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We take in the X-Men as it's meant to be enjoyed, with clockwork orange style devices to pry open our eyes. Married couple, Allison and Matt Parent do deep dives into the good, the bad, the squishy and weird X-Men stories. Allison is a newbie to comics and Matt is going to talk about it endlessly to them whether they record it or not. Logo by Emily Kardamis who can be found on Instagram @corruptedgem or on Patreon at Patreon.com/corruptedgem Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in ...
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History of X-Men is dedicated to exploring the behind-the-scenes stories that brought the X-Men to life across the comic books, movies, TV shows, action figures, and video games. Featuring exclusive interviews with creators, writers, directors, and actors, the podcast dives deep into the creative process, iconic moments, and untold stories that shaped Marvel's merry mutants.
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Info Without Gatekeeping. An informational and educational podcast that only cares if you’re curious, not that you know the jargon already. EITMPod is not intended for and does not provide personalized legal, financial, or investment advice. A First Treasurer LLC production.
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Episode Notes Do you think I mind that Walter Disney doesn't approve of some of these comics? That his estate isn't entitled to the sweat of the worker's brow? None of these comics are officially sanctioned, and who cares?Ranked This Episode: John Allison's Kitty & Wolverine comic Valentine's Syrin comic Max Wittert Jean & Scott C…
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After Xavier: The Aug of Apocalypse continues! Wolverine meets Carol Danvers, Gambit makes a silent sacrifice, and Nate Gray doesn't know how his powers (or anything) work Generation Next Written by Scott Lobdell, penciled by Chris Bachalo, Inked by Mark Buckingham, Colored by Steve Buccellato, lettered by Richard Starkings Astonishing X-Men Writte…
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This week Giant-Size X-Men came to an end and with it, the FIRST era of the Hivemind at Marvel. We sat down with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly to talk series' origins, their creative process, and how they avoid just "playing the hits" Jackson and Collin can be found here. If you're listening to this the day it releases we hope you will add The L…
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Episode Notes In which we understand how much Cable's favorite Everclear song is "Father of Mine"Ranked This Episode: X-Men v5 #1-2 Uncanny X-Men #310 Cable & X-Force #6-9 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…
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Enter Now: The Aug of Apocalypse! We spike out our hair, get a new mean attitude and a collection of scars and markings to let the audience know the world is darker! It's August and we're talking Age of Apocalypse. This week we discuss X-Men Alpha to Factor X issue 2! Find the Marvel Unlimited Reading order here! Credits: X-Men Alpha Written by Sco…
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Also by is back to wage war on the god of war with the iconoclastic and kick-ass Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods by Murewa Ayodele (Storm) and Dotun Akande (X-Men: Heirs of Apocalypse) Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods is written by Murewa Ayodele with art by Dotun Akande, color by Dee Cunniffe and Lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou If you have a comment or que…
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Sometimes when you're a spirit of vengeance, you just need to get out and clear your skull a little bit. Shouldn't be too hard to find somebody with a motorcycle, right? Will read: Ghost Rider vol 5: Final Vengeance, Deadpool by Cody Ziglar vol 1: Blood Bond, Spider-Woman by Steve Foxe vol 2: The Assembly, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 11: Go…
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Episode Notes Clowns are so cool, I wish they were real...Ranked This Episode: Obnoxio The Clown Vs The X-Men Marvel Two-In-One #76 Wolverine & The X-Men #21-23 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 fr…
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Credits and timecodes 9:12 The Hellfire Vigil #1 is by Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Javier Garron, Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz, Sean Parsons, Stephanie Phillips, Roi Mercado, Geoffrey Thorne, Marcus To, Gail Simone, Luciano Vecchio, Nolan Woodard Eve L. Ewing, Fredrica Mancin, Alex Paknadel, Declan Shalvey, Jason Loo, Sara Pichelli, Murewa Ayodele, Fe…
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Happy Mojoversery! It's been one year of the podcast and one year of Jed MacKay's X-Men. We were so lucky to sit down with Jed to discuss his process, his style and, how he keeps his inhuman pace. This was a really special one; we hope you like it. If you have a comment or question, you can email us @ [email protected] Logo by Emily Kardamis w…
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Its the end of the 'Pool Party and boy oh boy have we saved the best for last. Deadpool's Pal Jordan D. White joins us to talk "Dead Presidents" from Deadpool vol. 5 by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn and Tony Moore. I can't believe he agreed to come on the show either, guys. Deadpool Vol 5 1-6 is Written by Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn, Penciled by To…
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Wherein one of our hosts dislike of Spider-Man takes up a lot of oxygen. We read Spider-Man/Deadpool 1-6. SpideyPool is alive and well! It's a fun book, but one of us is basically J. Jonah Jameson. Later we read the most popular AO3 SpideyPool fic "Quackery" and have a much more serious convo about represenation and censorship than you'd expect! Sp…
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Episode Notes 400 episodes and nearly 8 years later, Zack and Adam return to some of their earliest episodes, Days of Future Past style, to right the wrongs that led them to this point. They also answer some listener questions.Re-ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #268 (Madripoor Nights) X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever Battle Of The Atom Check out the Batt…
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The Pool Party is starting to get weird! This episode we get Deadpool pregnant and burst from his liver in the grossest and sexiest Deadpool comic run we've read so far: Deadpool Vol 8 by Alyssa Wong and Martin Coccolo. Hot take? It's the most underrated run of Krakoa! Deadpool Vol 8 is written by Alyssa Wong with art by Martin Coccolo, Javier Pina…
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The 'Pool Party is raging on and we're taking it slow as we talk our first Marvel Knights book Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War a fun one, but also a product of its time. Maybe not the best fourth wall breaks, but certainly the MOST broken fourth wall! Deadpool: Wade Wilson's War is written by Duane Swierczynski, Penciled by Jason Pearson, Inked by Dext…
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Episode Notes The wild thing about looking back on comics is how much they are colored by what was happening when you were originally reading them. In retrospect, perhaps things are different. Anyway the optics on pitching a book as religious police was still an amazing unforced error. Ranked This Episode: Legion of X #1-5 Wolverine: Dangerous Game…
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We're halfway through the 'Pool Party and some folks are going inside to play some board games. I'm not sure if you're interested in that, but we wanted to let you know. Don't want you to feel left out. We roll to fight and cheat in the margins as we experience choose your own adventure book You are Deadpool. There are some light spoilers for this …
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Episode 3 of the Pool Party is reaching its peak and our Pal Phillip Sevy (Astonishing X-Men, Don’t forget your Briefcase) joins us to talk their best-est boy Cable. We read Cable & Deadpool “if looks could kill” and that is certainly one way to draw Wade and Nathan inside of each other! Cable & Deadpool is written by Fabian Nicieza, with art by Ma…
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The most sincere thank you to everyone who donated to our Transgender Law Center fundraiser. If you want to continue supporting them you can find them here! In a bonus that breaks up the 'Pool Party, we're back with our good friends the Young Avengers. Young Avengers is written by Kieron Gillen with art by Jamie McKelvie, Color by Matthew Wilson In…
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Episode Notes Sabretooth has a costume with a lion's mane sewn into it. Wrestler Tyler Mane played Sabretooth in a movie. Are these facts related to this episode?Ranked This Episode: Sabretooth War Sabretooth vol 1 Wolverine #10 Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arth…
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Episode 2 of the 'Pool Party! Are you having fun yet? Can we get you anything? Chips? an episode of Escape the Mojoverse about Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe delivered directly to your podcast catcher of choice? What an oddly specific request! We aim to please. We break the fourth wall (and are broken by it in return) as we read Deapool Kills t…
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It's the 1st Annual Deadpool Party on Escape the Mojoverse! Grab a burger and kick your feet up by the pool as you listen to Matt and Allison talk Deadpool's first mini-series Deadpool the Circle Chase. The Merc with the Mouth in his very own book? Can you even imagine? Deadpool the Circle Chase is Written by Fabian Nicieza, penciled by Joe Madurei…
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Happy Pride. Lots of X-Men books. Let's get into it! Credits and timecodes 20:27 X-Men #17 & 18 by Jed MacKay, Ryan Stegman, Marte Gracia, Emilio Laiso, Sean Parsons, Fer Sifuentes-Sujo Lettered by Vc's Clayton Cowles. 42:06 Giant Size X-Men Dark Phoenix Saga #1 by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, Steve Foxe, Rod Reis, Lucas Werneck, Lettered by V…
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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back with a spooky one where we learn the scariest things aren't the alien or monstrous, it's being the one person at a party who doesn't…
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Episode Notes Chris Hassan from AiPT's X-Men Monday joins us for a journey through the last 300 installments of his column and what folks were talking about for all that time. This episode also doubles as a weird history lesson on/therapy session what it was like to be a figure of minor notoriety in X-Men fandom for the last decade or so. Ranked Th…
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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! We're wrapping up our episodes on Avengers Academy. If you're keeping track this comic has now made Matt cry about Emplate, Blackheart, and Immortus. Avengers …
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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! We're back reading the incredible SFSX (pronounced Safe Sex) by Tina Horn. It's the most explicit thing we've ever read on the show, but it's also one of the m…
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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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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! We're back talking Avengers Academy! The stakes are higher, the villains are more sinister, and the kids are gayer than ever. Also Hazmat is here! I love that …
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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back to visit the Stonewall, introduce our boyfriends to our wives, and run circles around McCarthyism as we read Exit Stage Left: The Sn…
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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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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! We're talking one of the queerest comics published by Marvel, Avengers Academy by Anthony Oliveira! Thank goodness for Sheila or we'd have our X-Men podcast cr…
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This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Happy Pride! Absolute Mojoverse is back to slam dunk, make our robot dog pass out, and be devastatingly joyous and authentically ourselves as we read Galaxy: the Prettiest …
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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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Lots of X-Men books. RIP X-Factor Vol. 5 This month we are using each episode to raise money for the Transgender Law Center. If you would like to donate to our particular fundraiser you can do so on our Instagram page! Credits and timecodes 00:30 Weapon X-Men #4 by Joe Casey, Chris Cross, Mark Morales, Yen Nitro, lettered by Clayton Cowles 1:50 Chi…
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Remember how Mary Jane has superpowers now? While she and Peter are off-again, she has a team-up book with Spideys fwb, Black Cat. Also more Blood Hunt, more Mary Tyler Moorehawk! Will reading: Jackpot & Black Cat, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar vol 4: Retribution, Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt, Doctor Strange by Jed Mackay vol 3: Blood Hunt.…
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Absolute Mojoverse is back to shovel refuse, freeze the rich, and trick the devil himself as we read the Absolute Trinity. Each book has incredible guest art, Carmine Di Giandomenico for Absolute Superman, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente for Absolute Batman and Mattia De Iulis for Absolute Wonder Woman. For a publishing line with such iconoclastic…
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I don't care what they say about us anyway, we're here to read comic books! Will gets past all the vampires to continue three excellent runs on three flagship Marvel characters, and Steve cracks open a new and critically acclaimed graphic novel by Dave Baker. Will comics: Incredible Hulk vol 3: Soul Cages, Fantastic Four by Ryan North vol 4: Fortun…
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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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Escape the Mojoverse is back to talk the book Matt has been calling "Sabretooth: Dead and Loving it" for about half a year now! We get hyperviolent, conquer New York Gangs, and practice our thousand yard stare with this years delightfully anarchic Sabretooth: The Dead Don't Talk. Sabretooth: The Dead Don't Talk is written by Frank Tieri, art by Mic…
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We embrace the chaos this episode on Hype Is My Superpower, with Steve podcasting while sick and Will having read a whole dang crossover. Will read Blood Hunt and almost all the tie-in books. Steve finished reading the Ultimate books he was supposed to read for the last ep, and then blabs a bit about some Marvel Disney+ TV shows, like Secret Invasi…
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Absolute Mojoverse is back and we're All In on Harvey Dent. We head to the club to read lips, defend Victor Zsasz, and secretly plot escape from mind prison in Two Face Vol 1 by Christian Ward and Fábio Veras Two-Face 1-6 is written by Christian Ward, with art by Fábio Veras, colored by Ivan Plascencia, lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou with cover …
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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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This week the results from our very first fan poll as we read X-Men: The Trial of Magneto: a crossover that ties up loose threads of X-Factor, the book that introduces the Waiting Room, and Wanda trying to make up for the Decimation. Can the book hold the weight of all of that narrative pressure while still being fun and entertaining? Yes, more or …
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A two part mini?!? In this economy? It's the return of Also By! Our series where we read the other works of the current X-Men writers and artists! Don't remember that? Well we only did it the one time so far! We read Moon Knight (2021) by Jed Mackay and Alessandro Cappuccio. We talk Batcaves, Jed's insanely tight plotting, and how Marc is much hott…
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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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This week on the podcast we're talking NYX with superstar comics writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly "The Hive Mind" You're asking yourself, "didn't they JUST do an episode on NYX with the Hive Mind?" Well, this is about the first one! We talk gritty post 9/11 comics, writing teenagers, and the shocking comic introduction to Laura Kinney. NYX …
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Our creator crush, Jonathan Hickman, went and made a whole new dang universe: the latest incarnation of Marvel's Ultimate line. What were we going to do, not drool all over it? Will and Steve reading: Ultimate Invasion, Ultimate Spider-Man by Jonathan Hickman vol 1: Married with Children. Will solo reading: Ultimate Black Panther by Bryan Hill vol …
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Will comes roaring back from his winter break with ten graphic novels in the bag, but he's much more interested in Steve finally starting Immortal Hulk. Will comics: Venomverse Reborn, Edge of Spider-Verse: Spider Society, The Spectacular Spider-Men vol 1: Arachnobatics, Captain Marvel by Alyssa Wong vol 2: The Undone, Scarlet Witch vol 3: Scarlet …
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This week on the mini, it's Allison's turn to drag Matt kicking and screaming into the wonderful world of Webtoon as we read modern retelling of the Hades and Persephone Myth--Lore Olympus. We talk online 'shipping discourse, erotica vs romance tropes, and honestly one of the most wholesome things we've ever read. Art and Writing for Lore Olympus b…
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