Due to popular request... of around three people, and with the understanding and appreciation that the high episode numbering of the X-Lapsed program might be a turn off to a perspective listener, I have decided to make things a little bit easier by starting the The Collected X-Lapsed initiative. For this initial episode, we go all the way back to the first dozen episodes of X-Lapsed, where I had an eight hour conversation with myself about House of X and Powers of X . I had a ton of theories, h...
May 08, 2021•8 hr 12 min
Picking up from where we left off (I think) over in King in Black: Marauders #1 (Episode 160 in the Archives!), we have some Avenging house-crashers show up at New York's Hellfire Club - and, as luck would have it - the Marauders are just about to pop in there themselves! Only one more episode covering King in Black! -- @acecomics / @90sxmen / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
May 07, 2021•30 min
It's Kwannon vs. Betsy, Round Skatey-Eight Hundred! Can Psylocke convince the Bets-Essence to become one with the Black Market Betsy Bod?! Also: What does this have to do with the Jackdaws? (Not much, sadly) Plus: Some Great Listener Mail! -- @acecomics / @90sxmen / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
May 06, 2021•27 min
With a little help from his friends... This time out Kid Cable leans on some of his pals in hopes that they might help him track down Stryfe. Also, we learn a thing or two about the particulars of the Resurrection Protocols as it pertains to duplicates in the form of time travelers and alternate reality-types - and, boy-o-boy, are we gonna be talking a lot about that! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisi...
May 05, 2021•27 min
Tom gets tickled! Logan eats a lip! Beast gets broken! Sage gets sloshed (and allegedly dances to Mariah Carey*)! Something weird(er than usual) is going on in Krakoa - and it's all because of a certain formerly non-conformist Omega Mutant. We're killing time til the Hellfire Gala - please do consider coming along! *Pics or it didn't happen - with bonus points if it's All I Want For Christmas is You ! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisiso...
May 04, 2021•23 min
Wrapping up our Krakoan King in Black crossover with the Knull-Corrupted Kid Cable facing off against the Everywhere Man! Also - Could Magneto be coming around to Fabian Cortez's way of thinking? Lots to talk about today - including great mailbag offerings and a deep-dive on the X-Books hitting the shelves in June, 2021! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxm...
May 03, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Well, slap my face and call me HoXPoX... we've got us a Krakoa sighting in this here issue! Well, the Grandson of Krakoa anyway... the mid-2010's were a weird time. Also, Bling! has a therapy session with PhD in training and Generation X alumni, Paige Guthrie. How does THAT make us feel? -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
May 02, 2021•23 min
Today we wrap up Episode 2 of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast with our final segment, during which Adam (@hojukoolander) and I take a look at all the X-Bits fit to print in the pages of Wizard: The Guide to Comics #3! Take a trip with us back to late 1991... and join us in the Gestalty goodness! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com https://theretronetwork.com/category/podcasts/wizards/ xlapsed.chrisisonin...
May 01, 2021•1 hr 19 min
The Boneyard's Haunted... by X-Factor?! Today's episode features plenty of Mutant death... and morr of the Morrigan. It also feels a bit truncated - which will likely be today's "watchword" Also: A very challenging Mailbag for your humble host, who tries not to stumble over his words too badly. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 30, 2021•35 min
After a year of delays... it's finally time to meet, well - whoever these Children of the Atom turn out to be! In this opening chapter, we get elbows deep into the mystery of who... and/or what these characters might end up being! Are the Chimeras? Are the high on MGH? Are they just really good Cosplayers? ... and how come they changed the last page of this issue when it published digitally? I make a lot of wild theories... and I'd love to hear yours as well! Also: An X-Cellent Mailbag Segment! ...
Apr 29, 2021•44 min
Another day - Another Wolverine guest-appearance! I do believe that we might wind up eventually doubling our episode count including all of Logan's wandering around the 616! Today, after sorting out a misunderstanding with the Runaways, Wolverine and Pixie set out to rescue a brand-new mutant -- and bring the Runaways with 'em for good measure! If you don't listen... Nico might just transform you into an ice cream cone! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.p...
Apr 28, 2021•24 min
In today's x-tra size milestone episode, we find out what Arcade and that elf from the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special had in common. Hint: It has to do with teeth! Also: Our titular Hellions face off against their deepest, darkest desires... and maybe grind up on a robot manikin or two. I promise this is a book worth reading... and, hopefully an episode worth hearing. All that and some great and thought-provoking listener mail! Thanks to everyone for their support over these last one hun...
Apr 27, 2021•50 min
We're still "off the beaten path" here... and, we're looking at - of all things, an issue of M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games ! Whodathunkit? We've got a little playful shade thrown at our Head of X... and a fun little adventure through the white-space with one of our new favorites - The Unbelievable Gwenpool! Speaking of "unbelievable" - I can't believe I just read a M.O.D.O.K. comic where I a) felt bad with him, and 2) wanted to read more! It's an #XLapsed Miracle! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdco...
Apr 26, 2021•29 min
It's the Hotpants Issue of Generation X - we've got a couple couples getting ready to start coupling... well, three couples I guess, if we count the Fenris Twins (let's not!). A fun issue... and a promising start to the second half of this run! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 25, 2021•28 min
It's anthology day at #FCTCXMen - and so, Walt (@waltkneeland) and me are going to take a look at two issues of Marvel Comics Presents ! The Cyber storyline rolls on in Wolverine... the Beast is still looking for love... and we get to discuss the first Marvel work of eventual Uncanny X-Men artist, Joe Madureira! All that, plus Walt answers the dreaded Pod-File questionnaire! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com https:/...
Apr 24, 2021•25 min
Remember how we all used to complain during the 90s that Wolverine would show up in so many books a month? Well, it's a good thing THAT'S a thing of the past, innit? The more things change, right? Today, we're taking a detour into, of all things, an issue of Black Cat (an ongoing series your humble host didn't even realize was a thing!) where she and a certain Mr. Patch are running the tables in Madripoor's Hightown. It's a very fun story, I hope you'll give a listen! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmil...
Apr 23, 2021•25 min
Welcome to our "Just the X, Ma'am!" look at the Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices Anthology Special! Today we will be discussing two stories... one featuring Dani Moonstar, the other featuring Silver Fox -- the latter of which gives us the origin story of Old Blue from that crazy "Tracykins" issue of Wolverine (vol.2) we covered during the first episode of From Claremont to Claremont! Also: Great Listener Mail! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.c...
Apr 22, 2021•32 min
It's taken us 12 issues and 13 months... but, we're finally heading into The Vault to catch up with Wolverine (X-23), Synch, and Darwin! It's mostly a fight scene, but there are some useful bits and bobs dropped in. Also: Sinister Secrets Revisited ! We take a look at the 19 Sinister Secrets we first read a very long time ago to discuss which ones played out... and which we're still waiting on! It's a very fun conversation I had with myself -- I hope you'll give it a listen! -- @acecomics / @cos...
Apr 21, 2021•33 min
Wolverine and Maverick flee Madripoor (it's a lawless place, donchaknow!) and try to talk each other into leaving their way of life. Wolverine would dig it if Mav came to live on Krakoa... while Mav thinks it would be cool if they teamed up as Mercs again. Today they're going to go on one "last" caper together... -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 20, 2021•28 min
Just when I thought it was safe to look forward to New Mutants ... we're taken back into Otherworld! Many of the story beats of the last few issues that I cared about are squashed into a scant handful of pages so we might engage in yet another romp through the Fair and Foul Kingdoms. Huzzah? -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 19, 2021•26 min
In which Quentin, Nathaniel, and Benji have a boys night out at a super-villain-infested auction house and Jubilee wonders what might happen to her if she loses herself to vampirism! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 18, 2021•22 min
Kicking off the Scott Lobdell era of Alpha Flight ! For this segment, Sean (@Sean42AZ) and I take a trip down to Tierra del Maiz, where Diablo is doin' some hoo-doo with some some phony Vibranium, Northstar baptizes a child - and our team gets a mysterious new member! Also: Sean sits in on the dreaded Pod-File! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com https://www.pulp2pixel.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Another step off the beaten path! Today we're joining the Champions, who are currently on the run from yet another acronymic Marvel organization! This one is out to stop young heroes from... well, being heroes and they're called C.R.A.D.L.E. (get it?). After I do my darnest to navigate the OUTLAWED storyline, we discuss former Champion, Cyclops' attempt to help out his old friends. Also: The Marauders show up! It's about as X-Book as we can get... without being an actual X-Book! -- @acecomics / ...
Apr 16, 2021•38 min
Well gang - today we've got an issue in which nothing noteworthy at all happens... absolutely nada - not even sure why we're wasting our time with it -- they certainly don't name-drop one of the more elusive movers and shakers of the Krakoa era... no, sir nor madam... nothing like that. All kidding aside... if you've already read this one, you know we've got a LOT to chat about. Let's buckle in and... theorize! Also: The Return of the Mailbag and some more X-Lection News! -- @acecomics / @cosmic...
Apr 15, 2021•33 min
Waiter, there's a clone in my dumpling! Today, Kid Cable dines with Domino... and has a fairly crazy family reunion. We're talking clones... which means, I'm going to be talking a lot. Please listen anyway! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 14, 2021•24 min
X-amining the many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many - wow, the more I type that word the more meaningless it looks - many, many, many, many, many, many, many deaths of Quentin Quire. Today's episode ponders some deep concepts such as maturation, change... and questions whether what we're seeing play out on the page is what we think it is. Also: Some X-News and theories regarding the upcoming #ReignofX Summer of Bloat! -- @acecomics /...
Apr 13, 2021•26 min
Stepping slightly off the beaten path today to take a look at a semi-recent Anthology special! To paraphrase that fella from Dragnet , it's "Just the X, ma'am" as we take a look at four X-Relevant stories that appeared in 2020's Marvel's Voices #1 -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Apr 12, 2021•48 min
Spotlight on: Eye-Boy! After being stressed to the optic nerve(s) by his supposed mentor, poor Trevor can no longer control his uncanny abilities! Too bad he's been unwittingly drafted into a woodland critter mob war! And, no... I'm not joking. It's a story of beatboxing Rat Kings, and owl-based testicular trauma... you won't wanna miss it! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ faceb...
Apr 11, 2021•23 min
Y'all remember Weapon X , right? What if I were to tell you that there was a sequel... that managed to be ten times as confusing... and had about one-tenth the impact? You'd be jazzed, right? Well, today you can hear my good pal Joe (@IowasJoe) and I talk all about the first chapter of it! Joe is also kind enough to sit in the hot-seat for the POD-FILE segment! It's a great time as always - hope to see you there! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean....
Apr 10, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Spotlight on: Manifold -- the teleporter who isn't a teleporter... or something. This is a fine issue that manages to walk the difficult tightrope between moving the S.W.O.R.D. story moving forward... while playing into the King in Black mass-crossover event! We've got a few mysteries introduced here -- it's going to be fun to try and suss 'em out! Also: Mailbag & News regarding "The Summer of Reign of X"! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com...
Apr 09, 2021•37 min
