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Ep. 114: Who Is The Adversary? (And What Does He Have to Do With the Death of the X-Men?)

This week, Zach and Searnold break down the Adversary’s role in the late-’80s event “The Fall of the Mutants,” and also have a full breakdown when it comes to how Rogue convinced her fellow mutants to use Longshot like a kite. Don’t understand what that means? That’s fine! Listen to the episode and you still won’t understand what that means, because it’s utter baffling nonsense.

Ep. 111: What is Planetary? (Reversal Episode)

This week, Zach is teaching Searnold all about the cult classic Wildstorm/DC series Planetary, from Warren Ellis and the late, great John Cassaday! From some evil Fantastic Four parodies to some awesome powers and next-level art, we’re breaking down everything that makes Planetary such a beloved and bizarre fan favorite comic series.

Ep. 109: Who Are the Animal Heroes of ‘Marvel Unleashed’? (And What Are Some Other Good Recent Miniseries?)

This week, Searnold breaks down the adventures of Marvel’s heroic pets, as well as explains why Thanos kidnapped the town of Fresno, California, why the Winter Soldier decided to hunt down Red Skull with a new band of Thunderbolts, and how White Widow is adapting to life in the suburbs with neighbors.

Ep. 107: What Did the X-Men Do To Try and Stop Orchis During Fall of X?

In part 2 of our 3-part recapping saga, Searnold tells Zach all about the surviving mutants who got scattered across the globe amid the Fall of X saga, and their various (sometimes seemingly ineffective) efforts to stop Orchis from killing all of mutant kind.

Ep. 103: How Many X-Men Related Mutant Duos Are There? (Part 4 of Our Insane List of Marvel Characters)

The end is here! We’ve finally reached the final installment of our 4-part list of ‘100 (ish) Marvel Characters We’ve Never Talked About Before!’ And this week, to close things out, were staying in the mutants’ neighborhood of the Marvel universe! Check out all these crazy, weird duos!

Ep. 102: 25 Spider-Man Related Characters We’ve Never Talked About, Or: How Many Spider-Man Villains Could Possibly Be Animal-Themed?

In part 3 of our 4 part series featuring characters we’ve somehow managed to never talk about before – SPIDER-MAN! This week we’ll be pulling from the stories of SPIDER-MAN! Breaking down all of the animal-themed villains who have ever graced the pages of SPIDER-MAN!… SPIDERMAN!!

Ep 99: What’s the Deal With Magneto? (And How does ‘X-Men ’97’ Compare to the Comics?)

This week, The Doombots started off wanting to talk about how the X-Men ’97 storylines compare to the comic storylines. But then, Zach’s brain broke just because of Magneto.

Ep. 94: What Was the Ultimate Universe? (And How Did It Jump the Shark?)

This week’s Doombots Podcast is all about the Ultimate Universe, Marvel’s effort to create a grittier world with less convoluted storylines, which quickly went off the rails.

Ep. 93: Who Won in Predator vs Wolverine? & Other Highlights from 59 Marvel Mini-Series

Predator is now officially part of Marvel. This week, we’ll talk about what happened in their epic fight with Wolverine. Plus: Who is Spider-Boy? Why is Superior Spider-Man Back? Is The Thing a better lover than Thanos? Could Mystique impregnate herself? Will the Caliban suit save the mutants from the Fall of X? Are the Celestials more powerful than the Beyonders? So many questions, and we’ll discuss all of them this week as Zach and Searnold go over highlights (and lowlights) from assorted Marvel Mini-Series published in 2023.