The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 053 - Avengers #47 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Fifty-Three

Avengers #47 (December, 1967)
"Magneto Walks the Earth!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - John Buscema
Inks - George Tuska
Letters - L.P. Gregory
Colors - Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Shifting gears slightly from our flagship X-Men title, we're beginning our three-part detour into Avengers, where we will bear witness to the return of Magneto!  How did he manage to escape the barren world of The Stranger... and what role did Dane Whitman, the eventual Black Knight play in it?

Also: For Silver-Age Avengers fanatics, Captain America resigns from the team, the Wasp buys an airplane, Herc finds Olympus deserted, and Hawkeye feigns a headache to get out of being intimate with the Black Widow!

All that, plus a reading from Titan Books' Comic Creators on X-Men, featuring an interview with Roy Thomas about his time with the X-Men by Tom DeFalco.

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The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 052 - X-Men #42 (1968)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Fifty-Two

X-Men #42 (March, 1968)
"If I Should Die...!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Don Heck
Inks - George Tuska
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - ???
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Not a Dream!  Not a Hoax!  Not an Imaginary Story!  Not a... good story either!

Today we celebrate... wait, that's not the right word for it... we commemorate the passing of the Mentor, Trainer, and Tormenter of the Uncanny X-Men: Professor Charles Francis Xavier!  We will almost certainly never see him ever again.

Plus: We wrap up Cyclops' origin in our Origins of the X-Men backup, we chat up the letters pages, go through the Bullpen Bulletins - have a brief aside about the Somerton Man, check out the new-look MIGHTY Marvel Checklist (now with 2 less anthologies!), hit up out own mailbag... and much, much more!

Join us, won't you?  This probably isn't the best jumping-on point... but, give a listen anyway, you'll be hooked!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 289 - X-Men Unlimited #13 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Nine

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #13 (December, 2021)
"Paradise Lost, Chapter 1: Unstoppable"
Writer - Fabian Nicieza
Art - Matthew Horak
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski
On-App: December 5, 2021

Lucky the Pizza Dog #1 (November, 2021)
"Lucky Delivers"
By Jason Loo
Edits - O'Connell, Bisom, Cebulski
On-App: November 23, 2021

Today - we begin the healing process!

After skatey-eight weeks of horrendous X-Men Green, X-Men Unlimited moves on with... what we might be able to refer to as the follow-up to the very fun Juggernaut "Unstoppable" miniseries from last year!  It's still Fabian Nicieza... which is a very good thing indeed!

Also, taking the place of It's Jeff! in the "Infinity Comics back-up" slot, it's... Lucky the Pizza Dog!  Today we check out his first outing, where he and Hawkeye-Girl tangle with the dread Porcupine... in order to procure a pizza!

Plus: The return of "Fake-Ass Comics History", some very unfortunate news about the immediate future of this program, the February, 2022 X-Solicits, some Destiny of X and FCBD2022 news, This Week in X, and much more!  It's a bigger-than-normal episode... especially for Unlimited day!

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X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode 4

 

X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode Four

(00:00:00) X-Men #13: "Where Walks the Juggernaut!"
(00:31:55) Fantastic Four Annual #3: "Bedlam at the Baxter Building!"
(01:02:47) X-Men #14: "Among Us Stalk... the Sentinels!"
(01:36:57) X-Men #15: "Prisoners of the Mysterious Master Mold!"
(02:10:42) X-Men #16: "The Supreme Sacrifice!"
(02:41:33) X-Men #17: "... and None Shall Survive!"
Writer/Edits - Stan Lee
Pencils - Jack Kirby, Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin)
Inks - Joe Sinnott, Vince Colletta, Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen, Artie Simek
Colors - Stan Goldberg (uncredited)
Cover Price: 12-25¢/per

In today's compilation of the X-Men's Silver Age X-Ploits we wrap up their first run-in with the Juggernaut, discuss all three part of the initial Sentinels/Master Mold storyline, and bring back their most dread foe!

Perhaps most importantly, however, we take a look at the Original Five's highest profile guest appearance to date... what might be the most vital Marvel Comic of its day -- the star-studded, shared-universe confirming, Fantastic Four Wedding of Sue Storm and Reed Richards!

It's a great time as always, and as always - chock full of Silver Age backmatter and ephemera, including deep-dives on the "Let's Visit the X-Men" mailbag, the Bullpen Bulletins, the Merry Marvel Marching Society... and even some less-gestalty, yet still wonderful, listener feedback!

Consider letting me keep you company for a few hours today!

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Web-Lapsed, Episode 4 - Amazing Spider-Man #78 (2022)

Web-Lapsed, Episode Four

Amazing Spider-Man (vol.5) #78 (January, 2022) [LGY#879]
"Beyond, Chapter Four"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Sara Pichelli w/Jim Towe
Colors - Nolan Woodard w/Rachelle Rosenberg
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
BB's - Ziglar, Ahmed, Wells, Gleason, Thompson
Edits - Cohick, McGahey, Lowe, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 3, 2021

80% of Michael Morbius is still too much Morbius for your humble host!  Luckily, there's a lot more to discuss about this issue than one of my least favorite vampires (and that's saying something)!

Today we're going to spend a good deal of time talking about scientific ethics as Maxine Danger takes center stage (at least in my mind), also the Daughters of the Dragon give us a sorta-kinda shoe-drop reveal... and a pervy game hunter watches Spider-Ben and Mary Janine kiss in the park!

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Web-Lapsed, Episode 3 - Amazing Spider-Man #77 (2021)

 

Web-Lapsed, Episode Three

Amazing Spider-Man (vol.5) #77 (December, 2021) [LGY#878]
"Beyond, Chapter Three"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Sara Pichelli
Colors - Nolan Woodard
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
BB - Ziglar, Ahmed, Wells, Gleason, Thompson
Edits - Cohick, Lowe, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 27, 2021

Spider-Man: Beyond rolls on... and the "Beyond Baton" is passed from Zeb Wells to Kelly Thompson!  Will she be able to run with it?  Absolutely!

Today's chapter prompts your humble host to talk a bit about Flowers for Algernon, and kvetch about spoiler images on the internet... so, ya know, the usual!  This Beyond run, to this point, has been great fun... and, I encourage anyone out there who can keep up with all skatey-eight hundred issues of Spidey Marvel's pumping out every month to give it a goo!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 288 - Marvel's Voices: Identity #1 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Eight

Marvel's Voices: Identity #1 (October, 2021)
"That One Thing"
"Personal Heroes"
"Traditional Pink Sushi"
And from Marvel's Voices: Pride #1: "When a Black Cat Crosses Your Path, You Give Them the Right-of-Way"
Writers - Christina Strain, Alyssa Wong, Ken Niimura, & Leah Williams
Art - Jason Loo, Whilce Portacio, Ken Niimura, & Jan Bazaldua
Colors - Christina Strain, Jay David Ramos, Ken Niimura, & Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino & Ariana Maher
Design - Carlos Lao
Edits - Brunstad, Roche, Gregorowicz, Shan, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale : August 25, 2021

Righting the wrong of... forgetting to discuss this Marvel's Voices one-shot back in October!

Today's a "Just the X, ma'am!" look at Marvel's Voices: Identity... covering three stories that are... kinda just there!  Plus, we right a second wrong when I go back to Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 to discuss the Jesse Drake story that I didn't even realize I missed!

Plus, we've got Destiny of X and X-Men Unlimited news... and, as this is the "November Finale", we're deep-diving the Sales of X for August, 2021!

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