Pure Beautiful Stupid

About this episode

The episode discusses the X-Men villain Arcade and features a ranking of comic issues.

Episode Notes Much like the band Arcade Fire, the X-Men villain Arcade knows that more is more. Also we talk about Dawn, a thing that will only entertain my friend Robert. Ranked This Episode: Excalibur #4-5 Claws Northstar Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List ! New content every week on ComicsXF.com Follow Adam on Twitter @arthurstacy & never try to find Zack! Our theme music is Junk Factory from the X-Men Arcade Game by Seiichi Fukami, Yuji Takenouchi, Junya Nakano, and Ayako Hashimoto. Cover art is by Adam Reck after Dave Cockrum with logo design by Mikey Zee If you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon !

People in this episode

Hosts: Zachary Jenkins, Adam Reck

Topics covered

• X-Men
• comics
• Arcade
• Dawn
• ranking
• entertainment

Keywords

• X-Men
• Arcade
• Excalibur
• comics
• ranking
• Dawn
• entertainment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arcade Fire, ComicsXF.com, Battle of the Atom

Products: Junk Factory

Books & works: Excalibur #4-5, Claws Northstar

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