Best Zachary Jenkins Podcasts (2025)

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Ep.407 - Turning Japanese 1:06:28

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Episode Notes The Editor in Chief of Marvel Comics once did an elaborate deception, pretending to be a Japanese Manga writer named Akira Yoshida, in order to skirt internal rules and write some of the biggest weeb comics in Marvel's history. Everyone involved still gets mad when you bring it up because the consequence was more or less the dude taki…

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Ep.406 - I Know You Planned It 1:08:29

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Episode Notes We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever happen to the Twin Towers. Ranked This Episode: X-Force #3-4, Spider-Man #16 (Sabotage) Uncanny X-Men #189 (Two Girls Out To Have Fun) Marvel Graphic Novel #17 (Revenge of the Living Monolith) Check out …

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𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐨 26:02

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Ep.405 - Unbreakable 58:30

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Episode Notes I wonder what M. Night Shyamalan thought about the X-Men character Marrow. I have to assume he knows about her. Perhaps he has thoughts.Ranked This Episode: X-Force vol 4 #1-6 (Dirty/Tricks) Spider-Man/Marrow #1 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic 75-79 (Unbreakable) Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List! New content every w…

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Ep.404 - Zxazx Attack 1:04:18

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Episode Notes Sometimes, we wonder if we should change the podcast to be something more palatable to general audiences. But listen, if the X-Men have taught us anything, it's to be weird little freaks, so we are going to continue to do an X-Men podcast that is increasingly about things you wouldn't normally get in an X-Men podcast. Ranked This Epis…

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Ep.403 - Don't Bow To The Mouse 1:04:37

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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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Lean Thinking & American Manufacturing – Lessons from Polo’s Tim Jenkins 25:05

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Ep.402 - Daddy's Home. 59:07

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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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Ep.401 - Clown Agnostic 55:49

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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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Ep.400 - Ranknarök Returns 1:43:28

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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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Ep.399 - Krakoa Cops 1:01:20

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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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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰/ 𝐍𝐉𝐌𝐄𝐏 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 30:36

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Ep.398 - The Mane 1:06:49

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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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Ep.397 - X-Men Monday Morning Quarterback with Chris Hassan 1:25:55

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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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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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𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞... 𝐎𝐡 𝐌𝐲! 25:26

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By Sean Frost

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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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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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Beyond Machines: Creating Meaning in Manufacturing 45:42

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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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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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𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐨'𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 39:20

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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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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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“𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐈𝐧” 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐨! 36:47

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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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Leadership, Life Lessons & Success: Kent Lammers’ Impactful Wisdom: Episode 21 48:14

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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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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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HR Strategies in Manufacturing (w/ Brian White) 46:49

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In this episode, we welcome Brian White, the new VP of HR and Corporate Strategy at Polo Custom Products. Brian shares his unique insights into how HR can foster innovation and contribute to the manufacturing industry. Discussing his background, Brian highlights his passion as an HR professional and the pride he has observed in Polo’s employees. We…

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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…