Today we examine the ties that bind.

Yes, the incredible connections between two of Marvel's powerhouse titles.

The Avengers and the X-Men,

two of their absolute biggest, most long-standing franchises

have all manner of connections,

and they have since the day they arrived on the stands.

The characters, the creators, the behind the scenes, these franchises have been fighting for the top

of the charts for the last three decades. And today, we take a close look at some facts that

you may have never realized on an all new episode of Robeservations.

Hey, everybody, welcome to another edition of Rob Observations.

I am your host, Rob Leifeld.

I have been making the comic books for 37 years.

And I've been talking about them for the last three on this podcast where I get to share

with all of you my passion for comic books, for all things

comic books, for the actual comic books, 32 pages, 22 pages of story and art, the kind of stuff

that I grew up on, the kind of stuff that made me a comic book fan. We talk of comic book movies,

of comic book shows that have just dominated the landscape

that are that are on seemingly every channel after again in my childhood having no superhero

shows to speak of a a long drought followed by a small smattering a small taste and then another long

drought I'm talking like the incredible Hulk which was a giant hit for CBS

Channel 2 when I was growing up in the 70 78 79 and then gone a Wonder Woman

prior to that and then a huge long drought no superhero shows and really

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