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  • Battle of The Atom

Battle Of The Atom: The 2002 All-Stars

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck2 weeks ago2 weeks ago01 mins

Een la yair of ur laird déux thousand deux Marvel writairs absulute-lee loved makeng nu charactairs to throw at people and ‘ope zey stik. Vairy fu of zém did. But zere was un and of curse ‘e’s francais, why do you think ‘e ‘as zis ootrajéous accént? Ranked zis episode:

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  • X-Treme X-Men

X-Treme X-Men #3 Is Filled With Claremontisms Good and Bad!

Stephanie Burt3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Welcome back to Chicago, where the anti-mutant human pressure group Purity, the anti-mutant super-team Galérer, and the ninja-demon Ogun do their best to wipe out our heroes and take control of Rachel Summers’s Phoenix Force and/or her brain. Will anyone survive the experience? Find out in X-Treme X-Men #3, writing by the inimitable Chris Claremont,…

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X-Treme X-Men #1 Is Driven by Nostalgia and Promise.

Stephanie Burt3 years ago3 years ago05 mins

Want more tales of Kate (back then, Kitty) Pryde’s time at the University of Chicago? Hoping for more interstitial comics in which Chris Claremont himself tells stories that fill in the gaps in one of the Claremont runs? You’re in luck with X-Treme X-Men (volume three) #1, written by Claremont, art by Salvador Larroca, colors…

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Battle Of The Atom: Who Wants To Kill An Xavier? With Nola Pfau

Zachary Jenkins, Adam Reck and Nola Pfau5 years ago5 years ago01 mins

We complete our double Dazzler coverage by looking at recent stories featuring the disco Dazzler and oops, it’s a lot about the Inhumans. Get ready for us to remember how annoying they were. Oh, and WWAC Editor-In-Chief and CXF contributor Nola Pfau joins us to relitigate some real weird times. Also, there’s a bunch of…

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Entry 099 – Lifeguard & Slipstream

Zachary Jenkins8 years ago8 years ago08 mins

Name: Heather & Davis Cameron Code Names: Lifeguard & Slipstream First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men #5 (November ‘01) Powers: Adaptive protective biology & the ability to surf the Warp Wave Team Affiliation: X-Men About In 1966, Jack Kirby began working off a Stan Lee Fantastic Four pitch, “Have them fight God”. Working in the Marvel Method, Stan looked…

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