Friday, September 10, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 031 - Strange Tales #143 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-One

Strange Tales #143 (April, 1966)
"To Free A Brain Slave"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby w/Howard Purcell
Inks - Mike Demeo
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Only their hairdresser knows for sure...
Cover Price: 12¢

Wrapping up the mesmerizing Mentallo Trilogy!  Prepare your senses to be shocked... or, mildly amused, I suppose!

Today the S.H.I.E.L.D.sters and Tony Stark team up to neutralize their mental (and hydrogen) threat!  Will they make it in time... or will Nick Fury get his patch blown off?

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 30 - Strange Tales #142 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty

Strange Tales #142 (March, 1966)
"Who Strikes At --- S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Mike Demeo
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Da Gremlins
Cover Price: 12¢

The Middle chapter of the Monumental Mutant Menace of Mentallo Trilogy!

Today we're talking x-tremely deep pockets, and reading the minds of inanimate objects... if nothing else, this story definitely isn't boring!

I hope you're enjoying this trip off the beaten path as much as I am!  Lemme know!

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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 029 - Strange Tales #141 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Nine

Strange Tales #141 (February, 1966)
"Operation: Brain Blast!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby
Inks - Frank Ray
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Da Bullpen
Cover Price: 12¢

Stepping off the beaten path to introduce current-year S.W.O.R.D. cast member, the Mutant Menace of Mentallo!

We're broadening our horizons here at The Essential X-Lapsed... checking out series' that I never would have before!  Today's episode comes from the Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. portion of Strange Tales -- Hydra has fallen, ESPers are the new hotness, and Nick Fury tries to get TV from Tokyo!  It's a funner than x-pected time!

Also: Great Mailbag!

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Tuesday, September 7, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 028 - X-Men #21 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Eight

X-Men #21 (June, 1966)
"From Whence Comes... Dominus?"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin)
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - yupyup
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Welcome back to the Essentials!

Wrapping up Roy Thomas' first two-parter... featuring (hopefully) the last we see of Lucifer!  It's kind of a rough formulaic outing for our mutant heroes...

Plus: Original 1966 Letters Pages, the Marvel Bullpen Bulletins, our own Mailbag, and much more!

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Monday, September 6, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 242 - X-Men #2 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Forty-Two

X-Men (vol.6) #2 (October, 2021)
"Fearless, Chapter Two: Catching the Wave"
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: $3.99
On-Sale: August 4, 2021

It's the August finale of X-Lapsed, and we are checking back in with the flagship book... which actually features the flagship team!  And guess what -- they're fighting something from outer space!  Whodathunkit?

Thankfully there's much more to this issue than that - great characterization and forward momentum in our overarching story!  This is a book that feels like an EVENT every time out... in a good way!

Plus: Mailbag, Voice Mail, Shout-Outs and Sales Charts!

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Sunday, September 5, 2021

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE - The Death and Return of Superman

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE

The Death and Return of Superman (DC Comics, 1992-1993)
(00:00:00) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 63: Doomsday!
(01:45:08) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 64: Funeral For A Friend
(03:07:32) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 65: Reign of the Supermen
(04:57:09) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 66: The Return!
(06:33:58) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 75: Grounded
Total Running Time: 8 Hours, 13 Minutes, 28 Seconds


Welcome, friends - to the collection of Cosmic Treadmill episodes wherein Reggie and I commemorated the 25th Anniversary of the landmark Doomsday storyline that shook the comics industry back in the Fall/Winter of 1992-93!  In these shows, we broke down what was going on in the world of Superman leading up to his final battle with Doomsday, the story itself... and all of the fallout in Funeral For A Friend and Reign of the Supermen.  If you weren't in the fandom (or perhaps even on the planet back then... you might enjoy hearing about what was going on in the biz and the world.  If you were, well - I hope this scratches a nostalgia itch!

Then, as a special bonus, I've decided to include events even more tragic for Superman than death itself... J. Michael Straczynski's opus Grounded from 2010-2011.  Sending the post-Crisis Superman shuffling outta continuity (at least for awhile) with a... thud.

Saturday, September 4, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 18 - Dawn of X, Volume 15 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Eighteen

Dawn of X, Volume 15 (2021)
(00:00:00) Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: "The World"
(00:43:00) Marauders #11: "To Live and Die on Krakoa"
(01:26:24) New Mutants (vol.4) #12: "Monster Machine"
(01:52:13) Wolverine (vol.7) #5: "Bloodclocks"
(02:36:12) Marauders #12: "The New Phase"
(03:20:20) X-Factor (vol.4) #3: "Suite No. 3: Mojoverse Sonata the 2nd, a Celestial Rondo"
Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Ed Brisson, Benjamin Percy, & Leah Williams
Art - Rod Reis, Stefano Caselli, Marco Failla, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matteo Lolli, & David Baldeon
Colors - Rod Reis, Edgar Delgado, Carlos Lopez, Matthew Wilson, & Israel Silva
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher, Cory Petit, Travis Lanham, & Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Bissa, Robinson, Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: May 4, 2021

With the Empyre-sploitation firmly in the rear-view, it's time to rush our stories to a halt... or at least to a semi-organic point where #EcksofTens can effectively put them on hold for a couple'a months.

This compilation also includes the "milestone" One-Hundredth episode of X-Lapsed!  It's chock-full of my regular nonsense - couldn't have done it without you all.  Thanks you!

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