Crossover time! The Krakoa-era X-Men, Kieron Gillen-penned Eternals, and dead Celestial residing Avengers cross paths in a heck of a book. What seemed like a setup for at first a simple brawl, and then a straightforward superhero triumph, twists and morphs into a metaphor for collective moral responsibility and climate change? Whatever this book is, Gillen writes the absolute bajeezus out of it, and we gush appropriately.

Destiny of X continues and we are here for it. Here for Storm owning the room. Here for Illyana growing up. Here for random callbacks to Daredevil: Born Again. And here for the new Hellfire Gala, even if it didn't quite live up to the first one. Covering X-Men Red vol 2 #4, Wolverine vol 7 #23, X-Force vol 6 #29, New Mutants vol 4 #27-28, Marauders vol 2 #4, X-Men vol 6 #12, X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2022, Immortal X-Men #4, Knights of X #4, and Legion of X #3.

Are we hyped? WE'RE SO HYPED! Covering Giant Size X-Men: Thunderbird, X-Men vol 6 #11, X-Force vol 6 #28, Marauders vol 2 #3, Knights of X #2-3, Wolverine vol 7 #21-22, Immortal X-Men #3, Legion of X #2, New Mutants vol 4 #26, and X-Men Red vol 2 #3

Holy freaking cow! Krakoa enters its third age with the revival of the long-dead future seer, Destiny, beginning the aptly named Destiny of X. We wanted to cover Destiny of X the same way we'd read previous Krakoa-era stories, with collected editions collating all the different books. Buuuut those haven't been printed, or even solicited... in English. So we took the issue list from the French versions, because why not. So, this episode covers X-Force Annual (2022), X-Men vol 6 #9-10, Immortal X-Men #1-2, X-Men Red vol 2 #1-2, Knights of X #1, X-Force vol 6 #27, Wolverine vol 7 #20, Marauders vol 2 #1-2, Legion of X #1, and New Mutants vol 4 #25.

We're back, again! Will reads Marvel Knights: Make the World Go Away, Daredevil & Elektra by Chip Zdarsky vol 1: The Red Fist Saga Part One, and Avengers Forever vol 2: The Pillars. Steve goes after the awkwardly named non-event "Counter-X: Shockwave" (Generation X vol 1 #67-70, X-Man #67-70, and X-Force vol 1 #106-109

X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine, the crowning event that transitions Krakoa from the Trials era to the Destiny era is... kind of a stinker? Whatever, let's hang out and talk comics!

Holy crap, we've done a hundred of these! And we celebrate with the end of Trials of X, vols 11 and 12, highlighted by a phenomenal new Sabretooth series!

We're back, with more Krakoa! Abigail Brand's machinations are starting to unfold in S.W.O.R.D., and an all-time great X-Book comes to a close with the finale of Zeb Wells's Hellions.

Superhero comics subject their characters to a lot of punishment and trauma as a proxy for character growth, but rarely are they allowed to heal as gracefully as in the Shadow King arc on New Mutants by Vita Ayala and Rod Reis — which makes up the centerpiece of our podcast covering Trials of X vols 7 and 8. Also, Wolverine goes surfing!

I thought we were done with Gnomon over a year ago. So why did Neith show up in this week's comics? Did she... waterfall into the Marvel multiverse? This week Will had a rollercoaster reading Edge of Spider-Verse, most of Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 11: History's Mightiest Heroes, a tiny bit of Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 3, Iron-Man vol 4: Source Control, and Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty vol 1: Intruder. Steve had a slightly different result from reading X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #28, Bishop: The Last X-Man #9-14, Magneto: Dark Seduction, X-Men: The Search for Cyclops, and X-Men: The Hidden Years #8-13.

Jonathan Hickman says his farewell to the Krakoa X-Men and it's, well... fire. Surely we kept our cool about this, right? Like we didn't hype ourselves too hard and end up having to do an entire episode about one miniseries... right???

Krakoa is blowing our minds left and right! Witness the birth of the new mutant religion in X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation, and the rest of Trials of X vols 5 and 6. We meant to include Inferno in this episode too, but we got a little too hype. As we are wont to do, I suppose. So that'll have to wait for next episode.

Science lab, dangerous tech, whatever. First thing you do? Install a button that destroys the whole thing. Mandatory. This week Will reads Elektra: Black White and Blood, Ms. Marvel: Fists of Justice, Iron Cat, Ant-Man: Ant-iversary, and New Fantastic Four: Hell in a Handbasket. Steve goes after Gambit vol 3 #16-19 and Annual 2000, Cable vol 1 #79-84, and Wolverine vol 2 #150-153.

Krakoa keeps delivering with Trials of X vols 3 and 4. Storm is one of the best characters in the entire Marvel universe and "one of" might not be necessary in that sentence.

Krakoa's back, baybee! Coming out of the Hellfire Gala's murder mystery, Magneto's put on trial. Also he confessed. But c'mon, it can't be that simple... right? Covering Trials of X vols 1 and 2.

It's great when Spider-Man or Captain America is Black — while their story is being told. But what happens to that character when the powers upstairs want to reintroduce the classic, more established white character? Has enough been done to let the Sam Wilsons and Miles Moraleses of the world stand on their own without getting lost in the shuffle? We came to that discussion through reading comics, of course! Will took on Fantastic Four: Life Story, Captain America: Symbol of Truth vol 1: Homeland, Captain Marvel vol 8: The Trials, and Miles Morales vol 8: Empire of the Spider. Steve handled the Warren Ellis-lead relaunch of three X-Men titles, dubbed Counter-X, with Generation X vol 1 #63-66, X-Force vol 1 #102-105, and X-Man #63-66. And we both continued our journey in the Dreaming with Sandman #29-31.

The Punisher leads the Hand now, so that's wild. Also, check out the Saturday morning cartoon version of House of X you never knew you needed. Will and Steve read X-Men '92: House of XCII together, then Will took on Punisher vol 1: The King of Killers, while Steve tackled X-Men: Hellfire Club, Spider-Man and Marrow one-shot, Deadpool vol 3 #38-45, Black Panther vol 3 #23, and Mutant X #19-25 and Annual 2000.

We had Dr. J Andrew Deman, aka The Claremont Run on Twitter and YouTube, to talk about Chris Claremont's maximalist return to the X-Men with an event titled Revolution. And though we all love Claremont's work deeply, we couldn't avoid a fascinating topic: Why doesn't this story work? Issues covered in this episode are X-Men vol 2 #100-106 and Annual 2000, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #381-386, and X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #27. On the other side of things, Will tackled all things Cimmerianly frustrating with Savage Avengers vol 2: Escape from Nueva York and Jane Foster & The Mighty Thor.

Get in, loser, we're going reckoning. Slight correction to the last episode — this time Will reads Wolverine: Patch, Carnage vol 1: In the Court of Crimson, and Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 11: The Reckoning War Part II. Steve cleans up all the last X-issues before starting the "Revolution" in our next episode: X-Force vol 1 #98-101, Gambit vol 3 #10-15, Generation X vol 1 #60-62, X-Man #61-62, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #379-380, X-Men vol 2 #99, Cable vol 1 # 78, and Wolverine vol 2 #149.

It's crossover time! No, don't get too excited. This week Steve has the year 2000's X-Men mega-event, Apocalypse: The Twelve along with its follow-up story Ages of Apocalypse (Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #376-378 and Annual 1999, Cable vol 1 #75-77, X-Man vol 1 #59-60, X-Men vol 2 #96-98, Wolverine vol 2 #146-148), plus a few issues of Bishop: The Last X-Man (#4-8) in dire hopes that it ties in at least a little bit with The Twelve (it doesn't). Will gluts himself with comics after a long break, reading Maestro: World War M, Spider-Man 2099: Exodus, Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse, Savage Spider-Man, Black Panther by John Ridley vol 2: Range Wars, Iron Fist: The Shattered Sword, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 2: The New Sinister, and Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 11: Reckoning War Part II. Phew.

Welcome back to Hype is My Superpower... or should we change the name? Will reads The Marvels vol 2: Undiscovered Country, Venom by Al Ewing and Ram V vol 2: Deviation, and Ghost Rider vol 1: Unchained. Steve contributes the final prelude to his upcoming crossover The Twelve: Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #375, X-Men vol 2 #95, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #25, and Wolverine vol 2 #145.

We drafted our favorite Nintendo franchises. Hey, leave a comment and let us know who you think won the draft? As for comics, Will read Strange vol 1: I Belong to Death and Steve reads Generation X vol 1 #53-59 and Annual 1999, New Warriors vol 1 #5, X-Men: Phoenix, and X-Babies Reborn. Then they both get back together to read more Sandman! (Issues 21-28, collected as Season of Mists)

It's a week for What Ifs and retcons! Will reads Hulk vs. Thor: Banner of War, Dark Ages, and Spider-Man: The Spider's Shadow. Steve reads X-Men: Children of the Atom (1999-2000) and X-Men: The Hidden Years #1-7.

Hey tell us more stories of how you listen to our podcast! It's very gratifying! In this episode: Will reads a couple auspicious debuts in Amazing Spider-Man by Wells & Romita Jr vol 1: World Without Love and She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell vol 1: Jen Again, plus Black Panther Legends. Steve reads X-Man #56-58, Cable vol 1 #72-74, and Deadpool vol 3 #34-37. And then they both get back together to read Sandman #17-20.

Your hosts process their cathartic release from Morbius and playoff baseball, respectively. And then, comics! Will reads Ben Reilly: Spider-Man, Moon Knight vol 2: Too Tough to Die, and Avengers by Jason Aaron vol 10: The Death Hunters. Steve tackles the final shat of The Shattering with Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #373-374 and X-Men vol 2 #93-94.

The Hellfire Gala got us so hype we had to split the recording into two parts! The promised fireworks display at the end of the soiree ended up being downright world-changing, and then the event ended with a stinger that may somehow be even more impactful. But before Steve would let Will go, he had to indulge in a little bit of fashion critique.

Continuing our giant-sized coverage of the Krakoa-era X-Men, we've got a mammoth event closing out the Reign of X: The Hellfire Gala! High society fashion, politics, romance, and intrigue all collide in the mutant nation and it's a devastatingly good story, so let's jump right in! Just, uh, please stick with us through the cold open?

We're back to our usual tricks! Will reads Devil's Reign side-stories (Spider-Woman: Devil's Reign, Devil's Reign: X-Men, Superior Four: Devil's Reign, Devil's Reign: Villains for Hire) and Steve reads Louise Simonson's ill-fated return to the X-books with Warlock vol 5. And we tackle the most pressing question of all: why the heck do Juggernaut, Sandman, and Man Mountain Marko all have the same last name (no relation), and why are they all villains?

!Happy New Year, friends! We've got another special bonus episode for you, this time with Lego streamer extraordinaire Zach Rutledge! We dig in on our favorite Marvel villains, the legacy of the 90's X-Men cartoon, and why Legos are too cool for 10-year-olds. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming this week — in the meantime, check out Zach's Twitch stream at https://www.twitch.tv/zachmrutledge!

How many Marvel movies are too many to show in a single week to someone you just started dating? How many Funko Pops is too many Funko Pops? Why are Jim Starlin's Infinity Saga the best comics ever? We check in with Twitch's favorite Marvel nut Marvelous Tay to get these answers and more. Check out Tay's stream at https://www.twitch.tv/marveloustay

Your Hype hosts mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, and start reading the classic graphic novel Sandman together, starting with volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes. Will also reads Wastelanders and Devil's Reign, while Steve reads Astonishing X-Men vol 2 and X-Men: True Friends.

Steve helps Will celebrate his 1 year anniversary on Twitch by giving him a brand new complex. Will also reads Eternals vol 2: Hail Thanos and Silver Surfer Rebirth. Steve watches the X-Men get Shattered in the Shattering crossover (Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #372, X-Men vol 2 #92, and Gambit vol 3 #8-9) and Gambit Annual 1999.

Will has a new choice for best anime of all time, and also read Shang-Chi vol 3: Family of Origin and the climactic cosmic crossover Last Annihilation! Steve enjoys X-Force vol 1 #94-97 and X-Force Annual 1999, and suffers through Mutant X #13-18 for your amusement, you sicko.

(Lord it's hard not to be happy when you're not) reading comics! Will's got Strange Academy vol 3, where the mysteries start to entwine, and Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 10: The Reckoning War Part 1, where things start to absolutely pop off. Steve? Steve's got a lot of Cable. Cable vol 2 #71, Cable Annual 1999, and Cable & Wolverine: Guts & Glory. Sorry for the numbering snafu: this is episode 74, and was recorded before the last episode we published, #75. I don't know, man.

Our spectacular 75th episode, and we got to record in person! If you got to have any superpower, what would you choose? Also, Will reads an insane new take on Hulk in Hulk by Donny Cates vol 1: Smashtronaut!, a new chapter for Elektra in Daredevil: Woman Without Fear, and an Asgardian detour in Thor by Donny Cates vol 4: God of Hammers. Steve chokes his way through the Dawn of M-Tech Saga (Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #371, X-Men vol 2 #91, and X-Men Annual 1999), Wolverine vol 2 #141-144, and Incredible Hulk vol 3 #8. Apologies for the drop in audio quality toward the end — we decided to cut Steve's segment on Generation X due to the audio, and he'll summarize what you missed next time he reads that title!

The best thing in in current-day Marvel continues. New titles Way of X and X-Corp kick off by rocking our feeble little bodies, while Cable reaches a satisfying conclusion for a perfectly adequate book in our reading for this episode, Reign of X vols 11 and 12.

Will returns from his cruise with theological concerns, and having read a giant heap of comics: Ghost Rider: Return of Blaze, Black Panther vol 1: The Long Shadow, Avengers Forever vol 1: The Lords of Earthly Vengeance, Captain America/Iron Man: The Armor and the Shield, Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond vol 4, Black Widow by Kelly Thompson vol 3: Die by the Blade, Miles Morales vol 7: Beyond, Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, X-Men Legends vol 2. Steve reads, uh, X-Man #51-55.

What's bigger than the Multiverse? Defenders books. Will reads Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond vol 3 and Defenders: There Are No Rules. Steve reads Wolverine & Punisher: Revelation and X-Force vol 1 #91-93.

We changed it up a bit this episode! No comics — instead, we brought in our good friends Matthew Fox and Paul Hoppe from the excellent podcast Superhero Ethics to chat about everyone's favorite Cinematic Universe (hint: it's the Marvel one). Where is it going from here? What are the problems? What are the opportunities? You're not gonna want to miss this one!

How are Will and Steve such good friends despite being about as different as two people with the same childhood could be? Those stories plus, Will shares the scoop on Venom by Al Ewing & Ram V vol 1: Recursion, Captain Marvel vol 7: Last of the Marvels, and Phoenix Song: Echo. Meanwhile, Steve barely survives Magneto Rex and X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #23-24.

Utopia is where we all go splat. This week Will got his fix of magically-induced body horror with Savage Avengers Vol. 5: The Defilement of All Things by the Cannibal-Sorcerer Kulan Gath, Darkhold, Fantastic Four by Dan Slott vol 9: Eternal Flame, and Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land. Steve read the overwhelmingly Alan Davis-y Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #368-370 and X-Men vol 2 #88-90.

Absurd MCU fancasting, Sandman pleading, and a heaping dose of awesome comics. Will reads Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond vol 2, Extreme Carnage, and Darkhawk: Airborne. Steve reads Cable vol 1 #s 66-70, including the storyline "Sign of the End Times".

"This guy's whole business is built on ripping people off, how long can that last?" Will read Immortal Hulk vol 11: Apocrypha, Kang the Conqueror: Only Myself Left to Conquer, and Moon Knight vol 1: The Midnight Mission. Steve read Peter Parker: Spider-Man vol 1 #4, X-Men/Dr. Doom Annual 1998, Deadpool vol 3 #26-29, and Mutant X vol 1 #7-12.

The highs of 2020s Marvel meet the lows of 1999! Will reads Winter Guard, Deadpool: Black, White and Blood, Death of Dr. Strange, and Death of Dr. Strange: Companion, and they're good! Steve reads X-Men: The Magneto War, and WOW it's bad.

Sorry for yet another delay. We have podcasts for you, all lined up, and I'll be posting two a week until we're up to date. In this episode, we talked about the legacy of Crash Cars, Spider-Man for the PS4, and a few comic books too. Will read Amazing Spider-Man: Beyond vol 1 and The Marvels vol 1: The War In Siancong (both from 2022). Steve read Gambit vol 3 #1/2 and 1-5, Uncanny X-Men vol 1 #365, X-Men vol 2 #85, and X-Men: Magneto War vol 1: #1.

On this week's episode, we dig deep on ways the mainstream Marvel Comics continuity (aka 616) has changed through the influence and success of the MCU.  We discussed this topic because Steve did not read any books. Will made up for this with The United States of Captain America, Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky vol 7: Lockdown, Miles Morales vol 6: All Eyes on Me, and Spider-Woman vol 3: Back to Basics.

We had a guest! Greg Benninger, co-host of the eSpot podcast, joined to talk about two of his and Steve's enduring shared obsessions: 90's X-Men comics, and Eurovision. Will read Gamma Flight, Black Cat vol 6: Infinity Score, and Shang-Chi by Gene Luen Yang, vol 2: Shang-Chi vs the Marvel Universe. Steve read X-Force vol 1 #86-90, X-Man vol 1 #48-50, and Generation X vol 1 #50-52.

This is your podcast. This is your podcast on drugs. Will read Carnage: Black, White & Blood, Avengers by Jason Aaron vol. 9: World War She-Hulk, and Non-Stop Spider-Man. Steve labored through X-Man vol 1 #45-47, Cable vol 1 #63-65, Wolverine vol 2 #133-139, Wolverine Annual 1999, Baby's First Deadpool Book, and a novel! A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee.