X-Lapsed, Episode 205 - X-Corp #1 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Five

X-Corp #1 (July, 2021)

"Simply Superior"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Alberto Foche

Colors - Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: May 12, 2021

Welcome, friends... to, hands down, the most difficult episode of X-Lapsed I've ever done!  If you've been following this show for any length of time, you'll know I really don't like being negative about our books... but, this one... hoo boy.  I literally almost threw up the white flag.

I feel like I need to publicly apologize to Fallen Angels, Empyre: X-Men, the Broo King Egg story, X-Men #12 and #14 being the same damn book, and even X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing... because, those were all a dream compared to this!

On a positive note... if you can make it through my negativity long enough - we've got some great mailbag discussion to close out!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 204 - Children of the Atom #3 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Four

Children of the Atom #3 (July, 2021)

"Unusual Dinner Guests"

Writer - Vita Ayala

Art - Paco Medina

Colors - David Curiel

Letters - VC's Travis Lanham

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Robinson, Andrews Ballesteros, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: May 12, 2021

The CotA "slow burn" continues... and, well - there ain't a whole heckuva lot to say about it!

We do have some great mailbag discussion today though!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 203 - X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Three

X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 (July, 2021)

"Chapter 7: Devils and Dark Rooms"

"Chapter 8: Adapt or Die"

"Chapter 9: New Growth"

Writer - Steve Orlando

Art - Andrea Broccardo

Colors - GURU-eFX

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Carlos Lao & Adam Del Re

Edits - Tom Groneman, Mark Paniccia, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: May 5, 2021

Today we cover a One-Shot... that is actually a Part III... which includes Chapters 7-9 of a story that started two One-Shots ago... and ran through a second One-Shot, that all had different names.  Also, it's just not very good!

Today I'm going to complain all about it... and Steve Orlando's wildly unnatural sounding dialogue!

Plus: Great Mailbag, including the return of a recently X-Lapsed friend

And - a plea to the comics social media bubble NOT to rush to spoil this week's Planet-Sized X-Men (ehh, who am I kidding... it's GOING to be spoiled for us...)

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Generation X-Lapsed, Episode 12 - Generation X #87 (2018)

Generation X-Lapsed, Episode Twelve

Generation X #87 (April, 2018)

Writer - Christina Strain

Art - Amilcar Pinna

Colors - Felipe Sobreiro

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Edits - Robinson, Shan, Paniccia, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: February 21, 2018

It's the final episode of Generation X-Lapsed!

Will the Loser Squad be able to defeat M-Plate?

Will Jubilee be able to adequately use her newly returned PAFF powers?

Will we ever see these characters again?

Those answers... well, might be in this issue.

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Help me pick the next Sunday Special Series!

• Mr. & Mrs. X-Lapsed
  • 18 Episodes
    • Rogue & Gambit 1-5
    • X-Men Gold Wedding Issue
    • Mr. & Mrs. X 1-12
• JEANeration X-Lapsed
  • 12 Episodes
    • Jean Grey 1-11
    • Generations: Jean Grey

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 06 - Dawn of X, Volume 5 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Six

Dawn of X, Volume 5 (2020)

(00:00:00) Marauders #5: "A Time to Sow"

(00:28:18) Excalibur (vol.4) #5: "Verse V: Panic on the Streets of London"

(00:55:41) New Mutants (vol.4) #5: "Endangered Birds"

(01:35:21) X-Force (vol.6) #5: "Necessary Force"

(02:12:58) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #5: "Sensei"

(02:38:30) X-Men (vol.5) #5: "Into the Vault"

Writers - Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, Jonathan Hickman, Benjamin Percy, & Bryan Hill 

Art - Matteo Lolli, Lucas Werneck, Marcus To, Rod Reis, Joshua Cassara, Syzmon Kudranski, & R.B. Silva 

Colors - Federico Blee, Erick Arciniega, Dean White, Rachelle Rosenberg, Frank D'Armata, & Marte Gracia

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

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: April 21, 2020

We're at our traditional "penultimate chapter" issues of each of our Dawn of X launch titles... however, only one of the six seems to be playing along!

Fallen Angels gets ready to wrap up by finally putting together their team (who we'll never see work together again after this series) - X-Men decides to ignore Fallen Angels completely by having X-23 fall back into her pre-FA character and costume... before the other series even ends -  Forge acts a chucklehead in X-Force - we resume our New Mutants space story (never thought I'd be so happy to see Deathbird!), your humble host becomes more accustomed to the new take on Bobby Drake, and Excalibur begins it's "Have I missed an issue?" meme!

All that, plus the always X-Cellent Mailbags!  If you are only now discovering X-Lapsed through these Collected Editions - please, reach out and let me know your thoughts!

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WC #1 - Green Lantern

Wednesday Comics #1 (Green Lantern)

By Kurt Busiek & Joe Quinones

Edits - Mark Chiarello

It's time to check in on our Action Comics Weekly "leading man", Green Lantern!  I wonder if this first outing will end with someone being brutally murdered?

Ehh, probably not...

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We open at the Orbit Lounge in Coast City where the gang from Ferris Airfield have decided to head for some after-work libations.  Hal isn't here... but, we're very much in the Hal-is-Poochy mode here, where everybody won't stop talking about him.  If Hal ain't on panel... make sure everyone wants to know where he is.  This is the Geoff Johns era, after all!

Carol is annoyed that Hal isn't here... and is also annoyed that, despite the fact that she turned down his advances, that he dares to date other women.  Remember, post-Rebirth (the first Rebirth) Hal Jordan is basically Fonzie.  Men wanna be him, women wanna be with him.

On the bar's television is an interview with Joe Dillon, an astronaut.  Naturally, everybody says "Ooh, Hal oughta be here to see this!" because, I mean... what else are these productive adult humans going to say?

We close out in true Poochy fashion, with someone just plain asking where Hal's at.  Turns out, duh, he's out Green Lanterning!

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Was... this parody?

This is basically every criticism of the post-Johns Hal Jordan given four-color flesh!  Hal Jordan... even though he doesn't actually show up until the final panel... is the main topic of conversation.  How do these Ferris folks even function in their everyday lives?

Do they stand in the shower wondering what Hal's upto?  When they fix their morning coffee... are they thinking about the way Hal uses seventeen Splenda packets in his?  I mean, this is just plain sad.

I say this as an actual fan of the post-Johns Green Lantern too (though with the understanding that sometimes the "man-crush" Geoff had on Hal was a little too evident)!  Though, as folks who follow this blog know, I'm also a fan of pre-Johns Hal Jordan.  I like my Hal to be a bit flawed... and not viewed as an idol to his work peers.

I guess as an introduction to 2009-Hal Jordan... it's about as accurate as it's going to get though, so I can't hold it against our creative team.  It's just, for long-time readers of Green Lantern, it feels a bit on the nose with just how adored our Hal is.

The art is nice too.

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 6 - X-Men #6

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Six

X-Men #6 (July, 1964)

"Sub-Mariner! joins The Evil Mutants"

Writer/Edits - Stan Lee

Pencils - Jack Kirby

Inks - Chic Stone

Letters - S. Rosen

Colors - Eh?  Probably Somebody...

Cover Price: 12¢

Stop me if you've heard this one... it's the X-Men vs. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!  But, friends, that's not all... this time out, the Brotherhood is joined by Namor the Sub-Mariner, firmly establishing that the X-Men are part of the shared Marvel Universe!  Why, we even get editorial footnotes pointing us to recent issues of Fantastic Four and Avengers!

Plus: Starting today (and hopefully for as long as we can), we're going to be taking the pulse of the comics fan of the day, when we read and discuss the "Let's Visit the X-Men" Letters Pages!  Today we'll be covering the letters Stan and Jack received for issues #3 and #4 (appearing in X-Men #5 & 6)!

It's a good time as always... hope you'll give us a try!

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