Wednesday, July 7, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 013 - X-Men #9 (1965)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirteen

X-Men #9 (January, 1965)
"Enter, the Avengers!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - S. Rosen
Colors - We Don't Need No Stinking Colors!
Cover Price: 12¢

It's AvX -- Round One!

Yes, friends - this is the first official run-in between The Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the World's Strangest Teen-Agers... and, it's a battle for the ages!  And, by "ages", I mean it's like a three-page slap fight, that includes actual hair-pulling.

Also: The truth about Professor X's injury, a Letters Page where people won't shut up about Marvel Girl's "catseye" headgear and Iceman's booties, and much much more!

Join me, won't you?  I'm very lonely in here!

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 012 - X-Men #8 (1964)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twelve

X-Men #8 (November, 1964)
"The Uncanny Threat of... Unus the Untouchable!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - S. Rosen
Colors - ______!
Cover Price: 12¢

In which an X-Man threatens to quit the team and our heroes face off against a Brand-New (somewhat) Evil Mutant!  It's just another day in the neighborhood for the World's Strangest Teen-Agers!

Also: The first time where we see them being "Feared and/or Hated"!  A seminal issue, indeed!

All that plus - Letters Page Goodness, prehistoric Bullpen Bulletins, and Mailbag!

Special Note: There is a bit of a... temporal distortion in the middle of this episode.  I can't really explain it... but I couldn't scrub it out of my recording.  Apologies in advance for any confusion... we probably should just forget it ever happened.

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Monday, July 5, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 011 - Journey into Mystery #109 (1964)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Eleven

Journey into Mystery #109 (October, 1964)
"When Magneto Strikes!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Chic Stone
Letters - S. Rosen
Colors - Eh?
Cover Price: 12¢

Today we're covering the issue which finally caused your humble host to pull the trigger on Marvel Unlimited... mostly because he couldn't see himself attempting to track down an issue of Thor... and boy, is he glad he did - because this is a very fun issue, pitting the Odinson against our resident Master of Magnetism!  How can Magneto fair against Mjolnir?  Quite well, surprisingly enough!

Have a listen and find out for yourself!

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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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