James and James. No Veto! No Mercy! We talk Ridley Scott's Black Rain (1989). It's pretty racist. We talk Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant (1992). It's pretty messed up. Hilarity ensues. "You made the rain black."

Chris and James scratch the surface of Providence, written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Jacen Burrows. Spoilers. Content warning. Nameless horrors shuffling in the dark. Get it. "I got, I got mixed up. Mixed up in something. A-and I shouldn't. I shouldn't have..."  

James, Chris, and James talk the newest Batman trailer and then go deep on Planetary #1-14. Go screw yourself Warren. "Let's keep it that way."

Welcome to Pinned Down! A Survey of Snipers in Film. Here begins the long ass journey into night. The team is pleasantly surprised to discover that Sniper: Assassin's End was a solid, entertaining action film. We won't be so lucky again... Trust Only Blood

James and James venture into NO VETOES territory, where they subject each other to The Fast and the Furious (2001) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996). "I need Nos!"

James and James hit the high seas with the Joes, taking in Chuck Dixon and Paul Gulacy's G.I. Joe: Special Missions #1-4 "Gonna be cold out there. And dark."

James and James look in on Marv Wolfman and George Perez on a Teen Titans classic, The Judas Contract.  "My files are complete"

Chris, James, and James talk Cronenberg! Videodrome (1983) and The Fly (1986) "It's the Flesh. It makes you crazy."

Chris, James, and James talk COVID conspiracies.

James and James plow into Bendis' Civil War 2.  "Stop the fight!"

James and James take some time to consider the backmatter of Spawn #300. "I'm tired of trying to get other people to see into my brain. I'm done."

Chris, James, and James discuss Batman vs. Predator (1991-1992) and Robocop vs. Terminator (1992) in this franchise crossover special! "--That pot roast smells great!"

James, James, and Chris talk briefly about Mario Bava's Planet of the Vampires (1965) in relation to the Alien franchise before biting into the recent comics adaptation of William Gibson's unproduced Alien 3 screenplay. "Maybe this is the end result of someone else's arms race."

James and James are invited to look inside the fridge. "Whatcha think?"

James and James talk the 1995 anime Ghost in the Shell. Things quickly take a turn towards the absurdity of futurism and the perils and pleasures of surveillance capitalism. On account of plague, this podcast will now be monthly rather than weekly. "It's slow death."

James and James take a short half-hour to sort of discuss Astonishing X-Men #1-4 (1995) "The Age of Apocalypse is Over!"

James and Chris take a short trip into Black Vortex Town to confront the horror of Junji Ito's Uzumaki. "Kirie, did you know that female mosquitoes are the only ones who suck blood?"    

This week, James and James discuss Star Wars: Dark Empire, and Star Wars generally, before moving over to Punisher: Soviet, a natural A+. "Besides, on the level those two are on--do people even have countries anymore?"

James and James talk a lot of Superman. First with Loeb and Sale on their really excellent Superman For All Seasons #1, and then with Miller and Romita on Superman: Year One, which is less excellent. "Slicker than snot."

More on Goku and Zamasu. Very important revelations. "Gather all the stars; they will open a gate up in the sky, which will lead us to a brand new stage."

James and James talk Dragon Ball Super. They talk Goku. They talk Zamasu. Then they move over to Punisher: Circle of Blood. Then it is over. "You guys are a couple of jerks, aren't yah?"

James and James watch Dredd take it to some East Meg scumbags who have poisoned the water supply, broadcast disinfo, and launched an all out nuclear assault. Some things never change. "Request denied."

James talks with James about chem-trails, conspiracies, and virus futures.  Very sunny.

James and Chris go looking for heroes. They haven't found any yet. Marshal Law #1-6 (Oct 1987-March 1988) "He is the Dark Star"

James and James head into cartoonland for some classic 1985 Thundercats episodes, watching Lion-O duke it out to become the rightful Lord of the ThunderCats. "The Thundercats are fighting among themselves. I tell you it's true."

Red alert! Red Alert! James and James are talking viruses, they're talking Detectives, Inc., they're talking Batmanga, they're talking regional politics, and they're talking cream corn.  "I won't let you take them from me! I won't!" "I won't."

James and James talk Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim in The Infinity Gauntlet (1991). Afterwards, we heedlessly consider the sexy (?) romp that is Gen13 #7. "Bitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitchbitch"

James and James continue to follow up on their own suggestions, reading from Garth Ennis' and John McCrea's Hitman. Then: ChuckWatch, with Batman: Vengeance of Bane. "This is a freakin' nightmare! What's happenin' here?!"

VERY EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING! James and James talk Chester Brown's Ed the Happy Clown. The word 'penis' is used liberally. There is much talk of feces. Following that: a review of Conan the Barbarian #5. "I don't hate you. Stop crying."

BONUS EPISODE James and James review some books hot off the press: Tartarus #1, Hickman's X-Men #1-6, and Grant Morrison's The Green Lantern Season 2 #1. "We depart to fight the Ultrawar."

James and James take some time to appreciate and (mostly) criticize Alex Ross' and Mark Waid's Kingdom Come miniseries. Then, they dip into Uncanny X-Men #310.  "... but we have the fire of youth on our side."

James and James take a seriously deep dive into Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's E is for Extinction and Morrison and Silvestri's Here Comes Tomorrow. One of us is ill but you'd never know it! "The future will belong to mass-produced biological conformity."

James and James visit the old black and white TMNT issues, near the end of Eastman and Laird's original run. "Perhaps a crane strike... HERE."

James continues his half-assed and poorly-planned look back at North American comics circa 1980, using Warren Publishing's Vampirella #84 as his starting point. "In a disco no one can hear you scream!"

It's all lead up to this, Xtinction Agenda's first (and only?) quarterly elimination tournament. Tournament of Firsts!!! Supreme #1 vs. Union #1  WildC.A.Ts #1 vs. Bloodstrike #1 Youngblood #1 vs. Pitt #1 Savage Dragon v2 #1 vs. Team Youngblood #1 Spawn #1 vs. Prophet #1 Stormwatch #1 vs. Cyberforce v2 #1 Shadowhawk #1 vs. Brigade #1 Freakforce #1 vs. The Maxx #1 Which ones will advance to the semi-finals? Which will take the gold for Greatest Image #1 of 1992-1993?!!

James and special guest Chris D. take a close look at Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol #35-50 (1990-1991). "I let him think about that for a while."

James and James finally get down to talking about Claremont and Byrne's X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga. And it ain't pretty. Then, in a bid to cleanse themselves of middle class fantasies gone awry, they review Percy and Cassara's X-Force #3 (2019). "This is where old discos go to die."

In this New Year, James and James dig deep into ChuckWatch with Batman: Contagion, learning about the horrors of 'the clench' and about the various ways of dispersing a crowd. Then, to get their life back together, they check in on the Main Man Lobo, in Giffen, Grant, and Bisley's Lobo #1 (Nov. 1990).  There is no cure.

This Christmas, James and James visit Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson, and Alex Ross in Astro City: Confession, where they are confronted with possibly the best Robin story that was ever put to paper. Then, in an effort to better understand Mark Waid, they head on over to Classics Corner, where Jim Shooter and Curt Swan present them with Adventure Comics #369-370 (1968). We mispronounce the villain's name over and over again. It's embarrassing. "What is more important? the burdens we bear--or the way we bear them?" X-TINCTION AGENDA RETURNS JAN. 6th, 2020!

The first installment of The History of Comics in 1980 discusses the birth of 'groundlevel' comics, focusing Mike Friedrich's sci-fi/fantasy anthology Star*Reach (1974-1979), which published its last issue forty years ago this month.

James and James talk Peter David in his political comedic mode, looking at X-Factor #71-75 (1991), and in his pastoral-sentimental mode in Star Trek Annual #3 (1988). Larry Stroman dazzles at the same time that he confuses, while Curt Swan shows what has been and always will be the G.O.A.T. Let's go, Scotty. Now.

In this episode, James and James return to Peter Milligan and Mike and Laura Allred's X-Statix #1-5 (2002). It's pretty amazing. Then, just for fun, they read a story that James recommended to James: a three-part story entitled Red Glass that ran in Superman #56, Adventures of Superman #479, and Action Comics #666. Our greatest enemy...is cynicism.

Triple feature: Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima's epic Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1 - The Assassin's Road, followed by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's Batman: Year One, topped off with James (Christopher Priest) Owsley and Mark Bright's Spider-Man vs. Wolverine: High Tide. Wall-to-wall classics. Many things to discuss. This story is one answer to this mystery.  

James and James have have returned from the past/future, having averted a disastrous post-apocalyptic scenario by discussing Jonathan Hickman's House of X (2019) #1-6 and Powers of X (2019) #1-6. Our two heroes were successful.  The space-time continuum has returned to its regularly scheduled podcast! It's not a dream if it's real.

In this brief episode, James reviews a recent work of Chuck Dixon.

This time 'round, James and James are confronted with the poorly-designed Ord of Breakworld, and the otherwise charming script of Joss Whedon in Astonishing X-Men (2004) #1-6. Cassady is, for the most part, on point, even if this book heralds another decade of worthless X-Men stories. Then, they trek on over to 'general culture,' and an episode from the second season of Millennium, "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me." Darin Morgan does it again. This is who we are.

In this episode James and James take a first-time trip to Belle Reve to visit with Ostrander and McDonell's 1987 Suicide Squad. They discover that it is amazing. Then, having thoroughly enjoyed the exploits of Waller, Flag, and co., the two intrepid adventurers then find themselves in the mountains of Calgary and the back alleys of Tokyo, as they return to... Wolverine #1. It's pretty okay. Night time, Sheba. We Smooth. Peel.

James and James find themselves confronted with the aftermath of 'no more mutants,' as Ed Brubaker and Trevor Hairsine try to destroy an entire franchise with X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2006) # 1-6. Then, with their trusty web shooters, they swing on over to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's surprisingly provocative Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #3, 9, 13, and 15. It's all about power and responsibility folks.