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Saturday, February 26, 2022

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 7 - X-Men by Jonathan Hickman, Volume 2 (2021)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip - X-Men by Hickman v.2

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Seven

X-Men by Jonathan Hickman, Volume 2 (2021)
(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #7: "Lifedeath"
(01:07:24) X-Men (vol.5) #8: "Swarm"
(01:45:44) X-Men (vol.5) #9: "The King Egg"
(02:23:33) X-Men (vol.5) #10: "Fire"
(02:44:48) X-Men (vol.5) #11: "One War, One Mutant"
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - Leinil Francis Yu & Mahmud Asrar
Colors - Sunny Gho & Rain Beredo
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: October 6, 2021

From Feast to Famine... and back to Feast again!

The sophomore volume of Hickman's flagship is... uneven. It starts off amazingly strong, with one of the seminal stories of this entire era, and the source for many of our podcast discussions... the introduction of the Crucible!

From there, he wastes a bunch of our time with the Brood, a "funny, ha-ha" with Broo eating an Egg, a Deadly Genesis continuity error that breaks one of the ONLY rules associated with the Resurrection Protocols... then Empyre cash-ins! At least ONE of those Empyre cash-ins was fun to read!

This is an interesting assortment... I've often wondered how folks who ONLY read the flagship were "receiving" this new era -- here's a chance to find out!

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Friday, February 25, 2022

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 31 - Reign of X, Volume 9 (2022)

Collected X-Lapsed Reign of X 09

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-One

Reign of X, Volume 9 (2022)
(00:00:00) X-Factor (vol.4) #7: "Suite No. 7: Scientia Vincere Tenebras"
(00:37:13) Wolverine (vol.7) #11: "A Confusion of Monsters"
(01:00:58) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #5: "Giallo"
(01:44:41) Hellions #11: "Funny Games III: Kill Screen"
(02:37:18) Wolverine (vol.7) #12: "Penumbra"
(03:13:41) New Mutants (vol.4) #16: "Homecoming"
Writers - Leah Williams, Benjamin Percy, Al Ewing, Zeb Wells, & Vita Ayala
Art - David Baldeon, Scot Eaton, Valerio Schiti, Stephen Segovia, & Rod Reis
Inks - JP Mayer & Oren Junior
Colors - Israel Silva, Matthew Wilson, Marte Gracia, David Curiel, & Rod Reis
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Cory Petit, Ariana Maher, & Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Thomas, Andrews-Ballesteros, Basso, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: February 23, 2022

A collection of episodes that... I can barely even remember performing!

We've got a lotta "versus" stuff this time out... Wolverine vs. Dracula, Karma vs. Dani Moonstar, and... if ya can believe it - Psylocke vs. Kwannon?!

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 319 - Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 (2022)

Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 X-Lapsed

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Nineteen

Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 (March, 2022)
"The Queens of Fear"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Phil Noto
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: January 19, 2022

A Devil's Reign tie-in, that feels more like an issue of X-Men than... most issues of X-Men! That, unfortunately, isn't an indictment on its quality, however... as our titular heroes continue their de-evolution from actual characters to Bendisonian snark-bots!

We've got a great mailbag though!

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 318 - X Deaths of Wolverine #1 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Eighteen

X Deaths of Wolverine #1 (March, 2022)
"Time to Die"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Federico Vicentini
Colors - Dijjo Lima w/Frank Martin
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - NONE!!!
Edits - Baumgartner, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: January 29, 2022

And now for something completely different!

An issue in which our titular hero takes a backseat to the TRUE star of this half of the series... Moira McTaggert?!

Have you been wondering what she's been up to since her x-ile from Krakoa in Inferno #4? Well... wonder no more, because we pick up with her right as she's gotten the boot! It's as bat-spit insane as X Lives... but, with some continuity kvetches that yer humble host just can't get passed... past... whichever is the right word to use there!

Ya boy is also dealing with a hammering of seasonal allergies... so, apologies if I sound even worse than usual today!

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 317 - X Lives of Wolverine #1 (2022)

X Lapsed X Lives of Wolverine 1

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Seventeen

X Lives of Wolverine #1 (March, 2022)
"Time to Live"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Joshua Cassara
Colors - Frank Martin
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - NONE!!!!!!!!
Edits - Baumgartner, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: January 19, 2022

We have finally arrived - the Reign of X (and the Reign of the HEAD of X) are firmly in the rear-view, and we can now move forward into the next phase of our Krakoan Epic!

Today... we discuss a bat-spit insane but wonderfully fun first issue of the XLADOW story, wherein our titular hero engages in some Quantum Leaping, mixed with some Assassin's Creeding, with just a dash of Days of Future Pasting. I have NO idea where this might be headed... and, I can't wait to find out!

I'd love to hear your thoughts and theories on this!

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Monday, February 21, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 316 - Inferno #4 (2022)

Inferno #4 X-Lapsed

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Sixteen

Inferno (vol.2) #4 (March, 2022)
"The Death of Moira X"
Writer - Jonathan Hickman
Art - Valerio Schiti & Stefano Caselli
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $5.99
On-Sale: January 5, 2022

X-Lapsed 3:16 says... it's time to wrap up the Reign of X!

Today we close out the Hickman Era with an issue that feels like it might be about 15% of what the original vision intended for it to be. It's a fine, fun, and exciting read... but, that's not going to stop us from actually attempting to analyze it!

We got lots to talk about!

Plus - some great mailbag... and the X-Planation as to your humble host's persona non-grata'ness among the (XCCC) X-Men Content Creation Community!

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