Friday, October 29, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 42 - X-Men #32 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Forty-Two

X-Men #32 (May, 1967)
"Beware The Juggernaut, My Son!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - John Tartaglione
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Bernard the Beat Poet
Catering - Irving Forbush
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Beware the Juggernaut, my son!

Today we find out what lurked behind the brown door (don't Google that) and our youngest X-Man's birthday party is interrupted by both Bernard the Beat Poet and the dread threat of Satan's Saints!  Someone cue Yakety Sax... as silliness abounds!

Plus: Mutant Mail-box, Bullpen Bulletins, the inaugural Stan's Soapbox, the dramatic return of the Mighty Marvel Checklist... and much, much more!  Yer humble host is strugglin' with some new dental work... and, I'm happy to say, no tongues were bitten off during the making of this episode!

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Thursday, October 28, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 41 - X-Men #31 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Forty-One

X-Men #31 (April, 1967)
"We Must Destroy... The Cobalt Man!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - John Tartaglione
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Cobalt Crayon
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Who's ready to meet Creepy Ted Robert's far-superior older brother?

Yeah, me neither... but, he's kinda important for this story.

Also: Stop me if you heard THIS one, o' Front-Facer - the X-Men are sent on vacation... which gets interrupted by a baddie!  That almost never* happens.

All that, plus the Mutant Mail-Box, the Bullpen Bulletins, and much more gestalty goodness from yer humble host!

 

*always

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 40 - X-Men #30 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Forty

X-Men #30 (March, 1967)
"The Warlock Wakes!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Guest Pencils - Jack Sparling
Inks - John Tartaglione
Letters - Artie Simek
Colors - Ehhh?
Manicurist - Irving Forbush
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

Folks, if you thought our run-ins with the Maggia, the Locust, El Tigre, and the Super-Adaptoid were dull... well, you ain't seen nothin' yet!

Today we're meeting the man once known as Merlin the Mad... now, Warlock (not that Warlock... not the other one, either!)  I already can't wait to read the Mutant Mail-Box letters about this one!

Speaking of which, we've got one of those here!  Also, Bullpen Bulletins, the Mighty Marvel Checklist, our own Mailbag... and even a dive into the Voicemail box!

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 39 - X-Men #29 (1967)

The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Nine

X-Men #29 (February, 1967)
"When Titans Clash!"
Writer - Roy Thomas
Pencils - Werner Roth
Inks - John Tartaglione
Letters - Sam Rosen
Colors - Whodat?
Skating Instructor - Irving Forbush
Edits - Stan Lee
Cover Price: 12¢

The Essentials are back... and we've got a question: How do you solve a problem like The Mimic?  Well, maybe we figure out a way to depower him for the second-time in ten issues?

Yes folks, today Cal Rankin's gonna stop calrankining long enough to discover the meaning and value of friendship... and make the ultimate... well, near-ultimate sacrifice for his fellow X-Men.

Plus - Mutant Mailbox, Bullpen Bulletins, and all the usual Essential Nonsense!

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Monday, October 25, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 269 - X-Men Unlimited #7 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Sixty-Nine

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #7 (October, 2021)
"X-Men Green, Part Three"
Writer - Gerry Duggan
Art - Emilio Laiso
Colors - Rachelle Rosenberg
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
On-App: October 11, 2021

It's Jeff! #7 (October, 2021)
"thief for justice"
Writer - Kelly Thompson
Art - Gurihiru
Edits - Go, Wacker, Cebulski
On-App: October 8, 2021

I think I owe X-Corp an apology!

For everyone who's ready to be lectured and condescended to by a story... boy, have I got one for ya!  For those who ain't... well, at least there's It's Jeff! and an amazing Mailbag segment!

X-Men Green rolls on... and, while it has its heart in the right place... is, in the opinion of this humble idiot... going about telling their story the x-act wrong way.

Hearts and Minds will likely NOT be won over with this one.

***Disclaimer: I didn't like this one... if that personally offends you, this might not be the show to listen to!

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Sunday, October 24, 2021

Mazelighting, Episode 1 - The Maze Agency #1 (1988)

Mazelighting, Episode One

The Maze Agency #1 (December, 1988)
"The Adventure of the Rogue's Gallery"
Writer - Mike W. Barr
Pencils - Adam Hughes
Inks - Rick Magyar
Letters - Deborah Marks
Colors - Julia Lacquement
Edits - Michael Eury
From COMICO: The Comics Company
Cover Price: $1.95 USD / $2.50 CAN

Welcome, friends to an all-new program -- one that's been in the works for quite a while now!  Join Ed and I as we explore a TRUE hidden gem in comics history... Mike W. Barr's wonderfully fun detective, romance, dramedy: THE MAZE AGENCY!

For this first episode, we will discuss how and when we first discovered this series, we'll dig into some of the history surrounding it and it's creators, and we'll dig though the issue cover-to-cover.  Our story is a whodunit that we hope YOU can solve before WE (and Jen and Gabe) do!

On top of that, we've got some of the gestalty goodness you've come to expect from this channel, as we take a look at what else Comico (how DO you pronounce that word anyway?!) had to offer during the Winter of 1988/89!  Did someone say "Elementals Sex Specials"???, cuz... while those ain't out yet... we're gonna talk a little bit about 'em!

We hope you enjoy our look at this series... and would love to hear your thoughts as we go along!

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Saturday, October 23, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 25 - Reign of X, Volume 3 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Five

Reign of X, Volume 3 (2021)
(00:00:00) Wolverine (vol.7) #8: "The Past Ain't Dead"
(00:43:34) Marauders #17: "The Winds of Change"
(01:24:08) Cable (vol.4): "Gritty Days in the City of Brotherly Love"
(01:59:23) New Mutants (vol.4): "The Kids Ain't Alright"
(02:30:41) Wolverine (vol.7) #9: "Bidding War"
Writers - Benjamin Percy, Gerry Duggan, & Vita Ayala
Art - Adam Kubert, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matteo Lolli, Phil Noto, & Rod Reis
Colors - Antonio Fabela, Matthew Wilson, Edgar Delgado, Phil Noto, & Rod Reis
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Sabino, & Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Amaro, Basso, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: August 18, 2021

A sorta-kinda themed collection of Reign of X issues for this week's compilation piece!  The watchword is "reunions".  Today we're going to see the rematch between Storm and Callisto in the Crucible, Dani and Xian preparing for some Otherworldly stuff, Cable back on the trail of those missing babies we forgot all about, and (as our cover art suggests) Wolverine reacquainting with his old pal Maverick!

It's a fun show... wherein you can also join me in trying to make sense of the voodoo math Marvel employed to get Wolverine up to his 350th LGY issue!  All that, and 3+ hours of my regular nonsense, right here waitin' for ya!

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