Sunday, July 25, 2021

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE - Crisis on Infinite Earths

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE

Crisis on Infinite Earths
(00:00:00) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 50: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-2
(02:12:44) Weird Comics History, Episode 22: The Pre-Crisis DC Multiverse
(03:37:25) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 51: Crisis on Infinite Earths #3-5
(06:15:37) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 52: Crisis on Infinite Earths #6-8
(07:28:41) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 53: Crisis on Infinite Earths #9-11
(09:19:41) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 54: Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, History of the DC Universe #1-2
Total Running Time: 11 Hours, 18 Minutes, 33 Seconds

The Celebration of Five Years of Chris and Reggie rolls on with a compilation of one the projects we were most proud of -- our coverage of Crisis on Infinite Earths!  This was a series several months in the making... and was comprised of hundreds of hours of research and writing.  This was an "around the clock" production... and the notes we took on Crisis actually filled more pages than Crisis itself!

It's a heck of series... and we had a blast getting to the bottom of it.  We bio EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER who appears (even if that appearance is in a single panel), we discuss the behind the scenes of Crisis-Era DC Comics, we cover every pre-Crisis appearance of the Monitor, we dissect EVERY SINGLE pre-Crisis alternate Earth (even those retroactively named via the Absolute Crisis Edition).  We also look at The History of the DC Universe, and chat up the fallout and the early post-Crisis landscape.  If you've got 12 hours to kill... this might be right up your alley!

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Blog Posts (featuring "behind the scenes" information):
Part One (including EVERY Pre-Crisis Appearance of The Monitor)
Part Two (including "that" page... you know the one)

Saturday, July 24, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 12 - Dawn of X, Volume 10 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twelve

Dawn of X, Volume 10 (2020)
(00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #9: "Something Rotten In..."
(00:53:44) Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler #1: "Haunted Mansion"
(01:44:58) Hellions #1: "Let Them Be Snakes"
(02:44:06) Wolverine (vol.7) #2: "Your Own Worst Enemy"
(03:19:44) X-Men (vol.5) #9: "The King Egg"
(03:57:34) Excalibur (vol.4) #10: "Verse X: A Crooked World"
Writers - Ed Brisson, Jonathan Hickman, Zeb Wells, Benjamin Percy, & Tini Howard
Art - Flaviano, Alan Davis, Stephen Segovia, Adam Kubert, Leinil Francis Yu, & Marcus To
Colors - Carlos Lopez, David Curiel, Frank Martin, Sunny Gho, & Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham, Clayton Cowles, & Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Bissa, Robinson, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: December 1, 2020

Finally... it's time for Hellions!

The Collected X-Lapsed rolls on with the introduction of, perhaps THE surprise hit of this entire era... a team of B, C, and D list villains (plus Havok) engaging in therapeutic violence under the watchful eye of Mr. Sinister... what could possibly go wrong?

Also, Broo eats an egg, Wolverine fights flowers, and a Giant-Size issue supposedly featuring Nightcrawler!  All 'at and the usual X-Lapsed nonsense to boot!

*NOTE: Episode 14 of The Collected X-Lapsed will feature something of an "audit", since between Amazon, Marvel(dot)com, Comixology, the Marvel Wikia, and the actual Dawn of X trades themselves... NOBODY can keep which issues appear in each volumes straight!  We'll do our best to straighten it out!

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Friday, July 23, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 223 - X-Factor #10 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Twenty-Three

X-Factor (vol.4) #10 (August, 2021)
"Finale"
Story - Leah Williams & David Baldeon
Art - David Baldeon, David Messina & Lucas Werneck
Colors - Israel Silva
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Andrews-Ballesteros, Thomas, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: June 30, 2021

Welcome friends, to a day of Multiple Milestones!  Today we wrap up both the Hellfire Gala and the fourth volume of X-Factor... as well as celebrate TWO-THOUSAND days of Daily Comics Content at Chris is on Infinite Earths!

We bid a sad farewell to our Boneyard residents, mysteries are awkwardly solved, people are horribly dressed... and wrap up with the discovery of SPOILER ALERT's dead body!  Whodunnit... well, we're going to have to wait and see!

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 222 - Way of X #3 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Twenty-Two

Way of X #3 (August, 2021)
"Joy of X"
Writer - Si Spurrier
Art - Bob Quinn
Colors - Java Tartaglia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Andrew-Ballesteros, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: June 23, 2021

If we were using Marvels Legacy Numbering, this would be X-Lapsed LGY#275!

And to commemorate, we're discussing one of the best books in the line!  Today, as Nightcrawler recovers from a raging hangover, he (and we) get a lesson in how Making More Mutants might not be the best "way" forward for the nation of Krakoa.

Also, some psychic-sexytime facilitated by Legion, and an appearance from a character from the Joe Casey era... and no, I'm not talking about Warp Savant!  It's a great issue... and a really fun conversation I had with myself - I'd love to hear your thoughts as well!

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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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