X-Lapsed, Episode 283 - Inferno #2 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Three

Inferno (vol.2) #2 (December, 2021)
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - Stefano Caselli
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: October 27, 2021

Celebrating 15 months of X-Lapsed with the second chapter of our big Fall-Winter event!  In today's offering, we get a couple of "shoe-drop" moments, as well as a slew of all new questions that we're gonna need answered pretty quickly!

The Quiet Council is finally whole again... but, just how compromised has it become?  We've got lots to talk about - I hope you'll join in on the fun and speculation!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 282 - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3 (2021)

 

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3 (December, 2021)
"Schrodinger's Corpse"
Writer - Leah Williams
Art - Lucas Werneck & David Messina
Colors - Edgar Delgado
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Andrew-Ballesteros, Amaro, Thomas, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 20, 2021

It's "hump day" for the (bordering on false-advertising) Trial of Magneto... and you all know what that means - it's time for a pointless fight to take up two-thirds of the issue!

Yes, folks - while we wonder what's going on with Wanda... and whether or not Magneto will be held responsible, the X-Men and Avengers team-up to fight off... giant kaiju monsters?  Oh... okay.

In addition to the story, we will touch briefly on the concept of the Triple Goddess concept from Neopaganism -- which might just be where this story will be headed once we get ridda Godzilla and Pals.

Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and news and hot-takes over whatever "Destiny of X" is going to be!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 281 - X-Men Unlimited #12 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-One

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #12 (November, 2021)
"X-Men Green, Part Eight: The Trial of X-Men Green"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Emilio Laiso
Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White Cebulski
On-App: November 14, 2021

It's Jeff! #12 (November, 2021)
"jeffsgiving"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Gurihiru
Edits - Pyle, Go, Wacker, Cebulski
On-App: November 24, 2021

In my 30+ years of reading X-Men comics, I've certainly read some stinkers...

After X-Men Green, however, I feel I owe them all a sincere apology.  Today marks the end of what is, in my opinion, the worst X-Men story ever put to digital paper. 

Will Nature Girl and Curse have to answer for their crimes?  Of course not!

Will they actually learn anything?  Hell naw!

Will this story wrap up in a satisfying way?  You sh*ttin' me?

Also - the "season finale" of It's Jeff! where he steals something and looks adorable while doing so... which, is kinda how 80% of Jeff stories go...

Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Housekeeping, and This Week in X!

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X-Men MasterworX, Episode 2

X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode Two

The Essential X-Lapsed, Volume 2
(00:00:00) Tales of Suspense #49: "The New Iron Man Meets The Angel!"
(00:26:25) Strange Tales #120: "The Torch Meets The Iceman!"
(00:40:10) Fantastic Four #28: "We Have to Fight the X-Men!"
(01:14:10) X-Men #7: "The Return of the Blob!"
(01:46:56) Journey Into Mystery #109: "When Magneto Strikes!"
(02:13:59) X-Men #8: "The Uncanny Threat of... Unus the Untouchable!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Steve Ditko & Jack Kirby
Inks - Paul Reinman, Dick Ayers, & Chic Stone
Colors - ???
Letters - Sam Rosen & Artie Simek
Cover Price: 12¢ per

For our second MasterworX compilation, we x-plore the X-Men's first crossovers... having them cross paths with the likes of the Fantastic Four and Iron Man... while Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants has a run-in with The Mighty Thor!

We also advance the X-Men's own story... including an episode that has some sort of weird temporal anomaly... not sure if y'all can help me out with this, but - during X-Men #8, the pages get a bit fuzzy... and the art and writing style changes a bit for a blink of an eye.  Hmm... it's probably nothing important!

All that, plus the original letters pages, the proto-Bullpen Bulletins, and much more!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 28 - Reign of X, Volume 6 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Eight

Reign of X, Volume 6 (2021)
(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #17: "Omega, Reconsidered"
(00:26:22) Marauders #18: "Saving Face"
(00:58:54) X-Men (vol.5) #18: "Inside the Vault"
(01:32:12) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #4: "The Krakoan Sun"
(02:34:23) X-Men (vol.5) #19: "Out of the Vault"
(03:10:15) Marauders #19: "Fire & Ice"
Writers - Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, & Al Ewing
Art - Joshua Cassara, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, Mahmud Asrar, & Valerio Schiti
Colors - GURU-eFX, Edgar Delgado, Sunny Gho, & Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Clayton Cowles, & Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Basso, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 23, 2021

Hey, remember how Laura, Darwin, and Synch were sent into the Vault like a hundred years ago?  I'd almost forgotten myself!  That'll all get cleared up during this compilation episode... also, more King in Black in S.W.O.R.D., more lawless Madripoor in Marauders, and more Quentin Quire corpses in X-Force!

It's fun f'r the whole family!

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Web-Lapsed, Episode 2 - Amazing Spider-Man #76 (2021)

Web-Lapsed, Episode Two

Amazing Spider-Man (vol.5) #76 (December, 2021) [LGY#877]
“Beyond, Chapter Two”
Writer - Zeb Wells
Art - Patrick Gleason
Colors - Marcio Menyz
Letters - VC’s Joe Caramagna
Beyond Board - Thompson, Ziglar, Ahmed, Gleason, Wells
Edits - Cohick, Lowe, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 13, 2021

Beyond rolls on with the (literal) fallout of last issue's cliffhanger!  Peter's in the hospital... and things might never be the same - ya know, until they are again!

Meanwhile, Ben Reilly has himself a severe case of the "Parker Guilt"... which he really needs help in getting over!

Another excellent issue of this brave new era for Spider-Man... and definitely a fun jaunt back into the webs for your humble host.

I hope you all enjoy - please let me know if'n ya do!

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Web-Lapsed, Episode 1 - Amazing Spider-Man #75 (2021)

Web-Lapsed, Episode One

Amazing Spider-Man (vol.5) #75 (December, 2021) [LGY#876]
“Beyond, Chapter One”
“Love and Monsters”
“Kafka”
Writer - Zeb Wells & Kelly Thompson
Art - Patrick Gleason, Travel Foreman, & Ivan Fiorelli
Colors - Marcio Menyz, Jim Campbell, & Edgar Delgado
Letters - VC’s Joe Sabino
Beyond Board - Thompson, Ziglar, Ahmed, Gleason, Wells
Edits - Cohick, Lowe, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: October 6, 2021

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today we're doing something a little bit special for the holiday weekend... kicking off a couple of installments of a potential new program here at the channel, very much (as the name might suggest) in the vein of X-Lapsed.

I haven't been a regular Spidey reader since the first few months after the Marvel NOW! era Superior Spider-Man... however, due to the "Beyond Board" being comprised of creators whose work I very much enjoy, I couldn't help but to be yanked back in!

Today's episode is kind of a long one, kicking off with a (relatively) quick 'n dirty look into my Life and Times as a Spider-Fan... then, I'll discuss the first issue of this brave new era - from the point of view of a truly "Web-Lapsed" reader!

I hope you enjoy... please make sure and let me know if you do! 

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X-Lapsed, Episode 280 - Wolverine #17 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty

Wolverine (vol.7) #17 (December, 2021) [LGY#359]
“Message in a Bottle”
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Pencils - Lan Medina
Inks - Cam Smith
Colors - Java Targtaglia
Letters - VC’s Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 20, 2021

Our Wolverine book begins revisiting some older plot threads, perhaps in order to tie them off before we enter into The Age of #XLADOW this winter.  If you've missed Jeff Bannisher, Maverick, and Dolores Whatsherface from the X-Desk as much as I have, you'll probably dig this ish!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 279 - S.W.O.R.D. #9 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventy-Nine

S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #9 (December, 2021)
“Friends in High Places”
Writer - Al Ewing
Art - Jacopo Camagni
Colors - Fernando Sifuentes of Protobunker Studios
Letters - VC’s Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 20, 2021

In what we might've called a "shoe-drop issue"... had this series ever had the opportunity to find its own identity, rather than being background for various line-wide events - we find out who Henry Peter Gyrich of Orchis's MOLE inside S.W.O.R.D. is!  Be ready to be whelmed!

Also - we talk and postulate a bit about the upcoming shipping delays, and... well, not much more! 

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X-Lapsed, Episode 278 - X-Men Unlimited #11 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventy-Eight

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #11 (November, 2021)
“X-Men Green: Part Seven”
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Emilio Laiso
Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg
Letters - VC’s Joe Sabino
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
On-App: November 7, 2021

It’s Jeff! #11 (November, 2021)
“jeff house”
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Gurihiru
Edits - Go, Wacker, Cebulski
On-App: November 12, 2021

It's the penultimate insult!  X-Men Green, Part Seven of Eight... in which Duggan tries to continue to amp up the comedy - emphasis on "tries".  We've also got Jeff... and a great thought-provoking email about the X-Men Green endeavor overall!

Plus: This Week in X, and much more! 

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X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode 1

X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode One

X-Men #1-6 (September, 1963-July, 1964)

Collecting the first six episodes of The Essential X-Lapsed... which, coincidentally covers the first six issues of X-Men!  If you've been interested in starting with the Essentials program, but don't dig the shorter episodes... or don't know where to begin, welp - here ya go!

This first and seminal selection will introduce our young mutant heroes, and have them face off against the likes of Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Blob, and the star of X-Lapsed Point One, Namor the Sub-Mariner!

I hope you enjoy!  Be sure and let me know if ya do!

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00:00) X-Men #1: "X-Men"

(00:43:05) X-Men #2: "No One Can Stop the Vanisher!"

(01:25:12) X-Men #3: "Beware of the Blob!"

(01:53:30) X-Men #4: "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!"

(02:36:13) X-Men #5: "Trapped: One X-Man"

(03:08:05) X-Men #6: "Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants!"

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The Collected eXLapsedination

The Collected X-Lapsedination

eXtermination
(00:00:00) Countdown to eXtermination
(00:30:36) eXtermination #1
(00:54:31) eXtermination #2
(01:10:16) eXtermination #3
(01:28:01) eXtermination #4
(01:49:02) eXtermination #5
(02:13:54) X-Men: The Exterminated #1
(02:46:44) Uncanny X-Men Annual (vol.5) #1
Writers - Ed Brisson, Zac Thompson, & Lonnie Nadler 
Art - Pepe Larraz, Jan Bazaldua, Ario Anindito, Neil Edwards, & Carlos Gomez
Inks - Dexter Vines
Colors - Marte Gracia, Erick Arciniega, Jay David Ramos, & GURU-eFX
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino, Travis Lanham, Clayton Cowles, Cory Petit, & Joe Caramagna 
Edits - Shan, White, Bissa, Khazem, Robinson, Cebulski

Welcome to the compilations of perhaps the X-Lapsediest X-Lapsed "Sunday Special Series" yet!  When I walked away from the X-Books in 2015-2016, the Time-Displaced Original Five (get used to THAT phrase, by the way) were still looming large in the present day.  When I made my return... they were gone - and they seemed to have taken Old Man Cable with them!

What happened?  Where did they go?  How did they leave?  Were they the same O5... or not?!  Well, all of those questions were answered in this here event miniseries - eXtermination!  Join me for this trip down time-displaced lane, won't you... and let's finally send these kids back where they belong!

For X-Tra fun... maybe also grab a listen to The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 12 in the archives!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 277 - X-Men #4 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode 277

X-Men (vol.6) #4 (December, 2021)
“Fearless, Chapter Four: Nightmare on 86th Street”
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Javier Pina
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC’s Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 13, 2021

Cuz this is FILLER... FILLER night!

Yes folks, we're only four issues into the flagship... and we're already smacking headfirst into the filler wall, with a story featuring Marvel's Crown Prince of Filler Issues: NIGHTMARE!

So, guess what?  The X-Men are going to have to face their... nightmares!

Also, Ben Urich continues his expose on the Mutant Resurrection hoo-doo... in the fantastical Marvel Universe where heroes and villains die and return on a weekly basis!

Plus, perhaps the Secret Origin of... Captain Krakoa?!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 276 - X-Force #24 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventy-Six

X-Force (vol.6) #24 (December, 2021)
“The Pen is Mightier than the Cerebro Sword”
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Martin Coccolo
Colors - GURU-eFX
Letters - VC’s Joe Caramanga
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 13, 2021

Today the Chronicler chronicles... and Colossus crushes!  As we (hopefully) approach the end of the Mikhail Rasputin/Cerebro Sword mishigas, our story is finally picking up a bit of steam.  Boy, will your humble host be happy when these books hit their 25th issues so maybe we can start getting some fresh content!

Plus - Mailbag and the Rest!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 275 - New Mutants #22 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventy-Five

New Mutants (vol.4) #22 (December, 2021)
“Shadows and Mirrors”
Writer - Vita Ayala
Art - Rod Reis
Letters - VC’s Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 6, 2021

It's time for another milestone episode... the two hundred seventy-fifth!  I almost feel like our cover-art today should have an Eagle Award logo on it!  Does anybody get that reference?  Ehh, probably not.

Anyway, today we get back to our never-ending Shadow King storyline... which, hey... is going to have to end at some point in the next couple of months.  In fairness, it kind of turns the corner here, and there's a true feeling of progression.

Plus - Mailbag, "Old Man" ranting, and much much more!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 274 - Hellions #16 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventy-Four

Hellions #16 (December, 2021)
“Come Hurt With Us”
Writer - Zeb Wells
Art - Stephen Segovia
Colors - Rain Beredo
Letters - VC’s Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 6, 2021

You ever hear a grown man gush?  If not, you've probably never listened to anyone talk about Hellions... because, damn this is one well-done book!

As we approach our conclusion we're taking a trip thru "shoe-drop city"... lotsa revelations, and food for thought dropped right in our waiting laps.  And, if you've listened to this program for a minute... you'll know that I'll sometimes sink my teeth into a theory, and not let it go.  I might do that a couple of times throughout today's discussion!

Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and much more!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 273 - Excalibur #24 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode 273

Excalibur (vol.4) #24 (December, 2021)
“By the Pleasure of the Court”
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC’s Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 6, 2021

Original Recipe X-Lapsed is back... and, it's Excalibur Day!  Shockingly, this time out it doesn't completely feel as though I've missed an issue -- though, some oddities do abound.  What we have here is a mostly enjoyable issue, where pieces are falling into place to (hopefully) take this volume into its satisfying conclusion.

Plus: Mailbag, the January 2022 Solicits (before everything fell apart), This Week in X, and much more!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 272 - X-Men Unlimited #10 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode 272

X-Men Unlimited #10 (October, 2021)
“X-Men Green, Part Six”
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Emilio Laiso
Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
On-App: October 31, 2021

It’s Jeff! #10 (October, 2021)
“tummy trouble”
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Gurihuru
Edits - Go, Wacker, Cebulski
On-App: October 28, 2021

It's Unlimited day... and X-Men Green refuses to quit!

What's more, I fear it's become sentient... having realized that it might just be the worst X-Men story ever put to paper, it's now shifted from full-blown lecture mode into being an attempt at comedy!

... at least we've got It's Jeff!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 27 - Reign of X, Volume 5 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Seven

Reign of X, Volume 5 (2021)
(00:00:00) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #2: "In the Dark"
(00:34:22) King in Black: Marauders #1: "Queen in Red"
(01:04:57) Excalibur (vol.4) #18: "Mad Women"
(01:40:40) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #3: "Everywhere Man"
(02:17:24) Excalibur (vol.4) #19: "Wild Violets"
Writers - Al Ewing, Gerry Duggan, & Tini Howard
Art - Valerio Schiti, Luke Ross, Marcus To, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, & Nico Leon
Colors - Marte Gracia, Carlos Lopez, & Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher & Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 9, 2021

Ya know what these books need MORE of?  Aliens and Otherworld!

Yes folks... that's what we've got on our plates today... Excalibur does the Otherworld thing (when doesn't it?), and three tie-ins to the King in Black event!

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The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 051 - X-Men #41 (1968)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Fifty-One

X-Men #41 (February, 1968)
“Now Strikes… The Sub-Human!” & "The Living Diamond!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Don Heck & Werner Roth
Inks - George Tuska & John Verpoorten
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - ???
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

In our Essentials "October finale... in the middle of November", we're going out with a... meh!  The X-Men fight another interchangeable monster of the month... and Cyclops fears that Professor X might have the not-so-secret hotpants for the lovely Ms. Grey!  Plus: Our Origins of the X-Men featurette rolls on, showing us how Scott and the Prof first met!

Plus - All the usual back-mattery nonsense you've come to know and tolerate!

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The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 050 - X-Men #40 (1968)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 050

X-Men #40 (January, 1968)
“Mark of the Monster!” & "The First Evil Mutant!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Don Heck & Werner Roth
Inks - George Tuska & John Verpoorten
Letters - Artie Simek & Al Kurzrok
Colors - Ya know, that guy
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

It's the regular-sized, nothin' happenin' Landmark Milestone FIFTIETH Episode of The Essential X-Lapsed!

And, boy do I wish we had a better story to talk about...

It's the X-Men vs. Frankenstein('s Monster)... by the way, I will refer to him both as "Frankenstein" AND "Frankenstein's Monster"... so, consider that your trigger warning!  Also, we meet the First Evil Mutant, the ridiculous Jack O'Diamonds!

All'at and all of our normal nutty back-matter!

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The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 049 - X-Men #39 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 049

X-Men #39 (December, 1967)
“The Fateful Finale!” and "Lonely are the Hunted!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Don Heck & Werner Roth
Inks - Vince Colletta & John Verpoorten
Letters - Artie Simek & Al Kurzrok
Colors - ???
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Finally... our X-Tended stint with Factor Three comes to a close!

Today, your humble host proves that not even threat of illness will keep his stupid ass off the microphone, as we close out this arc, and prepare to jump headlong into the next... even weirder era!

Plus: Mutant Mail-Box, Bullpen Bulletins, a radio interview with Stan Lee, and much more!

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The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 048 - X-Men #38 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 048

X-Men #38 (November, 1967)
“The Sinister Shadow of… Doomsday!” & "A Man Called... X"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Don Heck & Werner Roth
Inks - George Roussos (as George Bell) & John Verpoorten
Letters - L.P. Gregory & Sam Rosen
Colors - 90% Accurate
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Our Factor-Three story rolls on... well, it kinda limps on, but we'll try and remain positive.  Also, for the first time ever, X-Men has a back-up featurette, as we're kicking off the long-promised "Origins of the X-Men" series of stories!

Plus - The Mutant Mail-Box, Bullpen Bulletins, a new (hopefully unsqueaky) chair and all that nonsense!

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The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 047 - X-Men #37 (1967)

 

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 047

X-Men #37 (October, 1967)
“We, the Jury…”
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Ross Andru
Inks - Don Heck
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - blind
Jury-Stacking - Honest Irv
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Finally... FACTOR THREE!

No more lollygaggin' and beating around the bush... it's time to finally get down to it.  Our heroes are faced with the menacing mutants behind the clandestine organization bent on world domination.  Not only that, they're put on TRIAL by them!

Plus: Mutant Mail-box (featuring a missive by VIP Peter Sanderson, Jr. - and a brief biography of the actual Comics Historian himself... delivered by your favorite Fake-Ass Comics Historian), the Bullpen Bulletins Page (featuring an argument about the MMMS Rankings!), Stan's Soapbox, and much more!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 271 - X-Men Unlimited #9 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventy-One

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #9 (October, 2021)

"X-Men Green, Part Five"

Writer - Gerry Duggan

Art - Emilio Laiso

Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski

On-App: October 25, 2021

It's Jeff #9 (October, 2021)

"chum like it hot!"

Writer - Kelly Thompson

Art - Gurihiru

Edits - Go, Wacker, Cebulski

On-App: October 22, 2021

For the fifth of... however many weeks, it's more X-Men Green - and rather than waste all of your time kvetching over how much I don't like this story, this is a pretty basic recitation of the story beats... with little (relatively speaking) in the way of editorializing.  We've also got a great li'l It's Jeff! short, which actually ties in with our current year X-Stuff!

Plus - The return of the Mailbag, "real-time" feedback, shout-outs, and much more!

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The Collected Phoenix ResurreX-Lapsed

 The Collected Phoenix ResurreX-Lapsed

Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey
X-Men Red Annual #1
(00:00:00) Chapter One: Frustrate the Sun
(00:25:16) Chapter Two: All Lesser Birds
(00:48:58) Chapter Three: A Constellation of Them All
(01:07:43) Chapter Four: That A Great Princess Falls, But Doth Not Die
(01:29:56) Chapter Five: Be Thou Those Ends
(01:49:51) Mustard and Bigotry
Writers - Matthew Rosenberg & Tom Taylor
Art - Leinil Francis Yu, Carlos Pacheco, Joe Bennett, Ramon Rosanas, & Pascal Alixe
Inks - Gerry Alanguilan, Rafael Fonteriz, Lorenzo Ruggiero, 
Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg & Chris Sotomayor
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham & Cory Petit
Edits - Paniccia, Harrington, Robinson, Shan, White, Bissa, Alonso, Cebulski

Revisiting and Collecting one of the X-Lapsed "Sunday Special Series", where I looked at mini-series and events that I'd missed out on during my 2015-2019 X-Hiatus.

This time out, we're going to find out just how Jean Grey managed to wriggle her way back to the land of the living... and we're also going to find out that hot dogs taste like mustard and bigotry!  It's kind of an uneven thing...

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