Notes In a 2012 episode of the hit television series "Bob's Burgers" the titular Mr. Burgers has a nightmare where, instead of being a small business owner slinging underappreciated patties, he is a cog in the corporate machine, laughing as his co-workers doing the Borat voice.In a 2025 episode of the 3rd most popular X-Men podcast "Battle …

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Ep.386 - Name That External! 59:29

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Episode Notes It's time for everyone's favorite game, Name That External! It's the game you try and remember who the Externals are. The fun thing about this game is that we all lose!Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #35-40 (Eany Come Home) X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #80-85 (Unofficial X-Men) X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #121…

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Top 5 Cop Movies 1:05:40

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The Living Room Show is Powered by: Olde City Sports Network! Go to www.oldecitysports.com for all your favorite OCSN podcasts, articles and much more! Use Promo Code: OLDCITY for 15% off site wide Www.facebook.com/roberthangholtconstruction if you're in the Greater Philadelphia Region and need some work done with your roof, windows Siding, deck et…

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Ep.385 - The Gold Standard 1:02:12

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Episode Notes In times of economic uncertainty, many speculative investors will transition a larger portion of their assets into gold. This is generally a weird plan based on the fact that gold is nice to look at. For more in things that are nice to look at, here's Art Adams comics. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (Mojo, Deaged X-Men)…

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Ep.384 - The Robcipe 1:02:30

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Episode Notes There is nothing I could say here that would help explain the life and times of Rob Liefeld more than reading literally every word he has ever said about Major X. Ranked This Episode: Wolverine #154-155 (All Along The Watchtower) Major X 1-6 + 0 X-Force: Killshot Anniversary Special Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List…

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Ep.383 - Heka-Nut & The Sword Of Bone 59:16

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Episode Notes Sometimes, listeners tune in for insightful commentary on X-Men comics and the world at large. Other times Zack and Adam are giggling so much that they can't actually complete a joke.This isn't one of those smart episodes.What is smart though? Supporting friend of the show Vita Ayala after their family was displaced by a fire.Ranked T…

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Ep.382 - Egg Challenge with Dr. Anna Peppard 1:17:11

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Episode Notes We love Meggan, here's an episode. Also Anna is here and isn't that great!Ranked this Episode: Mighty World Of Marvel #14-16 Excalibur #28 Captain Britain and MI13 Annual #1 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 the…

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Ep.381 - D'Onofrio Style + Megacon 2025 1:08:45

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Episode Notes RIP Zack "The Bad Boy Of X-Men Podcasting" Jenkins. He leaves behind a loving co-host and many people who would consider him an enemy because of jokes he made about X-Men.Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #1-2 Wolverine #102.5 Excalibur Vol 4 #7-8 (Warwolves) Also in the episode: Greg Land, Marc Guggenheim, Ben Percy, Craig Kyle, David P…

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Ep.380 - The 1000th Story 58:20

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Episode Notes Rivers Cumo once said "I wanna go back, back to the shack, back to the Strat with the lightning strap" and we echo that message back going back to our roots for a 1000th story celebration about the stories the occurred at both the birth of the podcast and the birth of us. Rivers Cumo also once said "Watching Grunge leg drop New Jack t…

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Ep.379 - Sweeps Week with Connor Goldsmith 1:52:20

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Episode Notes When TV shows cared about Nielsen ratings, ad rates would be set based on how well a show performed during a very specific portion of the year called "Sweeps Week". To goose the system, shows would bring out all the stops with big episodes, guest stars, all of that. We honor that tradition as the road to 1000 stories comes to a close …

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Ep.378 - Humans Do Suck 52:05

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Episode Notes No further explanation needed. Ranked This Episode: X-Men v5 #10-11 (Empyre) Wolverine & The X-Men Annual #1 Maximum Security: Dangerous Planet & Uncanny X-Men #387 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 …

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Ep.377 - Sacre Blu Superman 1:02:05

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Episode Notes This episode is all about Gambit. Why? I mean, that's quite the important question. Friedrich Nietzsche said "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." Of course, Nietzsche also said "The Superman is the meaning of the earth." and I remember just enough about that time he had blue electricity powers to use that as evidence to…

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Ep.376 - Carey On 52:47

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Episode Notes Once upon a time, in the years before Xavier Files, Zack and his friend Thomas started an X-Men book club where the first thing they wanted to talk about was Mike Carey's X-Men work. This is then that domino meme that gets us to this very moment nearly a decade later.Ranked This Episode: X-Men: Legacy Annual #1, #228-230 (Devil at the…

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Ep.375 - Orphan & Nannymaker 58:04

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Episode Notes When we think of icons, we think of them. They are X-Men characters whose names we would never confuse or mix up and certainly characters who should help Slingers sell more copies.Ranked This Episode Hellions #1-4 Slingers #9 Avengers #298-300 (Inferno) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Co…

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Christmas 2024 Episode 1:57:55

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📡📡 The Living Room Show is brought to you by by Olde City Sports Network and Powered by: A2D RadioGo to www.oldecitysports.com for all your favorite OCSN podcasts, articles and much more! Www.facebook.com/roberthangholtconstruction if you're in the Greater Philadelphia Region and need some work done with your roof, windows Siding, deck etc, called …

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Ep.374 - We Have Magneto At Home 57:50

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Episode Notes In our post-truth world, it is sometimes difficult to discern what Magneto truly is. Is he a freedom fighter filled with righteous fury? A lunatic obsessed with supremacy? A kind shepherd for the next generation of his people? What this podcast posits, it that he is a South Beach yoga instructor, and you know we cited our sources. Ran…

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Ep.373 - Home Alone... With Kevin? 58:30

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Episode Notes We don't have a friend or a guest named Kevin in this one. But we do have Christmas stories of VARIOUS quality. Someone help us escape from the holiday hellscape we have created for ourselves. Ranked This Episode: Uncanny X-Men Vol #192 (Fun 'n' Games) Marvel Holiday Special 2004 (X-Men X-Mas) Marvel Digital Holiday Special #1 (If the…

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Ep.372 - Soundwave Pterodactyl 59:17

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Episode Notes Guess who had to resist screeching the entire episode? Hint: it's the host who, for reasons unknown to himself, spends a shocking amount of this episode defending PAD X-Factor, a run he doesn't really like all that much. People are complicated...Ranked This Episode: X-Force #31 Spider-Woman #37-38 X-Factor #237-239 Check out the Battl…

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Ep.371 - Not Pro-Murder 1:01:31

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Episode Notes For legal reasons, the hosts of Battle Of The Atom need to affirm that we explicitly do not endorse murder as defined in 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 1112. 18 U.S.C. § 1111. This episode discusses fictional events and characters and any statements or inferences about one or both of the hosts being "pro-murder" must be taken in the context of…

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Ep.370 - Science Cussin' 50:13

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Episode Notes Son of a Bromide, those Gallium Darmstadtium BotA Boyz are at it again with their stretching of what counts as an X-Men comic. This time it's about Dr. Nemesis.Ranked This Episode: Lightning Comics #6 X-Men: Blind Science X-Men: Curse of the Mutants - Smoke & Blood Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content ever…

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Ep.369 - The Mutant Age Has Now Begun with David Brothers 58:21

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Episode Notes X-Men: The Manga: Remastered editor David Brothers joins the boys for a deep dive into the remaster of the manga adaptation of the cartoon adaptation of the X-Men comics. Like an onion, this episode has layers. Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurst…

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Absolute DC vs. Ultimate Marvel Comics! | CBH Live! 1:02:01

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On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week: Let’s dig in to the last few weeks of Absolute DC first issues and the continuation of Marvel’s Ultimate Universe 2.0. How do the initiatives compare and what are the best comics of the bunch?…

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Ep.368 - My On-Fire-Motorcycle-Skeleton Friend 1:01:18

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Episode Notes The horrors around us, they persist. But so does the Spirit of Vengeance. Adam and Zack continue celebrating Halloween longer than most people by talking about Ghost Rider because it was the best use of their mental energy on a Tuesday night.Ranked This Episode: Ghost Rider/Wolverine/Punisher: The Dark Design Ghost Rider v3 #9 (X-Fact…

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Ep.367 - Third Favorite Halloween Themed Character 51:07

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Episode Notes Legally, it's not Halloween anymore. But the bad boy of X-Men podcasting doesn't care. We're doing Halloween! Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited v2 #1 Crypt of the Shadows #1 (2022) (Laura Kinney v Man-Thing) X-Force v1 #92 (Halloween Jack v Domino) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Comi…

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2024 Halloween Special 1:08:15

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The Living Room Show is Sponsored by: Bates Motel and Hayride. Take a picture next to our banner at the Motel, follow us on social media and send us the picture and we'll give you 15% off you Bates Motel Halloween merch line! http://www.decalsbyaaron.com/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0nhHt0lhW5Plco2vPLdXh6jQ4OuE2TOFjuhL6n8xc5FyjHpdMCjYC09pw_aem_ohfyY…

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Ep.366 - New York Comic Con Super Special 2024 2:04:14

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Episode Notes This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lanzing, David Marquez, Josh Cassara, Gerry Duggan, Chris Condon, and Justin Mason! Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @ar…

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Matt Wagner & Kelley Jones Interview! The Secret History of Dracula | CBH Live! 1:01:01

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On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week: Today, we go all in on Dracula with Matt Wagner (Grendel) and Kelley Jones (Batman) as they gear up for Volume 2 of their planned 4 part series of graphic novels on the secret history of The I…

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Favorite Indie Comics of 2024 w/ Arpad Okay! | CBH Live! 1:12:11

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On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week: Today, I’m talking to one of my favorite comics critics about some of our favorite indie comic books and graphic novels of 2024 so far! Come listen up for some recommendations for great reads,…

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Ram V Interview! The End of Detective Comics & The Start of New Gods! | CBH Live! 1:10:08

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On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week: Today, we go all in on Detective Comics with writer Ram V following the conclusion of his 2+ year Batman saga. Then we’ll talk Ram’s big 2024 in creator-owned works – Rare Flavours! Dawnrunner…

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Ep.365 - Tapeworm Lovin' 1:00:23

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Episode Notes Tablua Rasa is a location in the Marvel universe that we all think about every day. These are the stories about it. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men vol 2 #5-8 (Tablua Rasa) Spider-Man/Deadpool #23-25 (Arms Race) Extraordinary X-Men #4-5 (Weirdworld) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on Com…

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Storm #1! Ultimate Sorcerer Supreme! DC All In! | CBH Live 57:42

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On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week: Today we’re talking the first issue of Storm, looking at the new Ultimate Sorcerer Supreme in the pages of Black Panther, catching up on Ultimate Spider-Man, and talking the end of Detective C…

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Ep.364 - Yeet A Baby 56:15

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Episode Notes So X-Men Unlimited, it's a thing we always talk about right? We all think of all the important X-Men Unlimited stories, yes? Well much like X-Men Unlimited, Zack forgot what Adam and him talked about immediately after recording stopped on this episode so he can't give like, good notes. Sorry! Ranked This Episode: X-Men Unlimited vol 1…

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X-Men From the Ashes Deep Dive w/ Anna Peppard & Adam Reck! | CBH Live! 1:16:57

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On my weekly livestream, Comic Book Herald Live, I review the week’s most interesting comics and related news, and answer your big questions LIVE. This week: Today, we go all in on the first 3 months of the X-Men From the Ashes era. How are X-Men comics holding up after Krakoa? And where do X-Men comic books go from here? We’ll look at the debuts o…