House of X Book Club

Greetings fellows comic book lovers! We have a very special episode for ya today! We are going to wrap our heads around one of our favorite concepts, the good ol' What If story! In this episode we turn to our fearless leader Rob to see what sort of alternate storylines he has come up with. And the best part about our What If stories is they won't be written into cannon in five years (we think)! So join us on a new adventure as we d...

This is it kids! We are in the final stretch! Our seatbelts are fastened, our tray tables are in the upright position, and our pilot Rob has been drinking non-stop for four days!

In today's episode, we are talking about X-Men issues 65 and 66, the last two of the original run! There are artistic shenanigans afoot, and we get to see the Hulk's feet as well, if that is your thing! So you get the awesomest book club of a pod, and sinc...

Welcome Children of the Atom, to the penultimate episode of the first AGE OF X!!! We are going to look at two issues of X-Men that contain some awesome characters as well as some questionable choices, X-Men 63 and 64!

First up, more action in the Land that is Savage, with Ka-Zar and Zabu! Fun fact the Sade song from 1985 was originally titled "Sweetest Zabu!" Not really. I just made that up. BUT! He is in this book, along with all ...

Welcome once again to the House of X Book Club We are going to take a peek at X-Men 61 and 62 in the  antepenultimate episode about the first age of X!

First up, the saucy Sauron saga stops here, and rather abruptly! Much like his namesake, things don't end well for our winged antagonist!

Then we travel once again to the Savage Land where a man with wavy WHITE HAIR (that will be important later) changes Angel's clothes while he is ...

Welcome home HoXBC-ites! Where has the time gone. Are you eating enough, you look skinny. Drew! Make our pals some sammiches!

This week we are diving into two fantastic comics! First up is Doctor Strange 182. Like a cracked mirror of nonsense, this whole issue is Doctor Strange going the long way around to fill out a change of address form with the USPS. The Juggernaut shows up with all his undelivered mail, and chaos ensues! low...

That's right book clubberinos! Today your favorite group of nerds is jumping ahead a few years and discussing all thing X-Men '97! It's another hour of action packed action as we join Cyclops and the gang where they (kinda) left off in the original cartoon series! Come join us as we marvel at Gambit's mid-riff, are astounded by Storm's powers, and humbled by Magneto's dickishness! All that and Wolverine too! 

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Welcome back Clubbites! Boy are we glad to see you! Today we will be raising a barn on Drew's plot of land... no! We will be reading some X-Books! Specifically X-Men 58 & 59!

First up, the return of a Trask! Larry, son of Bolivar shows up and it's Sentinels 2, Sentinel Harder! But in a twist, Larry has a secret! Big hint, it's not a third nipple! The backup here is about Jean, and once again they come up short for the lady. 

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Welcome back Book Clubannites! We are jumping on the road to the end of the first Age of X! Today we continue with the saga of Havok and the Living Pharaoh! Issues 56 and 57 continue down the path of the story of "How I became the second mopiest X-Man!" for one Alex Summers! Watch as he hides in a cave! Listen as Bobby tells everyone Lorna is his girlfriend, except Lorna! Marvel as Angel get jumped into the gang, I mean team! Can y...

Welcome back kids! I hope you are enjoying The first run of The Strangest Teens of All! Today we are cover two titanic tablets of trouble as we continue on our journey through the origin of Rog's favorite, Havok! 

First up is issue 54, featuring a villain that is really attached to having the word living in his name! Is he a pharaoh? Is he a monolith? Either way, man he sure is living!

Then in Issue 55, we get the debut of the new ...

Welcome back Blue Retrievers! Today has got so much Blastaar in it you will never be able to wash it off!

First up, Fantastic Four number 62! The origin of Blastaar! Reed Richards is flying off into the negative zone and only The Inhumans can help! Will they be able to rescue Reed or will he pass into oblivion quicker than their TV show? What will The Thing smash? 

Up next is X-Men 53! Blastaar 2, Blast Harder! Here he is fight...

Gotta Keep Those E-Vile... Vibrations Happenin' With Her... AAAAAAHHHHH! E-E-E Evil Vibrations! Welcome back Book Clubbing pals! We are here today to get through this thing called life. By reading X-Men comics! Today we dive into some doozies!

First we say goodbye to greatness. Issue 51 is Jim Steranko's last! We will miss him, but just you wait for who is right around the corner! Also in this issue, the Polaris saga continues, a...

Jim Steranko! Hello and good bye! Today on the House of X Book Club, we talk about two issues of the X-Men comic that will change Marvel Comics forever! Only, no one knew that at the time. We are covering X-Men issues $9 and 50, with are from the one and only Jim Steranko! The layouts! The facials! So much greatness packed into these two issues! And while we are at it, are you ready for the first appearance of Polairs!?! The woman ...

Happy weekend Hox'ers! How about all those exciting things that are happening in the real world? Let's step into Dr. Doom's time machine and check out some classic X-Men (and women!) Action!

First up we explore X-Men number 48! Those plucky teens Scott Summers and Jean Grey battle Computo by Radio Shack, a Tandy Company! For you young folks out there, Radio Shack used to be a place to go and buy electronics parts to fix your broken...

It's the end of the X-Men as we know it, and I feel fine! Welcome back to you our bookish friends! We are diving into some of the last third of the original X-Men shenanigans!

First up we take a look at X-Men 46. We are dealing with the aftermath of the death of a major character, and the Juggernaut shows up to whoop some candy asses! Back in the sixties you could buy candy asses at the soda fountain along with Coca-Cola with actua...

Welcome back to part two of our House of X Book Club Annual! We look back at all our favorite moments from 2023! Well, the second half of our favorites! The first half was last week, so go give that a listen as well! Grab a tasty beverage, and enjoy this the second part of our year one recap!

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Welcome back the the Strangest Pod of them all! This week is the first of a twofer, where the Quiet Council and the Whisper Consortium get together and talk about their favorite stuff from ALL THAT HAS COME BEFORE! So gather 'round the podcast box, and listen to the gang ruminate on all things X that they read in 2023!

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It's New Year, New Episode! We had some audio issues with the first upload. They were minor, but they bugged me enough that I had to go back and fix them so I could sleep tonight! Those X-Men fever dreams when you are prepping to record the next episode can be weird! Sweaty night terrors aside, we have some great stuff going on today in  the form of X-Men 45 and Avengers 53! Will we find out anything about a boat named Sue? Will Ro...

Today on the House of X we are going to take a peek into two senses shattering issues, X-Men 43 and 44!     First up in issue 43 we deal with the fallout from issue 42! With Professor X gone, how messed up is it that Cyclops os still only the deputy leader of the team? And in the backup we learn all about Scott's powers and how they work (to be retconned in issue 44)!

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On this very special episode of House of X Book Club, we get into a deep conversation about two power packed issues!

First off we dive in to X-Men 41 and it's sequel, X-Men number 42, Electric Boogaloo! Our heroes face off against Grotesk, a sort of Dollar Store version of Frankenstein who lives underground with all the other C.H.U.D.S. in New York. It's a two parter that you will have to hear to believe!

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