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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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 007 - Tales of Suspense #49 (1964)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Seven

Tales of Suspense #49 (January, 1964)
"The New Iron Man Meets The Angel!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Steve Ditko
Inks - P. Reinman
Letters - S. Rosen
Cover Price: 12¢

Today we head off the beaten path for the first (but not last!) time ever during our dip into the silly Silver Age, with the first X-Men guest-spot outside their own Marvel Mag!

Here we will focus on Angel as he invades an Iron Man story in Tales of Suspense... and also gets hit in the face with an ATOMIC BOMB!  It's a seminal look at the old Marvel Method of hero on hero violence... back before it was something we'd see every month (if not week)!  A fun little story, and I hope you'll check it out!

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Monday, June 28, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 213 - Hellions #12 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Thirteen

Hellions #12 (August, 2021)
"Gatecrashing"
Writer - Zeb Wells
Art - Stephen Segovia
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: June 2, 2021

The Hellfire Gala continues... and not everyone from our favorite crew of Irregulars has received an invite!  It's almost as though... not all mutants are created equal!  Hmm.  We might just keep talking about that.

Also: Some Inferno theories, Mailbag, and Comichron Sales Charts for everything X in March, 2021 (it's not great news)! 

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Sunday, June 27, 2021

The Collected Major X-Lapsed

The Collected Major X-Lapsed

Major X-Lapsed (2019)
(00:00:00) Major X #1
(00:26:33) Major X #2
(00:45:06) Major X #3
(01:09:54) Major X #4
(01:29:12) Major X #5
(01:54:16) Major X #6
(02:16:39) Major X #0: "All Along the Watchtower, Parts 1 & 2"
Writer - Rob Liefeld & Eric Stephenson
Pencils - Rob Liefeld, Brent Peeples, & Whilce Portacio 
Inks - Rob Liefeld, Adelso Corona, Dan Fraga, Scott Hanna, & Cory Hamscher
Colors - Romulo Fajardo Jr., & Digital Broome
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino, & Comicraft's Troy Peteri
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski, Powers, Harras
Cover Price: $24.99
On-Sale: October 15, 2019

Celebrating 30 Years of X-Force by sharing a compiled version of my three or so hour conversation with myself regarding 2019's sorta-kinda controversial miniseries (until people forgot it was still a thing) - Major X!  I discuss my roots in Liefeld fandom, what early 90's comics meant (and continue to mean) to me... and then, we get into it!

This is a very up and down little outing, so strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride!

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Saturday, June 26, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 08 - Dawn of X, Volume 6 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Eight

Dawn of X, Volume 6 (2020)
(00:00:00) Marauders #6: "A Time to Reap"
(00:48:57) Excalibur (vol.4) #6: "Verse VI: Watch the Throne"
(01:13:38) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #6: "Conclusion"
(01:49:32) New Mutants (vol.4) #6: "Not As Hoped"
(02:20:09) X-Force (vol.6) #6: "Intelligence"
(03:09:48) X-Men (vol.5) #6: "The Oracle"
Writers - Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, Bryan Hill, Ed Brisson, Benjamin Percy, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Matteo Lolli, Mario Del Pennino, Marcus To, Szymon Kudranski, Flaviano, Stephen Segovia, & Matteo Buffagni
Colors - Erick Arciniega, Federico Blee, Frank D'Armata, Carlos Lopez, GURU-eFX, & Sunny Gho
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Sabino, Travis Lanham, Joe Caramagna, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: July 14, 2020

As news begins to trickle in regarding the upcoming INFERNO event, The Collected X-Lapsed is inadvertently relevant (well, as relevant as it can be) - as this compilation episode contains the "shoe-drop" issue of X-Men wherein we all learn of Mystique's designs on our Island Nation!  Also: Kitty goes for an x-tended swim in Marauders, Fallen Angels mercifully ends, and Beast gets even nastier over in X-Force!

All that, as well as the always x-cellent Mailbags and the normal amounts of my marblemouthed nonsense!  If you're just now discovering X-Lapsed via these "collected editions", please let me know!

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Friday, June 25, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 212 - X-Force #20 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Twelve

X-Force (vol.6) #20 (August, 2021)
"The Secret Garden"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Joshua Cassara
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: June 2, 2021

In which the Hellfire Gala continues... and I talk myself in circles trying to figure out how to "fix" the Beast!  Our favorite sociopathic mad scientist might just have veered a little too deep into straightforward supervillainy at this point... where only a "deus ex cerebro" can save him!  I'll talk all about it... after I kvetch a bit about the rampant spoilers for everything-X overflowing on Social Media!

Also: Great Mailbag, wherein I get the opportunity to wax nostalgic over my days on USENET while "fanboying " out over Paul O'Brien from the X-Axis and House to Astonish!

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 211 - Marauders #21 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eleven

Marauders #21 (August, 2021)
"You Are Cordially Invited to the Hellfire Gala"
"Out With the Old: A Tale of Hellfire Gala Past"
Writers - Gerry Duggan & Chris Claremont
Art - Matteo Lolli & John Bolton
Colors - Edgar Delgado & Glynis Oliver
Letters - VC's Cory Petit & Tom Orzechowski
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Nocenti, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: June 2, 2021

We are cordially invited to the Hellfire Gala... and so, if you can find something outrageous and/or stupid enough to wear - I invite you to be my date!

Today we kick things off with sort of a bird's eye view on the event... it's a tough issue to analyze, since so many of the story threads will be fleshed out as we proceed... and so, this is mostly a recitation of events with very little in the way of analysis and editorializing.

But that's not all!  Come for the Gala, stay for the x-tended Mailbag Segment!

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