The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 34 - Reign of X, Volume 12 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty-Four

Reign of X, Volume 12 (2022)
(00:00:00) Marauders #21: "You Are Cordially Invited to the Hellfire Gala" & "Out With the Old"
(00:53:26) X-Force (vol.6) #20: "The Secret Garden"
(01:34:26) Hellions #12: "Gatecrashing"
(02:21:43) Excalibur (vol.4) #21: "Don't Feel Like Dancin"
(03:24:32) X-Men (vol.5) #21: "The Beginning"
Writers - Gerry Duggan, Chris Claremont, Benjamin Percy, Zeb Wells, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Matteo Lolli, John Bolton, Joshua Cassara, Stephen Segovia, Marcus To, Nick Dragotta, Russell Dauterman, Lucas Werneck, & Sara Pichelli
Colors - Edgar Delgado, Glynis Oliver, GURU-eFX, David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Frank Martin, Matthew Wilson, Sunny Gho, & Nolan Woodard
Letters - Tom Orzechowski, VC's Cory Petit, Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Grunwald, Kirschhoffer, Kavanagh, Nocenti, Shooter, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: July 12, 2022

Marvel's finally decided to release the next volume of the Reign of X Anthologies! Darn those supply-chain issues, that DC Comics and all the indies have somehow been able to sidestep! Anyway, we're back -- and we're just in time for the Hellfire Gala! Oh, you didn't know? There's going to be a Gala! If only these books would bother to mention it!

Since Marvel trade paperbacks are suffering the affects of shrinkflation (which we're surely only imagining), we only get the first five issues of the event here. Looks like the Gala will be eating up the next two collected editions as well!

It's over four hours of fun, frivolity... Carnation Abominations, and a fake-ass vote to elect our new (already obsolete) X-Men!

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X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 9 - Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 2 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Nine

Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 2 (2020)
(00:00:00) Excalibur (vol.4) #7: "Verse VII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable"
(00:41:54) Excalibur (vol.4) #8: "Verse VIII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable II"
(01:24:58) Excalibur (vol.4) #9: "Verse IX: Schools of Magic"
(02:15:19) Excalibur (vol.4) #10: "Verse X: A Crooked World"
(03:02:55) Excalibur (vol.4) #11: "Verse XI: Blood of the Changeling"
(03:31:28) Excalibur (vol.4) #12: "Verse XII: The Beginning"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Wilton Santos & Marcus To
Inks - Oren Junior, Sean Parsons, Roberto Poggi, & Victor Nava
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Cory Petit, Joe Sabino, & Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 25, 2020

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 Excalibur style!

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X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 3 - Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 1 (2020)

X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode Three

Excalibur by Tini Howard, Volume 1 (2020)
(00:00:00) Excalibur (vol.4) #1: "Verse I: The Accolade of Betsy Braddock"
(00:29:44) Excalibur (vol.4) #2: "Verse II: A Tower of Flowers"
(01:03:58) Excalibur (vol.4) #3: "Verse III: Three Covenants"
(01:31:45) Excalibur (vol.4) #4: "Verse IV: Fall Back and Think of England!"
(02:09:34) Excalibur (vol.4) #5: "Verse V: Panic on the Streets of London"
(02:36:56) Excalibur (vol.4) #6: "Verse VI: Watch the Throne"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: July 14, 2020

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.

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X-Lapsed, Episode 306 - Excalibur #26 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Three Hundred Six

Excalibur (vol.4) #26 (February, 2022)
"The Fantasy is Over"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Okoye, Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: December 15, 2021

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 title overall?  I'd love to hear and share 'em... good, bad, and/or indifferent!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 30 - Reign of X, Volume 8 (2022)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Thirty

Reign of X, Volume 8 (2022)
(00:00:00) Hellions #9: "Funny Games: Level 1"
(00:44:00) Hellions #10: "Funny Games, Part 2: Hitbox"
(01:34:29) Excalibur (vol.4) #20: "No Pity From Your Friends"
(02:20:36) Cable (vol.4) #10: "Depression"
(02:53:50) Children of the Atom #3: "Unusual Dinner Guests"
(03:29:32) X-Men (vol.5) #20: "Lost Love"
Writers - Zeb Wells, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Vita Ayala, & Jonathan Hickman
Art - Stephen Segovia, Marcus To, Phil Noto, Paco Medina, & Francesco Mobili
Inks - Bernard Chang
Colors - David Curiel, Erick Arciniega, Phil Noto, & Sunny Gho
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher, Joe Sabino, Travis Lanham, & Clayton Cowles
Design - Tom Muller
Edits - Andrews-Ballesteros, Robinson, Basso, Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: January 19, 2022

After two-plus years in our brave, new post-HoXPoX era... we're finally getting on with it!  Well, sorta... all of the momentum is about to be usurped by Hellfire Gala hoo-doo, and a fairly drastic shift in direction.

This time out, we get some Nimrod, Sinister gets in position to start concocting Chimerae, Excalibur gets malicious, Kid Cable keeps being bummed out... and the Children of the Atom sorta-kinda get an origin... that never gets touched on again!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 286 - Excalibur #25 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Eighty-Six

Excalibur (vol.4) #25 (January, 2022)
"Come Fate Into the List"
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Okoye, Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 3, 2021

Kicking off our look at the 2022 (cover-dated) X-Books with the milestone 25th issue of Excalibur... which, I'm sad to say feels just as pointless as most of the non-milestone issues of Excalibur!

Who's ready for some more fighting in Otherworld?  Me neither... but, this is an all-or-nothing sort of show.  Listener Warning: I'm fairly down on this book... not to the depths of an X-Men Green or X-Corp... but, I did NOT care for it.  If that opinion offends you or rubs you the wrong way, you may wanna sit this one out!

We DO however have a fun x-tended Mailbag Segment, featuring the return of another of our great pals!  Also, This Week in X... and tangents a'plenty!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 273 - Excalibur #24 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode 273

Excalibur (vol.4) #24 (December, 2021)
“By the Pleasure of the Court”
Writer - Tini Howard
Art - Marcus To
Colors - Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC’s Ariana Maher
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 6, 2021

Original Recipe X-Lapsed is back... and, it's Excalibur Day!  Shockingly, this time out it doesn't completely feel as though I've missed an issue -- though, some oddities do abound.  What we have here is a mostly enjoyable issue, where pieces are falling into place to (hopefully) take this volume into its satisfying conclusion.

Plus: Mailbag, the January 2022 Solicits (before everything fell apart), This Week in X, and much more!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 27 - Reign of X, Volume 5 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Seven

Reign of X, Volume 5 (2021)
(00:00:00) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #2: "In the Dark"
(00:34:22) King in Black: Marauders #1: "Queen in Red"
(01:04:57) Excalibur (vol.4) #18: "Mad Women"
(01:40:40) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #3: "Everywhere Man"
(02:17:24) Excalibur (vol.4) #19: "Wild Violets"
Writers - Al Ewing, Gerry Duggan, & Tini Howard
Art - Valerio Schiti, Luke Ross, Marcus To, Ray-Anthony Height, Bernard Chang, & Nico Leon
Colors - Marte Gracia, Carlos Lopez, & Erick Arciniega
Letters - VC's Ariana Maher & Cory Petit
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $17.99
On-Sale: November 9, 2021

Ya know what these books need MORE of?  Aliens and Otherworld!

Yes folks... that's what we've got on our plates today... Excalibur does the Otherworld thing (when doesn't it?), and three tie-ins to the King in Black event!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 26 - Reign of X, Volume 4 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Six

Reign of X, Volume 4 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Factor (vol.4) #6: "Suite No. 6: Scio Me Nihil Scire 'Second Movement'"

(00:54:13) Excalibur (vol.4) #17: "QEIII"

(01:23:10) Cable (vol.4) #8: "My Dinner With Domino"

(01:46:54) Wolverine (vol.7) #10 [LGY#352]: "Mercenaries"

(02:15:02) Children of the Atom #1: "Uncanny"

Writers - Leah Williams, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Percy, & Vita Ayala

Art - David Baldeon, Marcus To, Phil Noto, Adam Kubert, & Bernard Chang

Colors - Israel Silva, Erick Arciniega, Phil Noto, Frank Martin, & Marcelo Maiolo

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, Joe Sabino, Cory Petit, & Travis Lanham

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Andrews-Ballesteros, Amaro, Robinson, Bissa, Thomas, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: September 29, 2021

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!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 24 - Reign of X, Volume 2 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Four

Reign of X, Volume 2 (2021)

(00:00:00) Marauders #16: "Consequences"

(00:41:54) New Mutants (vol.4) #14: "Welcome to the Wild Hunt"

(01:18:01) X-Force (vol.6) #15: "Trench Warfare"

(01:48:06) Excalibur (vol.4) #16: "They Keep Killing Braddocks"

(02:30:37) X-Force (vol.6) #16: "Into the Deep"

(03:08:06) X-Men (vol.5) #17: "Empty Nest"

Writers - Gerry Duggan, Vita Ayala, Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman

Art - Stefano Caselli, Rod Reis, Joshua Cassara, Marcus To, & Brett Booth

Inks - Adelso Corona

Colors - Edgar Delgado, Rod Reis, GURU-eFX, Erick Arciniega, & Sunny Gho

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

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: July 28, 2021

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!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 258 - Excalibur #23 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Fifty-Eight

Excalibur (vol.4) #23 (November, 2021)

"In the Service of Lord Doom"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, Brunstad, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: September 8, 2021

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!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 22 - X of Swords, Volume 2 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-Two

X of Swords, Volume 2 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 12"

(00:34:00) Marauders #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 13"

(01:04:39) Marauders #15: "X of Swords, Chapter 14"

(02:01:59) Excalibur (vol.4) #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 15"

(02:32:48) Wolverine (vol.7) #7: "X of Swords, Chapter 16"

(03:09:42) X-Force (vol.6) #14: "X of Swords, Chapter 17"

(03:48:22) Hellions #6: "X of Swords, Chapter 18"

(04:29:45) Cable (vol.4) #6: "X of Swords, Chapter 19"

(05:21:54) Excalibur (vol.4) #15: "X of Swords, Chapter 20"

(06:24:50) X-Men (vol.5) #15: "X of Swords, Chapter 21"

(07:08:53) X of Swords: Destruction #1: "X of Swords, Chapter 22"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Zeb Wells

Art - Mahmud Asrar, Leinil Francis Yu, Stefano Caselli, Phil Noto, Joshua Cassara, Carmen Carnero, & Pepe Larraz

Colors - Sunny Gho, Edgar Delgado, Phil Noto, GURU-eFX, David Curiel, Rachelle Rosenberg, & Marte Gracia

Letters - VC's Clayton Cowles, Cory Petit, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna, & Joe Sabino

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Amaro, Basso, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $29.99

On-Sale: June 1, 2021

The second-half of the twenty-two chapter X of Swords saga -- in which our heroes engage in a meal with the enemy, and run the gauntlet of her Royal Whyness' ridiculous contests.  It's a long one... weighing in at just shy of eight hours, so - if nothing else, I'll keep ya company throughout an entire work day!

Plus - All the usual X-Lapsed Nonsense!  Mailbag, hot takes, anecdotes and et-cetera!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 21 - X of Swords, Volume 1 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twenty-One

X of Swords, Volume 1 (2021)

(00:00:00) Free Comic Book Day 2020: X-Men

(00:37:20) X of Swords: Creation #1: "X of Swords, Part 01"

(01:40:31) X-Factor (vol.4) #4: "X of Swords, Chapter 02"

(02:34:59) Wolverine (vol.7) #6: "X of Swords, Chapter 03"

(03:03:16) X-Force (vol.6) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 04"

(03:28:18) Marauders #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 05"

(04:19:24) Hellions #5: "X of Swords, Chapter 06"

(04:52:39) New Mutants (vol.4) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 07"

(05:31:13) Cable (vol.4) #5: "X of Swords, Chapter 08"

(05:53:29) Excalibur (vol.4) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 09"

(06:31:50) X-Men (vol.5) #13: "X of Swords, Chapter 10"

(07:02:08) X of Swords: Stasis #1: "X of Swords, Chapter 11"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Leah Williams, Benjamin Percy, Vita Ayala, Zeb Wells, Ed Brisson, & Gerry Duggan 

Art - Pepe Larraz, Carlos Gomez, Viktor Bogdanovic, Matteo Lolli, Carmen Carnero, Rod Reis, Phil Noto, R.B. Silva, & Mahmud Asrar

Colors - Marte Gracia, Israel Silva, Matthew Wilson, Edgar Delgado, David Curiel, Rod Reis, Phil Noto, Nolan Woodard, & Sunny Gho

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

Design - Tom Muller

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

Cover Price: $29.99

On-Sale: June 1, 2021

Welcome, friends - to a giant-size installment of The Collected X-Lapsed!

It's time to kick off EcksofTens... and so, let's spend the next eight or so hours tracking down swords we're not going to use!  This episode includes the entire first-half of the... twenty-two part crossover event, plus as a special "bonus", I've included my look at the X-Men Free Comic Book Day 2020 special - so we can see the potential changes that were made to X of Swords during the Covid-hiatus... and also, you can hear me kvetch about what a waste FCBD truly is!

It'll be a good time... or, at the very least I'll help getcha through an entire day of work!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 19 - Dawn of X, Volume 16 (2021)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Nineteen

Dawn of X, Volume 16 (2021)

(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #11: "Red Dawn"

(00:35:46) Excalibur (vol.4) #11: "Blood of the Changeling"

(01:04:19) X-Force (vol.6) #12: "The Cerebro Sword"

(01:36:36) Excalibur (vol.4) #12: "Verse XII: The Beginning"

(02:01:54) Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: "Disintegration"

(02:51:53) X-Men (vol.5) #12: "Amenth"

Writers - Benjamin Percy, Tini Howard, & Jonathan Hickman

Art - Bazaldua, Marcus To, Russell Dauterman, & Leinil Francis Yu

Colors - GURU-eFX, Erick Arciniega, Matthew Wilson, & Sunny Gho

Letters - VC's Joe Caramagna, Ariana Maher, & Clayton Cowles

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: May 26, 2021

We have arrived at the FINAL volume of the Dawn of X Anthology Trade Collection.  Today we will witness the rest of our ongoings being rushed to a stopping point so that their casts can drop everything and search for swords they're not going to use!  Heck, one of these very issues is about a sword... which, even as deep into the Reign of X run as we are at the time of this upload, we STILL haven't seen again!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 231 - Excalibur #22 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Thirty-One

Excalibur (vol.4) #22 (September, 2021)

"Treasures of Britain"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: July 14, 2021

Who missed Otherworld?  Yeah, me neither... but, we gotta.

Today we're chatting up Merlyn and Wisdom... as the latter reassembles his team of S.T.R.I.K.E. psychics (let's hope this isn't a back-door pilot to launch a new book!)  There's plenty of meat on this bone... so, let's talk about it.

Also: More X-Cellent Mailbag, another dip into the Voicemail Box, and Shout-Outs!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 12 - Dawn of X, Volume 10 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Twelve

Dawn of X, Volume 10 (2020)

(00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #9: "Something Rotten In..."

(00:53:44) Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler #1: "Haunted Mansion"

(01:44:58) Hellions #1: "Let Them Be Snakes"

(02:44:06) Wolverine (vol.7) #2: "Your Own Worst Enemy"

(03:19:44) X-Men (vol.5) #9: "The King Egg"

(03:57:34) Excalibur (vol.4) #10: "Verse X: A Crooked World"

Writers - Ed Brisson, Jonathan Hickman, Zeb Wells, Benjamin Percy, & Tini Howard

Art - Flaviano, Alan Davis, Stephen Segovia, Adam Kubert, Leinil Francis Yu, & Marcus To

Colors - Carlos Lopez, David Curiel, Frank Martin, Sunny Gho, & Erick Arciniega

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

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Robinson, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: December 1, 2020

Finally... it's time for Hellions!

The Collected X-Lapsed rolls on with the introduction of, perhaps THE surprise hit of this entire era... a team of B, C, and D list villains (plus Havok) engaging in therapeutic violence under the watchful eye of Mr. Sinister... what could possibly go wrong?

Also, Broo eats an egg, Wolverine fights flowers, and a Giant-Size issue supposedly featuring Nightcrawler!  All 'at and the usual X-Lapsed nonsense to boot!

*NOTE: Episode 14 of The Collected X-Lapsed will feature something of an "audit", since between Amazon, Marvel(dot)com, Comixology, the Marvel Wikia, and the actual Dawn of X trades themselves... NOBODY can keep which issues appear in each volumes straight!  We'll do our best to straighten it out!

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X-Lapsed, Episode 214 - Excalibur #21 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Fourteen

Excalibur (vol.4) #21 (August, 2021)

"Don't Feel Like Dancin'"

Writer - Tini Howard

Art - Marcus To

Colors - Erick Arciniega

Letters - VC's Ariana Maher

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $3.99

On-Sale: June 9, 2021

Welcome back to X-Lapsed... I wish we could be meeting under better circumstances, but alas - it's Excalibur day!  

The Hellfire Gala rolls on, and Betsy Britain and the Gang engage in some ridiculous global politics, Rictor broods, and one of our team members is lucky enough to escape this book!

You WILL believe that a Coven of Witches can impact the global landscape... or not, but you'll see it either way.

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 10 - Dawn of X, Volume 8

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Ten

Dawn of X, Volume 8 (2020)

(00:00:00) Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost #1: "Into the Storm"

(01:02:19) Marauders #8: "Furious Anger"

(01:27:42) New Mutants (vol.4) #7: "Spoilers"

(01:53:52) X-Force (vol.6) #8: "Game of Dominoes"

(02:33:55) X-Men (vol.5) #7: "Lifedeath"

(03:41:18) Excalibur (vol.4) #8: "The Unspeakable and the Uneatable II"

Writers - Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Benjami Percy, & Tini Howard

Art - Russell Dauterman, Stefano Caselli, Rod Reis, Bazaldua, Leinil Francis Yu, Wilton Santos, & Marcus To

Inks - Sean Parsons, Roberto Poggi, & Victor Nava

Colors - Matthew Wilson, Edgar Delgado, GURU-eFX, Sunny Gho, & Erick Arciniega

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

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Bissa, Robinson, White, Cebulski

Special Thanks - Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: October 20, 2020

This "collected edition" includes, among other things, the first mention of an X-Lapsed favorite: THE CRUCIBLE!  If you're new(er) to the show, and would like to hear where my fascination with the concept began... well, go no further!

Also: An homage to the 'NUFF SAID! issue of New X-Men by Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely, with a bit of a Weird Comics History lesson on exactly what 'NUFF SAID! was, and much much more!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 09 - Dawn of X, Volume 7 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Nine

Dawn of X, Volume 7 (2020)

(00:00:00) Marauders #7: "From Emma, With Love"

(00:25:27) Excalibur (vol.4) #7: "Verse VII: The Unspeakable and the Uneatable"

(01:07:21) X-Force (vol.6) #7: "Domino Has Fallen"

(01:34:25) Wolverine (vol.7) #1: "The Flower Cartel", "Catacombs"

Writers - Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard, & Benjamin Percy

Art - Stefano Caselli, Wilton Santos, Oscar Bazaldua, Adam Kubert, & Viktor Bogdanovic

Colors - Edgar Delgado, Erick Arciniega, GURU-eFX, Frank Martin, & Matthew Wilson

Letters - VC's Cory Petit, & Joe Caramagna 

Design - Tom Muller

Head of X - Hickman

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: September 1, 2020

We knew it wouldn't be too terribly long before we got ourselves a Dawn of X era Wolverine ongoing... and so, here it is!

This compilation episode (and anthology volume) only includes four "issuesodes"... but, that Wolvie ish is a long'un.  But first, the Marauders deal with the fallout of their loss last issue, Excalibur THANKFULLY takes a break from Otherworld to go on a foxhunt, and a Domino-centric issue of X-Force raises some very thought-provoking questions regarding the collectivist nature of Krakoa!

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The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode 08 - Dawn of X, Volume 6 (2020)

The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode Eight

Dawn of X, Volume 6 (2020)

(00:00:00) Marauders #6: "A Time to Reap"

(00:48:57) Excalibur (vol.4) #6: "Verse VI: Watch the Throne"

(01:13:38) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #6: "Conclusion"

(01:49:32) New Mutants (vol.4) #6: "Not As Hoped"

(02:20:09) X-Force (vol.6) #6: "Intelligence"

(03:09:48) X-Men (vol.5) #6: "The Oracle"

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

Art - Matteo Lolli, Mario Del Pennino, Marcus To, Szymon Kudranski, Flaviano, Stephen Segovia, & Matteo Buffagni

Colors - Erick Arciniega, Federico Blee, Frank D'Armata, Carlos Lopez, GURU-eFX, & Sunny Gho

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

Design - Tom Muller

Edits - Robinson, Bissa, White, Cebulski

Cover Price: $17.99

On-Sale: July 14, 2020

As news begins to trickle in regarding the upcoming INFERNO event, The Collected X-Lapsed is inadvertently relevant (well, as relevant as it can be) - as this compilation episode contains the "shoe-drop" issue of X-Men wherein we all learn of Mystique's designs on our Island Nation!  Also: Kitty goes for an x-tended swim in Marauders, Fallen Angels mercifully ends, and Beast gets even nastier over in X-Force!

All that, as well as the always x-cellent Mailbags and the normal amounts of my marblemouthed nonsense!  If you're just now discovering X-Lapsed via these "collected editions", please let me know!

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