Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
@adamreck.bsky.social
Co-Host of Battle of the Atom! ComicsXF Contributor! Dude who made Bish & Jubez!
https://linktr.ee/adamreck
https://linktr.ee/adamreck
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Introduce yourself with 4 spaceships
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
New from @austingorton.bsky.social, a look at the chicken-and-egg ourobouros that is Age of Apocalypse and the X-Men cartoon's "One Man's Worth" two-parter:
Didja know: The X-Men cartoon two-parter "One Man's Worth" inspired the "Age of Apocalypse" in the comics, even though the comics came out first?
One Episode’s Worth: How the 1990s X-Men cartoon gave us ‘Age of Apocalypse’
In the dying days of December 1994, Marvel Comics dropped X-Men Alpha #1, a double-sized, chromium-cover-wrapped one-shot introducing the world to the "Age of Apocalypse." Following a multi-part story that saw Professor Xavier's son Legion travel back in time to kill Magneto before the X-Men formed, a mission Legion thoroughly botched, accidentally killing his dad instead, reality as readers knew it had been rewritten.
comicsxf.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
New from @austingorton.bsky.social, a look at the chicken-and-egg ourobouros that is Age of Apocalypse and the X-Men cartoon's "One Man's Worth" two-parter:
I've seen this image of Black Panther going around, but didn't know until today that it was from a bicentennial Marvel calendar that's being recreated for 2026 by Abrams. All of the images are sufficiently weird, but this one is probs the oddest. tainthemeat.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/t...
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I've seen this image of Black Panther going around, but didn't know until today that it was from a bicentennial Marvel calendar that's being recreated for 2026 by Abrams. All of the images are sufficiently weird, but this one is probs the oddest. tainthemeat.wordpress.com/2013/12/15/t...
1. Don't send death threats to comic creators
2. Comic writers and artists need to be more thoughtful about the implications of SA in their storylines. Just because a character experienced a status quo in a previous story 40 yrs ago, that doesn't mean it's a good idea now.
2. Comic writers and artists need to be more thoughtful about the implications of SA in their storylines. Just because a character experienced a status quo in a previous story 40 yrs ago, that doesn't mean it's a good idea now.
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
1. Don't send death threats to comic creators
2. Comic writers and artists need to be more thoughtful about the implications of SA in their storylines. Just because a character experienced a status quo in a previous story 40 yrs ago, that doesn't mean it's a good idea now.
2. Comic writers and artists need to be more thoughtful about the implications of SA in their storylines. Just because a character experienced a status quo in a previous story 40 yrs ago, that doesn't mean it's a good idea now.
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
No one should get death threats over something they “did” to a comic book character.
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
No one should get death threats over something they “did” to a comic book character.
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
Kid Wendigo is a sucker! Kitty is a ghost! And did we maybe learn who the Endling is? Also, Jeph Loeb still doesn't remember Age of Apocalypse very well.
It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
comicon.com/2025/11/24/p...
It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
comicon.com/2025/11/24/p...
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Kid Wendigo is a sucker! Kitty is a ghost! And did we maybe learn who the Endling is? Also, Jeph Loeb still doesn't remember Age of Apocalypse very well.
It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
comicon.com/2025/11/24/p...
It's another week of middling #AgeOfRevelation tie-ins (and X-Men of Apocalypse) in Previously on X-Men! #XMen
comicon.com/2025/11/24/p...
ICYMI yesterday - BOTA is talking SHARKS
Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
comicsxf.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ICYMI yesterday - BOTA is talking SHARKS
Insane that Fast X could have almost been worse than it was.
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
I'll have to admit...I'm as surprised as anyone that Vin Diesel actually seems to have been right in the creative conflicts that drove Justin Lin off of Fast X.
I'll have to admit...I'm as surprised as anyone that Vin Diesel actually seems to have been right in the creative conflicts that drove Justin Lin off of Fast X.
![Universal was said to be extremely hands on during the entire process, and reportedly also not keen on Lin’s vision for the final action set-piece, an especially over-the-top sequence that involved Dante using a giant excavator-like machine to wreak havoc — a VFX-heavy climax that would drive up the cost of a project whose production budget was already well north of $300 million and climbing, making “Fast X” one of the most expensive movies ever made.
“It was really the ending that needed work — it’s difficult to describe, but this machine eats things…the bad guy goes down, gets into this machine, comes out and starts eating cars, and it’s like a ‘Transformers’ movie. It was totally out of context with the movie, I thought,” says Alexander Witt, a veteran second-unit director and cinematographer (“Gladiator,” “Casino Royale,” “Skyfall”) who was now back in the “Fast” franchise after overseeing “Fast Five’s” train heist. “I thought it was a little too Marvel, and the problem was it would have been all CG. Although we ended up with all CG in the end. From the moment that Dom jumps over the dam [in the final film], it’s all CG.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:enepnsbuwaz6b6zff3q7vu4z/bafkreigty3zgafofzh67rk2mh33eeqm6xcsy7334xtq75il2trdwpehs4i@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Insane that Fast X could have almost been worse than it was.
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
JERSEY
JERSEY
JERSEY
JERSEY
JERSEY
On Nov. 22, cartoonist Peter Gallagher sat down for an interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans in Asbury Park, NJ, and our own Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were on the scene.
‘Heathcliff is definitely a New Jersey cat’: Cartoonist Gallagher speaks in Asbury Park
Starting on Oct. 18, The Art Spot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, held the first-ever exhibition of original artwork by Heathcliff artist Peter Gallagher. On Saturday, Nov. 22, Gallagher sat down for a closing-night interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans. ComicsXF’s Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were there and bring you this exclusive report. Adam Reck: …
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
JERSEY
JERSEY
JERSEY
JERSEY
JERSEY
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
Because we are sophisticated modern aesthetes, me & my best boy @adamreck.bsky.social went to an art gallery to appreciate Peter Gallagher's HEATHCLIFF.
In this article: Ham helmets! Garbage Ape!! Secret Heathcliff lore!!! #Heathcliff #ART #HAM
In this article: Ham helmets! Garbage Ape!! Secret Heathcliff lore!!! #Heathcliff #ART #HAM
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Because we are sophisticated modern aesthetes, me & my best boy @adamreck.bsky.social went to an art gallery to appreciate Peter Gallagher's HEATHCLIFF.
In this article: Ham helmets! Garbage Ape!! Secret Heathcliff lore!!! #Heathcliff #ART #HAM
In this article: Ham helmets! Garbage Ape!! Secret Heathcliff lore!!! #Heathcliff #ART #HAM
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
Seeing a room of Cliff-heads go bonkers for @Heathcliff Peter Gallagher was an amazing sight to see. Join us as we recount of our experience of this one of a kind exhibition and artist interview!
On Nov. 22, cartoonist Peter Gallagher sat down for an interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans in Asbury Park, NJ, and our own Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were on the scene.
‘Heathcliff is definitely a New Jersey cat’: Cartoonist Gallagher speaks in Asbury Park
Starting on Oct. 18, The Art Spot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, held the first-ever exhibition of original artwork by Heathcliff artist Peter Gallagher. On Saturday, Nov. 22, Gallagher sat down for a closing-night interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans. ComicsXF’s Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were there and bring you this exclusive report. Adam Reck: …
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seeing a room of Cliff-heads go bonkers for @Heathcliff Peter Gallagher was an amazing sight to see. Join us as we recount of our experience of this one of a kind exhibition and artist interview!
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
Summer may be long over, but this week we're talking SHARKS on #BattleoftheAtom - hope you'll join us!
Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Summer may be long over, but this week we're talking SHARKS on #BattleoftheAtom - hope you'll join us!
Seeing a room of Cliff-heads go bonkers for @Heathcliff Peter Gallagher was an amazing sight to see. Join us as we recount of our experience of this one of a kind exhibition and artist interview!
On Nov. 22, cartoonist Peter Gallagher sat down for an interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans in Asbury Park, NJ, and our own Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were on the scene.
‘Heathcliff is definitely a New Jersey cat’: Cartoonist Gallagher speaks in Asbury Park
Starting on Oct. 18, The Art Spot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, held the first-ever exhibition of original artwork by Heathcliff artist Peter Gallagher. On Saturday, Nov. 22, Gallagher sat down for a closing-night interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans. ComicsXF’s Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were there and bring you this exclusive report. Adam Reck: …
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Seeing a room of Cliff-heads go bonkers for @Heathcliff Peter Gallagher was an amazing sight to see. Join us as we recount of our experience of this one of a kind exhibition and artist interview!
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
On Nov. 22, cartoonist Peter Gallagher sat down for an interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans in Asbury Park, NJ, and our own Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were on the scene.
‘Heathcliff is definitely a New Jersey cat’: Cartoonist Gallagher speaks in Asbury Park
Starting on Oct. 18, The Art Spot in Asbury Park, New Jersey, held the first-ever exhibition of original artwork by Heathcliff artist Peter Gallagher. On Saturday, Nov. 22, Gallagher sat down for a closing-night interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans. ComicsXF’s Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were there and bring you this exclusive report. Adam Reck: …
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On Nov. 22, cartoonist Peter Gallagher sat down for an interview in front of a packed room of Heathcliff fans in Asbury Park, NJ, and our own Anna Peppard and Adam Reck were on the scene.
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
Are you excited for a Dani Moonstar solo series?
About damn time: Dani Moonstar getting her own solo series from Marvel this March
Man, if I had a nickel for every time I wondered aloud on this website why Dani Moonstar hasn't gotten a bigger push from Marvel, I'd have ... several nickels. Sorry, this is breaking news and I haven't kept a spreadsheet. Anywho, folks who checked out last month's Echo: Seeker of Truth one-shot may have noticed at the back a teaser for upcoming books that included a…
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Are you excited for a Dani Moonstar solo series?
New Dani Moonstar mini is on the way from Ashley Allen and Edoardo Audino www.marvel.com/articles/com...
Moonstar Takes Charge to Protect the Souls of the Marvel Universe in Her First-Ever Solo Series
This March, an iconic X-Man finally strikes out on her own in 'Moonstar' by Ashley Allen and Edoardo Audino!
www.marvel.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
New Dani Moonstar mini is on the way from Ashley Allen and Edoardo Audino www.marvel.com/articles/com...
Summer may be long over, but this week we're talking SHARKS on #BattleoftheAtom - hope you'll join us!
Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
Battle Of The Atom: Dolphin’s Ancient Enemy
You'll never go in the water again, but maybe you'll go back in the podcast again and talk about Loa (Alani Ryan). Ranked This Episode: Classic X-Men #13 Namor: The First Mutant #5 Deadpool vol 7 #6
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Summer may be long over, but this week we're talking SHARKS on #BattleoftheAtom - hope you'll join us!
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
It's funny that DOFP was such a massively influential story that the mutant titles keep trying to recreate it and revisit it and do riffs on it 40+ years later and the original DOFP isn't even long enough to fill a trade paperback, or even count as the opening arc of a new title these days.
This is really the crux of the problem. Every time the x-men go back to the DoFP dark future well, all it really does is create a "hey, the x-men just kind of suck at what they're trying to do?" moment for me as a long time reader and fan
November 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It's funny that DOFP was such a massively influential story that the mutant titles keep trying to recreate it and revisit it and do riffs on it 40+ years later and the original DOFP isn't even long enough to fill a trade paperback, or even count as the opening arc of a new title these days.
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
I'm at this right now and Peter Gallagher just said "Heathcliff is definitely a New Jersey cat"
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm at this right now and Peter Gallagher just said "Heathcliff is definitely a New Jersey cat"
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
pretty much dead center on everything this line, and marvel at-large, suffers from but this specifically blows my mind.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
pretty much dead center on everything this line, and marvel at-large, suffers from but this specifically blows my mind.
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
The @comicsxf.com team's chat about what's not working and why with the X-Men's latest dystopian crossover very much underscored why I haven't been reading it, including:
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
The ComicsXF chorus sits down to have an honest chat about what's not working in Marvel's "Age of Revelation" X-Men event.
At the halfway point, ComicsXF analyzes what’s not working in the X-Men’s ‘Age of Revelation’
After a full month of covering “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF all-star chorus took a break last week, partly because there were no core books out, partly because, well, it was exhausting. And we don’t just mean the pace and volume. These books are exhausting to read and keep up with, and if this event has done anything, it’s pulled back the curtain on what problems the current X-Men line has.
comicsxf.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The @comicsxf.com team's chat about what's not working and why with the X-Men's latest dystopian crossover very much underscored why I haven't been reading it, including:
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
HALFWAY?!?
The ComicsXF chorus sits down to have an honest chat about what's not working in Marvel's "Age of Revelation" X-Men event.
At the halfway point, ComicsXF analyzes what’s not working in the X-Men’s ‘Age of Revelation’
After a full month of covering “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF all-star chorus took a break last week, partly because there were no core books out, partly because, well, it was exhausting. And we don’t just mean the pace and volume. These books are exhausting to read and keep up with, and if this event has done anything, it’s pulled back the curtain on what problems the current X-Men line has.
comicsxf.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
HALFWAY?!?
Reposted by Adam “Mashed Taters” Reck 🦃
It's an intervention for an event with @brawl2099.bsky.social @danielpgrote.bsky.social @scottredmond.bsky.social @adamreck.bsky.social & @austingorton.bsky.social
The ComicsXF chorus sits down to have an honest chat about what's not working in Marvel's "Age of Revelation" X-Men event.
At the halfway point, ComicsXF analyzes what’s not working in the X-Men’s ‘Age of Revelation’
After a full month of covering “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF all-star chorus took a break last week, partly because there were no core books out, partly because, well, it was exhausting. And we don’t just mean the pace and volume. These books are exhausting to read and keep up with, and if this event has done anything, it’s pulled back the curtain on what problems the current X-Men line has.
comicsxf.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It's an intervention for an event with @brawl2099.bsky.social @danielpgrote.bsky.social @scottredmond.bsky.social @adamreck.bsky.social & @austingorton.bsky.social
TIL that Topps released an entire X-Men 97 themed card set this year! News to me.
November 21, 2025 at 10:42 PM
TIL that Topps released an entire X-Men 97 themed card set this year! News to me.