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)

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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 logo design by Mikey Zee

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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 logo design by Mikey Zee

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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)

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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

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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

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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 #75 (King of the Hill!)
• X-Men Blue #23-28 (Cry Havok)

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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

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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 Of The Atom" the titular Adam lives a nightmare where his co-host continues to do the Borat voice decades after it stopped being funny. Ranked This Episode:

• X-Men v5 #6 (I Want My Wife Back)
• Wolverine #62-65 (Get Mystique)
• Dream's End

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