For the big 200th episode of the podcast, I got to interview Rebecca Podos, the author of What If Kitty Pryde Stole the Phoenix Force?
Such a great book!
In fact, the Shadow and Flame with Magik 2025 Novel of the Year!
Full audio can be found here :
Spotify :
Apple Podcasts :
We did it, 12 years of S&FwM!
Thank you everyone who has ever come to the blog, returned to the blog, followed me to YouTube, and hopefully, listening to me wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Here are the stats!
All Time Views : 391, 970
Visitors 209,446
Posts 1,765
Comments : 327
Review Posts : 900
Categories : 44
Tags : 1,708
Followers (Website) : 248
Followers (Twitter) : 1,175
Followers (Facebook) : 318
Followers (Tumblr): 35
Followers (Pinterest): 219
Followers (YouTube): 581
Followers (BlueSky) 473
Followers (TikTok) 476
Followers (Total) : 3,525
At 26,552 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 6,105 views – our new most popular comic review is All New X-Men 2, topping Death of Wolverine 2’s 3,327 views. Reading that post, I’m not sure why All New X-Men 2 has raised so high.
Best Month : April 2025, with 8.134 views
Most Popular Day : April 22, 2025, with 3.4K views
Best Day : Wednesdays
Best Hour : 10:00 am
Countries with nine views : Seychelles, French Polynesia, and Martinique
Welcome, French Polynesia, to the list!
Four years running for both Martinique and Seychelles.
At 10,655 views, our most popular YouTube video is my 31st Victory as Kitty Pryde in Fortnite!
The podcast is quite active, and I super appreciate the very loyal handful of people who keep coming back each week. Thank you so much, it never fails to make me smile seeing the download number.
Spotify :
Apple Podcast :
We did it, 11 years of S&FwM!
Thank you everyone who has ever come to the blog, returned to the blog, followed me to YouTube, and hopefully, listening to me wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Here are the stats!
All Time Views : 365,883
Visitors 191,015
Posts 1,622
Comments : 325
Review Posts : 1,662
Categories : 43
Tags : 1,565
Followers (Blog) : 247
Followers (Twitter) : 1,155
Followers (Facebook) : 303
Followers (Tumblr): 35
Followers (Pinterest): 222
Followers (YouTube): 375
Followers (Total) : 2,337
At 26,083 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 3,307 views – our most popular comic review is Death of Wolverine 2.
Best Month : May 2018, with 6,157 views
Best Views Ever : December 21, 2022 with 465.
Countries with nine views : Mozambique, Seychelles, Namibia, Cape Verde, and Martinique.
Four years running for Cape Verde, three years for Martinique and Seychelles, and one year for both Mozambique and Namibia.
At 10,619 views, our most popular YouTube video is my 31st Victory as Kitty Pryde in Fortnite!
The podcast still isn’t doing great numbers, but I super appreciate the very loyal handful of people who keep coming back each week. Thank you so much, it never fails to make me smile seeing the download number.
Spotify :
Apple Podcast :
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-and-flame-with-magik/id1653932419
once again, I’m called upon to fix Google.
“did you mean S&M?”
No, Google, I did not!
S&FwM is something people search for, and at the very least, should be able to search for without a visit from their HR Department.
So I’m hoping a post title helps with that.
There’s so many letters between the S and the M, clearly not a mistake.
Hopefully this works.
Makes me so happy the Lockheed Number One Blog post has done the trick. Very nice.
At least there is a Rihanna song, so it should still be a safe-ish search. If you need an excuse.
We did it, 10 years of S&FwM!
Thank you everyone who has ever come to the blog, returned to the blog, followed me to YouTube, and hopefully, listening to me wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.
Here are the stats!
All Time Views : 337,883
Visitors 173,368
Posts 1,622
Comments : 325
Review Posts : 821
Categories : 41
Tags : 1,565
Followers (Blog) : 238
Followers (Twitter) : 851
Followers (Facebook) : 301
Followers (Tumblr): 34
Followers (Pinterest): 220
Followers (YouTube): 337
Followers (Total) : 1,981
At 24,915 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 3,120 views – our most popular comic review is Death of Wolverine 2.
Best Month : May 2018, with 6,157 views
Best Views Ever : December 21, 2022 with 465.
Countries with nine views : Mozambique, Seychelles, Namibia, Cape Verde, and Martinique.
Four years running for Cape Verde, two years for Martinique and Seychelles. Welcome Mozambique and Namibia!
At 10,605 views, our most popular YouTube video is my 31st Victory as Kitty Pryde in Fortnite!
I really didn’t maintain that viewership, but hopefully I can get back up to those numbers.
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Thank you everyone, and I see I have some Drafts that are ready for publishing, so look forward to a few more articles in the coming weeks.
I thought I’ll risk my ego last night and google “Number One Kitty Pryde Blog” and my article for Star Lord and Kitty Pryde 1 :
so I thought I would try my luck at “Number One Lockheed Blog” and again, had to be reminded of Lockheed Martin.
There are two weights you have to carry if you want to be a Lockheed fan.
The first is that, he’s not in as many comics as he should be, and the second, any search result that doesn’t include “dragon” in it, you are going to get a lot of Lockheed Martin search results.
Then you have to say to yourself, “oh right, that company is a thing.” Which makes sense as that’s where his name comes from, but in my heart, I always think “dragon,” and not “aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests.” Thank you, Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin
Poor Lockheed the Dragon, he isn’t even on the first page of that search result, and doesn’t make an appearance in the image search either.
“Number One Lockheed Dragon Blog” helps with the search results, a few Lockheed Martin links slipped in there, but he owned the image search.
So here’s hoping this post helps him out in his Google-ability and perhaps raise me up as well.
Apple Podcast :
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shadow-and-flame-with-magik/id1653932419
Spotify :
https://open.spotify.com/show/4ni7QBIN4wind5sVWqqI4M
I have turn this great website into a podcast!
Inspired by my love for Uncanny X-Cast and the daddies over at Turtle Soup Podcast, I’ve decided to throw my hat into the ring of X-Podcasts!
I hope to join the likes of Comic Book Queers : Legacy, the X-Wife Podcast, Oh Gosh Oh Golly Oh Wow, and my latest favorite, Simply Amazing – a Nightcrawler focus podcast.
Simply Amazing is finally the podcast where I had the thought, I should do this, I’m a huge Kitty Pryde fan, I should legit be getting out there and lending my voice to the conversation. Maybe I can buy new trades and just really commit to this.
Plus, it is my podcast so I can play around with the format. I have a ten episodes up already and if you would like to subscribe and provide a review, even if it is simply providing those sweet five stars, I would really appreciate it.
Thank you everyone for the continued support and happy listening!
Has it really been nine years! Oh boy!
https://www.youtube.com/user/JackalsIII
My YouTube channel turns three today! Something about five days after my wife’s birthday, makes me feel very creative.
Anyone else think WordPress keeps making slight steps backwards? These posts used to be fun to edit and organize, and now I can’t even intent paragraphs.
I am pretty much still up to my regular business, working, listening to podcasts, and playing video games when I can.
Favorite Podcasts :
Turtle Soup
What Are You Watching
Mike and Tom Eat Snacks
Comic Book Queers Legacy
PlayStation Access
Wrestling with Freddie
Welcome to Our Show
Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum
Games I’m currently into are Fortnite and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : Shredder’s Revenge.
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Onto the fun stats!
All Time Views : 309,201
Visitors 154,815
Posts 1,607
Comments : 325
Review Posts : 821
Categories : 41
Tags : 1,565
Followers (Blog) : 237
Followers (Twitter) : 584
Followers (Facebook) : 303
Followers (Tumblr): 32
Followers (Pinterest): 192
Followers (YouTube): 123
Followers (Total) : 1,471
At 23,057 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 2,153 views – our most popular comic review is still Avengers 51.
Best Month : May 2018, with 6,157 views
Best Views Ever : December 31, 2017 with 412.
Countries with nine views : Martinique, Seychelles, Syria, and Cape Verde! So three years running with nine views from Cape Verde, and two years for Syria. Martinique and Seychelles, welcome!
At 1.5k views, our most popular YouTube video is still Buying Batman Caped Crusader Pack in Fortnite!
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Thank you everyone for continuing to come check out the blog as often as you do! I really appreciate it and I can’t believe we are heading towards our tenth year!
Has it really been eight years already!
Sorry I haven’t written anything for half the year. I tried to turn the blog into a PlayStation / Video Game blog, which I would admit that was a pretty giant pivot. Those posts were not as popular as the comic book ones, and since I’m sort of out of the comic book buying game, but way into video games, I thought I could make a transition. Which leaves me in a lurch of what to write about.
I do think about the blog quite a bit, but can’t really think of anything to really write that wouldn’t be a few sentences.
My son, Walker Dennis, and I have committed to making our YouTube channel something to be proud of :
https://www.youtube.com/user/JackalsIII
We have 34 subscribers and I made an entire series of Fall Guys videos as I successfully completed the battle pass. So those work as a bit of a podcast with a guided hand. I am way into Fortnite now, and getting better at it. Those videos seem to be going over very well. So if you want regular content, that’s where I am these days.
I also do not like WordPress’ new format for creating posts, I know there was a way to revert it back to Classic mode, but I’m failing to find that now.
So that is what I have been up to these past few months. If you, dear reader, would not mind subscribing, we could definitely use more subscribers.
Seriously though, thank you all that still come to the site and read the old posts, it really does make me so happy that so many are still coming around and finding posts to enjoy.
Onto the fun stats!
All Time Views : 274,046
Visitors 131,421
Posts 1,600
Comments : 325
Review Posts : 821
Categories : 41
Tags : 1,565
Followers (Blog) : 236
Followers (Twitter) : 487
Followers (Facebook) : 132
Followers (Tumblr): 50
Followers (Pinterest): 174
Followers (YouTube): 34
Followers (Total) : 1,113
At 14,231 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 2,072 views – our most popular comic review is still Avengers 51.
Best Month : May 2018, with 6,157 views
Best Views Ever : December 31, 2017 with 412.
I’m still a tad obsess with getting my visitors from countries with nine views to ten views so if you know anyone in Syria, Cape Verde, Guyana, Mozambique, Laos, and Papua New Guinea, please encourage them to check out the blog! Though we have been sitting on nine visitors from Guyana, Laos, and Cape Verde for a few years now. We finally got our 10th visitor from Fiji, so thank you that lovely individual!
Once Fall Guys Season Five starts, some time around July 12, I should be back to making daily podcast / gameplay videos. I will try to think of some fun posts or maybe just try to do some posts that are only a few sentences. I really want to avoid just linking to YouTube videos, as I feel weird about the self promotion, but maybe I need to get over that to be successful.
Thank you so much for coming to the blog, either if it is your first time or if you are a loyal reader, I really really do appreciate it.
I can’t believe I started this blog seven years ago! Seems like ages ago my wife was visiting friends in San Francisco, and I had a lot of time on my hands and needed a break from Fallout 3. We have come a long way from strictly comic book reviews and doing more PlayStation focus posts. I really wish I had a comic book store that was local, but I also have boxes and boxes of back issues that I could be reviewing too. I just barely have time these days to even game for an hour some nights. Being an adult is not all it is cracked up to be. But enough of the woes, let us get to the fun!
Like always, here’s our latest stats!
All Time Views : 235,469
Visitors 108,789
Posts 1,576
Comments : 347
Review Posts : 816
Categories : 41
Tags : 1,565
Followers (Blog) : 216
Followers (Twitter) : 478
Followers (Facebook) : 132
Followers (Tumblr): 50
Followers (Pinterest): 133
Followers (Total) : 1,009
At 8,168 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 1,964 views – our most popular comic review is still Avengers 51.
Best Month : May 2018, with 6,157 views
I’m still a tad obsess with getting my visitors from countries with nine views to ten views so if you know anyone in Guyana, Laos, Cape Verde, and Fiji, please encourage them to check out the blog! I say that but apparently I have not earn any views from Cape Verde, Guyana, Laos, and Fiji, in over a year. Well, dang it!
I did get additional visitors from Mauritius (10), Cuba (10), and Uzbekistan (12), so that’s nice!
Once again, thank you, all of the visitors who have made all of this possible – I wouldn’t keep doing this if it wasn’t for the constant encouragement of visitors. Thank you.
Thank you again for everyone who has come to the blog, even with the lack of reviews of current comics. People still do seem to be coming for older reviews, but I appreciate that the video game posts have been getting some love too as that’s mostly all I can write about until I get inspired to tackle a different topic.
Thank you for seven amazing years!
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