So, Banshee's attacked by a spider right around the same time Peter Parker heads up to Salem Center... what could possibly go wrong? That's right, folks - it's the first battle between Spider-Man and the X-Men... and it goes pretty much as you'd expect. At least it's Factor Three-adjacent... looks like we're not too far off from finally kicking that arc off in earnest! Plus: Mail-Box, Bullpens, Beat Poetry and more! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396...
Nov 03, 2021•36 min
Stan and Roy ain't quite ready to pop the cork on Factor Three... and so, it's Filler Time! In today's issue-sode, the heroes head underground to rescue Ralphie Roberts, who was caught in a war for the Underworld between Tyrannus and the Mole Man - a battle to see which one of them might bore us more! (Spoiler Alert: It's a tie!) All 'at, plus our usual dives into the Mutant Mail-Box, Bullpen Bulletins, the Merry Marvel Marching Society... and much more! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Laps...
Nov 03, 2021•33 min
Into the Ruby Limbo of Cyttorak! Today we wrap up our second Juggernaut arc by traveling INTO the Gem of Cyttorak itself... and facing off against the dread demonic Xorak. Also, our Factor Three subplot continues to (slowly) bubble away. Plus: Mutant Mail-Box, Bullpen Bulletins, Stan's Soapbox, and much much more! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com...
Nov 02, 2021•36 min
Who's ready for a lecture? You know I am, dear listener! Yes, it's time for another in and endless string of installments of X-Men Green. A story that might actually enlighten some folks if it took its head out of its backside long enough to try and engage in some non-strawman material! Plus.. your humble host vamps for a long while about my migration from Blogger to Wordpress, just so I could put off covering the story! Please listen anyway! ***The Weekly X-Men Green Disclaimer*** I didn't like...
Nov 01, 2021•33 min
Happy Halloween, everybody and welcome back to ...to the Choir! This time out, Dave and Chris get into all the gestalty goodness of Preacher #2. We see the "softer" side of Sheriff Root, meet his soon-to-be comics famous son, and bear witness to the grandest reveal in comics history... wherein we find out that a member of our cast might just be a vampire! All, that plus our usual nonsense - a look into USENET postings of the day, Garth Ennis's sorta-kinda petulant missive from Preacher #1's "Gon...
Oct 31, 2021•2 hr
Heyyy, it's the long-awaited launch of Children of the Atom ... and, well... they don't even get the cover for the anthology volume! How sad. We've also got Betsy beboppin' around the Infinite Earths, Wolverine partying like it's 1992, Kid Cable makin' time with Domino... and much, much more! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteeart...
Oct 30, 2021•2 hr 59 min
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 ...
Oct 29, 2021•38 min
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 -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @...
Oct 28, 2021•37 min
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! -...
Oct 27, 2021•41 min
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! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voic...
Oct 26, 2021•33 min
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 th...
Oct 25, 2021•40 min
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 W...
Oct 24, 2021•2 hr 9 min
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...
Oct 23, 2021•2 hr 59 min
Welcome friends, to the October Finale of X-Lapsed... X-Men Unlimited notwithstanding! Today we will discuss a rather unspectacular issue of Wolverine... and the X-Books Sales Charts for July, 2021! It's a fun discussion I had with myself here, I hope you decide to check it out! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed...
Oct 22, 2021•40 min
From famine, to feast... and back to famine again! After a few episodes full of intrigue and import... we return to reality! An issue of S.W.O.R.D. that, while not bad, reads kind of like a filler/inventory story. We've got the story of Storm trying to prove to herself and those around her that Marsarakko has not broken her. -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie....
Oct 21, 2021•23 min
Burn it Down! We've finally arrived at Inferno ... and your humble host has NOT yet been spoiled! This is one that takes me back to our earliest episodes... wherein I was making wild and outlandish theories, noticing all sorts of symbolism that may or may not exist, and didn't trust anything I was seeing! In other words, I had a LOT of fun with this! I hope to hear all of YOUR wild theories on this one too! The crazier the better! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-53...
Oct 20, 2021•53 min
Today's episode is a very special one, as I'm joined by my great pal Walt (@waltkneeland) to discuss Way of X Number Si....err, X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1! We'll share some of our experiences with the character, go deep on the issue itself, and discuss whether or not it was everything we hoped for when it was solicited! Huge thanks to Walt for hangin' out! If anyone listening wants to pop on as a special "tour guide" for a future show, please let me know! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlaps...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 18 min
It's the X-Men vs. The High Evolutionary! And, well... that's about it! We do get some more environmental shaming though, so look forward to that! Plus: Mailbag, Shout-Outs, This Week in X... and over a half-hour of my very own (as requested) Idiot's Guide to Podcasting! The TL;DL version is... don't do anything I do! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Gather round folks, so we can all learn how awful we are as human beings! Turns out litter is far more dangerous to the Earth than supervillains, and evil mutants! Yes, friends - it's part-two of our "very special episode", X-Men Green. Well, at least there's It's Jeff! and the mailbag! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com...
Oct 17, 2021•29 min
A kind of all-over-the-place collection of post Ecks of Tens stories... the ongoings appear to be attempting to rediscover their own unique identities after being intertwined in Otherworld for the past several months. And, once they actually appear to GET their footing... well, then we'll toss a wrench into the works when we begin building to the Hellfire Gala! -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Marauders #16: "Consequences" (00:41:54) New Mutants (vol.4) #14: "Welcome to the Wild Hunt" (01:18:01) X-Forc...
Oct 16, 2021•3 hr 51 min
Ding-Dong, this book is done! But, let's not get ahead of ourselves... we still need to discuss this final issue! There's not a whole heckuva lot to it... and I spend most of the episode largely apologizing and agonizing over not liking it! Agree? Disagree? Either way, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this series and respectfully discuss it further in future episodes! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen...
Oct 15, 2021•28 min
Wanda - How can we miss you if you won't stay dead? Today we continue working our way through one of the event miniseries which will take us into the next phase of the X-Books! The Avengers have popped in for a visit... and to pick up Wanda's remains - only to find themselves embroiled in a battle with her former father figure! We're going to talk a whole lot about Cerebro backups, telepathic torture, and so much more! Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and News - oh, my! -- https://www.patreon.com/xla...
Oct 14, 2021•29 min
Enter Now: The Lame Duck Era! The once (and still mostly) solid Marauders limps toward its conclusion with what feels like some time-killer filler. Gotta buy some time before the big shake-up! Plus: Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and more on Penguin Random House's shipping woes! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisison...
Oct 13, 2021•34 min
Where's yer crown, King X-Lapsed? Today your humble host is "workin' hurt", as the crown I had put in last week decided to pop out on me! But, as we say... neither rain, nor sleet, nor X-Corp or dental trauma will keep us from our assigned X-Duties! I guess it's a good thing we don't have a whole heckuva lot to talk about regarding today's issue... though, I do go on at length about the feeling that we're simply in "treading water" mode until the January retooling of the line! Please listen anyw...
Oct 12, 2021•25 min
Doom demands passage... to Otherworld?! Oh c'mon, Vic... why ya gotta do us like that? Today's Excalibur adventure takes us back to... where else? It's also kind of a mess. Least we got the Mailbag, Shout-Outs, This Week in X... and some news about Penguin Random House's shoddy shipping! It's a good time as always, I hope you'll join me! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com ch...
Oct 11, 2021•44 min
It's not that you're wrong... you're just a jerk! Today, we kick off the second arc of the Marvel Unlimited X-Clusive - X-Men Unlimited ... and they're calling it X-Men Green... with good reason. We're going to join perpetual killjoy, Nature Girl as she shows us how much she values human life. It's a rough one, that feels like it was written by a petulant teen-ager doing their best to rebel, but we'll get through it together! Also, Jeff the Land Shark runs through a tulip patch. Plus: We take a ...
Oct 10, 2021•37 min
Ecks of Tens is firmly in the rear-view and we're rockin' and rollin' into the Reign of X era. In today's compilation, we will be dealing with some Arrako-fallout, and formally introducing the world to the new-look S.W.O.R.D.! Plus, all of my usual nonsense - you won't wanna miss it... well, if you missed it the first time around, anyway! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com c...
Oct 09, 2021•3 hr 43 min
Welcome to the world, Sean Cassidy! Today we meet one of the more enduring X-Characters of the Silver-Age... future X-Man, Headmaster of the Massachusetts Academy, and Horseman of Apocalypse: Banshee! I also somehow wander into complaining a lot about how commercialized internet search engines have become... and how difficult it is to research when you're wading through pages and pages of advertisements-posing-as-search-results. Please listen anyway! Plus: All of the late 60's era back-matter th...
Oct 08, 2021•43 min
With all of the D-List baddies outta the way, it's time to get back to X-Business as Usual... and reintroduce The Menace of the Mimic! How did ol' Cal Rankin get his mojo back? Is he friend or foe? What does this mean to our Merry Mutant heroes? We'll sorta-kinda get those answers and a whole lot more today! Plus: In our Letters Page, we learn that Rascally Roy doesn't take to corrections and criticisms with the same charm and good humor that Stan the Man did! Roy does NOT like being corrected! ...
Oct 07, 2021•38 min
Wrapping up our two-part KooKoo epic! ... and despite how boring it was, we do get some interesting character beats to discuss! Will Scott finally admit that he's got the hotpants for Jean Grey? Will Warren swoop in, Professor X-style, at the last moment to snag all the glory? And what of Jean's creepy co-ed, Ted Whatshisface? It's starting to get soapy up in here, and I'm diggin' it! Also: The All-New X-Men Letters Page, Bullpen Bulletins, our own Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and much more (including a...
Oct 06, 2021•51 min
