As we continue our approach to 350, we hop back down into The Pit for a discussion on the nebulous nature of "law"... with a focus on the concept that some citizens are more "equal" than others. We go a bit into the weeds here, drawing (as vague as humanly possible) comparisons to the current real-world socio-political landscape, and talk about rules being implemented by those who aren't accountable to anybody. It's dicey, it's spicy... it's fence-ridey... it's X-Lapsed! -- Patreon: https://www....
Jul 10, 2022•25 min
Well, I couldn't put it off any longer... it's time for us to dip back into Otherworld for the follow-up (miniseries, I hope) to Excalibur (vol.4) -- Knights of X ! This time out, Betsy Britain opens a book and whisks a bunch of her pals away to the boring place. And, well, that's about it. At least it's very pretty to look at! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chr...
Jul 09, 2022•23 min
Finally fleshing out the Marsarakkii! In the follow-up to S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2), Al Ewing starts spillin' the beans on all things Arakki. Seeds are planted for a team of Martian X-Men... as well as an All-New, All-Different... Brotherhood?! It's off to a great start, and I hope you'll join me for the fun. Also: I drone on more about Beast in the Mailbag + an x-tended rant about Marvel's current publishing and distribution woes -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-...
Jul 08, 2022•58 min
In Part Two of our X-Force "double-header", we see Frasier and Lilith arguing before the Quiet Council about whether or not they ought to bring back Omega Red (already), while Forge finds himself attacked by the Hentai Helmet! It's a fun issue, and a better-than-decent return to the x-ploits of our Mutant CIA. I hope you decide to check it out! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshist...
Jul 07, 2022•25 min
A current year X-Annual that's... worth reading?! Are you kidding me? Today we kick off our X-Force "double-header", ushering in the Mutant CIA's Destiny of X Era with a far better than expected Annual. The Strike Force takes the fight to Orchis... and narrowly sidesteps Annual-itis, where they're forced to face their weaknesses. We get some fun banter between Beast and Emma Frost to boot! Plus: The return of the MIGHTY X-Lapsed Mailbag! It's a good time, I hope you'll join me! -- Patreon: https...
Jul 06, 2022•27 min
Kicking off the second volume of Marauders proper with... a trip into Shi'ar Space? Oh, c'mon... That's right, we open with a big ol' dollop of "Chrystonite"... but, I guess at least it's not Otherworld. Listen to me raspily kvetch about unnatural-sounding dialogue and the bloat of the Destiny of X line... or, please listen in spite of all that! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshis...
Jul 05, 2022•23 min
After quite the delay, we're about to hop back into The Pit with Sabretooth and his Uncanny eXiles! This time out, we get more questions than answers... thankfully, they're questions we're interested in seeing play out! Sabretooth raises some inconvenient truths about the Krakoan Culture, really showing what a house of cards, it actually is! A very interesting series that X-Lapsed highly recommends you check out! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 6...
Jul 03, 2022•22 min
It's a brand-new era... with your same old host, now with extra Covid! It's time for us all to be flies on the wall to witness the machinations and maneuvering of the Quiet Council... which is somehow some of the most interesting X-Stuffs to come down the pike yet! An excellent start to the Destiny of X era... and an issue I can't wait to hear your thoughts on! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxme...
Jul 02, 2022•51 min
It's the end of an era... as we (finally) wrap-up XLADOW (xlaydo/xlahdo)! After all the build up, does this issue knock it out of the park... or, end with a thud? C'maaaaahn , you've read Marvel events before... what do YOU think? As underwhelming and unsatisfying a conclusion this might be -- it does give us some opportunity to reflect. Is that a good thing? Ehh, listen and find out! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecom...
Jun 09, 2022•30 min
Back behind the mic to wrap up the Devil's Reign cash-in! Anybody need a reminder that Emma Frost is always the most capable, bad-ass character in the room? Look no further! In all honesty, I'm only recording this because... I miss it. Not the books, mind you -- but, all of you. Thank you all so much for your continued support and patience... it truly means the world. -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: ...
Jun 05, 2022•35 min
On the Eve... or, maybe during, the Hellfire Gala -- we check in with a couple of uninvitees in the Cables young and old! Turns out, the kid ain't too long for this world... or, point in the timeline, rather. Speakin' of kids... we get a couple of chapters where the Kids of the Atom don't do a helluva lot. We also open with yet another amazing issue of Way of X that your humble host excitedly waxes on about for far too long! -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Way of X #2: "Let Us Prey" (00:46:37) Childre...
May 14, 2022•4 hr 10 min
Wrapping up the X Lives half of XLADOW , the only way we possibly can... with Wolverine and Omega Red slappin' meat for a half-dozen pages! After the raucous and unpredictable first half of this event, this almost feels like an anticlimax! Plus, I theorize over what Mikhail Rasputin's ultimate goal was here... and, basically try and stop myself from talking too much without yet having read X Deaths ! It's a decently fun time, I sure hope you'll join me! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapse...
May 13, 2022•23 min
Taking a page out of Marvel's playbook... and offering up a compilation of my coverage of the first four chapters of the Latitude storyline from X-Men Unlimited (Infinity Comic) #1-4! There're also four chapters worth of It's Jeff! if Wolvie ain't enough to entice ya! The Infinity Comics episodes tend to be a little bit shorter than their physical counterparts... so, this isn't a terribly long show... but, it still might be terrible! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail...
May 12, 2022•2 hr 7 min
Back when we started down XLADOW ( xladow ) way, your humble host overused the term "batspit insane" to describe it... and, that was meant as a compliment. With today's issue, the Lives and Deaths of Wolverine takes a turn... while still being completely batspit insane. We've got a lot 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 Th...
May 11, 2022•23 min
Once again, talking about that book that feels stuck between two Eras of X! This time out, we sit in on three meetings: one on Krakoa, one on Phobos, and one on Marsarakko... and, it's even less interesting than it sounds. But - Rogue and Sunfire actually show up in the book they're supposedly castmembers of... so there's that! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chr...
May 10, 2022•23 min
This is one'a those "good news/bad news" situations... as, this anthology includes the first issue of the incredible Way of X series, buuuuuuuut it also kicks off X-Corp . Also, Gerry Duggan remembers that Storm is a part of the Marauders cast just long enough to throw her a going-away party! Did you know, dear listener, that Storm is just as dangerous without her powers? Well, if not -- ya will! Plus, with cancellation on the horizon X-Factor hits heavy truncation mode... doing its damnedest to...
May 07, 2022•3 hr 46 min
XLADOW (xladow) rolls on, and today's issue is like a collection of current-year variant covers! You want an Omega Reddified Wolverine? We got one! Howsabout a Venomized one? We got that too! This batspit-insane event keeps trudging forward... but, seems to be stubbing its toe on tropes with every step. And just you wait for the cliffhanger! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen weirdcomicshistory...
May 06, 2022•24 min
We're back over in the Moira-half of our event miniseries's's's... and this time, her heel-turn is in full swing! Back in the long ago we'd refer to this as a "shoe drop" issue - In that Mighty Marvel Fashion: some'a the stuff we thought we knew... might not exactly be right... sorta. Plus: I talk s'more about how the original vision for Krakoa seems to have changed over the past couple of years. Yes... still. -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-...
Apr 29, 2022•24 min
Straight outta the... "oh yeah, that's a thing we still need to talk about" pile -- the X-Men tie-in to the Devil's Reign event rolls on! As we've become accustomed, Emma Frost is our focal character... and, as usual, she's being ever the altruist -- still doing bad things, but with only the purest of intentions. So, yeah - it's basically every Emma Frost story! In the mailbag we talk more about Thunderbird as the X-Men's Barry Allen, and what it means to lose the Crucible. It's a fun time as al...
Apr 28, 2022•28 min
We're back to the "flagship"... which, is unfortunately a book seemingly stuck between two eras. Not quite Reign of ... but also not yet full-blown Destiny of . It's widescreen mutant action... in that Morrison JLA style, which is to say... not my favorite approach. Snark and quips take the place of characterization... and, oh yeah -- M.O.D.O.K. shouts "For Science!" - that's a punchline, y'all. Laugh! In the mailbag we discuss the shifting in what it means to be a Mutant in the post-Hickman lan...
Apr 25, 2022•41 min
With the Secret X-Men "roadblock" out of our way -- business might just be about to start pickin' up again! Today we cross the halfway point of our XLADOW crossovent coverage -- and, while your humble host is still having a great time with it, even he's gotta admit that the seams are beginning to show. Hopefully these concerns are addressed before we get out the other end of this one! In any event, these are some fun comics! Plus: Another toe-dip into the Mailbag -- hopefully business'll start p...
Apr 21, 2022•25 min
Running headfirst (repeatedly) into a "roadblock" episode -- covering a book I wasn't exactly looking forward to having to talk about. Gonna have to pull out the ol' X-Men Green disclaimer: I did not like this issue -- if that in any way offends you or threatens to ruin your day, feel free to skip! Plus: Yer humble host does some A/X/E prep, by introducing himself to the current volume of Eternals! I talk Eternals (vol.5) #1 cover-to-cover right here! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed ...
Apr 20, 2022•38 min
Come for the clumsy pop-psychology, stay for the inattention to detail! This issue of New Mutants unfortunately falls between two eras -- we're thru with the Reign of X ... but not quite into Destiny of X . As such, it's got pages to fill... decks to clear... and foundations to begin laying. That said, this entire x-ercise feels a lot more forced and unsubtle than it perhaps ought to be. Then again, maybe these are just some of those pesky "Chris Problems" gettin' in the way of my enjoying a boo...
Apr 17, 2022•35 min
X-Lapsed, back again! Today, after a heartfelt "thank you" to all of the wonderful, supportive friends and listeners out there, we check back in on the crossovent of the season - XLADOW! It's not a perfect little ditty, but is quite fun... and has comicbooky charm for days. Plus: The return of the (abbreviated) Mailbag! Thanks again for stickin' with me, gang! -- Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/xlapsed X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK) Twitter: @acecomics / Instagram: @90sxmen...
Apr 15, 2022•37 min
Because absolutely, positively nobody demanded it - X-Lapsed has returned (for today, anyway). It's Unlimited day... mostly because I was in the middle of writing this script when I decided to hang things up a few weeks ago. Not much to talk about on the comics front... but, if you make it to around the twenty-minute mark, you can hear all about why there hasn't been a new episode of the show in nearly a month! If you only listen to one episode of X-Lapsed this month... well, it'll probably be t...
Apr 05, 2022•45 min
The weekend kinda got away from me, and so - in lieu of an all-new episode, we're indulging in another compilation piece. And, I mean, let's face it -- it's doubtful anybody's gonna bother listening even if it WAS new... so, whattayagonnado? Today we're looking at the wildly disjointed... and rather unnecessary run of Giant-Size specials the Head of X was putting out during the Dawn of X era. Storm's sick... like really, really sick... so sick that it's never mentioned in ANY other books she app...
Mar 14, 2022•4 hr 3 min
That time we all bought the next issue of New Mutants ... and weren't sure if we were reading things in the right order! Instead of a swashbuckling adventure in the stars with the Shi'ar... we were dropped on the Bohusk farm Nebraska with Armor, Glob, and a drunken Boom-Boom! That's not the only story we get here though! We'll also head off to draft Cosmar to the Krakoan Cause, as well as dealing with the weird anti-mutant tabloid web-site DOX... which, yer humble host was somewhat stupidly x-ci...
Mar 13, 2022•5 hr 6 min
X-Force continues to be the unsung flagship book of the Dawn of X era, with Benjamin Percy's sophomore collection! The stories being told might not be to everybody's liking, however, I don't think anybody can argue that stuff actually HAPPENS in this book... which immediately puts it head and shoulders over most of the X-Offerings in late 2019/early 2020! This time out, we get into some deep (and potentially problematic) discussion on the topic of suicide in the age of resurrection! Are we more ...
Mar 12, 2022•3 hr 28 min
There's something to be said about a book that lives up to its tagline... unfortunately THIS book's tagline happens to be: "Who Says A Comic Book Has to be Good??" So yeah - today we're looking at something altogether different... a "Just the X, ma'am" dive into Marvel's attempt at Silver Age Satire... Not Brand Echh ! I know humor is relative... and I also know that, perhaps yer humble host can be a bit too serious at times... but, hoo boy, we're in for quite the ride with this one! Thankfully ...
Mar 11, 2022•33 min
Not even a two-hour bout of oral surgery could stop your humble host from wrapping up our Magneto arc on time! Which is to say... I'm a bit more loopy than usual today, gang! But what a day it is... we're finally getting Round Two of AvX... and a Silver Age Dagwood Sandwich of a story that will likely leave us all scratching our heads! It's hero vs. hero... villain vs. villain... tweener vs. tweener -- it's a wild ride all the way though! Either that, or these painkillers I'm taking are some rea...
Mar 10, 2022•26 min
