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X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast

Author: Nico J Vasilo

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Do you wanna know all about ongoing comics from Marvel and more? Join Nico, TK, Kevo, & the rest of the Action Pack as they discuss the big moments, fill in the missing pieces, examine the characters, and more. Each week on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and more, the team breakdown the many books on multiple platforms. Whether it’s X-Men, Daredevil, Avengers, Miracleman, Darkwing Duck, Sandman, or anyone else from the Marvel U and beyond — the Action Pack has you covered with insight, in-depth analysis, keen perspectives, and lot’s of loud fun.

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Nico & TK are back with X-Men news, reviews, & more! First kick things off with the team covering every upcoming X-Men Omnibus & Epic Collection on the schedule – from multiple volumes of the Krakoan Age to All New Wolverine, back to Onslaught, and even the long awaited X-Men Omnibus Vol 6 and Generation X Epic Collection: Counter X! Then, the guys look at their week of reading including the wild and movie-centric X-Men: Forever by Nicieza featuring Phoenix, Iceman, Juggernaut, Mystique, and Toad before turning to the Revolution titles Cable #79 - 86 (featuring the return of Rachel Summers!) & Gambit #20 - 22 (including an appearance from The Neo)! It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics!
It’s time for a bonus episode! Getting excited for the upcoming Marvel Maximum Collection featuring rereleases of some of the most famous X-Men games ever, Nico takes a walk down memory lane and breaks down all of the X-Men’s video games before their sudden disappearance from the gamingverse. From there, there’s TV, movies, and books before taking a look at the forgotten X-Men: The Hellfire Club miniseries from the Revolution era. Read along with X-Men: The Hellfire Club #1  4! It’s games, media, and cults on an all new X Is For Comics Bonus Episode!
It’s here and gone in a flash! The Revolution era is barreling towards its conclusion – starting with Counter X! First up, Nico & TK talk about major X-Men news, including Maddie & Pixie joining Marvel’s mobile game, Contest Of Champions as well as the loss of X-Men artist Jacopo Camagni. After that, the team switches over to the titles, kicking things off by saying goodbye to X-Force, which follows the bizarre bodyhorror story all the way to the end. Then, see the Gen X kids off with the school closing for good and the students moving on, before following what is the most interesting X-Man story - which comes just in time to end the series?! Read along with X-Force 110 - 115, Generation X 71 - 75, X-Man 67 - 75 - it’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics!
Nico & TK are back at it and they’re talking all things X! Kick things off with a talk about the upcoming Wolverine PS5 game – which finally has a release date. The team talks origin boxes, the Ultimate Rebirth, and new Wonder Man before turning to this episode’s run of X-Titles. Check out a dark magic anniversary adventure in X-Men: Black Sun, an assassination game in Gambit, & a war between clans in Wolverine. Read along with X-Men: Black Sun 1 - 5, Gambit 16 - 19 & Annual 2000, and Wolverine 150 - 153!
The Revolution continues! Nico & TK look at the other titles that dominate the Revolution era of X-Men by looking at all the “kid” teams – a look at the paramilitary turned spy crew of X-Force, the school-turned-X-Men team of Generation, and the excellent redefinition of X-Man. The pair do not agree across the board and raise complicated questions about the evolution of the line within itself – if the main line goes back to an evolved form of itself, what happens to the books about “othering?” The X-Titles will never be the same! Read along with X-Force 102 - 109, Generation X 63 - 70, X-Man 63 - 66 - it’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics!
Chris Claremont finally returns to the X-Men – but first he took runs on The Fantastic Four, Contest Of Champions II, & even a Spider-Man annual! Prepare for the debut of the modern age of Valeria Richards, the reintroduction of the Capt Britain Corps & Gatecrasher’s Technet, and more X-Men tie-ins and references than you can believe. Before he changes X-Men again, he brings the X-Men’s world to the Marvel Universe with appearances from Charlotte Jones, the Acolytes, Roma, Saturnyne, Project Starcore, Neal Conan & Manoli Wetherell, plus a ton more. Read along with Fantastic Four (vol 3) #1 - 32 plus Annuals 1999 & 2000, Fantastic Four: The Fantastic Fourth Voyage Of Sinbad, Iron Man #14, Contest of Champions II #1 -5, and Peter Parker: Spider-Man Annual 2000! It’s an all out X Adventure in the pages of F4 on an all new X Is For Comics Bonus Episode!
Let the Revolution begin! The X-Men transform after the six month gap with all new villains like The Neo, the Goth, the Lost Souls, and more! Join Jean as she becomes Phoenix, Cable, Storm Kitty, Colossus, Gambit, Beast, the new Thunderbird, Psylocke, Rogue, Dani Moonstar, Cecelia Reyes, Nightcrawler – EVERYONE’S HERE! The X-Men go international, into space, and battle the darkest villain they’ve met – including Tullamore Voge, Lady Deathstrike, Stryfe, & the worst-of-the-worst, as Claremont returns and begins to set up over 15 years of stories! Read along with X-Men 100 - 106 & Annual 2000, The Uncanny X-Men 381 - 386, X-Men Unlimited 27 - 28, & Magneto: Dark Seduction 1 - 4 – it’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
Chris Claremont finally returns to the X-Men – but of course, nothing is ever that simple! The X-Men legend finished up a Fantastic Four run as he took back over the merry mutants – and of course, there’s characters that appear in his F4 run that make it into the X-Men! The Heroes Reborn universe set up Claremont’s run, and features work by CC himself, so strap in as Nico dives in deep and explains Fantastic Four (vol 2) #1 - 13, Avengers (vol 2) #4 - 6 & 12 - 13, Captain America (vol 2) #6 & 12 - 13, Iron Man #6 & 12 - 13, Heroes Reborn: The Return #1 - 4, & Heroes Reborn: Doomsday, Ashema, Masters Of Evil, Young Allies, Rebel, Remnants, & Doom – all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics!
Nico & TK take a break from the X-Men Revolution and the road to New X-Men with news, updates, and more on all your favorite Marvel projects! The team talk the Daredevil: Born Again season 2 preview, a first look at Wonder Man, the Youtube/theatrical Doomsday stories, and MCU X-Men Predictions! Then, the duo consider the passing of Sal Buscema and the legacy of dynastic creators before taking a critical look at Age Of Revelation, tracing threads through previous crossovers – before checking out upcoming events like Ultimate Universe Reborn & Armageddon, as well as the Marvel/DC Crossover series continuing with Spider-Man & Superman! It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
It all ends here! The Age Of Apocalypse was meant to end here and never come back – the visceral and bloody battles rage on every playing field – and the final struggle between Magneto & Apocalypse hits a VIOLENT end. Prepare for the four crossover characters to make it to the main Marvel Universe; the collapse of the mutant empire; the start of Onslaught; and X-Man’s NEXT return to the world of the Age Of Apoc. Join the team as they react to the Age Of Apocalypse Epic Book Four featuring Generation Next 4, X-Calibre 4, X-Man 4 (plus 53 - 54), Factor X 4, Gambit & The X-Ternals 4, Amazing X-Men 4, Weapon X 4, X-Universe 2, X-Men Omega, & X-Men: Prime! It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
It’s another bonus episode! Join Nico as he covers the time travel and flashback stories that took place around The Twelve! Join the X-Men as Colossus journeys back to Russia with Wolverine & Kurt; discover the origin of Wolverine & Cable’s grudge; experience what could be the missing chapter of the Cross-Time Caper with Kitty & Ray; head to the end of time with the power of the Phoenix to battle Apocalypse; and then team up with Daredevil before moving through history with Gambit & Mister Sinister to challenge everything you know about the Thieves & Assassins Guilds! Nico covers X-Men: Liberators #1 - 4, Wolverine/Cable: Guts ‘N Glory, X-Men: True Friends #1 - 3, X-Men: Phoenix #1 - 3, & Gambit (v3) #10 - 15! – it’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
One of the biggest X-Men crossovers ever, more than a decade in the making – Apocalypse: The Twelve! To this day, the events of Apoc: The Twelve continue to affect the characters, canon, and conflicts of the X-Men, whether it’s the introduction of scientific magic into En Sabah Nur’s narrative, Scott Summer’s descent into madness, or the permanent changes to X-Man; then journey to the Ages of Apocalypse – a series of timelines like none before them; and lastly, journey to the Revolution with X-Men: Powerless! Read along with a look at Apocalypse: The Twelve, Ages Of Apocalypse, & X-Men: Powerless featuring featuring The Uncanny X-Men 376 - 380, Cable 73 - 78, X-Men 96 - 99, Wolverine 146 - 149, X-Men Unlimited 26, X-Man #59 - 60, X-51: The Machine Man #7, & The Uncanny X-Men Annual '99. It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
Journey to Earth 1298 – the home of the deadly, dangerous MUTANT X! Nico gives a complete summary and review of the series, a manic and wild ride through Alex Summers’s and the X-Men’s history through a tortured, twisted lens! Alex is stranded in another universe, in another Havok’s body, and meets his version of X-Factor – THE SIX, featuring Iceman, Bloodstorm (Ororo Munroe), The Fallen (Warren Worthington III), The Brute (Hank McCoy), & Marvel Woman (Maddie Pryor)!? Join them as they battle the Goblin Queen, Onslaught, Dracula, & more on a crazy, unforgettable AU adventure! Check out X-Factor #149, Mutant X #1 - 32, & Mutant X Annuals 1999, 2000, & 2001 – it’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
The X-Men’s darkest days (so far) continue in The Age Of Apocalypse! The truth about Mystique comes out in the pages of X-Calibre; the Astonishing & Amazing X-Men continue to work to save Charlie and bring down the dystopia of Apocalypse; Gen Next works to save Illyana but at what cost; the X-Man saga continues to pull Nate in multiple directions; Factor X takes a shocking turn with brother on brother; Weapon X & Gambit both reveal traitors; & X-Universe paints a bleak picture for humanity. Follow our penultimate AoA episode with Age Of Apocalypse Epic Book Three featuring X-Calibre 2 - 3, Astonishing X-Men 2 - 4, Generation Next 2 - 3, X-Man 2 - 3, Factor X 3, Amazing X-Men 3, Weapon X 3, Gambit & The X-Ternals 3, & X-Universe 1. It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
The X-Men didn’t just Shatter — they set the stage for one of the darkest moments in mutant history! But it wasn’t just the team titles that got them there. The solo X-titles led to the personal disasters and traumas that brought the X-Men to their knees before Apocalypse. Join Nico for another solo bonus including the issues of Gambit, Cable, & Wolverine leading to their issues of X-Men: The Shattering, and the Bishop stories that take him out of the X-Men (and this century) before his brief return in The Twelve! Check out Gambit #1 - 7 & Annual ‘99, Bishop: The Last X-Men #1 - 14, Wolverine #133 - 149, & Cable #44 - 78. It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
The X-Men are falling apart! On the road to the now legendary Apocalypse: The Twelve, the X-Men find themselves shattered – their lives come apart in ways they never expected: Scott, Logan, & Jean team up with Warren, Cable & X-Man to close out the nanites storyline; Bishop & Deathbird get up to time hijinks; Gambit revisits his past; Mystique tests Rogue and Kitty over Destiny’s Diaries; Alex & Lorna return (sorta); Marrow comes up against Pitor & Mikhail Rasputin; and then it’s time for the autopsy revealing that ***** is the new Death and has been replaced by a ******?! Prepare for the end days with X-Men: The Shattering featuring The Uncanny X-Men 372 - 375, X-Men 92 - 95, The Astonishing X-Men 1 - 3, X-Men Unlimited 025, Wolverine 145, & Gambit 8 - 9. It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
As the team goes hard on 90s X-Men, it’s time to dive deeper into the sidestories, the spinoffs, and more! Introduced in Uncanny X-Men #371, X-Men #91, & X-Men Annual 1999 (plus the pages of Joe Casey’s Cable), the M-Tech line featured major tech characters, like Warlock & X-51, plus appearances from the X-Men, Brotherhood, Hellfire Club, and more! Join Nico as he takes a look at all of the issues of M-Tech (after our coverage of the debut arc last episode!), the short-lived Marvel line featuring X-51 #0 - 12, Deathlok #1 - 11, and Warlock #1 - 9! It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
The Age Of Apocalypse kicks into gear! Nico & TK continue their detour into the most famous X-Men AU of all time as the official titles of one of the most memorable runs of the 90s launch hard! Join the team as they explore the titles through the Epic Collection Books, putting the narrative in continuity order – Book Two features X-Men Alpha 1, Generation Next 1, Astonishing X-Men 1, X-Calibre 1, Gambit & The X-Ternals 1 - 2, Weapon X 1 - 2, Amazing X-Men 1 - 2, Factor X 1 - 2, & X-Man 1. It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
Magneto is back and he’s ready to ruin the X-Men’s day. The lead-up to New X-Men continues to gain steam as Alan Davis’s legendary-for-The-Twelve run kicks off and sees the return of MAJOR villains like Magneto – and soon Apocalypse. These moments set the stage for the future of X-Men as we know it, and the major relations of significant characters continue to grow – Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Kitty, Gambit, & Rogue – plus more minor characters like Marrow. Join the team as they read late ‘98 into mid ‘99 and even picks up on the threads of classic Excalibur and more. Read along with Uncanny X-Men 366 - 371, X-Men 85 - 91, The Magneto War 1, Magneto Rex 1 - 3, Unlimited 23 - 24, & X-Men Annual 1999 Then, start The Hunt For Xavier, a six-part arc running through Uncanny X-Men 362-364 & X-Men 82-84 (42:10), which reintroduces The Brotherhood, repowers Xavier, and delivers a powerful new villain in…CEREBRO!? Finish things off (58:15) with X-Men & Doctor Doom Annual 1998 (featuring a shocking Onslaught reveal), Unlimited 22 (an early Brian K Vaughn tale), and Uncanny X-Men 365 (a Colossus/Magik holiday ghost story).
Get ready for the Age Of Apocalypse! Nico & TK take a detour into the most famous X-Men AU of all time featuring (mostly only slightly) twisted versions of your favorite characters, the triumph of Apocalypse, and the redemption of Magneto! Join the team as they explore the titles through the Epic Collection Books, putting the narrative in continuity order – Book One features X-Men Chronicles 1 - 2, X-Man #-1 & Annual '96, Tales from The Age of Apocalypse: By the Light, Tales from The Age of Apocalypse: Sinister Bloodlines, & Blink 1 - 4. It’s all this and more on an all new X Is For Comics: An X-Men Podcast!
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