On the eve of Avengers vs X-Men: Round Two -- we get to experience a slapfight between Cyclops and Quicksilver! Not much more to say about this one! Our "Origins of the Uncanny X-Men" backup is sillier than ever... and, speaking of silly - boy, wait'll you hear how the X-Faithful eulogized Professor X in the letters pages! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisand...
Mar 09, 2022•27 min
We're finally back for a stint in the Silver-Age... where one of our teen-age heroes meets a fella outta Marvel's Golden Age! It's the coming (and going) of Red Raven! Hold on to yer harnesses gang, this one's gonna be a barn-burner! We've got us a new writer to boot! Plus - The Origins of the X-Men backup strip focuses on Kid Kool as he gets roughed up by some Strong Island street toughs, and thrown in the clink! Also - our normal Silver-Age back-matter - Letters Pages (featuring future pros Ke...
Mar 08, 2022•35 min
In our "milestone" three hundred twenty-fifth episode, we're stepping off the beaten X-Path to discuss a milestone issue of Black Panther ! It's got the Legacy Voodoo Numbering of 200... and in it, our titular hero heads Marsarakko Way to chat up his old... former... current... future flame, and current "Regent Stuff Doer" of the Sol System, Storm! We... don't have much to talk about. But, this IS a "season finale" episode, so we WILL be chatting up the... very strange X-Sales Charts for Novembe...
Mar 07, 2022•46 min
This volume starts off pretty strong, with a two-parter that -- believe it or not, does NOT take place in Otherworld! Sadly, this is short-lived... and, I'm fairly certain we don't get another issue from this entire volume of Excalibur that doesn't deal with Otherworld... best enjoy it while it lasts! After that fun two-parter, we're back to business as usual... Fair This, Foul That, Crooked These, Opal Luna Those... it's our messy build-up to EcksofTens and Beyond... in that current-year Excali...
Mar 06, 2022•3 hr 57 min
The Triple-Dip collection rolls on, with the sophomore outing for Duggan's Marauders. This time out, we've got a dead Captain, some other "fake-out" deaths, and a whole lotta build-up for X of Swords. All of my normal nonsense is there for ya as well -- mailbags, tangents, hot-takes, general cynicism... it's all right here waitin' fer ya! -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Marauders #7: "From Emma, with Love" (00:25:27) Marauders #8: "Furious Anger" (00:50:51) Marauders #9: "Journey to the Center of Pyro...
Mar 05, 2022•4 hr
We're back off the beaten path, with a tie-in to the Death of Doctor Strange storyline... which, features our flagship team... but, is really more a backdoor pilot for a follow-up to 2021's Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Whateverthehell miniseries. Our favorite mutants are here, yes... but, honestly, (up until a reveal in the very last panel) it could've very well been ANY Marvel heroes. It's well-told and beautiful though - just not as X-Relevant as I was hoping! -- Patreon: https://www.patre...
Mar 04, 2022•22 min
Back in the XLADOW saddle, where our premise is beginning to make a bit more sense (at least to your denser-than-most humble host). We follow our titular hero through various phases of his life... where he's granted both the opportunity to protect and save an Xavier... as well as perhaps right a few of his own past wrongs -- Chekhov's Butterfly Effect looms large here, gang! Will this series wind up shaking the foundations of the Krakoan Era... or, just be a DC Comics Convergence -like nothin'? ...
Mar 03, 2022•23 min
Into the Pit... for a bat-spit insane and hyperviolent romp with Sabretooth! Had a lot of fun with this issue... it's almost enough to make me pollyannishly optimistic for the Destiny of X era! Without the "Head of X" handcuffs, we might just get some fun stories! -- Patreon: 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 The All-New, All-Different chrisisoninfin...
Mar 02, 2022•29 min
Celebrating eighteen months of X-Lapsed with the Secret Origin of Captain Krakoa! This is still a story I'm having a hard time getting out of my own way on... but, if I squint and forget that this takes place in a shared and fantastical comic book universe... I can *almost* get it? -- Patreon: 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 The All-New, All-Differ...
Mar 01, 2022•20 min
Ahoy, Muties... let's put together a new Marauders team! What's that in the distance? It's awkward and wildly unnatural dialogue! What's that even further in the distance? Well... it's some very interesting ideas I hope to see fleshed out in the next volume! We've got a bit to talk about... -- Patreon: 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 The All-New, A...
Feb 28, 2022•31 min
From Feast to Famine... and back to Feast again! The sophomore volume of Hickman's flagship is... uneven. It starts off amazingly strong, with one of the seminal stories of this entire era, and the source for many of our podcast discussions... the introduction of the Crucible! From there, he wastes a bunch of our time with the Brood, a "funny, ha-ha" with Broo eating an Egg, a Deadly Genesis continuity error that breaks one of the ONLY rules associated with the Resurrection Protocols... then Emp...
Feb 27, 2022•3 hr 23 min
A collection of episodes that... I can barely even remember performing! We've got a lotta "versus" stuff this time out... Wolverine vs. Dracula, Karma vs. Dani Moonstar, and... if ya can believe it - Psylocke vs. Kwannon?! -- Patreon: 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 The All-New, All-Different chrisisoninfiniteearths.com facebook.com/groups/90sxmen...
Feb 26, 2022•3 hr 48 min
A Devil's Reign tie-in, that feels more like an issue of X-Men than... most issues of X-Men ! That, unfortunately, isn't an indictment on its quality, however... as our titular heroes continue their de-evolution from actual characters to Bendisonian snark-bots! We've got a great mailbag though! -- Patreon: 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 The All-Ne...
Feb 25, 2022•46 min
And now for something completely different! An issue in which our titular hero takes a backseat to the TRUE star of this half of the series... Moira McTaggert?! Have you been wondering what she's been up to since her x-ile from Krakoa in Inferno #4? Well... wonder no more, because we pick up with her right as she's gotten the boot! It's as bat-spit insane as X Lives ... but, with some continuity kvetches that yer humble host just can't get passed... past... whichever is the right word to use the...
Feb 24, 2022•30 min
We have finally arrived - the Reign of X (and the Reign of the HEAD of X) are firmly in the rear-view, and we can now move forward into the next phase of our Krakoan Epic! Today... we discuss a bat-spit insane but wonderfully fun first issue of the XLADOW story, wherein our titular hero engages in some Quantum Leap ing, mixed with some Assassin's Creed ing, with just a dash of Days of Future Past ing. I have NO idea where this might be headed... and, I can't wait to find out! I'd love to hear yo...
Feb 23, 2022•28 min
X-Lapsed 3:16 says... it's time to wrap up the Reign of X! Today we close out the Hickman Era with an issue that feels like it might be about 15% of what the original vision intended for it to be. It's a fine, fun, and exciting read... but, that's not going to stop us from actually attempting to analyze it! We got lots to talk about! Plus - some great mailbag... and the X-Planation as to your humble host's persona non-grata'ness among the (XCCC) X-Men Content Creation Community! -- Patreon: http...
Feb 22, 2022•52 min
Wrapping up volume 1 of the Marauders ... with a season/series finale that establishes our status quo moving forward. It's a bit piecey, and serves as a reminder of how uneven the back-half of this series has been! It also ends on a cliffhanger... which everybody loves right before we leap into a brand-new #1, right? Plus: An X-Tended Mailbag, This Week in X, and a look at what's headed our way from Marvel Previews (April, 2022)! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 62...
Feb 21, 2022•49 min
For the first time in two years... it's FALLEN ANGELS day here at the channel - and, if history is any indication, today's the episode even FEWER people will download and listen to! Ah well... whattayagonnado? Today we're compiling the story whose only value is that it accidentally (?) led to something pretty interesting in Hellions ! The art's interesting too... so there's that! Anyhoo, it's three and a half hours of Fallen Angels ... which is probably three hours and fifteen minutes longer tha...
Feb 20, 2022•3 hr 24 min
Presenting, for the first time on the channel - the Head of X's New Mutants ... without a sidebar trip to the Farm! Join me for a shorter-than-usual "Triple Dip", where we cover the four-part New Mutants/Shi'ar/Starjammers tale... only four chapters... but, there's plenty of nonsense waiting for ya if'n ya decide to press play! -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #1: "The Sextant" (00:41:29) New Mutants (vol.4) #2: "Space Jail" (01:18:57) New Mutants (vol.4) #5: "Endangered Birds" (01:...
Feb 19, 2022•2 hr 25 min
Welcome back to the flagship... aka the ONLY book in the entire Marvel Universe that's attempting to pay attention to the fact that superfolk die and come back to life with insane regularity... which, is also why this story doesn't quite stick the landing! Join your humble frustrated host, as he attempts to get past that and enjoy the issue for what it is! Plus - Mailbag! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagr...
Feb 18, 2022•31 min
An episode emblematic of the "X-Lapsed Problem", as it pertains to over-analysis and repetition... and, if THAT doesn't entice you to listen, I don't know what would! If you DO decide to listen, we'll be wrapping up the eleventy-hundred part Paradise Lost - with a clever gimmick and a slight cliffhanger that I kinda doubt will ever be paid off. Life of Wolverine continues to be a 90 second read, which leads to about 45 minutes of independent research in order to fill in all the blanks we're left...
Feb 17, 2022•25 min
The penultimate of Paradise Lost brushes with greatness when we almost get a very special exchange between Juggernaut and Professor X. Also, Deadpool gets squished a whole bunch. Meanwhile, Life of Wolverine meanders on... straddling the line between being an illustrated (and incomplete) Wikipedia entry, and an actual story. It's trying to be both, but succeeding at neither! We'll stick with it, however, and hope for the best! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (...
Feb 16, 2022•25 min
A pair of very... *slight* stories for this Infinity Comics outing: Juggernaut and Deadpool finally make their way to Krakoa for the upcoming two-part finale... and our trek through the Life and Times of Wolverine takes us through Origin's I and II... without wasting a single beat! "Quick 'n Dirty" might just be an overstatement! All 'at plus the Mailbag! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshi...
Feb 15, 2022•23 min
Playing catch-up on our X-Infinity Comics by rejoining the Juggernaut and Deadpool's run-in with the Human Adaptoid... in which we don't get any Nazi jokes... but, DO get some jokes beaten into the ground all the same! Also, we step off the beaten path to take a peek at a Spider-Bot story... which stars, believe it or not, Wolverine! Both stories are pretty fun this time out... and well worth your time in checking out! Plus: Mailbag and This Week in X! -- https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed...
Feb 14, 2022•36 min
Welcome to the book that, at first blush, I thought might be the actual low-key flagship of the Dawn of X line! Which is to say, we've got something of a team here... and stuff actually happens! Also, the Resurrection Protocols are TRULY put to the test in this one! -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #1: "Hunting Ground" (00:50:23) X-Force (vol.6) #2: "The Sword of Damocles" (01:30:46) X-Force (vol.6) #3: "The Skeleton Key" (01:52:41) X-Force (vol.6) #4: "Blood Economics" (02:29:16) X-For...
Feb 13, 2022•3 hr 57 min
A world of fantasy and magic awaits... whether we want it or not. We're about to deep-dive on a book where it's ALL Otherworld, just about ALL the time. Maybe it'll make more sense in this Triple-Dip "collected" format? You'll have to let me know! So, get ready to join Betsy Britain, Ayyyyy, and the whole cast of Excalibur as they... do magic stuff, and muck around with weird royalty. -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Excalibur (vol.4) #1: "Verse I: The Accolade of Betsy Braddock" (00:29:44) Excalibur (...
Feb 12, 2022•3 hr 2 min
Maya and River's Excellent Adventure continues... as we race back 'n forth thru time to try and stop the Adversary from wiping out Echo's entire lineage! It gets kinda wonky... Also: Forge shows up for like two pages! Plus: Mailbag, and the Sales Discussion for October, 2021! -- 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 The All-New, All-Different chrisisonin...
Feb 11, 2022•36 min
Tying a messy-as-hell bow on the Trial of Magneto miniseries... as scarlet shoes drop, and we end up with even fewer "rules" the X-Books need to follow going forward! We've got bunches to talk about here... let's try and wrap our minds around this one together, yes? Plus: 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 The All-New, All-Different chrisi...
Feb 10, 2022•37 min
In the "Season Finale" of Wolverine , our titular hero has himself an inventory story! But... it's not one'a them Hama-esque Wolverine inventory stories... instead, it's actually paying off a relatively recent story thread outta the pages of X-Force ! Logan faces off with a semi-Lovecraftian Horror... and talks to himself. I'm probably making it sound really awful, but I assure you - this is a goodie! And the art! You definitely wanna see this art... which, as an audio product, I cannot help you...
Feb 09, 2022•29 min
Ding-Dong, this book is done! Too bad the story's not. Which is to say... this might just be an episode where I veer a tad bit into the negative -- and so, if that is something which threatens to offend you personally , I humbly invite you to skip this one! It's all good, we're all still pals! If you DO decide to listen, you'll get my thoughts on the unsatisfying and muddled non-wrap up of Excalibur - as well as an X-Tended and very fun Mailbag segment! Any thoughts on this book? This issue/the ...
Feb 08, 2022•41 min
