Will and Adam discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Daredevil and Doctor Mid-Nite, Wizard's rankings of the best non-superhero comics, the rise of artist Greg Horn, explore the most popular collectibles at cons in 2001, laugh at the Mort of the Month and so much more.

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• Eric Najjar
• I. B. Bangin
• Tom Goodwin
• Matt and Lissy Poisso
• Lennon Patton
• Patrick McFadden
• Marvin Dupree
• Jay M
• Alex
• Aaron Krieger
• Mark Syp
• Seth Johnson
• Dapper Dan Paladin
• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Russell Sheath
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• MeltFaceKillah
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald

YOU are the fill-in WIZARDS co-host joining Adam as he flies solo on this episode of the podcast (Don't worry, William Bruce West will be back for the 1/2 episode!). Explore the crazy path to revealing Wolverine's Origin, examine the work of Joseph Michael Linsner, go behind the scenes of Alex Ross's creative process, debate whether comic book fans had a right to complain about Marvel's big changes and more. Plus, stay 'til the end for a bonus review of Rob Liefeld's new Youngblood revival comic.

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• Eric Najjar
• I. B. Bangin
• Tom Goodwin
• Matt and Lissy Poisso
• Lennon Patton
• Patrick McFadden
• Marvin Dupree
• Jay M
• Alex
• Aaron Krieger
• Mark Syp
• Seth Johnson
• Dapper Dan Paladin
• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Russell Sheath
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• MeltFaceKillah
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald

It's X-Men for X-Mas as Adam and Will celebrate the holidays with longtime WIZARDS listener, Lee Eberhart. It's a deep dive into Marvel Comics' revamp of their entire X-Men line from Morrison's New to Casey's Uncanny to Claremont's X-Treme revamps. They also X-plore the spin-offs like Exiles, The Brotherhood, Millgan and Allred's X-Force, Cable and Wolverine. Plus, Alex Ross redesigns the X-Men! It's a wild sleigh ride with Mavel's Merry Mutants, so come celebrate with us, Geeks!

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• Eric Najjar
• I. B. Bangin
• Tom Goodwin
• Matt and Lissy Poisso
• Lennon Patton
• Steven Tsapelas
• Patrick McFadden
• Marvin Dupree
• Jay M
• Alex
• Aaron Krieger
• Mark Syp
• Seth Johnson
• Dapper Dan Paladin
• Phillip Sevy
• Robb
• Matt
• Frank Anderson
• Russell Sheath
• Kevin Decent
• Damon
• Bjorn watson
• acovio
• Alex Giannini
• Nate Clark
• William Bruce West
• Mark Florio
• David Fink
• Brent Cranfill
• MarWe
• Bruno Cavalcante
• David M
• Dalibor Žujović
• Evin Bryant
• Gary Hutcherson
• Fernando Pinto
• Jeremy Dawe
• MeltFaceKillah
• Brian Acosta
• Joe Marcello
• DenimJedi
• Miitchell Hall
• Lee Markowitz
• Mark McDonald