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

It's a big one today folks as we come back from a bit of a holiday break and catch up on a stack of eight books. Feels like we get an update from almost all of our books, especially with five of our solos! Uncanny takes the cake for book of the week(s) but plenty of strong content all around. Our digital comic From the Ashes ends strong with a roller coaster of emotions.

01:30 News
06:25 Personal News
09:45 Polls and General Questions
20:26 From the Ashes
25:15 Wolverine
38:22 Phoenix
51:24 Sentinels
01:04:29 Storm
01:17:04 Exceptional X-Men
01:33:12 Mystique
01:41:57 Dazzler
01:51:03 Uncanny X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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 stack of books making up last week's pull as we kick off another new solo! Psylocke draws her blades and fights through new threats on her own. Will this alter her relationship with the X-Men's title? The NYX team organizes to fight Empath's manipulations, closing out our first thread. The battles have been brewing in Uncanny and we see everyone go off! Plus we wrap up our Venom War mini series and further the fallout of #meatcase in Ultimate X-Men.

01:04 News
08:20 Personal News
13:09 Polls and General Questions
15:03 From the Ashes
18:49 Venom War Wolverine
28:40 Ultimate X-Men
45:36 Psylocke
1:02:18 NYX
1:21:15 Uncanny X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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!

Catch up on last week's comics with us as we talk through the big X titles of the week! X-Men serves up some details about The Iron Night, showing how Cyclops and Magneto came together to form the basis of this new team. X-Factor saves some scientists as Cecelia works through her relationship problems. And X-Force wraps up their fight against Nuklo with some devastating results. Plus T'Challa goes on a side quest in Avengers and Beak brings his family on a delightful vacation in From the Ashes.

01:55 News
04:18 Data is Beautiful
08:01 Personal News
11:51 Polls and General Questions
18:51 From the Ashes
23:05 Avengers
31:56 X-Force
53:41 X-Factor
1:07:11 X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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 back with another double dose of issues as we tackle the last two weeks of books with our new format. We're testing it out, adjusting as we go, so let us know what you think! It's a bit of high level mixed with specific points and prompts. This X-Men continues to delight as the team's character beats play up the emotion, comedy and drama. NYX takes to the streets and challenge what it means to be mutant. Dazzler and X-Factor round out our From the Ashes tangies as we catch up with other titles and see what's going on with Lifeguard in Australia

03:41 News
11:32 Personal News
14:52 Polls and General Questions
20:34 From the Ashes
28:07 Avengers
43:49 X-Factor
1:00:31 Dazzler
1:10:46 X-Men
1:32:04 Wolverine Revenge
1:44:21 Ultimate X-Men
1:58:41 NYX

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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!

Battling the clock as we catch up on the last two weeks of comics! We're back from NYCC and had a great time and we're ready to dig into the stories. Two mainline followups with Uncanny and Exceptional both delivering on their brand of mutant recruitment. Two new books with Sentinels, giving us a different take of a villain story - and Mystique, going off on her own with an espionage mission. Plus Wolverine delivers some gorgeous art and emotional storytelling. There's more comics that I'm forgetting as I type this!

02:16 News
08:51 Data is Beautiful
11:15 Personal News
17:23 Polls and General Questions
28:43 From the Ashes
37:55 Venom War Wolverine
43:23 X-Force
51:59 Phoenix
1:02:57 Exceptional X-Men
1:14:57 Sentinels
1:26:42 Wolverine
1:35:12 Mystique
1:44:00 Uncanny X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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 jam packed episode with two weeks worth of comics! We're coming down from the highs of Uncanny Experience, but then lifted right back up by some solid mutant content. Storm shows off diplomacy on the worldwide scale as the X-Men dive deeper into the mystery. We get more information on our Outliers in Uncanny, as well as the status of the Morlock community in NYX. X-Force has some trouble with a fracture and Phoenix deals with the judgment of gods! Plus two Wolverine stories and two issues of a fantastic Beast arc in From the Ashes

01:32 News
07:44 Personal News
10:05 Polls and General Questions
18:37 Solo Challenge
24:24 From the Ashes
28:21 Wolverine Deep Cut
32:17 Wolverine Revenge
37:07 Phoenix
49:25 X-Force
01:01:32 NYX
01:14:11 Uncanny X-Men
01:28:37 X-Men
01:40:38 Storm

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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 big ol stack of comics! The X-Men have a familiar threat playing a new song with Trevor Fitzroy, but who's pulling the strings behind him? Dazzler debuts to chart topping results and we're all here for it! X-Factor swings both our votes to the other direction as we excitedly simmer in the trouble at home between Polaris and Alex. Storm brings the mutant thunder in Avengers and Psylocke makes a first appearance in Ultimate X-Men. Plus Wolverine vs Marauder clones AND a Beast of a character study in From the Ashes.

01:11 News
07:44 Personal News
10:09 Polls and General Questions
21:15 From the Ashes
26:00 Wolverine Deep Cut
31:18 Ultimate X-Men
38:52 Avengers
45:29 X-Factor
01:02:56 Dazzler
01:19:14 X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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 doozy of a stack with a hearty helping of the Bubs! Issue one of the new series has Logan lost in the wilderness with only a best bud to bring him back. There's more to what's out there. On the other side of the timeline, Rogue's Uncanny team adds a handful of strays as we get the other side of the fateful phone call. A deep backstory pull with a mysterious Sarah who uhh goes through some changes. And we catch up on K Pryde's adventures in her home town. Smashing fourth walls and getting into the psyche of what life is like after Krakoa. Plus Venom War brings Logan into its mix as we start a mini series. AND a double dose of From the Ashes gets into the bigger story of what's going on with Magneto. We've got more questions than answers Max!

01:10 News
08:30 Data is Beautiful
14:28 Personal News
18:14 Poll and General Questions
27:00 From the Ashes
31:27 Venom War Wolverine
35:24 Wolverine
53:43 Uncanny X-Men
1:15:57 Exceptional X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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!

Time to hit the stage friends! We had writer Jason Loo in the recording booth for today's track. We dive into details about the upcoming mini series and the headlining act herself, Dazzler! We talk about her real life influences, the fashion and difficulty of being a mutant publicly in this From the Ashes time. Plus we get to know Jason, his journey as a comics creator and his love for the Marvel Universe.

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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!

It feels like old times, a stack of comics as From the Ashes gets into full swing! X-Men dishes out its best issue yet as larger plots continue to build in the background. Scott with all the best lines. NYX takes us into this mutant mystery of New York as Wolverine plays her Private Investigator role. X-Force identifies the problem in Wakanda and quickly dispatches to figure it out. Over in the Ultimate Universe we get a big advance on both sides of this fight. Plus the finale of Samosud, Omega Red's delightful tale of vengeance.

01:50 News
06:34 Personal News
09:23 Polls and General Questions
11:26 From the Ashes
18:11 Ultimate X-Men
29:07 X-Force
49:29 NYX
1:10:50 X-Men

From the Ashes! Rising up out of the end of Krakoa, a new slate of titles takes the mutants in a variety of directions. What will they discover? How will they play off each other? Join us as we find out! 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!