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Saturday, May 15, 2021

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 02 - Dawn of X, Volume 1 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Two

Dawn of X, Volume 1 (2019-2020)

(00:00:00) X-Men (v.5) #1: "Pax Krakoa"

(00:51:02) Marauders #1: "I'm on a Boat"

(01:40:35) Excalibur (v.4) #1: "Verse I: The Accolade of Betsy Braddock"

(02:10:19) New Mutants (v.4) #1: "The Sextant"

(02:51:47) X-Force (v.6) #1: "Hunting Ground"

(03:42:10) Fallen Angels (v.2) #1: "Bushido"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, Ed Brisson, Benjamin Percy, & Bryan Hill

Art - Leinil Francis Yu, Matteo Lolli, Marcus To, Rod Reis, Joshua Cassara, & Szymon Kudranski

Inks - Gerry Alanguilan

Colors - Sunny Gho, Federico Blee, Erick Arciniega, Dean White, & Frank D'Armata

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles, Cory Petit, Travis Lanham, Joe Caramagna, & Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Amaro, Bissa, Robinson, Shan, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $24.95

On-Sale: February 25, 2020

Wassup, Trade-Waiters! The Collected X-Lapsed continues its journey through the post-HoX/PoX era with a look at the first volume of the Dawn of X Anthology Collections. These anthologies are a fantastic way to keep up-to-date on all things (current year) X, and are something your humble host gives Marvel two thumbs up for coming up with (keep in mind, my thumbs up and a dollar might buy you a cuppa coffee at McDonalds).

Today we're diving deep on all of the Dawn of X, Wave One, Number Ones... I hope we survive the x-perience!

If you're new to X-Lapsed, and are using these collected editions to dip your toe in - please reach out, I'd love to hear from you!

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 172 - Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Seventy-Two

Marvel's Voices: Indigenous Voices #1 (January, 2021)

"Mirage: Multifaceted"

"Silver Fox: Blue Moon"

Writers - Darcie Little Badger & Stephen Graham Jones

Art - Kyle Charles & David Cutler

Inks - Roberto Poggi

Colors - Felipe Sobriero & Cris Peter

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Salena Mahina

Edits - Sarah Brunstad, Tom Brevoort, C.B. Cebulski

Special Thanks - Angelique Roche

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: November 18, 2020

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!

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Monday, April 12, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 164 - Marvel's Voices #1 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Sixty-Four

Marvel's Voices #1 ( April, 2020)

"Race"

"A Diamond's Worth"

"Death"

"Back to Madripoor"

Writers - Vita Ayala, Anthony Piper, Method Man, Daniel Dominiguez, David F. Walker, & Chuck Brown

Art - Bernard Chang, Anthony Piper, Alitha E. Martinez, & Sanford Greene

Colors - Marcelo Maiolo, Emilio Lopez, Anthony Piper, & Matt Herms

Letters - VC's Travis Lanham

Special Thanks - Angelique Roche, Sana Amanat, Sarah Amos, Ron Richards, Steve Wacker, Jill Du Boff, Mr. Daniel, Jorge Estrada, & Percia Verlin

Design - Salena Mahina

Edits - Chris Robinson & C.B. Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: February 19, 2020

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

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 135 - Juggernaut #2 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Thirty-Five

Juggernaut (vol.3) #2 (December, 2020)

"How Green is my Valley"

Writer - Fabian Nicieza

Art - Ron Garney

Colors - Matt Milla

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 21, 2020

By popular request - we are continuing our discussion of the recently-completed Juggernaut miniseries... and today's issue even contains a Krakoa-relevant page!

Today's issue also prominently features the Hulk... which facilitates me sharing my life and times as a fan of the character and his many, many incarnations!

All that, and some great mailbag too!

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Friday, February 26, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 133 - Gwenpool Strikes Back #5 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Thirty-Three

Gwenpool Strikes Back #5 (February, 2020)

Writer - Leah Williams

Art - David Baldeon

Colors - Jesus Aburtov & GURU-eFX

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: December 18, 2019

Wait... what? What's a Gwenpool doing in our X-Lapsed?

I promise, friends, this will all make sense in the telling - as it has some wonderful and surprising Krakoan ramifications. In fact, even taking the X-ness out of this series, this is a heckuva lot of fun... and is highly recommended by your humble host!

If you don't know Gwenpool... like I didn't... you're gonna wanna check this one out!

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Wednesday, February 10, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 121 - X of Swords: Stasis #1 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Twenty-One

X of Swords: Stasis #1 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 11"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman & Tini Howard

Art - Pepe Larraz & Mahmud Asrar

Colors - Marte Gracia

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: October 28, 2020

Here we are, friends - the halfway point of #EcksofTens!

What better way to celebrate than cramming this over-sized issue with... a whole bunch of lists? We'll see Kingdoms of Otherworld, both Fair and Foul... Swords of Arrako... Warriors of Arrako... Tarot Cards for the Krakoans... an ending we all saw coming - and, well - not much more. Least it's pretty to look at!

Also: Some X-Cellent and thought-provoking Listener Mail!

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 120 - X-Men #13 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Twenty

X-Men (vol.5) #13 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 10"

Writer - Jonathan Hickman

Art - Mahmud Asrar

Colors - Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 21, 2020

Remember that History of Okkara we read in X-Men #12? Y'all wanna hear it again? Yeah, me neither -- but we're gonna anyway!

Today issue of X-Men (vol.5) continues filling time to ensure #EcksofTens makes it to 22-parts by having Apocalypse share a version of the story The Creepy Summoner told him... with the people of Krakoa.

Also: Great Mailbag with an embarrassing admission from your humble host!

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Monday, February 8, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 119 - Excalibur #13 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Nineteen

Excalibur (vol.4) #13 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 09"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - R.B. Silva

Colors - Nolan Woodard

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 21, 2020

It's Braddock vs. Braddock as our #EcksofTens Sword Scavenger Hunt continues!

Swords are found, Saturnyne gets swindled, and That Weirdo Jamie Braddock wants his pillow sniffed.

All that, and some wonderful mailbag await!

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Friday, February 5, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 118 - Cable #5 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Eighteen

Cable (vol.4) #5 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 08"

Writer - Gerry Duggan

Art - Phil Noto

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 14, 2020

It's #EcksofTens... but, whatta we do when our titular hero already has his sword? Well, we kill some time fighting generic aliens - like ya do!

Kid Cable and his folks give the upcoming S.W.O.R.D. series a hand by sorta-kinda reintroducing the concept - and that's about it!

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 117 - New Mutants #13 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Seventeen

New Mutants (vol.4) #13 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 07"

Writer - Ed Brisson

Art - Rod Reis

Letters - VC's Travis Lanham

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 14, 2020

Today we explore the unbearable lightness of being... Doug Ramsay. Our favorite mutant translator has his hands full with the upcoming Contest of Swords, and we get a front-row seat to his sparring sessions.

We're going to be talking a lot about Doug, Warlock, and Magik today - I hope you'll all be there for the... uh, fun? Yeah, we'll go with that.

Plus: Great Mailbag action!

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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 116 - Hellions #5 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Sixteen

Hellions #5 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 06"

Writer - Zeb Wells

Art - Carmen Carnero

Colors - David Curiel

Letters - VC's Arian Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 14, 2020

While the rest of our #EcksofTens books zig... Hellions zags! In a delightfully ZebWellsian tale - our team of inconvenient mutants seeks to swipe some swords... but, not the ones the heroes of Krakoa look to wield! Instead, they're looking to force a forfeit by snagging the Arakkii blades!

Plus - An unexpectedly deep and profound take on the Resurrection Protocols... from an equally unexpected source!

Also - Great Listener Mail!

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 115 - Marauders #13 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Fifteen

Marauders #13 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 05"

Writer - Vita Ayala

Art - Matteo Lolli

Colors - Edgar Delgado

Letters - VC's Cory Petit

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: October 7, 2020

The #EcksofTens sword-hunt continues... this time taking Storm (and us) to Wakanda for the Skybreaker. It's a story of sorta-kinda political intrigue - where the very valid question of Krakoan "ethnocentrism" is raised. We'll definitely be talking about that!

Also: Our always X-Cellent and thought-provoking Mailbag... in X-Tended form!

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Monday, February 1, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 114 - X-Force #13 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Thirteen

X-Force (vol.6) #13 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 04"

Writer - Benjamin Percy

Art - Viktor Bogdanovic

Colors - Matthew Wilson

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 7, 2020

Wolverine went to Hell... and all he got was this lousy sword. Today we're wrapping up the Muramasa beat in our #EcksofTens SwordQuest - and, in the opinion of your humble host, spending far too many pages doing so!

Also: Some great stuff in the Mailbag - including more Maddie Pryor blibbuh-blabbuh!

It's X-Lapsed's five-month milestone episode... why do all our milestone issues feature Wolverine???

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Friday, January 29, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 113 - Wolverine #6 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Thirteen

Wolverine (vol.7) #6 (December, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 03"

Writer - Benjamin Percy

Art - Viktor Bogdanovic

Colors - Matthew Wilson

Letters - VC's Cory Petit

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Amaro, Robinson, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: October 7, 2020

The Search for the Swords has begun -- and it's taking our titular hairy hero straight to Hell? Well, I guess that's as good a place as any - but, to paraphrase from our theme song: "Well, how did we GET here?"

Will we get that answer? Uhh... please listen anyway!

Also, the Mailbag is a'rockin! We hope you join in on the discussion!

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 112 - X-Factor #4 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Twelve

X-Factor (vol.4) #4 (November, 2020)

"X of Swords, Chapter 02"

Writer - Leah Williams

Art - Carlos Gomez

Colors - Israel Silva

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $4.99

On-Sale: September 30, 2020

As we reach the 1/11th point of this massive crossover event, your humble host's barometer moves from "neutral" to "positive" - as what we get here is a wonderfully solid bit of storytelling that really amps up the threat... and includes something these books have been missing since the get-go: actual STAKES!

The Resurrection Protocols and yours truly have the same problem, and it's name is "Otherworld"! We're gonna talk a LOT about that... as well as the Father-Daughter relationship between a couple of magnetic personalities, and much, much more!

Also - The always X-Cellent Mailbag! Some great discussions to be had here - and I do so hope you'll join in on the fun!

Plus - The opportunity for you (yes, YOU) to guide the X-Men into their next phase... as Marvel.com is currently holding an election wherein WE the readers can choose the final member of the new X-Men team! Vote runs from today until February 2! Be sure your voice is heard -- and also, mebbe let your pal Chris know who you voted for!

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 111 - X of Swords: Creation #1 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Eleven

X of Swords: Creation #1 (November, 2020)

"X of Swords, Part 01"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman & Tini Howard

Art - Pepe Larraz

Colors - Marte Gracia

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $6.99

On-Sale: September 23, 2020

The moment has finally arrived, friends - we have reached... #EcksofTens! I hope we survive the x-perience...

Today's x-tra sized tale is pretty wild... giving us A LOT to talk about in this x-tra sized episode. I hope you'll join us for the ride!

Also - An awesome selection of letters from the X-Lapsed Mailbag... one of which left your humble host laughing like a buffoon (well, more of a buffoon).

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 110 - X-Men Free Comic Book Day 2020

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Ten

X-Men: Free Comic Book Day 2020 (May, 2020)

Writers - Jonathan Hickman & Tini Howard

Art - Pepe Larraz

Colors - Marte Gracia

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: FREE

Release Date: July 15, 2020

We're on the Eve of #EcksofTens... and, we're about to be taken to school. It's time to look at the Dawn of X offering for 2020's Free Comic Book Day... which, leads to your humble host angrily shaking his fist at the clouds about how halfhearted and throwaway so many FCBD issues are! The one we're covering today is... well, it's something. We'll do our best!

Also: More X-Cellent (and X-istential) Listener Mail!

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Monday, January 25, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 109 - Juggernaut #1 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred Ten

Juggernaut (vol.3) #1 (November, 2020)

"Picking up the Pieces"

Writer - Fabian Nicieza

Art - Ron Garney

Colors - Matt Miller

Letters - VC's Joe Sabino

Edits - Robinson, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: September 23, 2020

Today's episode of X-Lapsed takes us a bit off the beaten path inasfar as our Dawn of X coverage has gone... and right into your humble host's own personal X-Fan wheelhouse! Today's issue was written by Fabian Nicieza, who loomed large in the X-Braintrust when I was just finding my footing in the franchise... and who really informed my take on what the X-Men are. Mr. Nicieza is also, in a roundabout way, responsible for my becoming pals with a real good buddy of mine - and I'll tell ya how today!

Also: More Mailbag - and some Ecks of Tens housekeeping!

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Friday, January 22, 2021

X-Lapsed, Episode 108 - X-Men #12 (2020)

X-Lapsed, Episode One Hundred and Eight

X-Men (vol.5) #12 (November, 2020)

"Amenth"

Writer - Jonathan Hickman

Art - Leinil Francis Yu

Colors - Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: September 16, 2020

That beeping sound you hear is a dump truck... backing up, about to drop about 5000 lbs. of exposition right on top of us - and, unfortunately, all we've got are these tiny li'l 5 lb. bags!

It's everything you wanted to know about Arakko... but never knew you were supposed to ask! #EcksofTens can't come quick enough!

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