X-Lapsed, Episode 285 - Phoenix Song: Echo #1 (2021)

 

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Five

Phoenix Song: Echo #1 (December, 2021)
Writer - Rebecca Roanhorse
Art - Luca Maresca
Colors - Carlos Lopez
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher
Edits - Brunstad, Brevoort, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 20, 2021

Taking a half-step off the beaten path to deep dive on... a robbery!  That's right, gang - there's been a heist in the Marvel Universe, wherein editorial and marketing stole one of the more seminal beats in X-History and handed it over to the Avengers... cuz, lord knows they need it!

Today it's Phoenix Song: Echo - can Maya Lopez sidestep both Phoenix Corruption and Mansplaining long enough to do something worthwhile?  Let's find out together!

All'at plus a super-sized mailbag, featuring Inferno-chat, Jeff the Landshark talk, and the return of a good friend!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 284 - Marauders #25 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Four

Marauders #25 (December, 2021)
"Night of the Comet"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 27, 2021

It's the milestone twenty-fifth issue of Marauders - the first-ever 25th issue of the post-HoXPoX era!  It's also the penultimate issue of the book, but let's not dwell on that.

So, how do we commemorate this landmark triumph in comics numbering?  Do we get an enhanced cover?  Do we get a big story blowoff?  Do we drop a bunch of shoes?

Well.. no.  What we get is the second-part of the Eden Rixio filler story.  I guess we ARE too smart for those 90's milestone gimmicks... though, somehow we're still falling for the variant cover thing week after week.  Hmmph.

All this plus mailbag and more!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 283 - Inferno #2 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Three

Inferno (vol.2) #2 (December, 2021)
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - Stefano Caselli
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: October 27, 2021

Celebrating 15 months of X-Lapsed with the second chapter of our big Fall-Winter event!  In today's offering, we get a couple of "shoe-drop" moments, as well as a slew of all new questions that we're gonna need answered pretty quickly!

The Quiet Council is finally whole again... but, just how compromised has it become?  We've got lots to talk about - I hope you'll join in on the fun and speculation!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 282 - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3 (2021)

 

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3 (December, 2021)
"Schrodinger's Corpse"
Writer - Leah Williams
Art - Lucas Werneck & David Messina
Colors - Edgar Delgado
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Andrew-Ballesteros, Amaro, Thomas, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 20, 2021

It's "hump day" for the (bordering on false-advertising) Trial of Magneto... and you all know what that means - it's time for a pointless fight to take up two-thirds of the issue!

Yes, folks - while we wonder what's going on with Wanda... and whether or not Magneto will be held responsible, the X-Men and Avengers team-up to fight off... giant kaiju monsters?  Oh... okay.

In addition to the story, we will touch briefly on the concept of the Triple Goddess concept from Neopaganism -- which might just be where this story will be headed once we get ridda Godzilla and Pals.

Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and news and hot-takes over whatever "Destiny of X" is going to be!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 281 - X-Men Unlimited #12 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-One

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #12 (November, 2021)
"X-Men Green, Part Eight: The Trial of X-Men Green"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Emilio Laiso
Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White Cebulski
On-App: November 14, 2021

It's Jeff! #12 (November, 2021)
"jeffsgiving"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Gurihiru
Edits - Pyle, Go, Wacker, Cebulski
On-App: November 24, 2021

In my 30+ years of reading X-Men comics, I've certainly read some stinkers...

After X-Men Green, however, I feel I owe them all a sincere apology.  Today marks the end of what is, in my opinion, the worst X-Men story ever put to digital paper. 

Will Nature Girl and Curse have to answer for their crimes?  Of course not!

Will they actually learn anything?  Hell naw!

Will this story wrap up in a satisfying way?  You sh*ttin' me?

Also - the "season finale" of It's Jeff! where he steals something and looks adorable while doing so... which, is kinda how 80% of Jeff stories go...

Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Housekeeping, and This Week in X!

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X-Men MasterworX, Episode 2

X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode Two

The Essential X-Lapsed, Volume 2
(00:00:00) Tales of Suspense #49: "The New Iron Man Meets The Angel!"
(00:26:25) Strange Tales #120: "The Torch Meets The Iceman!"
(00:40:10) Fantastic Four #28: "We Have to Fight the X-Men!"
(01:14:10) X-Men #7: "The Return of the Blob!"
(01:46:56) Journey Into Mystery #109: "When Magneto Strikes!"
(02:13:59) X-Men #8: "The Uncanny Threat of... Unus the Untouchable!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Steve Ditko & Jack Kirby
Inks - Paul Reinman, Dick Ayers, & Chic Stone
Colors - ???
Letters - Sam Rosen & Artie Simek
Cover Price: 12¢ per

For our second MasterworX compilation, we x-plore the X-Men's first crossovers... having them cross paths with the likes of the Fantastic Four and Iron Man... while Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants has a run-in with The Mighty Thor!

We also advance the X-Men's own story... including an episode that has some sort of weird temporal anomaly... not sure if y'all can help me out with this, but - during X-Men #8, the pages get a bit fuzzy... and the art and writing style changes a bit for a blink of an eye.  Hmm... it's probably nothing important!

All that, plus the original letters pages, the proto-Bullpen Bulletins, and much more!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 28 - Reign of X, Volume 6 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Eight

Reign of X, Volume 6 (2021)
(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #17: "Omega, Reconsidered"
(00:26:22) Marauders #18: "Saving Face"
(00:58:54) X-Men (vol.5) #18: "Inside the Vault"
(01:32:12) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #4: "The Krakoan Sun"
(02:34:23) X-Men (vol.5) #19: "Out of the Vault"
(03:10:15) Marauders #19: "Fire & Ice"
Writers - Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, Jonathan Hickman, & Al Ewing
Art - Joshua Cassara, Stefano Caselli, Matteo Lolli, Mahmud Asrar, & Valerio Schiti
Colors - GURU-eFX, Edgar Delgado, Sunny Gho, & Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Clayton Cowles, & Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Basso, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 23, 2021

Hey, remember how Laura, Darwin, and Synch were sent into the Vault like a hundred years ago?  I'd almost forgotten myself!  That'll all get cleared up during this compilation episode... also, more King in Black in S.W.O.R.D., more lawless Madripoor in Marauders, and more Quentin Quire corpses in X-Force!

It's fun f'r the whole family!

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