Wrapping up the Dawn of X - Wave One #4's with the flagship book, X-Men ! Today we join the Autumn Quarter of the Krakoan Quiet Council as they attend a meeting of the World Economic Forum. When Magneto is offered a pulpit, you can be sure he's going to take it! Also: Listener Mail discussing Boom-Boom's depiction as a drunk, more plotting and planning for the future of this program, and chatting about Dawn of X 's unfortunate habit of picking some of the easiest targets around to critique. -- @...
Oct 10, 2020•35 min
What could be better than an issue of Fallen Angels ? Well, how about a "Part 4 of 6" issue of Fallen Angels ? Join me as we have the same revelations we've already had three times... and we inch ever closer to the finish line. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen x-lapsed.tumblr.com/...
Oct 09, 2020•29 min
Welcome friends, to a most deadly episode of X-Lapsed. Today, we're covering X-Force #4, which turns out to be rather aptly named... considering how "Forced" much of this issue feels! Featuring dialogue no human would ever say... and yet another fatal cliffhanger ending... it's safe to say that X-Force #4 is not my favorite post HoXPoX outing. Please listen anyway! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisison...
Oct 08, 2020•37 min
Today, playing to role of Drunk Captain Kate... Boom-Boom! We return to Pilger, Nebraska... and the Bohusk family farm. Last issue ended with the arrival of a Cartel of goons who wanted to talk terms. Today, we find out what they meant by that... and, well... Big Pharma is a pretty "safe" target, right? Let's make the best of this... -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com...
Oct 07, 2020•35 min
Hooray! Today's issue of Excalibur does not take place on Otherworld... but, is that enough to make me enjoy it? Well, yeah... turns out it is! Don't worry, Otherworld fans... it looks like it won't be a long respite. I'll enjoy it while it's here. Excalibur #4 sees our team officially get its charter... and introduces a jerk so smarmy he makes Pete Wisdom look like someone I wouldn't mind being stuck in an elevator with! Also: Some great feedback, discussing more about the HoXPoX info-pages, an...
Oct 06, 2020•38 min
Today's issue of Marauders pays off the Taipei subplot from the first chapter, in a very fun way. We also get some actual Post-Human sightings, and a weird blast from the past that I certainly wasn't expecting! Also: Storm hammers a Brazilian Rent-a-Merc with lightning... twice! Plus: Great listener mail, some chatter about DC Comics' Millennium , Cypher's role as a "heavy-hitter" in the post HoXPoX X-Books, and much more... well, maybe not "much" more... but, more nonetheless. -- Damien's DC Mi...
Oct 05, 2020•33 min
Wrapping up the Dawn of X Wave One #3's, with an extended fight scene in Fallen Angels . Not much to say about this one... but plenty to say about other stuff, so please listen anyway! Also: Some excellent listener mail, and I complain about half-hearted Wikis, discuss a bit more of the Chuck Austen run, and continue to whinge about the overreliance on power damp(en)ing devices in these here X-Books! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisison...
Oct 04, 2020•35 min
Well, that didn't take long, did it? Ol' REDACTED has only been dead for like twenty-pages... and now they're back! I guess that's just the world we're living in nowadays. Not only that, but our new Court of Owls looking group of bad guys gets a name... Wolverine and Quentin Quire fight something out of Attack on Titan ... and I furrow my brow as Jean Grey jokes about how often she's died. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteear...
Oct 03, 2020•22 min
And now for something completely different! While our main cast are still in spaaaaaaace, we're given a weird little story with some of Xorn's Special Class, Armor, and a whole bunch of Mutant-hating hillbillies. Never have I ever been so disappointed not to see Deathbird! Also: The concept of a cure-all in comics, a bit of my babbling about my academic career, and a whole lot more -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com ...
Oct 02, 2020•34 min
Today we're discussing Excalibur #3, where Betsy Britain and her Beautiful Brother Brian X their Swords in Otherworld... perhaps for the final time. Well, no, probably not. We also get our latest addition to the cast in Mr. Julio Richter... and a cameo from MI-13's finest, ol' Pete Wisdom. Also: Listener Mail where we try to think of an X-Book worse than Fallen Angels #2? Could it be Mutant X ? The Brotherhood ? The Chuck Austen run? Perhaps, X-Men Unlimited #4? Reach out if you got one! -- @ace...
Oct 01, 2020•28 min
The Father and Child Re-oo-oo-niun... is only a mutant away-ay. Today we hang out with the Shaws... Sebastian and Shinobi, as they (maybe?) attempt to put aside their differences and work together for the betterment of mutantkind... or, the financial milking of humankind. Also: I wax nostalgic over Shinobi's old running buddies: the Upstarts, Bill Jemas' failed EPIC Comics relaunch (announced in Marville ), and trawlin' Mall Cons looking for the early issues of X-Factor ! -- @acecomics / @cosmic...
Sep 30, 2020•36 min
Thank you for being a friend... For this landmark 25th Episode of X-Lapsed, we are visited by an octogenerian group of "radical botanists" who have designs on controlling... or crushing Krakoa. It's up to Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Sebastian Shaw to try and stop them. Also: "Comedy" in comics, the Golden Age of Fandom, Learnin' the Legion, and much more! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook...
Sep 29, 2020•38 min
You ever hear the one about the butterfly? Well, ya will today... a few times! Join me as I look at the difficult second issue of Fallen Angels ... of which, there isn't a whole heckuva lot to say. Also: Some great listener mail! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Sep 28, 2020•39 min
In the wake of the assassinations of REDACTED, X-Force goes on the offensive to track down who might have been behind it. What they find is something... well, pretty gross! Join me as we take a trip to a most peculiar South Korean Printing Press. Also: Conflicts between logic and faith in a universe as extraordinary as the one we're reading about, more threats of discussing the Alan Moore Captain Britain, more feedback on the Uncanny Lives of Moira X... and much more! -- @acecomics / weirdcomics...
Sep 27, 2020•40 min
Order in the court! (Ham and Cheese) It's here that the New Mutants have their day in court... will Roberto's wicked space lawyer get them off, or will our young heroes wind up incarcerated by the Shi'ar Empire for life? Worse yet, will they get stuck hanging out with Cannonball's annoying better half? Those answers, and a whole lot more... in this very episode! Also: Losing touch with friends, dealing with the realization that you're no longer a comics' intended audience, and some great listene...
Sep 26, 2020•37 min
Trouble on the High Seas, and Terror in the Boardroom... Marauders #2 by Duggan, Lolli and Co. finally fills the Red Throne... with, exactly who you think. Also: Tattoos, Dancing, Auctions, and Batroc the friggin' Leaper! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Sep 25, 2020•28 min
Whattaya get when you cross an X-Men comic with a sub-par D&D campaign? Uh, don't answer that. Today we're discussing the second issue of Excalibur by Tini Howard and Marcus To... and, well... by no fault of the creatos, this really isn't the sort of story that falls in your humble host's wheelhouse. Maybe I can be proven wrong... then again, maybe not. -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfi...
Sep 24, 2020•34 min
Who's ready for more Summers family weirdness? On this episode of X-Lapsed, we join Cyclops, Prestige, and Cable as they investigate a new island that just appeared on the horizon... we also get to see a kink... err, softer side of Krakoa. X-Men (vol.5) #2 comes to us from Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu, and was certainly not what I expected! Some insightful (?) comics chat with a side of wonderful listener mail is waiting for you! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreg...
Sep 23, 2020•35 min
Hello Friends, Today's episode of Morituri Mondays is a special one that we couldn't wait to share! Not only are we discussing the penultimate (monthly) issue of Strikeforce: Morituri , but we were granted a Q&A session with original Strikeforce: Morituri artist and co-creator, Brent Anderson! The first half of those questions will be covered in this very episode! But first, the Chris's go "Full Treadmill", providing a bio for Mr. Anderson from his earliest days in the fandom to when he took...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 47 min
Y'ever hear the one about the butterfly? No? Well, you're going to... a lot. Today we wrap up the first wave of Dawn of X #1's with, perhaps the oddball of the group - Fallen Angels #1 by Bryan Hill and Szymon Kudranski. Who said we only needed on Psylocke? Probably the same person who said we only need one Psyocke-led book! Will this one be near as interesting as Excalibur ? Let's find out together... Also: I remember rate the Dawn of X Wave One #1's in the order I most enjoyed them, and some g...
Sep 21, 2020•40 min
During today's episode, in which we discuss X-Force #1, we learn a valuable lesson about trust. And also, someone gets shot in the head. Also: Listener mail which (accurately?) calls your humble host out as a cynic! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Sep 20, 2020•50 min
The Kids are Alright... and they're in SPAAAAAAAAACE! Today the Dawn of X enters into Shi'ar Space with New Mutants #1! Watch (or listen) as they tick off their ride, and generally make a mess out of everything. It's a fun issue - a good time will be had by all! Also: Some more great HoX / PoX reaxxions! Have a (non-spoilery) HoX / PoX / DoX hot-take to share? Please, don't hesitate to reach out! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com ...
Sep 19, 2020•41 min
We continue "forging" our new Dawn with a look at the first issue of Excalibur . We got more Braddocks than you can shake a shiny sword at... and a fun little team of mutants along for the ride. Next stop: Otherworld! Prepare for LARPers, witchbreeds, sleepy flora, and my many attempts at imitating Mallory's boyfriend Nick from Family Ties ! (please listen anyway) Also: Some great listener mail, which is helping me learn to see both the forest AND the trees! -- @acecomics / weirdcomicshistory@gm...
Sep 18, 2020•30 min
We're on a Boat! Ahoy, Muties! Today we're talking about sailing the high seas with Kitty... err, Kate... err, who am I kidding, I'm always going to call her "Kitty" Pryde and the Marauders! The Hellfire Corporation is running some miracle medicine... and they're taking us along for the ride... err, sail. Had a blast talking about this one... I look forward to hearing your thoughts! Also: A wonderful piece of listener mail that discusses the finer points of HoX / PoX and some of the DoX roll-out...
Sep 17, 2020•50 min
Ladies and Gentlemen, we have finally arrived! Welcome to Dawn of X ... well, about a year later than everybody else. Today we're kicking off the new post- HoX / DoX X-Men landscape with a look at X-Men #1... or izzit, X-Men LGY#645? Ehh, who worries about silly things like numbering? Certainly nobody out there would ever devote like five minutes to complaining about something so silly. Err, please listen anyway. We check up on Orchis, meet a posthuman in "current year", and have an uncanny dinn...
Sep 16, 2020•51 min
We have finally made it, gang! I can actually now say that I've read the entirety of HoX / PoX . I always intended to read it... but, I never saw myself actually talking about it on the air for something like ten hours (or would that be "x" hours?). Today we wrap things up... but perhaps not with as tidy a bow as I'd hoped, as we read Powers of X #6. We've got A LOT to talk about here... and I'm so happy to finally be part of that conversation. Feedback is definitely appreciated! Thanks to those...
Sep 15, 2020•54 min
For today's episode of Morituri Mondays, the comic we're discussing, while a goodie, is secondary to our special guest... the Animator behind the first appearance of Boba Fett (during the Star Wars Holiday Special ), as well as Rock & Rule , He-Man , She-Ra , and Dragon's Lair - John Celestri! Mr. Celestri hangs out for a couple of hours and gives the Chris's a wonderful and entertaining education as it pertains to the art and history of animation. We even get in on the fun ourselves as we d...
Sep 14, 2020•3 hr 24 min
It's the penultimate issue of HoX / PoX ... and, boy these "other shoes" just keep droppin', don't they? Join me for House of X #6, as I discuss Xavier stepping over the Rubicon... and also establishing the first Krakoan government, complete with a trio of laws! It's an issue that will leave your humble host with chills, a few times over! It's conflicting, scary, and so WRONG that it can't help but to feel RIGHT... plus, there's a party at the end that almost brought me to tears! All that, plus ...
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to Episode X... er, Ten... er, 10. How are we saying that now? I'll never get it right! Today, as we head toward the conclusion of the HoX / PoX Event with Powers of X #5, we do a little bit of world- building in X⁰... and a little bit of world- destroying in X³... guess which one I enjoyed reading more? We learn how some of the Krakoan sausage is made, and also get a really awesome cameo from a certain Sub-Mariner. If only the issue ended there... Also: Your listener mail, and a brief a...
Sep 12, 2020•54 min
Welp... that other shoe just dropped, dinnit? Today we're discussing the big bombshell reveal in House of X #5. Who were those mutants hatchlings? Where did they come from? What will they go on to be? Why is Goldballs here? Those answers, and a whole lot more in this very episode! S'more of that "more" includes: the United Nations ruling on Krakoa's sovereign status as well as the idea that Krakoa is for all mutants. If you're following along, this is an episode you won't wanna miss! Thanks to e...
Sep 11, 2020•47 min
