Friday, September 17, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 244 - Children of the Atom #6 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Forty-Four

Children of the Atom #6 (October, 2021)
"Party of One"
Writer - Vita Ayala
Art - Paco Medina
Inks - Walden Wong
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Andrews Ballesteros, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: August 11, 2021

Today we wrap up the story of the COTA kids... for now!  What will they do with an actual honest-to-goodness Mutant in their midst?  Will they fanboy and fangirl out... or wallow in jealousy that it isn't THEM who's got dem special genes?

Also - We thought we'd gotten away from it, but... much like DC Comics' Manhunters: Nobody escapes the Hellfire Gala!  Yes... we're back at the Gala.

Plus - An X-Tra Size Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Marvel Previews for November, 2021 - and more!

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Thursday, September 16, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 035 - X-Men #25 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Five

X-Men #25 (October, 1966)
"The Power and the Pendant!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen
Imitated by - Brand Ecch
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

It's the milestone 25th issue of X-Men!  Wow, remember when volumes of X-Men actually hit twenty-five issues?!  Seems like a lifetime ago, dunnit?

So, how will our Silver-Age Sensations celebrate the occasion?  Well, if you were to guess that they're going to fight another awful bad guy, then you win the world's worst No-Prize yet!  It's time to tangle with the dread El Tigre (no relation to Jean Grey).

All'at plus Letters, Bullpens, Merry Marvel Marching, Marvel Heroes on TV, Mailbag, Shout-Outs... oh my!

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 034 - X-Men #24 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Four

X-Men #24 (September, 1966)
"The Plague of... the Locust!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Chlorophyll
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

If you thought we were hitting rock-bottom with Plant Man and the Porcupine... wait'll ya get a load of - The Locust!

Today, we've got the X-Men fighting giant bugs, and an idiot dressed like one!  All that, and Professor X pulls off some wicked hermit cosplay!  You won't wanna miss it!

Also: Letters Pages, Bullpen Bulletins, our own Mailbag, Shout-Outs and more!

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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 033 - X-Men #23 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Three

X-Men #23 (August, 1966)
"To Save a City"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth... as Werner Roth!
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Analogue Crayola
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Wrapping up our two-part Count Nefaria caper, with an all-out action issue!

You'll never see the twist ending coming!  Well, unless you've been following along from the start - then you'll see it coming from a mile away...

All that, plus the 1966 Letters Page, Bullpen Bulletins, a future pro poppin' up among the ranks of the MMMS, and plenty more gestalty goodness!

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Monday, September 13, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 032 - X-Men #22 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Two

X-Men #22 (July, 1966)
“Divided -- We Fall!”
Story - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin)
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Artie Simek
Colosso… and Maybe Colors - Irving Forbush Robotics, Inc.
Editor Emeritus - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Kicking off The Corridor of Cruddy Villains here at The Essentials - with Count Nefaria and his dread Maggia!  These are some winners, indeed!  We're still going to have more fun than should be humanly (mutantly?) possible with it, doncha worry none!

Plus: The Original 1966 Letters Pages, Bullpen Bulletins, and much more!

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Sunday, September 12, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 243 - X-Men Unlimited #1 (2021)



X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Forty-Three

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #1 (2021)
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - Declan Shalvey
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Released - September 9, 2021

It's Jeff! #1 (2021)
"Pool Party"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Guruhiru
Edits - Pyle, Go, Wacker, Cebulski
Released - September 9, 2021

A surprise Sunday episode wherein we begin our look at the new Marvel Unlimited X-Clusive weekly title, X-Men Unlimited!  Now, listeners of X-Lapsed know that your humble host has been advocating for a new post-HoXPoX take on XMU for quite some time now -- so, is this a case of "Be careful what you wish for..."?  Listen in, and find out!

Plus: A Bonus "Back-Up" story... featuring X-Lapsed favorite, Jeff the Land Shark!  It's Jeff! #1 features our little hero visiting the public pool!

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Saturday, September 11, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 19 - Dawn of X, Volume 16 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Nineteen

Dawn of X, Volume 16 (2021)
(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #11: "Red Dawn"
(00:35:46) Excalibur (vol.4) #11: "Blood of the Changeling"
(01:04:19) X-Force (vol.6) #12: "The Cerebro Sword"
(01:36:36) Excalibur (vol.4) #12: "Verse XII: The Beginning"
(02:01:54) Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: "Disintegration"
(02:51:53) X-Men (vol.5) #12: "Amenth"
Writers - Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Bazaldua, Marcus To, Russell Dauterman, & Leinil Francis Yu
Colors - GURU-eFX, Erick Arciniega, Matthew Wilson, & Sunny Gho
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: May 26, 2021

We have arrived at the FINAL volume of the Dawn of X Anthology Trade Collection.  Today we will witness the rest of our ongoings being rushed to a stopping point so that their casts can drop everything and search for swords they're not going to use!  Heck, one of these very issues is about a sword... which, even as deep into the Reign of X run as we are at the time of this upload, we STILL haven't seen again!

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