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Saturday, August 6, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 358 - X-Men #11 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Eight

X-Men (vol.6) 011 (July, 2022)
"A Busted Hand"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Pepe Larraz
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: May 11, 2022

Heyyy, anybody remember that whole Gameworld story that kicked off this volume? Well, our creative team just did!

The adjectiveless "flagship" of the line still meanders on... a victim of poor timing, and a certain Head of X abandoning ship when the waters got choppy. Here's hoping "season two" of this title feels a bit more relevant than all this!

Plus: Some great Mailbag!

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Monday, July 11, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 349 - X-Men #10 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Forty-Nine

X-Men (vol.6) #10 (June, 2022)
"Sisterhood of the Metal Bones"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Javier Pina
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: April 13, 2022

On the Eve of Episode 350, we hop back into the (alleged) flagship of the line for, sadly, another unsatisfying soulless story (complete with forced flashback to the Hellfire Gala)!

X-Men continues meandering on its way to the next big "shakeup". Be still my heart.

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Sunday, June 5, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 339 - Devil's Reign: X-Men #3 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Thirty-Nine

Devil's Reign: X-Men #3 (May, 2022)
"Showstopper"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: March 23, 2022

Back behind the mic to wrap up the Devil's Reign cash-in! Anybody need a reminder that Emma Frost is always the most capable, bad-ass character in the room? Look no further!

In all honesty, I'm only recording this because... I miss it. Not the books, mind you -- but, all of you. Thank you all so much for your continued support and patience... it truly means the world.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 335 - X-Men #9 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Thirty-Five

X-Men (vol.6) #9 (May, 2022)
"The Rule of Three"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - C.F. Villa
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: March 2, 2022

Once again, talking about that book that feels stuck between two Eras of X! This time out, we sit in on three meetings: one on Krakoa, one on Phobos, and one on Marsarakko... and, it's even less interesting than it sounds.

But - Rogue and Sunfire actually show up in the book they're supposedly castmembers of... so there's that!

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 332 - Devil's Reign: X-Men #2 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Thirty-Two

Devil's Reign: X-Men #2 (May, 2022)
"Truth & Consequences"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: March 2, 2022

Straight outta the... "oh yeah, that's a thing we still need to talk about" pile -- the X-Men tie-in to the Devil's Reign event rolls on! As we've become accustomed, Emma Frost is our focal character... and, as usual, she's being ever the altruist -- still doing bad things, but with only the purest of intentions. So, yeah - it's basically every Emma Frost story!

In the mailbag we talk more about Thunderbird as the X-Men's Barry Allen, and what it means to lose the Crucible. It's a fun time as always!

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Monday, April 25, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 331 - X-Men #8 (2022)

X-Lapsed Episode Three Hundred Thirty-One

X-Men (vol.6) #8 (April, 2022)
"The Buffet is Undefeated"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Javier Pina
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X (?) - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: February 16, 2022

We're back to the "flagship"... which, is unfortunately a book seemingly stuck between two eras. Not quite Reign of... but also not yet full-blown Destiny of.

It's widescreen mutant action... in that Morrison JLA style, which is to say... not my favorite approach. Snark and quips take the place of characterization... and, oh yeah -- M.O.D.O.K. shouts "For Science!" - that's a punchline, y'all. Laugh!

In the mailbag we discuss the shifting in what it means to be a Mutant in the post-Hickman landscape -- plus, a little bit more on the "seams showing" in XLADOW.

Then, I get a bit self-indulgent -- talking about the future of this (and other) shows on the channel... which, heck - if you made it that far, don't feel bad about clicking "stop".

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Friday, March 4, 2022

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 8 - Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Volume 2 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip Marauders Duggan 2

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Eight

Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Volume 2 (2020)
(00:00:00) Marauders #7: "From Emma, with Love"
(00:25:27) Marauders #8: "Furious Anger"
(00:50:51) Marauders #9: "Journey to the Center of Pyro"
(01:58:18) Marauders #10: "Leave None to Tell the Tale"
(02:32:17) Marauders #11: "To Live and Die on Krakoa"
(03:15:40) Marauders #12: "The New Phase"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Stefano Caselli & Matteo Lolli
Colors - Edgar Delgado
Letters - VC's Cory Petit & Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Robinson, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 11, 2020

The Triple-Dip collection rolls on, with the sophomore outing for Duggan's Marauders. This time out, we've got a dead Captain, some other "fake-out" deaths, and a whole lotta build-up for X of Swords.

All of my normal nonsense is there for ya as well -- mailbags, tangents, hot-takes, general cynicism... it's all right here waitin' fer ya!

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Monday, February 28, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 321 - X-Men #7 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Twenty-One

X-Men (vol.6) #7 (March, 2022)
"The Secret Origin of Captain Krakoa"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Pepe Larraz
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: January 26, 2022

Celebrating eighteen months of X-Lapsed with the Secret Origin of Captain Krakoa!

This is still a story I'm having a hard time getting out of my own way on... but, if I squint and forget that this takes place in a shared and fantastical comic book universe... I can *almost* get it?

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 319 - Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 (2022)

Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 X-Lapsed

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Nineteen

Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 (March, 2022)
"The Queens of Fear"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: January 19, 2022

A Devil's Reign tie-in, that feels more like an issue of X-Men than... most issues of X-Men! That, unfortunately, isn't an indictment on its quality, however... as our titular heroes continue their de-evolution from actual characters to Bendisonian snark-bots!

We've got a great mailbag though!

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Sunday, February 20, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 315 - Marauders #27 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifteen

Marauders #27 (March, 2022)
"Bon Voyage"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Matteo Lolli & Phil Noto
Colors - Rain Beredo & Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: January 12, 2022

Wrapping up volume 1 of the Marauders... with a season/series finale that establishes our status quo moving forward. It's a bit piecey, and serves as a reminder of how uneven the back-half of this series has been!

It also ends on a cliffhanger... which everybody loves right before we leap into a brand-new #1, right?

Plus: An X-Tended Mailbag, This Week in X, and a look at what's headed our way from Marvel Previews (April, 2022)!

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Thursday, February 17, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 314 - X-Men #6 (2022)

X-Lapsed 314 X-Men 6

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fourteen

X-Men (vol.6) #6 (March, 2022)
"Whatever Happened to Captain Krakoa?"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Pepe Larraz
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: January 5, 2022

Welcome back to the flagship... aka the ONLY book in the entire Marvel Universe that's attempting to pay attention to the fact that superfolk die and come back to life with insane regularity... which, is also why this story doesn't quite stick the landing!

Join your humble frustrated host, as he attempts to get past that and enjoy the issue for what it is!

Plus - Mailbag!

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Saturday, February 5, 2022

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 2 - Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Volume 1 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip - Marauders by Duggan Vol 1

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Two

Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Volume 1 (April, 2020)
(00:00:00) Marauders #1: "I'm on a Boat"
(00:49:33) Marauders #2: "The Red Coronation"
(01:17:49) Marauders #3: "The Bishop in Black"
(01:53:49) Marauders #4: "The Red Bishop"
(02:27:02) Marauders #5: "A Time to Sow"
(02:55:20) Marauders #6: "A Time to Reap"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Matteo Lolli, Michele Bandini, Lucas Werneck,, & Mario Del Pennino
Inks - Elisabetta D'Amico
Colors - Federico Blee & Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Robinson, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: April 22, 2020

Revisiting the next of our Dawn of X opening arcs, with - what started out as the most consistently good book of the post-HoXPoX launch! Call Me Kate takes center stage, and we're introduced to a very fun team of high-seas sailors... until our creative team forgot about like 80% of them!

For this first arc, though -- it's great stuff!

Is this the first time you've checked out X-Lapsed? Are you an X-Lapsed-Lapsed listener who may've dropped off after having your pod-feeds slammed by my barrage of content? Please let me know, I'd love to hear from you all!

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 299 - Marauders #26 (2022)

X-Lapsed 299 - Marauders #26 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Nine

Marauders #26 (January, 2022)
"Many Happy Returns"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Matteo Lolli
Colors - Rain Beredo
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 24, 2021

As we stand on the precipice of Episode 300 - we're faced with... one'a those "tale of two stories" sorta issues. We've got some great Hellfire stuff, including the return of Harry Leland... contrasted with some not-so-great "Bobby Drake reaches his potential for the skatey-eight hundredth time" sorta laziness... complete with "dur, hur, dragon in a diaper"!

We also talk a bit about what Episode 300 of X-Lapsed might be (Spoiler Alert: I haven't the foggiest!), plus a deep-dive on the September, 2021 sales charts!

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Monday, January 3, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 296 - X-Men #5 (2022)

X-Lapsed X-Men #5 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Six

X-Men (vol.6) #5 (January, 2022)
"Fearless, Chapter Five: Don't Piss Off Polaris"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Javier Pina & Ze Carlos
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 17, 2021

Tastes Bland, More Filler!

The Hickman-leaving-the-X-Books effect continues to interrupt the flow of our flagship book -- as, this is yet another x-ercise in water-treading for our mutant heroes.

The focus is on Lorna this time out... and, well... it's kinda good and kinda bad. Also, did you know she's a DOCTOR? Don't worry if you forgot, this issue will remind you several dozen times. Did you know ROGUE is a member of this team? Don't worry if you forgot... the book did too!

All that, and I complain a bunch about upcoming X-Book news... and, how I'm already getting burnt out on 2022... just three days in! It's a great time as always!

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 284 - Marauders #25 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Four

Marauders #25 (December, 2021)
"Night of the Comet"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 27, 2021

It's the milestone twenty-fifth issue of Marauders - the first-ever 25th issue of the post-HoXPoX era! It's also the penultimate issue of the book, but let's not dwell on that.

So, how do we commemorate this landmark triumph in comics numbering? Do we get an enhanced cover? Do we get a big story blowoff? Do we drop a bunch of shoes?

Well.. no. What we get is the second-part of the Eden Rixio filler story. I guess we ARE too smart for those 90's milestone gimmicks... though, somehow we're still falling for the variant cover thing week after week. Hmmph.

All this plus mailbag and more!

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Sunday, November 28, 2021

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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Sunday, November 21, 2021

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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Thursday, November 18, 2021

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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Saturday, November 13, 2021

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!

Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and more!

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