Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 94

It's the last X-Nation episode of the year as Antony and Paul look back a the Month in X for December, plus the Year in X: 2013.

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Month in X - December 2013 - Cable and X-Force #17, Uncanny X-Force #15, Wolverine #12, Origin II #1, Marvel Knights: X-Men #2, X-Men Legacy #21, X-Men #8, Amazing X-Men #2, Wolverine and the X-Men #39, Uncanny X-Men #15.INH, and All New X-Men #20.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Valiant Future Episode 14

While Adam goes missing in Torquehalla, Joe and Paul get busy discussing the latest Valiant buzz and the newest releases from Valiant Entertainment.

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Valiant Future - X-O Manowar #19, Unity #2, Eternal Warrior #3, Bloodshot and HARDCorps #16, Quantum and Woody #6, Shadowman #13, Archer and Armstrong #16, and Harbinger #19.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: FF Wormhole Episode 21

Antony and Paul are back with a look at the past two month's worth of Fantastic Four books. Plus, it's another trip to the past with Doctor Doom's Time Platform.

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Months in F - Fantastic Four #13, Fantastic Four #14, FF #13,  and FF #14.
Doctor Doom's Time Platform - Fantastic Four #38 and Fantastic Four #39.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Avengers Now! Episode 13

In this episode of Avengers Now!, Antony and Paul take look at the latest Avengers books, plus they review two more classic issues in Avengers Then!

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Avengers Now! - Avengers #23, Infinity #6, New Avengers #12, Avengers Annual #1, Young Avengers #12, Young Avengers #13, and Uncanny Avengers #14.

Avengers Then! - Avengers #53 and Avengers #54.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 93

In this episode of X-Nation, Antony, Elizabeth,and Paul overcome some technical difficulties to discuss the latest news in the X-Buzz, plus they check in the mutant books that came out in November 2013 in the Month in X.

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Month in X - November 2013 - Wolverine #11, Savage Wolverine #11, Savage Wolverine #12, Cable and X-Force #16, Uncanny X-Force #14, X-Men Gold #1, X-Men Legacy #19, X-Men Legacy #20, Marvel Knights: X-Men #1, All New X-Men #18, All New X-Men #19, Uncanny X-Men #14, Amazing X-Men #1, X-Men #7, Wolverine and the X-Men Annual #1, and Wolverine and the X-Men #38.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Valiant Future Episode 13

In this episode of Valiant Future, Adam, Joe, and Paul discuss the latest releases from Valiant Entertainment.

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Valiant Future - Bloodshot and the HARDCorps #15, Shadowman #12, Quantum and Woody #5, Archer and Armstrong #15, Harbinger #17, Harbinger #18, X-O Manowar #18,  and Unity #1.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Avengers Now! Episode 12

In this episode of Avengers Now! we assemble for a look at most recent Avengers books from Marvel. Plus, we look at two classic issues in Avengers Then!

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Avengers Now! - Young Avengers #11, Uncanny Avengers #13, Mighty Avengers #3, Infinity #5, and Avengers #22.

Avengers Then! - Avengers #51 and Avengers #52.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 92

In this episode of X-Nation, Antony and Paul discuss the X-Buzz from the New York Comic Con, the Days of Future Past trailer, and the Marvel.com Top 50 X-Men rankings. Plus, Elizabeth joins in for a look at the Month in X for October 2013.

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Month in X - October 2013 - Astonishing X-Men #68, Wolverine #10, Savage Wolverine #9, Savage Wolverine #10, All New X-Men Special #1, Fantomex MAX #1, X-Men Legacy #18, Cable and X-Force #15, Uncanny X-Force #12, Uncanny X-Force #13, All New X-Men #17, X-Men #6, Uncanny X-Men #13, Wolverine and the X-Men #37, and X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Valiant Future Episode 12

In this installment of Valiant Future, Joe and Paul discuss the buzz from the New York Comic Con, plus they go over the latest offerings from Valiant Entertainment.

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Valiant Future - Bloodshot and the HARD Corps #14 X-O Manowar #17, Harbinger #16, Shadowman #11, Quantum and Woody #4, Eternal Warrior #2, and Archer and Armstrong #14.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Avengers Now! Episode 11

In this episode of Avengers Now!, Antony and Paul discuss the news from the 2013 New York Comic Con and the latest Avengers books.

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Avengers Now! - Young Avengers #10, Uncanny Avengers #12, Mighty Avengers #2, Avengers #20, Infinity #4, Avengers #21, and New Avengers #11.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: FF Wormhole Episode 20

In this episode of FF Wormhole, Antony and Paul look back at the Month in F for September 2013, plus they take a ride through Doctor Doom's Time Platform for two more classic issues.

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Month in F - September 2013: Fantastic Four #12 and FF #12

Doctor Doom's Time Platform: Fantastic Four #36 and Fantastic Four #37

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 91

Antony, Elizabeth, and Paul discuss Battle of/for/with/on/to/over/next-to/across-from/ the Atom, plus the final issues of Gambit and X-Factor.

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Month in X - September 2013: X-Factor #262, Wolverine #9, Savage Wolverine #8, Gambit #17, Uncanny X-Force #11, Cable and X-Force #14, X-Men Legacy #16, X-Men Legacy #17, Astonishing X-Men #67, X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1, All New X-Men #16, X-Men #5, Uncanny X-Men #12, and Wolverine and the X-Men #36.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Avengers Now! Episode 10

Antony and Paul are back for a double-sized installment of Avengers Now! In this episode they catch up with the past two and a half month's worth of Avengers books. (Sorry in advance for the strange clicking noise that appears halfway through the episode)

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Avengers Now! - Young Avengers #7, Young Avengers #8, Young Avengers #9, Uncanny Avengers #10, Uncanny Avengers #11, Avengers #16, Avengers #17, New Avengers #8, Infinity #1, Avengers #18, New Avengers #9, Infinity #2, Avengers #19, Mighty Avengers #1, New Avengers #10, and Infinity #3.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Valiant Future Episode 11

In this episode of Valiant Future, Adam, Joe (via the Faraway), and Paul discuss the first issue of Eternal Warrior as well as other recent releases from Valiant Entertainment.

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Valiant Future - Bloodshot #0, X-O Manowar #16, Shadowman #10, Quantum and Woody #3, Archer and Armstrong #13, and Eternal Warrior #1.

Review - X-Men #5

X-Men #5

Review by Paul Steven Brown

Writer: Brian Wood

Penciler: David Lopez

Inker: Cam Smith

Colorist: Laura Martin

Letterer: Joe Caramagna

Cover: Arthur Adams

Battle of the Atom continues to be an unconventional X-Men crossover. While this does involve the casts of four separate titles, this is currently an era of Marvel Comics in which there is large cross-pollination of characters between books. No longer is it just Wolverine starring in multiple titles; now mainstays such as Storm, Kitty Pryde, Beast, and Iceman are heavily featured in more than one book. Sometimes even three or four. Just about every member of the squad that is normally featured in Brian Wood's adjectiveless X-Men are regular cast members in other books. Jubilee has even been making an appearance in Astonishing X-Men as of late. 

Cultural Wormhole Presents: FF Wormhole Episode 19

In this episode of FF Wormhole, we discuss some big News from the Negative Zone. Then we take a look back at the Month in F for August 2013. Plus, we go back to the past for another installment of Doctor Doom's Time Platform.

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Month in F - August 2013: Fantastic Four #11 and FF # 11

Doctor Doom's Time Platform: Fantastic Four #34 and Fantastic Four #35

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 90

It's Month in X time and Antony, Elizabeth, and Paul have a look at the X-Men books that came out in August 2013.

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Month in X - August 2013 - X-Factor #260, X-Factor #261, Cable and X-Force #12, Cable and X-Force #13, Uncanny X-Force #10, Wolverine #8, Gambit #16, X-Men Legacy #15, Astonishing X-Men #65, Astonishing X-Men #66, All New X-Men #15, X-Men #4, Uncanny X-Men #10, Uncanny X-Men #11, Wolverine and the X-Men #34, and Wolverine and the X-Men #35.

Review - X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1

X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1

Review by Paul Steven Brown

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis

Art: Frank Cho w/ Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger

Colorist: Marte Garcia

Lettering: Joe Caramagna

Cover Art: Art Adams

Another year... another X-Men crossover event. To be fair, last year's Avengers vs. X-Men was considered a company-wide crossover, but it certainly leaned heavy on mutant mythos and had rather large implications for the X-Men franchise. While that event and 2011's Schism shook things up for the mutant universe, Battle of the Atom seems, at least at the beginning, a far more subtle approach.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation X-Addiction Rewind Episode 8

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In this remastered, instatllment of X-Nation X-Addiction Rewind, Antony and Paul talk about the Month in X for January 2009, plus we look back at the Year in X for 2008, then we have some trivia fun in the Danger Room.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Valiant Future Episode 10

In this episode of Valiant Future Adam, Joe, and Paul say "'Sup" with Archer and Armstrong, and go skateboarding with Kris and Torque in Harbinger. Plus, more book discussion and Valiant Entertainment news. Oh, and we have a contest!

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Valiant Books in Review: Shadowman #9, Quantum and Woody #2, Archer and Armstrong #11, Archer and Armstrong #12, Harbinger Wars #4, Bloodshot #13, Harbinger #14, and Harbinger #15. 

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 89

In this Days of X-Men Past installment of X-Nation, Elizabeth and Paul wrap up the end of an era with a look at Grant Morrison's last issue of New X-Men. Plus, they discuss seven more "classic" issues from the last decade.

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Days of X-Men Past - X-Treme X-Men #43, X-Treme X-Men #44, Emma Frost #9, Mystique #12, New Mutants #12, New X-Men #154, Uncanny X-Men #441, and Uncanny X-Men #442.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: FF Wormhole Episode 18

It's a pool party as Antony and Paul splash around the Month in F for July 2013! Plus, they dive into two more classic Fantastic Four issues in Doctor Doom's Time Platform!

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Month in F - July 2013 - Fantastic Four #10, FF # 9, and FF #10.

Doctor Doom's Time Platform - Fantastic Four #32 and Fantastic Four #33.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: X-Nation Episode 88

Antony, Elizabeth, and Paul celebrate five years of X-Nation awesomeness with a discussion of the Wolverine file, the latest X-Buzz from SDCC, plus a look back at the Month of X for July 2013. Good times never seemed so good! (To avoid spoilers of the film, you can skip over from 10:00 - 17:44 of the episode.)

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Month in X - July 2013 - Uncanny X-Force #8, Uncanny X-Force #9, Cable and X-Force #11, X-Factor #259, X-Men Legacy #13, X-Men Legacy #14, Gambit #15, Savage Wolverine #7, Wolverine #6, Wolverine #7, Astonishing X-Men #64, X-Men #3, Wolverine and the X-Men #33, All New X-Men #14, Uncanny X-Men #8, and Uncanny X-Men #9.

Review: X-Men #3

X-Men #3

Review by Paul Steven Brown

Writer: Brian Wood

Penciler: Oliver Coipel

Inkers: Mark Morales & Olivier Coipel

Colorist: Laura Martin

Lettering: Joe Caramagna

Let's begin by saying that I have been very happy with this series since the adjectiveless X-Men series rebooted a two months ago. Brian Wood, who had a promising, but brief run on the book prior to the relaunch, has been giving me a style X-Men book that I have been sorely missing for a very long time. It has a classic feel, without feeling dated; a modern take on Clarmontian model, quite similar to what Rick Remender has been producing on Uncanny Avengers.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Valiant Future Episode 9

Once again, Adam, Joe, and Paul have been brought together for the lab accident known as Valiant Future Episode 9. Come listen to them discuss the latest offerings from Valiant Entertainment. Klang!

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Valiant Books: Bloodshot #12, Harbinger #13, Shadowman #8, X-O Manowar #14, X-O Manowar #15, and Quantum and Woody #1.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: Avengers Now! Episode 9

In this episode of Avengers Now! Antony and Paul take a look back at the Avengers books for June 2013, plus we have two more classic issues to discuss in Avengers Then!

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Avengers Now! - Age of Ultron #9, Age of Ultron #10, Uncanny Avengers #9, New Avengers #6, Young Avengers #6, Avengers #13, Avengers #14, and Avengers #15.

Avengers Then! - Avengers #49 and Avengers #50.

Cultural Wormhole Presents: FF Wormhole Episode 17

In this Doomtastic episode of FF Wormhole, Antony and Paul take a look back at the Month in F for June 2013, plus discuss the second classic Fantastic Four Annual.

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Month in F - June 2013 - FF #8 and Fantastic Four #9

Doctor Doom's Time Platform - Fantastic Four Annual #2