Wednesday, July 21, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 221 - S.W.O.R.D. #6 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Twenty-One

S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #6 (August, 2021)
"This is What Comes Next"
Writer - Al Ewing
Art - Valerio Schiti
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: June 23, 2021

S.W.O.R.D. takes us into some Hellfire Gala fallout... and, it's all pretty great!  To say any more would be to spoil it... and, since the events of this story WERE spoiled for your humble host, I will do you all the kindness of saying no more!

You don't wanna miss this one!

Plus: My usual Musings, Mailbag, and more Facebook Friends!

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 220 - Wolverine #13 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Twenty

Wolverine (vol.7) #13 (August, 2021) [LGY#355]
"What They Did in the Shadows"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Pencils - Scot Eaton
Inks - Oren Junior
Colors - Matthew Wilson
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: June 23, 2021

In what could've (and perhaps should've) been the next issue of X-Force, the Mutant CIA deals with the Telefloridian Menace... while also attempting to reconcile Beast's involvement in making them so!

This leads into your humble host having rather the odd conversation with himself, wherein I do my damnedest to come to the Beast's defense (sorta).  I'd love to hear your thoughts on current-year Hank McCoy - is there ANY saving this character?  Inquiring mind(s) wanna know!

Plus: Great Mailbag, and some super-fun discussion from some new Facebook friends! 

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Monday, July 19, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 219 - X-Corp #2 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Nineteen

X-Corp #2 (August, 2021)
"A Shark in the Water"
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: $3.99
On-Sale: June 16, 2021

It's X-Corp day... let's just push forward!

For those of you who can make it - there's some great listener mail, Planet-Size X-Men fallout and "This Week in X" to discuss!

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Sunday, July 18, 2021

Questerdays, An EPIC ElfQuest Podcast, Episode 5 - ElfQuest #5 (12/85)

Questerdays, An EPIC ElfQuest Podcast, Episode Five

ElfQuest #5 (December, 1985)
"Bridge of Destiny"
By Wendy & Richard Pini
Colors - Glynis Oliver
EPIC Edits - Archie & Jo
Chief - Jim Shooter
Cover Price: $0.75 USD / $1 CAN


Picking up right where we left off last time - Cutter and Rayek are in the midst of THE CHALLENGE, and there two trials remain!  We'll discuss'em both right here!

Also: Our usual "back-matter", including the Quests & Answers Letters Page, the Bullpen Bulletins, and an extended look at the Ads... which feature some of our very favorite ones of the era: Saturday Morning Cartoons!

All that, plus some news on the ElfQuest AUDIO MOVIE and an update on the ElfQuest lead figurines we didn't even know were a thing a few episodes back!

Special Thanks to the ElfQuest Facebook Group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2209159129

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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Intro & ElfQuest News
(00:14:20) Bridge of Destiny
(00:55:07) Quests & Answers
(01:08:15) Bullpen Bulletins
(01:28:28) Ads
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Saturday, July 17, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 11 - Dawn of X, Volume 9 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Eleven

Dawn of X, Volume 9 (2020)
(00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #8: "A-Hunting We Will Go"
(00:30:00) Marauders #9: "Journey to the Center of Pyro"
(01:37:28) Cable (vol.4) #1: "Big Guns"
(02:23:32) X-Men (vol.5) #8: "Swarm"
(03:01:52) Excalibur (vol.4) #9: "Verse IX: Schools of Magic"
(03:52:13) X-Force (vol.6) #9: "The Moral Jungle"
Writers - Ed Brisson, Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, & Benjamin Percy
Art - Marco Failla, Matteo Lolli, Phil Noto, Mahmud Asrar, Marcus To, & Joshua Cassara
Colors - Carlos Lopez, Edgar Delgado, Sunny Gho, Erick Arciniega, & Dean White
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham, Joe Caramagna, Joe Sabino, Clayton Cowles, & Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Bissa, Robinson, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 10, 2020

Welcome to the fold, Cable!  Hope you enjoy your (relatively short) stay!

Our eleventh Collected Edition sees Kid Cable best Wolverine in battle before getting swept away to deal with some, of all things, Spaceknight stuff.  Excalibur is... back in Otherworld (duh), The New Mutants deal with boring Nova Roma stuff, X-Men focuses on Vulcan... and banging Brood in what might be the worst story to come out of this volume, X-Force heads into Terra Verde, and Marauders sees Pyro infected by a tiny little fellow.

All that, plus the usual backmatter nonsense you know and tolerate!  Lotsa Crucible fall-out chatter!  You're gonna love it (I hope)!

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Friday, July 16, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 218 - New Mutants #19 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighteen

New Mutants (vol.4) #19 (August, 2021)
"Party of the Century"
Writer - Vita Ayala
Art - Alex Lins
Colors - Matt Milla
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: June 16, 2021


The New Mu's are in their Carnation Abominations, and are ready to strut their stuff down the Green Carpet for the Hellfire Gala.  What's up with Tier?  Where's Gabby?  What's the deal with Amahl Farouk?  Can Doug and Warlock still be pals in a post-Bei the Blood Moon world?  Is Tran gonna show up?
 
Some of those answers and more... today!
 
Also: Mailbag and a little bit of x-relevant news for fans of Marvel mobile games
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Thursday, July 15, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 217 - Planet-Size X-Men #1 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Seventeen

Planet-Size X-Men #1 (August, 2021)
"Fireworks"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Pepe Larraz
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: June 16, 2021

Finally... we get to talk about the event that we had mostly spoiled for us months ago!  It's no longer the worst kept secret in the X-Books... it's out in the open!

So, for the few of you asking what it IS that I'm talking about -- Well, you'll have to listen (or, ya know, read the issue AND listen) to find out.

We've got some X-Cellent X-Tended Mailbag today as well, introducing a new letter writer to boot!

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