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For every X-Men fan who’s wanted to get their partner into the conversation and every friend or family member who just doesn’t want to read the comics, welcome to “The X-Wife Podcast.” Justin’s wife Alicia has never read an X-Men comic and she plans to keep it that way… for now! Join as they dive in, break down and question Jonathan Hickman’s new vision of Marvel’s merry mutants on Krakoa. House of X, Powers of X, and the Dawn of X all kick off a story that’s billed as a perfect jumping-on point for new readers, but with more than 50 years of continuity that overwrites and contradicts itself, can there ever be a seamless start?
Episodes

Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
FotHoX #3, Wolverine #45 and Dead X-Men #3
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
Tuesday Mar 19, 2024
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!

Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
X-Men #32, Ms. Marvel #1, Ultimate X-Men #1 and Weapon X-Men #1
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
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!

Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
Tuesday Mar 05, 2024
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!

Monday Feb 26, 2024
Rise of the Powers of X #2 and X-Force #49
Monday Feb 26, 2024
Monday Feb 26, 2024
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!

Monday Feb 19, 2024
Fall of the House of X #2 and Wolverine #43
Monday Feb 19, 2024
Monday Feb 19, 2024
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!

Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
X-Men #31 and Madripoor Knights #1
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
Tuesday Feb 13, 2024
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!

Monday Feb 05, 2024
Dead X-Men #1 and Wolverine #42
Monday Feb 05, 2024
Monday Feb 05, 2024
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!

Monday Jan 29, 2024
Resurrection of Magneto #1 and X-Force#48
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Monday Jan 29, 2024
Everyone's coming back! I expected the blue guy but praise Tarn I had no idea what else Al had in store for us. A glimpse into the afterlife as Storm fights to free Max from his fate in a heavy dose of tarot knowledge. Plus Beast's infiltration sets off a response and we all have double vision. Oh my stars and garters...
New comics from January 24, we talk Resurrection of Magneto #1, X-Force #48 and X-Men Unlimited
01:05 News
11:03 Poll and General Questions
19:25 X-Men Unlimited
25:07 X-Force
59:40 Resurrection of Magneto
Thanks for listening to our twenty-seventh 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!

Sunday Jan 21, 2024
X-Men #30, Invincible Iron Man #14 and Cable #1
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
Sunday Jan 21, 2024
No love triangles here folks, everyone has this relationship thing figured out... kind of. Actually, 2/3 of the leading ladies don't have physical bodies and their guys are in pretty rough shape.
What the hell are you even talking about!? X-Men stuff...
New comics from January 17, we talk X-Men #30, Invincible Iron Man #14, Cable #1 and X-Men Unlimited
01:06 News
10:16 Poll and General Questions
22:16 X-Men Unlimited
25:12 Cable
44:20 Iron Man
1:03:57 X-Men
Thanks for listening to our twenty-sixth 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!

Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Rise of the Powers of X #1 - and Wolverine's Birthday!
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
Tuesday Jan 16, 2024
A double feature as we continue to kick off our last arc of Krakoan stories - I fight a tear every time we have to write it. RotPoX coming in from all different angles! A future team, a team beyond time, and that pesky Enigma showing his dumb face. Plus a ton of reactions from that last page! A birthday surprise for Logan starts the most violent Wolverine story ever told with the Sabreteeth setting up to strike. We talk Rise of the Powers of X #1, Wolverine #41 and X-Men Unlimited
01:49 News
12:44 Poll
14:09 X-Men Unlimited
21:03 Wolverine
48:25 FotHoX
Thanks for listening to our twenty-fifth 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!