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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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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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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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 29 - Reign of X, Vol. 7 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Nine

Reign of X, Volume 7 (2021)
(00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #16: "One Step Behind"
(00:25:43) X-Force (vol.6) #18: "Shadows of the Mind"
(00:49:04) Cable (vol.4) #9: "Bargaining"
(01:15:52) Children of the Atom #2: "Prison Break"
(01:46:24) X-Force (vol.6) #19: "Dead of Nightmare"
(02:16:36) New Mutants (vol.4) #17: "Follow the White Rabbit"
Writers - Vita Ayala, Benjamin Percy, & Gerry Duggan
Art - Rod Reis, Garry Brown, Phil Noto, & Bernard Chang
Colors - Rod Reis, GURU-eFX, Phil Noto, & Marcelo Maiolo
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham, Joe Caramagna, & Joe Sabino
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, Andrews-Ballestros, Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: December 15, 2021

Continuing on our trek from #EcksofTens to the Hellfire Gala... and, killing an entire trade collection with some B and C tier titles!  You want Hickman?  Sorry 'bout that.  You want the actual X-Men book?  Better luck next time...

Here's a collection for the completionists... we'll have fun with it all the same!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 28 - Reign of X, Volume 6 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Eight

Reign of X, Volume 6 (2021)
(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #17: "Omega, Reconsidered"
(00:26:22) Marauders #18: "Saving Face"
(00:58:54) X-Men (vol.5) #18: "Inside the Vault"
(01:32:12) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #4: "The Krakoan Sun"
(02:34:23) X-Men (vol.5) #19: "Out of the Vault"
(03:10:15) Marauders #19: "Fire & Ice"
Writers - Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, & Al Ewing
Art - Joshua Cassara, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, Mahmud Asrar, & Valerio Schiti
Colors - GURU-eFX, Edgar Delgado, Sunny Gho, & Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Clayton Cowles, & Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Basso, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 23, 2021

Hey, remember how Laura, Darwin, and Synch were sent into the Vault like a hundred years ago?  I'd almost forgotten myself!  That'll all get cleared up during this compilation episode... also, more King in Black in S.W.O.R.D., more lawless Madripoor in Marauders, and more Quentin Quire corpses in X-Force!

It's fun f'r the whole family!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 27 - Reign of X, Volume 5 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Seven

Reign of X, Volume 5 (2021)
(00:00:00) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #2: "In the Dark"
(00:34:22) King in Black: Marauders #1: "Queen in Red"
(01:04:57) Excalibur (vol.4) #18: "Mad Women"
(01:40:40) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #3: "Everywhere Man"
(02:17:24) Excalibur (vol.4) #19: "Wild Violets"
Writers - Al Ewing, Gerry Duggan, & Tini Howard
Art - Valerio Schiti, Luke Ross, Marcus To, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, & Nico Leon
Colors - Marte Gracia, Carlos Lopez, & Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher & Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 9, 2021

Ya know what these books need MORE of?  Aliens and Otherworld!

Yes folks... that's what we've got on our plates today... Excalibur does the Otherworld thing (when doesn't it?), and three tie-ins to the King in Black event!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 26 - Reign of X, Volume 4 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Six

Reign of X, Volume 4 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Factor (vol.4) #6: "Suite No. 6: Scio Me Nihil Scire 'Second Movement'"

(00:54:13) Excalibur (vol.4) #17: "QEIII"

(01:23:10) Cable (vol.4) #8: "My Dinner With Domino"

(01:46:54) Wolverine (vol.7) #10 [LGY#352]: "Mercenaries"

(02:15:02) Children of the Atom #1: "Uncanny"

Writers - Leah Williams, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Percy, & Vita Ayala

Art - David Baldeon, Marcus To, Phil Noto, Adam Kubert, & Bernard Chang

Colors - Israel Silva, Erick Arciniega, Phil Noto, Frank Martin, & Marcelo Maiolo

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, Joe Sabino, Cory Petit, & Travis Lanham

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Andrews-Ballesteros, Amaro, Robinson, Bissa, Thomas, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: September 29, 2021

Heyyy, it's the long-awaited launch of Children of the Atom... and, well... they don't even get the cover for the anthology volume!  How sad.

We've also got Betsy beboppin' around the Infinite Earths, Wolverine partying like it's 1992, Kid Cable makin' time with Domino... and much, much more!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 25 - Reign of X, Volume 3 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Five

Reign of X, Volume 3 (2021)

(00:00:00) Wolverine (vol.7) #8: "The Past Ain't Dead"

(00:43:34) Marauders #17: "The Winds of Change"

(01:24:08) Cable (vol.4): "Gritty Days in the City of Brotherly Love"

(01:59:23) New Mutants (vol.4): "The Kids Ain't Alright"

(02:30:41) Wolverine (vol.7) #9: "Bidding War"

Writers - Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, & Vita Ayala

Art - Adam Kubert, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matteo Lolli, Phil Noto, & Rod Reis

Colors - Antonio Fabela, Matthew Wilson, Edgar Delgado, Phil Noto, & Rod Reis

Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Sabino, & Travis Lanham

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Amaro, Basso, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: August 18, 2021

A sorta-kinda themed collection of Reign of X issues for this week's compilation piece!  The watchword is "reunions".  Today we're going to see the rematch between Storm and Callisto in the Crucible, Dani and Xian preparing for some Otherworldly stuff, Cable back on the trail of those missing babies we forgot all about, and (as our cover art suggests) Wolverine reacquainting with his old pal Maverick!

It's a fun show... wherein you can also join me in trying to make sense of the voodoo math Marvel employed to get Wolverine up to his 350th LGY issue!  All that, and 3+ hours of my regular nonsense, right here waitin' for ya!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 24 - Reign of X, Volume 2 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Four

Reign of X, Volume 2 (2021)

(00:00:00) Marauders #16: "Consequences"

(00:41:54) New Mutants (vol.4) #14: "Welcome to the Wild Hunt"

(01:18:01) X-Force (vol.6) #15: "Trench Warfare"

(01:48:06) Excalibur (vol.4) #16: "They Keep Killing Braddocks"

(02:30:37) X-Force (vol.6) #16: "Into the Deep"

(03:08:06) X-Men (vol.5) #17: "Empty Nest"

Writers - Gerry Duggan, Vita Ayala, Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman

Art - Stefano Caselli, Rod Reis, Joshua Cassara, Marcus To, & Brett Booth

Inks - Adelso Corona

Colors - Edgar Delgado, Rod Reis, GURU-eFX, Erick Arciniega, & Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Travis Lanham, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: July 28, 2021

A kind of all-over-the-place collection of post Ecks of Tens stories... the ongoings appear to be attempting to rediscover their own unique identities after being intertwined in Otherworld for the past several months.

And, once they actually appear to GET their footing... well, then we'll toss a wrench into the works when we begin building to the Hellfire Gala!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 23 - Reign of X, Volume 1 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Three

Reign of X, Volume 1 (2021)

(00:00:00) Hellions #7: "Whetstone"

(00:42:36) X-Factor (vol.4) #5: "Volksgeist"

(01:23:08) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #1: "Mysterium"

(02:04:01) X-Men (vol.5) #16: "Sworded Out"

(02:41:21) Hellions #8: "The Grinning Neonate"

Writers - Zeb Wells, Leah Williams, Al Ewing, & Jonathan Hickman

Art - Stephen Segovia, David Baldeon, Valerio Schiti, & Phil Noto

Colors - David Curiel, Israel Silva, Marte Gracia, & Phil Noto

Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Basso, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: June 30, 2021

Ecks of Tens is firmly in the rear-view and we're rockin' and rollin' into the Reign of X era.

In today's compilation, we will be dealing with some Arrako-fallout, and formally introducing the world to the new-look S.W.O.R.D.!  Plus, all of my usual nonsense - you won't wanna miss it... well, if you missed it the first time around, anyway!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 22 - X of Swords, Volume 2 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Two

X of Swords, Volume 2 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 12"

(00:34:00) Marauders #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 13"

(01:04:39) Marauders #15: "X of Swords, Chapter 14"

(02:01:59) Excalibur (vol.4) #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 15"

(02:32:48) Wolverine (vol.7) #7: "X of Swords, Chapter 16"

(03:09:42) X-Force (vol.6) #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 17"

(03:48:22) Hellions #6: "X of Swords, Chapter 18"

(04:29:45) Cable (vol.4) #6: "X of Swords, Chapter 19"

(05:21:54) Excalibur (vol.4) #15: "X of Swords, Chapter 20"

(06:24:50) X-Men (vol.5) #15: "X of Swords, Chapter 21"

(07:08:53) X of Swords: Destruction #1: "X of Swords, Chapter 22"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Zeb Wells

Art - Mahmud Asrar, Leinil Francis Yu, Stefano Caselli, Phil Noto, Joshua Cassara, Carmen Carnero, & Pepe Larraz

Colors - Sunny Gho, Edgar Delgado, Phil Noto, GURU-eFX, David Curiel, Rachelle Rosenberg, & Marte Gracia

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles, Cory Petit, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna, & Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $29.99

On-Sale: June 1, 2021

The second-half of the twenty-two chapter X of Swords saga -- in which our heroes engage in a meal with the enemy, and run the gauntlet of her Royal Whyness' ridiculous contests.  It's a long one... weighing in at just shy of eight hours, so - if nothing else, I'll keep ya company throughout an entire work day!

Plus - All the usual X-Lapsed Nonsense!  Mailbag, hot takes, anecdotes and et-cetera!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 21 - X of Swords, Volume 1 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-One

X of Swords, Volume 1 (2021)

(00:00:00) Free Comic Book Day 2020: X-Men

(00:37:20) X of Swords: Creation #1: "X of Swords, Part 01"

(01:40:31) X-Factor (vol.4) #4: "X of Swords, Chapter 02"

(02:34:59) Wolverine (vol.7) #6: "X of Swords, Chapter 03"

(03:03:16) X-Force (vol.6) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 04"

(03:28:18) Marauders #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 05"

(04:19:24) Hellions #5: "X of Swords, Chapter 06"

(04:52:39) New Mutants (vol.4) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 07"

(05:31:13) Cable (vol.4) #5: "X of Swords, Chapter 08"

(05:53:29) Excalibur (vol.4) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 09"

(06:31:50) X-Men (vol.5) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 10"

(07:02:08) X of Swords: Stasis #1: "X of Swords, Chapter 11"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Leah Williams, Benjamin Percy, Vita Ayala, Zeb Wells, Ed Brisson, & Gerry Duggan 

Art - Pepe Larraz, Carlos Gomez, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matteo Lolli, Carmen Carnero, Rod Reis, Phil Noto, R.B. Silva, & Mahmud Asrar

Colors - Marte Gracia, Israel Silva, Matthew Wilson, Edgar Delgado, David Curiel, Rod Reis, Phil Noto, Nolan Woodard, & Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles, Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Ariana Maher, Travis Lanham, & Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Amaro, Robinson, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $29.99

On-Sale: June 1, 2021

Welcome, friends - to a giant-size installment of The Collected X-Lapsed!

It's time to kick off EcksofTens... and so, let's spend the next eight or so hours tracking down swords we're not going to use!  This episode includes the entire first-half of the... twenty-two part crossover event, plus as a special "bonus", I've included my look at the X-Men Free Comic Book Day 2020 special - so we can see the potential changes that were made to X of Swords during the Covid-hiatus... and also, you can hear me kvetch about what a waste FCBD truly is!

It'll be a good time... or, at the very least I'll help getcha through an entire day of work!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 20 - Juggernaut: No Stopping Now (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty

Juggernaut: No Stopping Now (2021)

(00:00:00) Juggernaut (vol.3) #1: "Picking Up the Pieces"

(00:33:37) Juggernaut (vol.3) #2: "How Green is My Valley"

(01:20:04) Juggernaut (vol.3) #3: "Stuck in the Past"

(01:47:19) Juggernaut (vol.3) #4: "Scalpel to the Soul"

(02:19:52) Juggernaut (vol.3) #5: "A New Beginning?"

Writer - Fabian Nicieza

Art - Ron Garney

Colors - Matt Milla

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $15.99

On-Sale: March 17, 2021

With the Dawn of X behind us, and X of Swords on the horizon - I thought it would be nice to take a breather from the heavy-duty Krakoa stuff, and check in on what Professor X's sometimes evil brother is up to (especially since nobody's willing to let the poor guy just live on the island!).

We'll meet D-Cel, who is totally not a mutant... and find out how Cain Marko regained the power of the Juggernaut.

A fun series... here's hoping for a follow-up!

Note: The "Mailbag" segments of the latter episodes of this series might have some X of Swords spoilers! 

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 19 - Dawn of X, Volume 16 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Nineteen

Dawn of X, Volume 16 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #11: "Red Dawn"

(00:35:46) Excalibur (vol.4) #11: "Blood of the Changeling"

(01:04:19) X-Force (vol.6) #12: "The Cerebro Sword"

(01:36:36) Excalibur (vol.4) #12: "Verse XII: The Beginning"

(02:01:54) Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: "Disintegration"

(02:51:53) X-Men (vol.5) #12: "Amenth"

Writers - Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman

Art - Bazaldua, Marcus To, Russell Dauterman, & Leinil Francis Yu

Colors - GURU-eFX, Erick Arciniega, Matthew Wilson, & Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: May 26, 2021

We have arrived at the FINAL volume of the Dawn of X Anthology Trade Collection.  Today we will witness the rest of our ongoings being rushed to a stopping point so that their casts can drop everything and search for swords they're not going to use!  Heck, one of these very issues is about a sword... which, even as deep into the Reign of X run as we are at the time of this upload, we STILL haven't seen again!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 18 - Dawn of X, Volume 15 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Eighteen

Dawn of X, Volume 15 (2021)

(00:00:00) Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: "The World"

(00:43:00) Marauders #11: "To Live and Die on Krakoa"

(01:26:24) New Mutants (vol.4) #12: "Monster Machine"

(01:52:13) Wolverine (vol.7) #5: "Bloodclocks"

(02:36:12) Marauders #12: "The New Phase"

(03:20:20) X-Factor (vol.4) #3: "Suite No. 3: Mojoverse Sonata the 2nd, a Celestial Rondo"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Ed Brisson, Benjamin Percy, & Leah Williams

Art - Rod Reis, Stefano Caselli, Marco Failla, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matteo Lolli, & David Baldeon

Colors - Rod Reis, Edgar Delgado, Carlos Lopez, Matthew Wilson, & Israel Silva

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher, Cory Petit, Travis Lanham, & Joe Caramagna

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Robinson, Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: May 4, 2021

With the Empyre-sploitation firmly in the rear-view, it's time to rush our stories to a halt... or at least to a semi-organic point where #EcksofTens can effectively put them on hold for a couple'a months.

This compilation also includes the "milestone" One-Hundredth episode of X-Lapsed!  It's chock-full of my regular nonsense - couldn't have done it without you all.  Thanks you!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 17 - Dawn of X, Volume 14 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Seventeen

Dawn of X, Volume 14 (2021)

(00:00:00) Wolverine (vol.7) #4: "The Red Tavern"

(00:38:36) X-Factor (vol.4) #2: "Mojoverse Sonata XF.3 Op: 45, Danse Macabre"

(01:27:18) X-Men (vol.5) #11: "One War, One Mutant"

(02:05:14) Empyre: X-Men #3: "Staff Infection"

(02:43:23) Empyre: X-Men #4: "Un-Ring"

Writers - Benjamin Percy, Leah Williams, Jonathan Hickman, Vita Ayala, Zeb Wells, & Ed Brisson

Art - Viktor Bogdanovic, David Baldeon, Leinil Francis Yu, Andrea Broccardo, Jorge Molina, & Lucas Werneck

Colors - Matthew Wilson, Israel Silva, Sunny Gho, Nolan Woodard, Adriano de Benedetto, & Lucas Werneck

Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna, & Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, Amaro, White, Basso, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: March 31, 2021

Today's is a pretty interesting compilation... as, if you're a listener of the more recent episodes of X-Lapsed, you'll be familiar with my gushing over X-Factor... and lamenting its cancellation.  Well, wouldja believe that there was a point in time where I was actually HOPING it would be canned with the quickness?  It was with the second issue of the volume where I was officially "done" with this book.  Boy, how things change!

Also, despite the fact that we're wrapping up the Empyre-sploitation miniseries here, we're also including the only Empyre chapter worth a damn in X-Men #11!  You WILL believe a man can drop a satellite on a veg-alien!

All that, and my usual nonsense... all here waitin' for ya!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 16 - Dawn of X, Volume 13 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Sixteen

Dawn of X, Volume 13 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #10: "Fire"

(00:21:15) Cable (vol.4) #3: "Ace in the Pouch"

(00:55:56) Cable (vol.4) #4: "The Big Bang"

(01:32:16) Empyre: X-Men #1: "[Alien] Plants vs. [Mutant] Zombies"

(02:14:28) Empyre: X-Men #2: "Growing Strong"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, Ben Percy, & Leah Williams

Art - Leinil Francis Yu, Phil Noto, Matteo Buffagni, & Lucas Werneck

Colors - Sunny Gho, Phil Noto, & Nolan Woodard 

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles & Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: March 2, 2021

That awkward volume where you're dealing with not one, but two mass-crossover events, and just trying to keep your head above water!

Today's compilation piece is part Empyre... and part X of Swords - I suppose we could (and should) blame the Covid-Hiatus on this, but still - it makes for a very odd reading x-perience.  I couldn't imagine what trade-waiters thought when they picked this one off the shelf!

Also: I so hate to do this to y'all... but, the first two parts of Empyre: X-Men are a part of this collection as well -- so, they're ba-ack!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 15 - Dawn of X, Volume 12 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Fifteen

Dawn of X, Volume 12 (2021)

(00:00:00) Marauders #10: "Leave None to Tell the Tale"

(00:33:59) Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1

(01:10:11) X-Factor (vol.4) #1: "Suite No. 1: Prelude: Aurora Moratorium"

(01:46:24) Cable (vol.4) #2: "The Five in One"

(02:11:16) Hellions #4: "Love Bleeds"

Writers - Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, Leah Williams, & Zeb Wells

Art - Stefano Caselli, Ramon Perez, David Baldeon, Phil Noto, & Stephen Segovia

Colors - Edgar Delgado, David Curiel, Israel Silva, & Phil Noto

Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Clayton Cowles, Joe Caramagna, Joe Sabino, & Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, Amaro, White, Basso, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: February 16, 2021

The compilation features the episode which started the show's fixation on Madelyne Pryor and her nebulous resurrectability!  We also get our first glimpse of the island that would eventually host the Hellfire Gala!  Plus: The fourth volume of X-Factor launches... which, your humble host was initially NOT a fan of!  Listen to me complain... only to have to eat my words a few months later!  It's a super-seminal episode... in the cleanest way possible. 

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