X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 9 - Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 2 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Nine

Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 2 (2020)
(00:00:00) Excalibur (vol.4) #7: "Verse VII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable"
(00:41:54) Excalibur (vol.4) #8: "Verse VIII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable II"
(01:24:58) Excalibur (vol.4) #9: "Verse IX: Schools of Magic"
(02:15:19) Excalibur (vol.4) #10: "Verse X: A Crooked World"
(03:02:55) Excalibur (vol.4) #11: "Verse XI: Blood of the Changeling"
(03:31:28) Excalibur (vol.4) #12: "Verse XII: The Beginning"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Wilton Santos & Marcus To
Inks - Oren Junior, Sean Parsons, Roberto Poggi, & Victor Nava
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Sabino, & Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 25, 2020

This volume starts off pretty strong, with a two-parter that -- believe it or not, does NOT take place in Otherworld!  Sadly, this is short-lived... and, I'm fairly certain we don't get another issue from this entire volume of Excalibur that doesn't deal with Otherworld... best enjoy it while it lasts!

After that fun two-parter, we're back to business as usual... Fair This, Foul That, Crooked These, Opal Luna Those... it's our messy build-up to EcksofTens and Beyond... in that current-year Excalibur style!

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X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 3 - Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 1 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Three

Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 1 (2020)
(00:00:00) Excalibur (vol.4) #1: "Verse I: The Accolade of Betsy Braddock"
(00:29:44) Excalibur (vol.4) #2: "Verse II: A Tower of Flowers"
(01:03:58) Excalibur (vol.4) #3: "Verse III: Three Covenants"
(01:31:45) Excalibur (vol.4) #4: "Verse IV: Fall Back and Think of England!"
(02:09:34) Excalibur (vol.4) #5: "Verse V: Panic on the Streets of London"
(02:36:56) Excalibur (vol.4) #6: "Verse VI: Watch the Throne"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: July 14, 2020

A world of fantasy and magic awaits... whether we want it or not.

We're about to deep-dive on a book where it's ALL Otherworld, just about ALL the time.  Maybe it'll make more sense in this Triple-Dip "collected" format?  You'll have to let me know!

So, get ready to join Betsy Britain, Ayyyyy, and the whole cast of Excalibur as they... do magic stuff, and muck around with weird royalty.

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X-Lapsed, Episode 306 - Excalibur #26 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Six

Excalibur (vol.4) #26 (February, 2022)
"The Fantasy is Over"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Okoye, Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: December 15, 2021

Ding-Dong, this book is done!

Too bad the story's not.

Which is to say... this might just be an episode where I veer a tad bit into the negative -- and so, if that is something which threatens to offend you personally, I humbly invite you to skip this one!  It's all good, we're all still pals!

If you DO decide to listen, you'll get my thoughts on the unsatisfying and muddled non-wrap up of Excalibur - as well as an X-Tended and very fun Mailbag segment!

Any thoughts on this book?  This issue/the title overall?  I'd love to hear and share 'em... good, bad, and/or indifferent!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 286 - Excalibur #25 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Six

Excalibur (vol.4) #25 (January, 2022)
"Come Fate Into the List"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Okoye, Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 3, 2021

Kicking off our look at the 2022 (cover-dated) X-Books with the milestone 25th issue of Excalibur... which, I'm sad to say feels just as pointless as most of the non-milestone issues of Excalibur!

Who's ready for some more fighting in Otherworld?  Me neither... but, this is an all-or-nothing sort of show.  Listener Warning: I'm fairly down on this book... not to the depths of an X-Men Green or X-Corp... but, I did NOT care for it.  If that opinion offends you or rubs you the wrong way, you may wanna sit this one out!

We DO however have a fun x-tended Mailbag Segment, featuring the return of another of our great pals!  Also, This Week in X... and tangents a'plenty!

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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 258 - Excalibur #23 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Fifty-Eight

Excalibur (vol.4) #23 (November, 2021)

"In the Service of Lord Doom"

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: September 8, 2021

Doom demands passage... to Otherworld?!  Oh c'mon, Vic... why ya gotta do us like that?

Today's Excalibur adventure takes us back to... where else?  It's also kind of a mess.

Least we got the Mailbag, Shout-Outs, This Week in X... and some news about Penguin Random House's shoddy shipping!  It's a good time as always, I hope you'll join me!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 231 - Excalibur #22 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Thirty-One

Excalibur (vol.4) #22 (September, 2021)

"Treasures of Britain"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: July 14, 2021

Who missed Otherworld?  Yeah, me neither... but, we gotta.

Today we're chatting up Merlyn and Wisdom... as the latter reassembles his team of S.T.R.I.K.E. psychics (let's hope this isn't a back-door pilot to launch a new book!)  There's plenty of meat on this bone... so, let's talk about it.

Also: More X-Cellent Mailbag, another dip into the Voicemail Box, and Shout-Outs!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 214 - Excalibur #21 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Fourteen

Excalibur (vol.4) #21 (August, 2021)

"Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: June 9, 2021

Welcome back to X-Lapsed... I wish we could be meeting under better circumstances, but alas - it's Excalibur day!  

The Hellfire Gala rolls on, and Betsy Britain and the Gang engage in some ridiculous global politics, Rictor broods, and one of our team members is lucky enough to escape this book!

You WILL believe that a Coven of Witches can impact the global landscape... or not, but you'll see it either way.

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X-Lapsed, Episode 186 - Excalibur #20 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Eighty-Six

Excalibur (vol.4) #20 (June, 2021)

"No Pity From Your Friends"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: April 7, 2021

Today's is a most malicious issue of Excalibur... which, thank whoever's listening, does not take place in Otherworld!  It does have a Betsy/Kwannon team-up though... which is something that's getting a bit long in the tooth itself, innit?

We're going to be learning a lot about Malice McMallister... and talking about some iffy-Resurrection Protocol shenanigans.

Also: Great Mailbag

Also Also: Reign of X Summer of Bloat News!

Also Also Also: A Brand-New Segment - F.A. Comics History, where we're going to cover the quick and dirty on Malice!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 182 - Excalibur #19 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Eighty-Two

Excalibur (vol.4) #19 (May, 2021)

"Wild Violets"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: March 24, 2021

It's Kwannon vs. Betsy, Round Skatey-Eight Hundred!

Can Psylocke convince the Bets-Essence to become one with the Black Market Betsy Bod?!  Also: What does this have to do with the Jackdaws? (Not much, sadly)

Plus: Some Great Listener Mail!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 162 - Excalibur #18 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Sixty-Two

Excalibur (vol.4) #18 (April, 2021)

"Mad Women"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: February 10, 2021

If we did "Legacy Numbering" here at the Chris and Reggie Channel... this would be Episode 550!  But, we don't... so, it's not.

What it is... is Excalibur day.  The hunt for Betsy Britain continues... still.

Hey, least we got some great Mailbag to dig into!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 155 - Excalibur #17 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Fifty-Five

Excalibur (vol.4) #17 (March, 2021)

"QEIII"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: January 27, 2021

An issue of Excalibur with Otherworld AND the Coven Akkaba?  What have we done to deserve this?  The coronation of Betsy Britain into the Corps continues... seventeen issues in.  If she ain't legit by now... is she ever going to be?

Also: In lieu of a Mailbag section, I fantasy-book my new (Hellfire Gala) X-Men team!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 144 - Excalibur #16 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Forty-Four

Excalibur (vol.4) #16 (February, 2021)

"They Keep Killing Braddocks"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: December 23, 2020

Heyyy, it's an issue of Excalibur from after our X-Tended Stay in Otherworld during #EcksofTens... any guesses where we're going to be headed today?

If you said "Why back to Otherworld, of course!"... well, I mean - where else would we be going?  It's more squishing of our square-peg X-Characters into the round-magic-hole...

Ahem... we've got great mailbag though!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 106 - Excalibur #12 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred and Six

Excalibur (vol.4) #12 (November, 2020)

"Verse XII: The Beginning"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: September 16, 2020

How do you solve a problem like Candra?  Or, the rest of the Externals for that matter?  Welp, ya do a little literal soul-searching... I think.

This is a confusing one, gang - I think I'm falling prey to the "Otherworld Effect"... save yourselves!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 092 - Excalibur #11 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Ninety Two

Excalibur (vol.4) #11 (October, 2020)"

"Blood of the Changeling"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Arianna Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: August 19, 2020

Today we look at an issue of Excalibur that sorta-kinda feels like bunch of unfinished scenes all smooshed together to fit a standard-sized comic book.  That doesn't mean it's not a good time... it's just, a bit disjointed.  Maybe it's the Otherworld effect?  Sure, let's go with that!

Also: More X-Cellent Listener Mail!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 075 - Excalibur #10 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Seventy-Five

Excalibur (vol.4) #10 (June, 2020)

"Verse X: A Crooked World"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Cory Petit

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: June 10, 2020

Welcome to the landmark seventy-fifth episode of X-Lapsed - which, is also, as luck would have it our third monthiversary, having started this little journey back on September 1!

Today, we're dealing with altered realities, Otherworld, and That Weirdo Jamie Braddock - and, somehow - I managed to have a really good time with it!  I also talk a bunch about the "Protect and Survive" PSAs from the late 70s/early 80s a whole lot.

Plus - Our usual x-cellent mailbag section!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 068 - Excalibur #9 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Sixty-Eight

Excalibur (vol.4) #9 (May, 2020)

"Verse IX: Schools of Magic"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Cory Petit

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: March 18, 2020

X-Lapsed is back in Otherworld... welp, it was nice while it lasted, eh?

Today's issue takes us toward the Starlight Citadel so Betsy Britain can find out why she has been forsaken by the place - after all, she is Captain Britain... stands to reason she ought to be able to visit the place where the Captain Britain Corps used to hang out, no?

Also: Great listener mail - more discussion of the controversial Crucible... and perhaps the even more controversial, Fallen Angels miniseries!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 063 - Excalibur #8 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Sixty-Three

Excalibur (vol.4) #8 (May, 2020)

"Verse VIII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable II"

Writer - Tini Howard

Pencils - Wilton Santos & Marcus To

Inks - Sean Parsons, Marcus To, Roberto Poggi & Victor Nava

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: March 4, 2020

Today we wrap up our Warwolf hunt at the palatial Bloodstone Estate - and, best of all we get to take a live one home with us... in the form of an adorable li'l Warwolf Puppy.  This story is a little uneven, and feels a bit truncated - but, we're going to talk all about it just the same.

Also: An overlong tangent discussing the use of literary "shorthand" as it pertains to representation in comics, which I sincerely hope doesn't annoy and/or anger anybody listening!  All that, and some great listener mail to boot!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 044 - Excalibur #6 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Forty-Four

Excalibur (vol.4) #6 (March, 2020)

"Verse VI: Watch the Throne"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Cory Petit

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: January 22, 2020

The King is Weird... Long Weird the King!

As Excalibur (hopefully) wraps up its Otherworld arc, the place gets a new ruler... and he's a weirdo pervert.  At least he's a Braddock!  Today we have dueling siblings, crushed nuts, and perhaps the quickest resurrection of the Dawn of X era!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 038 - Excalibur #5 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Eight

Excalibur (vol.4) #5 (March, 2020)

"Verse V: Panic on the Streets of London"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Cory Petit

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: January 8, 2020

Today's issue of Excalibur is... well, kind of all over the place.  Lotta stuff happens... nebulously.  We even get yet another mutant "death"!

Also: Your humble host learns a bit more about Britishness... just enough to realize he still hasn't the foggiest idea what he's talking about!  Join in for all the fun!

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