Saturday, October 9, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 23 - Reign of X, Volume 1 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Three

Reign of X, Volume 1 (2021)
(00:00:00) Hellions #7: "Whetstone"
(00:42:36) X-Factor (vol.4) #5: "Volksgeist"
(01:23:08) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #1: "Mysterium"
(02:04:01) X-Men (vol.5) #16: "Sworded Out"
(02:41:21) Hellions #8: "The Grinning Neonate"
Writers - Zeb Wells, Leah Williams, Al Ewing, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Stephen Segovia, David Baldeon, Valerio Schiti, & Phil Noto
Colors - David Curiel, Israel Silva, Marte Gracia, & Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Basso, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: June 30, 2021

Ecks of Tens is firmly in the rear-view and we're rockin' and rollin' into the Reign of X era.

In today's compilation, we will be dealing with some Arrako-fallout, and formally introducing the world to the new-look S.W.O.R.D.!  Plus, all of my usual nonsense - you won't wanna miss it... well, if you missed it the first time around, anyway!

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Friday, October 8, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 38 - X-Men #28 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Eight

X-Men #28 (January, 1967)
"The Wail of the Banshee!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Artie Simek
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Welcome to the world, Sean Cassidy!

Today we meet one of the more enduring X-Characters of the Silver-Age... future X-Man, Headmaster of the Massachusetts Academy, and Horseman of Apocalypse: Banshee!  I also somehow wander into complaining a lot about how commercialized internet search engines have become... and how difficult it is to research when you're wading through pages and pages of advertisements-posing-as-search-results.  Please listen anyway!

Plus: All of the late 60's era back-matter that you never knew you needed in your lives!

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Thursday, October 7, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 37 - X-Men #27 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Seven

X-Men #27 (December, 1966)
"Re-Enter: The Mimic!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

With all of the D-List baddies outta the way, it's time to get back to X-Business as Usual... and reintroduce The Menace of the Mimic!  How did ol' Cal Rankin get his mojo back?  Is he friend or foe?  What does this mean to our Merry Mutant heroes?  We'll sorta-kinda get those answers and a whole lot more today!

Plus: In our Letters Page, we learn that Rascally Roy doesn't take to corrections and criticisms with the same charm and good humor that Stan the Man did!  Roy does NOT like being corrected!  Looks like these letters pages are about to become even MORE fun to cover than they already have been!

Check it out!

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Wednesday, October 6, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 036 - X-Men #26 (1966)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Six

X-Men #26 (November, 1966)
"Holocaust!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - A Big Fan of the Color YELLOW
Mayan Headdresses - Irving Forbush
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Wrapping up our two-part KooKoo epic!

... and despite how boring it was, we do get some interesting character beats to discuss!  Will Scott finally admit that he's got the hotpants for Jean Grey?  Will Warren swoop in, Professor X-style, at the last moment to snag all the glory?  And what of Jean's creepy co-ed, Ted Whatshisface?  It's starting to get soapy up in here, and I'm diggin' it!

Also: The All-New X-Men Letters Page, Bullpen Bulletins, our own Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and much more (including an x-tended pre-ramble about how I spent my October Vacation)!

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 256 - X-Men Unlimited #4 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Fifty-Six

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #4 (September, 2021)
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - Declan Shalvey
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
On the App - September 19, 2021

It's Jeff! #4 (September, 2021)
"Captain of Fun"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Gurihiru
Edits - Pyle, Go, Wacker, Cebulski

Scrollin', Scrollin', Scrollin'... get dem doggies Scrollin'

Prepare to work out yer thumbs, folks... cuz, we be scrollin' quite a bit in this one - almost to the point where this story feels like it actually has a bit of girth to it!  It doesn't though!  We've got Jeff to brighten our day though!

Plus - Mailbag, Shout Outs, and the Week in X!

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Monday, October 4, 2021

Action Comics Daily Appendix, Episode 1 - Action Comics Weekly #601 (1988)

Action Comics Weekly Appendix, Episode One

Action Comics Weekly Preview (1988)
Action Comics Weekly #601 (April 5, 1988)
Green Lantern: "... And the Pain Shall Leave My Heart"
Wild Dog: "Moral Stand, Chapter One: Point of Order"
Secret Six: "Listening to the Mockingbird"
Superman: "Faster Than a Speeding Bullet!"
Deadman: "The Section Chief"
Blackhawk: "Another Fine War"
Writers - Jim Owsley, Max Collins, Martin Pasko, Roger Stern, Mike Baron, & Mike Grell
Art - Gil Kane, Terry Beatty, Dan Spiegle, Curt Swan, Dan Jurgens, & Rick Burchett
Letters - Albert DeGuzman, Gaspar, Carrie Spiegle, Bill Oakley, & Steve Haynie
Edits - Denny O'Neil, Mike Gold, Dick Giordano, Mike Carlin, & Barbara Randall

Is that idiot REALLY talking about Action Comics Weekly again?

Yes, I am!  Welcome, folks to the preview episode of the Patreon-first Action Comics Daily Appendix, wherein I will be translating my year-long written trek through Action Comics Weekly into an audio format, with particular attention and care paid to the Letters Pages.

In this Frankenstein's Monster of a first episode, I introduce the concept, we discuss the Retailer Preview, and all of the first chapters from ACW #601.  Plus, some relevant pro-mag ephemera from the long-ago, and a welcome missive from Senior Editor, Mike Gold!

I'd love to hear your thoughts on ACW as we work our way through!

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Sunday, October 3, 2021

... to the Choir, Episode 1 - Preacher #1 (1995)

... to the Choir, Episode One

Preacher #1 (April, 1995)
"The Time of the Preacher"
Writer - Garth Ennis
Art - Steve Dillon
Colors - Matt Hollingsworth
Letters - Clem Robins
Cover Art - Glenn Fabry
Edits - Rottenberg, Moore, Berger
Cover Price: $2.95
On-Sale: February 28, 1995

Welcome to a new ongoing series here at the channel!

"... to the Choir" will be an issue-by-issue look at the legendary DC Comics/Vertigo series, Preacher!  Join a Preacher newbie (Chris) and a Preacher veteran (Dave) as we kick off this exciting new project!

For this first episode, we will be talking about when we discovered the character, and what our initial impressions were.  In addition to chatting up the entire first issue, we will also be diving into the pre-historic Internet reaction from back in the day, when we dip into the dicey ol' USENET BBS's!

We'd love to hear your thoughts on this title - as well as your thoughts on the "envelope pushing" within!

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