Showing posts with label strange tales. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strange tales. Show all posts

Friday, January 7, 2022

X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode 6

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X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode Six

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episodes 029-034
(00:00:00) Strange Tales #141: "Operation: Brain Blast!"
(00:32:02) Strange Tales #142: "Who Strikes at -- S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
(00:56:18) Strange Tales #143: "To Free a Brain Slave!"
(01:21:26) X-Men #22: "Divided -- We Fall!"
(02:00:00) X-Men #23: "To Save a City"
(02:33:00) X-Men #24: "The Plague of... the Locust!"
Writers - Stan Lee & Roy Thomas
Pencils - Jack Kirby, Howard Purcell, & Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin AND himself)
Inks - Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, & Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen & Artie Simek
Colors - Probably that Goldberg guy
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢/per

The Essential X-Lapsed rolls on... and OFF the beaten X-Path to continue x-ploring the x-ploits of the Silver Age X-Men... as well as popping in on the first appearance of semi-relevant Marvel Mutant... Mentallo, in the pages of Strange Tales - a three-part adventure starring Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

All that, and our usual Silver Age Back-Matter, including Letters Pages and Bullpen Bulletins!

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Friday, September 10, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 031 - Strange Tales #143 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-One

Strange Tales #143 (April, 1966)
"To Free A Brain Slave"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby w/Howard Purcell
Inks - Mike Demeo
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Only their hairdresser knows for sure...
Cover Price: 12¢

Wrapping up the mesmerizing Mentallo Trilogy!  Prepare your senses to be shocked... or, mildly amused, I suppose!

Today the S.H.I.E.L.D.sters and Tony Stark team up to neutralize their mental (and hydrogen) threat!  Will they make it in time... or will Nick Fury get his patch blown off?

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 30 - Strange Tales #142 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty

Strange Tales #142 (March, 1966)
"Who Strikes At --- S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Mike Demeo
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Da Gremlins
Cover Price: 12¢

The Middle chapter of the Monumental Mutant Menace of Mentallo Trilogy!

Today we're talking x-tremely deep pockets, and reading the minds of inanimate objects... if nothing else, this story definitely isn't boring!

I hope you're enjoying this trip off the beaten path as much as I am!  Lemme know!

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 029 - Strange Tales #141 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Nine

Strange Tales #141 (February, 1966)
"Operation: Brain Blast!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Frank Ray
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Da Bullpen
Cover Price: 12¢

Stepping off the beaten path to introduce current-year S.W.O.R.D. cast member, the Mutant Menace of Mentallo!

We're broadening our horizons here at The Essential X-Lapsed... checking out series' that I never would have before!  Today's episode comes from the Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. portion of Strange Tales -- Hydra has fallen, ESPers are the new hotness, and Nick Fury tries to get TV from Tokyo!  It's a funner than x-pected time!

Also: Great Mailbag!

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Thursday, July 8, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 014 - Strange Tales #128 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Fourteen

Strange Tales #128 (January, 1965)
"Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Dick Ayers
Inks - Frank Ray
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Who's on First?
Cover Price: 12¢

We're back off the beaten path... checking in with our two resident conflicted members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as they attempt to officially "go good".  They figure the best way to go about this is to... break into the Baxter Building!  Oh well, they can't ALL be good ideas... Fighting and Flames ensue!

We chat up Wanda and Pietro... and dig into the X-Cellent Mailbag!  Be there!
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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 008 - Strange Tales #120 (1964)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Eight

Strange Tales #120 (May, 1964)
"The Torch Meets The Iceman!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - S. Rosen
Colors - Ehhhhh?
Cover Price: 12¢

The X-Men continue looming large over the early Marvel Universe... this time with their youngest member - the sixteen-year old Kid Kool himself - crossing paths with the youngest member of the Fantastic Four - Johnny Storm, the Human Torch in the pages of Strange Tales #120!

Will these two teen-agers forgo the "Superhero Team-Ups... the Marvel Way" formula... or, will we waste several pages of this short story with a Silver Age clashing of Fire and Ice?  You may be surprised... I know I was!

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