Episode 1: The Dawn of the X-Club (An X-Men Book Club Podcast)

Welcome to The X-Club, an X-Men book club podcast! Join us as we dig through the history of Marvel’s Merry Mutants, one story arc at a time. For our first episode, we are looking back at 2010’s Uncanny X-Force by Rick Remender and Jerome Opena. We’ll be covering issues 1 through 10 as we build up to the Dark Angel Saga.

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Episode 115: The Krakoa Awards

Well, here it is, folks. The final Dawn of X podcast! To wrap up this incredible, albeit wild, journey, Nick and Josh hand out their Krakoa Era Awards. Join us as we pick the best moments, titles, and characters from the last 5 years of X-Men comics! Stay til the end and learn more about our new podcast coming soon. That’s right! We’re not going anywhere…it’s rebrand time, buttercups!

Sincerely, thank you for listening to us ramble about comics and the X-Men for these last 5 years. We cannot tell you how much we appreciate your support and your camaraderie. Looking forward to the next journey with you all!

Episode 113: X-Men 97

Before we go gently into that goodnight, we take one last look back at X-Men 97. Join us as we dive into the second half of the season and cover the Shi’ar, Storm’s “new” look, Summers family drama, and Nightcrawler always knowing what to say.

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Episode 111: The End is the Beginning is the End

The penultimate episode before the Fall of Krakoa is here! The story that kicked off our podcast FIVE years ago is almost over…but before the collapse we dive deep into some crazy Phoenix lore, learn about Hope’s birth, roll our eyes at Nimrod, and I guess check in with Cable? Buckle up, buttercups!

Issues Covered:

X-Men Forever 3 - 4

Fall of the House of X 5

Cable 4

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Episode 110: Yeah, Bitch. Magnets!

We’re back! In this episode, we tackle some X-Men comic news, lament the coming end of Krakoa, and head into the afterlife to visit Magneto. Only TWO episodes left before the End of Krakoa…

Issues Covered:

Resurrection of Magneto 1-4

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Episode 109: Falling Faster

We’re rapidly approaching the end of the Krakoa Era and we mean RAPIDLY. In this episode, we jump back into the main storyline to find all of the X-Men trying to kill Charles…basically. Things are happening really quickly, y’all and we’re just trying to hold on.

Issues Covered:

Fall of the House of X 4

Rise of the Powers of X 4

X-Men Forever 2

X-Men 34

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Episode 107: Peter Hickman

So, we’re back. This time, we hit record! That’s right, Nick and Josh are back after “recording” an epic episode about the Maddie and Genosha episodes of X-Men 97 to cover some average comics! Join us this week as we react to the the Deadpool and Wolverine trailer, continue the Fall of the House of X, and welcome the first installment of Nick’s Ultimate Corner.

Issues Covered:

Fall of the House of X 3

X-Men Forever 1

Spoilers for the Ultimate books

Episode 105: Gambit on My Mind

This week, we’re reviewing the first two episodes of the brand-new X-Men 97 animated series and we are LIVING! Cyclops is cool, Gambit is sexy, all the X-Men are horny…all is right in the X-World! So, brush off those haters and let’s dive in!

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Episode 104: We're Uncanny Again

Welcome back! In this episode, we breakdown the latest X-Men news from SXSW. Yes, we also dive into Twitter’s reactions. After that, we finally get to the Fall of the House of X! Buckle up, buttercups, it’s going to be a bumpy ride!

Issues covered:

Fall of the House of X #1

Rise of the Powers of X #1

Episode 101: A Dominion By Any Other Name

With the Phoenix definitely behind us, we can finally turn our attention to The Fall of X and…the Phoenix still?? That’s right, we’re catching up on the Fall of X in this week’s episode and covering Immortal X-Men, the Jean Grey mini, and Uncanny Avengers.

Issues Covered:
Immortal X-Men 16-18

Jean Grey: 2-4

Uncanny Avengers: 2-5

Episode 100.5: The Phoenix Five

After a long delay, we’re back to FINALLY wrap up our Phoenix Spectacular. After tackling the profound and game-changing comics, we now turn our attention to the X-Men movies. That’s right, we’re talking about X-Men 3: The Last Stand and X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga. Two pillars of cinema. Enjoy!

Episode 100.3: Script Notes for Claremont

We’re back with part 3 of our Phoenix Saga Spectacular! In today’s episode, we tackle issues 129 - 133, and things are heating up! We meet Kitty and Dazzler, Wolverine becomes a major badass, the X-Men get super horny, and also some racism. So, buckle up, buttercups because the Dark Phoenix Saga is now in full gear!