X-Lapsed, Episode 357 - X-Force #28 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Seven

X-Force (vol.6) 028 (July, 2022)
"Cerebrax"
Writer - Benjamin Percy
Art - Robert Gill
Colors - GURU-eFX
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Baumgartner, Basso, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: May 18, 2022

The Hentai Helmet continues its rampage thru Krakoa... and the casualties are beginning to mount, including a couple of Silver Age Mutants!  Also, Wolverine gets a hangnail... and, no, I'm not kidding.

Plus: By special request, your humble host dips back into his "Idiot's Guide to Comics Podcasting" to give some, perhaps harsh, advice regarding the need to become "podfamous".

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X-Lapsed, Episode 356 - X-Men: Red #2 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Six

X-Men Red (vol.2) 002 (June, 2022)
"Man on Fire"
Writer - Al Ewing
Art - Stefano Caselli
Colors - Federico Blee
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: May 18, 2022

It's the X-Men vs. the Brotherhood... fixed in a little different sort of way.

Today the hearts and minds of the less-warrish Arakkii are contested for... and we get plenty of food for thought regarding the potential tempests in the Marsarakko teapot!  Plus, an attempt at correcting a continuity gaffe that your humble host hasn't been able to shut up about since it happened!

I might rant a bit about attention to detail... and, how the fans who seem to care about things like continuity are usually mocked by the people who fail to adhere to it.  Please listen anyway! 

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X-Lapsed, Episode 355 - Marauders #2 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Five

Marauders (vol.2) 002 (June, 2022)
"Extinction Agenda, Part 2"
Writer - Steve Orlando
Art - Eleonora Carlini
Colors - Matt Milla
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: May 4, 2022

It's time for me to pull out the ol' X-Corp/X-Men Green disclaimer... today's book was one your idiot host did not enjoy.  If that fact threatens to ruin your day, feel free skipping this episode.

It's more Shi'ar Sh...tuff, and yet another attempt at shoehorning even more ancient mutants into the X-Men lore.  No, not those ancient mutants... or even those ancient mutants... these are All-New, All-Different ancient mutants!  That is, until next month's ancient mutants.

Also, we get a lot of obscure bits of Marvel history casually namedropped... the Marvel Wiki Randomizer was working overtime for this one!

Plus: a brief mailbag segment.

Again, this was not a book I cared for... so, if Chris being a negative nellie isn't what you're wanting to hear, feel free to skip this one!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 354 - Immortal X-Men #2 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Four

Immortal X-Men #002 (June, 2022)
"Part Two: All Mankind's Woes"
Writer - Kieron Gillen
Art - Lucas Werneck
Colors - David Curiel
Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: May 18, 2022

Back to the Destiny of X flagship for another installment of Quiet Council intrigue!

Note: There's a pretty long pre-ramble this time out, so for "Just the X", feel free to skip ahead to around the 25 minute mark.

We've got another solid issue today, but one where there are some moments where I feel like we need to squint and tilt our head to make 'em "work".  Maybe I'm just an idiot?  You be the judge, dear listener!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 34 - Reign of X, Volume 12 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Four

Reign of X, Volume 12 (2022)
(00:00:00) Marauders #21: "You Are Cordially Invited to the Hellfire Gala" & "Out With the Old"
(00:53:26) X-Force (vol.6) #20: "The Secret Garden"
(01:34:26) Hellions #12: "Gatecrashing"
(02:21:43) Excalibur (vol.4) #21: "Don't Feel Like Dancin"
(03:24:32) X-Men (vol.5) #21: "The Beginning"
Writers - Gerry Duggan, Chris Claremont, Benjamin Percy, Zeb Wells, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Matteo Lolli, John Bolton, Joshua Cassara, Stephen Segovia, Marcus To, Nick Dragotta, Russell Dauterman, Lucas Werneck, & Sara Pichelli
Colors - Edgar Delgado, Glynis Oliver, GURU-eFX, David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Frank Martin, Matthew Wilson, Sunny Gho, & Nolan Woodard
Letters - Tom Orzechowski, VC's Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Grunwald, Kirschhoffer, Kavanagh, Nocenti, Shooter, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: July 12, 2022

Marvel's finally decided to release the next volume of the Reign of X Anthologies! Darn those supply-chain issues, that DC Comics and all the indies have somehow been able to sidestep! Anyway, we're back -- and we're just in time for the Hellfire Gala! Oh, you didn't know? There's going to be a Gala! If only these books would bother to mention it!

Since Marvel trade paperbacks are suffering the affects of shrinkflation (which we're surely only imagining), we only get the first five issues of the event here. Looks like the Gala will be eating up the next two collected editions as well!

It's over four hours of fun, frivolity... Carnation Abominations, and a fake-ass vote to elect our new (already obsolete) X-Men!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 353 - Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Three

Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1 (June, 2022)
"And Then There Was One"
Writers - Steve Orlando & Nyla Rose
Pencils - David Cutler
Inks - Jose Marzan, Jr. & Roberto Poggi
Colors - Irma Kniivila
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Okoye, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: May 4, 2022

A review gone neutral!

Today's most challenging episode of X-Lapsed has your humble host stumbling and fumbling his way around sharing whether or not he liked this book!  We talk about some of the initial social media spoo and outrage this one invited, as well as how difficult it is to honestly analyze books like this without being lumped into the extreme ends of the argument!  It's a toughie!

Also: A brief mailbag, wherein we talk a bit more about the "Nazarene Mutant", as well as my emotionally painful process as it pertained to walking away from the "daily grind" of comics content creation.

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 352 - New Mutants #25 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Fifty-Two

New Mutants (vol.4) #025 (June, 2022)
"Best Laid Plans"
Writer - Vita Ayala
Art - Rod Reis & Jan Duursema
Colors - Rod Reis & Ruth Redmond
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham
Design - Muller, Bowen
Edits - Okoye, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $4.99
On-Sale: May 18, 2022

After what feels like forever, it's New Mutants day again!

We're kicking off the NuMu's first Destiny of X storyline, The Trials of Magik... which, as you might have guessed, takes us into Limbo.  You WILL believe that a SoulSword can shatter!

Also: a sorta-kinda mailbag segment wherein I talk a fair amount about shill reviews and how difficult it is to find honest opinions about comics (and other things) on the internet.  It's a challenging discussion... and I'd love for you to be a part of it!

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