The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 34 - Reign of X, Volume 12 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Four

Reign of X, Volume 12 (2022)
(00:00:00) Marauders #21: "You Are Cordially Invited to the Hellfire Gala" & "Out With the Old"
(00:53:26) X-Force (vol.6) #20: "The Secret Garden"
(01:34:26) Hellions #12: "Gatecrashing"
(02:21:43) Excalibur (vol.4) #21: "Don't Feel Like Dancin"
(03:24:32) X-Men (vol.5) #21: "The Beginning"
Writers - Gerry Duggan, Chris Claremont, Benjamin Percy, Zeb Wells, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Matteo Lolli, John Bolton, Joshua Cassara, Stephen Segovia, Marcus To, Nick Dragotta, Russell Dauterman, Lucas Werneck, & Sara Pichelli
Colors - Edgar Delgado, Glynis Oliver, GURU-eFX, David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Frank Martin, Matthew Wilson, Sunny Gho, & Nolan Woodard
Letters - Tom Orzechowski, VC's Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Grunwald, Kirschhoffer, Kavanagh, Nocenti, Shooter, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: July 12, 2022

Marvel's finally decided to release the next volume of the Reign of X Anthologies! Darn those supply-chain issues, that DC Comics and all the indies have somehow been able to sidestep! Anyway, we're back -- and we're just in time for the Hellfire Gala! Oh, you didn't know? There's going to be a Gala! If only these books would bother to mention it!

Since Marvel trade paperbacks are suffering the affects of shrinkflation (which we're surely only imagining), we only get the first five issues of the event here. Looks like the Gala will be eating up the next two collected editions as well!

It's over four hours of fun, frivolity... Carnation Abominations, and a fake-ass vote to elect our new (already obsolete) X-Men!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 348 - Sabretooth #3 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Forty-Eight

Sabretooth (vol.4) #3 (June, 2022)
"Whisper Campaign"
Writer - Victor LaValle
Art - Leonard Kirk
Colors - Rain Beredo
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: April 27, 2022

As we continue our approach to 350, we hop back down into The Pit for a discussion on the nebulous nature of "law"... with a focus on the concept that some citizens are more "equal" than others.

We go a bit into the weeds here, drawing (as vague as humanly possible) comparisons to the current real-world socio-political landscape, and talk about rules being implemented by those who aren't accountable to anybody.

It's dicey, it's spicy... it's fence-ridey... it's X-Lapsed!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 342 - Sabretooth #2 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Forty-Two

Sabretooth (vol.4) #2 (May, 2022)
"Know Your Enemy"
Writer - Victor LaValle
Art - Leonard Kirk
Colors - Rain Beredo
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: March 9, 2022

After quite the delay, we're about to hop back into The Pit with Sabretooth and his Uncanny eXiles!

This time out, we get more questions than answers... thankfully, they're questions we're interested in seeing play out!  Sabretooth raises some inconvenient truths about the Krakoan Culture, really showing what a house of cards, it actually is!

A very interesting series that X-Lapsed highly recommends you check out!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 33 - Reign of X, Volume 11 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Three

Reign of X, Volume 11 (2022)
(00:00:00) Way of X #2: "Let Us Prey"
(00:46:37) Children of the Atom #4: "Captured"
(01:26:04) Cable (vol.4) #11: "Depression"
(02:29:36) Children of the Atom #5: "Reinforcements"
(03:34:44) Cable (vol.4) #12: "Shakespeare in the Zark"
Writers - Si Spurrier, Vita Ayala, & Gerry Duggan
Art - Bob Quinn, Paco Medina, & Phil Noto
Colors - Java Tartaglia, David Curiel, & Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles, Travis Lanham, & Joe Sabino
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Thomas, Andrews-Ballesteros, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: April 20, 2022

On the Eve... or, maybe during, the Hellfire Gala -- we check in with a couple of uninvitees in the Cables young and old!  Turns out, the kid ain't too long for this world... or, point in the timeline, rather.

Speakin' of kids... we get a couple of chapters where the Kids of the Atom don't do a helluva lot.  We also open with yet another amazing issue of Way of X that your humble host excitedly waxes on about for far too long! 

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 32 - Reign of X, Volume 10 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Two

Reign of X, Volume 10 (2022)
(00:00:00) X-Factor (vol.4) #8: "Suite No. 8: Scio Me Nihil Scire (Tritone Substitution--Jazz Arrangement)"
(00:35:13) Way of X #1: "Way of X"
(01:34:35) Marauders #20: "Windriders"
(02:08:34) X-Corp #1: "Simply Superior"
(02:50:57) X-Factor (vol.4) #9: "Interlude: DJ Mark's Mixtape of Mojoverse Beats to Make Out To"
Writers - Leah Williams, Si Spurrier, Gerry Duggan, & Tini Howard
Art - David Baldeon, Bob Quinn, Stefano Caselli, & Alberto Foche
Colors - Israel Silva, Java Tartaglia, Edgar Delgado, Chris Sotomayor, & Sunny Gho
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Clayton Cowles, & Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Thomas, Andrews-Ballesteros, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: March 16, 2022

This is one'a those "good news/bad news" situations... as, this anthology includes the first issue of the incredible Way of X series, buuuuuuuut it also kicks off X-Corp.

Also, Gerry Duggan remembers that Storm is a part of the Marauders cast just long enough to throw her a going-away party!  Did you know, dear listener, that Storm is just as dangerous without her powers?  Well, if not -- ya will!

Plus, with cancellation on the horizon X-Factor hits heavy truncation mode... doing its damnedest to get its story told... before the mystical axe comes swingin'!

All'at, plus all my usual nonsense!  If you miss my content from a time where I was still delusional enough to think anybody actually wanted it -- the Collecteds are for you! 

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 31 - Reign of X, Volume 9 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-One

Reign of X, Volume 9 (2022)
(00:00:00) X-Factor (vol.4) #7: "Suite No. 7: Scientia Vincere Tenebras"
(00:37:13) Wolverine (vol.7) #11: "A Confusion of Monsters"
(01:00:58) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #5: "Giallo"
(01:44:41) Hellions #11: "Funny Games III: Kill Screen"
(02:37:18) Wolverine (vol.7) #12: "Penumbra"
(03:13:41) New Mutants (vol.4) #16: "Homecoming"
Writers - Leah Williams, Benjamin Percy, Al Ewing, Zeb Wells, & Vita Ayala
Art - David Baldeon, Scot Eaton, Valerio Schiti, Stephen Segovia, & Rod Reis
Inks - JP Mayer & Oren Junior
Colors - Israel Silva, Matthew Wilson, Marte Gracia, David Curiel, & Rod Reis
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Ariana Maher, & Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Thomas, Andrews-Ballesteros, Basso, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: February 23, 2022

A collection of episodes that... I can barely even remember performing!

We've got a lotta "versus" stuff this time out... Wolverine vs. Dracula, Karma vs. Dani Moonstar, and... if ya can believe it - Psylocke vs. Kwannon?!

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

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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X-Lapsed, Episode 308 - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #5 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Eight

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #5 (February, 2022)
"To Catch a Toad"
Writer - Leah Williams
Art - Lucas Werneck
Colors - Edgar Delgado
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: December 22, 2021

Tying a messy-as-hell bow on the Trial of Magneto miniseries... as scarlet shoes drop, and we end up with even fewer "rules" the X-Books need to follow going forward!  We've got bunches to talk about here... let's try and wrap our minds around this one together, yes?

Plus: Mailbag!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 307 - Wolverine #19 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Seven

Wolverine (vol.7) #19 (February, 2022) [LGY#361]
"The Old Mutant and the Sea"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Javi Fernandez
Colors - Matthew Wilson
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Baumgartner, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: December 22, 2021

In the "Season Finale" of Wolverine, our titular hero has himself an inventory story!

But... it's not one'a them Hama-esque Wolverine inventory stories... instead, it's actually paying off a relatively recent story thread outta the pages of X-Force!  Logan faces off with a semi-Lovecraftian Horror... and talks to himself.  I'm probably making it sound really awful, but I assure you - this is a goodie!

And the art!  You definitely wanna see this art... which, as an audio product, I cannot help you with - but, please listen anyway!

All that plus the Mailbag and Shout-Outs!

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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 304 - S.W.O.R.D. #11 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Four

S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #11 (February, 2022)
"The Final Frontier"
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: December 22, 2021

Wrapping up the second volume of S.W.O.R.D. with an honest-to-goodness "shoe drop"!  Secrets are revealed... which retroactively make much of this series' crossovent interruptions make a lot of sense!

This is a goodie... and, even though this volume's over and done with, we still need to concern ourselves with "What Comes Next"!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 303 - X-Force #26 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Three

X-Force (vol.6) #26 (February, 2022)
"Wipeout"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Robert Gill
Colors - GURU-eFX
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Baumgartner, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: December 15, 2021

While all eyes are on Inferno, the X-Filler train rolls on!

X-Force closes out it's "season" (it will return in April, 2022) with more Surf-Baddies, and... well... not a whole lot more!

Wolverine does his own version of "jumping the shark", so that's something!  At least this one was kinda fun to chat about.  I hope it's just as fun to listen!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 30 - Reign of X, Volume 8 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty

Reign of X, Volume 8 (2022)
(00:00:00) Hellions #9: "Funny Games: Level 1"
(00:44:00) Hellions #10: "Funny Games, Part 2: Hitbox"
(01:34:29) Excalibur (vol.4) #20: "No Pity From Your Friends"
(02:20:36) Cable (vol.4) #10: "Depression"
(02:53:50) Children of the Atom #3: "Unusual Dinner Guests"
(03:29:32) X-Men (vol.5) #20: "Lost Love"
Writers - Zeb Wells, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Vita Ayala, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Stephen Segovia, Marcus To, Phil Noto, Paco Medina, & Francesco Mobili
Inks - Bernard Chang
Colors - David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Phil Noto, & Sunny Gho
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher, Joe Sabino, Travis Lanham, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Andrews-Ballesteros, Robinson, Basso, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: January 19, 2022

After two-plus years in our brave, new post-HoXPoX era... we're finally getting on with it!  Well, sorta... all of the momentum is about to be usurped by Hellfire Gala hoo-doo, and a fairly drastic shift in direction.

This time out, we get some Nimrod, Sinister gets in position to start concocting Chimerae, Excalibur gets malicious, Kid Cable keeps being bummed out... and the Children of the Atom sorta-kinda get an origin... that never gets touched on again!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 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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X-Lapsed, Episode 297 - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Seven

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 (January, 2022)
"Verdigris"
Writer - Leah Williams
Art - Lucas Werneck & David Messina
Colors - Edgar Delgao
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

Coming to us from the "Oh, is THAT still coming out?" pile - it's the skatey-eight hundredth attempt to "fix" the Scarlet Witch!  A character who they seem to break more every time they touch her!  Who knows... maybe THIS time, it'll stick!  Ya know, until the next superstar writer comes in and decides to ignore it...

Anyway, let's do this!

Plus: A full-on Mailbag segment, a belated "This Week in X", and a big question for friends of the show - Share with me YOUR "State of the X Books", lemme know what your thoughts are about this, arguably "lame duck" period in the line!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 296 - 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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X-Lapsed, Episode 294 - Wolverine #18 (2022)

Wolverine (vol.7) #18 (January, 2022) [LGY#360]

"Auction of Secrets"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Paco Diaz
Colors - Java Tartaglia & Dijjo Lima
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 17, 2021

Closing out 2021 with a high-octane buddy-cop action movie sorta issue of Wolverine!  Watch as our titular hero teams up with his pal, Jeff Bannister to take on Maverick, and the goons from the Legacy Auction House.  Also, Dolores Whatsherface from the X-Desk shows up long enough to be shot in the chest!

It's a fun romp of an issue... with only one thing your humble host gets stuck on!  Beware, continuity cops, there's an INFO PAGE in here that will make your skin crawl!

I want to thank you all for allowing me to be a small part of your 2021 - and for being a huge part of mine!  Have a Happy, Safe, and Prosperous New Year - and, lemme be the first goober to say "See ya next year!" 

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X-Lapsed, Episode 293 - X-Force #25 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Three

X-Force (vol.6) #25 (January, 2022)
"The Edge"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Robert Gill
Colors - GURU-eFX
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 17, 2021

Surf or Die, Muties!

For this milestone 25th issue, we spend... well, most of it, watching Wolverine trying not to be a "Barney", while making time with a gill-necked surfer girl!

Also, Quentin Quire and Phoebe Cuckoo's relationship takes the next step.  Well, that is, if we define "breaking up" as a next step.  It's an issue filled with highs and lows... but, one that gives us plenty to talk about!

Plus: An Astonishing Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and much more!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 292 - S.W.O.R.D. #10 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Two

S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #10 (January, 2022)
"Triple Threat"
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: November 10, 2021

Wherein your humble host is still literally spitting fire, as a result of Holiday overindulgence... but, let's not let that distract from our given task of chatting up all of these X-Books!

Today's episode is focused on Wiz-Kid... our, sorta-kinda-but-definitely-not-turncoat, as revealed last issue.  We're going to actually get to know him a bit better... which only makes me even more bummed out that so much of this S.W.O.R.D. volume has been co-opted into various "crossovents", and has spent such little time fleshing out its own interesting and semi-obscure cast!

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