Sunday, July 4, 2021

Questerdays, An EPIC ElfQuest Podcast, Episode 4 - ElfQuest #4 (1985)

Questerdays, An EPIC ElfQuest Podcast - Episode Four

ElfQuest #4 (November, 1985)
"The Challenge"
By Wendy & Richard Pini
Colors - Glynis Oliver
EPIC Editors - Archie & Jo
Consultant - Big Jim
Cover Price: $0.75 USD / $1 CAN

What do you do when a new guy rolls into town and tries to take your best gal?  Well, if you've got one handy - you might just throw a centuries-old ceremonial wand in their direction!

Today, friends - we kick off THE CHALLENGE.  It's the oddly sympathetic Rayek challenging the oddly kinda dickish Cutter, and it's "Winner take Leetah"!  We will talk all about this, while trying our best not to say the words "current year" and/or "2021" every other sentence!

Also: We go through the first-ever ElfQuest "Quests & Answers" Letters Page... which features some of the most convenient letters a comic creator could EVER hope to get.  The Bullpen Bulletins page is... well, it's there.  And our ads are a blast as always!  It's two and a half hours of ElfQuest goodness with ya boys Chris² - you won't wanna miss it!

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Saturday, July 3, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 09 - Dawn of X, Volume 7 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Nine

Dawn of X, Volume 7 (2020)
(00:00:00) Marauders #7: "From Emma, With Love"
(00:25:27) Excalibur (vol.4) #7: "Verse VII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable"
(01:07:21) X-Force (vol.6) #7: "Domino Has Fallen"
(01:34:25) Wolverine (vol.7) #1: "The Flower Cartel", "Catacombs"
Writers - Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, & Benjamin Percy
Art - Stefano Caselli, Wilton Santos, Oscar Bazaldua, Adam Kubert, & Viktor Bogdanovic
Colors - Edgar Delgado, Erick Arciniega, GURU-eFX, Frank Martin, & Matthew Wilson
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, & Joe Caramagna 
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: September 1, 2020

We knew it wouldn't be too terribly long before we got ourselves a Dawn of X era Wolverine ongoing... and so, here it is!

This compilation episode (and anthology volume) only includes four "issuesodes"... but, that Wolvie ish is a long'un.  But first, the Marauders deal with the fallout of their loss last issue, Excalibur THANKFULLY takes a break from Otherworld to go on a foxhunt, and a Domino-centric issue of X-Force raises some very thought-provoking questions regarding the collectivist nature of Krakoa!

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Friday, July 2, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 010 - X-Men #7 (1964)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Ten

X-Men #7 (September, 1964)
"The Return of the Blob"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - Art Simek
Colors - The Unknown Colorist
Cover Price: 12¢

The Blob is back... and hanging out with, who else... Magneto and his Brotherhood!  Do the newly-graduated X-Men... without their mentor - but with their new field leader, stand a chance?  You don't wanna miss this one... or, ya know, maybe you do!

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 009 - Fantastic Four #28 (1964)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Nine

Fantastic Four #28 (July, 1964)
"We Have to Fight the X-Men!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - Art Simek
Cover Price: 12¢

It's the highest-profile X-Men guest-appearance yet... and perhaps their highest-profile appearance period!

Today the X-Men meet and fight the Fantastic Four... for the first of many times!  We're going to talk a bit about how this appearance might just have legitimized the world's strangest teen-agers to the fans of the wider Marvel Universe, and much more!

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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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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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