Merry X-Lapsed - 2020 Collection

Merry X-Lapsed!

Merry X-Lapsed 2020 Collection
(00:00:00) X-Men #98: "Merry Christmas, X-Men - The Sentinels Have Returned!"
(00:28:52) Uncanny X-Men #341: "When Strikes a Gladiator!"
(00:57:08) Uncanny X-Men #143: "Demon"
(01:25:40) X-Men (vol.2) #109: "Ceremonies"
(01:57:41) Generation X #4: "Between the Cracks"glyni
Writers - Chris Claremont, Scott Lobdell, & John Byrne
Pencils - Dave Cockrum, Joe Madureira, John Byrne, Tom Derenick, & Chris Bachalo
Inks - Sam Grainger, Tim Townsend, Terry Austin, Rick Ketchum, Norm Rapmund, & Mark Buckingham
Letters - Joe Rosen, Comicraft, Richard Starkings, Tom Orzechowski, Saida Temafonte,
Colors - Janice Cohen, Steve Buccellato, Glynis Wein, Liquid!, Electric Crayon
Edits - Wolfman, Liebig, Powers, Jones, Shooter, Harras

Inviting you to spend a couple hours of your Christmas with me... and the X-Men!

Closing out our Holiday Week by collecting the five "Merry X-Lapsed" episodes from 2020!

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00:00) X-Men #98: "Merry Christmas, X-Men - The Sentinels Have Returned!"
(00:28:52) Uncanny X-Men #341: "When Strikes a Gladiator!"
(00:57:08) Uncanny X-Men #143: "Demon"
(01:25:40) X-Men (vol.2) #109: "Ceremonies"
(01:57:41) Generation X #4: "Between the Cracks"

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Merry X-Lapsed - Generation X #24 (1997)

Merry X-Lapsed!

Generation X #24 (February, 1997)
"Home for the Holidays"
Writer - Scott Lobdell
Guest Pencils - Rick Leonardi w/Mitch Byrd
Guest Inks - Bud LaRosa w/Jason Martin
Letters - Comicraft w/Richard Starkings
Colors - Steve Buccellato
Edits - Bob Harras
Cover Price: $1.95

Merry X-Lapsed 2021 wraps up the same way 2020 ended... with Generation X!

And, just like 2020, the Generation X Holiday Issue we're discussing... really doesn't have much to do with the holidays themselves!  Instead, the ladies of the crew head to Monet's family home in Monaco, to play a game of "Skeletons in the Closet" -- sharing tales of how and when their mutant powers manifested.  It's a bunch of largely-retconned... or contradicted stories, that almost make me want to launch a program called "The Unessential X-Lapsed"!

Also - I wax on for quite awhile about what the Holiday Season means to me... well, the "eves" of the holidays anyway.  I'd love to hear your stories as well!

I hope everyone has a warm and wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season.  Thank you all for being a part of mine!

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Merry X-Lapsed - X-Factor #27 (1988)

Merry X-Lapsed!

X-Factor #27 (April, 1988)
"Gifts!"
Writer - Louise Simonson
Pencils - Walter Simonson
Inks - Bob Wiacek
Letters - Joe Rosen
Colors - Petra Scotese
Edits - Harras, DeFalco
Cover Price: 75¢

Let's celebrate Christmas with X-Factor and those *other* New Mutants...

The watchword for today's installment of Merry X-Lapsed is... exposition, so do your humble host a favor and do NOT take a sip of spiked eggnog every time I say it!  The Simonsons work their hearts out to keep any X-Factor looky-loos who may've just popped their heads in to keep up with The Fall of the Mutants... and, well... it doesn't make for the easiest read... or, synopsis-writing experience!

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Merry X-Lapsed - Thor #444 (1992)

Merry X-Lapsed!

Thor #444 (February, 1992)
"How the Groonk Stole Christmas!"
Plot/Words - Tom DeFalco
Plot/Pencils - Ron Frenz
Finishes - Al Milgrom
Letters - Michael Heisler
Colors - Mike Rockwitz
Edits - Macchio
Cover Price: $1.25

The Mutant Who Stole Christmas!

Merry X-Lapsed takes a step... err, giant-size leap off the beaten path today, to check in with a one-off Mutant knock-off of The Grinch, who crossed paths with the Eric Masterson Thor this one Christmas Eve!

What will we have to say about one of Thor's Lamest (in Marvel's own words) Enemies of all time?  Well, you'll have to tune in to find out... and I don't think you'll be sorry if you do!  This is a fun one!

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Merry X-Lapsed - Uncanny X-Men #365 (1999)

Merry X-Lapsed!

Uncanny X-Men #365 (February, 1999)
"Ghost of XMas Past"
Writer - Steve Seagle
Pencils - Chris Bachalo
Inks - Art Thibert, Tim Townsend, & Aaron Sowd
Colors - Liquid! & Monica Kubina
Letters - Richard Starkings, John Roshell, & Comicraft's Albert Deschesne
Edits - Powers, Harras
Cover Price: $2.25
On-Sale: December 2, 1998

Welcome back to Merry X-Lapsed, where we're going to pop in on the criminally (?) short Kelly/Seagle era to dig into a Christmas Carol riff with a Russian twist!  Colossus is back in the mansion after a time away... and is being haunted by both stilted dialogue, and a Ghost of XMas Past!

Who could it possibly be?  Oh, yew know...

We'll talk a little bit about this era of X-Books (without context) and discuss the power of Guilt as story motivation!  It's tons of fun for everyone... I hope you'll join me!

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Merry X-Lapsed - Uncanny X-Men #230 (1988)

Merry X-Lapsed - Year Two

Uncanny X-Men #230 (June, 1988)
"Twas the night..."
Writer - Chris Claremont
Pencils - Marc Silvestri
Inks - Joe Rubenstein
Colors - Glynis Oliver
Letters - Tom Orzechowski
Edits - Nocenti & DeFalco
Cover Price: $1.00

Kicking off Year Two of "Merry X-Lapsed" by checking in with the Outback Era!  Longshot is haunted by inanimate objects via his psychometric powers, which force our heroes to play Santa Claus, on... of all nights, Christmas Eve!

Also: Dazzler wishes she was dead, and Havok dresses like a janitor!

It's a fun, heartwarming... if perhaps a little too syrupy sweet, story -- but one that's definitely worth your time!

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Merry X-Lapsed - Generation X #4 (1995)

Merry X-Lapsed!  Day Five

Generation X #4 (February, 1995)

"Between the Cracks"

Writer - Scott Lobdell

Pencils - Chris Bachalo

Inks - Mark Buckingham

Colors - Steve Buccellato

Letters - Richard Starkings and Comicraft

Edits - Bob Harras & Tom DeFalco

Cover Price: $1.95

Merry Christmas, friends!

Today we wrap up our little holiday vacation from the paradise that is Krakoa with... a Christmas story that isn't!  I mean, someone does eat a candy cane... and someone does wear a Santa hat... but, other than that - ain't no Christmas to see here!

Today we take a look at one'a those "Feared and Hated"-focused stories that we get from time to time in our X-Reading... but, it's a good one - right out of my own personal wheelhouse - written by Scott Lobdell and drawn by the amazing Chris Bachalo.

I hope you've enjoyed this "break" in our normal coverage... which will resume following the weekend.  Thank you all for indulging me - To You and Yours, from Me and Mine - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Merry X-Lapsed - X-Men (vol.2) #109 (2001)

Merry X-Lapsed!  Day Four

X-Men (vol.2) #109 (February, 2001)

"Ceremonies"

Writer - Chris Claremont

Pencils - Tom Derenick

Inks - Rick Ketchum & Norm Rapmund

Colors - Liquid!

Letters - Richard Starkings & Comiccraft's Saida Temafonte

Edits - Pete Franco, Mark Powers, Joe Quesada

Cover Price: $3.50

Welcome to Day Four of Merry X-Lapsed - and Merry Christmas Eve!

Today we're talking about the end of Chris Claremont's return to the X-Books around the turn of the century, and reading the "soft-pilot" to his all-new X-Treme X-Men title - it's a bumpy one...

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Merry X-Lapsed - Uncanny X-Men #143 (1981)

Merry X-Lapsed!  Day Three

Uncanny X-Men #143 (March, 1981)

"Demon"

By - Chris Claremont & John Byrne

Inks - Terry Austin

Letters - Tom Orzechowski

Colors - Glynis Wein

Edits - Louise Jones

Cover Price: $0.50

At the midway point of our vacation from Krakoa, we take a look at... perhaps that "Christmas with the X-Men" book that pops into most of our heads anytime we think about "Christmas with the X-Men" books -- even though, when it comes down to it - it ain't all that Christmassy!

Today we're going to get into the head of the newest X-Man, Kitty Pryde, as she tries to protect her home from the dreaded Wet Bandits... err, N'Garai Demon.  We also meet Captain Aletys Forrester - listen along as I mispronounce THAT name a half-dozen ways, and probably never say it right even once!

We'll also discuss the ending of the Claremont/Byrne era, the not-so-subtle inspiration for this issue... and much more!

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Merry X-Lapsed - Uncanny X-Men #341 (1997)

Merry X-Lapsed!  Day Two

Uncanny X-Men #341 (February, 1997)

"When Strikes a Gladiator!"

Writer - Scott Lobdell

Pencils - Joe Madureira

Inks - Tim Townsend

Letters - Richard Starkings and Comicraft

Colors - Steve Buccellato and Team Bucce!

Edits - Jason Liebig, Mark Powers

Cover Price: $1.95

Our Holiday Week rolls on... and we haven't even left Rockefeller Center yet!  Today's comic, Uncanny X-Men #341 (1997) clearly takes a few of its cues from X-Men #98... just with a bit more turn-of-the-century sorta flare.

We'll talk all about Cannonball's recent promotion - as well as a quick n' dirty catch-up on who in the hell Joseph is... was... whatever!

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Other Chris and Reggie Episodes Mentioned:

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 100 - Age of Apocalypse, Part One

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-qgwd9-95a77e

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 101 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Two

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-v43sa-961e74

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 102 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Three

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-g5x8j-96fa08

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 103 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Four

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-fdb6n-9793f6

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 104 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Five

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-hci4f-981e2c

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 105 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Six

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-jzuvy-98ba17

Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 40 - X-Men (vol.2) #8 (1992)

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Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 41 - X-Men (vol.2) #45 (1995)

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-8u8ia-c3ac9d

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 144 - The X-Traitor!

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-p2ewa-c3110d

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Merry X-Lapsed - X-Men #98 (1976)

Merry X-Lapsed!  Day One

X-Men #98 (April, 1976)

"Merry Christmas, X-Men"

Writer - Chris Claremont

Pencils - Dave Cockrum

Inks - Sam Grainger

Letters - Joe Rosen

Colors - Janice Cohen

Edits - Marv Wolfman

Cover Price: $0.25

Merry X-Lapsed, friends!

Today we're starting a Holiday-themed week, during which we're going to take a look as some seminal (and not-so seminal) X-Mas with the X-Men tales!  We kick things off with Chris Claremont's first Christmas-themed issue, (not-yet Uncanny) X-Men #98 (April, 1976) - Our heroes are just trying to enjoy their Christmas Eve at Rockefeller Center... but, unfortunately for them - the Sentinels are Back... and, we're going to talk all about it!

Also: Wolverine reveals that his claws ain't no glove gimmick... and, that he shares shoe polish hair-care tips with Eddie Munster!  Lots to chat about today - let's start the celebration! 

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