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Saturday, March 5, 2022

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 9 - Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 2 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple Dip Excalibur Howard 2

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Nine

Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 2 (2020)
(00:00:00) Excalibur (vol.4) #7: "Verse VII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable"
(00:41:54) Excalibur (vol.4) #8: "Verse VIII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable II"
(01:24:58) Excalibur (vol.4) #9: "Verse IX: Schools of Magic"
(02:15:19) Excalibur (vol.4) #10: "Verse X: A Crooked World"
(03:02:55) Excalibur (vol.4) #11: "Verse XI: Blood of the Changeling"
(03:31:28) Excalibur (vol.4) #12: "Verse XII: The Beginning"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Wilton Santos & Marcus To
Inks - Oren Junior, Sean Parsons, Roberto Poggi, & Victor Nava
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Sabino, & Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 25, 2020

This volume starts off pretty strong, with a two-parter that -- believe it or not, does NOT take place in Otherworld! Sadly, this is short-lived... and, I'm fairly certain we don't get another issue from this entire volume of Excalibur that doesn't deal with Otherworld... best enjoy it while it lasts!

After that fun two-parter, we're back to business as usual... Fair This, Foul That, Crooked These, Opal Luna Those... it's our messy build-up to EcksofTens and Beyond... in that current-year Excalibur style!

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Friday, March 4, 2022

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 8 - Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Volume 2 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip Marauders Duggan 2

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Eight

Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Volume 2 (2020)
(00:00:00) Marauders #7: "From Emma, with Love"
(00:25:27) Marauders #8: "Furious Anger"
(00:50:51) Marauders #9: "Journey to the Center of Pyro"
(01:58:18) Marauders #10: "Leave None to Tell the Tale"
(02:32:17) Marauders #11: "To Live and Die on Krakoa"
(03:15:40) Marauders #12: "The New Phase"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Stefano Caselli & Matteo Lolli
Colors - Edgar Delgado
Letters - VC's Cory Petit & Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Robinson, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 11, 2020

The Triple-Dip collection rolls on, with the sophomore outing for Duggan's Marauders. This time out, we've got a dead Captain, some other "fake-out" deaths, and a whole lotta build-up for X of Swords.

All of my normal nonsense is there for ya as well -- mailbags, tangents, hot-takes, general cynicism... it's all right here waitin' fer ya!

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Thursday, March 3, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 324 - Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight #1 (2022)

X-Lapsed Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight #1

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Twenty-Four

Death of Doctor Strange: X-Men/Black Knight #1 (March, 2022)
Writer - Si Spurrier
Art - Bob Quinn
Colors - Israel Silva
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Edits - Groneman, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: January 19, 2022

We're back off the beaten path, with a tie-in to the Death of Doctor Strange storyline... which, features our flagship team... but, is really more a backdoor pilot for a follow-up to 2021's Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Whateverthehell miniseries.

Our favorite mutants are here, yes... but, honestly, (up until a reveal in the very last panel) it could've very well been ANY Marvel heroes.

It's well-told and beautiful though - just not as X-Relevant as I was hoping!

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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 323 - X Lives of Wolverine #2 (2022)

X-Lapsed X Lives of Wolverine #2

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Twenty-Three

X Lives of Wolverine #2 (April, 2022)
"Forgotten Pasts"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Joshua Cassara
Colors - Frank Martin
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Baumgartner, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: February 2, 2022

Back in the XLADOW saddle, where our premise is beginning to make a bit more sense (at least to your denser-than-most humble host). We follow our titular hero through various phases of his life... where he's granted both the opportunity to protect and save an Xavier... as well as perhaps right a few of his own past wrongs -- Chekhov's Butterfly Effect looms large here, gang!

Will this series wind up shaking the foundations of the Krakoan Era... or, just be a DC Comics Convergence-like nothin'? I suppose we'll find out together!

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 322 - Sabretooth #1 (2022)

X-Lapsed Sabretooth #1

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Twenty-Two

Sabretooth (vol.4) #1 (April, 2022)
"The Adversary"
Writer - Victor LaValle
Art - Leonard Kirk
Colors - Rain Beredo
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: February 2, 2022

Into the Pit... for a bat-spit insane and hyperviolent romp with Sabretooth!

Had a lot of fun with this issue... it's almost enough to make me pollyannishly optimistic for the Destiny of X era! Without the "Head of X" handcuffs, we might just get some fun stories!

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Monday, February 28, 2022

X-Lapsed, Episode 321 - X-Men #7 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Twenty-One

X-Men (vol.6) #7 (March, 2022)
"The Secret Origin of Captain Krakoa"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Pepe Larraz
Colors - Marte Gracia
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: January 26, 2022

Celebrating eighteen months of X-Lapsed with the Secret Origin of Captain Krakoa!

This is still a story I'm having a hard time getting out of my own way on... but, if I squint and forget that this takes place in a shared and fantastical comic book universe... I can *almost* get it?

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