Today we resume our therapeutic mission with the "inconvenient" mutants of Krakoa - the Hellions! They are at the Home for Foundlings in Omaha, NE with one goal - burn the place to the ground! What'll happen, though - when they run into the new head of the household - the Goblyn Queen herself? Also: Nanny's fallen... and she can't get up! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ faceboo...
Dec 09, 2020•27 min
Today we wrap up the first story arc of this Dawn of X volume of Wolverine ... and answer such questions as: "Wouldn't it be funny if... Magneto got completely wasted and had his helmet stolen?" Spoiler Alert: No. No, it wouldn't. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Dec 08, 2020•32 min
Who's ready for more Carnage in Carnelia? Who's ready to meet a new Krakoan citizen? Who's ready for this story arc to be over? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions - well, then I've got an issue for you. Not much "meat" on the preverbal bone here, but a scene in this issue does facilitate my revisiting a well-worn X-Lapsed topic regarding altering mutants during the resurrection process (and otherwise). Also: As always, some great and thoughtful listener mail -- @acecomics / @cosmict...
Dec 07, 2020•35 min
Welcome friends, to the new X-Lapsed "Sunday Special Series", wherein we're going to spend the next five weeks looking at Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey by Matthew Rosenberg and Friends. This is a series I've been long curious about, and so I figured it was high time we get to the bottom of just how Jean Grey made her return. So far, so good - this was an issue so strong that... I'm even tempted to go back revisit the 2016-2018 Blue and Gold era! If you too are ResurreX-Lapsed, pl...
Dec 06, 2020•25 min
Welcome back to From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast, Episode 3! Today, I am joined by Joe Crawford (@IowasJoe) to discuss the second chapter of - well, a storyline that really made me think the Shivas were going to be a hyooge deal going forward - Dreams of Gore aka. The Shiva Scenario! Wolverine is still looking for clues to his origin... if only he could travel through time, and know that some questions probably don't need answering... Also: The FCTC, Episode 3 "hook" continues, as J...
Dec 05, 2020•46 min
Today we go shopping for islands with the Master of Magnetism. We also see him have to escape out the back-end of a Kraken. It's yet another installment of Giant-Size, that may as well have been any old issue of X-Men (vol.5)! Also - A great mailbag segment, that facilitates my sharing some of my more obsessive collecting habits. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/gro...
Dec 04, 2020•36 min
Today we wrap up our time in Terra Verde - home of the violent "veg"! Guess what -- we also kill the same couple of characters who keep getting killed in these books! Your humble host is growing more and more tired. X-Force also loses a member - it's "moral compass" no less! All that, and I talk a whole lot about creators having "skin in the game" during the mailbag portion - which I hope doesn't ruffle too many feathers! It's a good time as always - hop aboard and join us! -- @acecomics / @cosm...
Dec 03, 2020•28 min
Journey with me into the mind of a mania--er, reality warping mutant. Today, the New Mutants take a walk on the wild side... with, Wildside in order to give "good dreams" to a scared little girl who might just destroy an entire country. All that, plus our DOX Magazine subplot keeps bubbling away! Also: An X-Tended Mailbag, full of great analysis and discussion! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfi...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to the landmark seventy-fifth episode of X-Lapsed - which, is also, as luck would have it our third monthiversary, having started this little journey back on September 1! Today, we're dealing with altered realities, Otherworld, and That Weirdo Jamie Braddock - and, somehow - I managed to have a really good time with it! I also talk a bunch about the "Protect and Survive" PSAs from the late 70s/early 80s a whole lot. Plus - Our usual x-cellent mailbag section! -- "Protect and Survive" - h...
Dec 01, 2020•48 min
Today we usher in the double-digits era for our Wave One Dawn of X books... starting with Marauders ! This is also a notable issue for being the first DoX book to hit the shelves after the current pandemic set in. Can it possibly live up to the x-pectations of the starving X-Fandom? Well... I suppose your mileage may vary. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90s...
Nov 30, 2020•34 min
Six issues just wasn't enough, was it? Anyone else up for another romp with the Major and M'Koy? Well... uh, howsabout we spend this final episode of Major X-Lapsed talking about a two-part Wolverine story from the year 2000 instead? That's right folks - we're spending all but eight pages of this $5 zero issue looking at a story that appeared in Wolverine (vol.2) #154-155 (September-October, 2000) - featuring characters who haven't been seen since! As for those other eight pages... well, they mi...
Nov 29, 2020•31 min
Episode 3 of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast rolls on -- and goes off the beaten path, with our first look at a comic (prestige format dealie, actually) that isn't one of our regular monthlies! This time out, I am joined by Mark Radulich (@MarkRadulich) to discuss one of Wolverine's many, many... many guest appearances. It's a little ditty called Hearts of Darkness by Howard Mackie and John Romita, Jr.! After going through the story cover-to-cover, we continue the FCTC Episode 3 "h...
Nov 28, 2020•1 hr 35 min
It's Black Friday in America -- and not only does sharing this final compilation of Reggie and my coverage of DC's Sandman Universe books help me not to have to record an all-new show on Thanksgiving Day - I can also sorta play it off with a "Hey, remember in the 90s - when all those kids wearing black wouldn't shut up about Neil Gaiman's Sandman? Black clothes... Black Friday... ehh? ehh?" Okay, I tried... I'm sorry. Whatever the case, I hope you all enjoy this final installment. -- Today's dis...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 1 min
In which your stumblin', fumblin', humble host hits his personal "tipping point" as it pertains to "X-Men in Space" stories. Sure, Cyclops and Havok's daddy lives out there... and the X-Men have a lotta friends and enemies out there - but, can we please get an issue without a reminder of that fact?! Also: Happy Thanksgiving! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/9...
Nov 26, 2020•38 min
In which your stumblin', fumblin', humble host hits his personal "tipping point" as it pertains to mutant deaths. Sure, the Resurrection Protocols of the HoXPoXDoXSoX era have changed the "rules"... but, with this issue, it's almost turned to parody. We'll talk a lot about that today... Also: More great listener mail! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Nov 25, 2020•36 min
Dawn of X, Wave Two rolls on with the introduction of a very bizarre book, indeed - it's Hellions ! What happens when you put Sassy Sinister in charge of a group of "inconvenient mutants"? Well, we're about to find out. This is a book that should NOT work - but, damned if it doesn't! We're gonna have fun with this one! Also: A Giant-Size (and somewhat emotional) mailbag segment! Thank you all for helping to push the Chris and Reggie Channel over 100,000 downloads! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / ...
Nov 24, 2020•59 min
Today we're going Giant-Size to discuss an issue that claims to focus on Nightcrawler... and, while he IS in this story - the more accurate title for this might've been Giant-Size X-Men: Magik . We're going to talk about continuity and costs here... as our entire story is built to add a resident to Krakoa, who we already saw pass through the portal months ago! Also: An actual Giant-Size Mailbag segment, talking about all things HoXPoXDoXSoX! It's a great time as always, I do hope you'll join us!...
Nov 23, 2020•51 min
Today we wrap up the Major X miniseries proper... and, well - I wish I could say we've got a lot to talk about... but, we don't! We will see some Deadpool-on-Deadpool action... and our big-bad will get taken down by the Care Bear Stare. I will also rail on about inconsistencies in the depiction of our titular character. Just one more episode to go... if we're bad enough dudes and dudettes to see our way through! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.c...
Nov 22, 2020•22 min
A little something different for your Saturday! Your humble host has been long dragging his feet on releasing the next full (12+ hour long) episode of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast - however, today I'm dropping the segment where Jody Yerdon (@regalfan) and I discuss the final issue of the Chris Claremont run - X-Men (vol.2) #3 (December, 1991). In addition to covering the issue itself, we also include a bit of a "hook" in that Jody (along with the rest of the FCTC hosts) will sha...
Nov 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min
What's (no longer) Eating Neena Thurman? Today, after a short stint in [dead], we welcome Domino back to the X-Force fold -- only, she's a little bit different than last we left her. For one, well - she's alive, but for another - she's no longer tormented by all of the things she suffered toward the end of her previous life. We will be asking questions... Also: More great listener mail... and a whole lot of my babbling! It's a fun show as usual, I hope you'll decide to join us! -- @acecomics / @...
Nov 20, 2020•44 min
X-Lapsed is back in Otherworld... welp, it was nice while it lasted, eh? Today's issue takes us toward the Starlight Citadel so Betsy Britain can find out why she has been forsaken by the place - after all, she is Captain Britain... stands to reason she ought to be able to visit the place where the Captain Britain Corps used to hang out, no? Also: Great listener mail - more discussion of the controversial Crucible... and perhaps the even more controversial, Fallen Angels miniseries! -- @acecomic...
Nov 19, 2020•50 min
Stop me if you heard this one before - in today's issue, our heroes head over to a Russian-ish country that doesn't recognize Krakoa as a sovereign nation. Yeah, it's that again - but, at least this time out we get a new reality-warping mutant to deal with, and get to see some of the weirdos from the Mutant Liberation Front! Also: X-Cellent listener mail, including a missive that isn't totally on board with the HoXPoXDoXSoX direction! Lotsa meat on the bone today - I hope you'll join us for the ...
Nov 18, 2020•54 min
You ever have... a dream of falling? Well, Gabriel Summers does... just about every night, so how about we try and catch up with him for a minute (and only a minute)? The main focus of today's issue and episode will be, for lack of a better term - brood banging. Hope you're wearing gloves. Also: Great listener mail, where we discuss the inorganic nature of the relationships among the Amalgamated Young Mutants of Krakoa, LLC - and the utter madness that is Major X ! -- Check out Danger Room - The...
Nov 17, 2020•38 min
Wave Two rolls on with Dawn of X's second solo-ongoing - Cable ! Today we join him as he beats up Wolverine, and removes a thorn from the paw of an ancient beast -- and maybe becomes a Spaceknight because of it! It's a fun story, and a good time - I hope you'll join us! Also: Our usual x-cellent listener mail, and more of me waxing on about "broken toys" (please listen anyway!) -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlap...
Nov 16, 2020•46 min
Nobody's favorite show is back to cover the penultimate issue of the 2019 Major X miniseries - and boy, it's getting tough to stay positive. Today, we get some body-swapping... a Sentinel dogfight... and an appearance by the current-year (pre- HoXPoX ) X-Men. It's... well, it's something. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Nov 15, 2020•25 min
Come along and ride on a fantastic... voyage? Today we check in (and deal) with Pyro's diminutive stowaway, Yellowjacket... and talk a whole lot about some "Dawn of X problems" (that's "problems" with a little "p"). Also, we check in with Call Me Kate at the hatchery to see how she's cookin'. Plus: Some amazing listener mail, where we recap a bunch of recent discussions and touch on (and labor over) some wildly interesting plot points. Lots of "food for thought", I hope you'll join us! -- @aceco...
Nov 14, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Today we wrap up our Warwolf hunt at the palatial Bloodstone Estate - and, best of all we get to take a live one home with us... in the form of an adorable li'l Warwolf Puppy. This story is a little uneven, and feels a bit truncated - but, we're going to talk all about it just the same. Also: An overlong tangent discussing the use of literary "shorthand" as it pertains to representation in comics, which I sincerely hope doesn't annoy and/or anger anybody listening! All that, and some great liste...
Nov 13, 2020•43 min
Let's get ready to rumble! It's time for the first-ever Krakoan Crucible... and, boy-oh-boy, do we have A LOT to talk about. Topics we will discuss will include a mutant's right to die, the concept of being (and/or becoming) "whole", how context and consequence are the basis of continuity, and we will theory-craft the ever-loving hell out of just about every nugget of "food for thought" this amazing issue gives us. Also: This issue features "that" scene between Wolverine and Cyclops... that set ...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Today's episode is all about an aspect of the Resurrection Protocols that your humble host hadn't yet considered - what would happen if a mutant decided to take their own life? We spend a lot of time (perhaps too much) discussing the ramifications of that concept. We also wrap up the story of Domino's doppelganger - and ramp up for a violent clash with the nebulous XENO organization. All that, and some great listener mail - and an X-Lapsed "Call to Arms". If you're digging the show -- or at the ...
Nov 11, 2020•40 min
We're back with the New Mutants "B" team a/k/a the Amalgamated Young Mutants of Krakoa, LLC for this issue - and what's more, they're taking us all on a trip to Nova Roma. It's a weird one-and-done, that - in about 10 minutes - you might just forget you've even read! Let's hope the same can't be said for your listening experience! Also: Sebastian Shaw does something pretty cool... so, at least there's that! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com ch...
Nov 10, 2020•30 min
