The X-Wife Podcast: An Introduction to X-Men Comics

KRAKOA! Oh wow what a ride, y'all. Twists, surprises, emotions, betrayals, confusion and more. It feels surreal. So ends the First Krakoan Age. The toys go back on the shelf and yet never the end. We talk X-Men #35 / Uncanny X-Men #700 Thanks for listening to our forty-five episode of Season 5! The LAST ISSUE OF KRAKOA. Emotional writing that. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Enigma! We catch up and close out the second week of Krakoa's goodbye tour as we get a match up of cosmic proportions. Phoenix is mutants, a development that hits with mixed reactions but ultimately makes sense for what they've been building to. Wolverine gets his last hoorah before bubsing off into the sunset, along with a goodbye tour of some notable Krakoan spots. Plus X-Men: The Wedding special showcasing a variety of LGBTQ characters and creators in a connected anthology centered around Destiny and Mystique's wedding. Love! New comics from May 29 we talk Rise of the Powers of X #5, Wolverine #50 and X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 01:18 News 04:09 Data is Beautiful 06:45 Personal News, Poll and General Questions 17:45 X-Men: The Wedding Special 35:00 Wolverine 01:00:28 RotPoX Thanks for listening to our forty-fourth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Now that the Externals have been handled, we took a trip up to X-Corp Island and caught up with series artist Phillip Sevy! Phillip worked on some of our favorite arcs of this series including this finale, but also the Feral and Marrow story in Madripoor. We talk about Phillip's wide spanning career in comics as an artist and writer, the differences and opportunities in the digital comics space and more! Thanks for listening to our forty-third episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Nimrod! We close out our first section of the books this week as we prepare to say goodbye to Krakoa. Fall of the House of X sees the mutants taking a stand for what they want in this world - at this point in time... PLUS we get a flashback to the 90's with the continuing X-Men 97 comic. And the always spectacular X-Men Unlimited arc continues to deliver. Ready for that one on one fight!! New comics from May 22 we talk Fall of the House of X #5 and X-Men 97 #3 01:01 News 12:07 Personal News and General Questions 19:51 X-Men Unlimited 26:23 X-Men 97 35:10 FotHoX Thanks for listening to our forty-second episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Moms and dads man, what a trip. We need a family counselor in the Marvel universe STAT! We're getting non-Krakoan heavy as our books start to wind down. X-Men Forever closes out the Immortal X-Men story with some interesting Phoenix developments. Ms Marvel has a romantic encounter amidst all the violence. Ultimate X-Men continues to delight, albeit at a slower pace than some would prefer. Weapon X-Men and Wolverine Madripoor Knights are comics and we read them... X-Men Unlimited! The unsung hero of the Fall of X. Simply joyful. New comics from May 15, we talk X-Men Forever #4, Ms Marvel #3, Ultimate X-Men #3, Weapon X-Men #4 and Wolverine Madripoor Knights #4 01:15 News 06:27 Personal News 09:05 Polls and General Questions 18:02 X-Men Unlimited 23:02 Madripoor Knights 29:12 Weapon X-Men 42:14 Ultimate X-Men 56:06 Ms Marvel 1:09:52 X-Men Forever Thanks for listening to our forty-first episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

That fire chicken is really seeding their way into the narrative as things HEAT UP in X-Men Forever. Hope's past, present and future are in question - I can barely wait to find out what happens! Wolverine is gearing up for the final battle as character threads get tended to and set up. Giant Size X-Men gives us a unique Angel story that challenges his vision of himself as a hero. Plus the X-Corp have waves of plans! This is only step one!! New comics from May 8, we talk X-Men Forever #3, Wolverine #49 and Giant Size X-Men 01:49 News 12:05 Data is Beautiful 14:48 Personal News 16:16 Polls and General Questions 21:46 X-Men Unlimited 24:40 Giant Size X-Men 37:46 Wolverine 53:31 X-Men Forever Thanks for listening to our forty-first episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The end feels like it's closer than ever. We're one month away until last call at The Green Lagoon. As mutants take their last stand, some aren't given the ending we thought they were working for. Some get to team up with otherwise known enemies. And some continue to fight themselves into side quest shenanigans. But we've got Wolverine! In more books than you know what to do with, in more ways than you ever thought possible. Never the end... New comics from May 1, we talk X-Men #34, Invincible Iron Man #18, Cable #4 and a couple of Bubs' Books 01:37 News 08:48 Personal News 12:17 Polls and General Questions 23:09 X-Men Unlimited 27:58 FCBD Issue 32:39 Deadpool & Wolverine 38:55 Weapon X-Men 47:14 Cable 52:48 Invincible Iron Man 1:07:19 X-Men Thanks for listening to our fortieth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

The issue numbers are getting higher, the stories are starting to wrap and we're just trying to keep up with the concepts! Holy high brow sci-fi y'all! Some much needed exposition on how we got where we are, but still a lot how and why questions on the table. Do we think the Sentinels actually trust this dude? Because nobody else does. We take things a little slower in this issue of Wolverine as the finale comes in hot. What do you think about that suit of armor? How's he even doing that? Plus the Avengers kick robot but and it's simply beautiful. We talk the Wolverine Legends story from way back when and of course everyone's favorite scroller, X-Men Unlimited! New comics from April 24, we talk Fall of the House of X #4, Dead X-Men #4 and X-Men Unlimited 01:19 News 09:54 Personal News 14:07 Poll and General Questions 26:26 X-Men Unlimited 30:30 Wolverine: Madripoor Knights 34:16 Avengers 41:01 Wolverine 53:50 RotPoX 1:21:31 X-Men Forever Thanks for listening to our thirty ninth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Woah Charles... umm... you good? Feels like the Professor has gone off the rails and is trying a page from someone else's book. We don't know where he got it from, but it is NOT on brand with the rest of the X-Men! The Fall out continues as Apocalypse does some self-care work with Krakoa. Over on the Dead X-Men's journey, they stand up for the dream, for the reality, for the right to live their lives. It's interesting to see the students stand up for a dream that seems to have been lost by its dreamer. On X-Men Unlimited the X-Corps team are killing it! And they're ready to be done with this External nonsense. New comics from April 17, we talk Fall of the House of X #4, Dead X-Men #4 and X-Men Unlimited 01:06 News 06:53 Personal News 10:02 Poll and General Questions 14:56 X-Men Unlimited 19:21 Dead X-Men 46:11 FotHoX Thanks for listening to our thirty eighth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

We took a page out of Magneto's book and recorded our way - which basically means a smash and grab catch up to plow through 7 (!?) books. A stack of four Fall of X books - I use that term loosely, Ms Marvel - as we highlight the fight from various standpoints. Magneto has entered the chat and Orchis doesn't know how to deal. The Wolverine and Sabretooth matchup meets a breaking point on two fronts for male and female users of the names. Ms. Marvel takes things to the EXTREME with Mojo and Lila in space. And good old Tony wrestling with his demons and trusting the enemy. Plus we do a full sweep of our X-tra X-Men books with '97, Weapon and Ultimate. New comics from April 10, we talk Resurrection of Magneto #4, Wolverine #47, Ms Marvel #2, Iron Man #17, Weapon X-Men #2, Ultimate X-Men #2, X-Men '97 #2 and X-Men Unlimited - PHEW! 01:56 News 07:27 Data is Beautiful 09:06 Personal News 10:11 Poll and General Questions 13:53 X-Men Unlimited 16:07 X-Men ’97 21:41 Ultimate X-Men 29:39 Weapon X-Men 41:22 Invincible Iron Man 49:52 Ms. Marvel Mutant Menace 56:33 Wolverine 1:05:36 Resurrection of Magneto Thanks for listening to our thirty seventh episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Take the fight to Orchis! It seems like everyone got the memo this week (Cable callback) and is bringing the fight to Orchis' door. Except the opponents are throwing it right back as they respond to the top brass of team books with even more robotic muscle. A Tale of Two Cities! New comics from April 3, we talk X-Men #33, The Avengers #12 and X-Men Unlimited 00:55 News 04:09 Personal News 08:47 Poll and General Questions 18:51 X-Men Unlimited 25:04 The Avengers 43:06 X-Men Thanks for listening to our thirty sixth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

THE PLAN HAS CHANGED! Charles goes rogue and it's not giving sugah. RotPoX continues to delight, confuse and build up the tapestry of timelines. Wolverine delivers again as Sabretooth makes moves on his big plan. X-Force... ah man. I wanted more and maybe that's on me? Cable delivers our favorite issue of the mini and thinks get thrown in a time warp as we catch up with the X-Men '97 crew. PLUS X-Corp Island is under attack!?! New comics from March 27, we talk Rise of the Powers of X, Wolverine #46, X-Force #50, Cable #3, X-Men '97 #1 and X-Men Unlimited 02:06 News 04:30 Personal News 07:08 Poll and General Questions 11:32 X-Men Unlimited 15:06 X-Men ’97 23:13 Cable 36:58 X-Force 54:10 Wolverine 01:11:43 RotPoX Thanks for listening to our thirty fifth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Death and resurrection! A combination of two sides of our Fall of X coin with a new introduction as Immortal X-Men's spiritual successor continues. Tony makes a splash on the Australian Outback and Wolverine tears things up in Madripoor. Plus a Madrox dupe lands himself in a sticky situation. New comics from March 20, we talk X-Men Forever #1, Resurrection of Magneto #3, Invincible Iron Man #16, Madripoor Knights #2 and X-Men Unlimited 01:40 News 09:10 Personal News 17:08 Poll and General Questions 31:56 X-Men Unlimited 38:03 Madripoor Knights 45:09 Invincible Iron Man 01:02:02 Resurrection of Magneto 01:25:47 X-Men Forever Thanks for listening to our thirty fourth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Standoffs and manipulations as some villains step up their plan and others fade away into Wiki mentions. FotHoX takes the book of the week as we set up this final confrontation with the mutants against humans (all while the real villain lurks in the background). Wolverine takes a number of plot threads forward as Sabretooth makes his move on the lovable runt. And the Dead X-Men are on a hack and slash tour through Moira's many lives - with surprise X-Men along the way. Plus X-Men Unlimited spills the details on an upcoming ritual for Selene! New comics from March 13, we talk Fall of the House of X #3, Wolverine #45, Dead X-Men #3 and X-Men Unlimited 01:04 News 13:11 Poll and General Questions 22:29 X-Men Unlimited 27:40 Dead X-Men 47:07 Wolverine 01:03:03 FotHoX Thanks for listening to our thirty fourth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

A whiplash of new and old as we scramble to upload while traveling. It's an on the road episode! We've got some new directions forward but not in the traditional 616 way of doing things. Weapon X-Men? More like Jane and the Wolverines. Ultimate X-Men was a beautiful fever dream of a new take. Ms. Marvel continues her story from her last mini as the X ladies team up to take down the fascists. New comics from March 6, we talk X-Men #32, Ms. Marvel #1, Ultimate X-Men #1, Weapon X-Men #1 and X-Men Unlimited 01:54 News 13:19 Data is Beautiful 15:17 Personal News 18:32 Polls and General Questions 31:32 X-Men Unlimited 37:11 Weapon X-Men 51:30 Ultimate X-Men 01:07:53 Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace 01:23:24 X-Men Thanks for listening to our thirty third episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

A whole slew of comics coming in a few days later than we aim for. Dealing with death - or not - the X-Men story. Magneto is suffering as Storm arrives to help him through his mental anguish. Wolverine's ability to deal with death comes into question as he deals with the living much more easily (surprise he stabs them). The Dead X-Men now have a whole new Moira problem of their own creation and we get DEEP in on the logistics of their time travel impacts. Iron Man makes a bigger Iron Man and the Cables are off doing their own thing. Some fallout in X-Men Unlimited as the Externals get restless. New comics from February 28, we talk Resurrection of Magneto #2, Wolverine #44, Dead X-Men #2, Iron Man #15, Cable #2 and X-Men Unlimited 01:22 News 11:09 Poll and General Questions 15:32 X-Men Unlimited 18:29 Cable 29:23 Invincible Iron Man 44:38 Dead X-Men 01:15:56 Wolverine 01:35:34 Resurrection of Magneto Thanks for listening to our thirty second episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Brain explosions outside time and space! Trying to make sense of it all as we read through it and BOOM another twist. What's your name for the new Doug? And over in X-Force, the team is taking a no nonsense approach to our new bouncing blue friend as his other brews something big beneath the surface. Plus in X-Men Unlimited we get a standoff battle with a side of poetic depression. New comics from February 21, we talk Rise of the Powers of X #2, X-Force #49 and X-Men Unlimited 01:04 News 10:06  X-Men Unlimited 17:58 X-Force 38:40 Rise of the Powers of X Thanks for listening to our thirty first episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Jaw dropping comics! Violence and retaliation abound as everyone hates Victor Creed. Watch out as we welcome back, the Exiles! Plus the new Master of Magnetism takes center stage with her Brood army as we fight our way through Orchis agents. Everyone's going through it here folks. In Unlimited, our newly formed trio takes the mission to free captive mutants but is stopped by Selene's reluctant minions. New comics from February 14, we talk Fall of the House of X #2, Wolverine #43 and X-Men Unlimited 01:18 News 16:18 Personal News, Poll and General Questions 25:50  X-Men Unlimited 31:07 Wolverine 01:00:18 Fall of the House of X Thanks for listening to our thirtieth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

Alicia titles the audio files when she sends them over to be edited and she's calling it a filler week folks and I think many agree. Not to say the loss felt wasn't real - and when you think about it isn't Talon the original Laura Kinney? Had she been resurrected? Okay, now I'm tearing up about it all as I type this... resurrection is tricky y'all!! And Wolverine's doing something in Madripoor, it's actually pretty fun. Ok, I just said that to Alicia about Laura and it hit her like WOAH! New comics from February 7, we talk X-Men #31, Wolverine Madripoor Knights #1 and X-Men Unlimited 01:21 News 15:54 Data, Polls and General Questions 24:08  X-Men Unlimited 27:00 Wolverine Madripoor Knights 36:44 X-Men Thanks for listening to our twenty-ninth episode of Season 5! We've maybe stopped falling? There's some rise and resurrection happening, but it still doesn't look great. Fighting through? Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!

We're talking dead X-Men and Dead X-Men as the office serves up a double dose of death and destruction. Our X-Men Vote team are hopping through the timelines with help from our fiery favorite! Some questions about that material at the end though... Over at the Greenhouse as the walls get repainted red thanks to the Sabreteeth Army. New developments and a push of desperation from Logan. New comics from January 31, we talk Dead X-Men #1, Wolverine #42 and X-Men Unlimited 00:58 News 11:12 Poll and General Questions 20:49  X-Men Unlimited 27:24 Wolverine 54:09 Dead X-Men Thanks for listening to our twenty-eighth episode of Season 5! We're off into the Fall and damn it's not off to a great start for our merry mutants. Like, subscribe, follow, email, and @ us all over the internet at thexwifepodcast. If you enjoyed the episode, leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and tell your friends!