X-Lapsed, Episode 291 - New Mutants #23 (2022)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety-One

New Mutants (vol.4) #23 (February, 2022)
"The Truth Shall Set Them Free..."
Writer - Vita Ayala
Art - Rod Reis
Letters - VC's Travis Lanham
Design - Tom Muller
Head of X - Hickman
Edits - Okoye, Brunstad, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: November 10... or December 1, 2021?

Into the Astral... wherever the hell -- and into the most cliche bits and bobs of "surrealism" and "the abstract" that you could imagine!  Thankfully, Rod Reis absolutely kills is here... otherwise, this'd be quite the pedestrian little story.

What's it about?  Well, we're finally getting around to wrapping up the interminable Shadow King story that's taken over this title for, what feels like, the past several years!  At least I think we're wrapping it up... it's not all that clear.

Not much in the way of "back-matter" this time out... your humble host is still literally spitting fire after several days of dietary debauchery... otherwise known as, overindulging in sugar and carbs.

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X-Lapsed, Episode 290 - X-Men Unlimited #14 (2021)

X-Lapsed, Episode Two Hundred Ninety

X-Men Unlimited (vol.3) #14 (December, 2021)
"Paradise Lost, Chapter Two: Not the Pancakes Grandma Made"
Writer - Fabian Nicieza
Art - Matthew Horak
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Amaro, Bissa, White, Cebulski
On-App: December 13, 2021

Mighty Marvel Holiday Special
"Happy Holidays, Mr. Howlett"
Writer - Ryan North
Art - Nathan Stockman
Colors - Chris O'Halloran
Letters - VC's Joe Sabino
Edits - Biro, Bissa, Cebulski
On-App: December 16, 2021

X-Lapsed is back after our Holiday (and DCBS-not-shipping-me-the-books) break... and, we're kicking off our #Roadto300 with... X-Men Unlimited!  Today's chapter features a heart-to-heart... or, maybe fist-to-head conversation between our two feature characters... and liberal (ab)use of the finger-flickin' gimmick of the Infinity Comics format.

Also: In lieu of a mascot-backup, we're taking a look at the X-Centric Wolverine Holiday Special... which, sadly is a product more interested in making "lol, references" than actually telling a story.  Oh well...

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Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE - Image Comics "Big Four" Launch Books (1992)

Chris and Reggie's TOTAL PACKAGE

Image Comics "Big Four" Launch Books (1992)
(00:00:00) Youngblood #1 - Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 022
(01:26:45) WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams #1 - Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 028
(02:35:22) Savage Dragon #1 - Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 046
(03:43:37) Spawn #1 - Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 068
(04:59:54) BONUS - Chris and Reggie's "Real Comics History": 1992
Writers - Rob Liefeld, Hank Kanalz, Jim Lee, Brian Choi, Erik Larsen, & Todd McFarlane
Art - Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, & Scott Williams
Colors - Brian Murray, Joe Rosas, Gregory Wright, Steve Oliff, Reuben Rude, & Digital Chameleon
Letters - Diane Valentino, Mike Heisler, Chris Eliopoulos, & Tom Orzechowski
Edits - Chris Ulm, Ruth Grice, Wanda Kolomjec

Compiling four classic episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, wherein we discussed and gave the full "Treadmill-Treatment" to the first issues from the "Big Four" Image Comics launch titles from 1992 - Rob Liefeld's Youngblood, Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams, Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, and Todd McFarlane's Spawn!

As a special "Bonus", I'm also including our "Real Comics History" Episode, during which we talked about the comics fandom (our own as well as widespread) during the year Image Comics started hitting the shelves: 1992!

This was originally intended to be an ongoing Cosmic Treadmill project... with "Wave Two... and beyond" to include titles like Cyberforce, Wetworks, Shadowhawk, Pitt, The Maxx... and more!  Whether this is your first time listening to these... or, just a blast-from-the-past - I hope you all enjoy!

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Merry X-Lapsed - 2020 Collection

Merry X-Lapsed!

Merry X-Lapsed 2020 Collection
(00:00:00) X-Men #98: "Merry Christmas, X-Men - The Sentinels Have Returned!"
(00:28:52) Uncanny X-Men #341: "When Strikes a Gladiator!"
(00:57:08) Uncanny X-Men #143: "Demon"
(01:25:40) X-Men (vol.2) #109: "Ceremonies"
(01:57:41) Generation X #4: "Between the Cracks"glyni
Writers - Chris Claremont, Scott Lobdell, & John Byrne
Pencils - Dave Cockrum, Joe Madureira, John Byrne, Tom Derenick, & Chris Bachalo
Inks - Sam Grainger, Tim Townsend, Terry Austin, Rick Ketchum, Norm Rapmund, & Mark Buckingham
Letters - Joe Rosen, Comicraft, Richard Starkings, Tom Orzechowski, Saida Temafonte,
Colors - Janice Cohen, Steve Buccellato, Glynis Wein, Liquid!, Electric Crayon
Edits - Wolfman, Liebig, Powers, Jones, Shooter, Harras

Inviting you to spend a couple hours of your Christmas with me... and the X-Men!

Closing out our Holiday Week by collecting the five "Merry X-Lapsed" episodes from 2020!

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00:00) X-Men #98: "Merry Christmas, X-Men - The Sentinels Have Returned!"
(00:28:52) Uncanny X-Men #341: "When Strikes a Gladiator!"
(00:57:08) Uncanny X-Men #143: "Demon"
(01:25:40) X-Men (vol.2) #109: "Ceremonies"
(01:57:41) Generation X #4: "Between the Cracks"

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Merry X-Lapsed - Generation X #24 (1997)

Merry X-Lapsed!

Generation X #24 (February, 1997)
"Home for the Holidays"
Writer - Scott Lobdell
Guest Pencils - Rick Leonardi w/Mitch Byrd
Guest Inks - Bud LaRosa w/Jason Martin
Letters - Comicraft w/Richard Starkings
Colors - Steve Buccellato
Edits - Bob Harras
Cover Price: $1.95

Merry X-Lapsed 2021 wraps up the same way 2020 ended... with Generation X!

And, just like 2020, the Generation X Holiday Issue we're discussing... really doesn't have much to do with the holidays themselves!  Instead, the ladies of the crew head to Monet's family home in Monaco, to play a game of "Skeletons in the Closet" -- sharing tales of how and when their mutant powers manifested.  It's a bunch of largely-retconned... or contradicted stories, that almost make me want to launch a program called "The Unessential X-Lapsed"!

Also - I wax on for quite awhile about what the Holiday Season means to me... well, the "eves" of the holidays anyway.  I'd love to hear your stories as well!

I hope everyone has a warm and wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season.  Thank you all for being a part of mine!

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Merry X-Lapsed - X-Factor #27 (1988)

Merry X-Lapsed!

X-Factor #27 (April, 1988)
"Gifts!"
Writer - Louise Simonson
Pencils - Walter Simonson
Inks - Bob Wiacek
Letters - Joe Rosen
Colors - Petra Scotese
Edits - Harras, DeFalco
Cover Price: 75¢

Let's celebrate Christmas with X-Factor and those *other* New Mutants...

The watchword for today's installment of Merry X-Lapsed is... exposition, so do your humble host a favor and do NOT take a sip of spiked eggnog every time I say it!  The Simonsons work their hearts out to keep any X-Factor looky-loos who may've just popped their heads in to keep up with The Fall of the Mutants... and, well... it doesn't make for the easiest read... or, synopsis-writing experience!

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Merry X-Lapsed - Thor #444 (1992)

Merry X-Lapsed!

Thor #444 (February, 1992)
"How the Groonk Stole Christmas!"
Plot/Words - Tom DeFalco
Plot/Pencils - Ron Frenz
Finishes - Al Milgrom
Letters - Michael Heisler
Colors - Mike Rockwitz
Edits - Macchio
Cover Price: $1.25

The Mutant Who Stole Christmas!

Merry X-Lapsed takes a step... err, giant-size leap off the beaten path today, to check in with a one-off Mutant knock-off of The Grinch, who crossed paths with the Eric Masterson Thor this one Christmas Eve!

What will we have to say about one of Thor's Lamest (in Marvel's own words) Enemies of all time?  Well, you'll have to tune in to find out... and I don't think you'll be sorry if you do!  This is a fun one!

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