Friday, January 7, 2022

X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode 6

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X-Lapsed MasterworX, Episode Six

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episodes 029-034
(00:00:00) Strange Tales #141: "Operation: Brain Blast!"
(00:32:02) Strange Tales #142: "Who Strikes at -- S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
(00:56:18) Strange Tales #143: "To Free a Brain Slave!"
(01:21:26) X-Men #22: "Divided -- We Fall!"
(02:00:00) X-Men #23: "To Save a City"
(02:33:00) X-Men #24: "The Plague of... the Locust!"
Writers - Stan Lee & Roy Thomas
Pencils - Jack Kirby, Howard Purcell, & Werner Roth (as Jay Gavin AND himself)
Inks - Frank Giacoia, Mike Esposito, & Dick Ayers
Letters - Sam Rosen & Artie Simek
Colors - Probably that Goldberg guy
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢/per

The Essential X-Lapsed rolls on... and OFF the beaten X-Path to continue x-ploring the x-ploits of the Silver Age X-Men... as well as popping in on the first appearance of semi-relevant Marvel Mutant... Mentallo, in the pages of Strange Tales - a three-part adventure starring Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!

All that, and our usual Silver Age Back-Matter, including Letters Pages and Bullpen Bulletins!

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Thursday, January 6, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 299 - Marauders #26 (2022)

X-Lapsed 299 - Marauders #26 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Nine

Marauders #26 (January, 2022)
"Many Happy Returns"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Matteo Lolli
Colors - Rain Beredo
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 24, 2021

As we stand on the precipice of Episode 300 - we're faced with... one'a those "tale of two stories" sorta issues.  We've got some great Hellfire stuff, including the return of Harry Leland... contrasted with some not-so-great "Bobby Drake reaches his potential for the skatey-eight hundredth time" sorta laziness... complete with "dur, hur, dragon in a diaper"!

We also talk a bit about what Episode 300 of X-Lapsed might be (Spoiler Alert: I haven't the foggiest!), plus a deep-dive on the September, 2021 sales charts!

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 298 - Inferno #3 (2022)

X-Lapsed 298 Inferno 3 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Eight

Inferno (vol.2) #3 (January, 2022)
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - R.B. Silva, Stefano Caselli, & Valerio Schiti
Inks - Adriano de Benedetto
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: November 24... or December 8, 2021

Things are finally heating up... it's just a shame it's taken until so close to the end to do so!  Today's episode is the very definition of the ol' X-Lapsed "shoe drop" chestnut -- we get plenty of answers... and, even some new questions, as we reach a literal "point of no return".

We've got a LOT to talk about!

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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 297 - X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Seven

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #4 (January, 2022)
"Verdigris"
Writer - Leah Williams
Art - Lucas Werneck & David Messina
Colors - Edgar Delgao
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 17, 2021

Coming to us from the "Oh, is THAT still coming out?" pile - it's the skatey-eight hundredth attempt to "fix" the Scarlet Witch!  A character who they seem to break more every time they touch her!  Who knows... maybe THIS time, it'll stick!  Ya know, until the next superstar writer comes in and decides to ignore it...

Anyway, let's do this!

Plus: A full-on Mailbag segment, a belated "This Week in X", and a big question for friends of the show - Share with me YOUR "State of the X Books", lemme know what your thoughts are about this, arguably "lame duck" period in the line!

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Monday, January 3, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 296 - X-Men #5 (2022)

X-Lapsed X-Men #5 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Six

X-Men (vol.6) #5 (January, 2022)
"Fearless, Chapter Five: Don't Piss Off Polaris"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Javier Pina & Ze Carlos
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 17, 2021

Tastes Bland, More Filler!

The Hickman-leaving-the-X-Books effect continues to interrupt the flow of our flagship book -- as, this is yet another x-ercise in water-treading for our mutant heroes.

The focus is on Lorna this time out... and, well... it's kinda good and kinda bad.  Also, did you know she's a DOCTOR?  Don't worry if you forgot, this issue will remind you several dozen times.  Did you know ROGUE is a member of this team?  Don't worry if you forgot... the book did too!

All that, and I complain a bunch about upcoming X-Book news... and, how I'm already getting burnt out on 2022... just three days in!  It's a great time as always!

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Sunday, January 2, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 295 - X-Men Unlimited #15 (2021)

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X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-Five

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #15 (December, 2021)
"Paradise Lost, Chapter Three: That Doesn't Mean We Have to Like it"
Writer - Fabian Nicieza
Art - Matthew Horak
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
On-App: December 20, 2021

Mighty Marvel Holiday Special
"Iceman's New Year's Resolutions"
By Luciano Vecchio
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Biro, Bissa, Cebulski
On-App: December 30, 2021

In which our Juggernaut/Deadpool team-up starts showing severe signs of decompression... and, hoo boy, does it like pointing out that Arnim Zola is a Nazi!  Don't make that into a drinking game... you'd never survive the x-perience!

Plus - Bobby Drake rings in the New Year by kissing himself and delivering some of the cringiest dialogue your humble host has seen in years!  It's a trip!

Also - Some babbly and rambly personal asides and anecdotes... that hopefully make a modicum of sense!

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Saturday, January 1, 2022

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE - Doom Patrol (Young Animal)

 Doom Patrol Young Animal

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE

Doom Patrol (vol.6) #1-12 (November, 2016-December, 2018) [Young Animal]
(00:00:00) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #1: "Brick by Brick, Part One: Happy Birthday, Casey Brinke"
(00:09:57) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #2: "Brick by Brick Part 2: Negative World"
(00:18:34) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #3: "Brick by Brick, Part 3: It's a Doomed World After All"
(01:08:10) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #4: "Brick by Brick, Part 4: I'm Sorry I'm Late"
(01:40:47) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #5: "Brick by Brick, Part 5: Let's Go Fast"
(02:20:13) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #6: "Brick by Brick, Part 6"
(02:54:03) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #7: "Into the Scantoverse or Emotional Robots and Psychic Werewolves: A Doom Patrol Adventure"
(03:27:54) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #8: "Nada, Part 1: Nothing Matters"
(04:01:11) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #9: "Nada, Part 2: Nineninenine99999"
(04:21:37) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #10: "No Control"
(04:44:44) JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1: "Milk Wars, Part One"
(05:12:06) Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1: "Milk Wars, The End"
(05:37:13) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #11: "At the Bottom of Everything"
(06:10:28) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #12: "To Tame a Land: Into the Daemonscape"
Writer - Gerard Way, Steve Orlando, & Jeremy Lambert
Art - Nick Derington, Mike Allred, ACO, Hugo Petrus, Dale Eaglesham, & Dan McDaid
Inks - Tom Fowler
Colors - Tamra Bonvillain, Laura Allred, & Marisa Louise
Letters - Todd Klein & Clem Robins
Edits - Bond, Mahan, Rich, Howell, Doyle

A descent into absolute MADNESS... in all the wrong ways!

Here's a collection I've been wanting to (re)share for a long time... when Reggie and I were covering the entirety of DC's Young Animal boutique pop-up imprint (the first go-round, from 2016-2018), one of the titles... or, more accurately, THE title we were most excited for was: Doom Patrol (vol.6) -- and, boy did we start off optimistic!  That is, until the writer of the thing stopped giving a crap about whether or not it ever came out!  Then, when it DID come out... it definitely had a "phoned in" sorta feel.

Over the course of the next seven hours, you can hear Reggie and I go from wildly excited... to mildly annoyed... to somewhat apathetic... then finally, to full-blown angry that one of our favorite comics properties was being held hostage by a fella who'd rather shill Hot Topic t-shirts than comics!

It's a wild ride, and some of the most fun I had in my early podding "career"... and I hope you'll give it a listen!  Content Warning: There's some "colorful" language in these episodes!

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