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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

X-Lapsed, Episode 066 - X-Men #8 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Sixty-Six

X-Men (vol.5) #8 (May, 2020)

"Swarm"

Writer - Jonathan Hickman

Art - Mahmud Asrar

Colors - Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: March 11, 2020

You ever have... a dream of falling? Well, Gabriel Summers does... just about every night, so how about we try and catch up with him for a minute (and only a minute)? The main focus of today's issue and episode will be, for lack of a better term - brood banging. Hope you're wearing gloves.

Also: Great listener mail, where we discuss the inorganic nature of the relationships among the Amalgamated Young Mutants of Krakoa, LLC - and the utter madness that is Major X!

Check out Danger Room - The X-Men Commentary Podcast:

https://xmenpodcast.com/

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Monday, November 16, 2020

X-Lapsed, Episode 065 - Cable #1 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Sixty-Five

Cable (vol.4) #1 (May, 2020)

"Big Guns"

Writer - Gerry Duggan

Art - Phil Noto

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: March 11, 2020

Wave Two rolls on with Dawn of X's second solo-ongoing - Cable!

Today we join him as he beats up Wolverine, and removes a thorn from the paw of an ancient beast -- and maybe becomes a Spaceknight because of it! It's a fun story, and a good time - I hope you'll join us!

Also: Our usual x-cellent listener mail, and more of me waxing on about "broken toys" (please listen anyway!)

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Sunday, November 15, 2020

Major X-Lapsed, Episode 5 - Major X #5 (2019)

Major X-Lapsed, Episode Five

Major X #5 (June, 2019)

Writer - Rob Liefeld

Pencils - Brent Peeples

Inks - Adelso Corona

Colors - Romulo Fajardo, Jr.

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: June 12, 2019

Nobody's favorite show is back to cover the penultimate issue of the 2019 Major X miniseries - and boy, it's getting tough to stay positive.

Today, we get some body-swapping... a Sentinel dogfight... and an appearance by the current-year (pre-HoXPoX) X-Men. It's... well, it's something.

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Saturday, November 14, 2020

X-Lapsed, Episode 064 - Marauders #9 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Sixty-Four

Marauders #9 (May, 2020)

"Journey to the Center of Pyro"

Writer - Gerry Duggan

Art - Matteo Lolli

Colors - Edgar Delgado

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Robinson, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: March 4, 2020

Come along and ride on a fantastic... voyage?

Today we check in (and deal) with Pyro's diminutive stowaway, Yellowjacket... and talk a whole lot about some "Dawn of X problems" (that's "problems" with a little "p"). Also, we check in with Call Me Kate at the hatchery to see how she's cookin'.

Plus: Some amazing listener mail, where we recap a bunch of recent discussions and touch on (and labor over) some wildly interesting plot points. Lots of "food for thought", I hope you'll join us!

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Friday, November 13, 2020

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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Thursday, November 12, 2020

X-Lapsed, Episode 062 - X-Men #7 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode Sixty-Two

X-Men (vol.5) #7 (April, 2020)

"Lifedeath"

Writer - Jonathan Hickman

Art - Leinil Francis Yu

Colors - Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: February 26, 2020

Let's get ready to rumble!

It's time for the first-ever Krakoan Crucible... and, boy-oh-boy, do we have A LOT to talk about. Topics we will discuss will include a mutant's right to die, the concept of being (and/or becoming) "whole", how context and consequence are the basis of continuity, and we will theory-craft the ever-loving hell out of just about every nugget of "food for thought" this amazing issue gives us.

Also: This issue features "that" scene between Wolverine and Cyclops... that set many a "comics journalist" to clickbait their way to fleeting (and relative) internet fame. We'll talk all about that as well.

Plus: Great listener mail and another X-Lapsed "Call to Arms". If you're digging the show -- or at the very least, appreciate the time and effort that goes into making it every single day, please consider telling a friend that it's a thing that exists in the world! Thanks gang!

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