Uncanny Book Club - Claremont's X-Men run
Fifty years ago, Chris Claremont kicked off one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comics—turning characters like Wolverine, Storm, and Nightcrawler into icons.
Uncanny Book Club is your bi weekly read-along through the most iconic X-Men stories—starting with Giant-Size X-Men, through The Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, and beyond.
Whether you’re revisiting these stories, are reading it for the first time like us, or just want to ride along for the discussion — we hope you’ll join us every other Wednesday.
Episodes
29 episodes
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 27 | X-Men #164 - 165
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 27 almost completes our journey from the Brood Saga -- but we call it quits before hitting is...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 26 | X-Men #161 - 163
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 26 dives back into the Brood Saga. We spend some time in the past and see Professor Xavier me...
Bonus Episode: Magik #1-4 (Illyana and Storm Limited Series)
Join us for our first bonus episode of Uncanny Book Club where we read through Magik #1-4 (Illyana and Storm Limited Series) and explore the origin of everyone's favorite favorite badass Russian mutant and sorcerer. We discuss Illya...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 25 | X-Men #158 - 160
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 25 discusses three issues that Adam describes as "fun" and "filler". First we see the X-Men i...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 24 | X-Men #156 - 157
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 24 has the X-Men chasing after Deathbird to rescue Lilandra and Professor X, a giant fish shi...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 23 | X-Men #154 - 155
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 23 takes us on a wild ride with Corsair returning to Earth for the X-Men's aid, a political p...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 22 | X-Men #151 - 153
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 22 features the return of Emma Frost, Shaw, and the Hellfire Club, upgraded sentinels, weird ...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 21 | X-Men #149 - 150
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 21 sees the return of Garokk the Petrified Man, who is defeated by his over-focus on his ques...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 20 | X-Men #146 - 148
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 20 features an ok villain team-up of Dr. Doom and Arcade, a slow-walked Scott and Lee side st...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 19 | X-Men #143 - 145
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 19 is a Christmas episode! Kind of. Kitty has a run in with a legally-distinct-from-a-xenomor...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 18 | X-Men #141 - 142
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 18 dives into issues 141 and 142 to cover the Days of Future Past arc. We get to witness a dy...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 17 | X-Men #139 - 140
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 17 covers issues 139 and 140 of X-Men -- and it feels a lot like a season premiere. Wolverine...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 16 | X-Men #137 - 138
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 16 concludes the story of the Phoenix, which stretches all the way back to X-Men issue 100. T...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 15 | X-Men #135 - 136
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. Episode 15 is all Dark Phoenix Saga! We see the X-Men confront Jean/Dark Phoenix, some space travel, ...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 14 | X-Men #132 - 134
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 14 we see the X-Men take a knee at Angel's remote home before charging into the Hellfire C...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 13 | X-Men #129 - 131
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 12 we say goodbye to Sean Cassidy and hello to Kitty Pryde, Dazzler, and Emma Frost. Thing...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 12 | X-Men #127 - 128
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 12 we finish our discussion on the Proteus arc! We see Cyclops motivate the troops, an emo...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 11 | X-Men #125 - 126
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 11 we intend to discuss all four issues of the Proteus arc but end up splitting our though...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 10 | X-Men #122 - 124
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 10 we see the X-Men having some downtime after returning home from months on the road (or ...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 9 | X-Men #118 - 121
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 9 we see the X-Men assist Sunfire and save Japan from Moses Magnum. Afterward, the team is...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 8 | X-Men #115 - 117
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 8 we discuss the X-Men's encounter with Sauron and Ka Zar in the Savage Land, their infilt...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 7 | X-Men #112 - 114
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 7 we discuss issues #112 - 114. We see the X-Men battle Magneto inside a volcano base, Mag...
Uncanny Book Club Ep. 6 | X-Men #109 - 111
Join us for another episode of Uncanny Book Club and explore one of the most influential storytelling sagas in comic book history. In episode 6 we take a break from the action and enjoy a bit of downtime with our favorite mutants in...