Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill: Recent Episodes
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After an overlong and over-melancholy intro, we finally get into Nightwing's attempt to reclaim Blackgate Penitentiary for the Bat-Family! What could possibly go wrong... except just about everything?
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It's finally time to meet the clown girl! Today we're going to take a look at Harley Quinn's first in-continuity appearance, and talk about how I went about procuring my very own copy of the book!
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In what is quite possibly the worst chapter of No Man's Land to date, we get a generic... and odd-banter-filled... battle between Batman and Mister Freeze, in which - get this - our titular hero blows up the Gotham City Power Plant! It's an odd and awful little ditty... join me, won't you?
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Back after an extended break for something a little bit different... attempting to answer the question as to why the Justice League didn't just pop into Gotham City and save the day. I say "attempting", because we really don't get much in the way of an actual answer... but, we get some fun action with some throwaway baddies from JLA: Year One all the same.
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Wrapping up Fruit of the Earth with a big ol' fight scene... that seems to end just as quickly as it begins! We get some answers as to what Batman had hidden in that cooler, and Commissioner Gordon decides to dissolve his association with his Two-Faced vigilante!
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After your humble host rambles on about his ongoing ocular challenges, we discuss the middle chapter of Fruit of the Earth, wherein Batman and Poison Ivy form an uneasy alliance against the terror of Clayface. We also get more GCPD Wolfpac drama from our friends Petit and Foley... who might just have a third member (but who's side is she on?!)
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After the Bat-Family reunion in LotDK, it's time to follow the Batman & Robin trail, as they head into Robinson Park to see what's going on with the fruit 'n veg biz. We also get some great GCPD drama in the form of a schism and possible splinter group forming!
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After all these months, it's finally time for our Headsocked Hero to go one-on-one with his arch-nemesis... Nicholas Scratch! It will surely be a battle for the ages... or, maybe a battle that barely lasts two pages?
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In which Jean Paul Valley finally heads toward his epic confrontation with Nicholas Scratch... with a little (read: a lot) of help from the all-new all-different Batgirl! Watch as she does all the cool stuff while JPV stands around like a dingus, not even remembering the task at hand!
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Quite possibly one of the most vital and powerful single-issue stories of our journey thus far! Today we sit in for a Bat-Family Reunion... the grand unmasking of the new Batgirl, the coronation of a new-new Batgirl... and the first face-to-face meeting between Batman and Jim Gordon since Gotham City fell! If you only listen to one silly marblemouthed No Man's Land podcast this week... it ought to be this one!
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The summons has been made... the call to arms is in effect, and so -- we join a pair of Boys Wonder as they traverse the dank sewers in order to make their return to No Man's Land. Along the way, they're bound to run in with a geek or two... maybe even one of... ugh, Nick Scratch's goofs!
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Wrapping up The Mark of Cain with a sorta-kinda passing of the torch... and a Batman who's just about ready to call in the reserves!
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Who's that girl? Today we get introduced to that family Cain... David and his young (unnamed as of yet) daughter. I'm sure we'll never see either of them ever again. People always fall through the cracks in No Man's Land!
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A trio of tales to continue fleshing out No Man's Land. Today we're going to invade an unaligned neighborhood to make some Bat-tots, broadcast some Public Access Television, and finally figure out Batman's secret identity! It's a good time as always on this Mark of Cain-Eve!
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Batman might've banned Robin from re-entering No Man's Land... buuuuuut, he didn't say anything about Young Justice! LOOPHOLE! Today we're hangin' out with the Jr. JLA as they beat up a sub and salad, and Kon-El gets aroused a bunch. It's a bit of a sticky wicket... you'll almost think I'm making it up as I go!
Plus: A wonderful NMaiLbag!
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Wrapping up our epic Death Dancer storyline... with surgical precision! Also, our man in the headsock proves to be an ideal medical assistant for Leslie Thompkins' MASH unit.
Plus: A contentious AZ YOU LIKE IT letters page, and a lot of fun in our own NMaiLbag!
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Dancing our troubles away with JPV! Today's episode takes our headsocked hero into the Clocktower where he shares an odd, awkward, and almost disturbing flirtation with a... thirsty... Babs Gordon. Also, a bunch of people in alleys get their throats slashed by a Skull-Headed Lord of the Dance! It's an issue so weird, you'll probably think I'm making it up!
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In which a strange visitor arrives in Gotham City to try his hand at saving the place... only to find out that he might just be completely out of his element. Superman puts a band-aid on a broken bone and expects it to set!
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It's past midnight, and by golly all hell's breaking loose in Bat-Land! Two-Face, The Penguin, and the GCPD claim jump all over the place, while our hero takes a well-deserved (and non-consensual) nap!
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Following our recent dips into the one-n-dones, Azrael-land, and Anthologyville... we get a "return to form" in No Man's Land storytelling. A couple of gang-leaders are looking to expand their turf... and, if they gotta break a few bats to do so, so be it! We also bear witness to another big ol' dollop of Gordon family drama. It's definitely a fun one!
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We're back in Anthology Land, and we're kicking off that other Renee and Harvey partnership! We also meet a couple of No Man's Landers who happen across a supervillain hideout, and find out a bit about Handy Harold!
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In which our titular hero is given his orders to ixnay the Nick Scratch hunt, and instead focus his attention on taking down... the Joker? What could possibly go wrong?
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It took us awhile... but we're finally back in Azrael-land! Today, our man in the headsock stows away on Nick Scratch's WWII tugboat in order to enter No Man's Land. Along the way, he befriends an old lady who is searching for her runaway daughter... and, hoo boy, their reunion is one you don't want to miss!
Plus: A rather deep NMaiLbag... which, err, gets kind of dark.
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Wrapping up our dip into the one-n-dones with a story wherein our hero must summon the wisdom of Solomon, and learn how to properly wear his Bat-shirt!
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No Man's Land remains in One-Off Land, as we engage in a bit of world building. This time out, we meet up with the last holdout of a doomed Gotham neighborhood as he tries to protect his homestead.
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Welcome to the one-offs! Today we start our three-episode dive into some... err, "quirky" No Man's Land tales? This time out, Alfred dips back into his Shakespearean "Beagle" mode in order to entertain some NML ragamuffins with his tale of a certain Knight and his loyal Squire.
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Wrapping up our story arc, featuring the fall of our "Level Three Boss", Black Mask! Today we see some MORE marital bliss between the Gordon-Essens, Babs reacting to seeing her replacement, and we get confirmation as to where Batman puts the baddies after he's done dealing with them!
Good stuff all around... now, listen to an idiot talk all about it!
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Kicking off an all-new story arc, featuring our "Level Three Boss", Black Mask! Today we see some marital bliss between the Gordon-Essens, Babs seeing her replacement, and we get some hints as to where Batman puts the baddies after he's done dealing with them!
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In which Batman cracks some Penguin-Goon skulls... and Commissioner Gordon makes a deal with the devil?!
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Batman's (still) back... and he's (still) looking for a way to make a sizable splash in No Man's Land. Lucky for him the Penguin is throwing a hellish Antiques Roadshow soiree that's just asking to be crashed!
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Wrapping up the second arc of No Man's Land proper... well, third if we count our little Azrael detour (which we probably shouldn't). This time out we see if the Scarecrow is able to foment enough fear without his toxin in order to inspire a whole lotta bloodshed. Will he be successful? Well, tune in and we can find out together!
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In which all them dominoes the Scarecrow has been setting up these last couple of chapters are starting to tip... Jonathan Crane truly is as dangerous without the fear toxin as he is with it... perhaps even more so!
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Coming to you live from a wind-tunnel (for the first bit of the episode), it's NML Crossing! Today is, among other things, air conditioner tune-up day... so, apologies for the ambient noise intermingling with my usual busted attempt at speaking!
Today we check back in with the Ark, where the Scarecrow is planting seeds left and right in order to compensate for the fact that No Man's Land doesn't stock his usual blend of fear toxin! It's good stuff... check it out!
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Back in No Man's Land, where Father Chris' Ark Refugee Center offers sweet sanctuary to anyone in need of it... even those fresh outta Arkham, clad in hay! Is the Scarecrow just as dangerous without his fear toxin? I suppose we'll find out together!
Plus: As always, a fun NMaiLbag to dive into!
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In which our new-look hero... gets struck by lightning! He also makes fast friends with Nick Scratch's old office-mate before visiting Nick Scratch's Uncle's fishing lodge.
Nick Scratch, Nick Scratch, Nick Scratch!
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And now for something completely different! It's (already?) time to venture outside of No Man's Land... so, our hero JPV can try and track down... ugh... Nicholas Scratch. A story too monumentally large to be contained in one single issue!
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A special Sunday appearance of NML Crossing for our landmark, milestone FIFTIETH episode!
Today, we're wrapping up our discussion of No Man's Land's opening salvo "No Law and a New Order", wherein our hero tussles with the Quakemaster... and reestablishes himself as a force to be reckoned with in the post-quake Gotham City!
Plus: The NMaiLbag, where we talk more about comics hobby naming conventions... and why I'm a little too precious about all'a that stuff!
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After... another... extended moving break, NML Crossing is back! Today we're going to be discussing the penultimate chapter of "No Law and a New Order" by Bob Gale and Alex Maleev. We're also going to be talking about the proceeding chapter, since I neglected to share my thoughts on that last time out!
In this issue, the GCPD adapts to the new normal of No Man's Land... by crossing a few lines into ruthlessness! Also, our titular hero finally returns and makes his presence known!
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Back after an extended moving break... which is hopefully not going to lead to any further interruptions, it's time for us to meet the All-New All-Different Batgirl! Who could she possibly be... or, has she been the BatMAN this entire time?
Also: Commissioner Gordon incites a gang-war in Old Gotham in hopes of taking back the area his daughter currently resides in.
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It's taken us over two months... and many, many, many hours to get here... but, today we finally enter NO MAN'S LAND!
Welcome to the "new normal" where apples are worth more than diamonds, crudely-sharpened spears are more valuable than firearms, and the GCPD is nothing more than a roving street gang. The Penguin rules the roost, and Batman hasn't been seen in over three months... or, has he? We're laying the first few bricks in our massive year-spanning crossovent... and it's gonna be a good time (for us anyway, notsomuch the poor Gothamites).
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We have finally arrived at the END of the Road to No Man's Land! Today we're officially drawing a line under Gotham City... the hard-luck town finally goes down for the count, but not before one more tango with one'a Nicholas Scratch's League of Losers! Plus... Cobra Commander?
Also: A great dive into the NMaiLbag!
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It's the penultimate issue of the pre-No Man's Land era... and we're about to lower the bar on what it means to be an effective bad guy, cuz it's time to meet a few more of Nick Scratch's own personal goof-troop! Make way for the Dyna-Miteer and Tumult (as in, tumultuous)... and yes, they're as horrible as they sound. Perhaps moreso!
We do get a bit with Commissioner Gordon... applying for jobs outside Gotham City, which is actually far more interesting and discussion-worthy than it has any right being.
We're also going to track the Road to No Man's Land through four issues of Wizard Magazine that ran through this leg of our NML Crossing journey... with the news of a certain character from Batman: The Animated Series finally being added to the mainstream DCU!
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Kicking off the final arc before we hit No Man's Land proper... which takes us back to Gotham City, for the war at home! Nicholas J. Scratch's minions are being unleashed to cause as much havoc as possible... as if it even matters anymore! The seams are, sadly, really starting to show for the Road to No Man's Land leg of our NML Crossing journey!
Plus: The NMaiLbag is a hoot... walkin' down memory lane chatting up those oddities in our comic collections we can hardly explain!
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Wrapping up the last pre-No Man's Land issue of the flagship, where the hammer finally (officially) drops on Gotham City. Bridges are bein' blowed up, and it's time for all good Gothamites to up-stakes and get the eff out. We also get some more ineptness from Nick Scratch and his crew of buffoons.
Plus: One'a dem "soul bearing" installments of the NMaiLbag!
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In which Bruce Wayne takes the stand and pleads the case for Gotham City to be bailed out by the United States government... and comes across as completely tone deaf and out of touch! Not a good outing for the fella I'm struggling to remember is also actually Batman! With advocates like this, who needs enemies?
Plus: The long-awaited (by me) return of the NMaiLbag!
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Mr. Wayne Goes to Washington... and isn't off to the greatest of starts in his attempts to plead the case for saving Gotham City with the United States government!
Also... ugh, Nick Scratch.
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With meds, food, and supplies completely depleted, Jeremiah Arkham needs to make a decision that brings with it some horrible consequences. Does he let all of the inmates starve to death... or, does he give them their freedom -- releasing them into the new-look Gotham City? Judging by Jerry's recent decision-making process, the answer ought to be clear!
Alan Grant and Mark Buckingham's time on Shadow ends in pretty spectacular fashion!
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Morituri Te Jokeramus!
With supplies and medications nearly depleted, Jeremiah Arkham is easily convinced that all his answers lay in.... gladiatorial combat?! That's right, Joker's able to convince Jerry that it'd be in the best interests of the Asylum to have two of the biggest and baddest residents fight... to the death! What could possibly go wrong?
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It's another one of those "good news, bad news" situations on the Road to No Man's Land. The good news is, we're back to Shadow of the Bat... the bad news is, this is Alan Grant's swan song arc! This time out, we check in on our favorite Arkham, Jeremiah, as he deals with the fallout of the verybadthing that happened at 7:03, and the fact that, ever since, he's been unable to get any supplies or meds for his Asylum full'a lunatics! As of this issue, he's t-minus one week away from being out of everything! What's a man to do? Perhaps turn to... the Joker for help?!
A great issue to kick off the arc, plus (by popular demand) a replaying of my "Idiot's Guide to Comic Book Podcasting" from way back in 2021! It's a long one... but, I give ya ample warning as to where you can safely hit "stop" on your listening device!
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The final Azraeling... for now, anyway!
Wrapping up the Nicholas Scratch stuff... well, sort of. There... really ain't much to say about this one, not that that'll stop me from occupying your ear for the better part of an hour.
Thankfully some friends of the show have delivered us an amazing NMaiLbag!
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More Azrael! More Nick Scratch! You're Welcome... and I'm Sorry!
This time out, our man JPV has some answering to do for pulling a boner on his mission to protect the life of Gotham's only friend, Senator Esty Halivan! Not only that, he's now on the hook for the murder! What IS an Angel of Vengeance to do? Listen in and find out!
Plus: A wonderful dive into the NMaiLbag!
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We're officially on THE ROAD TO NO MAN'S LAND... and, with it comes a three-part dive into Azrael-Land. In today's episode our Angel of Whateverthehell is sent off to Washington, DC to protect Gotham City's last hope on the Hill. He does so quite poorly.
We also meet the Sensational Character Find of 1998... Nicholas Scratch?!
All 'at and a deep dip into the ol' NMaiLbag!
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Wrapping up the Aftershock Era with... a Red-Sky issue?!
Rather than going out with a Cataclysmic Bang, we ready ourselves to embark upon the Road to No Man's Land with a wonderful little "evergreen" story, featuring the Joker imparting quite the impactful lesson upon our Caped Crusader.
Potentially the strongest single-issue story of our NML Crossing journey so far! You're gonna dig this issue... and hopefully, this episode!
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In our penultimate Aftershock issue, we get to go on patrol with the original Dynamic Duo as they discuss things like "the good old days" and spray people down with literal bat poop! It's a good time as always... join us, won't you?
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As we approach the end of the Aftershock Era, things can't help but to go from bad to worse for Gotham City and its costumed protectors! Hope continues to dwindle... almost as much as the Gotham population! We're very nearly on "The Road to...", and boy, this road be bumpy!
Also: We check out the first official mention of No Man's Land in the pages of Wizard Magazine #83!
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It's time for a situation report! Let's take a beat and catch ourselves up on all things post-Quake Gotham City... with an eye toward its uncertain future!
Plus: A dip into the comics journos of the day in Wizard #82, and a collector-focused installment of the NMaiLbag!
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Perhaps the most off-beat issue/episode yet!
Where else can you hear about an old man giving himself a cottage cheese sponge bath, a child who'd rather be eaten than see her captor beaten up... and also have a text-story in a turn of the century comic book?! It's an odd one, all right!
Plus: A very Jack Drake-focused NMaiLbag!
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Wrapping up our two-parter with a bang... well, a boom. The supervillain team-up didn't go as smoothly as the Mad Hatter would've hoped... but, hope itself now (briefly) reigns among Bruce Wayne's Junior-Entrepreneur Club!
But all 'at is just preamble to the return of the raucous NMaiLbag!
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Today our "dark horse" Bat-Book delivers what might just be one of the tentpole issues of the entire NML run. What can Gotham City do when all of the non-Wayne-owned companies and industries threaten to bail? Thankfully, the people... those who'll stay... have some ideas, but will it (can it) be enough?!
We also get a peek at an upcoming (super?) villain team-up!
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It's not that the people of Gotham don't believe he exists... it's that they no longer believe in HIM. What happens when the urban legend of the City having a protector becomes moot... since, what has he done for us lately? Well, it leads to a crisis of confidence for our Caped Crusader... and it lends a whole lotta weight to our "new normal". If you've always known Batman as being the "coolest" guy in any room he enters... this is an issue you'll need to read to believe.
We've also got a Letters Page to discuss!
Plus: A wildly confusing (for me) NMaiLbag!
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Gotham City gets a visit from... a New Blood?!
The Bruce Wayne Batman has his first team up with the man called Ballistic... and, well... that's about the size of it!
Plus: A hoppin' NMaiLbag!
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Luck is for losers... but, luck'll beat skill any day!
In today's episode we're checking in with a Professor called Arwin, who no longer believes in Darwin... and is looking to prove his own theory using the Caped Crusader as his test subject! Lots of interesting food for thought... and, as has become a trend... plenty of callbacks to bits 'n bobs from that New York Magazine article!
Plus: The return of the NMaiLbag, featuring a discussion of comic book annuals, that is as fun as it is frustrating!
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Back to the flagship for a (relatively) quiet issue, where we check in on the man behind the mask(s), Bruce Wayne, to see how he's handling the Aftershock Era. We get a bit of tacked-on action, but this is mostly (thankfully) a character piece!
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Checking in with the Boy Wonder for a nice, quiet post-crossover issue, the likes of which we just don't get anymore! Get nostalgic for the days before books were relaunched after every event, and we actually got to "take a breath" with our favorite heroes as they adjust to the next phase in their adventures.
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Keeping up with the Aftershock theme thus far, this issue is another search-and-rescue... with a slight (and sobering) tweak on the formula. What happens when a group of trapped partygoers run out of food?
Plus: A look at the first slew of Cataclysm ratings in Wizard Magazine, and a trip into Flashback Land for a peek Bat-adjacent USENET chatter circa early 1998!
All that plus a dip into the NMaiLbag!
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Another relatively quiet issue in the Aftershock Era, showing the softer side of the GCPD.
But, the real "meat" of today's episode is a deep-dive (perhaps TOO deep a dive) into the 1995 New York Magazine article that inspired the Cataclysm story to become a thing in the first place! It's an eye-opening and sobering account of what could happen should a Gotham-esque earthquake hit Manhattan!
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The Aftershock Era rolls on with our titular hero doing a little search 'n rescue in the down below and running afoul of the Ratcatcher! Lots of fun and interesting chatter to be had today! Join us, won't you?
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Kicking off the Aftermath Era, with an extra-sized issue of SotB! We've got a pair of baddies to TAKE down... and a man who's lost it all to TALK down. Lotta interesting chatter to be had today!
Also: Chatting up the Alan Grant letters pages!
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It's taken us eighteen entire episodes, but we have finally arrived at the Cataclysmic conclusion! Today we're going to find out who the Quakemaster REALLY is... or was... and, in so doing, your humble host (who is denser than most) will have to eat a little bit of crow!
Also: Batman meets a dog!
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We enter "pink skies" territory with our third (of three) Cataclysmic one-shots. This time out, we sit for story-time as some Arkham All-Stars attempt to regale a new security guard with their "Tales of Madness"... hey, that's the name of the book!
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All's I can tell ya is that today's issue happens... at some point after 7:03pm on the night of the verybadthing. It's Catwoman vs. Poison Ivy, with Harvey Bullock as special guest referee... even though he's supposed to be in the middle of a Hard-Bock Hostage situation. Oh well!
In addition to that, we'll be going through all the Cataclysmic bits from the 1998 Wizard Batman Special! Lots of fun (though nebulous) data and information to comb through... lots of food for thought and room for me to baselessly speculate on what might've been going on in the Bat-Offices during the build to No Man's Land proper!
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More interesting clashes in vigilante-styles between Batman and the Huntress, and a look at some highly "inconvenient" post-Quake Gotham clean-up. Also, we get a sorta-kinda out-of-nowhere zeroing in on the Quakemaster's lair!
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When methodologies clash! Today's episode features a look into the secret diary of Stephanie Brown, the Spoiler... as she gets the opportunity to sit under a different sort of learning tree, and learns that the "by the book" Bat-stuff she's learned from Robin might not be the best way of vigilante-ing, especially in a post-Quake Gotham!
Plus: A soul-bearing NMaiLbag!
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Aka. Remedial-Theoretical Geology! Come for the Bat-Talk, stay for the (heavily abridged) tangent regarding Crustal Displacement and the belly-contents of the Woolly Mammoth! We get a whole lot of information this time out suggesting that our Big Bad might not be able to put his quakiness where his mouth is!
Plus: A wonderfully fun stroll down pod-memory lane via the NMaiLbag!
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It's a chapter of reunions, and great leaps in Cataclysmic progression!
Nightwing heads back to the Batcave, Robin returns to the Drake House, Alfred and Harold bust loose, and the Quakemaster's dire threat is delivered!
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Welcome to Anthology Land, where we can take a peek into how some of the non-Bat-characters are handling the "new normal" post-the verybadthing that happened at 7:03pm. It's very much a 90s anthology... so, prepare for a very "your mileage may vary" experience!
Plus: A thought-provoking NMaiLbag
For those playing along at home, the rest of this week's books are:
- Nightwing #20
- Batman #554
- Huntress/Spoiler: Blunt Trauma #1
- Detective Comics #721
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As Gotham City continues to crumble, Batman realizes that times of crisis sometimes call for strange bedfellows to come together. Also: Meet the... err... Quakemaster?!
Plus - Some "fun" Bat-chat outta Wizard Magazine, and your comments!
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Taking a look at the first (of three) one-shots tying into the Cataclysm event and finding out what happens at 7:03pm when the Verybadthing happens... at a prison full of violent, dangerous, and angry fellas! Believe it or not, a humanoid bat-figure gets his land legs back and figures into things!
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Holy Red Sky Crossover, Batman!
Today's chapter of Cataclysm... well, isn't really one! We're going to be paying off an ongoing story arc in Robin, and getting our boy home in time to see the Gotham skyline engulfed in flame. Please listen anyway... we've got NMaiLbag, and my usual bulletproof analysis. Um, please listen anyway.
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Putting the C-A-T in Cataclysm, today we find out where Selina Kyle was at 7:03pm when the verybadthing happened!
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Where was high school teacher and recovering vigilante, Helena Bertinelli at 7:03PM when the verybadthing happened? Today we're going to find out! We also discuss Chuck Dixon deftly flipping the script on the Bat vs. Man-ness of Bruce Wayne!
Plus: Our first dip into the N-MaiLbag... which, uh, don't say that out loud.
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Azrael was still coming out in 1998? Oh yes... it was! In fact, this is the first of many issues of the title we'll be discussing as part of our No Man's Land coverage! I hope we survive the experience!
Today, having just beaten the man who broke the bat, Jean-Paul arrives in Gotham just in time for that thing that happens in this story... to happen! From there, he must chase and defeat Bane... again.
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Cataclysm reaches our flagship book, and its titular hero's story takes a backseat to Barbara Gordon's attempt at herding cats! It's not the GCPD's finest hour... but, at least they're under good leadership!
Also: some tangent-laden back issue bin chatter!
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In today's installment, Nightwing returns to Gotham and we get some great insight as to how the Cataclysmic Quake has affected the regular citizens of Gotham!
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At 7:03pm, Gotham City was rocked by a 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake... let's talk about it!
Today we're looking at the opening chapter of Cataclysm, in a Bat-Book I didn't even realize was still a thing in 1998!
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Welcome to a New Year... and a new project! We're kicking off the Road to No Man's Land, with designs on covering every single chapter of the Batman Crossovent from Cataclysm to Endgame!
Today's issue is a fun one, taking us back to those post-Zero Hour "Batman-as-Urban-Legend" days for a somewhat ephemeral romp, before hopping into an ominous pre-cataclysmic epilogue!
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With our four-part primer out of the way, we have finally arrived at the Dawn of DC Titans #1... which starts off with a (literal) BANG!
Our heroes have their first "official" outing as a unit, have a run in with an unsavory agent, and lay the first brick in what looks to be quite the little mystery story!
Are you a Titans fan, Titans-curious, or Titans Lapsed? If so, I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this new Dawn of DC direction!
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In which we wrap up our discussion on the four-part Dawn of DC Titans lead-in story arc, Rise of the Underworld! What will SuperDick do with his powers? Will he sell the soul of his nine-year old ward in order to keep them?
Are you a Titans fan, Titans-curious, or Titans Lapsed? If so, I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this arc and new direction for the team!
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Taking a look at the penultimate chapter of our Dawn of DC Titans "pre-req" story arc. During which, your humble host can't help to fumble and stumble over his words as he attempts to adequately describe and define why this storyline feels like a "real" Titans story... and how it has the nebulous quality of "heart". It's a(nother) half-hour of me rambling is what I'm trying to say -- join me, won't you?
Are you a Titans fan, Titans curious, or Titans-Lapsed? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this story and new-old direction for the fan-favorite team!
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In which your humble host's inner comics cynic takes a good, hard look in the mirror!
Taking a look at Part 2 of the Dawn of DC Titans "pre-req" story, and having an uncharacteristically great time with it! Listen to me stammer on and on about how this feels like a "genuine Titans story", without being able to actually put into words what a "genuine Titans story" ought to feel like! I guess it's just one'a those things where ya know it when ya see it!
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Long time, no see!
Welcome to brand-new awkwardly-titled Lapsed-Type-Thing, wherein your humble host attempts to regain his footing on another once-loved property he'd abandoned - The Titans!
Today, after a brief pre-ramble, we will discuss the first post-Dawn of DC issue of Nightwing (#101), along with the epilogue portion from Nightwing #100 while trying to reconcile who and what these characters are and how we got here!
Are you reading the newest Titans volume? If so, did you also read this arc in Nightwing? I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Nothing lasts forever... not even our eXtended stay away from Otherworld!
Today we join the KoX as deals and sacrifices are made in the name of mutant preservation. We're at the halfway point here, let's keep chuggin' along!
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Issues like this don't come around often enough! This is the kind of story that Reggie and I would refer to as a "tentpole"... lots of great new information in this one! Almost too much for your humble host's pea-sized brain to process!
And so, Let's speculate... wildly!
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Betcha won't listen to this episode!
Today, we celebrate 365 episodes of X-Lapsed... you could listen to an episode every single day for an entire (non-leap) year, and never hear a repeat! We're headed to Marsarakko for some good ol' battlin' to the death... and a little "unbeatable" gambling.
It's a great, thought-provoking issue... I hope you'll join me!
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It's a chase scene! It's a FUN (and beautifully drawn) chase scene... but, it's still a chase scene. Tune in and listen to me attempt to think up things to say about it!
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Six-months later... and we're still in Shi'ar Space?! I suppose it was silly of me to assume that my hiatus would somehow remove this story from my to-read pile, eh?
Let's get reunited with Call Me Kate and her Crew!
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Well, well, well...
What do we have here?
An episode of (original recipe) X-LAPSED? What the hell YEAR is it?
Today, we're back in the saddle... well, we're at least dusting off the old saddle, and checking out an already relatively ancient ish of Legion of X!
Also: Your humble host asks for YOUR help in keeping him honest... are you bad enough dudes and dudettes to save a very stupid man's integrity?
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Welcome to the X-Universe, Alex Summers!
That's right, today we meet Scott's never-before-seen Egyptian-blooded (?) brother, Alex... in a story that could very easily have fit into an episode of Batman '66.
All that, plus we kick off our Origin of the Angel backup series, check in on some Steranko-debate in the Mutant Mail-Box, and discuss Stan's appeal for decency in the Bullpen/Soapbox section!
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What would you get if you mixed the Juggernaut story from issue #46 with the Quasimodo epic from issue #48? Well, probably the story we're looking at today... warts and all.
Least we got Stan back to answering fanmail over in the Mutant Mail-Box... and the final chapter in the rollicking origin of the Beast!
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Wrapping up our three-part introduction to Lorna Dane... as she discovers the truth (for now) about her parentage! Also, Cyclops dons dollar store Shi'ar armor... for no discernible reason! Seriously... there's NO reason why he'd done it!
Plus: the usual silliness of our seemingly-endless backup strip, the utterly insane Mutant Mailbox, and blustery Bullpen Bulletins!
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For the second time in only a handful of issues... the X-Men break up again! Well, sorta. Their youngest member leaves the crew. Well, sorta. C'mon, cut me some slack, there isn't much to say about this one!
I suppose we can talk about how this is the 66th Episode of our show... and, how if we only chatted up actual issues of X-Men, we'd be leaping into Giant-Size next ep (and we DO talk about that!)... or, we can talk about how the cover to this issue is too damned mindboggling for your humble host to decode (and we DO talk about that as well!).
Anyway... comics chatter, house-keeping, and the always interesting "back matter" (The Mutant Mail-Box is still Stan-free... and insane!). Join us, won't you!
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Covering the milestone FIFTIETH issue of X-Men! Remember when Marvel comics would actually MAKE IT to fifty issues? Hell, remember when they'd make it to 25?
Today we learn the truth about Lorna Dane's parentage... until it wasn't... then was... then wasn't... then was! We also learn a little bit more about a pre-Beast Hank McCoy.
The REAL star of today's episode, however, is -- as usual -- the backmatter. We've got Marvel sweeping the awards at a 1968 Comic Art Convention, a Letterhack (literally) threatening to burn down Marvel's offices, and Stan has a Soapbox Chat about bigotry... which may or may not extend to Berkeley Trust-Fund Hippies (you be the judge, gentle listener!). It's a fun time as always!
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Welcome to the X-Verse, Lorna Dane!
Today we're bringing our team back together, and shipping them off to San Francisco to face off against Magneto's "noble pupil", the dread Mesmero! We get the return of (and the opportunity to say 'goodbye' to) the original X-Men logo, before it's Sterankized next ish!
All'at plus the usual backmatter nonsense and more of my "insightful" tangents than anyone could (or should) handle!
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How can we miss the X-Men if they never go away?
Today we wrap up the "split-up era" for our Uncanny Heroes... just an issue after we kicked it off! This time, we're hanging out high in the desert mountains of New York City with Cyclops and Marvel Girl while they face off with a reject Fantastic Four baddie! It's not ALL bad though, once we get through with our lead feature, we get to watch Hank McCoy write with his feet for a few pages!
There's still the Mutant Mail-Box, the Bullpen Bulletins, and Stan's Soapbox gets relevant! All that, plus some discussion and interview notes about Gary Friedrich and Arnold Drake's little discussed time with the World's Strangest Teens!
With the X-Men no more, we check in with the Bosom Buddies and their Belles as they try to get tickets to the theatre! It's the return of the Warlock (not THAT Warlock... or the other one... probably not the third or fourth one yer thinkin' of either!). Also, despite the title of this ish... he's only got one face, and it's very boring!
Also: The Mutant Mail-Box, The Bullpen Bulletins... small-talk on Arnold Drake and Fabulous Flo Steinberg... and, finally, I read Professor Charles Xavier's eulogy! Join us, won't you?
Back behind the mic after a long hiatus... jumping back in with the Silver Age X-Men, just as they're getting set to split up! This being a Chris-show, expect the first half-hour of it to be full of stuff you probably couldn't care less about... but, once I finally get to the comics-content, it's a pretty good time! Two "ehh" stories, the Mutant Mail-Box, and Bullpen Bulletins are all here!
Huge and sincere THANK YOU for your patience and lack of new episodes over the past few months.
Welcome to AXE-Lapsed!
Kicking off the X-Lapsed coverage of the Summer-into-Fall, 2022 Crossovent, AXE: Judgment Day! Today, we're taking a look at three short subjects from two of Marvel's 2022 Free Comic Book Day offerings - two from FCBD 2022: Avengers/X-Men #1 and one story with a surprise X-Twist from FCBD 2022: Spider-Man/Venom #1!
All three stories are fun... and offer your humble host some (uncharacteristic?) optimism about the near future of the X-Books! Also: I willingly eat a bit of crow when I admit that Marvel (and DC) finally used the FCBD opportunity to actually deliver the goods... and reward reader loyalty!
Plus: A great Mailbag section!
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Deadpool continues stumpin' for a spot on X-Force, while Wolverine... well, he pretty much just sighs and seethes, which is probably the right response to x-tended Deadpool dialogue!
A fun issue, full of action and actual humor! Worth your time (unlike this program).
Plus: A dip into the Mailbag to chat up s'more Knights of X!
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One of those "good news, bad news" situations, wherein your humble host reports that he'd weathered a pretty horrifying health scare -- but, is now back to talk s'more about Otherworld... and Pop-Tarts!
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Heyyy, anybody remember that whole Gameworld story that kicked off this volume? Well, our creative team just did!
The adjectiveless "flagship" of the line still meanders on... a victim of poor timing, and a certain Head of X abandoning ship when the waters got choppy. Here's hoping "season two" of this title feels a bit more relevant than all this!
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The Hentai Helmet continues its rampage thru Krakoa... and the casualties are beginning to mount, including a couple of Silver Age Mutants! Also, Wolverine gets a hangnail... and, no, I'm not kidding.
Plus: By special request, your humble host dips back into his "Idiot's Guide to Comics Podcasting" to give some, perhaps harsh, advice regarding the need to become "podfamous".
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It's the X-Men vs. the Brotherhood... fixed in a little different sort of way.
Today the hearts and minds of the less-warrish Arakkii are contested for... and we get plenty of food for thought regarding the potential tempests in the Marsarakko teapot! Plus, an attempt at correcting a continuity gaffe that your humble host hasn't been able to shut up about since it happened!
I might rant a bit about attention to detail... and, how the fans who seem to care about things like continuity are usually mocked by the people who fail to adhere to it. Please listen anyway!
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It's time for me to pull out the ol' X-Corp/X-Men Green disclaimer... today's book was one your idiot host did not enjoy. If that fact threatens to ruin your day, feel free skipping this episode.
It's more Shi'ar Sh...tuff, and yet another attempt at shoehorning even more ancient mutants into the X-Men lore. No, not those ancient mutants... or even those ancient mutants... these are All-New, All-Different ancient mutants! That is, until next month's ancient mutants.
Also, we get a lot of obscure bits of Marvel history casually namedropped... the Marvel Wiki Randomizer was working overtime for this one!
Plus: a brief mailbag segment.
Again, this was not a book I cared for... so, if Chris being a negative nellie isn't what you're wanting to hear, feel free to skip this one!
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Back to the Destiny of X flagship for another installment of Quiet Council intrigue!
Note: There's a pretty long pre-ramble this time out, so for "Just the X", feel free to skip ahead to around the 25 minute mark.
We've got another solid issue today, but one where there are some moments where I feel like we need to squint and tilt our head to make 'em "work". Maybe I'm just an idiot? You be the judge, dear listener!
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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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(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"
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A review gone neutral!
Today's most challenging episode of X-Lapsed has your humble host stumbling and fumbling his way around sharing whether or not he liked this book! We talk about some of the initial social media spoo and outrage this one invited, as well as how difficult it is to honestly analyze books like this without being lumped into the extreme ends of the argument! It's a toughie!
Also: A brief mailbag, wherein we talk a bit more about the "Nazarene Mutant", as well as my emotionally painful process as it pertained to walking away from the "daily grind" of comics content creation.
As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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After what feels like forever, it's New Mutants day again!
We're kicking off the NuMu's first Destiny of X storyline, The Trials of Magik... which, as you might have guessed, takes us into Limbo. You WILL believe that a SoulSword can shatter!
Also: a sorta-kinda mailbag segment wherein I talk a fair amount about shill reviews and how difficult it is to find honest opinions about comics (and other things) on the internet. It's a challenging discussion... and I'd love for you to be a part of it!
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Officially on the "Road to 400", today we're taking a look at the last ALL-NEW #DestinyofX offering, the follow-up to Way of X, which we enjoyed so much -- Legion of X!
We'll be hitting some potentially problematic topics here... including discussions of faith, justice, and how we treat one another. Also: A sorta-kinda mailbag segment, which facilitates my mind wandering down Comics History Lane, where I follow-up on our discussion regarding CGC Slabs last episode, exploring the concept of "comics as collectible", and how the industry & fandom "DNA" has changed in (relatively) recent years.
It's a heavy episode, full'a heavy topics... and I'd love to have you "in" on the discussion!
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We've finally arrived... it's the landmark, milestone three hundred fiftieth episode of X-Lapsed! That said, it should come as no shock to anyone that our focus today will be on Wolverine! The Canucklehead never fails to pop up when it's a nice round number!
We're taking Logan into the Destiny of X era, and a fun team-up with Deadpool. Also: Curmudgeon Chris makes an appearance to complain about continuity errors, CGC slabs, and hashtag-x-spoilers! Are you just as curmudgeonly as I am... or are you a bit more fun at parties? I'd love to know! Please share your thoughts!
Huge thanks to everyone who has come along on this three hundred and fifty part journey with me. I do not have the skill to put into words what it truly means to me!
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On the Eve of Episode 350, we hop back into the (alleged) flagship of the line for, sadly, another unsatisfying soulless story (complete with forced flashback to the Hellfire Gala)!
X-Men continues meandering on its way to the next big "shakeup". Be still my heart.
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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!
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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!
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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
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Way of X #2: "Let Us Prey" (00:46:37) Children of the Atom #4: "Captured" (01:26:04) Cable (vol.4) #11: "Depression" (02:29:36) Children of the Atom #5: "Reinforcements" (03:34:44) Cable (vol.4) #12: "Shakespeare in the Zark"
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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!
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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!
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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...
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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!
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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 get its story told... before the mystical axe comes swingin'!
All'at, plus all my usual nonsense! If you miss my content from a time where I was still delusional enough to think anybody actually wanted it -- the Collecteds are for you!
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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!
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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.
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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 always!
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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 landscape -- plus, a little bit more on the "seams showing" in XLADOW.
Then, I get a bit self-indulgent -- talking about the future of this (and other) shows on the channel... which, heck - if you made it that far, don't feel bad about clicking "stop".
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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 pickin' up there as well!
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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!
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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 book? You be the judge!
Plus: Another toe-dip into the Mailbag!
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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!
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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 this one! Huge thanks to everybody who's stuck with me!
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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 appears in! Don't worry though, she gets better.
Plus: We've got not one, but TWO iterations of "Baby's First Grant Morrison Comic" in a callback to the "Silence! Psychic Rescue in Progress" Nuff Said! issue of New X-Men and a dip into Fantomex's The World.
Also: Magneto makes a deal with Namor to procure a certain island that will be the site of a certain Gala. Oh, you didn't know there was a Gala coming up?
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost #1: "Into the Storm" (01:02:19) Giant-Size X-Men: Nightcrawler #1: "Haunted Mansion" (01:53:33) Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1 (02:29:46) Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: "The World" (03:12:46) Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1: "Disintegration"
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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-cited for!
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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 than a collection of our experiences... and, if not -- is it okay to jettison some of those more troublesome experiences to make your next "go round" more productive?
Also - This IS a Ben Percy book, so we've got plenty of Russians and INFO PAGE abuse!
All 'at and all my usual nonsense - I hope you decide to gimme a shot!
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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 this story is full of weird pop-culture references, which kept me researching and entertained... too bad I had to keep coming back to talk about the story itself! The Doom Patrol show up... so, at least there's that!
Plus: As I own this physical comic, I'm including our usual Essential back-matter... we've got a Letters Page and smattering of weird ads to talk about!
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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 really wicked stuff!
You be the judge!
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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!
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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 Keith Giffen and Carl Gafford), an abridged Bullpen Bulletins bit, and an absolutely overflowing MIGHTY Marvel Checklist!
It's great to be back in "the long ago", I sure hope you'll join me!
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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 November, 2021. We're not getting Penguin-Random House numbers, so all's we gots is estimates (more estimate-y than ever!). Plus, an over-stuffed and wonderful Mailbag, as well as "Chris complains about Variant Cover glut"... err, I mean, "This Week in X"!
It's a fun time as always, gimme a shot!
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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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TIMESTAMPS:
(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"
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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!
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(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" (01:58:18) Marauders #10: "Leave None to Tell the Tale" (02:32:17) Marauders #11: "To Live and Die on Krakoa" (03:15:40) Marauders #12: "The New Phase"
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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!
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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'? I suppose we'll find out together!
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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!
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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?
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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...
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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 Empyre cash-ins! At least ONE of those Empyre cash-ins was fun to read!
This is an interesting assortment... I've often wondered how folks who ONLY read the flagship were "receiving" this new era -- here's a chance to find out!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #7: "Lifedeath" (01:07:24) X-Men (vol.5) #8: "Swarm" (01:45:44) X-Men (vol.5) #9: "The King Egg" (02:23:33) X-Men (vol.5) #10: "Fire" (02:44:48) X-Men (vol.5) #11: "One War, One Mutant"
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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?!
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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!
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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 there!
Ya boy is also dealing with a hammering of seasonal allergies... so, apologies if I sound even worse than usual today!
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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 Leaping, mixed with some Assassin's Creeding, with just a dash of Days of Future Pasting. I have NO idea where this might be headed... and, I can't wait to find out!
I'd love to hear your thoughts and theories on this!
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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!
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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)!
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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 than anyone else on the planet spent talking about it... possibly even combined!
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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!
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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" (01:58:38) New Mutants (vol.4) #7: "Spoilers"
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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!
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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 with!
Is there anyone getting anything out of this Quick 'n Dirty look at Wolverine's life? If so, please lemme know!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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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!
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(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-Force (vol.6) #5: "Necessary Force" (03:06:53) X-Force (vol.6) #6: "Intelligence"
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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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TIMESTAMPS:
(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"
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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!
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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!
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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 with - but, please listen anyway!
All that plus the Mailbag and Shout-Outs!
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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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In which Fabian Nicieza repeatedly takes the brave stance that Nazis are bad... and inches his story a few moments further along -- and our back-up feature begins the retelling of Wolverine's Origin... as in, literally, the first issue of Origin, we've got us another lackluster Infinity Comics day!
Least we got the returning Mailbag to keep things light!
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Revisiting the next of our Dawn of X opening arcs, with - what started out as the most consistently good book of the post-HoXPoX launch! Call Me Kate takes center stage, and we're introduced to a very fun team of high-seas sailors... until our creative team forgot about like 80% of them!
For this first arc, though -- it's great stuff!
Is this the first time you've checked out X-Lapsed? Are you an X-Lapsed-Lapsed listener who may've dropped off after having your pod-feeds slammed by my barrage of content? Please let me know, I'd love to hear from you all!
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Since 300+ episodes is quite the daunting task for any potential new listener... welcome to the X-Lapsed "Triple-Dip" -- the third time I'm sharing these episodes, however, rather than sorting them by where they'd appear in the Dawn of X Anthologies (as shown in The Collected X-Lapsed series of shows)... we're doing these by series!
If you missed out on the earliest issues of Jonathan Hickman's run on X-Men (vol.5), here's your chance to start playing catch-up with Chris!
If you missed out on House of X and Powers of X, the complete eight or so hour discussion of that storyline can be found in The Collected X-Lapsed, Episode One, available in the archives!
Is this your first time giving X-Lapsed a try? Are you a listener who's become X-Lapsed-Lapsed? I'd love to hear from you - please consider dropping me a line to let me know what you think!
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Wrapping up the second volume of S.W.O.R.D. with an honest-to-goodness "shoe drop"! Secrets are revealed... which retroactively make much of this series' crossovent interruptions make a lot of sense!
This is a goodie... and, even though this volume's over and done with, we still need to concern ourselves with "What Comes Next"!
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While all eyes are on Inferno, the X-Filler train rolls on!
X-Force closes out it's "season" (it will return in April, 2022) with more Surf-Baddies, and... well... not a whole lot more!
Wolverine does his own version of "jumping the shark", so that's something! At least this one was kinda fun to chat about. I hope it's just as fun to listen!
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A most bittersweet day in the neighborhood, as we bid farewell to one of the greatest comic series' I've read in... maybe a decade?
We wrap up our stint with the Hellions... and writer, Zeb Wells truly lives up to his name, by making your humble host WELL up on more than one occasion during the reading! This was a truly special book... that I would suggest any and all X-Fans need in their lives. As always... if you ain't reading Hellions, read Hellions!
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We're back to the "grind" - and we're talking that one issue of Phoenix Song: Echo we X-Lapsed folk were all quite excited for! I mean, just look at all that Krakoan Goodness on the cover!
Well... about that? Ehh, we'll talk about it. In any event, I'm having a pretty okay time with this one... despite the lack of X-Stuff.
In addition to chatting up this ish, we're also going to deep-dive on All Thing X in Marvel Free Previews for March, 2022! I tried to keep my snark in check... you tell me if I succeeded!
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Celebrating THREE-HUNDRED Episodes of X-Lapsed... and SIX-YEARS of DAILY content at Chris is on Infinite Earths, by taking a look into the past -- to the very seeds of the era I've dedicated thousands of hours to over the past couple of years - the 2019 House of X/Powers of X Free Preview!
In addition to our hindsight-fueled look at "What's to Come" in the X-Men Universe, I also chat a bit about how we got to where we are... and do a full-on "State of the Union" chatting up all of the books we've covered to this point.
Plus: Great Mailbag and a Stuffed Voice Mailbox! It's near two-hours of me talking to myself... you don't wanna miss it!
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Sharing a compilation of a very special series of episodes. Comix Tawk was Reggie and my Patreon Exclusive program, in which we basically shot the breeze and recorded it. Well, it was a little bit more structured than that... but, it's probably as "pure" Chris and Reggie as you'll find.
Sharing them out here as I don't know if many listeners had the opportunity (or interest) in checking them out before. For this set, we talk about several of the hot-button topics in the comics industry and fandom -- the glut of variant covers, creators treating their deadlines as though they were optional, characters and concepts in comics that we don't really care for, the "myth" of decompression, and a breakdown of the "Four Kinds of Fans" that exist!
I truly hope you enjoy!
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(00:00:00) Episode One: Variant Covers (00:43:15) Episode Two: Dreaded Deadline Doom (01:33:49) Episode Three: No Sir, We Don't Like it! (02:48:40) Episode Four: Completionism, Collecting, and Addiction (04:01:07) Episode Five: Decompression (04:50:05) Episode Six: The Four Kinds of Fans
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Collecting the latest (to this point) Sunday Special Series... wherein I checked back in with one of the X-Books that made me go running for the hills back in 2017!
Generation X (vol.2) starts off... well, kinda clunky... kinda cringey... but, it does manage to turn the corner right before the axe of cancellation fell! This is why we can't have nice things...
This is a decently long compilation, collecting a dozen episodes... I hope you enjoy!
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(00:00:00) Generation X (vol.2) #1 (00:39:19) Generation X (vol.2) #2 (01:00:10) Generation X (vol.2) #3 (01:25:50) Generation X (vol.2) #4 (01:47:22) Generation X (vol.2) #5 (02:10:46) Generation X (vol.2) #6 (02:33:14) Generation X (vol.2) #7 (03:01:08) Generation X (vol.2) #8 (03:23:53) Generation X (vol.2) #9 (03:47:51) Generation X #85: "Survival of the Fittest, Part 1" (04:17:15) Generation X #86: "Survival of the Fittest, Part 2" (04:42:48) Generation X #87
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Moving into the next phase of Morituri-dom... in which a traitor is revealed, our heroes are put on trial... and we meet the next-next generation(s) of doomed-to-die protectors of the planet, including the shoe-drop installment which introduces the... Morituri Monsters!
All that, and our usual nonsensical tangents and hoo-doo!
We're getting close to the end of the Gillis/Anderson run... we hope you're enjoying these "big bites" of Morituri goodness!
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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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Still not up to getting behind the mic. Hoping things will be back to normal next week. Thank you for understanding.
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Since Namor cannot say no to a pretty face, he decides to throw in full-time with the Allied Powers. He is also promoted to Commander-in-Chief of the Not-yet-lantean military... so, there's that too!
This is the first time we see our hero use his underwater telepathy too... I'm sorry, there just isn't all that much to say about this one! It's still fun though!
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Sharing a Patreon eXclusive, as last night we lost our eldest pup... and I did not feel like I could perform on the mic. Thank you for understanding.
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In which our Menacing Undersea Hero is wooed by yet another Pretty Young Thing, and even agrees to throw in with the Allies as World War II rolls on! Will he forever be one of the "good guys" moving forward? Why, that would be telling!
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Web-Lapsed reaches the double-digits... and it's time to weave another spider into the Beyond Web: Welcome to the era, Miles Morales: We hope you survi-- nope! Not gonna do it!
Also, we get a bit more clarity on the link between the Beyond Corporation and Infinite Solutions, Doc Ock's involvement, and Spider-Ben's insecurities/maturation.
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Reunited... and it feels so weird. Also, kinda gross.
Today we're heading into one of our .BEY issues for Aunt May and Otto's night out... where they're collecting bodilies in hopes that they might be able to shake Peter from his slumber. Plus, shoe-drops a'plenty regarding our Beyond Benefactors. A very important issue within the Beyond Framework, that's well worth a read!
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Web-Lapsed is back... and Spider-Ben's still trippin'! Faced off with an Angel-Winged, Flame-Headed Kraven the Hunter, Ben's gotta get some help from Doug From Back in the Long Ago and his magic meds to regain his sanity! Also, not one but TWO epilogues promise some very interesting developments yet to come.
Plus - An overly long and wildly self-indulgent and embarrassing pre-ramble explaining why this episode didn't come out last week. If you only want the Spidey Stuff, feel free to skip ahead to around 32 minutes.
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Inviting you to spend ten or so hours with the Chris's, as we continue chronicling the adventures of Earth-1287's Mightiest (and only) Heroes! Having already suffered a handful of losses, our Morituri Makers, Tuolema and Nion have already moved on to "Strikeforce: Morituri - The Next Generation", a trio of new characters who the Chris's initially HATED... especially Will "The Douche" DeGuchi! Will they ultimately win us over? Oh, you KNOW they will...
This tangent-filled compilation will also introduce the idea of the Morituri Cure, traitors to the cause... and the somewhat horrifying (in all the wrong ways) issue about the CATS! We hope you enjoy!
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Our X-Amination of the X-Ploits of the Silver Age X-Men continues... as we recommence our travels down crappy villain corridor... dealing with the likes of El Tigre and the Ogre. Thankfully, this leads us to an actual direction for our young mutants... plus, a new member (and field leader) in The (not-even-a-mutant... at the time) Mimic! The direction in question is... well, not a great one, as it's the seemingly interminable FACTOR THREE storyline! Are you ready for this? Probably not...
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(00:00:00) X-Men #25: "The Power and the Pendant!" (00:32:02) X-Men #26: "Holocaust!"
(00:56:18) X-Men #27: "Re-Enter: The Mimic!" (01:21:26) X-Men #28: "The Wail of the Banshee!" (02:00:00) X-Men #29: "When Titans Clash!" (02:33:00) X-Men #30: "The Warlock Wakes!"
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The crisis at home has once again precluded me from putting out an all-new episode. Thank you all for understanding! If you're enjoying the Point One show, please consider checking out the Patreon for more!
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Our Golden Age adventures continue in a sorta-kinda brand new title! Marvel MYSTERY Comics.
Today our Not-yet-lantean anti-hero makes landfall... and also falls for a pretty face! He literally gives this pretty young thing the hotpants... and uses his own bodily fluids to put her out! You just can't make this stuff up!
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Welcome to the first episode of X-Lapsed Point One - wherein we take a look at some Mutant-centric (retroactively or otherwise) stories that don't quite fit the "Mission Statements" of the other X-Lapsed programs.
We're starting things off... all the way back at the beginning, as we meet Marvel's First Mutant, Namor the Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett! In this story, we'll get some of the origin of his people, his kingdom... and their war with the White Race!
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Back in Amazing-Proper, our Beyond storyline keeps rolling on!
This time out, Spider-Ben gets existential... but, only for a moment - before he's called into action! We talk the one-way street of classism and Kravinous Hunting! It's a great time, and I'm looking forward to more!
I hope you are as well!
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Keepin' it Beyond... but not Amazing! This time out, Spider-Ben is given a posthumous honey-do list from Dr. Strange... and the Black Cat ain't too pleased with him taking Peter's gig. Will she co-sign Ben's claim to the Spider-Man(tle)... or, will we just get twenty-odd pages of bickering and attempts at comedy?
Well, that'd be telling...
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Welcome back to Web-Lapsed!
Today we push Spider-Ben into the background and focus on the Daughters of the Dragon for a romp thru the Avengers Murder Mansion Simulation... chock-full of (failed?) attempts at humor! Not every joke can land, folks... take it from me!
Plus: We talk Spidey "Rumor and Innuendo" about what might be headed down the pike come this Spring... and the possible arrival of a brand-new "Head of Webs". Hey, speaking off jokes not landing - that guy resembles that remark!
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We Who Are About to Talk... A LOT, Salute You!
Welcome to the first compilation of the Chris' (Bailey & Sheehan) deep-dive into that book that everybody seems to love to DISCOVER (and farm cheap internet karma by posting the cover of first issue on the socials)... but very few actually bother to READ! Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson's unique and wonderful Strikeforce: Morituri!
This time out, we look at the first six issues, during which we meet our initial recruits (we even lose one or two!)... find out a bit about the Morituri Process... and are introduced to the Alien Horde that threatens Marvel Earth-1287! We also talk at length about how and when WE discovered this wonderful title... and explore various (and numerous) tangents along the way!
Also included as part of this package is the 24th Episode of Chris is on Infinite Earths, wherein I first mentioned my love for this property... and put the "first feelers" out into the universe in hopes of starting up this show!
MORITURI MONDAYS was one of the most fun podding projects I'd ever been a part of, and if you missed it the first time 'round, we invite you to hop on board here! You won't be sorry!
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The Essential X-Lapsed rolls on... and OFF the beaten X-Path to continue x-ploring the x-ploits of the Silver Age X-Men... as well as popping in on the first appearance of semi-relevant Marvel Mutant... Mentallo, in the pages of Strange Tales - a three-part adventure starring Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.!
All that, and our usual Silver Age Back-Matter, including Letters Pages and Bullpen Bulletins!
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As we stand on the precipice of Episode 300 - we're faced with... one'a those "tale of two stories" sorta issues. We've got some great Hellfire stuff, including the return of Harry Leland... contrasted with some not-so-great "Bobby Drake reaches his potential for the skatey-eight hundredth time" sorta laziness... complete with "dur, hur, dragon in a diaper"!
We also talk a bit about what Episode 300 of X-Lapsed might be (Spoiler Alert: I haven't the foggiest!), plus a deep-dive on the September, 2021 sales charts!
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Things are finally heating up... it's just a shame it's taken until so close to the end to do so! Today's episode is the very definition of the ol' X-Lapsed "shoe drop" chestnut -- we get plenty of answers... and, even some new questions, as we reach a literal "point of no return".
We've got a LOT to talk about!
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Coming to us from the "Oh, is THAT still coming out?" pile - it's the skatey-eight hundredth attempt to "fix" the Scarlet Witch! A character who they seem to break more every time they touch her! Who knows... maybe THIS time, it'll stick! Ya know, until the next superstar writer comes in and decides to ignore it...
Anyway, let's do this!
Plus: A full-on Mailbag segment, a belated "This Week in X", and a big question for friends of the show - Share with me YOUR "State of the X Books", lemme know what your thoughts are about this, arguably "lame duck" period in the line!
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Tastes Bland, More Filler!
The Hickman-leaving-the-X-Books effect continues to interrupt the flow of our flagship book -- as, this is yet another x-ercise in water-treading for our mutant heroes.
The focus is on Lorna this time out... and, well... it's kinda good and kinda bad. Also, did you know she's a DOCTOR? Don't worry if you forgot, this issue will remind you several dozen times. Did you know ROGUE is a member of this team? Don't worry if you forgot... the book did too!
All that, and I complain a bunch about upcoming X-Book news... and, how I'm already getting burnt out on 2022... just three days in! It's a great time as always!
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In which our Juggernaut/Deadpool team-up starts showing severe signs of decompression... and, hoo boy, does it like pointing out that Arnim Zola is a Nazi! Don't make that into a drinking game... you'd never survive the x-perience!
Plus - Bobby Drake rings in the New Year by kissing himself and delivering some of the cringiest dialogue your humble host has seen in years! It's a trip!
Also - Some babbly and rambly personal asides and anecdotes... that hopefully make a modicum of sense!
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A descent into absolute MADNESS... in all the wrong ways!
Here's a collection I've been wanting to (re)share for a long time... when Reggie and I were covering the entirety of DC's Young Animal boutique pop-up imprint (the first go-round, from 2016-2018), one of the titles... or, more accurately, THE title we were most excited for was: Doom Patrol (vol.6) -- and, boy did we start off optimistic! That is, until the writer of the thing stopped giving a crap about whether or not it ever came out! Then, when it DID come out... it definitely had a "phoned in" sorta feel.
Over the course of the next seven hours, you can hear Reggie and I go from wildly excited... to mildly annoyed... to somewhat apathetic... then finally, to full-blown angry that one of our favorite comics properties was being held hostage by a fella who'd rather shill Hot Topic t-shirts than comics!
It's a wild ride, and some of the most fun I had in my early podding "career"... and I hope you'll give it a listen! Content Warning: There's some "colorful" language in these episodes!
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(00:00:00) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #1: "Brick by Brick, Part One: Happy Birthday, Casey Brinke" (00:09:57) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #2: "Brick by Brick Part 2: Negative World" (00:18:34) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #3: "Brick by Brick, Part 3: It's a Doomed World After All" (01:08:10) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #4: "Brick by Brick, Part 4: I'm Sorry I'm Late" (01:40:47) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #5: "Brick by Brick, Part 5: Let's Go Fast" (02:20:13) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #6: "Brick by Brick, Part 6" (02:54:03) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #7: "Into the Scantoverse or Emotional Robots and Psychic Werewolves: A Doom Patrol Adventure" (03:27:54) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #8: "Nada, Part 1: Nothing Matters" (04:01:11) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #9: "Nada, Part 2: Nineninenine99999" (04:21:37) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #10: "No Control" (04:44:44) JLA/Doom Patrol Special #1: "Milk Wars, Part One" (05:12:06) Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1: "Milk Wars, The End" (05:37:13) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #11: "At the Bottom of Everything" (06:10:28) Doom Patrol (vol.6) #12: "To Tame a Land: Into the Daemonscape"
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A bit of a shorter MasterworX compilation this time out in order to compile all three of our "Off the Beaten Path" Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D./Mentallo episodes into the next bunch... but, a fun group of issues all the same!
Today we'll see the torch passed, as Stan Lee makes his exit as the writer of our merry Mutants, welcoming Rascally Roy Thomas who'll take over the chore for the next few years! We're going to tangle with Magneto, meet The Mimic... and get a bit more Luciferian gobbledygook!
Plus: All the usual Silver Age backmatter (Letters Pages, Ads, Bullpen Bulletins) you can handle!
Happy New Year!
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(00:00:00) X-Men #18: "If Iceman Should Fail...!" (00:37:08) X-Men #19: "Lo! Now Shall Appear -- The Mimic!" (01:16:14) X-Men #20: "I, Lucifer..." (02:05:45) X-Men #21: "From Whence Comes... Dominus?"
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Closing out 2021 with a high-octane buddy-cop action movie sorta issue of Wolverine! Watch as our titular hero teams up with his pal, Jeff Bannister to take on Maverick, and the goons from the Legacy Auction House. Also, Dolores Whatsherface from the X-Desk shows up long enough to be shot in the chest!
It's a fun romp of an issue... with only one thing your humble host gets stuck on! Beware, continuity cops, there's an INFO PAGE in here that will make your skin crawl!
I want to thank you all for allowing me to be a small part of your 2021 - and for being a huge part of mine! Have a Happy, Safe, and Prosperous New Year - and, lemme be the first goober to say "See ya next year!"
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Surf or Die, Muties!
For this milestone 25th issue, we spend... well, most of it, watching Wolverine trying not to be a "Barney", while making time with a gill-necked surfer girl!
Also, Quentin Quire and Phoebe Cuckoo's relationship takes the next step. Well, that is, if we define "breaking up" as a next step. It's an issue filled with highs and lows... but, one that gives us plenty to talk about!
Plus: An Astonishing Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and much more!
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Wherein your humble host is still literally spitting fire, as a result of Holiday overindulgence... but, let's not let that distract from our given task of chatting up all of these X-Books!
Today's episode is focused on Wiz-Kid... our, sorta-kinda-but-definitely-not-turncoat, as revealed last issue. We're going to actually get to know him a bit better... which only makes me even more bummed out that so much of this S.W.O.R.D. volume has been co-opted into various "crossovents", and has spent such little time fleshing out its own interesting and semi-obscure cast!
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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 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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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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(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
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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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(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 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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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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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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Welcome back to Merry X-Lapsed, where we're going to pop in on the criminally (?) short Kelly/Seagle era to dig into a Christmas Carol riff with a Russian twist! Colossus is back in the mansion after a time away... and is being haunted by both stilted dialogue, and a Ghost of XMas Past!
Who could it possibly be? Oh, yew know...
We'll talk a little bit about this era of X-Books (without context) and discuss the power of Guilt as story motivation! It's tons of fun for everyone... I hope you'll join me!
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Kicking off Year Two of "Merry X-Lapsed" by checking in with the Outback Era! Longshot is haunted by inanimate objects via his psychometric powers, which force our heroes to play Santa Claus, on... of all nights, Christmas Eve!
Also: Dazzler wishes she was dead, and Havok dresses like a janitor!
It's a fun, heartwarming... if perhaps a little too syrupy sweet, story -- but one that's definitely worth your time!
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Continuing on our trek from #EcksofTens to the Hellfire Gala... and, killing an entire trade collection with some B and C tier titles! You want Hickman? Sorry 'bout that. You want the actual X-Men book? Better luck next time...
Here's a collection for the completionists... we'll have fun with it all the same!
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(00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #16: "One Step Behind" (00:25:43) X-Force (vol.6) #18: "Shadows of the Mind" (00:49:04) Cable (vol.4) #9: "Bargaining" (01:15:52) Children of the Atom #2: "Prison Break" (01:46:24) X-Force (vol.6) #19: "Dead of Nightmare" (02:16:36) New Mutants (vol.4) #17: "Follow the White Rabbit"
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For the first time ever, Chris and Reggie's three-part Marvelman/Miracleman Weird Comics History deep-dive (originally featured in episodes 27-29 of that series), compiled in one over-stuffed episode!
Part One: You ever have a Dream of Flying? Join Chris and Reggie as they dive deep into the world of Marvelman. From his humble beginnings as a British replacement for a certain Big Red Cheese, to the stories people actually care about (ie. those written by Alan Moore, err... we mean "The Original Writer". We will be sharing this crazy story over the next three installments. This time around you will be introduced to the reasons behind Marvelman's creation, we'll introduce you to his creator Mick Anglo... and discuss the move from Silver Age silliness to cynical 80's grittiness (including a purposely brief synopsis of the WARRIOR Magazine run... because we really don't want to "spoil" that for our dear listeners). It's a fun-filled hour of chatter... and we don't even get to the lawsuit yet! The... other lawsuit... the other, other lawsuit.
Part Two: There comes a time when everybody has to leave home... and that's no different for our new friend Marvelman, who, during this episode makes the trek across the Atlantic, and starts getting published stateside by Eclipse Comics. Not before a little tweak in his title though.
For their middle installment of Exploring the Mysteries of MarveREDACTED... let's try that again. Exploring the Mysteries of MarREDACTED. Hmm... okay, we'll do it their way... For this installment of Exploring the Mysteries of Miracleman, Chris and Reggie discuss more growing pains than a house full of Seavers when they continue their long-form look at our Kimota-shouting hero. This week they will set the stage for the domestic (if you live in the United States) arrival (and sorta-kinda revival) of Miracleman... and briefly discuss the remaining Alan Moore run as well as the still unfinished Neil Gaiman run.
Then... they start getting into the nitty-gritty, and really the "meat and potatoes" of any real Miracleman discussion... the rights! Welcome to the story, Mr. McFarlane... hope you survive the experience!
Part Three:
Order in the court! (Ham and Cheese)
For the final installment of "Exploring the Mysteries of Miracleman", your favorite legal eagles Chris and Reggie don their long robes and powdered wigs and do their darnedest to figure out just who owns Marvelman!
They will discuss the wheelings and dealings of one Spawny fellow... and spend far too much time discussing the characters of Angela, Cogliostro, and Medieval Spawn... but they promise it all (mostly) fits the story.
Overall, it's an hour and change of audio likely to make you even more curious and confused about Marvelman, and just how his story finally "shook out".
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Back to the flagship... but still with Magneto! A wildly convenient little ditty today, which starts at Professor X's somber memorial... and ends up on the electrified floor of Island M. The hows and whys are part of (if not ALL of) the fun...
Also: A backup strip to shut up some of the more annoying... err, prolific... letterhacks, finally explaining how Cyclops' powers work!
Speaking of letterhacks, we'll be covering 7-8 of those, then hopping into the Bullpen Bulletins to talk about the 1968 Marvel Explosion, I kvetch s'more about variant covers... and much, much more!
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Wrapping up our three-issue stint with Earth's Mightiest to discuss the return of Magneto. Today, he continues attempting to convince Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch into putting the Brotherhood Band back together... with unexpected results. He also approaches the United Nations Security Council in hopes of... get this... establishing sovereign nation-hood for Mutants! Wow, where have we heard THAT before (or since)?
Plus, we wrap up our Roy's Recollections feature from Alter Ego #24 (2003), where our Boy gets rather snippy and also discusses the latter-half of his first go-round with the Muties!
I also kvetch for awhile about variant covers... fun times, indeed!
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Continuing our sidebar into Avengers, where we're following the grand return of Magneto! Today's episode answers the question "Is that a microphone down your pants, or are you just happy to see me?", and sees the All-New, All-Different Black Knight take flight! Also, the Avengers are verrrrrrry sloppy without the guidance and leadership of Captain America!
Plus: We discuss a portion of an essay written by Roy Thomas in 2003 wherein he reflected on his first go-round with Marvel's Merry Mutants.
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Shifting gears slightly from our flagship X-Men title, we're beginning our three-part detour into Avengers, where we will bear witness to the return of Magneto! How did he manage to escape the barren world of The Stranger... and what role did Dane Whitman, the eventual Black Knight play in it?
Also: For Silver-Age Avengers fanatics, Captain America resigns from the team, the Wasp buys an airplane, Herc finds Olympus deserted, and Hawkeye feigns a headache to get out of being intimate with the Black Widow!
All that, plus a reading from Titan Books' Comic Creators on X-Men, featuring an interview with Roy Thomas about his time with the X-Men by Tom DeFalco.
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Not a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Story! Not a... good story either!
Today we celebrate... wait, that's not the right word for it... we commemorate the passing of the Mentor, Trainer, and Tormenter of the Uncanny X-Men: Professor Charles Francis Xavier! We will almost certainly never see him ever again.
Plus: We wrap up Cyclops' origin in our Origins of the X-Men backup, we chat up the letters pages, go through the Bullpen Bulletins - have a brief aside about the Somerton Man, check out the new-look MIGHTY Marvel Checklist (now with 2 less anthologies!), hit up out own mailbag... and much, much more!
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Today - we begin the healing process!
After skatey-eight weeks of horrendous X-Men Green, X-Men Unlimited moves on with... what we might be able to refer to as the follow-up to the very fun Juggernaut "Unstoppable" miniseries from last year! It's still Fabian Nicieza... which is a very good thing indeed!
Also, taking the place of It's Jeff! in the "Infinity Comics back-up" slot, it's... Lucky the Pizza Dog! Today we check out his first outing, where he and Hawkeye-Girl tangle with the dread Porcupine... in order to procure a pizza!
Plus: The return of "Fake-Ass Comics History", some very unfortunate news about the immediate future of this program, the February, 2022 X-Solicits, some Destiny of X and FCBD2022 news, This Week in X, and much more! It's a bigger-than-normal episode... especially for Unlimited day!
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In today's compilation of the X-Men's Silver Age X-Ploits we wrap up their first run-in with the Juggernaut, discuss all three part of the initial Sentinels/Master Mold storyline, and bring back their most dread foe!
Perhaps most importantly, however, we take a look at the Original Five's highest profile guest appearance to date... what might be the most vital Marvel Comic of its day -- the star-studded, shared-universe confirming, Fantastic Four Wedding of Sue Storm and Reed Richards!
It's a great time as always, and as always - chock full of Silver Age backmatter and ephemera, including deep-dives on the "Let's Visit the X-Men" mailbag, the Bullpen Bulletins, the Merry Marvel Marching Society... and even some less-gestalty, yet still wonderful, listener feedback!
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(00:00:00) X-Men #13: "Where Walks the Juggernaut!"
(00:31:55) Fantastic Four Annual #3: "Bedlam at the Baxter Building!" (01:02:47) X-Men #14: "Among Us Stalk... the Sentinels!" (01:36:57) X-Men #15: "Prisoners of the Mysterious Master Mold!" (02:10:42) X-Men #16: "The Supreme Sacrifice!" (02:41:33) X-Men #17: "... and None Shall Survive!"
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80% of Michael Morbius is still too much Morbius for your humble host! Luckily, there's a lot more to discuss about this issue than one of my least favorite vampires (and that's saying something)!
Today we're going to spend a good deal of time talking about scientific ethics as Maxine Danger takes center stage (at least in my mind), also the Daughters of the Dragon give us a sorta-kinda shoe-drop reveal... and a pervy game hunter watches Spider-Ben and Mary Janine kiss in the park!
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Spider-Man: Beyond rolls on... and the "Beyond Baton" is passed from Zeb Wells to Kelly Thompson! Will she be able to run with it? Absolutely!
Today's chapter prompts your humble host to talk a bit about Flowers for Algernon, and kvetch about spoiler images on the internet... so, ya know, the usual! This Beyond run, to this point, has been great fun... and, I encourage anyone out there who can keep up with all skatey-eight hundred issues of Spidey Marvel's pumping out every month to give it a goo!
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Righting the wrong of... forgetting to discuss this Marvel's Voices one-shot back in October!
Today's a "Just the X, ma'am!" look at Marvel's Voices: Identity... covering three stories that are... kinda just there! Plus, we right a second wrong when I go back to Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 to discuss the Jesse Drake story that I didn't even realize I missed!
Plus, we've got Destiny of X and X-Men Unlimited news... and, as this is the "November Finale", we're deep-diving the Sales of X for August, 2021!
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It's a bittersweet day here at X-Lapsed, wherein I discuss the penultimate chapter of the always amazing Hellions! Before we say goodbye to our team of misfits, we get a stunning shoe-drop issue, which prompts your humble host to speculate as to x-actly how this series will come to a close next month!
As always, if you're not reading Hellions... do yourself a favor and give it a try!
Plus - An x-cellent Mailbag section, and much more!
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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!
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The difficult "sophomore episode" of the Action Comics Daily Appendix opens with some Christorical information about what led to the shift to ACW over at Chris is on Infinite Earths, and some of the concerns and worries I had about that shift!
From there, we talk all about the second chapters of our original six features! We witness a Green Lantern funeral, we nearly sacrifice Deadman, we blow up a bookstore and an airplane, and we almost see Janos Prohaska's li'l Blackhawk!
It's been a blast revisiting these, I hope you're enjoying them as well! I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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In our third compilation of the X-Ploits of the Silver Age X-Men, the Marvel Universe tour continues -- pitting our heroes against the Avengers for the first of a billion times!
Also, they have their sure-to-be final confrontation with Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants... EVER! After which, the two fan-favorites from that crew have to decide where their allegiances lay -- will Wanda and Pietro make dozens of letterhacks happy by joining the X-Men... or, will they wind up somewhere altogether un-x-pected instead?!
Speaking of letterhacks - each of the X-Men segments in this collection feature a full-blown discussion of the Letters Pages, as well as the proto-Bullpen Bulletins!
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Taking a half-step off the beaten path to deep dive on... a robbery! That's right, gang - there's been a heist in the Marvel Universe, wherein editorial and marketing stole one of the more seminal beats in X-History and handed it over to the Avengers... cuz, lord knows they need it!
Today it's Phoenix Song: Echo - can Maya Lopez sidestep both Phoenix Corruption and Mansplaining long enough to do something worthwhile? Let's find out together!
All'at plus a super-sized mailbag, featuring Inferno-chat, Jeff the Landshark talk, and the return of a good friend!
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It's the milestone twenty-fifth issue of Marauders - the first-ever 25th issue of the post-HoXPoX era! It's also the penultimate issue of the book, but let's not dwell on that.
So, how do we commemorate this landmark triumph in comics numbering? Do we get an enhanced cover? Do we get a big story blowoff? Do we drop a bunch of shoes?
Well.. no. What we get is the second-part of the Eden Rixio filler story. I guess we ARE too smart for those 90's milestone gimmicks... though, somehow we're still falling for the variant cover thing week after week. Hmmph.
All this plus mailbag and more!
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Celebrating 15 months of X-Lapsed with the second chapter of our big Fall-Winter event! In today's offering, we get a couple of "shoe-drop" moments, as well as a slew of all new questions that we're gonna need answered pretty quickly!
The Quiet Council is finally whole again... but, just how compromised has it become? We've got lots to talk about - I hope you'll join in on the fun and speculation!
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It's "hump day" for the (bordering on false-advertising) Trial of Magneto... and you all know what that means - it's time for a pointless fight to take up two-thirds of the issue!
Yes, folks - while we wonder what's going on with Wanda... and whether or not Magneto will be held responsible, the X-Men and Avengers team-up to fight off... giant kaiju monsters? Oh... okay.
In addition to the story, we will touch briefly on the concept of the Triple Goddess concept from Neopaganism -- which might just be where this story will be headed once we get ridda Godzilla and Pals.
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In my 30+ years of reading X-Men comics, I've certainly read some stinkers...
After X-Men Green, however, I feel I owe them all a sincere apology. Today marks the end of what is, in my opinion, the worst X-Men story ever put to digital paper.
Will Nature Girl and Curse have to answer for their crimes? Of course not!
Will the actually learn anything? Hell naw!
Will this story wrap up in a satisfying way? You sh*ttin' me?
Also - the "season finale" of It's Jeff! where he steals something and looks adorable while doing so... which, is kinda how 80% of Jeff stories go...
Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Housekeeping, and This Week in X!
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For our second MasterworX compilation, we x-plore the X-Men's first crossovers... having them cross paths with the likes of the Fantastic Four and Iron Man... while Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants has a run-in with The Mighty Thor!
We also advance the X-Men's own story... including an episode that has some sort of weird temporal anomaly... not sure if y'all can help me out with this, but - during X-Men #8, the pages get a bit fuzzy... and the art and writing style changes a bit for a blink of an eye. Hmm... it's probably nothing important!
All that, plus the original letters pages, the proto-Bullpen Bulletins, and much more!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Tales of Suspense #49: "The New Iron Man Meets The Angel!" (00:26:25) Strange Tales #120: "The Torch Meets The Iceman!" (00:40:10) Fantastic Four #28: "We Have to Fight the X-Men!" (01:14:10) X-Men #7: "The Return of the Blob!" (01:46:56) Journey Into Mystery #109: "When Magneto Strikes!" (02:13:59) X-Men #8: "The Uncanny Threat of... Unus the Untouchable!"
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Hey, remember how Laura, Darwin, and Synch were sent into the Vault like a hundred years ago? I'd almost forgotten myself! That'll all get cleared up during this compilation episode... also, more King in Black in S.W.O.R.D., more lawless Madripoor in Marauders, and more Quentin Quire corpses in X-Force!
It's fun f'r the whole family!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) X-Force (vol.6) #17: "Omega, Reconsidered"
(00:26:22) Marauders #18: "Saving Face"
(00:58:54) X-Men (vol.5) #18: "Inside the Vault"
(01:32:12) S.W.O.R.D. (vol.2) #4: "The Krakoan Sun"
(02:34:23) X-Men (vol.5) #19: "Out of the Vault"
(03:10:15) Marauders #19: "Fire & Ice"
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Beyond rolls on with the (literal) fallout of last issue's cliffhanger! Peter's in the hospital... and things might never be the same - ya know, until they are again!
Meanwhile, Ben Reilly has himself a severe case of the "Parker Guilt"... which he really needs help in getting over!
Another excellent issue of this brave new era for Spider-Man... and definitely a fun jaunt back into the webs for your humble host.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Today we're doing something a little bit special for the holiday weekend... kicking off a couple of installments of a potential new program here at the channel, very much (as the name might suggest) in the vein of X-Lapsed.
I haven't been a regular Spidey reader since the first few months after the Marvel NOW! era Superior Spider-Man... however, due to the "Beyond Board" being comprised of creators whose work I very much enjoy, I couldn't help but to be yanked back in!
Today's episode is kind of a long one, kicking off with a (relatively) quick 'n dirty look into my Life and Times as a Spider-Fan... then, I'll discuss the first issue of this brave new era - from the point of view of a truly "Web-Lapsed" reader!
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Our Wolverine book begins revisiting some older plot threads, perhaps in order to tie them off before we enter into The Age of #XLADOW this winter. If you've missed Jeff Bannisher, Maverick, and Dolores Whatsherface from the X-Desk as much as I have, you'll probably dig this ish!
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In what we might've called a "shoe-drop issue"... had this series ever had the opportunity to find its own identity, rather than being background for various line-wide events - we find out who Henry Peter Gyrich of Orchis's MOLE inside S.W.O.R.D. is! Be ready to be whelmed!
Also - we talk and postulate a bit about the upcoming shipping delays, and... well, not much more!
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It's the penultimate insult! X-Men Green, Part Seven of Eight... in which Duggan tries to continue to amp up the comedy - emphasis on "tries". We've also got Jeff... and a great thought-provoking email about the X-Men Green endeavor overall!
Plus: This Week in X, and much more!
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Collecting the first six episodes of The Essential X-Lapsed... which, coincidentally covers the first six issues of X-Men! If you've been interested in starting with the Essentials program, but don't dig the shorter episodes... or don't know where to begin, welp - here ya go!
This first and seminal selection will introduce our young mutant heroes, and have them face off against the likes of Magneto, the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Blob, and the star of X-Lapsed Point One, Namor the Sub-Mariner!
I hope you enjoy! Be sure and let me know if ya do!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) X-Men #1: "X-Men"
(00:43:05) X-Men #2: "No One Can Stop the Vanisher!"
(01:25:12) X-Men #3: "Beware of the Blob!"
(01:53:30) X-Men #4: "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!"
(02:36:13) X-Men #5: "Trapped: One X-Man"
(03:08:05) X-Men #6: "Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants!"
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Welcome to the compilations of perhaps the X-Lapsediest X-Lapsed "Sunday Special Series" yet! When I walked away from the X-Books in 2015-2016, the Time-Displaced Original Five (get used to THAT phrase, by the way) were still looming large in the present day. When I made my return... they were gone - and they seemed to have taken Old Man Cable with them!
What happened? Where did they go? How did they leave? Were they the same O5... or not?! Well, all of those questions were answered in this here event miniseries - eXtermination! Join me for this trip down time-displaced lane, won't you... and let's finally send these kids back where they belong!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Countdown to eXtermination
(00:30:36) eXtermination #1
(00:54:31) eXtermination #2
(01:10:16) eXtermination #3
(01:28:01) eXtermination #4
(01:49:02) eXtermination #5
(02:13:54) X-Men: The Exterminated #1
(02:46:44) Uncanny X-Men Annual (vol.5) #1
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Cuz this is FILLER... FILLER night!
Yes folks, we're only four issues into the flagship... and we're already smacking headfirst into the filler wall, with a story featuring Marvel's Crown Prince of Filler Issues: NIGHTMARE!
So, guess what? The X-Men are going to have to face their... nightmares!
Also, Ben Urich continues his expose on the Mutant Resurrection hoo-doo... in the fantastical Marvel Universe where heroes and villains die and return on a weekly basis!
Plus, perhaps the Secret Origin of... Captain Krakoa?!
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Today the Chronicler chronicles... and Colossus crushes! As we (hopefully) approach the end of the Mikhail Rasputin/Cerebro Sword mishigas, our story is finally picking up a bit of steam. Boy, will your humble host be happy when these books hit their 25th issues so maybe we can start getting some fresh content!
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It's time for another milestone episode... the two hundred seventy-fifth! I almost feel like our cover-art today should have an Eagle Award logo on it! Does anybody get that reference? Ehh, probably not.
Anyway, today we get back to our never-ending Shadow King storyline... which, hey... is going to have to end at some point in the next couple of months. In fairness, it kind of turns the corner here, and there's a true feeling of progression.
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You ever hear a grown man gush? If not, you've probably never listened to anyone talk about Hellions... because, damn this is one well-done book!
As we approach our conclusion we're taking a trip thru "shoe-drop city"... lotsa revelations, and food for thought dropped right in our waiting laps. And, if you've listened to this program for a minute... you'll know that I'll sometimes sink my teeth into a theory, and not let it go. I might do that a couple of times throughout today's discussion!
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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.
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It's Unlimited day... and X-Men Green refuses to quit!
What's more, I fear it's become sentient... having realized that it might just be the worst X-Men story ever put to paper, it's now shifted from full-blown lecture mode into being an attempt at comedy!
... at least we've got It's Jeff!
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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!
-- TIMESTAMPS: (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" --
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In our Essentials "October finale... in the middle of November", we're going out with a... meh! The X-Men fight another interchangeable monster of the month... and Cyclops fears that Professor X might have the not-so-secret hotpants for the lovely Ms. Grey! Plus: Our Origins of the X-Men featurette rolls on, showing us how Scott and the Prof first met!
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It's the regular-sized, nothin' happenin' Landmark Milestone FIFTIETH Episode of The Essential X-Lapsed!
And, boy do I wish we had a better story to talk about...
It's the X-Men vs. Frankenstein('s Monster)... by the way, I will refer to him both as "Frankenstein" AND "Frankenstein's Monster"... so, consider that your trigger warning! Also, we meet the First Evil Mutant, the ridiculous Jack O'Diamonds!
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Finally... our X-Tended stint with Factor Three comes to a close!
Today, your humble host proves that not even threat of illness will keep his stupid ass off the microphone, as we close out this arc, and prepare to jump headlong into the next... even weirder era!
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Our Factor-Three story rolls on... well, it kinda limps on, but we'll try and remain positive. Also, for the first time ever, X-Men has a back-up featurette, as we're kicking off the long-promised "Origins of the X-Men" series of stories!
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Finally... FACTOR THREE!
No more lollygaggin' and beating around the bush... it's time to finally get down to it. Our heroes are faced with the menacing mutants behind the clandestine organization bent on world domination. Not only that, they're put on TRIAL by them!
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For the fifth of... however many weeks, it's more X-Men Green - and rather than waste all of your time kvetching over how much I don't like this story, this is a pretty basic recitation of the story beats... with little (relatively speaking) in the way of editorializing. We've also got a great li'l It's Jeff! short, which actually ties in with our current year X-Stuff!
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Revisiting and Collecting one of the X-Lapsed "Sunday Special Series", where I looked at mini-series and events that I'd missed out on during my 2015-2019 X-Hiatus.
This time out, we're going to find out just how Jean Grey managed to wriggle her way back to the land of the living... and we're also going to find out that hot dogs taste like mustard and bigotry! It's kind of an uneven thing...
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Today our Merry Mutants are truly down on their luck... not only is the X-Mansion nearly robbed, but the kids realize that, without Professor X -- they're dirt poor! So, what is a hero to do? Why, head down to the Welfare Office in your Rolls Royce to beg for some cash! And no, I'm not joking...
The X-Men also look for some blue-collar work, and take part in the most touching Father and Son reunion this side of that episode of Saved by the Bell when Zack's dad wouldn't take him fishing.
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So, Banshee's attacked by a spider right around the same time Peter Parker heads up to Salem Center... what could possibly go wrong?
That's right, folks - it's the first battle between Spider-Man and the X-Men... and it goes pretty much as you'd expect. At least it's Factor Three-adjacent... looks like we're not too far off from finally kicking that arc off in earnest!
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Stan and Roy ain't quite ready to pop the cork on Factor Three... and so, it's Filler Time! In today's issue-sode, the heroes head underground to rescue Ralphie Roberts, who was caught in a war for the Underworld between Tyrannus and the Mole Man - a battle to see which one of them might bore us more!
(Spoiler Alert: It's a tie!)
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Into the Ruby Limbo of Cyttorak!
Today we wrap up our second Juggernaut arc by traveling INTO the Gem of Cyttorak itself... and facing off against the dread demonic Xorak.
Also, our Factor Three subplot continues to (slowly) bubble away.
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Who's ready for a lecture?
You know I am, dear listener! Yes, it's time for another in and endless string of installments of X-Men Green. A story that might actually enlighten some folks if it took its head out of its backside long enough to try and engage in some non-strawman material!
Plus.. your humble host vamps for a long while about my migration from Blogger to Wordpress, just so I could put off covering the story! Please listen anyway!
The Weekly X-Men Green Disclaimer
I didn't like this one... if that somehow offends you personally... please consider skipping this episode! Back to fun stuff tomorrow, I promise!
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Happy Halloween, everybody and welcome back to ...to the Choir!
This time out, Dave and Chris get into all the gestalty goodness of Preacher #2. We see the "softer" side of Sheriff Root, meet his soon-to-be comics famous son, and bear witness to the grandest reveal in comics history... wherein we find out that a member of our cast might just be a vampire!
All, that plus our usual nonsense - a look into USENET postings of the day, Garth Ennis's sorta-kinda petulant missive from Preacher #1's "Gone to Texas" column, listener mail, shout-outs, and much much more!
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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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Beware the Juggernaut, my son!
Today we find out what lurked behind the brown door (don't Google that) and our youngest X-Man's birthday party is interrupted by both Bernard the Beat Poet and the dread threat of Satan's Saints! Someone cue Yakety Sax... as silliness abounds!
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Who's ready to meet Creepy Ted Robert's far-superior older brother?
Yeah, me neither... but, he's kinda important for this story.
Also: Stop me if you heard THIS one, o' Front-Facer - the X-Men are sent on vacation... which gets interrupted by a baddie! That almost never* happens.
All that, plus the Mutant Mail-Box, the Bullpen Bulletins, and much more gestalty goodness from yer humble host!
*always
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Folks, if you thought our run-ins with the Maggia, the Locust, El Tigre, and the Super-Adaptoid were dull... well, you ain't seen nothin' yet!
Today we're meeting the man once known as Merlin the Mad... now, Warlock (not that Warlock... not the other one, either!) I already can't wait to read the Mutant Mail-Box letters about this one!
Speaking of which, we've got one of those here! Also, Bullpen Bulletins, the Mighty Marvel Checklist, our own Mailbag... and even a dive into the Voicemail box!
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The Essentials are back... and we've got a question: How do you solve a problem like The Mimic? Well, maybe we figure out a way to depower him for the second-time in ten issues?
Yes folks, today Cal Rankin's gonna stop calrankining long enough to discover the meaning and value of friendship... and make the ultimate... well, near-ultimate sacrifice for his fellow X-Men.
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I think I owe X-Corp an apology!
For everyone who's ready to be lectured and condescended to by a story... boy, have I got one for ya! For those who ain't... well, at least there's It's Jeff! and an amazing Mailbag segment!
X-Men Green rolls on... and, while it has its heart in the right place... is, in the opinion of this humble idiot... going about telling their story the x-act wrong way.
Hearts and Minds will likely NOT be won over with this one.
***Disclaimer: I didn't like this one... if that personally offends you, this might not be the show to listen to!
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Welcome, friends to an all-new program -- one that's been in the works for quite a while now! Join Ed and I as we explore a TRUE hidden gem in comics history... Mike W. Barr's wonderfully fun detective, romance, dramedy: THE MAZE AGENCY!
For this first episode, we will discuss how and when we first discovered this series, we'll dig into some of the history surrounding it and it's creators, and we'll dig though the issue cover-to-cover. Our story is a whodunit that we hope YOU can solve before WE (and Jen and Gabe) do!
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A sorta-kinda themed collection of Reign of X issues for this week's compilation piece! The watchword is "reunions". Today we're going to see the rematch between Storm and Callisto in the Crucible, Dani and Xian preparing for some Otherworldly stuff, Cable back on the trail of those missing babies we forgot all about, and (as our cover art suggests) Wolverine reacquainting with his old pal Maverick!
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Welcome friends, to the October Finale of X-Lapsed... X-Men Unlimited notwithstanding!
Today we will discuss a rather unspectacular issue of Wolverine... and the X-Books Sales Charts for July, 2021! It's a fun discussion I had with myself here, I hope you decide to check it out!
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From famine, to feast... and back to famine again!
After a few episodes full of intrigue and import... we return to reality! An issue of S.W.O.R.D. that, while not bad, reads kind of like a filler/inventory story.
We've got the story of Storm trying to prove to herself and those around her that Marsarakko has not broken her.
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Burn it Down!
We've finally arrived at Inferno... and your humble host has NOT yet been spoiled! This is one that takes me back to our earliest episodes... wherein I was making wild and outlandish theories, noticing all sorts of symbolism that may or may not exist, and didn't trust anything I was seeing! In other words, I had a LOT of fun with this!
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Today's episode is a very special one, as I'm joined by my great pal Walt (@waltkneeland) to discuss Way of X Number Si....err, X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1! We'll share some of our experiences with the character, go deep on the issue itself, and discuss whether or not it was everything we hoped for when it was solicited!
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It's the X-Men vs. The High Evolutionary!
And, well... that's about it! We do get some more environmental shaming though, so look forward to that!
Plus: Mailbag, Shout-Outs, This Week in X... and over a half-hour of my very own (as requested) Idiot's Guide to Podcasting! The TL;DL version is... don't do anything I do!
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Gather round folks, so we can all learn how awful we are as human beings! Turns out litter is far more dangerous to the Earth than supervillains, and evil mutants!
Yes, friends - it's part-two of our "very special episode", X-Men Green.
Well, at least there's It's Jeff! and the mailbag!
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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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Ding-Dong, this book is done!
But, let's not get ahead of ourselves... we still need to discuss this final issue! There's not a whole heckuva lot to it... and I spend most of the episode largely apologizing and agonizing over not liking it!
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Wanda - How can we miss you if you won't stay dead?
Today we continue working our way through one of the event miniseries which will take us into the next phase of the X-Books! The Avengers have popped in for a visit... and to pick up Wanda's remains - only to find themselves embroiled in a battle with her former father figure!
We're going to talk a whole lot about Cerebro backups, telepathic torture, and so much more!
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Enter Now: The Lame Duck Era!
The once (and still mostly) solid Marauders limps toward its conclusion with what feels like some time-killer filler. Gotta buy some time before the big shake-up!
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Where's yer crown, King X-Lapsed?
Today your humble host is "workin' hurt", as the crown I had put in last week decided to pop out on me! But, as we say... neither rain, nor sleet, nor X-Corp or dental trauma will keep us from our assigned X-Duties!
I guess it's a good thing we don't have a whole heckuva lot to talk about regarding today's issue... though, I do go on at length about the feeling that we're simply in "treading water" mode until the January retooling of the line! Please listen anyway!
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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.
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It's not that you're wrong... you're just a jerk!
Today, we kick off the second arc of the Marvel Unlimited X-Clusive - X-Men Unlimited... and they're calling it X-Men Green... with good reason.
We're going to join perpetual killjoy, Nature Girl as she shows us how much she values human life. It's a rough one, that feels like it was written by a petulant teen-ager doing their best to rebel, but we'll get through it together!
Also, Jeff the Land Shark runs through a tulip patch.
Plus: We take a look at Marvel Previews for all the goods we're gonna be getting in December -- it's the "calm before the storm" month, wherein many of our favorites (and not-so-favorites) are coming to an end!
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Ecks of Tens is firmly in the rear-view and we're rockin' and rollin' into the Reign of X era.
In today's compilation, we will be dealing with some Arrako-fallout, and formally introducing the world to the new-look S.W.O.R.D.! Plus, all of my usual nonsense - you won't wanna miss it... well, if you missed it the first time around, anyway!
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Welcome to the world, Sean Cassidy!
Today we meet one of the more enduring X-Characters of the Silver-Age... future X-Man, Headmaster of the Massachusetts Academy, and Horseman of Apocalypse: Banshee! I also somehow wander into complaining a lot about how commercialized internet search engines have become... and how difficult it is to research when you're wading through pages and pages of advertisements-posing-as-search-results. Please listen anyway!
Plus: All of the late 60's era back-matter that you never knew you needed in your lives!
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With all of the D-List baddies outta the way, it's time to get back to X-Business as Usual... and reintroduce The Menace of the Mimic! How did ol' Cal Rankin get his mojo back? Is he friend or foe? What does this mean to our Merry Mutant heroes? We'll sorta-kinda get those answers and a whole lot more today!
Plus: In our Letters Page, we learn that Rascally Roy doesn't take to corrections and criticisms with the same charm and good humor that Stan the Man did! Roy does NOT like being corrected! Looks like these letters pages are about to become even MORE fun to cover than they already have been!
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Wrapping up our two-part KooKoo epic!
... and despite how boring it was, we do get some interesting character beats to discuss! Will Scott finally admit that he's got the hotpants for Jean Grey? Will Warren swoop in, Professor X-style, at the last moment to snag all the glory? And what of Jean's creepy co-ed, Ted Whatshisface? It's starting to get soapy up in here, and I'm diggin' it!
Also: The All-New X-Men Letters Page, Bullpen Bulletins, our own Mailbag, Shout-Outs, and much more (including an x-tended pre-ramble about how I spent my October Vacation)!
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Scrollin', Scrollin', Scrollin'... get dem doggies Scrollin'
Prepare to work out yer thumbs, folks... cuz, we be scrollin' quite a bit in this one - almost to the point where this story feels like it actually has a bit of girth to it! It doesn't though! We've got Jeff to brighten our day though!
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Is that idiot REALLY talking about Action Comics Weekly again?
Yes, I am! Welcome, folks to the preview episode of the Patreon-first Action Comics Daily Appendix, wherein I will be translating my year-long written trek through Action Comics Weekly into an audio format, with particular attention and care paid to the Letters Pages.
In this Frankenstein's Monster of a first episode, I introduce the concept, we discuss the Retailer Preview, and all of the first chapters from ACW #601. Plus, some relevant pro-mag ephemera from the long-ago, and a welcome missive from Senior Editor, Mike Gold!
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Welcome to a new ongoing series here at the channel!
"... to the Choir" will be an issue-by-issue look at the legendary DC Comics/Vertigo series, Preacher! Join a Preacher newbie (Chris) and a Preacher veteran (Dave) as we kick off this exciting new project!
For this first episode, we will be talking about when we discovered the character, and what our initial impressions were. In addition to chatting up the entire first issue, we will also be diving into the pre-historic Internet reaction from back in the day, when we dip into the dicey ol' USENET BBS's!
We'd love to hear your thoughts on this title - as well as your thoughts on the "envelope pushing" within!
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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!
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(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" --
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Shoes just keep on droppin' as we draw closer and closer to Inferno!
You remember that "dupe rule" we discuss like... all the time on the show? Well, this issue changes a lot of what we thought we knew about it. Only, will this turn out to be one of those situations wherein it's far easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission? Could we be witnessing the beginnings of a schism between The Five and the Quiet Council?
We'll ask questions like that... and many more - today!
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Welcome to the Future - The Future is... Chimera!
It's a shoe-drop issue of Hellions, where secrets are revealed - betrayals become apparent - and many interesting questions are raised! There is so much to get into here, your humble host can hardly contain himself!
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Wolverine and Seyvr Blackmore talk... and fight... then talk again...
That's really about it!
It's not BAD or anything... but, there isn't much more to say about it!
Plus - Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Thank Yous, and X-Men Green???
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In which your humble host gets FAR too hung up on lazy use of "dur-hur, pouches!" references - and we meet our All-New X-Terminators team... in what's definitely not a back-door pilot for a post-Inferno ongoing series!
It's also part of the Last Annihilation crossover - so, if you're following that story, you'll wanna check this out!
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In which the opening arc of X-Men Unlimited creeps ever so slowly forward, and your humble host makes the argument that Jeff the Land Shark could save the comics industry (well, not really... but sorta!)
Plus: Great Mailbag, Voicemails, X-News and Rumors, This Week in X, more sappy thank yous, and much much more!
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Questerdays is back - and today we get a sandwich-type story wherein we learn the value of teamwork!
When the elves work together... nothing can stop them! Not half-snake/half-cat demons... and not half-horse/half-camel abominations!
We talk more about the generational schism among the elves regarding the curse of Recognition... and also, an almost unhealthy amount about Go-Bots! It's a great time as always, we hope to see you there!
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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!
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(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" -- X-Lapsed Voicemail: 623-396-5375 (or, 623-396-JERK)
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Friends, we have arrived at 1/4 of 1000 episodes of X-Lapsed... and what better way to celebrate than by kicking off one of our most anticipated series'? This one's been a long time coming... and, we might eventually look back at is as the first domino being tipped over in wrapping up the Hickman Era!
Plus: Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Gushy Thank Yous, and the announcement of the X-Lapsed Patreon Launch (along with the entire first episode of the Patreon X-Clusive X-Lapsed Point One!)
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On the eve of #XLapsed250, we take a look at (hopefully?) the penultimate issue of X-Corp... and, fair warning from your humble host: I don't like this book. If that's something you take issue with... maybe skip this one. We can still be friends!
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It's a most bittersweet day here at X-Lapsed... as we wrap up the Way of X volume (but thankfully, not its story!).
Here we tackle and deconstruct the Third Krakoan Law "Respect this Sacred Land", discuss the mundanity of Mutant Death, and chat up the Onslaughtian Revelations we are gifted with. This is (was) a wonderful series... and I am going to miss it dearly.
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When the most consistently good book in the line feels like it's "phoning it in", it still makes for a decent issue. Unfortunately, I've come to x-pect so much more from this book.
This is the tale of two stories... and, feels more like an issue of (original recipe) X-Men Unlimited than an issue of Marauders!
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Wrapping up our two-part Man-Slaughter storyline... basically because they seemingly ran out of pages to devote to it! Does the XENO story move forward any? Of course not, don't be redeekolous!
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Our weekly look at the weekly X-Book continues... and so does our opening Wolverine vs. AIM vs. MODOK... in spaaaaaaaaaace story!
We're going to spend most of this episode talking about how this story is predicated on scrolling for great swaths of time... and, while that isn't a bad thing, it kinda hampers the ability to ever comfortably translate this into a physical product.
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With the Dawn of X behind us, and X of Swords on the horizon - I thought it would be nice to take a breather from the heavy-duty Krakoa stuff, and check in on what Professor X's sometimes evil brother is up to (especially since nobody's willing to let the poor guy just live on the island!).
We'll meet D-Cel, who is totally not a mutant... and find out how Cain Marko regained the power of the Juggernaut.
A fun series... here's hoping for a follow-up!
Note: The "Mailbag" segments of the latter episodes of this series might have some X of Swords spoilers!
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(00:00:00) Juggernaut (vol.3) #1: "Picking Up the Pieces" (00:33:37) Juggernaut (vol.3) #2: "How Green is My Valley" (01:20:04) Juggernaut (vol.3) #3: "Stuck in the Past" (01:47:19) Juggernaut (vol.3) #4: "Scalpel to the Soul" (02:19:52) Juggernaut (vol.3) #5: "A New Beginning?"
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Today we wrap up the story of the COTA kids... for now! What will they do with an actual honest-to-goodness Mutant in their midst? Will they fanboy and fangirl out... or wallow in jealousy that it isn't THEM who's got dem special genes?
Also - We thought we'd gotten away from it, but... much like DC Comics' Manhunters: Nobody escapes the Hellfire Gala! Yes... we're back at the Gala.
Plus - An X-Tra Size Mailbag, Shout-Outs, Marvel Previews for November, 2021 - and more!
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It's the milestone 25th issue of X-Men! Wow, remember when volumes of X-Men actually hit twenty-five issues?! Seems like a lifetime ago, dunnit?
So, how will our Silver-Age Sensations celebrate the occasion? Well, if you were to guess that they're going to fight another awful bad guy, then you win the world's worst No-Prize yet! It's time to tangle with the dread El Tigre (no relation to Jean Grey).
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If you thought we were hitting rock-bottom with Plant Man and the Porcupine... wait'll ya get a load of - The Locust!
Today, we've got the X-Men fighting giant bugs, and an idiot dressed like one! All that, and Professor X pulls off some wicked hermit cosplay! You won't wanna miss it!
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Wrapping up our two-part Count Nefaria caper, with an all-out action issue!
You'll never see the twist ending coming! Well, unless you've been following along from the start - then you'll see it coming from a mile away...
All that, plus the 1966 Letters Page, Bullpen Bulletins, a future pro poppin' up among the ranks of the MMMS, and plenty more gestalty goodness!
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Kicking off The Corridor of Cruddy Villains here at The Essentials - with Count Nefaria and his dread Maggia! These are some winners, indeed! We're still going to have more fun than should be humanly (mutantly?) possible with it, doncha worry none!
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A surprise Sunday episode wherein we begin our look at the new Marvel Unlimited X-Clusive weekly title, X-Men Unlimited! Now, listeners of X-Lapsed know that your humble host has been advocating for a new post-HoXPoX take on XMU for quite some time now -- so, is this a case of "Be careful what you wish for..."? Listen in, and find out!
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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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Wrapping up the mesmerizing Mentallo Trilogy! Prepare your senses to be shocked... or, mildly amused, I suppose!
Today the S.H.I.E.L.D.sters and Tony Stark team up to neutralize their mental (and hydrogen) threat! Will they make it in time... or will Nick Fury get his patch blown off?
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The Middle chapter of the Monumental Mutant Menace of Mentallo Trilogy!
Today we're talking x-tremely deep pockets, and reading the minds of inanimate objects... if nothing else, this story definitely isn't boring!
I hope you're enjoying this trip off the beaten path as much as I am! Lemme know!
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Stepping off the beaten path to introduce current-year S.W.O.R.D. cast member, the Mutant Menace of Mentallo!
We're broadening our horizons here at The Essential X-Lapsed... checking out series' that I never would have before! Today's episode comes from the Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. portion of Strange Tales -- Hydra has fallen, ESPers are the new hotness, and Nick Fury tries to get TV from Tokyo! It's a funner than x-pected time!
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Welcome back to the Essentials!
Wrapping up Roy Thomas' first two-parter... featuring (hopefully) the last we see of Lucifer! It's kind of a rough formulaic outing for our mutant heroes...
Plus: Original 1966 Letters Pages, the Marvel Bullpen Bulletins, our own Mailbag, and much more!
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It's the August finale of X-Lapsed, and we are checking back in with the flagship book... which actually features the flagship team! And guess what -- they're fighting something from outer space! Whodathunkit?
Thankfully there's much more to this issue than that - great characterization and forward momentum in our overarching story! This is a book that feels like an EVENT every time out... in a good way!
Plus: Mailbag, Voice Mail, Shout-Outs and Sales Charts!
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Welcome, friends - to the collection of Cosmic Treadmill episodes wherein Reggie and I commemorated the 25th Anniversary of the landmark Doomsday storyline that shook the comics industry back in the Fall/Winter of 1992-93! In these shows, we broke down what was going on in the world of Superman leading up to his final battle with Doomsday, the story itself... and all of the fallout in Funeral For A Friend and Reign of the Supermen. If you weren't in the fandom (or perhaps even on the planet back then... you might enjoy hearing about what was going on in the biz and the world. If you were, well - I hope this scratches a nostalgia itch!
Then, as a special bonus, I've decided to include events even more tragic for Superman than death itself... J. Michael Straczynski's opus Grounded from 2010-2011. Sending the post-Crisis Superman shuffling outta continuity (at least for awhile) with a... thud.
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(00:00:00) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 63: Doomsday! (01:45:08) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 64: Funeral For A Friend (03:07:32) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 65: Reign of the Supermen (04:57:09) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 66: The Return! (06:33:58) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 75: Grounded Total Running Time: 8 Hours, 13 Minutes, 28 Seconds
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With the Empyre-sploitation firmly in the rear-view, it's time to rush our stories to a halt... or at least to a semi-organic point where #EcksofTens can effectively put them on hold for a couple'a months.
This compilation also includes the "milestone" One-Hundredth episode of X-Lapsed! It's chock-full of my regular nonsense - couldn't have done it without you all. Thanks you!
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(00:00:00) Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1: "The World" (00:43:00) Marauders #11: "To Live and Die on Krakoa" (01:26:24) New Mutants (vol.4) #12: "Monster Machine" (01:52:13) Wolverine (vol.7) #5: "Bloodclocks" (02:36:12) Marauders #12: "The New Phase" (03:20:20) X-Factor (vol.4) #3: "Suite No. 3: Mojoverse Sonata the 2nd, a Celestial Rondo" --
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It's Episode 2 in the #XLapsedCrownSaga... wherein your humble host is still stammering and struggling through some dental work! Thankfully, we've got a wonderful book to chat about today in Hellions!
The Sinister Story that's been building since HoXPoX is starting to take shape... and secrets are shared! It's a goodie - you don't wanna miss this one! As I always say... if you're not reading Hellions -- READ HELLIONS!
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Through gritted teeth we head off the beaten path and take a look at a Wolverine guest-spot in Shang-Chi! Now, the "gritted teeth" ain't an indictment on the quality of the story... it's due to some dental work I had done earlier in the day! So, not even lockjaw (not that Lockjaw) will keep us from our (self)appointed task! Apologies in advance if I sound rough(er than usual) today!
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It's the first Anniversary of X-Lapsed... and somehow Wolverine has weaseled his way into yet another X-Lapsed Milestone!
Today, friends... the comic is basically secondary, thankfully it's just Wolverine doing Wolverine things in Madripoor anyway, so, it's not like there's much to say anyway!
The real "meat" of this episode is the discussion of the genesis of X-Lapsed, and a celebration of the community we've built together over the past year.
Thank you all for helping me to get here... trust me when I say, I couldn't have done it without you!
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Or, [X]Lapsed Annihilation, Episode 003!
Welcome friends, to the episode that marks one-year of daily podcasts here at the Chris and Reggie Channel! That, and a couple'a bucks ought to get me a cuppa cheap coffee - but, hey - it's still something I can say I did!
Today we're keeping with the Last Annihilation gimmick, and getting our S.W.O.R.D. cast on the board... and boy are they snarky. Well, Abigail Brand is, anyway.
All this, plus some great Mailbag, wherein we talk a bit about the S.W.O.R.D. title getting too tangled with crossovers, as well as some deep philosophical chatter regarding Nightcrawler's faith and depiction over in Way of X!
It's a fun time as always... thank you all so much for allowing me to keep you company this past year!
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Or, [X]Lapsed Annihilation, Episode 002 if you prefer!
Today we're kicking off the actual Last Annihilation coverage with a look at Guardians #16. There isn't much of a mutie presence here... but, they do get mentioned a bunch and we even get a scene on MarsArakko! We're laying the foundation for what's to come before Abigail Brand and S.W.O.R.D. show up to deliver the sass and snark!
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Today I am sharing a compilation of the last deep-dive Reggie and I did together, wherein we focused on another "tent-pole" series of Weird Comics History. From the very start, we knew this was a topic we really wanted to sink our teeth into... and we were very fortunate to get that opportunity!
We cover it all... from newsies shillin' papers, to the origins of the "organized" comics fandom, and how that fandom kicked off an aftermarket for comics, thereby creating the "back issue". We'll meet Phil Seuling, for better or worse, the "Father" of the Direct Market.
From there, we'll get into the nitty gritty of what it meant for comics to be "direct marketed" in comparison to "newsstanded"... how this affected retailers... and how, ultimately we wound up with a monopoly over the entire thing (well, at the time of these recordings, anyway...).
It's a couple hours of fun chatter, from comics, to speculation, to aftermarkets, to seemingly phasing comics out altogether! I promise, it's not as glum as it sounds! Give'r a listen!
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Today's is a pretty interesting compilation... as, if you're a listener of the more recent episodes of X-Lapsed, you'll be familiar with my gushing over X-Factor... and lamenting its cancellation. Well, wouldja believe that there was a point in time where I was actually HOPING it would be canned with the quickness? It was with the second issue of the volume where I was officially "done" with this book. Boy, how things change!
Also, despite the fact that we're wrapping up the Empyre-sploitation miniseries here, we're also including the only Empyre chapter worth a damn in X-Men #11! You WILL believe a man can drop a satellite on a veg-alien!
All that, and my usual nonsense... all here waitin' for ya!
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(00:00:00) Wolverine (vol.7) #4: "The Red Tavern" (00:38:36) X-Factor (vol.4) #2: "Mojoverse Sonata XF.3 Op: 45, Danse Macabre" (01:27:18) X-Men (vol.5) #11: "One War, One Mutant" (02:05:14) Empyre: X-Men #3: "Staff Infection" (02:43:23) Empyre: X-Men #4: "Un-Ring"
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Today we wrap up the fourth volume of Cable! When the dust settles... are we going to be left with Old Man Cable... or will Kid Cable remain? Well, I'm sure it was spoiled for you at 12:01am the day it came out... but, please play along anyway!
We'll talk all about the issue, as well as the second-half of this funner-than-it-had-any-right-to-be series!
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Weekend At Gabby's!
Today we're going to be spending even more time discussing the concept of clone resurrectability... and distrusting those who are older than you to make your decisions! A very fun issue... which, in a subtle way, makes us ask a lot of inconvenient questions!
Also: Mailbag and Shout-Outs!
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Today we're talking trauma on several fronts - what happened to Wilhelmina? What happened to Lourdes? What was Emma forced to do? We'll find out some of those answers today. If you're hoping to see any actual Marauders this issue... well, I've got some bad news for ya.
Plus: Your humble host stumbles into some uncomfortable discussion when he questions the wisdom of trying to alienate upwards of half your American audience in current year comics! Drink in the awkwardness!
Also: Mailbag and Shout-Outs, oh my!
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After terraforming Mars... the mutants' next trick is - quick internet? No, really.
Today we're heading to a Tech Expo so the Corp can unleash their broadband service upon the world... all the while acting wildly out of character!
Least we got the Mailbag!
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In what might be the penultimate issue (but not penultimate chapter) of Way of X, we get the x-pected levels of amazingness from Spurrier and Quinn. Awesome character work, and further x-ploration of the Krakoan Laws.
I tell ya what... at the risk of sounding crass - Way of X is the kind of book I just wanna sit back and let have its WAY with me! If you're not reading this... you should be!
Also: Great Mailbag, This Week in X, and Shout-Outs!
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Gather 'round gang, it's time to learn about being a responsible citizen!
Today's TOTAL PACKAGE revisits the times Reggie and I discussed the Public Service Announcement specials released by DC Comics during the first-half of the 1980s, chock full of Gestalty goodness - and in our own inimitable style!
In addition to the Cosmic Treadmill episodes, and in the interest of completionism, I have also included an episode of the old Chris is on Infinite Earths show, where I spend an hour blabbing about psychological addiction and how one of these comics actually realizes that it's a thing that exists!
I hope you enjoy!
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(00:00:00) Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 20 New Teen Titans Drug-Awareness Special #2 (1983) (01:10:40) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 35 New Teen Titans Drug-Awareness Specials & History (02:59:45) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 107 American Honda & Supergirl Teach us how to Buckle Up! Total Running Time: 4 Hours, 32 Minutes, 29 Seconds -- BLOG POSTS:
New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special (the first one) New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special (the second one) New Teen Titans Drug Awareness Special (the third one) American Honda Presents DC Comics' Supergirl (the first one) American Honda Presents DC Comics' Supergirl (the second one) --
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That awkward volume where you're dealing with not one, but two mass-crossover events, and just trying to keep your head above water!
Today's compilation piece is part Empyre... and part X of Swords - I suppose we could (and should) blame the Covid-Hiatus on this, but still - it makes for a very odd reading x-perience. I couldn't imagine what trade-waiters thought when they picked this one off the shelf!
Also: I so hate to do this to y'all... but, the first two parts of Empyre: X-Men are a part of this collection as well -- so, they're ba-ack!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #10: "Fire" (00:21:15) Cable (vol.4) #3: "Ace in the Pouch" (00:55:56) Cable (vol.4) #4: "The Big Bang" (01:32:16) Empyre: X-Men #1: "[Alien] Plants vs. [Mutant] Zombies" (02:14:28) Empyre: X-Men #2: "Growing Strong"
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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.
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It's a most newsworthy day indeed! Today, not only are we launching the sixth volume of X-Men... we're also discussing the breaking news that we're abut to lose our Head of X, Jonathan Hickman! What will this mean to the X-Line? Are things going to "go back to normal" after the events of Inferno? Lotsa questions... not many answers - yet!
All 'at plus the Mailbag and More - hope you'll join us for this most opportune "jumping-on point"!
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When is Man-Thing not Man-Thing? When he's Man-Slaughter!
Does this make him any less boring than regular ol' Ted Sallis? Well... yeah, kinda! Today we're going to be meeting Jackson Strode, Man-Slaughter - first introduced by our X-Force scribe in a semi-recent Weapon Plus one-shot (which I'll also give ya the quick n dirty on during this ep)! It's a goodie... I hope you'll join me for it!
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Whenever I'm feeling down about the direction of the X-Books... I'm so happy to be reminded that a book like Hellions exists (at least for now)! Today we're going to talk about the surprising "heart" of, not only this book.. but the team itself! Also: Something Amenthi this way comes!
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The sorta-kinda long-awaited return of "original recipe" X-Lapsed!
We kick off the August episodes with a look at a surprise penultimate issue! Didn't realize this series was coming to an end... it's Children of the Atom, and in it - the secret is out! Was the destination worth the journey? Well, you be the judge of that!
Also: An(other) appeal for dissent, wherein I ask folks to reach out to me if they feel I'm "harshing" too much on certain books/creators... rather than anonymously leaving me harmful feedback on top podding aggregates!
And: An X-Tended Mailbag Feature
Finally: A flip thru everything X in Marvel Previews for September, 2021!
It's a long one... so, "I'm sorry" or "You're welcome"!
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Today the Chris's's's are back to cover a most important issue - for a few reasons!
A) This was the first comic book one of them paid an entire $5 for!
B) It tells the Secret Origin of Cutter's (unwitting) ascent into Wolfrider Chiefdom!
It's the story of Bearclaw's last stand and the menace of Madcoil -- but, as usual for us, that's not all! We've also got all the MARVELous mid-80's backmatter to share! Letters Pages! Bullpen Bulletins! Adverts! Nonsense Tangents! And more!
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The compilation features the episode which started the show's fixation on Madelyne Pryor and her nebulous resurrectability! We also get our first glimpse of the island that would eventually host the Hellfire Gala! Plus: The fourth volume of X-Factor launches... which, your humble host was initially NOT a fan of! Listen to me complain... only to have to eat my words a few months later! It's a super-seminal episode... in the cleanest way possible.
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Welcome to the X-Men, Rascally Roy Thomas - we hope you survive the X-Perience!
This time out, we're reintroduced to the dread Lucifer... as well as the tandem of ersatz X-Men, Blob and Unus the Untouchable?! We'll talk a fair bit (probably too much) about the concept of "Fan Turned Pro" as it pertained to eventually making comics less accessible, storywise, to the more casual reader - Was X-Men #20 the first domino to tip in that direction?!
Plus: Our regular smattering of Silver-Age backmatter... including a rather snippy Stan Lee venting his frustration on Brand Ecch Comics - which facilitates your humble host recalling times wherein Brand Ecch Comics Podcasts lifted some of his own material! Also: The X-Lapsed Mailbag and the presentation of our first ever "Fake-Ass No-Prize"!
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It's Stan Lee's swansong as scripter... and the issue where he introduces the world to: The Mimic! Now, you might be asking why the X-Men need their own version of the Super-Skrull... and, well, yeah... that's basically what he is, just in a gaudier costume! I suppose we can just chalk it up to "It's the Silver Age" and move on.
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It's yet another X-Lapsed Milestone Episode -- 25 episodes in, and we're nearing 1/3 of the way through the original run! Today's episode features the (short-lived) return of Magneto... the promise that Iceman might just save the day! I wonder if Professor X can ever stand back long enough to let anyone other than himself save the day? Prob'ly not!
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Today we talk about the "Spectrum of Suspension of Disbelief" when we ask how in the world people haven't put together that Charles Xavier has an association with the X-Men! The creep is constantly being seen in public with and for them!
Good thing his kneejerk move is a mindwipe, eh? Also - We've got the return of a most dangerous mutant - doncha dare spoil the end of this episode with anybody - we'll be watching!
Plus: The always amusing Letters Page, the Bullpen Bulletins, MMMS updates... and even some great Mailbag content of our own!
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Wrapping up our first three-part X-Men story -- it's the Sentinel Saga, wherein, it should come as no surprise that - once again, Professor X steals the spotlight and wins the day!
Also: Stan Lee gets taken to task for his poor Latin usage in the Letters Page, the Bullpen Bulletins takes off - and the Merry Marvel Marching Society won't quit! It's a fun time in the Silver Age, and I hope you'll join me for it!
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The celebration of Five Years of Chris and Reggie rolls on, with a compilation of the series we used to commemorate the one-hundredth episode of the Cosmic Treadmill. In our Crisis on Infinite Earths style, we break down the entirety of Marvel's Age of Apocalypse event from 1995... providing bios for all of the creators involved... as well as every single character to make an appearance! Things get especially crazy once we get to the X-Universe issues!
It's a long one indeed... but a project we were very proud of! I hope you enjoy!
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(00:00:00) Part 1: X-Men in the early-mid 1990's, all the events, LegionQuest, and X-Men: Alpha (02:09:22) Part 2: All of the AoA #1 issues! Astonishing X-Men, Amazing X-Men, Factor-X, Gambit & the X-Ternals, Generation neXt, Weapon X, X-Calibre, X-Man, & X-Men Chronicles (04:20:28) Part 3: X-Men Chronicles #2 + Issues 2-4 of Astonishing X-Men, Factor-X, Generation neXt, and Weapon X (05:58:52) Part 4: Issues 2-4 of Gambit & the X-Ternals, X-Calibre, X-Man, & Amazing X-Men (07:29:23) Part 5: X-Universe #1-2 (09:09:56) Part 6: X-Men: Omega, X-Men: Prime, and the Legacy of the AoA! Total Run Time: 10 Hours, 37 Minutes, 5 Seconds --
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This is the compilation I've both been looking forward to AND dreading... ya see, this is our "audit" episode!
Since between Amazon, Marvel, Comixology, and the Marvel Wikia... NOBODY can keep straight which issues appear in each collection - we've been forced to dig a bit deeper, and figure out x-actly where we stood. As such, this will be a bit of a shorter installment, as we've already covered two of the issues that were actually a part of this volume! Those issues were Excalibur (vol.4) #10, and the second-half of Wolverine (vol.7) #1. What remains is a pair of issues from both New Mutants (vol.4) and Hellions! Approximately half of those issues will be quite fun to discuss!
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(00:00:00) New Mutants #10 - "Parasomnia" (01:01:43) New Mutants #11 - "Ice Cream Dreams" (01:36:43) Hellions #2 - "Blood Work" (02:03:45) Hellions #3 - "Nothing People"
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It's time for the middle chapter of the Sensational Sentinel Saga -- and also, for the original of the Barefoot Bouncing Blue-Suited Beast! Prepare to be... whelmed!
Also - the always interesting "Let's Visit With the X-Men" letters page, the Bullpen Bulletins, the MIGHTY Marvel Checklist... and more MMMS content than anyone could possibly ever want!
Tune in, you'll love it!
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Kicking off our three-part Sentinels Saga - with some FEAR AND HATE!
What can the X-Men do when noted anthropologist Bolivar Trask takes a page out of J. Jonah Jameson's book to assert that Mutants are a MENACE? Well, their creepy, bald leader might decide to engage in a televised debate with him... which, might not go according to plan!
It's a fun story... and I hope you'll join me for it!
Also: The original Letters Pages, the OFFICIAL Marvel Bullpen Bulletins (featuring plenty - ie. too much - chatter on the Merry Marvel Marching Society), and the MIGHTY Marvel Checklist for cover-date November, 1965!
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Welcome friends, to a most blessed event - it's the Wedding of Sue Storm and Reed Richards, and we're all invited... along with many of the movers and shakers of the Marvel Universe in its relative infancy! Without hyperbole, this might just be the most important Marvel comic of its time!
The X-Men not only show up... but get a few good shots in as well! It's the first time I'm reading this in decades, so it's basically new to me!
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Wrapping up our first two-part X-Men story - with the (final?) fate of the Juggernaut! Listen as ol' Cain Marko gets his helmet ripped off for the first time!
Also: The always amusing 1965 X-Men Letters Page - where you can find out how much it'll cost ya to join the Merry Marvel Marching Society!
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What terror lurks outside of X-Mansion... and why in the world did Cerebro pick up on it?!
It's the first appearance of Professor X's stepbrother, the Juggernaut... and the first time we find out (to my knowledge) that the Xavier's first name is Charles! It's a fun one... that, reading as an adult... almost makes me sympathize for the villain!
Plus: A pretty hilarious Silver-Age Letters Page, everything Marvel for (cover-date) July, 1965 - and a plea from your humble host for dissenting opinions to be shared on the show... rather than on review aggregates that can actually HURT the show!
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Celebrating eleven months of X-Lapsed, with something a little different! Today, I finally check something off my "X-Men Blind Spot" list... after thirty-odd years! Looking at X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men for the first time ever!
It's a fun chat I had with myself... I hope you'll join in!
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A tale so tragic it took the entire HoXPoXDoX X-Book brain trust to put it together!
To say that your humble host is a bit grumpy reading the Empyre cash-in miniseries might just be underselling it. This might be the downest you'll hear me (until we get to X-Corp, that is)! Engage in some schadenfreude and listen to me trudge my way through this one!
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(00:00:00) Empyre: X-Men #1: "[Alien] Plants vs. [Mutant] Zombies" (00:42:12) Empyre: X-Men #2: "Growing Strong" (01:26:28) Empyre: X-Men #3: "Staff Infection" (02:04:37) Empyre: X-Men #4: "Un-Ring"
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The Old Order Changeth!
Taking a step off the beaten X-Path to follow Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Alum, Pietro and Wanda as they officially join the good guys as part of Cap's Kooky Quartet!
Checking in with the Avengers won't be a regular thing here on the show... but, if there are any especially important Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch stories you'd like to see on the show - please don't hesitate to let me know!
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The Essential X-Lapsed is back... and it's just about time to finally deep-six Magneto and his Brotherhood! But, you might be asking - how could we possibly go about doing that? Well, wouldja believe that we're going to get a "deus ex characta" to do it for us?!
Today we meet the Stranger, in a story that could only be called "The Triumph of Magneto!"?
Also: Some great mailbag content... both for the show, and from the actual Letters Page from X-Men #11! Hope to see you there!
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A most awkward episode in which your humble host stumbles and fumbles his way toward x-plaining how he feels this issue fell a bit short. Marvel at my ability to ride the fence in attempt to not inadvertently insult anybody!
An important issue and an important discussion... that kinda misses the mark, and is priced WAY out of whack at $10 USD. For better or worse, we're going to talk all about it.
Also: Mailbag, some news, and (since this IS the July Finale) the X-Book Sales Charts for April, 2021!
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Welcome friends, to the milestone 225th Episode of X-Lapsed... or, maybe, considering the subject matter - we dump the [X] from the title, and just call it Lapsed Annihilation, Episode 0?! Maybe then people will give it a listen?
Today, we're kicking off our look at the upcoming Last Annihilation story, which will run through Guardians of the Galaxy, S.W.O.R.D., and Cable: Reloaded - Ego the Living Planet has been covered with a candy shell... and is about to pop! What horror lurks below the surface? You're gonna have to listen to find out - or, ya know, read the issue... or look for spoilers. Nah, you probably ought to just listen!
Also: Some great (and potentially) thought-provoking Mailbag content!
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It's the penultimate issue of Cable... and we've got a mighty big return to discuss! Who's that popping out of the GoldBall? The answer (won't) surprise you... or, at least it shouldn't! Another fun issue of this wickedly fun series, which I will miss very much!
Also: X-Cellent Mailbag, our first dip into the X-Lapsed Voicemail Box, and "This Week in X"!
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The Celebration of Five Years of Chris and Reggie rolls on with a compilation of one the projects we were most proud of -- our coverage of Crisis on Infinite Earths! This was a series several months in the making... and was comprised of hundreds of hours of research and writing. This was an "around the clock" production... and the notes we took on Crisis actually filled more pages than Crisis itself!
It's a heck of series... and we had a blast getting to the bottom of it. We bio EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER who appears (even if that appearance is in a single panel), we discuss the behind the scenes of Crisis-Era DC Comics, we cover every pre-Crisis appearance of the Monitor, we dissect EVERY SINGLE pre-Crisis alternate Earth (even those retroactively named via the Absolute Crisis Edition). We also look at The History of the DC Universe, and chat up the fallout and the early post-Crisis landscape. If you've got 12 hours to kill... this might be right up your alley!
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(00:00:00) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 50: Crisis on Infinite Earths #1-2 (02:12:44) Weird Comics History, Episode 22: The Pre-Crisis DC Multiverse (03:37:25) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 51: Crisis on Infinite Earths #3-5 (06:15:37) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 52: Crisis on Infinite Earths #6-8 (07:28:41) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 53: Crisis on Infinite Earths #9-11 (09:19:41) Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 54: Crisis on Infinite Earths #12, History of the DC Universe #1-2 Total Running Time: 11 Hours, 18 Minutes, 33 Seconds
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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!
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(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" --
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Welcome friends, to a day of Multiple Milestones! Today we wrap up both the Hellfire Gala and the fourth volume of X-Factor... as well as celebrate TWO-THOUSAND days of Daily Comics Content at Chris is on Infinite Earths!
We bid a sad farewell to our Boneyard residents, mysteries are awkwardly solved, people are horribly dressed... and wrap up with the discovery of SPOILER ALERT's dead body! Whodunnit... well, we're going to have to wait and see!
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If we were using Marvels Legacy Numbering, this would be X-Lapsed LGY#275!
And to commemorate, we're discussing one of the best books in the line! Today, as Nightcrawler recovers from a raging hangover, he (and we) get a lesson in how Making More Mutants might not be the best "way" forward for the nation of Krakoa.
Also, some psychic-sexytime facilitated by Legion, and an appearance from a character from the Joe Casey era... and no, I'm not talking about Warp Savant! It's a great issue... and a really fun conversation I had with myself - I'd love to hear your thoughts as well!
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S.W.O.R.D. takes us into some Hellfire Gala fallout... and, it's all pretty great! To say any more would be to spoil it... and, since the events of this story WERE spoiled for your humble host, I will do you all the kindness of saying no more!
You don't wanna miss this one!
Plus: My usual Musings, Mailbag, and more Facebook Friends!
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In what could've (and perhaps should've) been the next issue of X-Force, the Mutant CIA deals with the Telefloridian Menace... while also attempting to reconcile Beast's involvement in making them so!
This leads into your humble host having rather the odd conversation with himself, wherein I do my damnedest to come to the Beast's defense (sorta). I'd love to hear your thoughts on current-year Hank McCoy - is there ANY saving this character? Inquiring mind(s) wanna know!
Plus: Great Mailbag, and some super-fun discussion from some new Facebook friends!
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It's X-Corp day... let's just push forward!
For those of you who can make it - there's some great listener mail, Planet-Size X-Men fallout and "This Week in X" to discuss!
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Picking up right where we left off last time - Cutter and Rayek are in the midst of THE CHALLENGE, and there two trials remain! We'll discuss'em both right here!
Also: Our usual "back-matter", including the Quests & Answers Letters Page, the Bullpen Bulletins, and an extended look at the Ads... which feature some of our very favorite ones of the era: Saturday Morning Cartoons!
All that, plus some news on the ElfQuest AUDIO MOVIE and an update on the ElfQuest lead figurines we didn't even know were a thing a few episodes back!
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TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Intro & ElfQuest News (00:14:20) Bridge of Destiny (00:55:07) Quests & Answers (01:08:15) Bullpen Bulletins (01:28:28) Ads --
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Welcome to the fold, Cable! Hope you enjoy your (relatively short) stay!
Our eleventh Collected Edition sees Kid Cable best Wolverine in battle before getting swept away to deal with some, of all things, Spaceknight stuff. Excalibur is... back in Otherworld (duh), The New Mutants deal with boring Nova Roma stuff, X-Men focuses on Vulcan... and banging Brood in what might be the worst story to come out of this volume, X-Force heads into Terra Verde, and Marauders sees Pyro infected by a tiny little fellow.
All that, plus the usual backmatter nonsense you know and tolerate! Lotsa Crucible fall-out chatter! You're gonna love it (I hope)!
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(00:00:00) New Mutants (vol.4) #8: "A-Hunting We Will Go" (00:30:00) Marauders #9: "Journey to the Center of Pyro" (01:37:28) Cable (vol.4) #1: "Big Guns" (02:23:32) X-Men (vol.5) #8: "Swarm" (03:01:52) Excalibur (vol.4) #9: "Verse IX: Schools of Magic" (03:52:13) X-Force (vol.6) #9: "The Moral Jungle" --
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The New Mu's are in their Carnation Abominations, and are ready to strut their stuff down the Green Carpet for the Hellfire Gala. What's up with Tier? Where's Gabby? What's the deal with Amahl Farouk? Can Doug and Warlock still be pals in a post-Bei the Blood Moon world? Is Tran gonna show up? Some of those answers and more... today! Also: Mailbag and a little bit of x-relevant news for fans of Marvel mobile games --
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Finally... we get to talk about the event that we had mostly spoiled for us months ago! It's no longer the worst kept secret in the X-Books... it's out in the open!
So, for the few of you asking what it IS that I'm talking about -- Well, you'll have to listen (or, ya know, read the issue AND listen) to find out.
We've got some X-Cellent X-Tended Mailbag today as well, introducing a new letter writer to boot!
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Taking a sidebar from the #HellfireGala to check in on the COTA kids... who are still, after four issues, trying to figure out their way through the Krakoan Gates!
The glacial pace continues... we'll talk Mutant Appropriation, Pit-Sweat Consent, and much more!
We've also got some great Mailbag!
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It's the FINAL ISSUE of X-Men (vol.5)... and it's where we FINALLY get our first actual X-Men team of the Krakoan Era! This should be super-exciting... if only Marvel didn't spoil it for us three month ago!
Oh well, we'll make the best of it!
Plus: More Sinister Secrets! Illuminati Talk! Mailbag! I wax on about Beast's Ethical Handcuffs for way too long! And much much more!
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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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Continuing the celebration of FIVE YEARS of Chris and Reggie with a compilation of another one of our "tentpole" series' wherein we go deep into the somewhat seedy, certainly salacious, world of Underground Comix! We start with Tijuana Bibles... and don't stop until present day... talking about what Underground Comix were, what they became, and how they're still relevant to this day.
I hope you enjoy!
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(00:00:00) Part I: Tijuana Bibles, Joe Shuster, Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood, and More! (01:13:54) Part II: 1968, Robert Crumb, art spiegelman, Trina Robins, Marvel's "Comix Book", and More! (02:47:49) Part III: Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Harvey Pekar - Underground-to-Indie: Peter Bagge, Wendy & Richard Pini, Dave Sim, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and More! (04:23:18) Part IV: Underground-to-Corporate: Marvel's EPIC Comics, DC's Vertigo, Webcomics, Minicomics, and More! Originally Weird Comics History, Episodes 12-15 (2017) Total Run Time: 5 Hours, 41 Minutes, 53 Seconds
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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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(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" --
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Today we take a trip to my second least favorite place in all the Marvel Universe... The Savage Land! Listen to me mispronounce Ka-Zar's name about five-dozen times!
That - plus the original Letters Page discussion from the issue, the prehistoric Marvel Bullpen Bulletins, and the MIGHTY Marvel Checklist!
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We're back off the beaten path... checking in with our two resident conflicted members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as they attempt to officially "go good". They figure the best way to go about this is to... break into the Baxter Building! Oh well, they can't ALL be good ideas... Fighting and Flames ensue!
We chat up Wanda and Pietro... and dig into the X-Cellent Mailbag! Be there!
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It's AvX -- Round One!
Yes, friends - this is the first official run-in between The Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the World's Strangest Teen-Agers... and, it's a battle for the ages! And, by "ages", I mean it's like a three-page slap fight, that includes actual hair-pulling.
Also: The truth about Professor X's injury, a Letters Page where people won't shut up about Marvel Girl's "catseye" headgear and Iceman's booties, and much much more!
Join me, won't you? I'm very lonely in here!
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In which an X-Man threatens to quit the team and our heroes face off against a Brand-New (somewhat) Evil Mutant! It's just another day in the neighborhood for the World's Strangest Teen-Agers!
Also: The first time where we see them being "Feared and/or Hated"! A seminal issue, indeed!
All that plus - Letters Page Goodness, prehistoric Bullpen Bulletins, and Mailbag!
Special Note: There is a bit of a... temporal distortion in the middle of this episode. I can't really explain it... but I couldn't scrub it out of my recording. Apologies in advance for any confusion... we probably should just forget it ever happened.
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Today we're covering the issue which finally caused your humble host to pull the trigger on Marvel Unlimited... mostly because he couldn't see himself attempting to track down an issue of Thor... and boy, is he glad he did - because this is a very fun issue, pitting the Odinson against our resident Master of Magnetism! How can Magneto fair against Mjolnir? Quite well, surprisingly enough!
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What do you do when a new guy rolls into town and tries to take your best gal? Well, if you've got one handy - you might just throw a centuries-old ceremonial wand in their direction!
Today, friends - we kick off THE CHALLENGE. It's the oddly sympathetic Rayek challenging the oddly kinda dickish Cutter, and it's "Winner take Leetah"! We will talk all about this, while trying our best not to say the words "current year" and/or "2021" every other sentence!
Also: We go through the first-ever ElfQuest "Quests & Answers" Letters Page... which features some of the most convenient letters a comic creator could EVER hope to get. The Bullpen Bulletins page is... well, it's there. And our ads are a blast as always! It's two and a half hours of ElfQuest goodness with ya boys Chris² - you won't wanna miss it!
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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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(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" --
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The Blob is back... and hanging out with, who else... Magneto and his Brotherhood! Do the newly-graduated X-Men... without their mentor - but with their new field leader, stand a chance? You don't wanna miss this one... or, ya know, maybe you do!
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It's the highest-profile X-Men guest-appearance yet... and perhaps their highest-profile appearance period!
Today the X-Men meet and fight the Fantastic Four... for the first of many times! We're going to talk a bit about how this appearance might just have legitimized the world's strangest teen-agers to the fans of the wider Marvel Universe, and much more!
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The X-Men continue looming large over the early Marvel Universe... this time with their youngest member - the sixteen-year old Kid Kool himself - crossing paths with the youngest member of the Fantastic Four - Johnny Storm, the Human Torch in the pages of Strange Tales #120!
Will these two teen-agers forgo the "Superhero Team-Ups... the Marvel Way" formula... or, will we waste several pages of this short story with a Silver Age clashing of Fire and Ice? You may be surprised... I know I was!
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Today we head off the beaten path for the first (but not last!) time ever during our dip into the silly Silver Age, with the first X-Men guest-spot outside their own Marvel Mag!
Here we will focus on Angel as he invades an Iron Man story in Tales of Suspense... and also gets hit in the face with an ATOMIC BOMB! It's a seminal look at the old Marvel Method of hero on hero violence... back before it was something we'd see every month (if not week)! A fun little story, and I hope you'll check it out!
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The Hellfire Gala continues... and not everyone from our favorite crew of Irregulars has received an invite! It's almost as though... not all mutants are created equal! Hmm. We might just keep talking about that.
Also: Some Inferno theories, Mailbag, and Comichron Sales Charts for everything X in March, 2021 (it's not great news)!
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Celebrating 30 Years of X-Force by sharing a compiled version of my three or so hour conversation with myself regarding 2019's sorta-kinda controversial miniseries (until people forgot it was still a thing) - Major X! I discuss my roots in Liefeld fandom, what early 90's comics meant (and continue to mean) to me... and then, we get into it!
This is a very up and down little outing, so strap in - it's going to be a bumpy ride!
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(00:00:00) Major X #1 (00:26:33) Major X #2 (00:45:06) Major X#3 (01:09:54) Major X #4 (01:29:12) Major X #5 (01:54:16) Major X #6 (02:16:39) Major X #0: "All Along the Watchtower, Parts 1 & 2" --
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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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(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"
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In which the Hellfire Gala continues... and I talk myself in circles trying to figure out how to "fix" the Beast! Our favorite sociopathic mad scientist might just have veered a little too deep into straightforward supervillainy at this point... where only a "deus ex cerebro" can save him! I'll talk all about it... after I kvetch a bit about the rampant spoilers for everything-X overflowing on Social Media!
Also: Great Mailbag, wherein I get the opportunity to wax nostalgic over my days on USENET while "fanboying " out over Paul O'Brien from the X-Axis and House to Astonish!
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We are cordially invited to the Hellfire Gala... and so, if you can find something outrageous and/or stupid enough to wear - I invite you to be my date!
Today we kick things off with sort of a bird's eye view on the event... it's a tough issue to analyze, since so many of the story threads will be fleshed out as we proceed... and so, this is mostly a recitation of events with very little in the way of analysis and editorializing.
But that's not all! Come for the Gala, stay for the x-tended Mailbag Segment!
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On the eve of the Hellfire Gala, our flagship book (in its penultimate issue) finally decides to advance the main story of this era!
Remember Nimrod? Remember Orchis? Remember Mystique threatening to burn everything down? Well - it's finally time to start moving these elements forward - and it looks like it's all headed to INFERNO
... but, ya know... first, a fashion show.
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Today we continue our discussion regarding a budding Krakoan "class system" when certain rules are bent for one of the more connected members of society...
We're headed back to the Crucible... this time to "make whole" a Mutant who... still has their powers? Hmm... We've got a lot to talk about!
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Wolverine is... still fighting Vampires? Ya kidding me? Don't we have a Gala to prepare for or something?
This time out Cranky Chris complains about this story that refuses to end... and wonders how much longer it's going to go. Oh yeah, we also go to friggin Otherworld for the third time this month, so I'll complain about that too!
At least there's our always X-Cellent Mailbag... and our "This Week in X" segments!
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Celebrating FIVE YEARS of Chris and Reggie with a compilation of our first "big" project together! If you've ever wanted to listen to our Comics Code Authority series... but found the Archives to be too daunting (which they are!), here is a one-stop shop for nearly eight-hours of post-war comics chatter.
If all you know about the CCA is "Frederic Wertham did it!", I invite you to give this a listen, because ol' Doc W. is only a itty bitty part of the package! We actually READ Seduction of the Innocent, went line-by-line through the 1954 Senate Subcommittee hearings on Juvenile Delinquency, deep-dive on its main architect, Senator Estes Kefauver, go through all permutations of the Code while it was still relevant, and end with something of an op-ed on the current post-Code comics landscape.
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TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Part 1: "Before the Comics Code" (00:39:39) Part 2: "Seduction of the Innocent" (02:23:04) Part 3: "The Kefauver Trials" (04:06:27) Part 4: "Life Under the Code" (05:35:40) Part 5: "Life After the Code" --
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Stepping away from our regular Dawn of X storyline... due to a dramatic event that occurs in the sixth issue of one of our ongoings, we're taking a look at the four-part X-Men + Fantastic Four miniseries, which your humble host was absolutely chomping at the bit for. Marvel must've known that, as they wasted very little time rendering the entire thing moot by de-Mutantifying Franklin Richards!
In todays Collected Edition, we'll discuss all four parts of the event miniseries as well as the issue of Fantastic Four where it's revealed that Franklin Richards isn't... and never, ever was... a Mutant!
This compilation also includes the landmark 50th episode of X-Lapsed, wherein I spend a good half hour or so being wildly self-indulgent in reflecting on my time in audio comics commentary.
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(00:00:00) X-Men+Fantastic Four #1: "The Impossible Boy" (00:33:32) X-Men+Fantastic Four #2: "Broken Borders" (01:06:00) X-Men+Fantastic Four #3: "To the Victor" (01:41:49) X-Men+Fantastic Four #4: "Welcome to the New World" (02:49:53) Fantastic Four (vol.6) #26: "One Stop From Everywhere" --
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It's my favorite day of the X-Lapsed Month... Way of X day!
After reading the first issue of this series, I was sure nothing could ever top it... and then they went and DID! A truly wonderful issue, indeed - listen to me gush over it for over a half hour!
Plus: Our Always X-Cellent Mailbag!
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When is a penultimate issue more like a finale? Well, when your actual final issue is a chapter of an Event Crossover... like the Hellfire Gala.
Oh, you didn't know? There's a Hellfire Gala on the horizon. They totally don't talk about it every chance they get... so, I don't blame you for not knowing!
Today, we look at a book whose watchword is "truncation". The axe of cancellation appears to have fallen during the production of this issue... and yet, Williams and Baldeon still manage to deliver an enjoyable outing! We've got Morrigan and Mojoworld... um, please listen anyway - I promise it'll be fun!
Also: An X-Panded Mailbag Segment full of x-cellent x-chatter!
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Welcome, friends... to, hands down, the most difficult episode of X-Lapsed I've ever done! If you've been following this show for any length of time, you'll know I really don't like being negative about our books... but, this one... hoo boy. I literally almost threw up the white flag.
I feel like I need to publicly apologize to Fallen Angels, Empyre: X-Men, the Broo King Egg story, X-Men #12 and #14 being the same damn book, and even X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing... because, those were all a dream compared to this!
On a positive note... if you can make it through my negativity long enough - we've got some great mailbag discussion to close out!
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The CotA "slow burn" continues... and, well - there ain't a whole heckuva lot to say about it!
We do have some great mailbag discussion today though!
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Today we cover a One-Shot... that is actually a Part III... which includes Chapters 7-9 of a story that started two One-Shots ago... and ran through a second One-Shot, that all had different names. Also, it's just not very good!
Today I'm going to complain all about it... and Steve Orlando's wildly unnatural sounding dialogue!
Plus: Great Mailbag, including the return of a recently X-Lapsed friend
And - a plea to the comics social media bubble NOT to rush to spoil this week's Planet-Sized X-Men (ehh, who am I kidding... it's GOING to be spoiled for us...)
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It's the final episode of Generation X-Lapsed!
Will the Loser Squad be able to defeat M-Plate?
Will Jubilee be able to adequately use her newly returned PAFF powers?
Will we ever see these characters again?
Those answers... well, might be in this issue.
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We're at our traditional "penultimate chapter" issues of each of our Dawn of X launch titles... however, only one of the six seems to be playing along!
Fallen Angels gets ready to wrap up by finally putting together their team (who we'll never see work together again after this series) - X-Men decides to ignore Fallen Angels completely by having X-23 fall back into her pre-FA character and costume... before the other series even ends - Forge acts a chucklehead in X-Force - we resume our New Mutants space story (never thought I'd be so happy to see Deathbird!), your humble host becomes more accustomed to the new take on Bobby Drake, and Excalibur begins it's "Have I missed an issue?" meme!
All that, plus the always X-Cellent Mailbags! If you are only now discovering X-Lapsed through these Collected Editions - please, reach out and let me know your thoughts!
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00:00) Marauders #5: "A Time to Sow" (00:28:18) Excalibur (vol.4) #5: "Verse V: Panic on the Streets of London" (00:55:41) New Mutants (vol.4) #5: "Endangered Birds" (01:35:21) X-Force (vol.6) #5: "Necessary Force" (02:12:58) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #5: "Sensei" (02:38:30) X-Men (vol.5) #5: "Into the Vault" --
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Stop me if you've heard this one... it's the X-Men vs. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! But, friends, that's not all... this time out, the Brotherhood is joined by Namor the Sub-Mariner, firmly establishing that the X-Men are part of the shared Marvel Universe! Why, we even get editorial footnotes pointing us to recent issues of Fantastic Four and Avengers!
Plus: Starting today (and hopefully for as long as we can), we're going to be taking the pulse of the comics fan of the day, when we read and discuss the "Let's Visit the X-Men" Letters Pages! Today we'll be covering the letters Stan and Jack received for issues #3 and #4 (appearing in X-Men #5 & 6)!
It's a good time as always... hope you'll give us a try!
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Boy, I hope you're not already tired of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants... because, we're just getting started with them!
Today, we meet Jean Grey's parents... who have such a high opinion of Charles Xavier, they probably wouldn't even mind him creeping on their little girl. They also don't seem to have a problem with the fact that she's the only young lady in a house full of teen-age boys. Different times, I s'pose!
Also... the Brotherhood! They do Evil and/or Morally Ambiguous stuff... it's kinda their gimmick!
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The Seminal Slog that is X-Men #4!
It's the first appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants... including everybody's favorite former-mutant... The Pretender herself!
This issue takes a while to get going... but, gives us plenty of fun stuff to talk about!
Plus: Great Mailbag... and a brief discussion on Facsimile Editions!
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As the Hellfire Gala looms ever nearer, today's issue is basically an opportunity for us to be reminded that Storm was an integral part of the Marauders team... despite the fact that she's hardly done anything with them over the past couple of years worth of stories!
It's Ororo's farewell dinner... with plenty of sorta-kinda forced emotion and jokes about knives.
Plus: Great Mailbag and I complain about how quick social media is to spoil every beat of every story coming out!
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Wrapping up the latest Hellions arc to make sure we're done for the Hellfire Gala!
Oh, by the way... did you know there's something called the Hellfire Gala headed our way? Betcha didn't... they hardly ever mention it!
Here, the Hellions fight their way from the Mindscape and we progress Sinister's story perhaps one step closer to the Chimeras! All that, and I heap a creepy amount of praise on our Hellions creative team!
Plus: Great Mailbag (including a "day and date" missive), and a report on the "Week in X" both on Marvel Unlimited and on store shelves!
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The Chris's are back... and on time (!), to deliver this third helping of Questerdays!
This time out, we pick up right where we left off with the Wolfriders' arrival at the little slice of paradise in the desert we'll soon find out is Sorrow's End. We're going to meet some characters here that will loom large over the rest of this series... and be introduced to several very deep and interesting concepts - such as "Recognition" and "Soul Names"! Definitely a seminal issue for the Questers!
Also: The rest of our usual nonsense... including a discussion of the worst Tom Hanks movie not to actually feature Tom Hanks, The Sisterhood of Steel, Fig Newtons, and Rip-Off shoes! We even try calling the Rip-Off Hotline to find out more... did we get through? Well, you'll just have to tune in and see... err, hear!
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The X-Books are still on somewhat shaky ground here - they're all going their own way!
X-Force does a thing, X-Men sees the movers and shakers of Krakoa take their seat at the Global Table, Rictor begins studying under Ayyyy in Excalibur, New Mutants takes aim at some scarily safe targets while at the farm (did YOU know that Big Pharma was bad? Betcha didn't!), Marauders pays off the Taipei story from the first ish... and Fallen Angels continues being a collection of sheets bound together by two staples!
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TIMESTAMPS!
(00:00:00) Marauders #4: "The Red Bishop" (00:33:13) Excalibur (vol.4) #4: "Verse IV: Fall Back and Think of England" (01:11:02) New Mutants (vol.4) #4: "Fast and Furious" (01:46:05) X-Force (vol.6) #4: "Blood Economics" (02:22:40) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #4: "Shikatsu" (02:51:39) X-Men (vol.5) #4: "Global Economics" --
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We're finally here... the star-studded 200th Episode of X-Lapsed! Today we're making good on a discussion that was supposed to happen way back in Episode 112 of this program... but, became delayed over and over again due to me family's never-ending moving woes!
Well, the moving woes are still ongoing... but, I figured this special GIANT-SIZE episode would make a really fun milestone episode, and so - over the course of the past several weeks, I have had the pleasure of sitting down with a great group of pals to discuss each and every entry in the X of Swords Handbook!
I assured them all that these segments would take up "10-15 minutes tops"... well, nearly eleven hours later... here we be!
I want to thank everybody who took part in not only this episode, but the entire #XLapsed journey to this point. It honestly means the world to me... more than I can adequately put into words!
TIMESTAMPS! (00:09:33) Apocalypse - Long Box Crusade @LongboxCrusade @Kristatos01 (00:27:36) Broo - with Evan Bevins @evan_bevins (01:15:29) Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) - with Jesse Starcher @stiznarkey (02:18:35) Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) - with Ed Moore @TealProductions (03:47:11) Cypher - with Dayspring @powerofxmen (05:04:42) Gloriana - Damien Drouet-Whiter @whitertrash (05:13:01) Gorgon - with Walt Kneeland @waltkneeland (05:57:39) Krakoa - with Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein @bigox737 (06:49:45) Moira MacTaggert - with Jody Yerdon @regalfan (07:40:57) Magik - with Chris Bailey @Charlton_Hero (09:12:23) Wolverine - with Mark Radulich @MarkRadulich (10:23:00) X-Men all by my lonesome! --
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On the eve of our landmark, star-studded TWO HUNDREDTH episode, we're taking a look at a recent Marvel Anthology... which, in the opinion of you humble, fumblin', stumblin' host... could have been much more than it was.
It's a "Just the X, ma'am" look at the Women of Marvel one-shot, with a little bonus chatter about an X-Relevant scene that appeared in 2020's Immortal She-Hulk one-shot! Man, what a missed opportunity for a "Variant X-Lapsed Cover", eh?
Oh well...
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On the Eve of the Hellfire Gala... we're going to talk about a potential "class system" at play on Krakoa. We're also going to spend a fair amount of time in Otherworld... but, the less said about that, the better!
We're going to talk a lot about "conventional beauty" and the value placed on it. It's going to be a good time, trust me! Please... trust me!
Also: The Ever X-Cellent Mailbag!
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Continuing the countdown to our final issue of Cable, our teen hero has a heart to heart with his father about brining the "Old Man" back... and worlds collide when we get a confusing look into the Old Man's journey through "another place and another time"!
All that, plus we go through the X-Related Solicits for July, 2021 straight out of Marvel Previews!
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Wrapping up that pesky "Quentin Quire introspection arc", so we can make room for the HELLFIRE GALA!
Today we're going to talk more about mutant dupes, the question of memory as it pertains to tinkering with Cerebro Backups... and much, much more!
Great Mailbag, and - since it's Monday, our fairly brief "This Week in X-Stuffs" segment
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In our penultimate outing with the lovable Loser Squad, we finally get to the scene that caused us to look at this book in the first place - the de-vamping and re-mutifying of Jubilation Lee!
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In Soviet Russia, trade wait for you!
Hey everybody, we're back fo(u)r another compilation episode... covering the third issues of the Dawn of X, Wave One launch titles - and it feels like, for some of these, the bloom is coming off the ol' rose.
Hordeculture? The New Mutants Farm story? Fallen Angels still being a thing?
The tonal shift here into attempts at comedy, a weird fill-in arc, and poetic waxing might be too severe for your humble host to take!
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(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #3: "Hordeculture" (00:37:44) Marauders #3: "The Bishop in Black" (01:13:45) Excalibur (vol.4) #3: "Verse III: Three Covenants" (01:41:31) New Mutants (vol.4) #3: "To the Grave" (02:16:01) X-Force (vol.6) #3: "The Skeleton Key" (02:37:55) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #3: "Seppuku"
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If you only listen to one episode of X-Lapsed today... this should be it!
Folks, we have finally arrived at Way of X... our first "shoe drop" issue in quite some time. It reads like something straight out of our very own Mailbag, and I cannot wait for more!
Nightcrawler is our POV character... and I can't think of anyone better to question the fact that... nobody else seems to question the goings on around Krakoa!
Plus: X-Cellent Mailbag... including our first ever "Day and Date" missive covering the very issue we're discussing here today!
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S.W.O.R.D. has done the impossible... made me feel sympathy for Fabian friggin' Cortez! Today's episode features a Quiet Council pile-on on the poor former Acolyte... who is given the floor to make a plea, but is not even given a pair of boxers post bursting outta his goldball!
There's also some Snarkwar stuff... but ain't nobody got time for that!
Plus: Great Mailbag and chatting a bit about the INFERNO announcement!
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Logan and Licia's Merry Chase thru Madripoor continues... and every merc worth their salt is hot on their trail - well, Deadpool shows up, anyway.
A fun issue that only makes me wish there were more hours in the day to devote to non-X comics!
Plus: Great Mailbag!
FA Comics History: The Life and Times of Tamara Blake! It'll be the most exciting 18 seconds of your day!
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Anyone out there miss X-Men Unlimited? No? How 'bout I pretend you said 'Yes'?
Well, have I got the book for you! In this "Just the X, ma'am" look at another issue of the Marvel's Voices anthology, we've got some very X-Men stories you'll swear you've already read... at least twice!
First, Domino talks about how lucky she is... then, Storm recruits a young troubled mutant.
All that, plus great Mailbag, and the X-Sales Chart from February, 2021!
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Another day off the beaten X-Lapsed Path... and we're back in the Outlawed corner of the Marvel Universe taking a look at the last couple of issues of the recent Power Pack miniseries... which just so happens to feature Wolverine... and his super-secret supervillain twin brother we've never heard of before: Wolvermean!
It's a fun couple of issues! I hope you'll tune in!
Also: Mailbag! Sales Charts! Marvel Unlimited! On-Shelves! Oh, my!
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They've been through the desert on a wolf with no name...
After a long layoff, the Chris's's's are finally back to begin the the Quest of the Wolfriders in earnest! This time out, our tiny heroes try and strike a deal with some crafty Trolls... and find themselves in quite a mess... stranded in a desert wasteland with absolutely nothing on the horizon. It's a good thing Skywise has that hunk of rock he won't stop talking about!
Will our Elves make it to safety? Will they keep banded together even in these most trying times? Will Redlance (somehow) prove even more useless? The answers to all those questions, and many many more lay within this episode!
Also: In our grand Morituri Mondays style, we go through the Bullpen Bulletins, chat up some notable ads... and go (relatively) deep on everything EPIC for the cover-month of September, 1985!
We hope you'll join us on the Quest!
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Welcome back, Trade-Waiters!
For our third compilation/anthology episode - we're taking a look at the difficult second issues of each of our DoX launch books, in which they all sorta go their own way. I gotta wonder, while incredibly convenient... was this a satisfying read if you were following along via the anthology trades?
Anyways, in the wake of the apparent assassination last time out, Krakoa is... well, I would say "high alert", but nah, they're all still dancing around that bonfire like nothing even happened.
The Summers's's's have an outing that introduces the Creepy Summoner, Betsy is Captain Britain, Call Me Kate gets coronated, the New Mutants annoy the Starjammers, Quentin Quire smells like Axe Bodyspray, and Fallen Angels... exists.
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(00:00:00) X-Men (vol.5) #2: "Summoner" (00:34:40) Excalibur (vol.4) #2: "Verse II: A Tower of Flowers" (01:08:55) Marauders #2: "The Red Coronation" (01:37:10) New Mutants (vol.4) #2: "Space Jail" (02:14:39) X-Force (vol.6) #2: "The Sword of Damacles" (02:55:02) Fallen Angels (vol.2) #2: "Shoto" --
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After many, many months... Wolverine has finally remembered that there's a Vampire Nation in the making -- and so, it's time for him to deal with it.
Also: Omega Red's ego takes a hit when he realizes that the people of Krakoa don't like him all that much. Go figure!
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Two issues in, and the CoTA kids are already in repeats!
In this very similar to the first issue issue... the CoTAs face off against the Hell's Belles... are approached by some Krakoans about going "home"... and stand longingly in front of the Coney Island Krakoan Gateway!
Hey, but the Avengers show up for two pages... so there's that!
Plus: Great Mailbag, and a F.A. Comics History piece on the many, many, many appearances of The Hell's Belles!
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Wrapping up our time with the Runaways! Wolverine and Pixie get their gal... but, it isn't the one you might think it is. After they head back to Krakoa, your humble host is left at quite the disadvantage due to his lack of Runawareness!
Plus: Some great discussion from the Mailbag and More!
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In which the Marauders look for a loophole around their United Nations ruling! It's a story of flaming ice sculptures, sewage, vomit, and Morlocks!
Also: X-Cellent Mailbag and a teensy bit of X-News!
F.A. Comics History: Let's meet Bliss!
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Today's is a most malicious issue of Excalibur... which, thank whoever's listening, does not take place in Otherworld! It does have a Betsy/Kwannon team-up though... which is something that's getting a bit long in the tooth itself, innit?
We're going to be learning a lot about Malice McMallister... and talking about some iffy-Resurrection Protocol shenanigans.
Also: Great Mailbag
Also Also: Reign of X Summer of Bloat News!
Also Also Also: A Brand-New Segment - F.A. Comics History, where we're going to cover the quick and dirty on Malice!
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Welcome to Marvel Legacy, Gang! We're back to our Legacy Numbering and everything... and by "everything", I mean... well, that's basically it. Nothing else about this screams "legacy", but... we can't have everything, now can we?
Here, as Generation X barrels toward its conclusion, we're seeing all of our main story threads converge in a most convenient way. We've got two issue-sodes left after this!
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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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TIMESTAMPS:
(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" --
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In which Professor X reveals which of his X-Men he loves the most... and, no... I'm not kidding.
Also: Cyclops gets his real first name, the Beast gets brainy, and Iceman attempts to eat himself. On top'a that, we meet and defeat The Blob!
Plus: Great Listener Mail!
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Welcome back to the least essential podcast with the word Essential in it's title! Today our teen-age heroes are going to take on the dread threat of the villainous Vanisher! What hope might they have against a foe who can... ya know, vanish?
Will Professor X have to get his hands dirty this time??? Let's find out!
Plus: We've already got a letter in the Essential Mailbag! Hop aboard, we're havin' fun ova hea'!
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Kicking off a brand-new X-Lapsed offering... in which we go all the way back to 1963 and revisit with our Original Five! Lookitus being actual fake-ass comics historians, ova hea'!
Today we meet Professor Xavier, Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, Angel, and Jean Grey... as they do battle with the first ever Evil Mutant -- Magneto! I mean, I ain't blowin' any minds here... this is X-Men #1, of course you know what happens in it!
It's my hope that this program will run concurrently with the main X-Lapsed series while we wait for shipments of new books to arrive.
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In which we spend what feels like 100 years talking about 100 years in the Vault! The good news is, this is where it ends (for now).
We've got more charts and graphs than you can shake a stick at this time out... please listen anyway!
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In (hopefully) the final time X-Lapsed looks at the #KinginBlack Mass-Event Crossover, Conan stands side-by-side with the Marauders to try and take down The Knullifed Cyclops and Storm Who Laugh!
Also: Deadpool is Wile E. Coyote
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In the FINAL issue of Generation X (vol.2), we deal with the fallout of Kid Krakoa's accidental rampage through the streets of New York City... where, evidently, the Police and Emergency Services are too disinterested in taking a look at themselves... because it's all being left to our lovable loser squad (and Quentin Quire)!
Also: Jubilee gives Jono one heck of an arm hickey...
Next Time Out - It's Marvel Legacy!
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Due to popular request... of around three people, and with the understanding and appreciation that the high episode numbering of the X-Lapsed program might be a turn off to a perspective listener, I have decided to make things a little bit easier by starting the The Collected X-Lapsed initiative.
For this initial episode, we go all the way back to the first dozen episodes of X-Lapsed, where I had an eight hour conversation with myself about House of X and Powers of X. I had a ton of theories, hot takes, and worries for the X-Future... as well as my own X-Past.
If you've been X-Lapsed curious, but weren't sure where to start... well, here it is! If you're a longtime listener, this will hopefully make it easier to revisit should you ever be on a very long road trip with nothing else to do!
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(00:00:00) House of X #1: "The House that Xavier Built" (00:34:42) Powers of X #1: "The Last Dream of Professor X" (00:58:52) House of X #2: "The Uncanny Life of Moira X" (01:27:07) Powers of X #2: "We Are Together, You and I" (01:56:02) Powers of X #3: "This is What You Do" (02:46:18) House of X #3: "Once More Unto the Breach" (03:12:14) House of X #4: "It Will Be Done" (03:44:56) Powers of X #4: "Something Sinister" (04:35:52) House of X #5: "Society" (05:22:52) Powers of X #5: "For the Children" (06:16:30) House of X #6: "I Am Not Ashamed" (07:18:40) Powers of X #6: "House of X" --
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Picking up from where we left off (I think) over in King in Black: Marauders #1 (Episode 160 in the Archives!), we have some Avenging house-crashers show up at New York's Hellfire Club - and, as luck would have it - the Marauders are just about to pop in there themselves!
Only one more episode covering King in Black!
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It's Kwannon vs. Betsy, Round Skatey-Eight Hundred!
Can Psylocke convince the Bets-Essence to become one with the Black Market Betsy Bod?! Also: What does this have to do with the Jackdaws? (Not much, sadly)
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With a little help from his friends...
This time out Kid Cable leans on some of his pals in hopes that they might help him track down Stryfe. Also, we learn a thing or two about the particulars of the Resurrection Protocols as it pertains to duplicates in the form of time travelers and alternate reality-types - and, boy-o-boy, are we gonna be talking a lot about that!
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Tom gets tickled! Logan eats a lip! Beast gets broken! Sage gets sloshed (and allegedly dances to Mariah Carey*)!
Something weird(er than usual) is going on in Krakoa - and it's all because of a certain formerly non-conformist Omega Mutant.
We're killing time til the Hellfire Gala - please do consider coming along!
Pics or it didn't happen - with bonus points if it's All I Want For Christmas is You*!
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Wrapping up our Krakoan King in Black crossover with the Knull-Corrupted Kid Cable facing off against the Everywhere Man!
Also - Could Magneto be coming around to Fabian Cortez's way of thinking?
Lots to talk about today - including great mailbag offerings and a deep-dive on the X-Books hitting the shelves in June, 2021!
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Well, slap my face and call me HoXPoX... we've got us a Krakoa sighting in this here issue! Well, the Grandson of Krakoa anyway... the mid-2010's were a weird time.
Also, Bling! has a therapy session with PhD in training and Generation X alumni, Paige Guthrie. How does THAT make us feel?
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Today we wrap up Episode 2 of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast with our final segment, during which Adam (@hojukoolander) and I take a look at all the X-Bits fit to print in the pages of Wizard: The Guide to Comics #3! Take a trip with us back to late 1991... and join us in the Gestalty goodness!
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The Boneyard's Haunted... by X-Factor?!
Today's episode features plenty of Mutant death... and morr of the Morrigan. It also feels a bit truncated - which will likely be today's "watchword"
Also: A very challenging Mailbag for your humble host, who tries not to stumble over his words too badly.
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After a year of delays... it's finally time to meet, well - whoever these Children of the Atom turn out to be!
In this opening chapter, we get elbows deep into the mystery of who... and/or what these characters might end up being! Are the Chimeras? Are the high on MGH? Are they just really good Cosplayers?
... and how come they changed the last page of this issue when it published digitally? I make a lot of wild theories... and I'd love to hear yours as well!
Also: An X-Cellent Mailbag Segment!
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Another day - Another Wolverine guest-appearance! I do believe that we might wind up eventually doubling our episode count including all of Logan's wandering around the 616!
Today, after sorting out a misunderstanding with the Runaways, Wolverine and Pixie set out to rescue a brand-new mutant -- and bring the Runaways with 'em for good measure!
If you don't listen... Nico might just transform you into an ice cream cone!
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In today's x-tra size milestone episode, we find out what Arcade and that elf from the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer special had in common. Hint: It has to do with teeth!
Also: Our titular Hellions face off against their deepest, darkest desires... and maybe grind up on a robot manikin or two. I promise this is a book worth reading... and, hopefully an episode worth hearing.
All that and some great and thought-provoking listener mail!
Thanks to everyone for their support over these last one hundred and seventy-five episodes!
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We're still "off the beaten path" here... and, we're looking at - of all things, an issue of M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games! Whodathunkit?
We've got a little playful shade thrown at our Head of X... and a fun little adventure through the white-space with one of our new favorites - The Unbelievable Gwenpool!
Speaking of "unbelievable" - I can't believe I just read a M.O.D.O.K. comic where I a) felt bad with him, and 2) wanted to read more! It's an #XLapsed Miracle!
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It's the Hotpants Issue of Generation X - we've got a couple couples getting ready to start coupling... well, three couples I guess, if we count the Fenris Twins (let's not!).
A fun issue... and a promising start to the second half of this run!
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It's anthology day at #FCTCXMen - and so, Walt (@waltkneeland) and me are going to take a look at two issues of Marvel Comics Presents!
The Cyber storyline rolls on in Wolverine... the Beast is still looking for love... and we get to discuss the first Marvel work of eventual Uncanny X-Men artist, Joe Madureira!
All that, plus Walt answers the dreaded Pod-File questionnaire!
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Remember how we all used to complain during the 90s that Wolverine would show up in so many books a month? Well, it's a good thing THAT'S a thing of the past, innit?
The more things change, right? Today, we're taking a detour into, of all things, an issue of Black Cat (an ongoing series your humble host didn't even realize was a thing!) where she and a certain Mr. Patch are running the tables in Madripoor's Hightown. It's a very fun story, I hope you'll give a listen!
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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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It's taken us 12 issues and 13 months... but, we're finally heading into The Vault to catch up with Wolverine (X-23), Synch, and Darwin! It's mostly a fight scene, but there are some useful bits and bobs dropped in.
Also: Sinister Secrets Revisited! We take a look at the 19 Sinister Secrets we first read a very long time ago to discuss which ones played out... and which we're still waiting on! It's a very fun conversation I had with myself -- I hope you'll give it a listen!
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Wolverine and Maverick flee Madripoor (it's a lawless place, donchaknow!) and try to talk each other into leaving their way of life. Wolverine would dig it if Mav came to live on Krakoa... while Mav thinks it would be cool if they teamed up as Mercs again.
Today they're going to go on one "last" caper together...
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Just when I thought it was safe to look forward to New Mutants... we're taken back into Otherworld!
Many of the story beats of the last few issues that I cared about are squashed into a scant handful of pages so we might engage in yet another romp through the Fair and Foul Kingdoms. Huzzah?
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In which Quentin, Nathaniel, and Benji have a boys night out at a super-villain-infested auction house and Jubilee wonders what might happen to her if she loses herself to vampirism!
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Kicking off the Scott Lobdell era of Alpha Flight!
For this segment, Sean (@Sean42AZ) and I take a trip down to Tierra del Maiz, where Diablo is doin' some hoo-doo with some some phony Vibranium, Northstar baptizes a child - and our team gets a mysterious new member!
Also: Sean sits in on the dreaded Pod-File!
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Another step off the beaten path!
Today we're joining the Champions, who are currently on the run from yet another acronymic Marvel organization! This one is out to stop young heroes from... well, being heroes and they're called C.R.A.D.L.E. (get it?).
After I do my darnest to navigate the OUTLAWED storyline, we discuss former Champion, Cyclops' attempt to help out his old friends. Also: The Marauders show up! It's about as X-Book as we can get... without being an actual X-Book!
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Well gang - today we've got an issue in which nothing noteworthy at all happens... absolutely nada - not even sure why we're wasting our time with it -- they certainly don't name-drop one of the more elusive movers and shakers of the Krakoa era... no, sir nor madam... nothing like that.
All kidding aside... if you've already read this one, you know we've got a LOT to chat about. Let's buckle in and... theorize!
Also: The Return of the Mailbag and some more X-Lection News!
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Waiter, there's a clone in my dumpling!
Today, Kid Cable dines with Domino... and has a fairly crazy family reunion.
We're talking clones... which means, I'm going to be talking a lot.
Please listen anyway!
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X-amining the many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many - wow, the more I type that word the more meaningless it looks - many, many, many, many, many, many, many deaths of Quentin Quire.
Today's episode ponders some deep concepts such as maturation, change... and questions whether what we're seeing play out on the page is what we think it is.
Also: Some X-News and theories regarding the upcoming #ReignofX Summer of Bloat!
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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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Spotlight on: Eye-Boy!
After being stressed to the optic nerve(s) by his supposed mentor, poor Trevor can no longer control his uncanny abilities! Too bad he's been unwittingly drafted into a woodland critter mob war! And, no... I'm not joking.
It's a story of beatboxing Rat Kings, and owl-based testicular trauma... you won't wanna miss it!
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Y'all remember Weapon X, right? What if I were to tell you that there was a sequel... that managed to be ten times as confusing... and had about one-tenth the impact? You'd be jazzed, right? Well, today you can hear my good pal Joe (@IowasJoe) and I talk all about the first chapter of it!
Joe is also kind enough to sit in the hot-seat for the POD-FILE segment! It's a great time as always - hope to see you there!
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Spotlight on: Manifold -- the teleporter who isn't a teleporter... or something.
This is a fine issue that manages to walk the difficult tightrope between moving the S.W.O.R.D. story moving forward... while playing into the King in Black mass-crossover event! We've got a few mysteries introduced here -- it's going to be fun to try and suss 'em out!
Also: Mailbag & News regarding "The Summer of Reign of X"!
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If we did "Legacy Numbering" here at the Chris and Reggie Channel... this would be Episode 550! But, we don't... so, it's not.
What it is... is Excalibur day. The hunt for Betsy Britain continues... still.
Hey, least we got some great Mailbag to dig into!
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Going a bit (or maybe more) off the beaten X-Path today, to discuss the first of three issues of Runaways (vol.5) we'll be covering on the program. We've got Wolverine and Pixie pullin' a rescue... but, what happens when the rescuee (Molly Hayes) doesn't even realize she'd asked for help?
Plus: Some Great Mailbag!
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Welcome to the HoXPoXDoXSoXRoX King in Black cash-in one-shot. If we used to refer to certain Crisis on Infinite Earths tie-ins as "Red Sky Crossovers", I suppose we can call this a "Symbiote Dragon Sky Crossover".
Here, the Marauders very nearly get involved with the main King in Black story (rescuing the Cyclops Who Laughs and the Storm Who Laughs)... before being distracted by a passing boat.
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Who swiped Sassy Sinister and his Stinky Cape? What's more -- is anything we see here REAL?
Today we're havin' a cuppa with our dear old friend, Mastermind... who we might wanna let take a sip first. It's all Funny Games til someone poisons the tea!
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In today's issue, Call Me Jubes' kids hit the caves under Central Park to track down the entity who dunnit to Face. Imagine their shock when they discover it's someone they already know! I'd say that's a spoiler... if the cover of this issue didn't already spoil it!
Also: A focus on Bling! and why she's so adamant on becoming an X-Man - and Quentin Quire ducks out of a group hug!
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In this segment for Episode Two, Jesse (@stiznarkey) and I have got TWO issues of Excalibur to cover! For everyone who's tired of talking about Otherworld in our mainline X-Lapsed program (okay, maybe I'm the only one tired of that) - here's some more!
On the plus side, this is Alan Davis Otherworld... which is far more whimsical and less up its own butt than anything we see nowadays.
Also: Jesse's in the hot-seat for the dreaded Pod-File! Who would play him in a movie about his life? Hit play and find out today!
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Lorna's lyin'... everyone's dyin' - just what in the world is goin' on here?
Plus: the mystery surrounding David's original death thickens... could there be two Prodigys... er, Prodigies running around in the 616?!
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In what might be the perfect "April Fools" issue yet - the X-Men go back to space and deal with some Shi'ar stuff - because, of course they do! I just hope they don't get in the way of Smasher's overwhelming awesomeness!
Also: The Mailbag makes it's triumphant return, along with our discussion of the X-Book Solicitations for books hitting shelves in May, 2021! Spoiler Alert: It's another eXpensive month.
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Place your bids, gang - it's time for an auction!
Logan's at Legacy House... and there's an interesting assortment of items up for grabs, indeed -- including his old running buddy with the funny-looking noseless mask!
Also: In lieu of a Mailbag Segment - we're taking a stab at fantasy-booking the replacement members of the Krakoan Quiet Council!
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An issue of Excalibur with Otherworld AND the Coven Akkaba? What have we done to deserve this? The coronation of Betsy Britain into the Corps continues... seventeen issues in. If she ain't legit by now... is she ever going to be?
Also: In lieu of a Mailbag section, I fantasy-book my new (Hellfire Gala) X-Men team!
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The new direction for New Mutants is ramping up... causing your humble host to ask so many questions! This has unexpectedly become one of the "meatiest" books in the line - prompting quite a bit of discussion and analysis.
If earlier New Mutants arcs caused you to drop the title - I'd say it's definitely safe to come back home!
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Getting to know you! Getting to know all about you!
Welcome back, friends - to the issue where we finally start getting into the head of our Point of View character. We find out why he's so worried about learning how to use his powers... and dare I say, begin to care about him!
A much stronger issue than I was expecting. Not perfect - but, we're moving in the right direction!
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We can't stand it... we know you planned it!
We gonna (try) and set it straight... this Liefeld/McFarlane-gate!
Welcome back, friends - to the eXtreme corner of From Claremont to Claremont where Chris (@Charlton_Hero) and I take a look at X-Force! This time out, it's a (literally) sideways two-part crossover with Todd McFarlane's adjectiveless Spider-Man title - in which, well - basically nothing happens, but the Toddster winds up quitting Marvel forever! We'll talk all about that, and a whole lot more in this very episode!
Also: Mr. Bailey sits in for the dread (and x-tended) "Pod-File" segment including the Marvel Bullpen Cool-o-Meter for November, 1991!
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Unduh da sea!
Today we join Wolverine, Forge, and the no-longer dead Kid Omega as they perform some underwater surgery on Lovecraftian infection -- all the while asking the tough questions good Krakoans ought not to ask! Also, Namor shows up to rustle some feathers and drop a hot take or two. It's a goodie!
Also: A decidedly Generation X-flavored mailbag!
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Dead Man Walking!
Today we start the second-half of, what I suppose we might call the Cable "maxiseries"? We're dipping right back in with the kidnapping plot that launched this volume, and was unfortunately slid to the back-burner for the Festival of Swords.
It's a fun issue - and a return to form for one of our favorite books in the line!
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It's the King in Black tie-in that wasn't... well, it wasn't "officially branded" as such, anyway - but it totally is!
Today we'll talk all about how little I know about the King in Black event... other than to say, it sounds like pretty much EVERY Marvel mass crossover event, just with a gooey coat of paint!
Also: Great Mailbag!
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Welcome, friends - to the milestone 150th Episode of X-Lapsed!
Today we're celebrating by returning to one of our favorite story beats of the HoXPoX era -- the Crucible! And boy, do we have a lot to talk about!
Also: Great Mail... and a new segment chatting up some recent-ish news in the World of X! We got a cancellation and a Summer Event to parse!
I want to THANK everybody for helping me get to 150 episodes - I can say with 100% certainty that I couldn't have done it without your support! Thank you all so much!
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On the eve of our milestone 150th episode - we wrap up our look at the recently concluded Juggernaut miniseries! Will Cain stay on the straight and narrow? And what of his totally not-a-mutant sidekick? We'll talk all about it!
Plus: Great mailbag... and the formal announcement of the X-Lapsed Origins blogging project! Pop over to the site for some seminal bits and bobs about Betsy's Beautiful Blonde British Brother Brian... and our most favoritest place ever: Otherworld!
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The Purifiers have attacked... and the only member of our cast that seems to want to do anything proactive about it gets scolded! That's just ONE of the "Chris Problems" I had with this issue... more on that if you decide to hit PLAY -- and I sure hope you do!
Agree? Disagree? I'd love to hear your thoughts on this issue and overall volume of Generation X!
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Will the real Jamie Madrox please stand up... or, well - die, I guess?
Episode Two rolls on, as Jeremiah (@bigox737) and I discuss the weirdness of which dupe got shot, and look into Havok and Polaris's awkward romantic reunion. Jeremiah will also hop into the hot seat for the dread "Pod File" segment!
It's a great time as always, we hope you'll give us a listen!
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No A.I. may be allowed to flourish...
Today's issue of Hellions is quite a challenging one, as it gives us a lot to chew on regarding morality, mortality... and probably a few other "-alities" to boot. Another wonderful chapter of this wonderful book. If you're not reading Hellions... you should be!
Also - Great Mailbag... and a missive that actually inspired a brand-new segment for the show, wherein I take a look at the most recent Sales Charts (October, 2020). We'll keep doing this as new sales/shipping data becomes available! Lemme know what you think!
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Why does Theresa Cassidy keep dying? Well, that's what X-Factor's going to have to find out... and it looks like getting those answers is going to be akin to pulling teeth for our heroes. There's a LOT of food for thought dropped in this issue... and as such, we've got tons to blabber about!
Plus: Great Mailbag... annnnd --
-- Since we're getting so close to catching up to "real time", I decided to take a dip into Marvel Previews to check out the X-Books shipping in April, 2021. We'll probably be doing this once a month from this point on... lemme know what you think!
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Welcome to Earth, Arrako... hope we survive the X-Perience!
That's right, friends... it's with this issue of X-Men that the trade enforced at the conclusion of the Festival of Swords comes to pass. Arrako arrives in the 616... but, how quickly will these new near-Omega level mutants (who have been crossbred with Amenthi demons) acclimate to their new digs? We've got a lot to talk about today!
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It's a Mutant Milestone!
Today we indulge in some good ol' Marvel "voodoo math" in order to get our titular hairy hero up to his 350th issue! Here, believe it or not... Wolverine has to deal with someone from his past! Also, a very interesting concept in the Legacy House Auctions...
All that and our always great mailbag!
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Heyyy, it's an issue of Excalibur from after our X-Tended Stay in Otherworld during #EcksofTens... any guesses where we're going to be headed today?
If you said "Why back to Otherworld, of course!"... well, I mean - where else would we be going? It's more squishing of our square-peg X-Characters into the round-magic-hole...
Ahem... we've got great mailbag though!
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Welcome friends to the new Sunday Special Series!
Today we're going to begin our look at one of the series' that caused your humble host to head for the hills back in 2017... the anachronistic Generation X!
Since the issue itself doesn't give us a whole heckuva lot to talk about, today's episode will feature a lot of me yammering on about my life and times as a Gen X Gen Xer who read Gen X back in the long ago.
As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the series and the show! Please consider spreading the word if you enjoy!
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The Coming of Bishop... well, sorta... he shows up on the last page... and the cover...
In todays segmented From Claremont to Claremont, my pal Billy (@Billyd_licious) and I talk all about it... and the lengths the X-Men will go to in order to make sure everybody is in their right body!
Also - Billy sits in the hotseat for the Pod-File!
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We need to talk about Hank McCoy.
Our bouncing Beast sure has made a jerk of himself over... well, the past twenty or so years of publication... but, with today's issue - he kinda steps over the Rubicon into irredeemability (at least in your humble host's opinion).
Also, Krakoa purges an inky blob... and Domino's dog (which I didn't even realize she had) has a pretty bad day.
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Into the Wild Hunt!
Welcome to a new era for the New Mutants - we've got a new writer, a new direction, and a new threat! Our Old New Mutants are going to be training a crop of directionless and malaised New New Mutants -- and these newbies are asking some difficult questions... referencing the dearly departed (and never comin' back) Madelyne Pryor! We got lots to talk about...
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It's the penultimate Juggernauting... where we find out just how Cain got his groove back (though, I think I've been saying that for at least the last two issues of this series!) I really mean it this time though... I think!
We're going to talk about what it means for Cain Marko to be unshackled from Cyttorak - and also dive into D-Cel's deniability problem. It's a fun chat.
Also: An amazingly insightful edition of the mailbag, that you gotta hear!
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With the content of today's episode... we might wanna refer to this comic as "Maraudition". It's time for Sebastian Shaw to pay for his crimes... and, boy does he! We'll talk all about it... and what it might mean for the evolution of Call Me Kate.
Also: There's Some Great Mailbag to dive into!
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Today we kick off our first Reign of X, Wave One, Number One... with a trip into (believe it or not) outer space! Whodathunkit, a current-year X book taking place in space!
What we have here is a wonderfully weird assortment of characters... and, if you ask your humble host, a kind of "eh" mission statement.
Let's give it a goo!
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To all things... an Epilogue?
Hello friends, today is the surprise return of Phoenix ResurreX-Lapsed, where we're going to be taking a look at the book that bridges us from Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey #5 and X-Men: Red #1 - the X-Men: Red Annual!
I hope you all have your hate-filled hot dogs at the ready... cuz we're gonna need 'em!
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Kicking off our second episode (in segmented form) of From Claremont to Claremont, Jody (@regalfan) and I dig right back into X-Men (vol.2) - and talk a whole lot about the debabying of Magneto! The Many Lives of Moira X have never been quite so scandalous... well, maybe.
Also, Jody sits in for the dreaded "Pod-File" segment, wherein I ask him all of the nutty questions Marvel Staffers used to be asked in the "Pro-File" section of the Bullpen Bulletins of Marvel Comics back in the long ago! It's a great (and enlightening) chat, and we sure hope you'll join us!
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Picking up where we left X-Factor when #EcksofTens got in the way, our team is prepared to present "Proof of Death" for that girl whose body they rescued from Mojoworld!
We're going to talk a whole lot about that girl... why she was there... what she knew... and why she allowed herself to be shot in da head! We will also be talking a bunch more about one of my favorite HoXPoXDoXSoXRoX topics: The Crucible!
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Welcome, friends - to the Reign of X... which, I'm pretty sure is supposed to be said as "Reign of 10", but... yeah, I'm never going to do that. We kick things off with our newly resurrected Hellions going on a mission to retrieve some Nanny-Tech in order to bring back their final lost member. We also get some amazingSassy Sinister moments! Lotsa great stuff to chat about, and - as always, a wonderful dip into the Mailbag! --
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More Juggernaut!
Today we wrap up our post-EcksofTens/pre-Reign of X trip off the beaten path with our titular hero being put on trial for something that happened about 40 years ago! This is a callback to the two-part "Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut" story from Amazing Spider-Man #229-230 (June-July, 1982).
Also, we talk a bit too much about quicksand...
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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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Continuing our trek off the beaten Dawn of X trail... we're stopping to take a look at the issue of Fantastic Four (vol.6) where it was revealed that Franklin Richard is NOT... and never HAS BEEN a mutant. I'm sure it'll be handled quite gracefully... and not feel like a last-minute attempt to "solve a problem".
I'll also share with you my life and times as a fan of the Fantastic Four... it's not that thrilling a story, but you'll get it anyway!
All that and great mailbag to boot! Be a pal, have a listen!
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Just when we lose one Cyclops... another comes back! In our final episode of eXLapsedination, we finally find out how The Resurrection of Scott Summers went down. Wouldja believe that a fiery bird was in-part responsible? Of course ya would... these are X-Men comics after all!
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In our final segment of From Claremont to Claremont, Episode 1 - I am joined by my friend Adam (@hojokoolander) from Wizards: The Podcast Guide to Comics (@WizardsComics) to discuss all the X-News that was fit to print back in Wizard: The Guide to Comics #2 (October, 1991).
In it, we'll look at the earliest sales charts for this era of X-Books, as well as some deep-diving on the Price Guide. Most notable about this issue, however, is that it might just have been the first place where X-Fans learned that Chris Claremont was no longer going to be steering the line. It's an awesome little time capsule, and we had a great time chatting it up! We hope you join in on the conversation!
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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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Friends, we have finally arrived - the twenty-second and FINAL chapter of #EcksofTens.
Wanna see how our favorite mutants get out of this one? Well, I hope you're ready to be... whelmed!
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You know I love the word "penultimate", right? It's time, friends, for the penultimate episode of our #EcksofTens coverage! It's a bit all over the place... but, we'll do our best to keep things straight! We're very nearly done... Dawn of X is Dead, Long Live Reign of X!
Also: The best part of the show - the X-Cellent Mailbag!
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When are the X-Men not the X-Men?
Well, it looks like they haven't been since we started this little project... nice of them to finally let us know! We're going to talk a lot about what it means to be an X-Man vs. what it means to be a Krakoan today.
Also, there's going to be a bit of sword-fighting...
- Apocalypse vs. Genesis
Plus: Our always x-cellent and x-citing mailbag, chock full of missives from our x-tended x-lapsed x-family!
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We're coming down to the wire in our Contest of Champions! Today's episode takes a look at the final two before our MAIN EVENT... which, is x-actly the fight you think it's going to be!
We're looking at:
- Kid Cable vs. Bei the Blood Moon
- The White Sword of the Ivory Spire vs. Gorgon
All that, and our always x-cellent mailbag!
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In our penultimate episode, we take a look at the sort of underwhelming Cable "eulogy" issue... which features two stories. First we follow Hope and Jean around the globe to shut down some safe houses... then we get a handful of pages reminding us what a devoted husband and father Cyclops was (and no, I'm not joking!).
It's a fun time as always - I sure hope you'll join us!
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No matter what the year is, Wolverine's adventures could never be kept to the handful of titles he was being featured in... and so, Walt Kneeland (@waltkneeland) and I are including his Marvel Comics Present exploits as part of this project!
This time out, we're featuring all three MCP issues cover-dated October, 1991 - which see Wolverine's first tangles with Cyber and also features adventures from other X-Men (and X-Adjacents) Beast and Firestar!
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Everything changes... but, will anyone remember that it did?
Friends, we have a Hell of an issue of Hellions to discuss today... chock full of action, intrigue, humor, disturbing imagery... and death.
We got a lot to talk about...
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We're getting closer and closer to the end of #EcksofTens... and hardly a battle has occurred! You know what that means? It's time to rapid-fire a Contest of Champions Montage... cue "You're the Best, Around" from The Karate Kid... and get ready!
We've got:
- Magik vs. Pogg Ur-Pogg (the rematch)
- A Torture Competition: Captain Avalon, Kid Cable, & Gorgon vs. War
- A Sisyphus Challenge: Magik vs. Isca the Unbeaten, Pogg Ur-Pogg, & Death
- Undersea Action: Gorgon vs. Isca the Unbeaten & The White Sword
- Eating Contest: Cypher, Captain Avalon & Kid Cable vs. Redroot the Forest
- Dance Contest: Cypher & Wolverine vs. Bei the Blood Moon & War
- A Maze: Captain Avalon & Storm vs. Pogg Ur-Pogg & Redroot the Forest
- A jigsaw puzzle... Gorgon & Magik
- A Fashion Show: Wolverine & Storm vs. Redroot the Forest & War
- A Tracking Challenge: Kid Cable & Magik vs. Isca the Unbeaten
- A Footrace: Captain Avalon vs. Redroot the Forest
- A Spelling Bee: Magik vs. Some Arrakis
- Staring Contest: Wolverine vs. The White Sword
- Rock-Humping? Gorgon
- Kill a Kitten Contest: Captain Avalon vs. War
Then, in an actual swordfight...
- Storm vs. Death
Suffice it to say, we've got bunches to talk about... also, some x-cellent mailbag!
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The 500th Program at the Chris and Reggie Channel!
Wolverine has managed to sneak into another milestone, hasn't he?
Today, we're going to feature four #EcksofTens bouts... with some very interesting (and batcrap insane) results!
We've got:
- Magik vs. Pogg Ur-Pogg
- Wolverine vs. Summoner
- Wolverine vs. Storm (???)
- Solem vs. War
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Do you take this Douglas to be your Ramsey?
Friends, it's time to X our Swords... as, after fourteen chapters of preamble, the rubber finally meets the road. Today's episode features the first two "bouts" of our #EcksofTens Contest of Champions:
Betsy Britain vs. Isca the Unbeaten
Cypher vs. Bei the Blood Moon
Who you got your money on?
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Who's hungry?
Today our pre-fight Dinner Party truly commences... with all sorts of Otherworldly "delicacies" (if you enjoy eating beetles and unicorn meat, that is). We also get to watch as our Arraki opponents continue to grow their newfound characters. It's wonderful that they're finally giving us a reason to care about these upcoming bouts!
A great issue, packed with drama and comedy - and gives us plenty of interesting "food" for thought.
All that and we got some X-Cellent Mailbag!
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So, whattayasay we finally get these kids back home?
Today we wrap up the Extermination event miniseries which endeavored to send our time-displaced Original Five back from when(ce) they came! Will they make it? Will they remember everything? Will they get the ol' Xavier Mind-Wipe Special? Have a listen and find out!
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Sooo... is Alpha Flight an X-Book? Well, if you ask my pal Sean (@Sean42AZ) and I, yeah - it totally is!
If only we had a better issue to bring you to kick off our coverage... because, friends - this is a weird, uneven... and mostly "deck-clearing" endeavor to make way for next creative team! We've got a Doctor Strange guest-appearance, lotsa "potty faces" and a highlight in the form of a Diamond Lil subplot being paid off.
Also: Sean shares with us his life and times as a comics and X-Fan - and sits in to rundown the October, 1991 Cool-O-Meter! It's a great time, and I'm looking forward to more! I hope you are as well.
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Just when I thought I was out... they pull me back IN!
Now THIS is more like it!
Today we've all been invited to a pre-contest dinner party at the Starlight Citadel... and we will bear witness to some of our interchangeable antagonists actually developing a measure of personality! A wonderful (and much-needed) issue of Marauders!
Also: Great listener mail - including more about my comics secret shame!
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Remember that story in X-Men #12 that we hated? Y'all wanna read it again? Well - we're gonna! I wish I was joking.
Today's episode discusses a chapter of #EcksofTens comprised almost entirely of art we already saw and paid for just a month or two earlier. It's the Creepy Summoner's History of Arrako... with a Genesis twist.
As always, there's great listener mail to help lighten the mood!
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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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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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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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In our penultimate chapter of Extermination, Kid Cable finally reveals why he's here... and why he's doin' what he's doin'! We've got a mostly united front against Ahab... and one slim teen-ager's life hangs in the balance.
Business is picking up!
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His story MUST be told.
Friends, today Joe Crawford (@IowasJoe) and I will share with you: the Life and Times of Tracykins. It's a story of gettin' stupid, size-shifting pistols, and rabid dogs - you WON'T wanna miss it. It'll change yer life... we promise.
Oh, Wolverine's here too... so, there's that!
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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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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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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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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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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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Marking FIVE YEARS of daily discussions, reviews, blogs and/or pods at Chris is on Infinite Earths dot com!
Today's episode is another short one... but, it's action-packed. Your humble host starts to get a feel for where this is headed - and is still having a lot of fun x-periencing and getting answers out of this event miniseries.
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And now for something completely different...
While the rest of the X-Family of books was undergoing a somewhat x-treme and hyper-posed makeover - across the pond, Excalibur was just plain weird. With a rogues gallery that included the crazy Technet (including show-favorite Joyboy) and a bird-bomb Henery Hawk knockoff - and mysteries surrounding the interdimensional garbage can that is Widget's dome - this title can't help but to stand out as something special.
For this segment, I am joined by my friend Jesse (@stiznarkey), and we have a really good time x-ploring the other side of the X-Books! Jesse also shares his life and times as an X-Fan! It's a great chat, we hope you'll give us a shot!
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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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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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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).
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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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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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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Extermination rolls on, and we're down another time-displaced original X-Man! What'll happen when our Amalgamated X-Men Color-Guard and Adjacents realize that Ahab isn't the only threat on their radar? And what might happen if our heroes have a Hound Sleeper Agent among them? Give a listen and find out (some of the answers)!
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In this very special segment of From Claremont to Claremont, Episode 1 - Chris and Chris cover not one... not two... but, the first three issues of X-Force! They also work their way through a certain temperature-taking thing that Marvel used to add to their Bullpen Bulletin Pages... the Coolometer!
All that, and Mr. Bailey shares with us his history as an X-Fan! It's a great time as always, we hope you'll join us!
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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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A somewhat Giant-Sized episode to discuss a Giant-Size issue... wherein we barely talk about the comic, because - well, not a whole heckuva lot happens that's worth talking about!
There IS however an X-Tended and X-Cellent Mailbag segment, wherein we will discuss some eXLapsedination theories, chat up some divisive books, and ask some much-needed questions about clones and the Resurrection Protocols! We'd love it if you joined us!
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How do you solve a problem like Candra? Or, the rest of the Externals for that matter? Welp, ya do a little literal soul-searching... I think.
This is a confusing one, gang - I think I'm falling prey to the "Otherworld Effect"... save yourselves!
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We're still on the Path to #EcksofTens - and our man Hank McCoy is engaging in some mutant profiling to aid in tracking down the Cerebro Sword. It's a sticky read... made even stickier when you notice all the details.
Plus - Our usual X-Cellent Mailbag segment!
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We're still in the "current year" Mojoverse... and your humble host is doing his best to adapt. Will this be the issue that breaks me? (Spoiler Alert: No).
Some strong scenes in this issue, as well as a returning 'star straight from my wheelhouse as an X-Fan.
Also: Great listener mail, including a sorta-kinda "live-tweeted" tour through Empyre(colon)X-Men!
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After pressing through the "Countdown to", we're into the event miniseries proper! It's an issue with a couple of casualties (one notable... one, less so)... as well as an introduction of a character who looms large in our current Dawn of X landscape!
We'll talk a lot (ie. project) about potential original plans for the original five... and what that might've meant for X-Men lore. If the time-displaced crew were a) from the 616, and b) sent back to the past with the knowledge of everything that was yet to come... what might that have meant for our current-day continuity?
Could they have originally been intended as an in-story reboot mechanism for our mutant heroes? Probably not... but, we're going to have fun playing "What if...?" anyway!
I'd love to hear (and share) your hot-takes on this issue as well. If you've got any, please don't hesitate to send 'em in!
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Back to the #FCTCXMen Episode One Redux... today, I'm sharing the FIRST segment we'd ever recorded for the program... and, for the first time, you're going to be hearing the whole thing! It's the X-Tended Cut of X-Factor #71 with Jeremiah (@bigox737), complete with awkward Treadmillisms I'd included when I wasn't completely sure how these segments were going to go, and a long chat on the house ads included in the issue!
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We tease her a lot... cuz we got her on the spot - Welcome Back, Kitty!
Yes, friends - Call Me Kate is back... re-tatted, and ready for revenge - which might have to be put on hold so we can sidebar into #EcksofTens. Let's talk about it!
Also: Our X-Cellent Mailbag features some... kind words regarding Empyre-colon-X-Men??? All that, and much more - You won't wanna miss it!
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In which Madelyne Pryor and your humble host continue sharing an X-istential crisis!
We talk a lot about legacy... what does it mean to exist, and when you can be sure that you actually do! It's a half-hour of a marblemouthed idiot trying to sound as deep as a high school freshman who'd just discovered Nietzsche - you won't wanna miss it!
Plus - Our customarily awesome mailbag including more #XLapsed100 chatter!
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Hello friends - today we take a sorta-kinda pitstop over to a sorta-kinda "unofficial" chapter of Dawn of X... in, of all things, an issue of Deadpool (vol.8)! What happens when Wade feels like he's being left out of the X-Men's reindeer games? Well, he does exactly what your humble host does when he feels the same way - he pouts a bunch!
Trust me, it's a lot funnier than I'm making it sound... this issue is an absolute delight, and if you're following the Dawn of X books - you need this one as part of your "current year" library!
Plus: #XLapsed100 missives and much more in our mailbag!
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In our milestone ONE HUNDREDTH episode... we talk about a wildly underwhelming issue of Wolverine! Welp, we certainly do play the ball where it lay here on the show, don't we?
Today's episode is dedicated to anyone who has listened to this program - without you, there's no way I'd be able to keep up this rigorous schedule. Your listenership and engagement mean more to me than I can put into words. Thank you all.
We have an excellent Milestone Mailbag this episode as well!
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On the eve of #XLapsed100, we're going to be talking about a confrontation that listeners of the show know I've been looking forward to for awhile - it's the New Mutants vs. DOX!
Can this face-off possibly live up to my expectations... or will my uncharacteristic optimism be slapped down! It's a story of slippery slopes and technicalities... you won't wanna miss it!
Also: Our final "Merry" Mailbag feature (for now), and much begging for #XLapsed100 engagement from your humble host!
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Welcome to the new X-Lapsed Sunday Special Series...
It's another one that I've been really looking forward to: Extermination - wherein we're going to find out where Kid Cable came from... and where the time-displaced Original Five went! Well, that's the plan anyway... anything could happen!
But before all that, we're going to have to get to Extermination... you might say, we're going to have to Countdown to Extermination. Today we're going to chat about the post AvX landscape which brought us to this point... and then the five "post credits sequences" that lead us into the event miniseries proper. It's bound to be a good time - I hope you decide to come along!
If you're following along, these "post credits sequences" appeared in the following books:
- X-Men Gold #27
- X-Men Blue #27
- X-Men Red #5
- Astonishing X-Men (vol.4) #13
- Cable #159
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Continuing our way through the legendary (legendary mean from like a really long time ago, right?) first episode of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast - and in this segment, I'm joined by my pal Billy (@BiLLYd_licious) to discuss the first issue of the new-look Uncanny X-Men! The Gold Team is up to their shoulders in trouble... but not quite as much as the poor Hellions (RIP in Pieces Beef!).
Billy will also share with us his X-Fan Secret Origin! It's a fun conversation, I hope you'll tune in!
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How many Spaceknights does it take to screw in a nuclear device? Welp, we're about to find out!
Today's very fun issue of Cable has our titular teen hero... maybe communicating with his elder self in order to save his present day bacon? Maybe. I dunno - whatever happened here, while I might not have understand it fully - I know I enjoyed it bunches!
Also: A Very Merry Mailbag, and much more!
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When being a part of only one mass-crossover event isn't enough - today's issue of X-Men (vol.5) ties into TWO! We're both cashing-in on Empyre and one the Path to #EcksofTens... er, X of Swords. Event Fatigue? Nahhh, it's all in our heads, just like "writing for the trade"!
Today we're going to be witness to Magneto... well, kicking ass like only he can do - while Exodus indoctrinates the youth of Krakoa... with the truth? We're gonna be talking a lot about that... I hope you decide to join us!
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Between the reading of X-Factor (vol.4) #1 and #2, your humble host had a birthday... one that apparently turned him into an old man - because the issue we've gathered to discuss today, just wasn't for him. We'll talk about the possible reasons why... in a very respectful way.
Also: A very Merry Mailbag, including a friend sharing his "Life and Times as an X-Fan"! You won't wanna miss it... least I hope ya won't!
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In which Madelyne Pryor and your humble host share an x-istential crisis! What does it mean to "exist"... what proof do you have that you did? Wanna hear an idiot talk about it for a bit - go no further! We also keep things half-assed "heavy" as we talk about the concept of transference, or "You have no idea how many times I refer to Kwannon as 'Betsy'!"
All that, plus our customary x-cellent mailbag! It's a good time as always - I hope you'll join us!
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When Kid Cable Met Deadpool (I think...)!
In today's issue and episode, Young Nate has to check in with the current King of Staten Island for some "body work". It's far funnier than I'm making it sound, believe me.
Also: Some great listener mail, featuring two takes on the funeral and return of Call Me Kate in Marauders #11! It's some great discussion - hope you'll decide to be a part of it!
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Today we wrap up Phoenix Resurrection, and finally find out how Jean got her groove back. Turns out, all she had to do was tell a bird to take a hike!
Also: Old Man Logan slices her friend's throat AND has the gall to insult her coffee.
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Due to popular demand (of a small handful of folks who expressed interest in listening to From Claremont to Claremont, but without the need to fill up their entire device with a 10-14 hour file), I've decided to keep up with our FCTC Segments -- starting with the big one, the Guinness World Record holding X-Men (vol.2) #1 (October, 1991).
For the new book, I'm joined by my friend Jody Yerdon (@regalfan) to discuss all the goings on in and out of the book. Jody will also share with us his "Secret Origin" both regarding the X-Men and comics in general.
It's a fun conversation... I hope you decide to hop on board the #FCTCXMen train!
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Happy New Year, Friends! How's bout we celebrate by hitting up some dive bar in the Great White North with our titular hero? Hopefully we don't inadvertently wind up stumbling into a meeting of an anti-mutant group! Nah, nothing like 's gonna happen... right? We'd probably wind up running into a coven of vampires first...
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Today we look at an issue of Excalibur that sorta-kinda feels like bunch of unfinished scenes all smooshed together to fit a standard-sized comic book. That doesn't mean it's not a good time... it's just, a bit disjointed. Maybe it's the Otherworld effect? Sure, let's go with that!
Also: More X-Cellent Listener Mail!
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The Path to #EcksofTens rolls on... and we start getting some swords into hands! If you're excited for the big ol' slobberknocker between Colossus and Omega Red that the cover suggests then... hoo boy, you're gonna love this one!
In addition to the story, I talk a lot about X-Force tropes... and why the overreliance on them is kind of dragging these issues down a peg for me.
Also: Great listener mail!
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We're officially on the "Path to" X of Swords - Follow along with all the fun with #EcksofTens
We've still got a few problems to solve before we hop into crossover mode, however... and one of 'em won't stop telling us to "call her Kate". With today's comic, we will, by hook or by crook, put that problem behind us. How will they do it? Well, maybe they'll finally remember Kitty's entire mutant gimmick?
Also: Some excellent feedback in the mailbag - including some discussion of The Crucible from X-Men (vol.5) #7! It's a great time as always - I hope you decide to join us!
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Back to business as usual... and back to our Giant-Size side-series!
Get ready for some Fantomex... as he spends many pages re-entering a chaotic Danny the Street... er, I mean "The World". It might feel like we're reading "Baby's First Grant Morrison Comic", but it's got some of the finest art we're likely to see in a saddle-stapled offering!
All that, plus some great and thoughtful discussion in the return of the Mailbag!
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In our penultimate episode, the veneer starts to crack... in more ways than one. The X-Men spend half the issue fighting... and the other half explaining. How and why is Jean Grey back? Well, there are some theories floated in this story... and we'll talk all about it!
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From Claremont to Claremont, Episode 3 rolls on - with the final segment I've got in the hopper - Jeremiah (@bigox737) and I go dupe-crazy when we discuss X-Factor #73!
From there, Jeremiah will share with us the "Soundtrack of his Life" - It's a great conversation, that I've been sitting on for far too long - we hope you'll join us!
Also: I heard from several... a handful... okay, a couple of people, who said they'd like for me to break the previous two episodes of FCTC into individual segments... and so, that will likely begin in the coming weeks! If you haven't heard 'em - they're new to you!
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Merry Christmas, friends!
Today we wrap up our little holiday vacation from the paradise that is Krakoa with... a Christmas story that isn't! I mean, someone does eat a candy cane... and someone does wear a Santa hat... but, other than that - ain't no Christmas to see here!
Today we take a look at one'a those "Feared and Hated"-focused stories that we get from time to time in our X-Reading... but, it's a good one - right out of my own personal wheelhouse - written by Scott Lobdell and drawn by the amazing Chris Bachalo.
I hope you've enjoyed this "break" in our normal coverage... which will resume following the weekend. Thank you all for indulging me - To You and Yours, from Me and Mine - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
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Welcome to Day Four of Merry X-Lapsed - and Merry Christmas Eve!
Today we're talking about the end of Chris Claremont's return to the X-Books around the turn of the century, and reading the "soft-pilot" to his all-new X-Treme X-Men title - it's a bumpy one...
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At the midway point of our vacation from Krakoa, we take a look at... perhaps that "Christmas with the X-Men" book that pops into most of our heads anytime we think about "Christmas with the X-Men" books -- even though, when it comes down to it - it ain't all that Christmassy!
Today we're going to get into the head of the newest X-Man, Kitty Pryde, as she tries to protect her home from the dreaded Wet Bandits... err, N'Garai Demon. We also meet Captain Aletys Forrester - listen along as I mispronounce THAT name a half-dozen ways, and probably never say it right even once!
We'll also discuss the ending of the Claremont/Byrne era, the not-so-subtle inspiration for this issue... and much more!
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Our Holiday Week rolls on... and we haven't even left Rockefeller Center yet! Today's comic, Uncanny X-Men #341 (1997) clearly takes a few of its cues from X-Men #98... just with a bit more turn-of-the-century sorta flare.
We'll talk all about Cannonball's recent promotion - as well as a quick n' dirty catch-up on who in the hell Joseph is... was... whatever!
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 100 - Age of Apocalypse, Part One
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 101 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Two
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 102 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Three
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-g5x8j-96fa08
Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 103 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Four
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 104 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Five
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 105 - Age of Apocalypse, Part Six
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Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 40 - X-Men (vol.2) #8 (1992)
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Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 41 - X-Men (vol.2) #45 (1995)
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 144 - The X-Traitor!
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Merry X-Lapsed, friends!
Today we're starting a Holiday-themed week, during which we're going to take a look as some seminal (and not-so seminal) X-Mas with the X-Men tales! We kick things off with Chris Claremont's first Christmas-themed issue, (not-yet Uncanny) X-Men #98 (April, 1976) - Our heroes are just trying to enjoy their Christmas Eve at Rockefeller Center... but, unfortunately for them - the Sentinels are Back... and, we're going to talk all about it!
Also: Wolverine reveals that his claws ain't no glove gimmick... and, that he shares shoe polish hair-care tips with Eddie Munster! Lots to chat about today - let's start the celebration!
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Welcome back to the Sunday Special - we're officially at the halfway point of Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey... and while it continues its (perhaps too) slow burn - it also continues to keep me on the edge of my seat, x-cited to see how this all shakes out!
Our titular heroine is beginning to lose control over things in the Elsewhere... does she just need a stiff drink (or a stiff man?) - if that's left up to a certain Mr. Patch, I've got a pretty good idea!
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Episode 3 of From Claremont to Claremont rolls on! Today, I'm joined by my pal Jesse Starcher (@stiznarkey & @sourcematcast) to discuss a pair of weird offerings from the Excalibur corner of our little X-Universe - Excalibur #45 continues from our Nightcrawler subplot, and the prestige-format Excalibur: Air Apparent is... well, your guess is as good as ours! It's weird, and it's fun to talk about - that much is for sure! Once that's all out of the way, Jesse will share with us the "Soundtrack of His Life", and it's a wonderful conversation - that we hope you all enjoy! Please send us YOUR picks for your own "Soundtrack of Your Life", we'd love to hear them! Also, let us know if you're enjoying these FCTC Episodes in "Segment Form" rather than in the 12-14 hour compiled form - and also, if you'd like to see the first two episodes broken up the same way for potentially "easier consumption"! Thank you! --
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Just when we thought it was safe to read another issue of X-Men -- Empyre rears its ugly (and horrendously dull) head!
Today, in what might be the shortest episode of this program yet, we focus on Vulcan... as he happens across a bunch of nothin' happenin' aliens, while talking a lot about the fire that burns inside him.
Also: Petra and Sway get drunk... because, it's not an issue of Dawn of X without somebody getting wasted -- unfortunately for me, your humble host doesn't drink. Maybe I ought to start...
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After an X-Tended absence, Cable (vol.4) is back - and boy, is this one fun issue! Today our titular character is titillated by a Cuckoo or five, before running in with some'a ROM's old running buddies. Also: We pop back over to the Otherwhere, where Old Man Cable shoots things in the face!
It's a great time, and a great issue - I hope you'll join us!
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Hello Friends - today we finally round out our Dawn of X Wave Two #1's - and your humble host totally forgets to rank them from best to worst... hopefully, I'll remember for next time!
Today we welcome X-Factor to the fold - and I begin this episode by recounting my life and times as a fan of the title... and just how important it was in my earliest days of X-Fandom! We will then discuss the book cover-to-cover... and, whattayaknow, talk about what I liked and didn't like about it! Sounds just like a comic review show, doesn't it?
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We finally reach the end of our Empyre-sploitation... the miniseries I thought would never end. Today's episode and issue sees Explodey Boy talking to himself... and several pages devoted to Doctor Strange calling the Scarlet Witch an idiot.
At least it's over...
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The Empyre-sploitation rolls on... and Jamie Madrox is a-okay with his dupes being eaten by zombies! Oh yeah, we're gonna talk about that. It's not ALL bad though... this issue might feature the best portrayal of Beast in many, many years! Sure, it's only like two-pages... but, it's something!
All that and some great and thought-provoking letters in our mailbag!
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Mutant psychics have gone missing... there's fire in the skies... and the X-Men have a pretty good idea what might be responsible - and so, they break into a bunch of teams to MacGuffin-hunt!
Also: The Elsewhere Diner gets itself a patron with the ability to bend spoons...
Still having a lot of fun with this "Sunday Special Series"... and I hope you are as well!
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Welcome back to Episode 3 of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast. Today Chris Bailey (@Charlton_Hero) and I take it to the X-Treme... and (in theory) meet an all-new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!
Also: The "hook" for the episode continues, as Mr. Bailey shares with us the "Soundtrack of his Life"! It's a great conversation, and we hope you all enjoy!
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You ever hear the one about the old ladies who curse a lot? Well - ya will!
Howsabout the time the X-Men killed "a billion broccolis"? Yeah, you'll hear that one too.
Welcome friends, back to our rip-roaring coverage of the X-Men cash-in... er, tie-in to the Marvel Empyre Event! We're gonna talk all about it... the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Also: Our customarily wonderful and thoughtful mailbag runneth other! I hope you decide to join us!
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Welcome, friends - to Empyre!
Now, your fumblin', stumblin', humble host hasn't the foggiest idea what Empyre is all about - but, even without peeking can hazard a handful of guesses...
Since this is a Marvel mass-crossover-event, one might assume we're dealing with:
- Interchangeable Alien Invasion
- Heroes Fighting Heroes
- A story featuring our heroes bouncing everything off uninteresting and snarky S.H.I.E.L.D. characters
- Finding out - Everything we thought we knew... was wrong!
I mean, it's gotta be at least two of those, right? I suppose it's time for us to find out! I hope you come along for the ride... it might just be a bumpy one!
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Today we resume our therapeutic mission with the "inconvenient" mutants of Krakoa - the Hellions! They are at the Home for Foundlings in Omaha, NE with one goal - burn the place to the ground!
What'll happen, though - when they run into the new head of the household - the Goblyn Queen herself?
Also: Nanny's fallen... and she can't get up!
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Today we wrap up the first story arc of this Dawn of X volume of Wolverine... and answer such questions as: "Wouldn't it be funny if... Magneto got completely wasted and had his helmet stolen?"
Spoiler Alert: No. No, it wouldn't.
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Who's ready for more Carnage in Carnelia?
Who's ready to meet a new Krakoan citizen?
Who's ready for this story arc to be over?
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions - well, then I've got an issue for you. Not much "meat" on the preverbal bone here, but a scene in this issue does facilitate my revisiting a well-worn X-Lapsed topic regarding altering mutants during the resurrection process (and otherwise).
Also: As always, some great and thoughtful listener mail
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Welcome friends, to the new X-Lapsed "Sunday Special Series", wherein we're going to spend the next five weeks looking at Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey by Matthew Rosenberg and Friends.
This is a series I've been long curious about, and so I figured it was high time we get to the bottom of just how Jean Grey made her return. So far, so good - this was an issue so strong that... I'm even tempted to go back revisit the 2016-2018 Blue and Gold era!
If you too are ResurreX-Lapsed, please consider joining me in this little reading endeavor!
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Welcome back to From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast, Episode 3!
Today, I am joined by Joe Crawford (@IowasJoe) to discuss the second chapter of - well, a storyline that really made me think the Shivas were going to be a hyooge deal going forward - Dreams of Gore aka. The Shiva Scenario!
Wolverine is still looking for clues to his origin... if only he could travel through time, and know that some questions probably don't need answering...
Also: The FCTC, Episode 3 "hook" continues, as Joe shares with us the "Soundtrack of his Life". It's a great time as always - we hope you join us!
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Today we go shopping for islands with the Master of Magnetism. We also see him have to escape out the back-end of a Kraken. It's yet another installment of Giant-Size, that may as well have been any old issue of X-Men (vol.5)!
Also - A great mailbag segment, that facilitates my sharing some of my more obsessive collecting habits.
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Today we wrap up our time in Terra Verde - home of the violent "veg"!
Guess what -- we also kill the same couple of characters who keep getting killed in these books! Your humble host is growing more and more tired. X-Force also loses a member - it's "moral compass" no less!
All that, and I talk a whole lot about creators having "skin in the game" during the mailbag portion - which I hope doesn't ruffle too many feathers! It's a good time as always - hop aboard and join us!
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Journey with me into the mind of a mania--er, reality warping mutant.
Today, the New Mutants take a walk on the wild side... with, Wildside in order to give "good dreams" to a scared little girl who might just destroy an entire country. All that, plus our DOX Magazine subplot keeps bubbling away!
Also: An X-Tended Mailbag, full of great analysis and discussion!
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Welcome to the landmark seventy-fifth episode of X-Lapsed - which, is also, as luck would have it our third monthiversary, having started this little journey back on September 1!
Today, we're dealing with altered realities, Otherworld, and That Weirdo Jamie Braddock - and, somehow - I managed to have a really good time with it! I also talk a bunch about the "Protect and Survive" PSAs from the late 70s/early 80s a whole lot.
Plus - Our usual x-cellent mailbag section!
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Today we usher in the double-digits era for our Wave One Dawn of X books... starting with Marauders! This is also a notable issue for being the first DoX book to hit the shelves after the current pandemic set in. Can it possibly live up to the x-pectations of the starving X-Fandom? Well... I suppose your mileage may vary.
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Six issues just wasn't enough, was it? Anyone else up for another romp with the Major and M'Koy? Well... uh, howsabout we spend this final episode of Major X-Lapsed talking about a two-part Wolverine story from the year 2000 instead?
That's right folks - we're spending all but eight pages of this $5 zero issue looking at a story that appeared in Wolverine (vol.2) #154-155 (September-October, 2000) - featuring characters who haven't been seen since! As for those other eight pages... well, they might just cause an X-Istential crisis... we're going to meet a whole lotta bucketheads... who we'll probably (hopefully?) never see again.
Whatever the case - Major X-Lapsed is now complete... I want to humbly thank everybody who has hung on for this weird little seven-week sidebar!
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Episode 3 of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast rolls on -- and goes off the beaten path, with our first look at a comic (prestige format dealie, actually) that isn't one of our regular monthlies!
This time out, I am joined by Mark Radulich (@MarkRadulich) to discuss one of Wolverine's many, many... many guest appearances. It's a little ditty called Hearts of Darkness by Howard Mackie and John Romita, Jr.!
After going through the story cover-to-cover, we continue the FCTC Episode 3 "hook" where my co-host discusses the "Soundtrack of Their Life"! Another very fun conversation... I hope you all decide to join us - and maybe even share your own personal "soundtrack"!
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It's Black Friday in America -- and not only does sharing this final compilation of Reggie and my coverage of DC's Sandman Universe books help me not to have to record an all-new show on Thanksgiving Day - I can also sorta play it off with a "Hey, remember in the 90s - when all those kids wearing black wouldn't shut up about Neil Gaiman's Sandman? Black clothes... Black Friday... ehh? ehh?" Okay, I tried... I'm sorry. Whatever the case, I hope you all enjoy this finalinstallment. -- Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast: Episode 225 (04.28.2019) - Books of Magic (vol.3) #7 Episode 226 (05.05.2019) - The Dreaming (vol.2) #9 Episode 227 (05.12.2019) - House of Whispers #9 Episode 228 (05.19.2019) - Lucifer(vol.3) #8
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In which your stumblin', fumblin', humble host hits his personal "tipping point" as it pertains to "X-Men in Space" stories. Sure, Cyclops and Havok's daddy lives out there... and the X-Men have a lotta friends and enemies out there - but, can we please get an issue without a reminder of that fact?!
Also: Happy Thanksgiving!
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In which your stumblin', fumblin', humble host hits his personal "tipping point" as it pertains to mutant deaths. Sure, the Resurrection Protocols of the HoXPoXDoXSoX era have changed the "rules"... but, with this issue, it's almost turned to parody. We'll talk a lot about that today...
Also: More great listener mail!
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Dawn of X, Wave Two rolls on with the introduction of a very bizarre book, indeed - it's Hellions!
What happens when you put Sassy Sinister in charge of a group of "inconvenient mutants"? Well, we're about to find out. This is a book that should NOT work - but, damned if it doesn't! We're gonna have fun with this one!
Also: A Giant-Size (and somewhat emotional) mailbag segment! Thank you all for helping to push the Chris and Reggie Channel over 100,000 downloads!
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Today we're going Giant-Size to discuss an issue that claims to focus on Nightcrawler... and, while he IS in this story - the more accurate title for this might've been Giant-Size X-Men: Magik. We're going to talk about continuity and costs here... as our entire story is built to add a resident to Krakoa, who we already saw pass through the portal months ago!
Also: An actual Giant-Size Mailbag segment, talking about all things HoXPoXDoXSoX! It's a great time as always, I do hope you'll join us!
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Today we wrap up the Major X miniseries proper... and, well - I wish I could say we've got a lot to talk about... but, we don't! We will see some Deadpool-on-Deadpool action... and our big-bad will get taken down by the Care Bear Stare. I will also rail on about inconsistencies in the depiction of our titular character.
Just one more episode to go... if we're bad enough dudes and dudettes to see our way through!
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A little something different for your Saturday!
Your humble host has been long dragging his feet on releasing the next full (12+ hour long) episode of From Claremont to Claremont: An X-Men Podcast - however, today I'm dropping the segment where Jody Yerdon (@regalfan) and I discuss the final issue of the Chris Claremont run - X-Men (vol.2) #3 (December, 1991).
In addition to covering the issue itself, we also include a bit of a "hook" in that Jody (along with the rest of the FCTC hosts) will share with us the "Soundtrack of Their Life" - It's a very fun conversation - and I hope you all enjoy, and maybe even share some of the songs that would be on your own playlists!
For the handful of folks who even remember that FCTC was even a "thing", I apologize for taking forever to start releasing these!
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The First Two Episodes of From Claremont to Claremont:
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What's (no longer) Eating Neena Thurman?
Today, after a short stint in [dead], we welcome Domino back to the X-Force fold -- only, she's a little bit different than last we left her. For one, well - she's alive, but for another - she's no longer tormented by all of the things she suffered toward the end of her previous life. We will be asking questions...
Also: More great listener mail... and a whole lot of my babbling! It's a fun show as usual, I hope you'll decide to join us!
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X-Lapsed is back in Otherworld... welp, it was nice while it lasted, eh?
Today's issue takes us toward the Starlight Citadel so Betsy Britain can find out why she has been forsaken by the place - after all, she is Captain Britain... stands to reason she ought to be able to visit the place where the Captain Britain Corps used to hang out, no?
Also: Great listener mail - more discussion of the controversial Crucible... and perhaps the even more controversial, Fallen Angels miniseries!
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Stop me if you heard this one before - in today's issue, our heroes head over to a Russian-ish country that doesn't recognize Krakoa as a sovereign nation.
Yeah, it's that again - but, at least this time out we get a new reality-warping mutant to deal with, and get to see some of the weirdos from the Mutant Liberation Front!
Also: X-Cellent listener mail, including a missive that isn't totally on board with the HoXPoXDoXSoX direction! Lotsa meat on the bone today - I hope you'll join us for the fun and discussion!
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You ever have... a dream of falling? Well, Gabriel Summers does... just about every night, so how about we try and catch up with him for a minute (and only a minute)? The main focus of today's issue and episode will be, for lack of a better term - brood banging. Hope you're wearing gloves.
Also: Great listener mail, where we discuss the inorganic nature of the relationships among the Amalgamated Young Mutants of Krakoa, LLC - and the utter madness that is Major X!
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Wave Two rolls on with Dawn of X's second solo-ongoing - Cable!
Today we join him as he beats up Wolverine, and removes a thorn from the paw of an ancient beast -- and maybe becomes a Spaceknight because of it! It's a fun story, and a good time - I hope you'll join us!
Also: Our usual x-cellent listener mail, and more of me waxing on about "broken toys" (please listen anyway!)
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Nobody's favorite show is back to cover the penultimate issue of the 2019 Major X miniseries - and boy, it's getting tough to stay positive.
Today, we get some body-swapping... a Sentinel dogfight... and an appearance by the current-year (pre-HoXPoX) X-Men. It's... well, it's something.
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Come along and ride on a fantastic... voyage?
Today we check in (and deal) with Pyro's diminutive stowaway, Yellowjacket... and talk a whole lot about some "Dawn of X problems" (that's "problems" with a little "p"). Also, we check in with Call Me Kate at the hatchery to see how she's cookin'.
Plus: Some amazing listener mail, where we recap a bunch of recent discussions and touch on (and labor over) some wildly interesting plot points. Lots of "food for thought", I hope you'll join us!
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Today we wrap up our Warwolf hunt at the palatial Bloodstone Estate - and, best of all we get to take a live one home with us... in the form of an adorable li'l Warwolf Puppy. This story is a little uneven, and feels a bit truncated - but, we're going to talk all about it just the same.
Also: An overlong tangent discussing the use of literary "shorthand" as it pertains to representation in comics, which I sincerely hope doesn't annoy and/or anger anybody listening! All that, and some great listener mail to boot!
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Let's get ready to rumble!
It's time for the first-ever Krakoan Crucible... and, boy-oh-boy, do we have A LOT to talk about. Topics we will discuss will include a mutant's right to die, the concept of being (and/or becoming) "whole", how context and consequence are the basis of continuity, and we will theory-craft the ever-loving hell out of just about every nugget of "food for thought" this amazing issue gives us.
Also: This issue features "that" scene between Wolverine and Cyclops... that set many a "comics journalist" to clickbait their way to fleeting (and relative) internet fame. We'll talk all about that as well.
Plus: Great listener mail and another X-Lapsed "Call to Arms". If you're digging the show -- or at the very least, appreciate the time and effort that goes into making it every single day, please consider telling a friend that it's a thing that exists in the world! Thanks gang!
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Today's episode is all about an aspect of the Resurrection Protocols that your humble host hadn't yet considered - what would happen if a mutant decided to take their own life? We spend a lot of time (perhaps too much) discussing the ramifications of that concept. We also wrap up the story of Domino's doppelganger - and ramp up for a violent clash with the nebulous XENO organization.
All that, and some great listener mail - and an X-Lapsed "Call to Arms". If you're digging the show -- or at the very least, appreciate the time and effort that goes into making it every single day, please consider telling a friend that it's a thing that exists in the world! Thank you all.
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We're back with the New Mutants "B" team a/k/a the Amalgamated Young Mutants of Krakoa, LLC for this issue - and what's more, they're taking us all on a trip to Nova Roma. It's a weird one-and-done, that - in about 10 minutes - you might just forget you've even read! Let's hope the same can't be said for your listening experience!
Also: Sebastian Shaw does something pretty cool... so, at least there's that!
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Welcome friends, to Wave Two of the Dawn of X line (also the 400th Program uploaded to the Chris and Reggie Channel)!
Today we've got a Wolverine two-fer - two complete stories... well, two complete "part ones", to kick off the berzerker's seventh (oi) volume. One's got some Drug Cartel stuff... the other is all about vampires. Woof. Plenty of good conversation will be had, and there is some great listener mail to boot!
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It's issue four... and it's another fight-scene. I might actually have to listen to this episode myself, since I can barely remember what happened here.
Major X has somehow married some of the worst aspects of two generations of comic book storytelling - it is as shallow and vapid as many books of the early 1990's, while being decompressed to the gills like so many "current year" comics.
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We had our fun in space... but, now - let's get these kids home!
Today we wrap up the New Mutants "A" storyline, reuniting bird-person child with (death)bird-person aunt... and finally plant our Krakoan seed in Shi'ar Space! Also: A strange Dungeons and Dragons-style battle - complete with your humble host rolling virtual dice! A fun issue... though, depending on your mileage - perhaps a hair too "cute" in the Deadpooly sort of way. Lemme know your thoughts!
Speaking of letting me know your thoughts - I share a hot-take theory from a listener that might just change the way you look at these books! Again, lemme know!
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To Me, My X-Lapsed!
Today we're going to discuss the necessary "next step" issue of Marauders, in which, much of our team finds out exactly what happened to Call Me Kate. It's an issue of reactions - which I myself will react to, and have a good time doing so. There's also some mutant on nameless, faceless mercenary goon violence... which never gets boring (citation needed).
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Torn from the pages of HoXnPoX, comes a very special Mystique-focused issue of X-Men! Today we're going to find out some of the things that went on between the panels of the big Mother Mold Mission, when the X-Men raided the Orchis Satellite. We're also going to flash back to a story from... well, sometime before Uncanny X-Men #255, where Destiny has a very important message to share with her wife.
It's been awhile since I've engaged in "hot takes", but - an issue like this, really invites the semi-critical thinking... and makes my mind percolate trying to figure everything out. It's a goodie, and I hope you take the time to check it out!
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Two great issues of X-Force in a row?! Could it possibly be?
Yes, folks - thanks to my goof-up, where we very nearly missed an issue of X-Force, we get two really fun, and thought-provoking issues of the title in a row! Today, we are going to discuss the potential collectivist nature of Krakoa, and how - for the needs of the many, the trauma of the few might be getting brushed under the rug. We question whether or not the individual mutant is valued as highly as the "collective" Krakoa... and what the ramifications of this might end up being.
It's fun food for thought - and I hope to hear what you all think!
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Today we're talking about a surprisingly x-cellent issue of X-Force! Not only that - it's a one-and-done, that raises the stakes and advances our overarching plot! Now, that doesn't feel like a "current year" book, does it?
In X-Force #6, our point-of-view character is Hank McCoy... who is going to do some pretty bad things in the interests of the greater good. We establish a new potentially Omega-Level threat in Nanoflorites - and get another formerly unwilling nation to sign on the dotted line for some Krakoan Magic Meds!
Also: Great listener mail, discussing the "silent" Giant-Size issue, as well as some more kind words about our milestone 50th Episode! It's a great time as always, I do so hope you'll join us!
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Welcome, friends - to a (mostly) Otherworld-free issue of Excalibur! Oh my... I am so overwhelmed with relief-fueled euphoria, that I'll probably say a lot of nice things about this book! While others might look at this issue as "filler"... it's a little off the beaten Dawn of X path... we have fill-in art... it's kinda silly, I couldn't be happier to just get a minute to catch our collective breaths with some of our favorite characters. It's about time!
Also: Some great listener mail, more talk about Episode 50, and a non-paid plug for https://www.hoopladigital.com/ where, if you might just be able to read along with the show for free! I tell ya what, $0.00 is as much as I'd ever tell anyone to pay for Fallen Angels... and now, thanks to this digital library resource, I can!
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Major X-Lapsed rolls on, right into the midway point of this sorta-kinda baffling miniseries. This time out, we catch up with some old friends from a strange two-part turn of the century story from the pages of Wolverine and discover the "birthplace" of the X-Ential. We also get three extended fight scenes, plenty of cryptic dialogue... and thankfully, very little in the way of Atlanteans!
Also: Your humble host kvetches a bit about how quick comics are touted as being "sold out" (such as these Major X issues), despite the fact that there are still stacks and stacks of these things at every brick-n-mortar comics retailer coast to coast.
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Happy Halloween, Everybody!
In the spirit of the season, I'm sharing a little something I've been keeping in my back pocket for the better part of two years - the seventh installment of the Sandman Universe "Gatherum", from back in the long ago where Reggie and I would cover the "weirdo books" over at Weird Science DC Comics.
I hope everyone enjoys this little blast from the past... and has a happy and safe holiday.
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 221 (03.31.2019) - Books of Magic (vol.3) #6
Episode 222 (04.07.2019) - The Dreaming (vol.2) #8
Episode 223 (04.14.2019) - House of Whispers #8
Episode 224 (04.21.2019) - Lucifer (vol.3) #7
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Since it's been awhile, here are the links to the previous six episodes:
Sandman Universe Gatherum, Episode One (03.14.2019)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-3dwqk-aad401
Sandman Universe Gatherum, Episode Two (03.21.2019)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-c796y-ab6372
Sandman Universe Gatherum, Episode Three (03.28.2019)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-2i72b-ac332e
Sandman Universe Gatherum, Episode Four (04.04.2019)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-6rcfx-acc71e
Sandman Universe Gatherum, Episode Five (04.25.2019)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-zqjvs-af1591
Sandman Universe Gatherum, Episode Six (06.20.2019)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-nw7y6-b53b87
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X-Lapsed goes back to business as usual, with a look at one of our core Dawn of X books - a rather transitional issue of Marauders. Call Me Kate is still M.I.A., and the Hellfire Tots continue to put their plans in motion.
All that, and I talk way too long about my adventures in Rio Verde, Arizona... while thanking the creative team for actually depicting an area of the state I live in as being something other than the setting for a Wile E. Coyote and Roadrunner cartoon!
Also: Some (wildly optimistic?) housekeeping... with an eye toward the next fifty-plus episodes of this program!
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Shh!!! Psychic Podcast in Progress!
Today we're taking a look at the (mostly) silent showcase of superstar artist, Russell Dauterman - Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey + Emma Frost! I even pull some tricks out of the Weird Comics History drawer (and an old Previews catalogue from my closet) for this occasion, and do a bit of chatting about Marvel's 2001-2002 'Nuff Said! month! It's a good time, and a great homage...
Also: Some wonderful listener mail, which really made your humble host's day!
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Welcome, friends... to the landmark fiftieth episode of X-Lapsed!
Today, I'm taking a page out of the Chris is on Infinite Earths playbook... where I spend about a half-hour getting a little personal about just why this milestone is so important to me personally. For folks who are willing to indulge me, you have my gratitude! For those who'd rather just hear me talk about the last issue of X-Men + Fantastic Four... no problem, we're still friends! Just skip ahead to 29:32 and you'll miss all my spoo.
As far as X-Men + Fantastic Four #4... well, it's a little bit uneven... but, we'll give it a goo, and have a good time doing it.
Thank you to everyone for sharing their time with me over the course of this project so far. I can't put into words what it means to me!
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In today's penultimate issue of X-Men + Fantastic Four, the stakes are upped once again! Well, sorta.
We're going to talk a lot about how the X-Men are being portrayed here... and any time they're pitted against, or sharing panel-space with, any other Marvel heroes. Your humble host tires of seeing his favorite folks "jobbed out" and made to look lesser-than every Marvel character from Willie Lumpkin on up!
We also talk a bit about Godpower... that is, if your host is understanding it right in the first place (please do not take a drink every time I say that...), and the fact that the Invisible Woman is THE MOST POWERFUL CHARACTER IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE.
It's a good time - and we're just one episode away from the regular-sized, nothin' happenin', non-celebratory 50th Episode of this little program~! Thanks everybody!
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Welcome friends, to a whole new series - and part of the "New Fall Season" here at the channel.
Longtime Legion-denier, Chris (@acecomics) looks to right the wrong of keeping DC's future-teen-heroes as a deliberate blind-spot in his comics knowledge... and to do so, he's found himself a friend to help him navigate this twisting and storied franchise. Lifelong Legion fan, Al Sedano (@AdamThanosPod) has graciously agreed to educate and guide me to... maybe eventual Legion-relevance... or, at least maybe being able to identify a dozen or so of these characters on sight!
For this first episode, we share our own Legion origins... or lack thereof, Al provides a brief overview of the franchise, and we start our coverage... well, at the start - with a look at Adventure Comics #247 from 1958!
As this series progresses, we will be alternating between covering Legion stories, and focusing on prominent Legion characters, to try and get me up to speed. If you're in need of some "Legion Learnin'", this might be the show for you! If you're already a certified "Doctor of Legionomics"... well, you still might enjoy hearing how ignorant I am about the property you hold so dear! Or, you can at least stick around long enough to hear how I ruined a really good song to make our theme music (apologies to Jarvis...)!
Feedback is encouraged! We invite you to write in and join us on this little audio journey!
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Because absolutely nobody demanded it...
... Major X-Lapsed returns with its second installment!
Today, I have far less fun with Issue #2 of Major X... which, rather than remaining a fun retro romp through the early '90s - starts taking itself a bit too seriously. We've got Atlantean politics to deal with... and that's just the beginning! I don't know about y'all, but Atlanteans are right up there with the Inhumans in the list of characters I couldn't care less about!
I'd love to hear everybody's thoughts on this series... good, bad, or indifferent - please don't hesitate to reach out!
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Keeping with our coverage of X-Men + Fantastic Four - this time out, Reed and the Gang are Krakoa-bound looking for their lost kids. Only problem is, they ain't there! Instead, they're out on an island somewhere with Uncle Doom and (Aunt?) Call Me Kate.
It's a knock down drag out affair when the X-Men and Fantastic Four go at it... and one that, despite how much I'm enjoying it, I'm going to poke several holes in.
Also: Some parting shots at Fallen Angels, a reminder of a hot-take I made about a potential romance between Cyclops and Polaris - which facilitates a plug for our Weird Comics History - Twilight of the Superheroes coverage, and an endorsement for... Major X-Lapsed?!
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Stuff I mentioned during the Episode:
Weird Comics History, Episode 23: Twilight of the Superheroes:
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Talkin' Twelve @ Chris is on Infinite Earths:
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Today we begin the story I've been looking forward to since we first saw the tense confrontation between Reed Richards and Scott Summers way back in House of X #1 (Episode 001 of this very program)! Today we bear witness to the skirmish over "The Impossible Boy", the recently-rapidly-aged, Franklin Richards!
An Omega Level Mutant, Franklin would definitely be an asset for the growing mutant nation of Krakoa... there are just four things standing in the way. Also, our boy Franklin's powers are depleting with each use... wassupwitdat? Hopefully we'll find out here!
Starting this miniseries, X-Lapsed is now officially on the road to our milestone fiftieth episode... a milestone only to me!
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Today we wrap up our time at the Bohusk Farm... and, it gets far bloodier than you might imagine. We learn a little bit more about the Cartel, DOX... and those creepy grey-skinned black-eyed children.
It's a good time as always... as we head toward the "landmark" fiftieth episode of X-Lapsed (can it really be a landmark, if I'm the only one that cares? Don't answer that!)
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What is that blinding light? It's as though we're at the end of a seemingly endless tunnel! That's right, friends... today, it ends. After this episode of X-Lapsed, we never have to (knock on wood) discuss another issue of Fallen Angels... ever again.
Crank up the orchestral soundtrack for your favorite Final Fantasy game, because we're about to see Psylocke battling a bona fide god... for, like a page or two. Lotsa build-up... for very little payoff, but we'll do our best to have fun talking about it.
Also: A lookback at the entire Fallen Angels miniseries, including taking a peek at its surprisingly solid sales figures... and another X-Tended Mailbag segment, featuring missives from a pair of listeners who just finished HoXPoX for the first time!
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The King is Weird... Long Weird the King!
As Excalibur (hopefully) wraps up its Otherworld arc, the place gets a new ruler... and he's a weirdo pervert. At least he's a Braddock! Today we have dueling siblings, crushed nuts, and perhaps the quickest resurrection of the Dawn of X era!
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Finally folks... we come to the end of our (regularly-scheduled) run on Morituri Mondays... but, never you fear - we've still got (at least) five thick issues of Strikeforce: Morituri - Electric Undertow on their way in the not-so-distant future.
But, that's a story for another day...
Today, not only do we wrap up the monthly run of Strikeforce: Morituri... but the Chris's had the absolute pleasure and privilege of chatting with Strikeforce: Morituri co-creator and artist - Brent Anderson!!! Brent was kind enough to join us for nearly two-hours to chat about, not only this franchise that we hold so dear... but to answer some questions from our faithful friends and listeners!
It's a bittersweet episode - and we cannot wait for you all to hear it!
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Who's ready to party like it's 1991?
Welcome, friends to the first spinoff program to X-Lapsed - Major X-Lapsed! That's right, today we're going to be covering the somewhat divisive little ditty from the somewhat divisive Rob Liefeld. I'll probably be doing one of these a week for the next several. If you're expecting this to be a half-hour of me bashing this first issue of Major X... well, you're probably going to be a little bit disappointed.
As someone who came into the comics fandom in the early nineties... this comic is more comfort food to me than anything. "Popcorn Comics", which is sometimes exactly what the doctor ordered...
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Business just picked up! Today, faithful friends and listeners... we're talking about one heck of an issue of Marauders. Join me as we look at one of the strongest issues of the Dawn of X era yet!
Also: An X-Tended Listener Mail segment chatting pretty much everything from HoXPoX through to DoX... with a little EcksOfTens for good measure!
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Fallen Angels isn't even over yet, and X-23 is already joining another team? Well, I guess that's just a sign of the times. Today we join her, Synch, and Darwin as they attempt to infiltrate the Children of the Vault's... well, vault.
It's another strange one-off issue of X-Men (vol.5)... listen to me try not to complain that it's not everything I wanted it to be!
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It's the penultimate issue of Fallen Angels... so, what's say we actually start-and-finish rounding out our team, yeah?
Today I talk about how unpleasant a character Kwannon is, and question how anyone ever thought she could carry her own back-up feature in a random issue of X-Men Unlimited much less an actual miniseries. At least there's only one to go...
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Whatever happened to Wolverine's bottom half? For that matter, whattabout Quentin Quire from the shoulders down? Prepare to find out, my friends...
Today our (makeshift) X-Treme Team takes on a group of MERCs who maybe aren't completely ready for prime-time. They make plenty of mistakes... but, the sort that kinda have to happen for the story to work out the way it does. That's just the row we hoe with X-Force(d).
Also: Some great listener mail... featuring thoughts on the new take on Bobby Drake, the "shoe-drop" issue of HoXPoX, and the hottest take of them all... somebody liked the New Mutants "Farm" story???
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I never thought I'd be so happy to see Deathbird!
Welcome back to Shi'ar Space, fellow NewMu's... it's time for one heck of a fun (farm-less) issue of New Mutants! Join me as I talk all about how much I enjoy these characters... while at the same time, am growing a bit weary of the tricks of the current DoX landscape. We've got nothin' happenin' bad guys, and a cliffhanger that threatens with some mutant deaths. We're just a power-dampening collar away from the "hat trick"!
Also: Great listener feedback... and some more of me rattling off about my reviewing process for far too long!
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Today's issue of Excalibur is... well, kind of all over the place. Lotta stuff happens... nebulously. We even get yet another mutant "death"!
Also: Your humble host learns a bit more about Britishness... just enough to realize he still hasn't the foggiest idea what he's talking about! Join in for all the fun!
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Today we kick off the Dawn of X Wave One #5s with Marauders! We get some great callbacks to the long ago... and your humble host uncomfortably talks about the new(ish) take on Bobby Drake. I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on the post-2016 Iceman!
Also: I am questioned as to what my "review process" looks like... and I do my best to answer. All'at and much, much more!
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Wrapping up the Dawn of X - Wave One #4's with the flagship book, X-Men!
Today we join the Autumn Quarter of the Krakoan Quiet Council as they attend a meeting of the World Economic Forum. When Magneto is offered a pulpit, you can be sure he's going to take it!
Also: Listener Mail discussing Boom-Boom's depiction as a drunk, more plotting and planning for the future of this program, and chatting about Dawn of X's unfortunate habit of picking some of the easiest targets around to critique.
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What could be better than an issue of Fallen Angels? Well, how about a "Part 4 of 6" issue of Fallen Angels? Join me as we have the same revelations we've already had three times... and we inch ever closer to the finish line.
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Welcome friends, to a most deadly episode of X-Lapsed. Today, we're covering X-Force #4, which turns out to be rather aptly named... considering how "Forced" much of this issue feels!
Featuring dialogue no human would ever say... and yet another fatal cliffhanger ending... it's safe to say that X-Force #4 is not my favorite post HoXPoX outing. Please listen anyway!
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Today, playing to role of Drunk Captain Kate... Boom-Boom!
We return to Pilger, Nebraska... and the Bohusk family farm. Last issue ended with the arrival of a Cartel of goons who wanted to talk terms. Today, we find out what they meant by that... and, well... Big Pharma is a pretty "safe" target, right?
Let's make the best of this...
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Hooray! Today's issue of Excalibur does not take place on Otherworld... but, is that enough to make me enjoy it? Well, yeah... turns out it is! Don't worry, Otherworld fans... it looks like it won't be a long respite. I'll enjoy it while it's here. Excalibur #4 sees our team officially get its charter... and introduces a jerk so smarmy he makes Pete Wisdom look like someone I wouldn't mind being stuck in an elevator with!
Also: Some great feedback, discussing more about the HoXPoX info-pages, an impassioned plug for the From Claremont to Claremont series of shows on this channel, and much more!
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Today's issue of Marauders pays off the Taipei subplot from the first chapter, in a very fun way. We also get some actual Post-Human sightings, and a weird blast from the past that I certainly wasn't expecting! Also: Storm hammers a Brazilian Rent-a-Merc with lightning... twice!
Plus: Great listener mail, some chatter about DC Comics' Millennium, Cypher's role as a "heavy-hitter" in the post HoXPoX X-Books, and much more... well, maybe not "much" more... but, more nonetheless.
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Wrapping up the Dawn of X Wave One #3's, with an extended fight scene in Fallen Angels. Not much to say about this one... but plenty to say about other stuff, so please listen anyway!
Also: Some excellent listener mail, and I complain about half-hearted Wikis, discuss a bit more of the Chuck Austen run, and continue to whinge about the overreliance on power damp(en)ing devices in these here X-Books!
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Well, that didn't take long, did it?
Ol' REDACTED has only been dead for like twenty-pages... and now they're back! I guess that's just the world we're living in nowadays. Not only that, but our new Court of Owls looking group of bad guys gets a name... Wolverine and Quentin Quire fight something out of Attack on Titan... and I furrow my brow as Jean Grey jokes about how often she's died.
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And now for something completely different!
While our main cast are still in spaaaaaaace, we're given a weird little story with some of Xorn's Special Class, Armor, and a whole bunch of Mutant-hating hillbillies. Never have I ever been so disappointed not to see Deathbird!
Also: The concept of a cure-all in comics, a bit of my babbling about my academic career, and a whole lot more
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Today we're discussing Excalibur #3, where Betsy Britain and her Beautiful Brother Brian X their Swords in Otherworld... perhaps for the final time. Well, no, probably not. We also get our latest addition to the cast in Mr. Julio Richter... and a cameo from MI-13's finest, ol' Pete Wisdom.
Also: Listener Mail where we try to think of an X-Book worse than Fallen Angels #2? Could it be Mutant X? The Brotherhood? The Chuck Austen run? Perhaps, X-Men Unlimited #4? Reach out if you got one!
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The Father and Child Re-oo-oo-niun... is only a mutant away-ay.
Today we hang out with the Shaws... Sebastian and Shinobi, as they (maybe?) attempt to put aside their differences and work together for the betterment of mutantkind... or, the financial milking of humankind.
Also: I wax nostalgic over Shinobi's old running buddies: the Upstarts, Bill Jemas' failed EPIC Comics relaunch (announced in Marville), and trawlin' Mall Cons looking for the early issues of X-Factor!
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Thank you for being a friend...
For this landmark 25th Episode of X-Lapsed, we are visited by an octogenerian group of "radical botanists" who have designs on controlling... or crushing Krakoa. It's up to Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Sebastian Shaw to try and stop them.
Also: "Comedy" in comics, the Golden Age of Fandom, Learnin' the Legion, and much more!
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You ever hear the one about the butterfly? Well, ya will today... a few times!
Join me as I look at the difficult second issue of Fallen Angels... of which, there isn't a whole heckuva lot to say.
Also: Some great listener mail!
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In the wake of the assassinations of REDACTED, X-Force goes on the offensive to track down who might have been behind it. What they find is something... well, pretty gross! Join me as we take a trip to a most peculiar South Korean Printing Press.
Also: Conflicts between logic and faith in a universe as extraordinary as the one we're reading about, more threats of discussing the Alan Moore Captain Britain, more feedback on the Uncanny Lives of Moira X... and much more!
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Order in the court! (Ham and Cheese)
It's here that the New Mutants have their day in court... will Roberto's wicked space lawyer get them off, or will our young heroes wind up incarcerated by the Shi'ar Empire for life? Worse yet, will they get stuck hanging out with Cannonball's annoying better half? Those answers, and a whole lot more... in this very episode!
Also: Losing touch with friends, dealing with the realization that you're no longer a comics' intended audience, and some great listener mail!
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Trouble on the High Seas, and Terror in the Boardroom... Marauders #2 by Duggan, Lolli and Co. finally fills the Red Throne... with, exactly who you think.
Also: Tattoos, Dancing, Auctions, and Batroc the friggin' Leaper!
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Whattaya get when you cross an X-Men comic with a sub-par D&D campaign? Uh, don't answer that.
Today we're discussing the second issue of Excalibur by Tini Howard and Marcus To... and, well... by no fault of the creatos, this really isn't the sort of story that falls in your humble host's wheelhouse. Maybe I can be proven wrong... then again, maybe not.
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Who's ready for more Summers family weirdness?
On this episode of X-Lapsed, we join Cyclops, Prestige, and Cable as they investigate a new island that just appeared on the horizon... we also get to see a kink... err, softer side of Krakoa. X-Men (vol.5) #2 comes to us from Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu, and was certainly not what I expected!
Some insightful (?) comics chat with a side of wonderful listener mail is waiting for you!
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Hello Friends,
Today's episode of Morituri Mondays is a special one that we couldn't wait to share! Not only are we discussing the penultimate (monthly) issue of Strikeforce: Morituri, but we were granted a Q&A session with original Strikeforce: Morituri artist and co-creator, Brent Anderson! The first half of those questions will be covered in this very episode!
But first, the Chris's go "Full Treadmill", providing a bio for Mr. Anderson from his earliest days in the fandom to when he took up the pencil for this very series. Fans of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill will hopefully fondly remember coverage of creator bios.
As for this issue we'll be discussing... it's another banger! And, what's more, it opened up the opportunity for another Treadmillism to sneak its way back into the limelight... "The Hook" returns for a long-form discussion on some of the mysteries surrounding the death (?) of Elvis Presley!
It's a great time as always... made better by Brent! We hope you enjoy, and will return for Part Two of the Q&A next episode!
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Y'ever hear the one about the butterfly? No? Well, you're going to... a lot.
Today we wrap up the first wave of Dawn of X #1's with, perhaps the oddball of the group - Fallen Angels #1 by Bryan Hill and Szymon Kudranski. Who said we only needed on Psylocke? Probably the same person who said we only need one Psyocke-led book! Will this one be near as interesting as Excalibur? Let's find out together...
Also: I remember rate the Dawn of X Wave One #1's in the order I most enjoyed them, and some great listener feedback with some varying opinions on the HoX/PoX/DoX landscape!
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During today's episode, in which we discuss X-Force #1, we learn a valuable lesson about trust.
And also, someone gets shot in the head.
Also: Listener mail which (accurately?) calls your humble host out as a cynic!
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The Kids are Alright... and they're in SPAAAAAAAAACE!
Today the Dawn of X enters into Shi'ar Space with New Mutants #1! Watch (or listen) as they tick off their ride, and generally make a mess out of everything. It's a fun issue - a good time will be had by all!
Also: Some more great HoX/PoX reaxxions! Have a (non-spoilery) HoX/PoX/DoX hot-take to share? Please, don't hesitate to reach out!
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We continue "forging" our new Dawn with a look at the first issue of Excalibur. We got more Braddocks than you can shake a shiny sword at... and a fun little team of mutants along for the ride. Next stop: Otherworld!
Prepare for LARPers, witchbreeds, sleepy flora, and my many attempts at imitating Mallory's boyfriend Nick from Family Ties! (please listen anyway)
Also: Some great listener mail, which is helping me learn to see both the forest AND the trees!
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We're on a Boat!
Ahoy, Muties! Today we're talking about sailing the high seas with Kitty... err, Kate... err, who am I kidding, I'm always going to call her "Kitty" Pryde and the Marauders! The Hellfire Corporation is running some miracle medicine... and they're taking us along for the ride... err, sail. Had a blast talking about this one... I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
Also: A wonderful piece of listener mail that discusses the finer points of HoX/PoX and some of the DoX roll-out!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we have finally arrived!
Welcome to Dawn of X... well, about a year later than everybody else. Today we're kicking off the new post-HoX/DoX X-Men landscape with a look at X-Men #1... or izzit, X-Men LGY#645? Ehh, who worries about silly things like numbering? Certainly nobody out there would ever devote like five minutes to complaining about something so silly. Err, please listen anyway.
We check up on Orchis, meet a posthuman in "current year", and have an uncanny dinner with the Summers Family. Prepare to be weirded out!
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We have finally made it, gang! I can actually now say that I've read the entirety of HoX/PoX. I always intended to read it... but, I never saw myself actually talking about it on the air for something like ten hours (or would that be "x" hours?).
Today we wrap things up... but perhaps not with as tidy a bow as I'd hoped, as we read Powers of X #6. We've got A LOT to talk about here... and I'm so happy to finally be part of that conversation. Feedback is definitely appreciated! Thanks to those of you listening in real-time for your support... and for not spoiling me on anything!
What happened? What still "is"? What never "was"? Where do we go from here? I... well, um... I don't know if any of those questions get answered here, to be honest... and, if you listen, you'll probably have even more questions when we're done!
Join me next time, as we jump into the Dawn of X proper with X-Men #1... or, izzit X-Men LGY#645? Ehh, we'll save that senses-shattering discussion for then.
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For today's episode of Morituri Mondays, the comic we're discussing, while a goodie, is secondary to our special guest... the Animator behind the first appearance of Boba Fett (during the Star Wars Holiday Special), as well as Rock & Rule, He-Man, She-Ra, and Dragon's Lair - John Celestri!
Mr. Celestri hangs out for a couple of hours and gives the Chris's a wonderful and entertaining education as it pertains to the art and history of animation. We even get in on the fun ourselves as we deliver Season Two of Strikeforce: Morituri for the returning Pitchforce: Morituri segment!
Your regularly scheduled Morituri coverage is also intact... the story is heating up in a big way as we, ever so quickly, rush toward the end of the series proper! Only two episodes to go before we hop in the Electric Undertow... and Beyond!
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It's the penultimate issue of HoX/PoX... and, boy these "other shoes" just keep droppin', don't they?
Join me for House of X #6, as I discuss Xavier stepping over the Rubicon... and also establishing the first Krakoan government, complete with a trio of laws! It's an issue that will leave your humble host with chills, a few times over! It's conflicting, scary, and so WRONG that it can't help but to feel RIGHT... plus, there's a party at the end that almost brought me to tears!
All that, plus listener mail, and an apology to Jonathan Hickman for ever discounting his work.
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Welcome to Episode X... er, Ten... er, 10. How are we saying that now? I'll never get it right!
Today, as we head toward the conclusion of the HoX/PoX Event with Powers of X #5, we do a little bit of world-building in X⁰... and a little bit of world-destroying in X³... guess which one I enjoyed reading more?
We learn how some of the Krakoan sausage is made, and also get a really awesome cameo from a certain Sub-Mariner. If only the issue ended there...
Also: Your listener mail, and a brief anecdote about the how this show became "a thing" that I do. Thanks everybody!
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Welp... that other shoe just dropped, dinnit?
Today we're discussing the big bombshell reveal in House of X #5. Who were those mutants hatchlings? Where did they come from? What will they go on to be? Why is Goldballs here? Those answers, and a whole lot more in this very episode!
S'more of that "more" includes: the United Nations ruling on Krakoa's sovereign status as well as the idea that Krakoa is for all mutants. If you're following along, this is an episode you won't wanna miss!
Thanks to everyone listening along in real-time for not spoiling this huge reveal for me! I look forward to finally being part of the conversation... and hearing how everyone else received it! Please reach out and share your thoughts!
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Something Sinister this way comes... and your humble host has a field day trying to figure out exactly what this might mean moving forward. We're playing with X-History here... in a way that I'm kinda diggin' on! We get the origin story of Krakoa, some Doug Ramsey... Xavier in a pith helmet... Then... we check in with X³ and I nearly lose all motivation to move forward! No worries, though... push on I shall!
Also: Some great Listener Mail... and baby-steps toward putting together a potential BooX Club!
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So, who's ready for even more HoX/PoX Hot Takes from your fumblin', stumblin' humble host? Boy, the issue we're discussing today (House of X #4) does not pull any punches. We've got a lot to talk about here... and, lemme tell ya, I had quite the conversation with myself over the direction of this event! I look forward to continuing the discussion with actual humans!
Also, some great and helpful feedback... and, in the Krakoan spirit, planting the first seeds of an idea for a "BooX Club" (clever, no? Okay, not really.)
As always, a huge thank you to everyone whose listened and reached out over the course of the first handful of episodes (it means the world!), I hope you'll continue to join me for my long-overdue wild ride into X-Relevancy... even though I seemingly can't shut up about the over reliance on info-pages!
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Who's ready for some Hot-Takes? Because, as we reach the halfway point of the HoX/PoX event, your fumblin', stumblin' humble host has got a bunch of 'em!
Your paranoid pal has started to worry about the man in the Cerebro helmet... and the potential disposability of his favorite mutant heroes! It's all wickedly off-the-cuff... and hopefully unfounded... but, in the interest of passing along the thoughts that are rushing through my head as I read this... they're all here for you to laugh at!
In House of X #3, Cyclops leads his team to the Orchis Protocol Satellite to deal with the Mother Mold problem... and we learn a bit more about Krakoan diplomatic immunity. It's a great issue... and hopefully it inspires some fun conversation. Be gentle!
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As we continue counting down to the final issue of Strikeforce: Morituri... we finally see our new "Killer Morituri" in action! Nobody's safe... especially our heroes (and their beloved Super-Train)! It's a roller coaster of an issue... cramming a whole lotta graham into just twenty-odd pages of comic!
Also: The show turns a little blue as we discuss things like snuff films and... entering the World of F.I.S.T.! Team-building, learning how to draw, kicking field goals and a whole lot more... this week, on Morituri Mondays!
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Greetings, smokers, tokers, and midnight chokers! In this, the penultimate episode of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, we look at one of Reggie's favorite underground comix, The Collected Adventures of the Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. #1 by Gilbert Shelton, first published in 1971 by Rip-Off Press! There's Shelton's bio, and some info about Rip-Off Press, and then we go through every panel of this 48-page zonkfest, attempting to keep it cool around the fuzz. After a few words from Gilbert Shelton himself, Chris and Reggie look at the history of some drugs in the United States--and marvel at the punitive measures against them! It's a (formerly) patron-only exclusive episode, so feel free to bogart it all you like.
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For today's episode I am joined by a special HoX/PoX "tour guide", Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein (@bigox737) as we learn the final (?) fate of X-to-the-Second-Power... which is to say, the X-Men: Year 100 crew... as well as Moira the IX!
Jeremiah will also share some of his memories of following along with these two series'... that are one, during the Summer of 2019. It's a very fun discussion, and we hope you all enjoy!
As always, a huge thank you to everyone who reached out over the course of these first few episodes (it means more than you know!), I hope you continue to join me for my long-overdue wild ride into X-Relevancy!
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Welcome back, X-Perts!
Today, we're going to learn a bit more about of various Powers of X... and your humble host might just have to eat a little bit of crow. More discussion of the "rules" of comic book storytelling, and worries that everything I ever knew about the X-Men (even the inconvenient stuff) might wind up getting wiped out of continuity!
It's a (mostly) stream of conscious one-man debate... you won't wanna miss it!
And, of course - Thanks to everyone who reached out over the course of these first few episodes (it means more than you know!), I hope you continue to join me for my long-overdue wild ride into X-Relevancy!
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Whatever happened to Moira X?
Join me as I get quite the education on the founder of the Muir Island Institute. This is certainly a case of the old Marvel standby "Everything you thought you knew... was wrong!", but it's one that (despite some reservation) I'm having trouble getting mad at.
In House of X #2, we'll work our way through (most of) the ten lives of Moira Kinross... and discuss whether or not this game we're playing has any rules. I'm trying not to get too attached to any of this, for fear that the rug might be yanked out from under me at any moment.
Thanks to everyone who reached out over the course of these first few episodes, I hope you continue to join me for my long-overdue wild ride into X-Relevancy!
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Welcome back to X-Lapsed... so far we've survived the experience!
Today we begin our look at the other of the "Two Series that are One", Powers of X. Now, if I'm being honest, this was the half of the HoX/PoX event that initially caused me to tap out back in mid-to-late 2019. This here issue is dealing with the far-flung future... and, if you know anything about my tastes... you'll know that's about as far out of my wheelhouse as the X-Men can go!
Thanks to anyone who's following along... I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
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You ever have one'a those reading projects you just can't seem to get around to? Yeah, me too! Today, I'm going to try and change that... with this new series that I'm calling X-Lapsed (and yeah, I totally know that sounds a lot like Ex-Lax!).
Despite having been a rabid reader of the X-Men for nearly three decades, I now find myself in the very bizarre position of a "new reader". These characters might be familiar... but, I'm anything but comfortable with them! Hopefully this reading exercise will help me get back into the X-Groove.
I hope you'll decide to join me on this little journey, as I fumble and stumble my way through HoX/PoX en route to the Dawn of X line-up! If you have anything about the Dawn of X X-Men you wanna discuss, I'd love to chat... and hopefully learn a thing or two!
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Whatever happened to the Morituri Master?
Today, in the first "official" issue of James D. Hudnall's "new direction", we find out all about what's been going on with Dr. Kimo Tuolema... and why he returned to Paideian employ. Also, for the first time ever, we find out all about the origins of the Morituri formula... and see the Black Watch put through their paces!
Other topics discussed: Marvel's New Mutants film (which one of the Chris's saw, and the other didn't), whether or not there is an added-value measure that might one day make digital comics "collectible", Hollywood Squares alumnus (including and especially Jm. J. Bullock), snazzy Spider-Man jackets that definitely won't get you tossed in a locker, VCR board games, rude noises, and much much more. It's a fun time as always... and, this might just be the last good "jumping on point" Strikeforce: Morituri gives us!
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Hello to our gorgeous patrons listeners! Here's your "dirty" episode of Cosmic Treadmill for the month week--and boy, this one is filthy. There's a pretty good bio of Wally Wood in here, with lots of quotes from friends and colleagues, and the main event... well, it's gross. But we provide background on all the intellectual properties that get parodied, so it's almost educational!
It should go without saying, that... this will be a "spicy" episode, and listener discretion is strongly advised! You'll get several warnings over the course of the first few minutes of the show... please heed them if you're concerned about looking like a weirdo listening to two grown men play-act several mature... err, creepy comic scenarios... with some classic characters!
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Uncanny X-Men #308 is one of my very favorite single-issues ever created... and is the reason why I'll pretty much always buy anything with Scott Lobdell's name attached to it.
Why then did it take so long for me to cover? Well, we'll get into that here (eventually). Today I share some personal anecdotes about the times I'd visited with this issue... and how it will always hold a special place in my heart.
It's like two hours of me talking to myself about mental health and the X-Men... what's not to love? (Please listen anyway!)
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Good evening, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, humanoid weevils Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) get very uncomfortable when they cover the Kitchen Sink Comics reprint of "Omaha" the Cat Dancer from 1986! We cover every sexy page...and probably spend too much time on the dialogue. It's a scintillating episode that is sure to have you looking at your pets strangely, so don't miss it!
It should go without saying, that... this will be a "spicy" episode, and listener discretion is strongly advised! You'll get several warnings over the course of the first few minutes of the show... please heed them if you're concerned about looking like a weirdo listening to two grown men play-act several mature... err, creepy comic scenarios... with CATS!
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In our not-so-milestone 26th episode, the War we've been following for the past couple of years draws to a close... with sort of a whimper! The new aliens beat the old aliens... and our Morituri Warriors sorta play second fiddle to the whole dealio! What could be left for our heroes, as we enter a time of... peace?! It certainly can't be that easy... could it?
Also: Aunt May rules the World, Trick-or-Treating for UNICEF, Loss-Prevention, Rappin' bout Retail, The New People as a precursor to LOST, and how the Max Headroom Incident is to blame for one of the Chris's never finding out what a TARDIS is! All 'at and much more!
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Max Headroom Incident - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWdgAMYjYSs
Ames Rap - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFhrj76aMG8
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Hello Everybody!
We're kicking off the FINAL FIVE episodes of Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill with a "new to most" episode from deep in our formerly top-secret "Cosmic Treadmill After Dark" Patreon Archives.
Cherry Poptart #1 was actually the first ever request Reggie and I received... way back in the long ago. We put it off for quite a while, for reasons that might become apparent should you choose to listen to this episode! This wound up being how we kicked off our then-exclusive After Dark series... of which, I will be sharing three more episodes over the course of the next three Sundays.
It should go without saying, that... this will be a "spicy" episode, and listener discretion is strongly advised! You'll get several warnings over the course of the first few minutes of the show... please heed them if you're concerned about looking like a weirdo listening to two grown men play-act several mature... err, creepy comic scenarios!
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Welcome, friends to a Morituri Milestone... the twenty-fifth episode of Morituri Mondays (we apologize for not covering ourselves in glitter and holograms... but, you can probably fit us both in a bag of some sort)!
This time out we're taking a step back from the ongoing war between the Earth and the Horde, and watching as our current team sorta-kinda falls apart! We've got new members, we've got deaths, we've got some backroom shenanigans from the Paideia... we've got the return (a-hem) of Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson... what more could you want?
Also: We put Rich Little to shame with our impersonation skills, chat up scary breakfast cereals, Konami's Life Force, Marvel's Assistant Editor Bootcamp (which seemingly caused them to miss many little errors that we will giddily point out), and much much more!
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Hey folks! In a wildly outdated episode Chris and Reggie get frank about... well, a comics industry rumor. It's nothing we would cover on the main show--heck, we weren't even sure it was going to happen as described in the comics' media! Thankfully it didn't! But we still had our opinions about it, boy howdy, Have a listen to 'em!
I'd like the listeners to know that this was the final bit of audio Reggie and I ever recorded together... I truly hope you enjoy it.
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Remember that beacon that Dr. Tuolema set off in the very last pages of the Gillis & Anderson run? Did you think our new creative team was just going to let that fall by the wayside? Well... so did we. Thankfully, that wasn't the case... and here is where those chickens will start coming home to roost!
Strikeforce: Morituri #24 is another solid issue of the post-G&A run... and we hope you'll decide to give it a try (or, a retrial, as it were). We've got new aliens, new recruits, and a new direction... that doesn't outright contradict the old one. All that, and the (brief) return of... Will DeGuchi! What more could we ask for... well, besides Gillis and Anderson, of course.
Also: Discussions of ninjas, Airwolf, bubble gum and a whole lot more!
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Hello all of you mind-bendingly supportive and good-looking listeners!
First thing: we know "villainry" isn't a real word. In this episode, we're talking about how comic book villains, once wholly evil and without origin stories, have become more relatable and "humanized" over time--to the point that it's tough to tell which are the heroes and which are the villains in some of today's comic books! We have our own opinions, but we'd love to hear yours. Let us know what you think!
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Big Daddy Danger, what's that? Well, it's a little discussed/little known DC Comic about a superhero professional wrestler. Why are we talking about it? Well, how else would I be able to shoe-horn a conversation about my own life and times as a professional wrestler... for about six months or so.
It's a story of stupidity, obsession, and putting oneself in very dangerous situations... after that, there's also a comic to talk about!
Trigger Warning: Part of this episode ventures into some darker-than-expected territory... which I did not anticipate when I started recording.
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Could it be... that Strikeforce: Morituri has returned to form? An issue of the post-Gillis/Anderson run that didn't make us want to run for the hills??? Well, believe it, friends... because we have a heck of an issue to chat about today!
If you dropped this show like you dropped this book back in 1988... we humbly ask you to give this new creative team a try along with us! We don't think you'll regret it!
Today we have corporate and political intrigue, Morituri-adult-fun-time, and an examination of what it might mean for Earth-1287 now that conscription (which we might've called "transcription" a few times during the episode) appears to be a viable option for the Paideia!
Also, all the usual nonsense... including a fun Pro-File for Editor/Colorist Gregory Wright, and some odd advertisements where we discuss mail-away action figures, CDs for pennies scams, and that time the current President of the United States shilled for M&M's???
We hope you join us and enjoy! Spread the word!
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Hey Gang!
Have a title-specific installment of Comix Tawk to share this week... which was meant to be the first episode of a multi-part series wherein we discussed the lives and times of the Teen Titans.
Rather than referring to this as a "Part One", we will just look at it as our look at "The Early Years" of that team we enjoy so much.
Any memories of the Titans? New? Teen? Team? Lemme know, I always love chatting about 'em!
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Hi Everybody!
Chris is on Infinite Earths returns after an extended hiatus to discuss a very interesting issue of Batman... featuring a strange fellow who would linger in the background for years to come.
This episode includes an extended introduction with a lot of housekeeping, Q&A, and introspection... which, if that ain't your thing and you'd still like to hear me drone on about Batman and Harold, feel free to hop to around the 45-46 minute mark of the show.
The inspiration to discuss this issue in particular has to do with "schoolyard myths" and local urban legends... a topic I enjoy quite a bit. Join me to learn all about the Diaperman of Oakdale... and the most dread Sayville Skate Rats!
I'd love to hear and discuss some of your local legends! If you've got any, please reach out!
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Welcome Back, Recruits!
This time out, and after a little time away... we kick off "Season Three" of Morituri Mondays! We open with a bit of an explanation/apology for the lack of new episodes over the past couple of months... and then hop right on into our Morituri Action! We got us a little ditty, 'bout Jack and Diane... err, Janet and Dan... two 'Merican kids growin' up in the Horde Land.
All the usual nonsense you've come to expect from Morituri Mondays is included as well, including a very off-putting, unfunny, and frustrating Pro-File of Terry Kavanagh... and more Speedball than you can shake a stick at, unless of course we were doing a Speedball-centric Podcast!
We hope you'll join us for the fun... and thank you for sticking with us during these odd times!
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In this, honestly, rather novel episode of Comix Tawk... Reggie and I focus on the positive!
Rather than dwell on the machinations of an industry that a) we don't really understand, and b) has sorta-kinda passed us by; we take a trip down memory lane to discuss some of our very favorite scenes in all of comics history... or, at least the handful that came to mind in the hour-and-change we gave ourselves for this episode!
I'd love to hear some of your favorite scenes in all of comics! Let's turn each other on to awesome scenes and stories that we might've missed out on!
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Shade and Sweet Water, Friends!
Today, rather than going BACK TO THE PAST... we're going to be taking a peek into the future. This is a pilot episode for the feature that will eventually replace Morituri Mondays on the podcasting schedule when we run out of issues of that series to talk about.
QUESTERDAYS will feature the Chris's (@Charlton_Hero & @AceComics) going through the Marvel-EPIC run of Cutter and Company's ORIGINAL QUEST. This is a series that means a lot to both of us, and we're very much looking forward to sharing this with you!
Follow along with us! Check out the entire Original Quest for free at http://www.elfquest.com/read/digitalEQ.html
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For this week's (sorta-kinda dated) installment of Comix Tawk... Reggie and I take a look at a 10-Point Plan outlined by Brian Hibbs at the 2019 ComicsPRO Meeting, which he felt would keep the industry healthy (or perhaps even make it even healthier/actually healthy!). So, please spend an hour listening to a couple of guys with zero experience in comics retail, discuss a fella who's been "in the trenches" for decades!
The 10-Points we discuss here include:
- Stop Mixing SKU’s
- Sales Charts with a “penetration index” – # of accounts purchasing specific SKU’s
- Abandon “meets or exceeds” thinking
- Tie variant SKU’s to native base sales (1 variant per 20k sales)
- Tie variants to percentage of publisher’s line (25%)
- Shipping information in a box-by-box format, and review discounts and shipping
- FOC locked no later than noon Fridays, including all aft and information otherwise 100% returnable
- Every comic should be listed in PREVIEWS, not available only at FOC.
- Data Summit to determine where and when to assign “Series Codes”
- First three issues of every new series to be fully returnable from all publishers (including one-shots and mini-series)
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This time out, we went through the history of comic book reboots and relaunches... and the resulting law of diminishing returns. It's a frustratingly fun chat... have your cork-boards and red yarn at the ready and see if you can help US keep things straight!
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This time out we discuss the not-so-secret phenomenon of writing "for the trade". When did it begin to take over the mainstream comics industry... and, after all years since, is it still just something the fandom "imagined up"?
It's a lean and mean episode discussing excessively padded pablum... you won't wanna miss it!
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From the Patreon Archives, an off-the-cuff... and nearly off-the-rails discussion between Reggie and I regarding the origins of comics collect-ability, and how the comics industry has come to count on (and perhaps, exploit) the obsessive and addicted! Also, the concepts of passive peer-pressure, and "tipping points" in collecting.
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From the Patreon Archives, a topic inspired by Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein, wherein Reggie and I discussed the characters in comics that we never quite glommed onto. We open by explaining the long-running Cosmic Treadmill gag of my snoring anytime DC's The Spectre would show up in a story... and move on from there. We had a blast with this one, and we hope you can tell!
Surely to be a contentious topic... prepare to disagree with some of our picks!
Originally Released: December 5, 2018
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Is it too late to turn back?
That's right, folks... it's a new day for Strikeforce: Morituri and Morituri Mondays. Out with the old, and in with the new... for better or worse. Gone are Peter B. Gillis and Brent Anderson... and in their place, James Hudnall and Huw Thomas. Will it be too much of a shock for our systems to properly process? We encourage you to tune in and find out!
Would it help if we told you there'll be a full-grown man wearing a diaper for the entirety of the issue? No? Then forget we said anything...
Also: A discussion of What The--?!, a Pro-File of Editor Bobbie Chase, the Evolutionary War rolls on, Pitchforce: Morituri returns reimagining our favorite team as professional wrestlers, and much much more!
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Your September, 1988 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Scatterbrain (?), Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13), Radian (#15), Scaredycat (#19), Blackthorn (#20)
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The second episode of Comix Tawk featured our conversation regarding Dreaded Deadline Doom... how missed deadlines have affected the comics industry dating back to the yesteryear of publication, how a certain tall Editor and Chief sought to fix that... and how it all went back to pot once mainstream writers decided it would be cool to "slum it" in comics. It's a pretty heated conversation... and the sort of discourse you don't usually hear on the main Chris and Reggie feed. Enjoy!
Originally Released: November 16, 2018
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The moment is finally upon us... today's episode is our deep-dive on Peter B. Gillis & Brent Anderson's final issue of Strikeforce: Morituri... and, friends they are leaving us on one amazing high-note! Fates are sealed, and questions are answered... you won't wanna miss this one!
Also: Whatever happened to The Young Astronauts? A piece of lost-media on multiple fronts! What the heck is a Lane Mastodon... and why are his stories so slow? Tic-Tac Cocktails, sticky fingers, The Elvis Files, and finally, our pitch for Strikeforce: Morituri - The Soap Opera!
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Your July, 1988 Strikeforce: MorituriRoster - Blackthorn, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13), Radian (#15), Scaredycat (#19)
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Hello Friends,
Over the course of the next few months, I will be sharing our formerly Patreon-exclusive content to the main Chris and Reggie feed. We're going to start with the first episode of Comix Tawk... which was more or less, Reggie and I committing some of our Pre-Treadmill warm-up chatter to properly recorded audio.
For our first exclusive outing, we discussed the contentious and controversial topic of comics book variant covers... the glut, the exploitation, and how they're affecting the comics industry and retailers.
I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane... and, please look forward to more.
Originally Released: November 1, 2018
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Hello friends,
Today I'm sharing the story of how Reggie got me into podcasting... and discussing our first outing of Weird Comics History.
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Welcome back!
Continuing our look at some lesser-discussed Weird Comics History, today we're going to discuss the 1988 Crimson Avenger mini-series from DC Comics... with a particular focus on why you're unlikely to see it reprinted or made available digitally any time soon.
Also, how a story behind the story led to a seemingly innocent Cap's Hobby Hints strip in the pages of Christmas With the Superheroes #1 (1988)... and what it was actually (in part) referring to!
Fair Warning: This episode concerns some darker and more salacious material than usual...
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Welcome, friends... to the penultimate issue of the Peter B. Gillis/Brent Anderson run of Strikeforce: Morituri. As this Sword of Damocles hangs over your humbles hosts' heads... we will endeavor as ever... to keep our respective chins up!
In today's issue, the Strikeforce gets its first actual field leader in quite some time... and, it's probably not who you're expecting (if, in fact, you're expecting anybody at all!). Today's mission... a trip to the Serengeti, not all of our recruits will make it home from this one! Also: Ever wonder what happened to Aline? Well, we're about to find out! Also, what was up with Will last issue... and some of the cryptic things he said? Yep, most'a that's here too!
Plus: Normal nonsense... including memories of taping everything we could off television, being taught by one of The Beatles to eat our pizza "crust first", Bert Convy's sometimes 'fro, comic book pet-peeves, and finally a decent Pro-File when editor, Jim Salicrup takes the wheel!
All'at and much, much more!
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Your June, 1988 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13), Radian (#15)
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Welcome friends, to the long-awaited... well, long "in the works" 34th Episode of Chris is on Infinite Earths!
After a few minutes of "housekeeping", we dive into some Weird Comics History, in the form of the Great Ducknapping of 1996! We discuss the plot hatched by Steve Gerber and Erik Larsen to swipe Howard the Duck from Marvel Comics... and, in so doing, check out Spider-Man Team-Up #5 from Marvel, Savage Dragon/Destroyer Duck #1 from Image, and... in order to tie it all in with the blog's DC-Only mandate, the Nevada short story from Vertigo Winter's Edge #2 (1999).
In addition, we'll talk about some of the fall-out from this stunt via some snippets of Sean Howe's Marvel: The Untold Story... as well as consider its unmet potential insofar as opening up some much-needed discussion in the comics industry. It's a story of intrigue, petulance, and collateral damage... you won't wanna miss it!
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Welcome back, Recruits!
This time out, our main man Will Deguchi takes center stage. He's a changed man since his run-in with the Morituri Monsters, and appears to have immeasurably more (and less) control over his mental projection powers. What could it mean to a team with a death sentence, when one of their own might just know who's next to perish? Many questions are raised in this one, really setting the stage for the next chapter(s) in the (truncated) lives of our heroes!
Also: The faaaaar-out Pro-File of Michael Higgins, our pitch for the Strikeforce: Morituri Saturday Morning cartoon series, a discussion on getting scammed over the mail, and much, much more! It's the most fun you can legally have on a Monday, please consider joining us for the ride!
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Your May, 1988 Strikeforce: MorituriRoster - Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13), Radian (#15)
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Welcome back, X-Perts... to the second episode of FROM CLAREMONT TO CLAREMONT: AN X-MEN PODCAST!
For our "difficult second album", we're looking at everything X with a November, 1991 cover-date! We'll be meeting the man called Bishop, learning about what Moira MacTaggert did to Magneto during his babyhood, learning the fate(s) of Jamie Madrox, finding out who blew up the Excalibur bathroom, bidding a certain Toddster adieu from Marvel Comics... and much, much more! It's another long one, we hope you packed a lunch (and dinner)!
Also: All ten of your hosts will be put through the grueling "Pod-File" questionnaire... will any of them survive the experience? Well, yeah... after all, it's just a bunch of silly questions.
We hope you enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:23 - Introduction
00:08:10 - X-Men (vol.2) #2 w/Jody (@regalfan) & Chris
01:35:27 - Uncanny X-Men #282 w/Billy (@Billyd_licious) & Chris
02:12:07 - X-Factor #72 w/Jeremiah (@bigox737) & Chris
03:36:15 - Spider-Man #16 & X-Force #4 w/Chris (@Charlton_Hero) & Chris
05:20:44 - Excalibur #43-44 w/Jesse (@stiznarkey & @sourcematcast) & Chris
06:41:02 - Wolverine #48 w/Joe (@IowasJoe) & Chris
07:41:02 - Alpha Flight #102 w/Sean (@Sean42AZ) & Chris
08:46:09 - Marvel Comics Presents #88-89 w/Walt (@waltkneeland) & Chris
09:59:28 - X-Bits from Wizard: The Guide to Comics #3 w/Adam (@hojukoolander) & Chris
11:18:00 - Outro
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Monsters walk among us! Well, sorta... maybe "Monsters strapped to tables are upon us" might be more accurate a description.
Whatever the case, it's here where we'll all see what might happen when Dr. Tuolema is removed from his careful position of Morituri-Maker. We're in for high drama and an absolute roller-coaster ride of emotions this time out folks!
Also: The FINAL chapter for our Morituri Mondays Recruits! Who will survive? How does their story end?
Plus: The usual nonsense, including a particularly irritating Bob Harras Pro-File, a discussion about obscure media, and an attempt by your hosts to get their High School Diplomas! You won't wanna miss it!
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Your April, 1988 Strikeforce: MorituriRoster - Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13), Radian (#15)
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Change is in the air... and, boy do we hope it's fleeting!
Welcome folks, to our exhaustive look at the 16th issue of our favorite comic book series, Strikeforce: Morituri! You ever wonder what might happen when the constant threat of death becomes mundane? Well, wonder no more... because last issue's fatality barely gets a passing mention this time out! Also, our last remaining original Aline goes... AWOL! Where did she go? None of the Morituri seem to care in the slightest! We've got Mr. Wetworks, weird factories, a gross showdown at the AZ Corral, and... Monster Morituri????
Also: We chat up Sega Memories, complain about stuff we have no control over, discuss the merits of keeping exotic fish, and much much more! It's a great time as always, consider lending us your ears for 1/12 of the day!
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Your March, 1988 Strikeforce: MorituriRoster - Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13), Radian (#15)
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As we near the half-way point of the Morituri Mondays project, the stakes continue to rise! In today's show, our "One to Grow On" character, Louis (Radian) makes some startling discoveries... and his methods might just wind up costing him his life! Also, fresh off her Court Martial "performance", Ruth seems to be getting a bit of the stink-eye from the Paideia Brass and Commander Yuri! Also still... Aline is still pregnant, and is growing more and more concerned as her clock continues to tick! OH! And also... the Horde's gone and grown tentacles... what a sticky wicket, indeed!
In other nonsense, we get to learn about Bob Budiansky, the Bronx, almost profanely overstuffed OREOs, Captain Power, and your hosts share their eulogy for Schitt's Creek!
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Your February, 1988 Strikeforce: MorituriRoster - Radian, Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13)
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Welcome back, Recruits!
Remember how over the past few episodes, our original Morituri's kind of went against the orders of their superiors? Ya know, potentially throwing everything away and turning traitor in the hopes that their death-sentences might be thwarted? Well, now is the time where they're going to answer for that! Also, a Hordian car-jacking in Detroit!
Other nonsense includes: why you should always pay a few more bucks for the updated maps in your GPS, the Konami Code (which doesn't work on your GPS), classy candy-themed watches, the Marvel Try-Out Book, the latest book Ann Nocenti didn't read, the dangers of sugar, and much much more!
Speaking of which... the Gauntlet is thrown: the TANG taste-test is coming soon! Original "true-grit" TANG vs. Sugar-Free! There can only be ONE.
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Your January, 1988 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Radian, Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13)
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Welcome, Friends! We are beyond x-cited to start this new adventure! Welcome to FROM CLAREMONT TO CLAREMONT: AN X-MEN PODCAST, where I will be taking a trip back and cover the era of X-Books that made me a lifelong fan... and I've brought a great group of friends with me for the ride! We've got Mutant Angst, deaths that won't stick, shoulder pads, weird floating babies, a constipated Dr. Strange, not one but TWO Coolometers, and a whole lot more!
For our maiden voyage, we are looking at all of the X-Men titles with an October, 1991 cover-date... also known as that month when X-Men (vol.2) launched and broke all sorts of records! It's gonna be a great time, please consider coming along!
If you do, Welcome to From Claremont to Claremont... we hope you survive the experience... like literally, the show is many many hours long!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:24 - Introduction
0:10:12 - X-Men (vol.2) #1 w/Jody (@regalfan) & Chris
1:57:20 - Uncanny X-Men #281 w/Billy (@Billyd_licious) & Chris
2:33:58 - X-Factor #71 w/Jeremiah (@bigox737) & Chris
3:24:17 - X-Force #1-3 w/Chris (@Charlton_Hero) & Chris
5:00:01 - Excalibur #42 w/Jesse (@stiznarkey & @sourcematcast) & Chris
5:50:24 - Wolverine #47 w/Joe (@IowasJoe) & Chris
6:33:06 - Alpha Flight #101 w/Sean (@Sean42AZ) & Chris
7:42:48 - Marvel Comics Presents #85-87 w/Walt (@waltkneeland) & Chris
8:33:06 - X-Bits from Wizard: The Guide to Comics #2 w/Adam (@hojukoolander) & Chris
9:49:38 - Outro
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A lot can happen in between issues... as we're about to learn today!
New characters! New leaders! New challenges! All things that will face our favorite team! Also: Death, and lots of it! We officially say goodbye from two from our main cast... as well as a newbie who didn't even stay around to finish a cuppa coffee!
It's MORITURI vs. MORITURI... and it ends the only way it can!
Back-up features including The Official Handbook of the Morituri Universe, and an in depth look at the methodology behind creating characters for Strikeforce: Morituri. If you ever wondered... wonder no more!
Also: your hosts continue to lament the loss of Jim Shooter... and have some fun with the new Editor-in-Cheese! Do you like mustard on your burger? Which direction do you cut your sandwich? Can you solve the Riddle of the Oxy-sphinx? And, finally... the MASH* outro we promised last week!
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Your December, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Radian, Blackthorn, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn, Hardcase, Brava, Backhand, Silencer, Shear
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6), Marathon (#12), Adept (#13), Wildcard (#13)
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Well hello there, everybody! Believe it or not, it's safe to look forward to Monday again... well, we hope so anyway!
We are happy to present the long-awaited 12th episode of Morituri Mondays here at the Chris and Reggie Channel, where we will be covering the climactic 12th issue of Strikeforce: Morituri! Has the team turned traitor? Are there buns in any ovens? And what's the deal with Harold's father's hair? We'll answer all of those questions and more!
Also: Perusing the Sears Wishbook from 1987! The REAL Ghostbusters! WWF LJN's! Doin' the Cabbage Patch! Disgusting riddles! Butt-Diving!
And Breaking the Big News: Jim Shooter's Out! Jim Shooter's Legacy! Jim Shooter's Skin!
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Your November, 1987 Strikeforce: MorituriRoster - Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6)
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Welcome, friends to Super-Blog Team-Up: CHROMIUM... where the gang is going "all-in" on the eras of excess in the comic book industry. I, Your humble host, have decided to take a look at what I consider to be among the more "predatory" gimmicks out of the "Big Two" Publishers. Not only preying upon collectors who require owning each individual variant cover a book is shipped with... but also, including variant-exclusive content within! That's right, folks... if you wanted the "entire story" of Team Titans #1, you would have to buy all-five versions! Tell ya what, that's one expensive Wednesday! Sure glad this didn't catch on!
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Link to Original Discussion Piece: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/07/team-titans-1-1992.html
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Follow Along with myself and the rest of the Super-Bloggers below!
Super-Hero Satellite: 70s-80s Photo Covers
Chris is on Infinite Earths: Adventures of Superman #500 (1993)
Comic Reviews by Walt: The 90's Revisited - Shiny Covers!
Source Material Podcast: Spider-Man: Torment
ComicsComicsComics: Daredevil: Fall From Grace
The Telltale Mind: Worlds Collide: The Inter-Company Crossover
Between the Pages: Guerilla Marketing
DC in the 80s: Top Five Most Memorable DC "Gimmicks"
Comics in the Golden Age: Fawcett's Mighty Midget Comics
Unspoken Issues: Darkhawk #25
Dave's Comic Heroes Blog: New Teen Titans #37/Batman and the Outsiders #5
When it Was Cool: Polybags!
Pop Culture Retrorama: Glow in the Dark Covers!
In My Not So Humble Opinion: Force Works #1
Black & White and Bronze: Spectacular Spider-Man Magazine (1968)
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Calling all Bloggers!
Trying something new today here at the channel, as I begin what will hopefully turn into a series of episodes wherein we discuss the trials and frustrations of creating fandom-related content on the internet. After taking a few moments to explain my recent solo-effort absence, I share the history of Chris is on Infinite Earths as well as my life and times as a blogger. It's a story of obsession, fear, doubt and eccentricities... you don't wanna miss it!
If you are a fandom-related content creator, and would like to tell the story of your little slice of the internet, please reach out at @AceComics on Twitter or via email at 90sxmen@gmail.com! I'd be very interested in talking to you on a future episode!
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And now back to our regularly-scheduled programming. After a bit of a departure last issue, this time out a bit loopier than normal Chris and Chris rejoin the ranks of the Morituri and keep fighting the good fight against the dreaded Horde!
After the shocking revelations of Strikeforce: Morituri #9, it's here that we begin to deal with the fallout. Will our "One to Grow On Man" Louis take the Horde up on their offer of a cure for the Process? What was the deal with Commander Nion collapsing on the job? What in the hell was up with those CATS last issue? The answers for all that... well, two of those questions... and a whole lot more are right here in this very episode!
Also: A visit with a rather salty Larry Hama! Comic book references in 1980's popular culture! Disgusting television shows! Pranks, Gimmicks, Butt-floss and more! A fun time as always, give it a listen!
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Your October, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon, Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6)
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Welcome to the double-digits, friends! And to the first issue of Strikeforce: Morituri that... well, we didn't really care for all that much! If you were hoping for a payoff to the awesome cliffhanger from last issue... well, hmm... please listen anyway? We promise you'll have a good time!
In addition to checking out the issue, we discuss other disappointing cliffhanger moments in media, we get up close and personal with Tom DeFalco and learn about his distaste for stinky freelancers, how one of your humble hosts once dressed up as a Melmacian Alien Life Form, and much much more!
Also: Casting Call! In the grand tradition of Wizard Magazine's Casting Call, we are attempting to cast for the most kick-butt Strikeforce: Morituri feature film, and we're definitely going to need your help to get it right!
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Your September, 1987 Black WatchRoster - Cliff, Bruce, Woody
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Hey folks! In this, the fifth episode of our look at the hobby of collecting–but the first one re-titled to reflect that–Reggie talks to his dear friend Jamie Greiff about her history of collecting and chasing that oft-talked about "high" that comes with the perfect find.
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Hello, Runners! In this episode, dystopian love slaves Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine the future world of hedonism and group suicide when they read Marvel Comics' Logan's Run #6, written by John Warner and drawn by Tom Sutton and Terry Austin! After discussing the film that this series initially adapted, they dive right into the first comic book after that five-issue adaptation that was meant to continue the story, despite the wishes of the movie studio. And while they're at it, our New-You patrons divulge the plot of the seventh and final issue. They talk about why this series was so quickly truncated, then talk about the original novel by William F. Nolan, and the many adaptations and incarnations that resulted over the years. You'll need your running shoes for this one, don't miss it!
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BREAK: Logan's Run radio spot, 1976
Greetings, fellow Weekday Warriors!
Morituri Mondays is back, and we're primed to take a look at the ninth issue of Strikeforce: Morituri. After a touching reunion with a feared-dead friend, our team has a pizza party and eventually breaks every rule in the book in order to once again try and protect a certain chocolate factory!
Speaking of chocolate... today Chris and Chris conduct a most scientific challenge ever attempted. It is the great M&Ms vs. Smarties Challenge! Canadian Chris has American Chris try the candy of his homeland... and challenges him to "pick a side" in the bite-sized candy Civil War! It's a story of tragedy, triumph... and cheating on a diet! We challenge y'all to also chime in on your preferred rainbow-colored, melts in your mouth not in your hand type things!
Also: Plenty of back-matter nonsense! A Letters Page! Bullpen Bulletins! A Pro-File on one of the Fifty Most Eligible Bachelors in America (according to Playgirl Magazine)! And much, much more! It's a great time as always, give it a listen!
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Your August, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon (???), Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6)
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Hello, everyone! In this episode, Reggie (@reggiereggie) talks with Patrick Kotenberg, someone relatively new to collecting comic books...and is already disillusioned! Check out the thoughts of someone new to the hobby, as well as Reggie's feelings on the current comics landscape!
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Guilt-Stricken, sobbin' with our heads on the floor... today, we meet The Freshmen!
That's right, gang... today we get up-close and personal with those newbies that, for the past couple of issues, have been cookin' in Dr. Tuolema's proverbial "kitchen". Not only do we meet 'em, we accompany them on their first actual mission as part of the team... and, ho boy, it is quite the trial by fire!
All that, and we also tell you how you can become:
- An Orange Big Shot... with Tang!
- A Neighborhood Ninja... with Lady Shogun
- Part of a club, that's made for you and me... with Em Eye See (see ya real soon...)
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Your July, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon (???), Scaredycat, Scatterbrain, Toxyn
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6)
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What's happenin', mutants?
Today I go off-the-cuff and share my life and times as an X-Fan. From the gimmicky nineties, through the event-heavy aughts, and into the reboot-heavy present. Up until a few years ago, the X-Men have always been a "comfort food" for me... and I'm doing my darnedest to get that feeling back!All that, and some news about the future of the show!
Note: If you're a regular listener, the first 5-10 minutes will be bits of stories you've likely already heard... at least once!
*Formerly listed on this channel as ReMarvel, Episode 6*
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Hey folks! Continuing this look at what motivates collectors and the things we collect, I talk with my good friend Lilly McCrea about her more casual–but still persistent!–collecting hobby. It's a little different than comic books or sports cards, let me know what you think!
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Harold is dead.
The team is barreling toward the Horde flagship... without their leader, without a plan, without weapons... and without a clue!
Will the Strikeforce rise to the occasion... or crumble under the pressure? It's their toughest challenge to date... and when it's all over, they might find their number dwindling even more!
Also: Flyin' Kites with Rain-Blo, the hunt for Bazooka Joe, skateboarding misadventures, and cheap magic tricks!
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Your June, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4), Vyking (#6)
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Sup fellow kids?
In this mega-epic, over-the-top, super funkified fifth installment of ReMarvel, I'm gonna take you deep into the underground, when we take a look at the Generation X Underground Special, written and drawn by Jim Mahfood... who your host once got a dirty look from!
Yes, it's another X-Family book... I'm sorry.
Also, I talk about my brand new mutant ability to destroy all the tech in my life and empty out a bank account... as well as share my thoughts on the "current year" Dawn of X stories I have read so far!
*Formerly listed on this channel as ReMarvel, Episode 5*
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For all y'all in the know... this is the big one. For all y'all that don't... buckle in!
When our Strikeforcers are sent to Holowood for a little R & R, their time off is anything but restful or relaxing! It doesn't take long for the baddies to show their bulbous chins, and interrupt our team's attempt at tripping the light fantastic in scenic Los Anheles! The Horde is bored, the team's going stir-crazy, Aline and Robert are losing their marbles... and we've got an ending nobody saw coming!
It's a pulse (and pillow) pounding issue, make sure to hold on to your Ugly Balls!
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Your May, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Vyking, Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4)
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They say you can't go home again... and today we will test that theory on multiple fronts!
After sharing a brief audio-version of a vacation slideshow (please listen anyway!), I tell the story of how a strange and X-Perimental new direction for X-Force helped bring me back into comics fandom after walking away two years earlier! All that, and a deep dive into the first Road Trip-era issue!
*Formerly listed on this channel as ReMarvel, Episode 4*
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Episodes Mentioned during this Program:
Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 23: The Move from NY to AZ
ReMarvel, Episode 3: Walking Away From Comics
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Hey folks! In this episode of Reggie's Comics Stories, continuing our look at the habit and hobby of collecting, we talk about collecting as a group, and talk to Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein, who has been collecting with his brother for decades! Reggie also talks about his experience collecting alongside his sibling, which was not as chummy. Check out the episode, and keep those stories coming!
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Mori-Tuesday? Sure, why not!
A day late, and a dollar short... Morituri Mondays is at it again, and this time out our team of heroes are in mourning... the lovely Lorna wound up succumbing to the strain of the Morituri Process! The crew doesn't get to mourn for long however, as the Horde has chosen just this moment to invade the hearts, minds, and skin of suburban Illinois! Will the team be able to fight through the paranoia of propaganda... or will they lose yet another member?!
Also: Fun with Accents! Hivemind Mentalities! A Smarties Update! Selling Prizes for Cash! The final two parts of Gumby and Pokey in Gum-Dinger Land!
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Your April, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Vyking, Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon
Alumni - Snapdragon (#4)
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Send your thoughts, stories of selling enough items to get an AM/FM Radio from the Sales Leadership Club, and/or Gumby and Pokey Fan-Fiction to: weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com
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There are many times in the life and times of a comics enthusiast where walking away might be smartest option. Naturally, as comics enthusiasts, very seldom do we actually do so! Today, I'm going to share the story of the first time I ever "walked away". All that, and we get to go through a pretty great issue of X-Men!
The concept of "walking away" is one I'm very interested in as a fan... and I would love to hear any stories you might have about times in which you might have stopped collecting or reading... why you finally pulled that trigger... and, since we're all still comics enthusiasts: what brought you back?
*Formerly listed on this channel as ReMarvel, Episode 3*
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Hey Gang... got something a little bit different this week.
Instead of discussing a single issue, I've decided to go "off the cuff" and share my life and times as a Superman Fan! From my humble and wide-eyed speculatory beginnings, through times wherein I walked away from the character completely... to my many returns. We're talkin' Death & Return, Electric Blue, City of Tomorrow, the post-Infinite Crisis "nebulous interim", Secret Origin, New Krypton... and yes, even Grounded, the New-52!... through Rebirth and back again!
Are you a Superman fan? I'd love to hear all about your fandom! When/how you started... times you left... what brought you back, and how it all turned out!
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Episodes Mentioned During this Program:
Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode #23: Adventures of Superman #549 (1997)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-yp3mn-baaf43
Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode #5: Superman: The Man of Steel #18 (1992)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-xbd2f-a05aaf
Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #75: Superman: Grounded (2010-2011)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-fn6yk-858b3c
Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #63-66: The Death and Return of Superman
https://www.chrisandreggie.com/2018/04/chris-and-reggie-box-set-volume-4-death.html
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T.G.I.M. ... is probably what nobody thought as they hurled their alarm clock into the wall this morning... but, we'd like to hope that our journey through Marvel Earth-1287 puts a little spring into your step as you embark upon a brand new week... so full of possibilities! And if not, you can still say to yourself, "At least I'm not Harold!"
This time out, Chris and Chris (@Charlton_Hero @acecomics) join our team of Super-Celebs as they take in the adulation of their adoring public... it's a "Media Bash" for Strikeforce: Morituri... their own line of comics, their own set of home videos... moy-chandizing, moy-chandizing! Their party, however, might just be crashed by the Horde looking to even the score from their defeat last issue! It's a party... not everyone is guaranteed to survive!
PLUS: A discussion on the lost medium of VHS, and how random VHS "artifacts" scared the bejeezus out of one of your hosts), more Mandela Effect fun, the evolution of the mustache from manly-to-pervy... and finally, how you... yes you can sign up and help us battle back the alien Horde! Sign up today to join the fight!
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Your March, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Vyking, Snapdragon, Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon
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Things mentioned during the program:
The Viacom "V of Doom" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nS545cDy2E
What Makes a Logo Scary? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6TOMtKJ55E
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Greetings, fellow mutants! In this episode, time-displaced soothsayers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at one of the longest-running (and now, solved) X-Mysteries when they read Uncanny X-Men #287 by Jim Lee, Scott Lobdell, and John Romita Jr., beginning the "X-Traitor" story line that ran for several years! After explaining the unusual conditions of the X-Men editorial office at the time, and providing biographical information on the key creators involved, our mutant mavericks read every page of the issue at hand. Then, they delve even further into "X-Traitor," reading some fan mail and commentary from pertinent Marvel Comics staff members, and even following the mystery to its stunning conclusion! It's time-traveling fun, you don't want to miss it!
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Hello Fellow Hunters!
This time out, I reminisce over my first-ever comics "white whale" as I discuss X-Men (vol.2) #8! Before hopping into the issue proper, we talk about where I started as a fan of the X-Men family of titles, how different the comic collector's journey looked for a kid growing up in the early-1990's, and how a love of lore turned into a life-long relationship with this particular franchise! Also, looking for Betamax tapes in Satanic Bookstores? Trust me, it all fits... sorta.
*Formerly listed on this channel as ReMarvel, Episode 2*
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Hey everyone! Continuing our look at collecting and collectors, Reggie (@reggiereggie) interviews his partner in podcasting and comic book collector Chris Sheehan! We look at how he got into collecting comics, and some of his own rules when it comes to the hobby. Plus: Reggie talks about the ancillary things one can accrue when they begin collecting. We hope you enjoy it!
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Happy Monday... soon to be your favorite day of the week! Okay, maybe not... but, never fear... Morituri Monday is here to help you muddle through!
This week, the Chrises (@acecomics @Charlton_Hero) join the fledgling Strikeforce on their first actual mission! Lemme tell ya, they're not failing to protect a chocolate factory this time around! Our team is sent into the Soviet Union (which was apparently still a thing that existed in the not-so-far-flung future of Marvel Earth-1287!) to go head on with the Horde... and make a few discoveries about just how gruesome and cruel the alien invaders could be!
Also: Some assorted chatter about our early mp3 Players/digital devices, hotel amenities, the "heelish" portrayal of Soviets during the 1980s, plus YOUR FEEDBACK!
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Your February, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Vyking, Snapdragon, Radian, Adept, Blackthorn, Marathon
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Things mentioned during the program:
Protect and Survive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6U9T3R3EQg
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"And now for something completely different..."
Today I bring to you a discussion regarding adaptations between comics and film, and read from a piece I had written for a Humanities class nearing on a decade ago (consider this my preemptive apology). We will be addressing Pascal Lefevre's "Four Main Problems in the Adaptation of Comics into Film" from his essay, Incompatible Visual Ontologies? which appeared in Film and Comic Books (University Press of Mississippi, 2007). Here we will examine the portrayals of the cast of Daniel Clowes' Ghost World (Enid in particular), both in comic book and film. Think inch-deep, mile-wide... it wasn't too long a paper.
If you are unfamiliar with Ghost World, much of this will likely make very little sense. This episode does not include a synopsis of either the film or the comic... though, Enid and Company will likely be taking a trip on a certain Treadmill in the not-too-distant future.
We also talk about some problems that may arise when you sign up for a class whose subject matter you might be too deep "in the bubble" to be able to appreciate for what it is. Also, I say the word "aural" a couple times throughout this episode... remember, that means "relating to the ear or the sense of hearing"... and not anything else, okay?
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Long before I was a coffee cup with the DC Bullet logo on it, I (Chris, @acecomics) was a bona fide Marvel Zombie! That all changed during the mid-2000's, and my fandom only dwindled from there... to the point where I now have zero (count 'em, zero) Marvel Comics on my pull list. Being an all-or-nothing sort, I kinda let the perceived "Sins of the Sons" be visited upon the "Father", so to speak... and found that I could no longer appreciate anything that ever came out from Marvel. New, old, whatever... I was no longer able to dig it!
I'd like to rectify that... and this program is the first step toward that goal.
Join me as I share the story of how I lost my way with Marvel... and the steps I'm looking to take in order to find it again. We also spend a bunch of time talking about the very odd, sorta discomforting Steve Gerber/Mary Skrenes creation, Omega the Unknown from 1976!
*Formerly listed on this channel as ReMarvel, Episode One*
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Today Chris (@acecomics) talks about something very near and dear to his... err, no, actually he talks about one of his intentional comic book "blind spots" in the Legion of Super-Heroes. We also discuss the concept and currency of "information"... why we want it, how we get it... and how not having it might lead to unpleasant and embarrassing situations!
Do you have any intentional comic book "blind spots"? Daunting families of titles you've long ignored rather than digging your heels in and learning about? Let me know!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/03/legion-of-super-heroes-vol4-28-1992.html
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Musings and Mutterings of an Idiot Scribe:
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HOT TAKE: Excerpts from the "Amazing Readers" Column in Amazing Heroes #105 (January 1, 1987)
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Happy Monday, Gang!
In this episode, Chris and Chris join our new recruits as they have their new powers forcibly jump-started! Ya see, it's not enough to have the Morituri Formula in yer veins to make you a hero... you also gotta eventually manifest a useful power! What better way than to cram 'em all into the pressure cooker known only as "The Garden"?
The way things are going, our cadets might not even make it out of Basic Training... and we're left wondering if perhaps, that was the plan all along???
Also: Nonsense! We discover that Gumby and Pokey did in fact make it to Gum-Dinger Land, and that the United States Mint couldn't make up its mind when it came to stamping out 1982 one-cent coins!
Coming next week: Your feedback... and an offuh you might not be able to refuse!
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Your January, 1987 Strikeforce: Morituri Roster - Vyking, Snapdragon, Radian, Adept, Blackthorne, Marathon
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Hey everyone! In lieu of a new episode of Cosmic Treadmill, this week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) are posting a one-time Patreon exclusive: a relaxed, off-the-cuff discussion about Green Lantern! We hope you enjoy it, and be sure to hit us up with your favorite stories!
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Hey everyone! In this, and the next few episodes, Reggie (@reggiereggie) is going to look at collections and collecting. Why do we do it? What are our personal parameters? Will we ever have enough space for the things we want? Hopefully this will be a two-way dialogue, so please engage me on social media or e-mail!
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You, who are about to listen... We Salute You!
Welcome friends to the first title-centric series here at the Chris and Reggie Channel as Chris (@acecomics) and... Chris (@Charlton_Hero) take you on a guided tour of Marvel's Earth-1287, a world with an alien invasion situation, and unfortunately for them, a world without super-heroes... that is, until Dr. Kimmo Tuolema devised the Morituri Process. A process, under which superpowers could be granted to certain "lucky" folks... but at rather a high-cost. The individual getting those powers is doomed to burn-out and perish within the next 12 months.
In this premiere episode, we meet our initial batch of would-be/might soon-be superheroes, with a particular focus on a young comic book fan, Harold Everson. And, that is "comic book", singular... the poor fella's only ever read the one. Also included, plenty of chatter that is both off-topic and potentially relevant... well, one of those is true for sure!
We also ask the tough questions that need answering... what was Bad Ronald's deal, anyway? Why are Smarties called Rockets in Canada? Did Gumby and Pokey ever make it to Gum-Dinger Land? Why didn't Lazer Tag come with batteries? Hopefully we'll be able to figure out at least one, and that one will be... One to Grow On.
We hope you enjoy!
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Other Episodes Mentioned:
Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 57: Strikeforce: Morituri #1 (1986)
Chris is on Infinite Earths, Episode 24: Justice League: Generation Lost #1 (2010)
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Greetings, comic strip enthusiasts! In this episode, Worthiteers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) peer into the salacious world of Santa Royale when they read a run of Mary Worth comic strips from 2006 by Karen Moy and Joe Giella! After picking apart the history of Mary Worth, and detailing this strip's trappings, they read every daily strip from July 2 to October 17, 2006, in which a new person moves into the neighborhood–and Mary Worth's life! Then, our newsies talk about other times comic strips tackled subjects taken from the headlines of the day, and even reveal a current storyline in Funky Winkerbean, which has yet to be resolved (as of this recording!) It's a real nail-biter, you don't want to miss it!
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It's "Tales from the Undergrad" when Chris (@acecomics) shares some stories regarding a couple of the cornerstones of his earlier studies... social media addiction and forensic psychology (with a focus on missing children), the latter of which parlays into a discussion about the sorta-kinda obscure Lois Lane mini-series from 1986... a pre-Crisis story in a post-Crisis world (or something)!
It's a sobering and sad tale, wonderfully crafted by Mindy Newell and Gray Morrow... the comic that is. The rest of the show is still a babbling idiot... and you can listen to him babble on about his love/hate relationship with the "media of social" for the better part of an hour!
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Original Discussions:
Lois Lane #1 https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/02/lois-lane-1-1986.html
Lois Lane #2 https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/02/lois-lane-2-1986.html
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Other Podcast(s) mentioned:
Rob O'Hara: http://podcast.robohara.com/
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Hello, patient listeners! In this episode, newborn babes Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at the most recent of DC Comics' many universe reboots when they read DC Universe: Rebirth #1 from 2016! After some biographical information about writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank, our inter-dimensional travelers look at what makes up a parallel universe, and then detail how DC acquired such a convoluted multiverse in the first place! After reading the issue, Reggie and Chris discuss what got them psyched about DC Universe Rebirth #1 and whether or not DC delivered on that enthusiasm. This episode is far less messy than an actual birth, you don't wanna miss it!
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BREAK: DC Rebirth promo spot that ran on its All Access channel
Heyyy Gang!
In today's very special episode, Chris shares a very special issue sorta-kinda featuring the New Teen Titans. Also, your host shares the story of a long-lingering addiction he once battled with... and no, we're not talking about comics! That addiction he still can't kick!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/04/new-teen-titans-drug-awareness-special_26.html
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Cosmic Treadmill Episodes Mentioned:
Episode 35 - New Teen Titans Drug Awareness
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-yzbr7-69c6e1
Episode 107 - Supergirl Seat Belt PSA
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-y2vm5-99baf5
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Greetings, Cosmic Treadmilleers! In this episode. Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) give the full details about why there hasn't been a new episode of Cosmic Treadmill in a while, and when we can expect a new episode! It's a lot of talk and almost none of it is about comics, you might want to miss it!
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It's Labor Day in America... and while a lotta folks might think of barbecues and getting the day off from work, your host's (@acecomics) mind goes immediately to the man who hosted the annual MDA Telethon every year, Jerry Lewis! Year after year, the sight of Jerry Lewis' face would signify to many children that Summer vacation was over... and it was now time to go back to school. We'll discuss a little bit of that here today.
Also, we'll touch on the part of the comics hobby I (for whatever reason) always equate with Summer vacation: the trading cards! I'll teach you all where in the box those sneaky distributors always put the holograms!*
If you don't* get a hologram, that only means the retailer mixed up the packs. The Cosmic Treadmill assumes no liability for misspent monies.
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/06/adventures-of-jerry-lewis-105-1968.html
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Cosmic Treadmill Episode mentioned:
Episode 7: New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-epfvm-8a2b4d
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HOT TAKE: Letters Page from Tales of the Teen Titans #47 (October, 1984) Re: Judas Contract fall-out!
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Who ever said there can only be one? For today, we are ALL immortal. Join your host, Chris (@acecomics) for stories of how hypochondria, an overactive imagination, and a tiny directionly-challenged bird made him recently question his own mortality... as well as an exercise in comparing and contrasting two takes on the weird DC Comics character, Resurrection Man!
Where else but during Super-Blog Team-Up: Immortal will you hear anyone talk about both versions of Resurrection Man?
All that, and details for my top secret Cheerios Diet... which, admittedly isn't too hard to crack the code on. Remember, before starting any diet or exercise program to confer with an idiot who babbles into your ears for an hour and change on Wednesdays.
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Original Discussions:
Resurrection Man (vol.1) #1 https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/06/resurrection-man-1-1997.html
Resurrection Man (vol.2) #1 https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/06/resurrection-man-vol2-1-2011.html
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Cosmic Treadmill Episodes Mentioned:
Episode 11, Angel Love: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-kp742-6c86ac
Episode 88, Young Heroes in Love: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-hutyc-902d41
The History of Super-Blog Team-Up: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-3xtbr-9f1609
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HOT-TAKE:
Letters Page from Angel Love #4 (1986) https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/09/angel-love-4-1986.html
Chris' Angel Love Page: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/p/angel-love.html
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Super-Blog Team-Up: Immortal
Comic Reviews by Walt - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Highlander
The Super-Hero Satellite - Peter Loves Mary Jane (One More Day)
Comics Comics Comics - Dr. Fate
Between the Pages - Big Finish: Doctor Who's Finest Regeneration
The Unspoken Decade - Opposites Attract: Archer and Armstrong
DC in the 80's - Bug: The Adventures of Forager (DC's Young Animal)
Black, White and Bronze - What Price Immortality? A Review of Red Nails
The Daily Rios - Arion the Immortal (1992)
In My Not So Humble Opinion - It Came From the 1990s: Ivar the Timewalker
Vic Sage's Pop Culture Retrorama - I am Legend
Source Material Comics Podcast - Vamperella: Roses For the Dead
Dave's Comic Heroes Blog - Multi-Man
Magazines and Monsters Podcast - Avengers-Kang: Time and Time Again
Magazines and Monsters Blog - Avengers-Kang: Time and Time Again
Radulich in Broadcasting Network - TV PARTY TONIGHT: Jupiter Ascending
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Greetings Weekly Warriors! This time out, we discuss a book that, if you've been following along at the blog, is long overdue: Action Comics Weekly #601! We look at, and break down all six features... but only after discussing everything that led up to the Chris is on Infinite Earths blog's change in direction as of February, 2019. It's the story of missing diplomas, hungry ATM Machines, and crippling anxiety. A super-fun time as always... so, check it out!
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Original Discussions:
Action Comics Weekly #601:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2019/02/action-comics-weekly-601-1988.html
Action Comics Weekly Preview Edition:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2019/05/action-comics-weekly-preview-1988.html
The #ActionComicsDaily Page, with every story discussed (so far):
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/p/action-comics-daily_3.html
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Episodes Referenced:
Hal Jordan's Action Comics! Cosmic Treadmill, Episodes 114-117:
https://www.chrisandreggie.com/2018/11/chris-and-reggie-box-set-volume-12-hal.html
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HOT TAKE: X-Clamations Letters Page from X-Force #118 (2001)
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This week, in a weirdly Marvel-centric outing... Chris (@acecomics) takes you back to the Spring of 2010, during a time when two comic book teams took over much of his reading: the Brightest Day-era JLI... and a book he finally found at a most apropos time, Strikeforce: Morituri. Join him as he makes many poor comparisons between agreeing to undergo the "Morituri Process" and accepting a temp job!
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For "Mor" Morituri...
Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #57 - Strikeforce: Morituri #1 (1986)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-9jqnf-7472e5
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/07/justice-league-generation-lost-1-2010.html
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HOT TAKE: Letters Page from X-Force #117 (2001) featuring actual hot takes from people who haven't yet read the book they're writing in about!
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Hey Everybody, today Chris (@acecomics) checks in on the "Electric Blue" era for the Man of Steel, while catching up with some 1st Issue Special alumni (in both the Dingbats on Danger Street and the Green Team) and sharing an overlong personal story of his own teen-age preciosity. If you're just interested in the comics content and not the rambling idiot telling you about his inability to cope with a cross-country move... you're fast-forward finger is in for quite the workout!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/08/adventures-of-superman-549-1997.html
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HOT-TAKE: Letters Page from Superman (vol.2) #128 (October, 1997) Re: Reader thoughts on the new-look Superman!
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Blessings and Riches, my friends... for today is a day like no other. Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Vartox Week!
Today Chris (@acecomics) shares the story of how a hairy-chested mustachioed alien stranger saved his blog from terminal burn-out! It's a discussion about the frustrations associated with the creation of content, getting into one's own head, and attempts at side-stepping writer's block.
All that and a Bronze-Age issue of Superman to boot!
Celebrate Vartox Week responsibly... and remember, this is the one week a year where we're all Valerians!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/08/superman-281-1974.html
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Vartox Week Page:
http://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/p/vartox-week.html
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #111 (Deep-Dive on Vartox)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-2482v-9c3fd5
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Cosmic Treadmill Classic: Weird Comics History, the Comics Code Authority
https://www.chrisandreggie.com/2018/03/chris-and-reggie-box-set-volume-1.html
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HOT-TAKE: Letters Page from Superman #285 (March, 1975) Re: The First Appearance of Vartox!
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Greetings fellow comic-hunters! Today Chris (@acecomics) will take you on a collector's journey when he shares the story of a white whale that had eluded him for over a decade! It's the story of the hunt for... Lady Cop!
After giving the low-down on just what "1st Issue Special" was, and the very titled resonated with a man who grew up during the comics speculator craze, he prescribes his own Curmudgeonly Collect-mandments... which might just (though, hopefully won't) ruffle a feather or two. It's the story of a babbling Luddite... you won't wanna miss it!
Oh yeah, we also actually read the thing... and, learn all about inner-city crime, first-aid, venereal disease, and answer the question of: What's stronger, a live grenade... or a garbage can?
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Cosmic Treadmill Classic: Godzilla vs. Barkley #1 (1993) Dark Horse Comics https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-8z3gn-92ab97
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Original Discussion: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/04/1st-issue-special-4-1975.html
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HOT-TAKE: A Usenetter's take on Crisis on Infinite Earths http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/03/usenet-fandom-more-crisis-on-infinite.html
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Hello Conventioneers! This time out your paragon of curmudgeon-ing Chris (@acecomics) shares his experiences attending and even volunteering at various comic book conventions during his fandom-career. From humble beginnings rifling through bins at the Sun-Vet Mall, to getting the opportunity to wear a Media badge, interviewing Kurt Busiek and having a picture taken with Dan Jurgens... it's a story of anxiety, agoraphobia, preciosity and heat-exhaustion.
Also, we take a look at Justice League of America #224 (March, 1984) by the aforementioned Mr. Busiek - With an audio clip of my 2016 interview with him where we discuss this very issue!
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Original Discussion: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/06/justice-league-of-america-224-1984.html
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Complete DC in the 80's Interview with Kurt Busiek: http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/07/chris-sheehan-interviews-kurt-busiek-at.html
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HOT TAKE: The Letters Page of Justice League of America #227 (June, 1984), taking the temperature of folks who'd just read the issue we're looking at!
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Greetings Fellow Butterfly-Effect Victims!
Today we're going to take a look at the first-issue of the Universe-Altering DC Comics event, Flashpoint... without too much complaining about what came afterwards! This book hit the stands on the very day the direction of my own life was unexpectedly and profoundly altered... for the better... and you'll hear probably wayyy too much about that once you hit PLAY! (Please hit PLAY anyway).
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HOT TAKE: Letters Page from Doom Patrol (vol.2) #23 (June, 1989) to coordinate with an appearance I'll be making on The Source Material Podcast this coming week talking all about the Doom Patrol!
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Original Discussion Piece: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/12/flashpoint-1-2011.html
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It's a New Day... Yes it is!
Join Chris (@acecomics) for the return of the Chris is on Infinite Earths program when he discusses the book that launched the crossovent that finally made him take notice of DC Comics after an extended bout of unemployment... Brightest Day #0! He'll also tell you far more than you'd ever care to know about how that bout of unemployment began! I, er... He apologizes for that ahead of time.
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Original Discussion: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/05/brightest-day-0-2010.html
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Hello Everybody,
Today we bring to you the long-awaited (?) sixth installment of our Sandman Universe Gatherum. It's been a minute, and we appreciate everyone's support! Thank you all so much for sticking by us!
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 216 (02.24.2019) - Lucifer(vol.3) #5
Episode 217 (03.03.2019) - Books of Magic(vol.3)#5
Episode 214 (02.10.2019) - The Dreaming (vol.2) #7, House of Whispers #7, Lucifer (vol.3) #6
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Just a quick update on Reggie's recovery, and a huge thanks for the outpouring of support from all of our friends!
Hello, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, tekheads Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the world of the future...which would actually be somewhat close to the present, when we read William Shatner's TekWorld #1 by Ron Goulart and Lee Sullivan, published by Marvel Comics, through their Epic imprint, in 1992! After some biographical information about Goulart, Sullivan, and Shatner, the voice androids read every futuristic page of the issue. Then, they talk about what happened with the rest of the TekWar property, including the desktop video game and trading cards that came with it. The episode wraps up with a look at William Shatner's music career, and how he learned to embrace his fans! It's a Shatner-filled episode, you don't wanna miss it!
Thanks to Mark Jager for suggesting the comic book!
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Shade and Sweet Water, Everybody!
This time out Chris (@acecomics) shares his extended comic book "secret origin", which started with a peek at two particular pages of the ElfQuest Gatherum! This will be an especially "Christory-heavy" installment, with stories of my time with ElfQuest, my first visit to a comic book specialty store and subsequent first trip to the back-issue bins... also: the revelation that trade paperbacks were very expensive!
Had a great time reliving "The memories that made a Fan out of Chris"! I hope you'll enjoy hearing all about 'em!
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Original Discussion Piece:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/02/elfquest-25th-anniversary-special-2003.html
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Read ElfQuest (for free!) Here:
http://elfquest.com/read/digitalEQ.html
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HOT TAKE: The Letters Page of Action Comics Weekly #613 (1988), with thoughts on ACW #601-602... featuring an appearance by The Mad Maple!
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Hello, Rebel scum! In this episode, Jedi-curious Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive back into the world of Star Wars comic books when they read Dark Empire #1 by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy, published by Dark Horse Comics in 1991! After the biographical information, our tie-fighter pilots look at the hand-off of licensing from Marvel to Dark Horse, and set the stage for the book to follow. After the issue, our soothsayers tell the rest of the story, and detail all the Star Wars comics ever published by Dark Horse! It's a long list, so may the force...of caffeine be with you!
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Hey folks! In this episode, Reggie (@reggiereggie) looks at an article from Comic Book Artist #7, compiled by Chris Knowles titled "The Great Marvel Exodus." Normally, the number of creators that left in the late 1970s is attributed to Jim Shooter's promotion to Editor-in-Chief, but after reading these recollections by the actual creators in question, we see that things are not so cut-and-dry. It's another unsolicited promotion for TwoMorrows Publishing, so be sure to head over to twomorrows.com and check 'em out!
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Hello, living comics enthusiasts! In this episode, as part of this year's #JLMay event, Black Lanterns Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take a look at the first issue of Geoff Johns' and Ivan Reis' Blackest Night series, published in 2009 by DC Comics! After some biographical information, the heart-eating pair describe how the Green Lanterns title got to this point, then they jump right into every acrid, viscous page of the comic in question! After a break, they talk about the other shows involved in the #JLMay event, and read a little bit of listener mail! This may be the last podcast you ever listen to, you don't want to miss it!
Check out these other fine shows as part of the #JLMay event!
- The Podcast of Oa - Blackest Night #0 and Green Lantern #43 blogofoa.com/the-podcast-of-oa
- The Idol-Head of Diablou - Blackest Night #2 and Green Lantern (vol.4) #44 idol-head.blogspot.com
- The Fire & Water Podcast - Blackest Night #3 fireandwaterpodcast.com
- Head Speaks - Blackest Night #4 head.headspeaks.com
- Coffee & Comics Podcast - Blackest Night #5 coffeeandcomicspodcast.blogspot.com
- Longbox Crusade - Blackest Night #6 longboxcrusade.com
- The LanternCast - Blackest Night #7 and #8, and Green Lantern (vol.4) #52 lanterncast.com
- Waiting for Doom - Doom Patrol (vol. 5) #4 and #5 waitingfordoom.podbean.com
- Task Force X - Suicide Squad #67, and Secret Six #17-#18 taskforcex.headspeaks.com
- Justice’s First Dawn - Justice League of America (vol.2) #38-#40 classicjla.podbean.com
- Coffee & Comics Podcast - Adventure Comics (vol.2) #4-#7, and Untold Tales of the Blackest Night #1 coffeeandcomicspodcast.blogspot.com
- Starman/Manhunter Adventure Hour - Starman (vol.2) #81 starman-manhunter.headspeaks.com
- Doctor DC Podcast - Booster Gold (vol.2) #26-#27 doctordcpodcast.ca
- Birds of Prey Podcast - Blackest Night: JSA miniseries, issues #1-#3 player.fm/series/the-birds-of-prey-podcast
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Well, here's another nice mess we've gotten ourselves into!
This time out, Chris (@acecomics) discusses a strange little offering from DC Comics in the early-70's... the one-and-only issue of (Larry Harmon's) LAUREL & HARDY. Before getting into the comic itself, I share with you my affection for the old comedy team, how I first "met" them, and my many (mostly failed) attempts to record as many of their shorts and films as possible during my youth. "The Boys" have always been important to me, and despite the issue being a bit "ehh", I'm so pleased to get the opportunity to chat about this topic.
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HOT TAKE: The (overly... almost suspiciously, positive) letters page of Action Comics Weekly #612 (1988), reflecting on more thoughts on the Weekly-Rebranding of the long-running title.
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Original Discussion Piece: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/07/laurel-and-hardy-1-1972.html
The Artful Antics of Laurel & Hardy: http://www.lulu.com/shop/antony-mitchell-waite-and-joanne-mitchell-waite/the-artful-antics-of-laurel-hardy/paperback/product-20979020.html
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'Ello, Limeys! In this episode, Anglophiles Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at a comic book so nasty, it was banned in the United Kingdom: Action #37, published by IPC in 1976! After some information about the people who made this comic and just what the heck it is about, graduates of the Winona Ryder Acting Society go through every brutal story in this crazy weekly comic book, doing their best to provide some color to the commentary. After a break, they talk about what happened to the folks from Action, and look at some movies made illegal in the United Kingdom and labeled "video nasties" in the early days of the VCR. This episode is more dire than an encounter with Hook Jaw, you don't want to miss it!
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Hello Dreamers!
After a couple of weeks away (we're catching up to the "now" too quickly!), the Sandman Universe Gatherum returns with all of it's spectacular sleepiness. This time out, we (assume) we're wrapping up the first arcs for House of Whispers and the flagship of the imprint, The Dreaming. Lucifer and Tim Hunter join in on the fun too!
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 212 (01.27.2019) - Lucifer(vol.3) #4
Episode 213 (02.03.2019) - Books of Magic(vol.3)#4 (originally a Patreon-Only Segment!)
Episode 214 (02.10.2019) - The Dreaming #6
Episode 215 (02.17.2019) - House of Whispers #6
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Hey, comicskateers! In this episode, the fershlugginer Reggie (@reggieregge) reads the beginning of an article written by Roy Thomas for Alter Ego magazine #95 (July 2010), all about the origins of Marvel Comics' self-parody series, "Not" Brand Echh! There's lots of theretofore-untold information about this humor comic book, as well as Reggie's lamentations that the industry doesn't seem to be having as much fun anymore. Who says a podcast has to be good?
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And check out the rest of the article by purchasing the issue from twomorrows.com!
Greetings, comics enthusastniks! In this episode, urban poets Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out the rhythms and meter of truth when they read Michael Redmond and Junko Hosizawa's Street Poet Ray #1, published by Marvel Comics in 1990! After revealing what scant biographical information could be found on the creators, the folksy duo read every "rap-haiku" in the issue, and talk about the subjects therein. Then, they give a brief history of the Beat Generation, their influences and outcomes--one of which would be this very comic book! Grok that, hipsters!
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Hello Heroes!
This time out we discuss The Man of Steel #1... the first, The Man of Steel #1, that is... written and drawn by John Byrne. Before getting into the book itself, we take a quick peek into that strange time where Superman, and many of DC's top books, were very nearly published by... Marvel Comics?!
From there, we jump into the book... and compare the finished product (of the first issue) to what's known about John Byrne's original "Marvel Comics' Superman" pitch. Is what we wound up getting: better, worse, or exactly the same? Gonna have to listen to find out!
Sticking with the Byrne-Superman theme, this week's HOT TAKE Segment will feature a USENET post from October, 1985... right around the time that Byrne's pending arrival at DC Comics was no longer a rumor! It's a fun time as always, if ya got a minute (or 40), give it a listen!
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Original Discussion Piece:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/04/man-of-steel-1-1986.html
Jim Shooter's "SUPERMAN - First Marvel Issue" blog post:
http://jimshooter.com/2011/08/superman-first-marvel-issue.html/
HOT TAKE links:
http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/04/usenet-fandom-john-byrnes-superman-1985.html
http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/04/usenet-fandom-john-byrnes-superman-part.html
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Hello, Podcast Pursuers! In this episode, gear duo Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) get a case of the Haneys when they read Teen Titans #12 by Bob Haney and Irv Novick, published by DC Comics in 1967! After dispensing the usual biographical information, the fab fellas dive right into every page of this way-out comic book, lending their voices and a little bit of cynicism to the otherwise silly occurrences. Then they look at a history of satellites, and how they might have shaped this comic's attitudes toward space exploration in general. This episode will put you in orbit, you don't want to miss it!
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Hey everyone! In this less-raspy, less-echo-filled episode, Reggie talks at you about the DC Comics Explosion/Implosion, which happened in 1978, and reads some excerpts from Comic Book Implosion, compiled by Keith Dallas and John Wallace for TwoMorrows Publishing. This book provides a unique look at DC Comics' period of change, as well as what the rest of the comics industry was up to at the time, and comes with the highest recommendation. Just a few tidbits to wet your whistle, then it's off to the library or bookstore with you!
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Check out TwoMorrows.com to find out more about this book!
Greeting, b-boys and b-girls! In this episode, culture vultures Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) explore the earliest days of hip-hop music and culture when they read Ed Piskor's Hip-Hop Family Tree #1, published by Fantagraphics in 2015! After talking about Ed Piskor's rising career, our music historians go through every page of this issue, lending their improbable voice talent to these actual persons. After a short break, they come back to talk a little bit about New York, to help situate the uninitiated listener and explain some of the reasons why hip-hop developed where and when it did. This episode is sure to have you doing windmills into a backspin, you don't want to miss it!
REGGIE'S NOTE: Apologies for the sound quality of my voice. I just moved into a new place and there's a lot of echo. Pretend it's a vocal effect.
Check out Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg's YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU0v4IGzj2wK-PmjASkK2Rg
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BREAK: A promo for a 20/20 report on hip-hop from 1981 https://youtu.be/onRKOcsf1J0
Welcome to the fourth installment of the Sandman Universe Gatherum... where (in at least two of our titles) the decompression really starts to set in.
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 203 (12.23.2018) - Lucifer(vol.3) #3
Episode 204 (01.06.2019) - Books of Magic(vol.3)#3
Episode 205 (01.13.2019) - The Dreaming #5
Episode 206 (01.20.2019) - House of Whispers #5
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Good Day, Fellow Professors of Extra-Dimensional Studies! This time out, Chris (@acecomics) is joined by his good pal, Dave Schultz (@SellingOutShow) to discuss a very special issue of DC Comics Presents featuring a team-up (of sorts) between Superman and Swamp Thing!
From there, Dave shares his comics "Secret Origin" and gives Chris a guided tour of his Swamp Thing fandom! It's quite the education for your humble host!
HOT TAKE: A Reaction to "The Anatomy Lesson" from a November, 1983 USENET post (as discussed at DCinthe80s.com
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/12/dc-comics-presents-85-1985.html
HOT TAKE "USENET Fandom" Piece:
http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/05/usenet-fandom-fan-reaction-to-alan.html
Check out Selling Out Show:
https://infirmary.org/selling-out/
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Greeting, citizens of Central City! In this episode, comics enthusiasts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at the hobby of comics collecting--as depicted in a comic book, when we read The Flash #268 by Cary Bates and Irv Novick, published in 1978! After the usual biographical information, our plodding speedsters go through every page of the issue and try to figure out what makes The Flash vol. 1 #26 just so darned special! After a little break, our bin-divers discuss the Golden Age issue in question, and then look at a history of cosplay and costuming. You don't want to miss this one, don't let it teleport away!
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BREAK: "Comic Book Collecting and History," 1989 https://youtu.be/tqYZFFfF6VI
Good Morning, Somnolent Strangers... it's time for another compilation of Sandman Universe Discussions.
We are about at the half-way point of our initial "weekly blitz" of episodes. In around three weeks time, we'll be all caught up to DC/Vertigo... at which point, this program will likely become more of a monthly feature.
We hope you're all still enjoying these little sleepwalks into The Dreaming!
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 203 (11.25.2018) - Lucifer(vol.3) #2
Episode 204 (12.02.2018) - Books of Magic(vol.3)#2
Episode 205 (12.09.2018) - The Dreaming #4
Episode 206 (12.16.2018) - House of Whispers #4
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Hello folks! In this episode of Reggie's Comics Stories, Reggie (@reggiereggie) attempts to overcome a lingering sickness to bring you an interview with artist John Mejias, who is coming to a close on his graphic novel The Puerto Rican War--a work wherein all the panels are done in woodcut! Reggie muses about the line between fine art and comics, and then tries to talk up Mr. Mejias without gushing over how much he likes the work. And fails. But don't let that stop you from checking out this book when it comes out!
Be sure to visit John Mejias' Instagram! @john_vasquez_mejias
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Hello, berserkers! In this episode, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out a more recent offering by Marvel Comics: Indestructible Hulk #12 by Mark Waid and Matteo Scalera! After the usual biographical information, they talk about what brought Bruce Banner and his verdant alter ego into the employ of S.H.I.E.L.D., and catch the listener up to the very moment that they read the issue in question. After that, our completionists tell the rest of the Indestructible Hulk's story--right up to its final issue! After a short discussion of Old Norse berserkers and the positions they played in the military, our pair read some listener mail! This episode packs a punch strong enough to wallop a dinosaur, you don't want to miss it!
Thanks to Alex Martin for the suggestion!
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In this second "compilation" episode, the gang's all here as we welcome Lucifer and Books of Magic into the fold, and continue along with The Dreaming and House of Whispers (already in progress).
Will Lucifer's nebulous storytelling, and Books of Magic's decompressed to the Nth degree nature be enough to spoil the party? Listen in... and find out!
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 198 (10.21.2018) - Lucifer (vol.3) #1
Episode 199 (10.28.2018) - Books of Magic (vol.3)#1
Episode 201 (11.11.2018) - The Dreaming #3
Episode 202 (11.18.2018) - House of Whispers #3
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This week's episode is a little bit different from our usual superhero fare... actually, it's a whole lot different. Today we're going to meet a tiny dinosaur named Gon (created by Masashi Tanaka), and take a look at his first tankōbon volume, which contains three stories... and zero words!
Ya see, Chris (@acecomics) picked this book to review before heading out on vacation, thinking its lack of words would make for a quick and easy synopsis. Let's just say, he learned a lesson in "cutting corners" that day.
This episode also includes a brief discussion of the DC Comics imprint that published this (Paradox Press), the audio version of vacation slides... sure to thrill, and the second installment of our "Comics Hot Take" segment!
HOT TAKE: More Action Comics Weekly #601 photostat reactions, taken from the letters page of Action Comics Weekly #607 (1988)
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/06/gon-book-i-of-iv-1996.html
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Hello folks!
Since we're still under the weather at Cosmic Treadmill HQ, we've decided to lift the paywall over at patreon.com/chrisandreggie and share with the public a fairly recent episode of Comix Tawk! Comix Tawk is a twice-monthly exclusive program wherein Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) have an off-the-cuff conversation about the industry we hold so dear. Sometimes they get a little too passionate... this might be one of those times.
This one based around the "Four Kinds of Fans," as stated by wrestling promoter and personality Jim Cornette. But don't worry, this certainly isn't a wrestling podcast: Chris and Reggie relate these four fandoms to comic books, and opine on how appealing to one group over others is, well, foolhardy!
Enjoy the discussion, and let us know what you think!
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Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand-new offering from the Chris and Reggie Channel. In the spirit of our old Young Animal Gatherum (all 30 hours of which are available in the archives), we have decided to begin compiling our discussions of The Sandman Universe titles, which appear as segments on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast.
Listen along as a long-time Sandman fan (@reggiereggie) takes a neophyte (@acecomics) under his wing, and together they try and make sense of this sorta-new/sorta-not Sandman Universe!
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 188 (08.12.2018) - The Sandman Universe#1
Episode 192 (09.09.2018) - The Dreaming #1
Episode 193 (09.16.2018) - House of Whispers #1
Episode 196 (10.07.2018) - The Dreaming #2
Episode 197 (10.14.2018) - House of Whispers #2
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Hello, Panicking Pals! This week we were unable to release an all-new episode, and so we decided to share a sampling from the Cosmic Treadmill, After Dark Collection (exclusive to Chris and Reggie Patrons). During this episode, we look at Evangelist Jack Chick and his comic book tracts, and the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and 1990s, and how it fueled Jack's ministry.
We also read the tract "Dark Dungeons" in its entirety... it does deal with very adult themes--so put the kids to bed before listening. Thanks to everyone for your support, and please let us know if there are any questions or suggestions!
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Links Mentioned During the Episode:
chick.com
Jack Chick documentary: http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/filmedia/play/2330/God-s-Cartoonist---The-Comic-Crusade-of-Jack-Chick
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No, gentle listener, this isn't the return of the Young Animal Gatherum...
This time out, I give a peek behind the curtain and tells the story about how a review he did on a site other than his own, managed to affect change on Chris is on Infinite Earths!
What happened when Chris received his first bit of clapback? Well, lemme tell ya, It's a story of angry comments, curse words, appeals to motive, and over-reaction... with just a little bit of ranting about the current sensationalized comics reviewing "culture". It's somehow even less provocative than it sounds!
PLUS: The introduction of a potential new segment... COMICS HOT TAKE, wherein I will attempt to analyze the initial reactions of comic fans when changes are made to the hobby we hold so dear. For this "pilot" installment, in tying in with my #ActionComicsDaily project, I will be taking a look at the Letter Page from Action Comics Weekly #605 (1988), which features the first bit of feedback DC Comics received on the weekly anthology format... from prolific letterhacks who received black and white preview photostats of the issue!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/06/mother-panic-1-2017.html
The Young Animal Gatherum:
https://www.chrisandreggie.com/p/young-animal-gatherums.html
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Say hello to yesteryear, comic book enthusiasts! In this episode, time-travelers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take a trip to the Mesozoic Age...or was that the Devonian? They check in on some ancestors that never quite existed when they read Dinosaurs Attack! by Gary Gerani, Herb Trimpe, and Earl Norem, published by IDW in 2013! After the necessary biographical information, our saurian scientists dive into the 1988 Topps trading card set that birthed this comic book series, and look at why it began at one publisher almost thirty years ago, but concluded at IDW. After a reading of the issue and a brief intermission, these temporal physicists tell the rest of this bizarre and probably overly-complex story, and wrap it up with a history of trading cards--the gory edition. It's an episode steeped in viscera and pseudo-science, you don't want to miss it!
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Hello, fans of the weird! In this episode, Reggie talks about one of his favorite creators, Arnold Drake, and concentrates on a memo he wrote in 1966 to DC Comics' executives about changing their content to be more like Marvel. It's very strangely worded, so it requires a little deconstruction! Enjoy this look at a lesser-known piece of comics history, and let us know what you think!
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Greetings, comrades! In this episode, mutant-hunters Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at a time that Marvel's X-Men line of titles was in flux...and that resulted in The Brotherhood #1, published in 2001, by Writer "X" and Esad Ribic! After a look at the editorial landscape at Marvel at the time, they go through every page of this book, lending their commentary and vocal rudeness along the way. Then they discuss the mysterious Writer "X", who it could have been...and who it actually is! Do not resist this episode, listen in!
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Greetings teen-aged sidekicks!
This time out, Chris (@acecomics) is joined by his pal Jody Yerdon (@regalfan) to discuss one of the, in their opinion, greatest (and most underrated) Batman stories ever put to print!
Batman #416 sees the post-Crisis meeting of Dick Grayson and Jason Todd... and is chock full of some amazing Bat-Family Drama! Ever late-to-the-party, Chris ranked this as the best comic book he'd read in 2016... and it is still his very favorite Batman story, despite (or possibly because) the Caped Crusader himself only appearing on a handful of pages!
Listen to the fellas gush over this one for about an hour!
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Original Discussion Piece:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/11/batman-416-1988.html
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Promo Closer: The Bat-Pod
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Greetings, Juggalos! In this episode, neden hunters Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive back into the world of the wicked clowns, when they read ICP: The Pendulum #1, published by Chaos Comics and created by Jesse McCann and Jerry Beck in 2000! After some biographical info and an explanation of the twelve songs attached to the twelve issues in this series, the foolios check out all twelve of 'em--songs and comics--lending their vocal talents to only the first issue. After a break, our pious jesters look at the spiritual side of the Insane Clown Posse, explaining the "Joker cards" and the attendant entities that represent their meaning. Plus: how to play "Morton's List!" It's a whoop whoop fun episode, you don't wanna miss it!
Thanks to Toby Hagen for the suggestion!
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Hey everyone! This episode of Reggie's Comics Stories is a reading of Cullen Murphy's 2017 article for Vanity Fair, titled "When Fairfield County Was the Comic-Strip Capital of the World." Mr. Murphy is the author of Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe, a great book about cartooning and cartoonists in the mid-twentieth century. The essay is full of information about comics peddling, and anecdotes about some famous illustrators, here's hoping that you enjoy it!
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Hello, o responsible listeners! In this episode, curious teenagers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at a collaboration between Marvel Comics and Planned Parenthood in 1976: The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Prodigy by Ann Robinson and Ross Andru! After some biographical info about the creators--the best that could be done under the circumstances--the promiscuous hosts look at the beginnings of Planned Parenthood and then read every page and panel of the comic book to hand. Then the pair let their hair down and check out the Second Sexual Revolution--that's the groovy one, folks. Finally, they wrap it all up with some terrific listener mail! It's an episode you'll want to share with your family--IF you choose or have chosen to have one!
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The Titans and Young Justice are standing at the edge of tomorrow... today, because it's Graduation Day!
Join your humble host (@acecomics) as he shares not only this story, but the story of traveling for his very own Graduation Day... and how this storyline haunted his troubled trip East. Learn that the only thing more dangerous than a malfunctioning Superman Android is... having to schedule blog posts to publish ahead of time, especially when the person writing them forgets how Time Zones work!
All this plus an important announcement about the future of the Chris is on Infinite Earths blog!
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Original Discussion Pieces:
Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #1 (July, 2003)
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/05/titansyoung-justice-graduation-day-1.html
Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #2 (July, 2003)
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/05/titansyoung-justice-graduation-day-2.html
Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #3 (August, 2003)
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/05/titansyoung-justice-graduation-day-3.html
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Hello, denizens of Metropolis! In this episode, amateur electricians Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read an issue of Superman in which he wasn't quite feeling himself: vol. 2 #123 from 1997, by Dan Jurgens and Ron Frenz! After some creator bios and a little backstory to explain how Superman contracted this condition, our technicians go through every page of this seminal issue, lending their vocal bleats and sarcastic commentary along the way. After a music break, our pair return to close out the bios for Jurgens and Frenz, and then talk about some other instances where Superman changed his look--usually not by choice! It's a transformative episode, you don't want to miss it!
Thanks to Lord Andy for suggesting the book!
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Hey folks! In this episode of Reggie's Comics Stories, I read an essay written by Terry Gilliam, alumnus of Monty Python's Flying Circus, about comics and humor legend Harvey Kurtzman, whom he worked for at Help! magazine during the 1960s! It originally appeared in the UK newspaper The Telegraph on July 10, 2009. Since this episode is a little short, I included an excerpt of an interview between Gilliam and VICE magazine from around the same time...in which he reiterates a lot of the same stuff. I hope you enjoy this look at how comics creators' influence can ripple out to influence some amazing people!
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Greetings, futurists! In this episode, Alchemax janitors Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) head thirty-five years into the past...in order to rocket 107 years into the future when they read Marvel Comics' Spider-Man 2099 #1, written by Peter David and pencilled by Rick Leonardi in 1992! After some creator biographies and an explanation of how this concept came to be, our duo delve into every page of this landmark issue, lending their guttural growls and burps along the way. After a break, the pair return to finish off the creators' info and tell what happened to Marvel's 2099 line after this issue. And they wrap up with a look at some other comic book stories and properties that exist in the future––for that is where you and I would like to spend the rest of our lives! You don't want to miss it!
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This wasn't the episode you were supposed to be hearing today.
It was after randomly reading and reviewing this arc, that Chris (@acecomics) began to question his "analytical integrity" when it comes to how he covers comics on his personal blog. This two-parter calls back to some pre-Flashpoint continuity... and your host isn't sure if that changed the way he "received" it... so much so, that he's going to spend the better part of an hour raspily rambling about it!
Expect tangents about the continuity, numbered review scores, and USENET!
Original Discussion Pieces:
Green Lanterns #16:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2019/01/green-lanterns-16-2017.html
Green Lanterns #17:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2019/01/green-lanterns-17-2017.html
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Greetings, citizens of Spiral City! In this episode, embittered heroes Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dip their toes into a brand-new superhero universe when they read Black Hammer #1 by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston, published by Dark Horse Comics in 2016! After the necessary biographical information, our inter-dimensonal phase-shifters go through the entire issue, lending their voices to the proceedings. Then, after some thoughts on the issue and wrapping up Jeff Lemire's bio, we hear from Jeff himself! He talks all about how he got into comics, when he came up with the idea for Black Hammer, and lets us in on what's coming down the line. This episode is more fun than you can have without being trapped in the body of a nine year-old, you don't want to miss it!
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Howdy, chilluns! In this episode of Reggie's Comics Stories, the titular narrator talks about Walt Kelly, creator of the comic strip Pogo, and muses on the efficacy of the satire and parody employed within the strip! This podcast contains some talk about current events...on the comics internet at least. And the person talking may espouse his opinions a time or two during the episode. If this might annoy you, steer clear of the episode! Everyone else, you don't wanna miss it!
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Say you folks like comic books? In this episode, multiversal transit cops Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at what has been considered a "retcon done right" when they read issues #219 and #220 of Justice League of America from 1983, written by Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway (with an assist by Marv Wolfman) and drawn by Chuck Patton! After some biographical information about the creators involved (except for Marv...we've gone over him at length before), our alternate Earth investigators look at the character Black Canary and what came before these issues, which will serve as a new status quo for the character for years to come! After a break, our pair finish up the bios and talk about what constitutes a retcon, and what makes some acceptable while others are abhorred. They conclude the episode by explaining what Black Canary's been up to since learning this new origin. It's enough to make you stand up and belt out a Canary Cry, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: Snippet of interview with Gerry Conway from "Off The Record Interview DVD," offtherecord.com
Heyyy, look at us being all relevant and with the times!
On the very day Young Justice (vol.3) #1 is hitting the shelves, Chris (@acecomics) discusses the original Young Justice #1, by Peter David and Todd Nauck! After positing a question to the folks about one's potential inability to "go home again" and fully-appreciate books of a certain era the way we used to, we synopsize and review the issue itself.
following the review, Chris takes advantage of this being the first episode of 2019 by reflecting on the "2018 Year in Cosmic Treadmill", and shares his Top Five episodes from 2018... that you might've slept on.
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THE TOP FIVE
- Nightwing #93 (Episode 98 - July 8)
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- Captain N: The Game Master #1 (Episode 106 - September 9)
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- Jim Nastics #1 (Episode 82 - March 18)
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- MAD #4 (Episode 118 - December 2)
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- Kill Image #1 (Episode 93 - June 3)
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Hello, brave heroes! In this episode, quirkless wonders Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at a popular manga series, created and produced by Kōhei Horikoshi: My Hero Academia vol. 1, released in North America in 2015! After a brief look at the budding creator Horikoshi, they dive right into the first six chapters of this weekly Shonen manga, compounding their usual embarrassment by mangling every Japanese name they encounter. After an international music break, our heroic hopefuls return to look at the phenomenon that is My Hero Academia, and talk about some other comic book-based schools...some which do not produce heroes as efficiently as U.A. High. Plus: correspondence with Jeremiah! The episode is sure to be Plus Ultra, don't miss it!
Thanks to Luke Hollywood for the suggestion!
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Hey, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, Reggie (@reggiereggie) reads selections from Dark Horse Books' 2002 publication Eisner/Miller, consisting of a longform interview between Will Eisner and Frank Miller, conducted by Charles Brownstein. It's a cool talk between two industry veterans, spanning all aspects of the medium and craft--if you like what you hear, go check it out from your local library!
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Happy novus annus, everyone! In this episode, the same-old consistent Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out an early Marvel relaunch of their flagship superhero team, and the career of one of comics' most prolific writers, when they read The New Avengers #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch from 2005! After a lengthy biography of BMB and some background on why the Avengers were "newed." After a break, our sticks-in-the-mud wrap up their biographies and look at some other "new" things at Marvel...which looked suspiciously familiar, even at the time. Everything new is old again in this episode, you don't want to miss it!
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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, Dear Listeners!
This time out, Chris (@acecomics) discusses a wonderful Christmas-themed issue featuring the Justice Society of America... and the return of one of the more unique Golden-Age characters. After going through the issue, he tries (in vain) to qualify and affix the nebulous comic-reviewing metric known as "heart".
During the second half of the episode, Chris (the usual one) is once again joined by Chris Bailey (@Charlton_Hero), and together they share stories of Christmases long, long ago. It's a great time as usual... give it a listen, if you have a free moment or thirty between tearing into all the goodies Santa left under your tree!
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! In this episode, workshop janitors Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read a seasonal favorite enjoyed for generations: DC Comics' Limited Collectors Edition #C-24 from 1973, aka New Giant Adventures of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Sy Reit and Rube Grossman! After some biographical information about our creators, and a look at how these oversized treasury editions came to be in the first place, our reindeer groomers read all three of the Rudolph stories in the book, following each twist and turn, no matter how inane. After a break, they talk about the rest of the Limited Collectors Edition line, including some titles that made it into other formats entirely! It's an episode sure to chase the seasonal doldrums away, don't miss it!
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BREAK: Snippet from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" television special, 1964
Hey folks! In episode of Reggie's Stories, there's some personal recollections about Robert Crumb, a brief biography, and a reading of the essay "Robert Crumb is a Sexual Predator," as written by Kim O'Connor on her site The Shallow Brigade. It's superbly-written, and hopefully this reading does it justice. The episode wraps up with some final–or not-so-final–thoughts on Robert Crumb from Reggie himself. Give it a listen!
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hey Hey HEY WHAT is going on here?? In this episode, matriculated students Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out one of their other shared interests...bordering on obsessions, when they read Harvey Comics' Saved By the Bell Summer Break #1 from 1992! After a deep dive into the secret origins and trappings of the television show, our Bayside Tigers provide biographies for creators Angelo de Cesare and Hy Rosen. Then, they read every goofy page of the comic, lending about the same level of talent to their voices as most of the actors brought to the show. After a break, they provide a brief history of Harvey Comics, before breezily talking about the show and devolving into fits of wheezing laughter. It's a show these knuckleheads couldn't wait to make, don't miss it!
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This week Chris (@acecomics) is joined by guest Patrick Kotenberg (@dcufanfam) to discuss the world-changing DC Universe Rebirth #1 from 2016. After Chris does his usual blibbuh blabbuh (emphasis on the "blabbuh" this time around) and walks through the issue, Patrick shares how he, as a new-to-DC fan received Rebirth, and how it kept him coming back to the comic shop week after week. It's a great time as usual, doncha dare miss it!
Includes comments/mail from Jeremy Daw & Jeremiah Jones-Goldstein!
Jeremy's Blog: https://jddunsany.wordpress.com/
Jeremiah's Blog: https://comicscomicscomics.blog/
You can check out Patrick's painted miniatures here: https://www.instagram.com/fourstepspainting/
Original Blog Post: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/03/dc-universe-rebirth-1-2016.html
Break audio: "What is Rebirth?" from DC Comics YouTube Page (February 19, 2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDuupQxkEe8
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Beep beep tweet, folks! In this episode, Nerf herders Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at some events that occurred some time in the past, in a remote corner of the universe, as depicted in Marvel Comics' Star Wars #1 by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, published in 1977! After some biographical information about these legendary creators, and a little background information on how the deal was struck, they go through every page of the inaugural issue, butchering the voices as politely as possible. After a break, these rebel traitors return to wrap up their histories of Mr. Thomas and Mr. Chaykin, and wrap it all up by talking about how the comic book fared at Marvel going into the 1980s–including an aside about a giant green bunny? The episode is more fun than a barrel full of light sabers, you don't want to miss it!
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One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes...
One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Moments stacked up real tall...
One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes
How do you measure,
Measure Young Animal?
In delays?
In t-shirts?
In f-words?
In cups of milk?
In pages, in singles, in trades and omnibi?
In One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes.
How do you measure a pop-up imprint?
That's right, Dangerous Humans! Welcome to the final installment of the Young Animal Gatherum! Wrapping up One-Thousand Seven-Hundred Ninety-Two Minutes of analysis of all 83 releases from the imprint! We become a bit emotional... but probably not for the right reasons! Colorful language warning...
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 187 (08.05.2018) - Shade the Changing Woman #6
Episode 188 (08.12.2018) - Eternity Girl #6
Episode 189 (08.19.2018) - Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #6
Episode 190 (08.26.2018) - Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #6
Episode 191 (09.02.2018) - Young Animal "Post-Mortem"
Episode 200 (11.04.2018) - Doom Patrol (vol.6) #12
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Hiya, folks! This week, Reggie (@reggiereggie) is reading three essays from the book Hey Kids, Comics!: True-Life Tales From the Spinner Rack, edited by Rob Kelly, published in 2013. Highlighting stories by Doug Slack, Steve Englehart, and Richard Harland Smith, Reggie provides a little background for each author before delving into their secret comic book origins. At the end, Reggie provides a little context for his own passage into comic book enthusiasm! It's a real love-fest of four-color funnybooks, don't miss it!
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Hello, fershlugginer comics fans! In this episode, pratfall experts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take a look at the life of Harvey Kurtzman and the magazine that changed everything when they read MAD #4 from 1953! After a history of the publisher that begat the rag, they describe all four stories in the issue, providing some brief artist biographies, and concentrating their vocal abuse on "Supderduperman" and "The Shadow!" After a break, the Assistants to the Assistant Copy Boy continue discussing Kurtzman and MAD magazine, including the iconic logo and a certain gap-toothed fellow that hasn't a care in the world. This episode is sure to drive any parents buggy, you don't want to miss it!
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Greetings (for the second to last time), you Dangerous Humans! That's right, this is the penultimate installment on of our Young Animal Gatherum series of episodes. Doncha just love saying the word "penultimate"? Seems like the sort of word people use incorrectly all the time... like "prolific".
Am I rambling? Well, yes... because really, there isn't much to say here about the books we're reviewing this week. They are all penultimate issues, and the seams of truncation have become rather visible as our creative teams stomp on the brakes to get their stories wrapped up.
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 183 (07.08.2018) - Shade the Changing Woman #5
Episode 184 (07.15.2018) - Eternity Girl #5
Episode 185 (07.22.2018) - Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #5
Episode 186 (07.29.2018) - Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #5
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Happy Belated Thanksgiving, Gentle Listeners!
This time out Chris (@acecomics) shares a sappy (and perhaps precious) story from his youth... during which he went from a powerful paperboy to humble odd-jobber, all in the name of keeping up with his favorite... and some new-to-him comics! And also, how and why this very issue never fails to remind him of Thanksgiving... or Thanksgiving Eve, mostly Thanksgiving though.
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Greetings, oh Keepers of the Flame! Today, calendar-scrutinizing comics fans Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) conclude their look at the Green Lantern stories contained in DC Comics' Action Comics Weekly, in this episode covering issues #636 to #642, plus Green Lantern Special #2 by James Owsley, Dan Raspler and M.D. Bright! They go through every bizarre beat of these books, lending their raspy voices where applicable. Later, our Sunday-to-Sunday fellas look at some of the fallout from this weekly series; what happened to Malvolio and Priest, and other weekly series DC Comics has put out over the years. Plus...an alternate ending? The episode is full of mysteries and and goofy stuff...mostly goofy stuff. You don't want to miss it!
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We've reached the second-half... of the second-season, and if we're being honest... it feels like, for the most part, we're just lumbering toward that finish line. Join Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) as they examine the four Young Animal offerings for signs of truncation... and, you know them... they're probably going to kvetch about Doom Patrol's tardiness yet again!
Only two episodes to go... plenty of insanity still to go around!
Oh, and if you're listening to this on the day of release... Happy Thanksgiving!
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Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 179 (06.10.2018) - Shade the Changing Woman #3
Episode 180 (06.17.2018) - Eternity Girl #3
Episode 181 (04.24.2018) - Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #3
Episode 182 (07.01.2018) - Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #3
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Hey folks! In this episode of Reggie's Comics Stories, I bring you the salacious and tragic tale of Bob Wood, against the backdrop of a New York City that was a lot less put-together than was shown in contemporary media of the time! Except perhaps in that true crime magazine co-created by Wood himself, Crime Does Not Pay. It's a tale of vice, sex, and crime––and that's only what's contained in the four-color pages! Enjoy!
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Welcome back, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, our weary weekly warriors Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) continue their look at the Green Lantern stories included in Action Comics Weekly, tackling issues #624 to #635 from 1988 and 1989! Consisting of one long story written by Christopher Priest and drawn by M.D. Bright, our calendar-efficient pair tackle every sweet second of Hal Jordan's dalliance with Captain Atom, and his meeting a three-hundred year-old ring-bearer named Malvolio! It's the only time this character ever appeared in comic books, so you won't want to miss it!
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"Don't know what you've got, til it's gone" - A Disney Princess (we think)
It was with this flurry of episodes that Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) learned that the Young Animal imprint was going to draw to a close just three months later. It was bittersweet news, to say the very least... but somehow, we managed to keep our will to live.
Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 174 (05.06.2018) - Shade the Changing Woman #3
Episode 175 (05.13.2018) - Eternity Girl #3
Episode 176 (05.20.2018) - Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #3
Episode 177 (05.27.2018) - Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #3
Episode 178 (06.03.2018) - Young Animal "Season Two" Halftime Report
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Yes... we're only four episodes in... it's another bwah-ha-ha book, but there's a special reason for that. And really, that's not the meat and potatoes of this episode anyway. This time out, Chris (@acecomics) is joined by another Chris... Chris Bailey (@Charlton_Hero) of the SuperHero Satellite who shares the origins of the Mighty Super-Blog Team-Up!
After Chris (the usual one) discusses his first offering to #SuperBlogTeamUp, Chris (the other one) shares his comic book "secret origin"! From his early days, reading coverless comics that missed the trash can... to his introduction to the internet comics community.
Then... the main event, from the germ of an idea of a blogging crossover, to what became the Super-Blog Team-Up!
All that... plus, a special announcement! It's a great time... check it out!
(The Super-Blog Team-Up content begins at timestamp 21:04)
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SuperHero Satellite: https://charltonhero.wordpress.com/
LongBox Graveyard: https://longboxgraveyard.com/
Flodo's Page: http://flodospage.blogspot.com/
Silver-Age Sensations: no longer online
Chasing Amazing: http://www.chasingamazingblog.com/
Bronze Age Babies: http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/
Superior Spider-Talk: https://superiorspidertalk.com/
Between the Pages: https://betweenthepagesblog.typepad.com/
Fantastiverse: no longer online
Retroist: https://www.retroist.com/
The Unspoken Decade: https://theunspokendecade.com/
The Daily Rios: http://thedailyrios.com/
The Middle Spaces: https://themiddlespaces.com/
Mystery V-Log: no longer online
In My Not So Humble Opinion: https://benjaminherman.wordpress.com/
Ultraverse Network: http://ultraversepodcast.com/
The Idol-Head of Diabolu: http://idol-head.blogspot.com/
Firestorm Fan: http://firestormfan.com/
Marvel Super-Heroes Podcast: https://rolledspine.wordpress.com/category/the-marvel-super-heroes-podcast/
Legion of Super-Bloggers: http://legionofsuperbloggers.blogspot.com/
Too Dangerous For a Girl: https://dangermart.blog/
ITG Blogcast: http://itgblogcast.blogspot.com/
The Crapbox of Son of Cthulhu: http://crapboxofcthulhu.blogspot.com/
Coffee & Comics Blog/Podcast: http://coffeecomicsreading.blogspot.com/
DC in the 80's: http://www.dcinthe80s.com/p/home-page.html
Comic Reviews by Walt: https://comicreviewsbywalt.wordpress.com/
Back in the Bronze Age: http://backinthebronzeage.blogspot.com/
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Chris' first Super-Blog Team-Up offering: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/05/justice-league-america-52-1991.html
The Super-Blog Team-Up Archives (courtesy of LongBox Graveyard): https://longboxgraveyard.com/super-blog-team-up/
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Greetings, Jordanites and Jordanettes! In this episode, anti-Apartheid protesters Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) continue their look at the Green Lantern parts of Action Comics Weekly from 1988-1989, this week covering issues #615 through #623, and Green Lantern Special #1 from 1988! Providing biographical information for creators along the way, our weekly warriors go through every page of these issues, lending their arguable vocal talents and commentary. It's another oft-forgotten chunk of Green Lantern history, you don't want to miss this!
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We enter the second month of Young Animal's "Season Two"... and it feels like the writing might already be on the wall. In other news... we actually discuss an issue of Doom Patrol this time around! Yay?
Um, yeah... about that... we don't usually break out the "colorful language" warning... but, here we be.
Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 170 (04.08.2018) - Shade the Changing Woman #2
Episode 171 (04.15.2018) - Eternity Girl #2
Episode 172 (04.22.2018) - Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #2
Episode 173 (04.29.2018) - Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #2 & Doom Patrol (vol.6) #11
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Shazam, everbody! In this episode of Comics Stories, Reggie (@reggiereggie) reads an essay written by C.C. Beck, and published in the book Streetwise (edited by Jon Cooke and John Morrow, 2000), titled "Preacher's Son." It's a fascinating look at Beck's life and his mind, with lots of great anecdotes and few punches pulled. No stone is left unturned in this essay, here's hoping you all enjoy listening!
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Greetings, Wednesday warriors! In this episode, ScienCell janitors Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) begins a multiple-part series on DC Comics Action Comics Weekly, published in 1988 and 1989, concentrating on the Green Lantern stories starring Hal Jordan! Featuring work by Gil Kane, Christopher Priest, Peter David and Tod Smith–and therefore our ring-polishers provide biographical information for each of them. After explaining what this series is and how it came to be, our Oan tour guides pore over issues #601 through #614, exploring Hal Jordan's journey through life, love...and Oprah Winfrey? This is just the beginning of what will prove to be a lot of Green Lantern, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: "The Store That Refused to Sell Oprah a Handbag" from the Oprah Winfrey Show https://youtu.be/IGbfJv1ia7c
Sniff, sniff... hey, this episode's got that "new season smell"!
That's right, folks... in the wake of Milk Wars, Young Animal finds itself with an unnecessary (and unearned) reboot! All new number ones! Don't worry, we don't play that game... this is still "episode 13" to us.
Today's discussions originally aired in segment form during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast (they're all consecutive... makes ya feel pretty optimistic about the line when you omit Doom Patrol!):
Episode 166 (03.11.2018) - Shade the Changing Woman #1
Episode 167 (03.18.2018) - Eternity Girl #1
Episode 168 (03.25.2018) - Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye #1
Episode 169 (04.01.2018) - Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #1
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TAGS: Young Animal, DC Comics, 2018, Shade the Changing Woman, Cave Carson Has an Interstellar Eye, Mother Panic: Gotham A.D., Eternity Girl, Marley Zarcone, Cecil Castellucci, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Jody Houser, Ibrahim Moustafa, Magdalene Visaggio, Sonny Lieu
Bloodlines #1... from 2016? Well if that seems like rather a random book to discuss here... you're not entirely off the mark. Without this book, however, it's quite likely that this very podcasting "channel" would never have come to be! You might consider this issue to be the gentle flapping of a butterflies wings, which ultimately led to over a hundred episodes (and counting) of the Cosmic Treadmill.
Join Chris (@acecomics) as he shares the genesis of his comics-podcasting "career", with many thanks to his friends over at Weird Science DC Comics.
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Chris's first appearance on a Podcast:
https://www.weirdsciencedccomics.com/2016/04/weird-science-dc-comics-podcast-ep-66.html
Review of Bloodlines #1 via Chris is on Infinite Earths:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/04/bloodlines-1-2016.html
TAGS: Bloodlines, DC Comics, J.T. Krul, V. Ken Marion, 2016, Loose Cannon
What's up, ninjas! In this episode, Juggalos-in-training Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out the world of the Wicked Clowns when they read Insane Clown Posse: Halls of Illusion #1, published by Chaos! Comics in 2002! After some biographies for creators Jesse McCann and Gerardo Sandoval, they provide a detailed history of Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope's often misunderstoof group. Then, they go through every page of the comic, with the usual throat-shredding panache. After a break, containing the song upon which the comic is based, the hatchet-swinging two close out their look at ICP, provide a brief history of clowns, and talk about other famous comic book clowns through history. Plus: a bunch of listener mail! It's better than catching a bottle of Faygo to the head, you don't want to miss it!
Thanks to Toby Hagen for the suggestion!
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Welcome to Milk Wars... hope you (and we) survive the experience!
A little forewarning... your usually even-keeled hosts, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) did not enjoy this event... and they're going to spend the next two hours tellin' ya alllllllll about it. Join them as the Young Animal imprint undergoes an unnecessary, unearned, and nonsensical... reboot?! Well, in fairness, they were in existence for an entire year! Oh yeah... Colorful language warning.
These discussions originally aired in segment form on the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 161 (02.04.2018) - Justice League of America/Doom Patrol #1
Episode 162 (02.11.2018) - Mother Panic/Batman #1
Episode 163 (02.18.2018) - Shade the Changing Girl/Wonder Woman #1
Episode 164 (02.25.2018) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye/Swamp Thing #1
Episode 165 (03.04.2018) - Doom Patrol/Justice League of America #1
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TAGS: Young Animal, DC Comics, Mother Panic, Doom Patrol, Milk Wars, Steve Orlando, Gerard Way, Batman, Wonder Woman, Swamp Thing, Milkmanman, Superman, Justice League of America, Lobo, Vixen, Atom, Shade the Changing Girl, Cave Carson, Wild Dog, Mother Panic, reboot, relaunch, rewhatever
Hully gee, folks! In this episode of Comics Stories, Reggie (@reggiereggie) provides a quick overview of R.F. Outcault and his seminal creation, the Yellow Kid! He'll talk about its origins as magazine filler, up to a contentious property fought over by New York City's largest newspapers–leaving the creator entirely out of it. It's a quick listen that we're trying out, so let us know what you think!
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Ghoul gravening, scabies and mental men! In this horrific episode, our haunted house scavengers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) sift through the strange story of Eclipse Comics and the career of Bruce Jones, when they read Twisted Tales from 1987! After some background information--including why this unnumbered issue of a Pacific Comics series came out from Eclipse after Pacific's demise--they go through all three Bruce Jones-penned stories in the book, lending their arguable talents to the proceedings. This episode is scary enough to curl your toe hairs, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: "Moans and Groans" from Chilling, Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House by the Walt Disney Sound Group, 1964
Get out yer brooms, dangerous humans... for today we're clearing the decks!
In this strange(r than usual) installment, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) will be wrapping up the entire first season of DC's Young Animal in preparation for, next week's.................... Milk Wars. Also included a little bonus feature... Mister Miracle 101 (pre-King/Gerads).
These discussions originally aired as segments on the following episode of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast
Episode 143 (10.01.2017) - Mother Panic #11
Episode 147 (10.29.2017) - Mother Panic #12
Episode 150 (11.19.2017) - Bug! The Adventure of Forager #5
Episode 154 (12.17.2017) - Bug! The Adventure of Forager #6
Episode 151 (11.26.2017) - Doom Patrol (vol.6) #9
Episode 160 (01.28.2018) - Doom Patrol (vol.6) #10
Episode 136 (08.13.2017) - BONUS: Mister Miracle 101
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TAGS: Young Animal, DC Comics, Mother Panic, Doom Patrol, Mister Miracle
Continuing the "journey" of Chris is on Infinite Earths!
Chris never really wanted to start a blog... and with this episode, he can (kinda) prove it! Justice League #1 (1987) originally appeared on chrisisoninfiniteearths.com on New Year's Day, 2017... though, it was originally supposed to hit the internet on New Year's Day, 2015 at the Bwa-Ha-Blog! (which never became a thing).
Ya see, it was something of a New Year's Day tradition for Chris to start (and abandon) a brand-new blog... so much for that Resolution to "write more"! Two years (and a whole new blog) later, this discussion of Justice League #1 would finally be completed.
Hope you enjoy these brief "visits", and appreciate you joining me in these self-indulgent looks back at the Life and Times of Chris is on Infinite Earths!
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Includes Promo for the Justice League International: Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast!
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TAGS: DC Comics, Justice League, 1987, Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, Kevin Maguire, post-Crisis
Greetings, Eternals! In this episode, Brutal Exterminators Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine one of the weirdest characters in DC Comics' pantheon: it's Vartox Week! A discussion of every appearance of Vartox, with special concentration on Superman #281 by Cary Bates and Curt Swan, and Power Girl vol. 2 #7 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Amanda Conner! Without skimping on the requisite creator bios, our swoon-proof mortals detail every issue in which Vartox appears, even if only for a panel. Plus, they detail the mysterious film origins of this character–both the origins and the film being mysterious! This episode is so chock full, you'll need a Hyper-Ear to listen to it!
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BREAK: Trailer for Zardoz (1974) https://youtu.be/UrGOHzsttUo
It's so hard to say goodbye... and that's exactly what we do during this episode. Two of our Young Animal pals draw to their conclusion this time around. Carry on, Cave... See ya, Shade. It's not a "forever farewell", however... because there's something called "Milk Wars" on the horizon.
In addition to sayin' ciao... we actually have a full line up! That almost never happens!
These discussions originally aired as segments on the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 138 (08.27.2017) - Mother Panic #10
Episode 140 (09.10.2017) - Doom Patrol (vol.6) #8 & Shade the Changing Girl #12
Episode 142 (09.24.2017) - Bug! The Adventure of Forager #4 & Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #12
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, Doom Patrol, Shade the Changing Girl, Mother Panic, Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye, Bug! The Adventure of Forager, Gerard Way, Nick Derington, Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Lee Allred, Mike Allred, Laura Allred, Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal
Hello, comics enthusiasts! Welcome to the debut episode of a new show hosted by Reggie (@reggiereggie), wherein he'll be telling stories about comic books–the history, the industry, and pretty much anything interesting that didn't happen within the comic book pages themselves. In this episode, he'll read an interview with Mort Weisinger from The Amazing World of DC Comics (1987), conducted by Guy H. Lillian III, titled "Mort Weisinger: The Man Who Wouldn't Be Superman." It's a rare look into the mind of this famous...some might say infamous DC Comics editor. Enjoy!
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Hello, brand loyalists! In this episode, dimensional transversers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) subvert time and space to read a once rare, now extinct crossover between Marvel and DC Comics: Spider-Man and Batman by J.M. DeMatteis and Mark Bagley from 1995! After the necessary creator bios, our duo subvert the concept of intellectual property and read all of the story "Disordered Minds," which also features villains Carnage and the Joker. Then, after an informative break, they return to the creators and talk about the other crossover titles co-published by DC and Marvel–and why we don't see them anymore! It's a crazy episode with its own internal logic and continuity...so it won't really matter to Chris and Reggie's personal story arcs if you miss it. But you still shouldn't!
Thanks to Christopher Hyden (@hydenc89) for the suggestion!
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BREAK: "An Interview with Batman & Spiderman!!" from the Brothers Life YouTube channel https://youtu.be/g3LErHyPXyU
Our Young Animal revisit has officially reached "the staples"! That's right, we are halfway through our planned 18-episode look at the pop-up imprint that could!
This week... It's really one'a them "Good News, Bad News" situations... ya see, after a few months... we finally get that next issue of Doom Patrol. Thing of it is... it kinda smells like filler. It looks great though... and gives us our Allred-fix, which is a good thing, since Bug! took the month off!
In addition to that issue of Doom Patrol, we will be discussing the penultimate issues of Shade and Cave... Mother Panic shows up too!
These discussions originally aired as segments during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 134 (07.30.2017) - Doom Patrol (vol.6) #7 & Mother Panic #9
Episode 135 (08.06.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #11
Episode 137 (08.20.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #11
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, Doom Patrol, Shade the Changing Girl, Mother Panic, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Gerard Way, Mike Allred, Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal, Michael Avon Oeming, Jon Rivera, 2017
Welcome everyone to the first episode of Chris is on Infinite Earths!
Today we are looking at Secret Origins #1 from 1986... which was originally discussed over at chrisisoninfiniteearths.com on January 31, 2017 (the site's first "bloggiversary").
This is a bit of a self-indulgent episode wherein not only will we look at the "Secret Origin" of the Golden-Age Superman... but of the Chris is on Infinite Earths blog!
The original post can be found right here.
We hope you enjoy this "side series". If you do, please don't hesitate to reach out and let us know!
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TAGS: Secret Origins, DC Comics, Roy Thomas, Wayne Boring, Jerry Ordway, 1986, 1980's, post-Crisis, Golden-Age
Greetings, soul-laden mortals! In this episode, naive bargainers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) kick off 2018's #BestEventEver crossover occurrence, when they read Mark Waid and Howard Porter's Underworld Unleashed #1, published by DC Comics in 1995! After the creators' bios, our misguided dabblers in the occult sift through every moment of this issue. Later, they look at other incarnations of the Dark Lord that have appeared in comics since the very beginning! There's no need to panic about this episode, you have nothing to lose...except for your soul! So if that's the sort of thing that would bother you, then yeah, go ahead and panic.
Be sure to check out the other podcasts and blogs involved in #BestEventEver! A full list is available at our show website.
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Change is in the air for the plucky pop-up imprint that could (or, could it?).
Word on the street is that there's a hiatus on the horizon... of course, using our 2018-vision, we know what that's all about... however, in the Summer of 2017... we hadn't the foggiest idea what this might mean for our Young Animal pals!
This week features four segments (you'll never guess which book is missing!), which originally aired during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 130 (07.02.2017) - Mother Panic #8
Episode 131 (07.09.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #10
Episode 132 (07.16.2017) - Bug! The Adventures of Forager #3
Episode 133 (07.23.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #10
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, 2010's, 2017, Shade the Changing Girl, Marley Zarcone, Cecil Castellucci, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Mother Panic, Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal, Bug! The Adventures of Forager, Lee Allred, Michael Allred, Laura Allred
Hello, investors! In this episode, rabid speculators Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggierggie) finish their talk about comic books' direct market, taking it from about 1988 until the present day! They talk about comic book collecting during a speculator's bubble, and how this affected distribution and the the operating companies when that bubble burst. Our armchair economists also look at Marvel's financial dealings during the period, including the fateful acquisition of Heroes World, and what really cause them to file for bankruptcy in 1997. It's not all doom and gloom, however, when they discuss how comic book retailers reinvented themselves as something more in the late 1990s and into the 21st Century. Plus: Anedcdotes and recollections of the period! After this episode, you should know enough about the crazy business of comic books to stay as far away from it as possible.
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Face front, soldiers! In today's mission, Privates Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the life and work of the beloved editor, writer--and cartoonist!--Archie Goodwin, when they read Atlas/Seaboard Publishing's Savage Combat Tales featuring Sgt. Stryker's Death Squad #1 from 1975! With the usual biographical information about the artists, this episode contains a full run-down of Archie Goodwin's career, along with many quotes by the people that worked with him and the man himself. Plus, our troops detail every moment of this seminal war comic in the usual fashion! Be sure to enlist for listening to this episode right away!
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Stop us if you've heard this one before... We have no Doom Patrol today.
Hmm, since that might just stop you from checking out this episode, please forget we said anything!
Okay, all joking aside... this episode features discussions/reviews of the other four Young Animal books (including a Mother Panic storyline that we... liked?!), which originally aired as segments on the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 125 (05.28.2017) - Mother Panic #7
Episode 127 (06.11.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #9
Episode 128 (06.18.2017) - Bug! The Adventures of Forager #2
Episode 129 (06.25.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #9
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, 2017, Shade the Changing Girl, Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Mother Panic, Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal, Bug! The Adventures of Forager, Lee Allred, Michael Allred, Laura Allred
Hello, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) tackle a subject they've been meaning to cover since the very beginning: the comic book industry's direct market! In part one of two, they'll cover the dirty beginnings of newsstand distribution, and how it developed through the 20th Century. They'll talk about some of the big figures in early comics fandom, and the developing aftermarket that developed around comic book collection. This will lead them to discuss Phil Seuling, the first to directly distribute comics from the publisher to retailers and collectors, and that business would continue and expand in interesting ways, which are covered in great detail. At the end, they leave things off just when things are about to get hot—and comic book distribution will get really, irrevocably weird!
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Hello, safety enthusiasts! In this episode, traffic coordinators Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) learn they'd better click it or get a ticket when they read the PSA comic book American Honda Presents DC Comics’ Supergirl from 1984! After biographies for the creative team, including the legendary Joe Orlando and Angelo Torres, they break down every weird, dream-like beat of the issue. Then, after a break, the buckle up buddies detail the history of the seatbelt. And finally, they get through some listener mail, after way too long! Listening to this episode could reduce your liability insurance by ten percent, you won't want to miss it!
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BREAK: Crash Test Dummies PSA "Locker Room" (1988)
Hellooooooooooooo Animals!
We've got a big episode for this installment of the Young Animal Gatherum... not only do we have an issue from ALL FOUR of our ongoings, we're also launching the first Young Animal miniseries... Bug! The Adventures of Forager
These five reviews originally aired in three segments during the following episodes of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast:
Episode 121 (04.30.2017) - Mother Panic #6 & Doom Patrol #6
Episode 123 (05.14.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #8 & Bug! The Adventures of Forager #1
Episode 124 (05.21.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #8
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, 2017, Doom Patrol, Gerard Way, Nick Derington, Shade the Changing Girl, Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Jon Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Mother Panic, Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal, Bug! The Adventures of Forager, Lee Allred, Michael Allred, Laura Allred
Ready player one: start! In this episode, gamers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the weird world of Videoland when they read Captain N: The Game Master #1, published in 1990 by Valiant Comics! After a brief look at the history of video games and Nintendo, our Italian plumbers read all four stories in the issue, providing creator biographies whenever it "seems" applicable. After a short break, the guys return to provide an exhaustive history of Valiant, thanks to exhaustive research by Ryan McLelland, and talk about some of Nintendo's less popular innovations. It's more fun than you can shake a joystick at, and you won't even need to put your quarters up!
Read Ryan McLelland's full article about Valiant at http://2guys1review.com/2017/02/08/rise-fall-resurrection-valiant-comics/
Read the rest of Randy Studdard's treatise at http://www.nintendoplayer.com/feature/the-man-behind-captain-nintendo/
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BREAK: Captain N: The Game Master television intro (NBC, 1989)
Greetings Young and Animalistic ones!
This week's episode... kinda like a unicorn and bigfoot all wrapped into one, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) will be discussing ALL FOUR Young Animal books! PLUS: Our first "State of the Imprint Address" wherein data is crunched and cancellation fears begin to raise their ugly head!
These Segments originally aired on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, on the following episodes:
Episode 116 (03.26.2017) - Mother Panic #5 & Doom Patrol #5
Episode 118 (04.09.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #7
Episode 119 (04.16.2017) - "State of the Imprint Address"
Episode 120 (04.23.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #7
Next Week: All four books again... PLUS, the debut of Bug! The Adventures of Forager
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, 2010s, 2017, Doom Patrol, Gerard Way, Nick Derrington, Shade the Changing Girl, Cecil Castellucci, Marguerite Sauvage, Mother Panic, Jody Houser, Shawn Crystal, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Michael Avon Oemine, Jon Rivera
It's the dawn of a new day, comics enthusiasts! In thie episode, time-jumpers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggeireggie) conclude their six(!) part look at Marvel Comics' 1995 X-Men event, Age of Apocalypse, when they read X-Men Omega #1 by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid and Roger Cruz! After some quick biographical recap, they detail every moment of this show-stopping conclusion, providing context wherever available. Not content to leave things there, our Doctors Who then go over X-Men Prime #1 by Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, and...many talented artists. After some post-Apocalyptic biographies for event architects Lobdell and Nicieza, our pair discuss the fallout from this "self-contained" event, and share their personal thoughts about it--one having read it for the first time for this podcast, the other having bought it as it came out in 1995! We bet you can guess which is which. Listen in to find out if you're right!
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Stop us if you heard this one...
Welcome to a Doom Patrol-less installment of the Young Animal Gatherum! No worries though, we've got the rest of the line-up to keep us company... a couple of 'em twice!
These segments originally aired on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, on the following episodes:
Episode 111 (02.19.2017) - Mother Panic #3 & Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #5
Episode 113 (03.05.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #6
Episode 114 (03.12.2017) - Mother Panic #4
Episode 115 (03.19.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #6
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TAGS: DC Comics, Young Animal, 2017, 2010s, Shade the Changing Woman, Mother Panic, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Gerard Way, Juan Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Jody Houser, Tommy Lee Edwards, Shawn Crystal
Hello again, fellow human scum! In this episode, wastrels Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive back into the vicious nightmare that is Marvel Comics' 1995 X-Men-based comic book event, The Age of Apocalypse! Today we learn about what's happening outside of the mutant class, checking in on the other characters--and providing complete biographies for--appearing in X-Universe #1 and #2 from 1995! There's a lot to dissect as they try to provide context for the shocking character changes presented in these issues, so you won't be blamed if you need to listen to this episode several times!
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Helloooooo Dangerous Humans,
Today we bring you good news... and better news!
First the good news... this episode does include an issue of Doom Patrol. The better news? It does not include an issue of Mother Panic! That there was a book your humble hosts, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) did not enjoy right out of the gate!
This is another collection of four review segments, originally aired on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, on the following episodes:
Episode 105 (01.08.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #4
Episode 107 (01.22.2017) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #4
Episode 108 (01.29.2017) - Doom Patrol #4
Episode 109 (02.11.2017) - Shade the Changing Girl #5
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TAGS: Young Animal, DC Comics, 2010's, 2017, Shade the Changing Girl, Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye, Doom Patrol, Cecil Castellucci, Marley Zarcone, Gerard Way, Juan Rivera, Michael Avon Oeming, Nick Derington
Greetings, and welcome back to the bleak nightmare that is our near future! In this episode, blink watchers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) delve back into the alternate present that is Marvel Comics' Age of Apocalypse event, running through the X-Men line of books in 1995! Our Sliders wrap up Gambit and the X-Ternals, X-Calibre, X-Man, and Amazing X-Men, with special attention to Amazing X-Men #4 by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert! We're all set up for the grand finale, folks, so you don't want to miss a moment of this future that (hopefully) will never be!
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Greetings Dangerous Humans!
Welcome to the second installment of our deep-dive into DC's Young Animal imprint... and we're already missing Doom Patrol! This will become a trend... and will only get worse as we go along.
What we do have is four segments... discussing four issues that did manage to come out!
These originally aired during the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, on the following episodes:
Episode 098 (11.20.2016) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #2
Episode 101 (12.11.2016) - Shade the Changing Girl #3
Episode 103 (12.25.2016) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #3
Episode 104 (01.01.2017) - Mother Panic #2
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Hello mutant rebels! In this episode, extra Horsemen Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) return to the time that might have been in part three of their look at Marvel Comics' 1995 X-Men event, Age of Apocalypse! After some recap, they read both issues of X-Men Chronicles, with special conentration on #2 by Howard Mackie and Ian Churchill! Then, our pen slaves close out the final issues of Astonishing X-Men, Factor X, Generation neXt, and Weapon X, providing biographies for all new characters (and creators) encountered along the way! We're halfway through this huge comic book event, so don't fall asleep during one of Magneto's monologues! Aw, who could blame ya?
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Greetings, Dangerous Humans! As we are currently in what might just be the final month of DC's Young Animal imprint, your Young and Animalistic hosts, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) thought it might be fun to share with you their initial thoughts on the launch! In this extra-sized (or, over-sized) episode they look at all four "number one" issues. Since the Young Animal launch was staggered from September-November, 2016... there are also a couple of "non-number one" reviews in there as well.
Head back with us into the not-so-distant past... and relive some Young Animal memories. Learn just how much we initially hated Mother Panic, and how over the Moon we were with Doom Patrol and Shade the Changing Girl... boy, how that changed! Feel free to follow along at home... let's send the Young Animal imprint into the sunset with a smile.
***Warning: We might be a little bit looser with our language during these episodes
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These segments originally aired during the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast during the Following Episodes:
Episode 89 (09.18.2016) - Doom Patrol #1
Episode 92 (10.09.2016) - Shade the Changing Girl #1
Episode 93 (10.16.2016) - Doom Patrol #2
Episode 94 (10.23.2016) - Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye #1
Episode 96 (11.06.2016) - Shade the Changing Girl #2
Episode 97 (11.13.2016) - Doom Patrol #3 and Mother Panic #1
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Hello everyone!
With our sincerest apologies, we report that... due to technical difficulties beyond our control, we were unable to record Part Three (of Five) of our Age of Apocalypse Spectacular.
We appreciate your patience, and we didn't wanna leave you hanging this (or any) Sunday morning... and so, for your listening pleasure... something completely different!
Over at Weird Science DC Comics, your humble hosts Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) host a segment wherein they discuss DC's Young Animal "pop-up" imprint. During episode #100 of the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast (December 4, 2016), having no actual Young Animal books to discuss (sadly, a fairly common occurrence) they thought it would be fun to, not go BACK TO THE PAST... but, instead... INTO THE FUTURE (hey, the Cosmic Treadmill goes both ways!) and discuss the one-hundredth issues of both Doom Patrol, and Shade the Changing Girl. Prescient... is not a word often used to describe Chris or Reggie.
We hope you enjoy this bit, and humbly and sincerely apologize for our inability to put out an all-new episode. Though, if you haven't heard this yet... it's new to you!
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Greetings, fellow slaves of Apocalypse! In this episode, our cannon fodder Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) return to that dystopian dimension in part two of their look at the Marvel Comics event Age of Apocalypse from 1995! Concentrating on Astonishing X-Men #1 (March 1995) but covering each #1 issue of this event, including full creator and character biographies, our time-hopping duo attempt to weave this tale of what might have been--and may yet be!--if things aren't returned to normal. Tune in next week for more of this epic storyline that affected the X-Men forever! No, really!
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Hello, dwellers of an alternate dystopian future! In this Giant-Size episode, dimension-shunters Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out Marvel Comics crossover so big, they'll need multiple parts to get through it! It's Age of Apocalypse, part one, specifically dealing with 1995's X-Men Alpha #1 by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Roger Cruz and Steve Epting! After laying down some substantial story groundwork, our pair dive right into biographies for all four creators that are directly involved in X-Men Alpha #1! After dissecting that issue to the last panel, our guys are pretty tuckered out, so they table further apocalyptic events until the next episode! You won't want to miss the first installment of this dimensionally-sneaky series!
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Heya, fellow comics enthusiasts! In this episode, everymen Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) do a little gazing at someone else's navel when they read Harvey Pekar's American Splendor #1 from 1976! After some biographical information, peppered with lots of quotes from the subject himself, our pair go through every story in this 52-page anthology, providing information on all of the contributing artists (including Robert Crumb) as they go. Then, after a break, our eavesdroppers discuss the details and impact of American Splendor, and wrap up the life of Harvey Pekar as well. It's an episode packed with the mundanity of life, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: Harvey Pekar on Late Night with David Letterman, July 31, 1987 (snippet)
Hello! In this episode, our caring and compassionate comics readers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) tackle an uncomfortable subject when they read Devin Grayson and Patrick Zircher's Nightwing #93, published by DC Comics in 2004! After some biographical information and a little place-setting, the duo use their vocal stylings to read the entire issue. Then they look at the ciritical reaction to the book and some background information on Devin that might help explain--or illuminate the reasoning behind some of these story choices. After that, our rabble-rousers talk about some other coordinated fan responses to the comic book industry. And then some listener mail! It's a jam-packed episode that you may listen to only consensually.
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Hello, romanticizers of four-color funnybooks! In this episode, love doctors Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) tackle the mysteries of love, when they read the first romance comic book ever published: Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Young Romance #1 from 1947! After the needed run-down on Jack and Joe, our heartstrong pair discuss the conditions that created the romance comic, and then read all four (or five?) stories contained within the first one--with special emphasis on "The Plight of the Suspicious Bridegroom" and its unconvential storytelling device. Then, after an informative break, our duo talk about other romance comics and why they practically vanished in the 1970s. All this, and some listener mail! This episode will surely make you swoon!
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BREAK: Coronet Presents "Are You Popular?" (1947) snippet https://youtu.be/nyEo6hHnoq4
Cheerio, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, Anglophiles Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggie) head over to jolly old England when they read Chris Claremont and Alan Davis' Excalibur #1, published by Marvel Comics in 1988! After introducing the creators and the team of muties, they go through the entire issue, mangling all sorts of accents along the way. After a break, the blokes wrap up Claremont's and Davis' biographies, and then tell the tortured tale of Marvel's European publishing arm for many decades, Marvel UK! This episode is more filling than a steak and kidney pie, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: snippet of "Common British English Expressions" by ETJ English https://youtu.be/A6yqru8vdLw
Ghoul evening, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, the cadaver-friendly duo of Chris (@AceComics) snd Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine a spooky offering: Creepy #1, produced in 1964 by Warren Publishing! After some information about James Warren and his company, they'll read every story in this trend-setting black-and-white horror anthology, providing biographical information about the creators along the way--putting special emphasis on "The Success Story" by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, including the true origin of that gory story. After a break, they'll wrap up the life of James Warren and his company, and then tell the tale of one Myron Fass, who also produced black-and-white comics magazines for his company, Eerie Publishing. It's a bone-chilling episode sure to keep you cool, just in time for Summer!
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Game on, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, fast breakers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take it to the key when they read Dark Horse Comics' Godzilla vs. Barkley #1 by Mike Baron and Jeff Butler from 1993! After some biographical information on the creators--and Charles Barkley and Godzilla--they dribble through every page of this humorous and possibly unfactual comic book. After a break, they continue to describe the illustrious careers of these characters, and provide a bibliography of every appearance of Godzilla in comics! It's a slam dunk of an episode, don't miss it!
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BREAK: A snippet from "The Making of Nike's Godzilla vs. Barkley," Scientific American Frontiers ep. 301, aired on PBS in 1992 https://youtu.be/IW36Vj9XzMY
Hello, revenge enthusiasts! In this episode not meant for young children, publisher assassins Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read a decidedly mean comic from 1993, produced by Hart D. Fisher and Joe Duncan, Boneyard Press' Kill Image #1! After a history of Boneyard Press and the conditions surrounding the publication of this book, including the creation of Image Comics, our pair read the entire book and do a great job butchering the voices of actual people. After a break, they dive back into the salacious history of Hart Fisher--his lawsuits, his public beefs, and what he's up to now! This episode may test the boundaries of free speech--it certainly tests the boundaries of taste!
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BREAK: Hart D. Fisher on talk show Sally, hosted by Sally Jesse Raphael, 1993 (snippet, taken from Fisher's YouTube account)
Greetings, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, unlikely heroes Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) do their bit for the podcast crossover event #JLMAY2018 when they read DC Comics' Silver Age: 80 pg. Giant #1 by Mark Waid, Eduardo Barreto, and others! They run down the other issues in the series to set the stage for the grand finale, which tests their (lack of) voiceover skills to the limit! After a break, our raspy pair the other stories in this issue, including creator bios for all of them. To wrap up, a discussion of what the Silver Age was--in comics and in American history! It's a millennium event that you don't want to miss! Which means it isn't actually Millennium.
Check out the rest of JLMay!
- Justice's First Dawn (May 1, 2018) The Silver-Age #1
- Relatively Geeky Presents (May 3, 2018) Episode 12: The Silver Age: Challengers of the Unknown #1
- Coffee & Comics Podcast (May 7, 2018) Episode 22: The Silver Age: Justice League of America #1
- Batgirl to Oracle (May 8, 2018) Episode 157: The Silver Age: Showcase Presents #1
- Super Mates (May 10, 2018) Episode 81: The Silver Age: Teen Titans #1
- The Idol-Head of Diabolu (May 14, 2018) Episode 32: The Silver Age: Dial H for Hero #1
- Longbox Crusade (May 16, 2018) Episode 15: The Silver Age: Flash #1
- Fire & Water Podcast (May 20, 2018) Episode 211: The Silver Age: Secret Files and Origins
- Waiting for Doom (May 20, 2018) The Silver Age: Doom Patrol #1
- The Lanterncast (May 22, 2018) Episode 322: The Silver Age: Green Lantern #1
- Comic Reflections (May 23, 2018) The Silver Age: The Brave and the Bold #1
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What ho, fair comics enthusiasts! In this episode, professional barbarians Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) indulge their wanderlust when they read Sergio Aragones' Groo the Wanderer #1, published by Pacific Comics in 1982! After a bio on Sergio and the issue's "translator" Mark Evanier, they dive right into the fray of the first issue, detailing every page. After a break, they come back to wrap up the info about the creators, then tell the history of Pacific Comics. Plus, a little etymology lesson on the word "barbarian!" All this, and a couple of nice reviews found on Stitcher. This episode is more fun than a tankard of mead, you don't want to miss it!
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Hello, prime-time television enthusiasts! In this episode, Sweathogs Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out one of DC Comics' experimental titles from their mid-1970s "Explosion," when they read Welcome Back, Kotter #1 by Elliot S! Maggin and Jack Sparling from 1976! After the creator bios, and an explanation of the conditions that allowed such a comic book to exist, they do a complete read-through and make poor attempts at mimicking the character voices. After a break, our TV addicts talk about a few other television shows turned into surprisingly popular comic books, then talk about American television in the 1970s, and the conditions that allowed such a television show to exist. Plus, some listener mail--and some mixed news for the Treadmill clan. You won't need a laugh track to enjoy this one!
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Ye cats, comic enthusiasts! This week, vocal bumblers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) tackle the elephant-sized duck in the room when they read Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge #1 from 1952, written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks! After some biographical info about Barks, Disney, and Ducks, they go through the entire oversized issue, detailing Uncle Scrooge McDuck's first comic book appearance. Then, while capping off the monumental life of Carl Barks, they try to untangle the complex working of Disney comics--and name some of the colorful folks that got involved in licensing along the way! It's an episode that fans of Walt Disney and comics history won't want to miss!
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Hello, comics enthusiast--do you come here often? In this episode, romantics Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out the wildly creative landscape of late 1990s comic books when they read Young Heroes in Love #1 by Dan Raspler and Dev Madan, published by DC Comics in 1997! After a look at the conditions and causes behind this "throw it at the wall, see if it sticks" era and some other earnest attempts of the time, they read the entire issue, which introduces the core characters of this series. Then, after a break, our legal eagles look at some other creator-owned properties published by the Big Two of comic books, and how these agreements have left a few of these characters virtually unusable. A bit of viewer mail and a thanks to the folks leaving iTunes reviews, and that wraps up this episode that will surely pull at your heartstrings!
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Salutations, noble comic book savages! In this episode, our intrepid explorers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) plumb the depths of the dark interior of the African continent when they read Jungle Comics #2, published by Fiction House in 1940! They go through all nine(!) stories within the issues, providing creator bios and background information where applicable, with a special emphasis on the ninth story--the first appearance of the first female superhero, Fantomah by Fletcher Hanks! Then, after a break, the stalwart adventurers detail the life of Fantomah, and give a brief history of Fiction House, a seminal Golden Age comics publisher. You'll like the jungle so much, you'll never want to go back to Greystoke!
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BREAK: Promo for the JLMay 2018 Podcasting/Blog crossover event, we're going over DC Comics' Silver Age event from 2000!
Order in the court! (Ham and Cheese)
For their final installment of "Exploring the Mysteries of Miracleman", your favorite legal eagles Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) don their long robes and powdered wigs and do their darnedest to figure out just who owns Marvelman!
They will discuss the wheelings and dealings of one Spawny fellow... and spend far too much time discussing the characters of Angela, Cogliostro, and Medieval Spawn... but they promise it all (mostly) fits the story.
Overall, it's an hour and change of audio likely to make you even more curious and confused about Marvelman, and just how his story finally "shook out".
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Greetings, comics enthusiasts! This week, the original "Odd Couple" Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out the first two issues of another mismatched pair of knuckleheads, Christopher Priest and M.D. Bright's Quantum and Woody* from 1997! After the creator bios, they go through every pages of issues #1 and #2, chuckling all the way. There's also a history of how Acclaim Entertainment acquired Valiant Comics and created the line that would host this series, all the way to the company's eventual bankruptcy. Then, a list of some of Acclaim's not-so-acclaimed video games and poorly-planned marketing schemes! All that, plus some listener mail, it's more fun than a dungeon full of minibosses!
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There comes a time when everybody has to leave home... and that's no different for our new friend Marvelman, who, during this episode makes the trek across the Atlantic, and starts getting published stateside by Eclipse Comics. Not before a little tweak in his title though.
For their middle installment of Exploring the Mysteries of MarveREDACTED... let's try that again. Exploring the Mysteries of MarREDACTED. Hmm... okay, we'll do it their way... For this installment of Exploring the Mysteries of Miracleman, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) discuss more growing pains than a house full of Seavers when they continue their long-form look at our Kimota-shouting hero. This week they will set the stage for the domestic (if you live in the United States) arrival (and sorta-kinda revival) of Miracleman... and briefly discuss the remaining Alan Moore run as well as the still unfinished Neil Gaiman run.
Then... they start getting into the nitty-gritty, and really the "meat and potatoes" of any real Miracleman discussion... the rights! Welcome to the story, Mr. McFarlane... hope you survive the experience!
Next week we will do our best to "tie a bow" on Miracleman, his story, and the creative forces all vying for ownership!
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Git along, little doggies! In this episodes, cowpokes Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dip their toes into the genre of Western Comics, when they read DC Comics' Weird Western Tales #12 from 1972! Concentrating on the first story, "Promise to a Princess!" featuring Jonah Hex, they still give biographical information for each creator involved in this anthology comic book, and detail every story therein. Then, after a break, the intrepid frontiersmen look at the history of Jonah Hex, and then America's Old West in total. They wrap things up by dispelling some of the Old West's most enduring myths. This episode is more fun than firing a six-shooter at a plugged nickel, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: A clip from A Fistfull of Dollars, 1967
You ever have a Dream of Flying? Join Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) as they dive deep into the world of Marvelman. From his humble beginnings as a British replacement for a certain Big Red Cheese, to the stories people actually care about (ie. those written by Alan Moore, er we mean "The Original Writer".
We will be sharing this crazy story over the next three installments. This time around you will be introduced to the reasons behind Marvelman's creation, we'll introduce you to his creator Mick Anglo... and discuss the move from Silver Age silliness to cynical 80's grittiness (including a purposely brief synopsis of the WARRIOR Magazine run... because we really don't want to "spoil" that for our dear listeners).
It's a fun-filled hour of chatter... and we don't even get to the lawsuit yet! The... other lawsuit... the other, other lawsuit.
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TAGS: Marvelman, Miracleman, Alan Moore, Dez Skinn, Mick Anglo, Garry Leach, Alan Davis, Quality Comics, L. Miller & Sons, Warrior Magazine, Captain Marvel, Superman, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, Fawcett Comics, Weird Comics History, Comic Book History, Golden Age Comics, Silver Age Comics, Dr. Gargunza, Young Nastyman
Happy Pesach! In today's episode, our qlubhouse qharacters Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) investigate the mysteries of Easter--after reading Superman Meets the Quik Bunny by Mike Carlin, Carmine Infantino, and Dick Giordano from 1987! After some short biographical information for everyone, including "Quicky" the Quik mascot himself, our chocoloate milkoholics read the entire issue, spoiling even the puzzles for the uninitiated. Following a commercial break, it's time for the true story of Easter--which may not be the story you're thinking of! A run-down of the Quik Bunny's other comic book appearances and some listener mail rounds out this episode that is more fun than a basket of colored eggs.
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Greetings, pulpophiles! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) step back into the "between pages" of comic books, known as Classic Comic Book Advertisements, the Return! First, they'll detail the history and innovations of GRIT magazine, despite never having seen a copy. Then, they discuss Joe Orlando and his unforgettable ad for Sea Monkeys, as well as the dark secret behind these "instant" aquatic life forms...and it's not that they aren't monkeys. Finally, the impressionable hosts talk about two-dimensional toy soldiers, the ads that enticed them, and the man who drew two of the most memorable ones, Russ Heath! It's an episode jam-packed with commercialism, and you won't even have to pay C.O.D.
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REFERENCE SITES: grit.com, boards.straightdope.com, thortrains.net, the usual suspects
Good evening, riders! In this episode, agents of vengeance Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out a listener-requested comic published by Marvel Comics in 1990--Ghost Rider #7 by Howard Mackie and Mark Texeira! After the usual biographical information and a little background about the skull-faced biker himself, they dive right into the issue which includes Marvel Comics' version of Scarecrow. Then, they wrap up the story of Mr. Mackie and talk about some other characters of the Big Two that share the same name. It's more fun than hanging out on a Brooklyn rooftop, you don't want to miss it!
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Salutations, dusty-fingered listeners! In this episode, cheapos Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) sift through the back of the quarter bin to bring you some independent entertainment on a budget: Redstone Comics' Jim Nastics #1, by Bill Mitchell and Alan Larsen, from 1984! After as much biographical information as could be found, and a look at the conditions that allowed this comic book to exist, they go through every page of this tense, Cold War-era drama. Then, our bouncing heroes turn the show over to our listeners, as they read YOUR keen finds in the darkened undertables of comic shops around the world. It's an episode so precious, you'll want to bag and board it!
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Paul O'Conner (@LBoxGraveyard), writer of 4 Seconds from Thrillbent Comics and proprietor of Long Box Graveyard
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Greetings and Merry Christmas...in March? This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dust off a "lost script" from last year and read Robert Loren Fleming and Keith Giffen's Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1, published by DC Comics in 1986! After some information about the creators, our holiday cheerists dive into all forty pages of this comic. Then, after a vocal break, they'll describe every appearance of Ambush Bug, and a controversy that wound up shelving the character for more than fifteen years! This episode is like opening the biggest present on Christmas morn, only to find it full of spring-loaded snakes!
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BREAK: "Ambush in the Goldenrod" by New England Forests (neforests.com) https://youtu.be/b8eyYLxmff0
Power on, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) trip the LED light fantastic when they read the first all computer generated comic book, Pepe Merino's Batman: Digital Justice from 1990! After some biographical information and a quick aside about the first computer drawn comic book, our 'net-surfin' duo delve into this four chapter story of a dystopian future controlled by machines. Then, they talk about the manufacturing processes of comic books through the years, as a segue to an interview with one-time Production Director and comics creator, Bob Rozakis! It's more episode than could be contained on a CD-ROM, so sit back and enjoy the tale!
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The third (and final) part of our Teen Titans Medley finally gets its own upload. Come along with us and meet the Teens who would become Titans, when we read The Brave and the Bold #54 from 1964.
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 93 (October 16, 2016).
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TAGS: Brave and the Bold, Teen Titans, Bob Haney, Bruno Premiani, Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad, Wonder Girl, 1964, Silver-Age, Cosmic Treadmill, DC Comics
Good evening, comics enthusiasts, and let's get ready to rumble! This week, the tag team comic book podcasters Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into an extreme era of professional wrestling when they read Mike Lackey and Ron Wilson's WCW: World Championship Wrestling #1, published by Marvel Comics in 1992! After some biographical information about the creators--and wrestlers!--and a brief, but detailed, history of WCW, they head right into the squared circle and describe the blow-by-blow of this issue. Then they'll talk about other wrestling comics, wrestling in comics, and comics in wrestling! It's not over until someone taps out or gets thrown in a casket, so sit back and enjoy the ride!
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BREAK: WWF Promotional Consideration (1990) https://youtu.be/beYHrrMojJc
Another week... another episode from the "completionist collection". Hey, if you've never listened to Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 25 (and shame on you, if that's the case) this one's New To You!
Take a trip back with Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) to the days when the Titans took in the traitorous Terra! They run down all of her appearances leading up to her betrayal... and go longform on the Judas Contract event. After that, they chatter on about Terra's legacy... and at least one of them pops a few blood vessels at the very thought that she'd ever be brought back. Jokes on him, many times over by this point!
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TAGS: Tales of the Teen Titans, New Teen Titans, Judas Contract, Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Nightwing, Terra, Jericho, Deathstroke
Good evening, late-nite listeners! Heeeere's Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bringing you another deep dive into a comic book, this one specially chosen by Aaron Anderson: Avengers Spotlight #23 from Marvel Comics! After the usual biographies for Howard Mackie, Al Milgrom, John Byrne and Kieron Dwyer, the Hollywood Kids read both stories contained in this issue--the second one of the first appearances of The Vision in his all-white look! Then they talk about an old rural discount chain from whence Aaron's issue derived, and wrap up with a list of superheroes that had arguably unfortunate changes to their standard costumes. Even one character that never really had a standard costume! It's a great show, ladies and gentlemen, we hope you'll tune in for the duration.
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Happy belated Valentine's Day folks... today Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) deliver a gift in the form of... well, the gift Terry Long wanted to give to Donna Troy... namely, finding out just who in the world she is!
We know what you're thinking... "Didn't we already get this one as part of Teen Titans Medley?" and the answer is, yes. Unfortunately one of your Cosmic Treadmillers is a bit obsessive about the numbering (we won't reveal which one), and so you're getting it all by its lonesome. Join us for a half-hour and revisit this beloved classic story.
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 80 (July 17, 2016)
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TAGS: DC Comics, comics history, Marv Wolfman, George Perez, New Teen Titans, Wonder Girl, Donna Troy, Dick Grayson, Terry Long
Hello and good day to you, comics enthusiasts! This week, our North American hosts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) travel North of the border and read a tale of romance, betrayal, and tough-as-nails milkmen in Heart Break Comics (1984) by David Boswell! After some biographical details and a brief introduction to the World's Toughest Milkman, they detail all 40 pages of Heart Break Comics, including voices for all the strange characters in this world. After cleaning up some spilled milk, our pair deliver a history of Canadian comics dating back to the 18th Century and continuing almost to the present day! Plus: a piece of listener mail! It's better than a Tim Horton's Maple Claw! Okay, it's not that good, to be honest.
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I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!!, a short film by Charlie Tyrell and Jonathan Demme about the Reid Fleming character can be seen here: https://vimeo.com/142293358
Konichiwa, comics enthusiasts! This week, Chris (@AceComics) sends Reggie (@reggiereggie) into unfamiliar territory and tasks him with reading his first ever tankobon collection of manga: Naoki Urasawa's Monster vol. 1! Originally published in Japan in 1994, then translated and republished in North America in 2006, our fellows read all eight chapters of that first volume, after a creator bio and a very brief description of manga. Then, they tell the rest of the story, as detailed in seventeen further volumes, and conclude with a look at advancements in neuroscience that were not necessarily expected...or perhaps entirely warranted. It's a spooky gross-out of an episode, so be sure to listen with your significant other!
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BREAK: Monster anime trailer (English dubbed)
Greetings, groundlings! In this episode, perambulators Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) lace up their most comfortable walking shoes to read Superman #700-714 (2010-2011) by J. Michael Straczynski and Eddy Barrows (among others), better known as the Superman: Grounded story arc! After the requisite bios and an out-of-date contest offer, we'll stroll right into the tale, beginning with a prologue that appeared in the landmark anthology issue Superman #700. Then they detail every single issue until the end of this volume, and wrap up with some commentary from critics and creators alike! Make sure to stay hydrated while listening to this episode to avoid cramping!
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Zdravstvuyte, comics enthusiasts! In this episode, Cold Warriors Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) tackle a very complicated comic book miniseries that deals with an even more complicated twentieth geopolitical situation when they read 1985's The One #1 by Rick Veitch! After a quick creator bio and a high school history refresher, they'll push past nuclear nightmares and read all of The One #1, lending their special talents to the issue. After a break, they recap every other issue in the series, and close out the Cold War with some comic books inspired by that worldwide anxiety that might have been contemporaries of Rick Veitch's series! It's going to be apocalyptic!
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BREAK: WPIX Emergency Alert System for Nuclear Attack
Artist, Educator, Businessman... Icon!
For this installment of Weird Comics History, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) discuss the life and times of one of comics' most enduring personalities, Will Eisner! We explore everything from his childhood, to the foundation of the Eisner-Iger Studios, and even throughout his military service... learning that no matter what the scenario, Eisner and art went hand in hand.
SOURCES: * willeisner.com * Will Eisner: A Spirited Life by Bob Andelman (2005) * Will Eisner's Shop Talk (2001) * Eisner/Miller interview conducted by Charles Brownstein (2005) * Many interviews culled from Alter Ego magazine and around the web
BIBLIOGRAPHY: * Odd Facts. Tempo Star Books. 1975 * A Contract with God. Baronet Books. 1978 * Life on Another Planet. 1983 * Comics and Sequential Art. 1985 * New York: The Big City1986. ISBN * The Dreamer. 1986 * The Building. 1987 * A Life Force. 1988 * Art of Will Eisner (2nd ed.). Kitchen Sink. 1989 * To the Heart of the Storm. 1991 * The Will Eisner Reader. 1991 * Invisible People. 1993 * Dropsie Avenue. 1995 * Will Eisner Sketchbook, Kitchen Sink. 1995 * Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative. 1996 * The Princess and the Frog. 1996. * A Family Matter. 1998. * Last Day in Vietnam. 2000. * The Last Knight. 2000. * Minor Miracles. 2000. * Will Eisner's Shop Talk. Dark Horse Comics. 2001. * Fagin the Jew. 2003. * The Name of the Game. 2003. * Will Eisner's John Law: Dead Man Walking, IDW. 2004 * The Plot: The Secret Story of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. WW Norton. 2005.
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TAGS: Will Eisner, Weird Comics History, History, Comic Books, The Spirit, Eisner-Iger, World War II, Golden Age Comics, Denis Kitchen, Kitchen Sink
Greetings, comic enthusiasts! In this episode, our sub-space explorers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine a seminal issue in the legacy of Marvel Comics' First Family, issue #51 of Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby! Including detailed bios of these titans of comic book history, they dive deep into the self-reflection and redemption of a character with no name in "This Man...This Monster!" Then, our literary duo discuss the nature of a tragic hero--and discuss some tragic heroes in comic books (with one special caveat)! It's an episode about humanity, that you won't want to miss if you're human!
Thanks to Aaron A for the book suggestion!
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BREAK: Intro to the 1978 Fantastic Four animated cartoon
Here's your invite to the wedding event of the season! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine one of the more unsettling characters in the DC Comics Universe, when they examine the life and times of Terrence Arthur Long, with a special concentration on his wedding to Donna Troy in Tales of the Teen Titans #50 by Marv Wolfman and George Perez! After the requisite creator bios, our ceremonial ushers detail every appearance of Terry Long leading up to the nuptials, then go through every appearance of his after the fact. They wrap up the episode with a look at other comic book weddings through the years! You'll want to make it to this episode on time!
Thanks to Jose Velez-Martinez for the suggestion!
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Happy new year, happy New Universe! In this episode, space-cases Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) investigate the prolific and controversial life of one-time Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, when they read Star Brand #1 from 1986! There's a bio on penciller John Romita, Jr., and a bit of information on the rise and fall of Marvel's New Universe, but much of the episode is given over to Jim Shooter--his accomplishments, his failures, and his editorial philosophy! All of this culminates in some off-the-cuff ruminations and some listener mail. Enjoy!
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EVERYONE HAVE A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!
BREAK: Creator Talks interviews Jim Shooter at Heroes Con 2017 (snippet) https://youtu.be/2uOFfRfmH4Y
Here it is, the final "Real Comics History" re-upload... in which we discuss 1962. If you've enjoyed these episodes please let us know and we will try and make them a more regular feature! Thanks!
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Originally aired in lieu of a Young Animal Segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 122 (May 7, 2017)
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TAGS: real comics history, 1962, spider-man, marvel comics, wonder wart-hog
Happy holidays and season's greetings, everyone! In this episode, our resident grinches Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) shake their bellies like bowls full of jelly and get infused with the Christmas spirit when they read DC Comics' Christmas With the Superheroes #1 from 1988! After what they'd hoped would be truncated biographies for every creator on every story in this anthology, our comic book elves read through the entire issue in their impeccable squawky style. If you miss this particular hit of eggnog, you'll be placed on the Naughty List!
From Chris and Reggie, everyone have a happy and safe holiday! Thanks to everyone for listening!
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1954... a year that changed comics forever! Join Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) as they give a quick and dirty reminiscence of their five-part Weird Comics History series on the Comics Code Authority (Episodes 1-5, available in the archives!)... and chat up a bunch of other (less-noteworthy) comics biz events of the year.
There's also some at-the-time relevant Young Animal news (at 22:35)... which you're free to ignore!
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Originally Aired in lieu of a Young Animal Segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 117 (April 2, 2017)
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TAGS: 1954, Real Comics History, Comics Code Authority, pop-culture history, comics history, seduction of the innocent, frederic wertham, batman, superman, wonder woman, william moulton marston, kefauver hearings, estes kefauver, william gaines, ec comics, dell comics, gold key comics, disney comics
Step into our budoir, comics enthusiasts. In this sinfully sultry episode. Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) delve into the "bluer" side of funnybooks when they read Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner, and Jimmy Palmiotti's prestige format The Pro. published by Image Comics in 2002! After some squeaky clean creator bios, and a downright pleasant review of the conditions at Image Comics that made this comic book possible, our intrepid but tepid explorers spelunk the seedy and slightly sticky pages of The Pro., with some dialogue altered to preserve decency. After revealing some thoughts on the book, there's a list of times characters did the nasty in mainstream comic books. It's an episode that will put your partner in the mood...to leave the room!
WARNING: THIS EPISODE IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN
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C'mon get happy everybody! For this week's "classic" re-upload, flower children Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) discuss the year in comics... 1968! This isn't so much an "according to them" sorta show, considering that neither of the fellas had yet graced the planet with their presence... however, with the benefit of hindsight (and the internet) they break down all the big news in the comics biz.
What better way to prepare for this weekend's milestone 69th episode than discussing a year ending in 68? Well, there's probably many better ways, but this is all we got!
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Originally aired in lieu of a Young Animal Segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 110 (February 12, 2017)
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TAGS: Comics History, Silver-Age, 1960's, 1968, Vietnam, Underground Comix, Doom Patrol, Arnold Drake, Dick Giordano, comics distribution, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Tales of Suspense, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish, Richard Nixon
Hell...o, living comics enthusiasts! This week, our wicked hosts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) look at the last of four launch titles when Image Comics opened for business in 1992: superstar artist Todd McFarlane's Spawn #1! After some author information, it's right into dissecting the issue, and the origin story for this rather...familiar character. Then, they talk about some of Todd's controversial public statements before closing out with a look at Todd the Toy Master, and a brief history of playtime! Plus: listener mail! You won't want to miss it!
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Welcome to the final "classic" Cosmic Treadmill, and what an episode to end on... Sugar & Spike.
Please enjoy an hour of baby talk... some of which actually comes from babies!
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 85 (August 21,2016)
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TAGS: DC Comics, cosmic treadmill, Sheldon Moldoff, Sugar & Spike, humor comics, comics history
Greetings, comics enthusiasts! Our erstwhile heroes Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into an unusal iteration of a unorthodox superhero team, when they read J.M DeMatteis and Alan Kupperberg's The New Defenders #126 from 1983! After the requisite author bios, they detail the history of the Defenders to 1983, then dissect the issue in their inimitable way. Then, more about the Defenders (including something about a Netflix show) and a list of radio, television and movie adaptations of comics that eventually informed the source material! It's going to be balls-to-the-wall, bickering action, so don't miss it!
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It's just another day in the lives of some diner patrons... or so they thought. Join Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) as they pop in on this greasy spoon for a cuppa joe... only to find themselves trapped there with a decidedly more disturbing Doctor Destiny!
You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll probably cry some more! 24 Hours never went so fast!
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #86 (August 28, 2016)
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TAGS: Sandman, 1989, Vertigo, pre-Vertigo, DC Comics, Neil Gaiman
Where is my Pet-er Park-er Where is my Justice Leeeeague Where is my Un-canny X-Men Where have all the cah-mics gooone?
Well, gentle listener... if you have a calendar handy, you'll know that we're currently in the final week of a month that has FIVE Wednesdays! That puts us in the sticky-wicket known as a "fifth week". Not much on the racks this week unless you've got your eye on an overpriced (and likely underwhelming) Annual... or perhaps you're one of the "lucky ones", and your favorite titles are running late and are scheduled this week! Either way, if you're a fan of the "big two", it's slim pickins on the "New Release Wall".
During this re-purposed episode we'll tell you all about why such a phenomenon exists, and chat about all the ways in which the big two tried to do damage control over through the years... and have a heckuva good time doing it! Join us, won't you?
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Originally aired in lieu of a Young Animal Spotlight during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast Episode #126 (June 4, 2017).
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TAGS: Weird Comics History, Fifth Week
Welcome back from the birthing matrix, listeners! This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) conclude their celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Death of Superman by detailing the final issues leading to Superman: The Man of Steel #25--Superman's rebirth! And we don't mean Rebirth! After some quickie creator bios for the new faces in this episode, they careen through the many Superman group comics involved here--and one Green Lantern comic, besides! Then, after wrapping up biographies for the core Superman creative team and some more about the characters seen in this epic, our narrators talk about their memories of this comic book event, and essentially "wing it" with hopefully entertaining results! You'll feel like a new person after hearing this unforgettable episode!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
This time out we're reuploading our second ever Cosmic Treadmill episode... where we chat all about our favorite Kryptonian orphan, Supergirl!
We laugh... and we cry, as we recount a very traumatic few days in the life of Kara Zor-El... join us, won't you?
SALTY LANGUAGE WARNING
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POLL Results:
33% - Sandman #6 (24 Hours)
58% - Action Comics #252
9% - Poor ol' Sugar and Spike #97
From 24 votes. Thanks everyone who took part!
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TAGS: Action Comics, 1959, Supergirl, Otto Binder, Al Plastino, DC Comics, Superman, Krypton, Super-Powered Orphans and the cousins who abandon them
Hello again, friends! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) return to their 25th Anniversary celebration of the DC Comics event "The Death of Superman" with a look at 1993's "Reign of the Supermen," which ran through Action Comics #687, Superman: The Man of Steel #22, Superman #78, and Adventures of Superman #501--four comic books which were all released on the same day! After introducing some new creators and describing two related comics that came out during a three-month Superman publishing hiatus, they dissect each issue in their usual style. After a little discussion of their memories of reading this series as it came out, our pair look at other times heroes had to be replaced by understudies! It's an episode jam-packed with returns!
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BREAK: "Harlan Ellison's Watching" episode 3 from 1993 https://youtu.be/SgAXCT99m0M
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to... ask the Matricomp if a certain pair of Kryptonians ought to be wed!
During this Cosmic Treadmill Classic Co-head-ushers, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) keep their peepers perked for Bronze-Age wedding crashers when Jor-El decides to make an honest woman out of Lara.
Whattaya mean "That's not the way I remember The World of Krypton going!"? Well, that's because we're not reading that one... but it'll get a mention!
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Issues requested by Freni Sillona. Thanks Freni!
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 81 (July 24, 2016)
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POLL Results:
31% - Sandman #6 (24 Hours)
46% - World of Krypton (1979)
23% - Sugar and Spike #97
From 35 Votes! Thanks to all who voted and shared!
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TAGS: The World of Krypton, not the John Byrne one, the Paul Kupperberg one, 1979, 1970's comics, pre-Crisis, arranged marriages, Superman, Howard Chaykin, matricomp, Jor-El, Lara
Greetings, fellow mourners. In this episode, pallbearers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) somberly detail the second chapter in the Death of Superman saga, 1992-93's Funeral For a Friend by DC Comics! After some recap, they describe Justice League America #70, which came out the same day as Superman #75 and served as a bridge into the eight-issue Funeral For a Friend series! And when those details are done, the show wraps up with some other funnybook funerals through the years. This episode puts the "fun" in "funeral!"
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BREAK: Cable report on Mid Ohio Con 1992 and the Death of Superman https://youtu.be/tNJTdhLSIjo
Reading a comic book... then discussing it on the air, how hard could that be?
Well, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) found out the first couple of times they tried recording this... without anything resembling a script or shownotes! Fortunately, gentle listener... that's not the version you're going to be (hopefully) downloading today.
In this, the VERY FIRST episode of the Cosmic Treadmill, the guys discuss the first appearance of DC Comics' first post-Crisis Superhero (or is he?) Booster Gold, created by Chris' very good friend Dan Jurgens (I hear they once took a picture together... just ask Chris, he'll tell ya!).
It's a fun-filled half-hour of 80's excess... fashion... pop-culture... and horrible impressions of cultural icons Yakov Smirnoff and Balki Bartokomous. Also, Booster Gold's in there somewhere! Listen in and see how far we've (hopefully) come!
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Twitter Poll Results:
15% - Sandman #6 (24 Hours)
58% - Booster Gold #1 (1986)
27% - The World of Krypton (1979)
From 53 votes! Thank you to everyone who voted and shared!
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #78 (July 3, 2016)
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TAGS: Booster Gold, 1986, DC Comics, Dan Jurgens, Crisis on Infinite Earths
Greetings, comics enthusiasts! To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the landmark event, our pallbearers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive deep into DC Comics' Death of Superman from 1992! After providing some context for the series by describing its contributing factors, and an exhaustive look at the many creators involved in this story, they break down every comic book leading up to Superman's demise in the landmark issue Superman vol. 2 #75, which gets their special attention. Then our grief-stricken duo get down to brass tacks and talk about the dollar values of these comics today, and discuss several other times Superman has departed this mortal coil throughout his existence. It's an action-packed adventure that ends with tragedy, a deal you won't get this side of Shakespeare!
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BREAK: Headline News: On the Death of Superman (CNN, 1992)
In this very special re-upload, junior geologists Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) talk a lot about... sand! Sand Supermen in fact... when they cover the classic Denny O'Neil and Curt Swan story we now refer to as Kryptonite Nevermore! They chat about each issue... however, this comes from a time before they discovered their love of (and indisputable talent for) voice-acting... so it's on the brief side. They wrap up their discussion by looking at the times where DC saw fit to send Superman back into the sandbox, and even address some Death of Superman related fan (and Wizard Magazine) theories! It's a good time as always, so check it out!
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Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #83 (August 7, 2016)
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TAGS: Superman, DC Comics, Bronze-Age Comics, 1970's, Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Curt Swan, Jerry Ordway, Walt Simonson, Kryptonite
Happy Halloween! In this episode, Witchfinder General Chris (@AceComics) and Supreme Warlock Reggie (@reggiereggie) peer into the darker side of Archie Comics when they read Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 from 2014! After the requisite creator and character bios, they commune with the issue, picking apart every scene and detailing any easter eggs. After a break, they provide a history of European and American witch trials, and a partial history of Archie Comics, with scrutiny on the core Riverdale teens! It's a spooky, groovy, and fact-filled episode you will not want to miss!
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BREAK: Theme song to Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
That sound you just heard was that of a bubble bursting! What goes up, must come down... even in the world of comics. Much of this "coming down" just happened to occur in the year 1995. Our time-trapped twosome deliver another heaping dollop of nostalgia when they chat about things like the O.J. Simpson murder case, Sony PlayStaton, WCW Monday Nitro... and even some comic books!
Comic events discussed include X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse, The Death of Aunt May, DC vs. Marvel (or Marvel vs. DC if you prefer), Marvel's attempt to self-distribute their books... which led to our current Diamond monopoly... and the most devastating thing to happen that year, Chris walking away from comics for awhile. It's a sobering tale of a boy and his lunch money...
Throughout this re-upload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) mention an episode of Cosmic Treadmill they were researching during this time. The episode in question is #24 (January 15, 2017) where they discuss the Spider-Man Clone Saga. It is available in the archives.
Share your own stories from 1995 with us... unless you weren't born yet, that'll just make us feel really bad about ourselves... we'll probably begin questioning our life decisions as well... You can get a hold of us at weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com
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Originally aired in lieu of a Young Animal segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #106 (January 15, 2017)
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TAGS: 1995, comics history, speculation, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, X-Men, Age of Apocalypse, DC vs. Marvel/Marvel vs. DC, Heroes World, Diamond Distribution, the direct market, Aunt May, Spider-Man Clone Saga, Ben Reilly, Amazing Spider-Man #400, X-Men (vol.2) #45, O.J. Simpson, WCW Monday Nitro, Sony Playstation, The Smashing Pumpkins
Hello! In this episode, our blorks Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read a title that was effectively rebooted--without being renumbered! It's Peter David's and Larry Strohman's X-Factor #71, published by Marvel Comics in 1991! There's the usual creator bios, and enough X-Men backstory to help frame the issue being read. Then, they dive into the history of the X-Men, including some of Chris' personal reminiscences collecting the X-Men series! It's like attending a day of classes at the Xavier School for Gifted Children, without paying tuition!
Thanks to Jesse DeJong for the suggestion!
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In Forest Dark or Glade Beferned,
No Blade of Grass shall go Unturned.
Let those who have the Daylight Spurned,
Tread not where this Green Lamp has Burned.
For this week's re-upload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) travel to the Banyam Complex on planet J586 and sit in on a sermon delivered by the Priest of O. Somewhere along the way of this dazzling radio-opera, Reggie really messes up his throat... and a great time is had by all!
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Poll-Results:
38% - Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore! (always a bridesmaid!)
48% - Swamp Thing #61 (1987)
14% - Sandman #6 "24-Hours"
From 42 Votes! Huge thanks to those who voted... and David (@Lavahog) from the @parlipod Podcast for spreading the word!
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast Episode #92 (October 9, 2016)
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TAGS: Swamp Thing, Alan Moore, Alfredo Alcala, Tatjana Wood, John Totleben, DC Comics, 1987, 1980's, comic books, comics history, pre-Vertigo
Greetings, comics enthusiasts! This week, our untrained assassins Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the first four issues of Image Comics' Creator-Owned Heroes and read every chapter of Trigger Girl 6 by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray, and Phil Noto! Inspired by the format of Creator-Owned-Heroes, the pair wander off on a tangent into the Weird and Comically Historical world of fanzines--specificially, comics fanzines! Describing a history and technique lasting since the 19th Century, they go on about fanzines of the past, and name a few printed fanzines that you can read today! Only the most ardent enthusiasts need apply.
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Find more creator-owned work by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray at paperfilms.com
Check out the fanzine Baxter Stock at dcinthe80s.com
Take a peek at rootsoftheswampthing.com for more about their Swamp Thing-centric fanzine, The Holland Files
BREAK: "How to Make a Mini Comic or 'Zine" by Crab McEgret, https://youtu.be/h4Pb5tLQ4NE
He's a real good guy in a bright red suit and he always wears goggles and a belt that's a beaut! Plastic Maaaaaaahicnnn
Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) stretch themselves to their limit this time around discussing a Golden Age tale of Plas and the gang. They also dig deep into the life and times of Jack Cole, his work for Playboy Magazine and friendship with the recently-departed Hugh Hefner as well as his unfortunate and mysterious end.
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Twitter Poll Results:
35% - Kryptonite Nevermore!
38% - Plastic Man #1 (1943)
27% - Swamp Thing #60 (1987)
With 34 Votes! Big thanks to everyone who voted/shared!
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Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #95 (October 30, 2016)
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TAGS: Plastic Man, DC Comics, Quality Comics, 1940's, 1943, Golden Age Comics, Jack Cole, Playboy Magazine, Hugh Hefner, art spiegelman, The New Yorker
Good evening...forever! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) brace themselves against the freezing temperatures of DC Comics' 1996 crossover event Final Night, paying special attention to the crossover Parallax: Emerald Night #1 by Ron Marz and Mike McKone! After some creator bios, they detail the events leading up to Final Night, and then break down three issues of the event--including brief recaps of the crossover issues! In the second half, they delve deeply into Parallax: Emerald Night #1 and then close out with Final Night #4 and even an epilogue as presented in Green Lantern #81 that came out the following month. This series will leave you feeling chilled to the bone! But its humanity will warm your heart.
Thanks to LJ Hollywood for the suggestion!
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BREAK: "What if the Sun Disappeared Right Now?" by Bright Side, https://youtu.be/YAjDtCuOHrA
By popular demand! In the first poll-winning re-upload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) learn that war is hell (and strange!) when they read and discuss Weird War Tales #6 from 1972. This special book was a request by good friend Deron Murphree who cites this as his first comic book, and was actually the final installment to originally be a segment on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast!
From this point on, our Treadmillers would break off and go solo... and it's during this very episode that you can listen to their "Request Rules"... which were abandoned almost immediately, so disregard them when you hear 'em! Imagine the Cosmic Treadmill only discussing a single comic every (other) week... p'shaw!
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POLL RESULT:
Weird War Tales #6 (1972) - 42%
Plastic Man #1 (1943) - 29%
Superman: Kryptonite Nevermore - 29%
31 Votes Total... which is about 29 more than we hoped for/expected! Thanks everyone for voting!
Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #96 (November 6, 2016)
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TAGS: Weird War Tales, 1970's, 1972, Bronze Age Comics, Joe Kubert, Bob Haney, Alex Toth
Greetings, fellow classmates! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) travel to a fantastic oblong planet created by Mark Crilley in Akiko on the Planet Smoo, published by Sirius Comics in 1995! After some information about Mark, they go through the very first one-shot issue in detail. Then they clue into the long-running and much-beloved Akiko series as a whole and give a brief history of Manga, concentrating on its infiltration of the U.S. market. Our travelers list a few other young comic book adventurers, and close out the episode with some listener correspondence! It's such a good episode, you'll think it was done by Chris and Reggie's replacement robots.
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Memorial Day, 2011. It's reported that DC Comics is rebooting their universe and going forward under the branding "The New-52!" Do you remember where you were when you heard the news? Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) do! This week's classic reupload is their discussion of The New-52!, their feelings on hearing the news, what they felt worked... and what didn't! Don't worry, this isn't a total DC-chat, Marvel wasn't going to let them get away with bombarding the shops with new #1's... that's their gig! Our semi-recentstorians also discuss Marvel rebooting their last remaining Silver-Age "legacy numbered" title, Uncanny X-Men. They wrap up their conversation by discussing the passing of industry legend, Dwayne McDuffie.
Also, Did you know: DC Comics didn't officially drop from the Comics Code Authority until 2011? Neither did Archie!
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Have any memories of the year 2011? Is it too soon to be nostalgic? Let us know!
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TAGS: 2011, Real Comics History, DC Comics, The New-52!, Marvel Comics, Uncanny X-Men, X-Men: Schism, X-Men: Regenesis, Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, Dan Didio, Dwayne McDuffie, Milestone Comics, Flashpoint, Brightest Day, reboot, relaunch, comic books, comics code authority
This week, we who are about to die Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out an offbeat Marvel comic from 1986, Strikeforce: Morituri #1 by Peter B. Gillis, Brent Anderson, and Whilce Portacio! After the usual biographical information, they look at the origins of the phrase "morituri" and when it became part of popular culture. Then, our time-travelers dive into a dystopian future where the world is under constant threat of alien attack, and is protected by...Joe Piscopo. After some discussion about potential adaptations of this property that never were, Chris tells a story about the eerie parallels between this series and his real life at the time that he read it. All that, plus a crack at the listener mailbag! You won't want to miss this trip into a dark and strangely-dressed future!
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For this week's "classic" upload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) belly up to the bar at their favorite watering hole... Warriors! Along the way we'll meet a veritable Who's Who in the DC Universe (see what we did there?) and keep our fingers crossed that no party crashers show up to trash the place! Either way, it's gonna be a good time... so check it out!
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #89 (September 18, 2016)
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TAGS: Guy Gardner Warrior, Green Lantern, gimmick covers, DC Comics, 1995, 1990's, Warrior's Bar, Lobo, DC Universe, Blood Pack, Superman, Gatefold
Greetings from the retro-future! This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take a trip to the year 2226 and examine the gritty, noir world of Mercy St. Clair in Ron Randall's Trekker: Rites of Passage from 2017! After a biography of the singular creator, our time-travelers read the entire graphic novel, lending their voices to all of the pertinent characters. Then they take a look at the history of the science fiction genre, and how it contributed to--and helped invent--comic books! Don't be a priv, catch 'em on the neb!
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"Cool it, Man! You Had Your Chance!"
This week Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) get ready to hail to the Chief when they chat about the unprecedented (pun!) 1972 Presidential election wherein a young man named from Steadfast, U.S.A. Prez Rickard finds himself winning the highest seat in the land! In addition to the comic itself, our registered voters cast their ballot for the DC-cratic ticket of Joe Simon and Jerry Grandenetti.
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***Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #87 (September 4, 2016)
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TAGS: Prez, First Teen President, Smells Like Teen President, Joe Simon, Jerry Grandenetti, Earth-72, Eagle-Free
Weird Comics Historians, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) sift through the reject pile and discuss Alan Moore's 1987 DC Comics pitch, Twilight of the Superheroes. Join them as they break down Mr. Moore's take on a possible future for the DC Universe. If you can imagine it, they're going to be discussing the year... 2000!
They will set the stage for the world of Twilight (it's like you're there!), discuss the entire story and also share Alan Moore's demandments for the perfect comics crossover event! If you listen closely, you might even learn how to defeat Captain Marvel!
It's a great time as always, so give it a listen... and they swear, this is not an episode about John Constantine!
Wanna read the actual Twilight of the Superheroes pitch?
https://archive.org/stream/TwilightOfTheSuperheroes/TwilightOfTheSuperheroes_djvu.txt
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TAGS: Alan Moore, Twilight of the Superheroes, John Constantine, 1987, DC Comics, pitch, crossover event, Malibu Comics, Paul Levitz, Captain Marvel, Martian Manhunter, Superman, House of Steel, House of Thunder,
This week, our comics enthusiasts Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) have one last summer fling with the five-part series by Mark Millar and Terry and Rachel Dodson Trouble, which came out on Marvel's Epic imprint in 2003-2004. They'll recap every single issue of this controversial series, paying special vocal attention to issue #5. After a break, Reggie and Chris come to a shocking realization about Trouble, and then talk about the climate at Marvel and detail two fellows that were as innovative as they were crass. Plus: how to make $20.000 at Marvel Comics! It's a scintillating look at teenage sexual exploration that Chris and Reggie largely sidestep to avoid feeling like dirty old men!
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BREAK: Girl Crush Fashion Flipz commercial
We got... two tickets to Oa(dice), pack your rings we leave tonight!
Substitute Lanterns Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) take you on a tour of one man's perceived failure when they (briefly) share the tragic tale of Emerald Twilight. In the wake of Coast City's destruction, Hal Jordan ain't quite feeling himself... after an abuse of power gets the attention of the Guardians of the Universe, they decide it might be time to have a chat with the protector of Sector 2814... a decision that they will likely regret... should they live so long.
In addition to covering the issues, our historians discuss the controversy both before... and after the story went to print. What was Gerard Jones' original plan for the leadup to Green Lantern (vol.3) #50? What does the A in H.E.A.T. stand for? Are there any potential back-doors out of crossing Jordan...'s rubicon? What the heck is a Malvolio? Did the fellas use a lot of this information in their Green Lantern (vol.3) #51 episode??? Listen and find out!
(Note: At around five minutes in, Chris posits that the Guardians may have been influenced by "The Signalmen"... which isn't even a thing! He meant to say "Lensman"... and we aren't sure what that is either!)
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***Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #82 (July 31, 2016)
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TAGS: Green Lantern, Emerald Twilight, Hal Jordan, Parallax, Kyle Rayner, Guardians of the Universe, Ganthet, Kilowog, Sinestro, Coast City, Reign of the Supermen, Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, Gerard Jones, DC Comics, 1994, Glow-in-the-Dark, Chromium Age of Comics
Whew! Cosmic Treadmillers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) pull into the last station on their tour of the 1985-86 landmark DC Comics 12-issue event, Crisis on Infinite Earths! After some recap, they dive into the longest, most detailed, and heavily "voiced" read of Crisis on Infinite Earths #12. Following a musical interlude, our weary duo look at the effects of this event and what they think are the positive- and anti-matters of this series--including their recollections of reading it for the first time!
This concludes our 50th episode celebration. And look! We're already four episodes closer to a hundred.
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There's an old saying that Pop-Culture is never as good as when you were 12 years old. We're going to put that to the test today with this reupload of Real Comics History! Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) discuss the year 1992, when Chris was a lad of only 12.
Topics of conversation include the Death of Superman, the world's lamest Paul Revere, Image Comics, Rob Lee-Field (maaaaaan), speculation, trading cards, Wizard Magazine, and much much more. It's a fun chat, and we hope you enjoy!
Enjoying "Real Comics History"? We'd love to here YOUR stories from 1992 (and any year!) We mention a reddit at the end of the episode... but pretend we didn't! Instead, you can get a hold of us at weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com or via twitter @reggiereggie & @acecomics
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Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #99 (November 27, 2016)
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TAGS: 1992, Real Comics History, Death of Superman, Image Comics, Spawn, Youngblood, Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, New York Newsday, X-Men, X-Cutioner's Song, Find Reggie, Trading Cards, non-sports cards, comics speculation, Wizard Magazine
After an unplanned break, our intrepid Crisisteers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bring you the fourth of five installments about DC Comics' 1985-86 12 issue maxiseries event, Crisis on Infinite Earths! After some recap, our fellows read issues 9, 10, and pay special vocal attention to issue number 11, providing bios for each character we meet along the way! Including, to Chris' chagrin, the Spectre. Plus, at the very end of the episode: The Monitor Tapes! There's one episode left in this series, so you won't want to miss this!
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BREAK: Casey the Talking Toy Robot commercial - 1985...a robotic cassette TAPE player
In preparation of the King of Comics, Jack Kirby's 100th Birthday Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) have decided to reupload their (relatively short) chat about Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #1 from 1972. Listen in wonderment as they dodge an anthropomorphic menagerie of critters and take that left-turn at Planet of the Apes!
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***Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #91 (October 2, 2016)
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TAGS: Kamandi The Last Boy on Earth, Jack Kirby, 1972, Kirby100, Bronze-Age, Planet of the Apes, DC Comics, Cosmic Treadmill, comics history
Hello! Due to events beyond their control, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) had to pre-empt their planned episode of Cosmic Treadmill. In lieu of it, they present a segment recorded for the weirdsciencedccomics.com podcast several months ago: a look at the year 1985 as it relates to comic books--and themselves! They naturally discuss the debut of Crisis on Infinite Earths, but they also talk about some of their favorite issues from that year--including one that can be thanked or blamed for getting Reggie into superhero comics! It's a different kind of episode that is hoped will entertain while we regroup for the next installment of Cosmic Treadmill. Thanks for your support!
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What would you do if you were given the opportunity to sacrifice yourself for the lives of people you don't even know? In this reupload, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bow their heads to bid farewell to the World's Strangest Heroes as they shuffle (or blast!) off this mortal coil to save the lives of 14 complete strangers living in Codsville, Maine. They also discuss some of the behind the scenes shenanigans leading up to this issue regarding the mysterious (or, not so mysterious) omission of Doom Patrol co-creator Arnold Drake!
(Please note that around the four-minute mark, we refer to Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller's merged pen name (on It Rhymes With Lust) as Leslie Drake... when it was actually credited to Drake Waller) Whoops! Wea culpa!
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***Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #90 (September 25, 2016)
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TAGS: Doom Patrol, 1968, DC Comics, Arnold Drake, Bruno Premiani, Murray Boltinoff, Robotman, The Chief, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl
Whew! After that blitz of character information last episode, our Crisistorians Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) continue their journey through the 12-issue maxiseries Crisis on Infinite Earths and read some more maudlin issues: six and seven, with special "voice detail" on issue eight! You'll still get all the new character bios, but Chris and Reggie's take on the impact of these titles at the time, and when consumed after the fact. It's going to poke a hole in your Netherverse and rattle your Antimatter Cannon, you don't want to miss it!
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BREAK: Snippet of an interview with Marv Wolfman at East Coast Comic Con by ComicsVerse https://youtu.be/IFCK82fi2EU
This time out, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) have some secrets to share...about the landmark comics event from 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars! First, a mention of the actual first event from Marvel Comics that happened two years earlier. Then, a discussion about the secret origins of the Secret Wars event and a run-down of every issue in the series! After the break, we take a look at the aftermath of Secret Wars and its lasting impact on the Marvel Universe and comics publishing as a whole, running down some of the biggest events from Marvel and DC from 1985 until today! It's a shocking episode with many twists and turns that are largely wiped away at the very end! Have a listen!
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Back Issue #82 (April, 2015)
www.jimshooter.com
Jim Shooter: A Second Opinion http://rsmwriter.blogspot.com/2016/06/jim-shooter-second-opinion.html
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (Marvel's Finest edition, 2000) TAGS: comics, comic book history, history, Marvel, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars, Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, Bob Layton, symbiote suit, Spider-Man, Dr. Doom, Galactus, Beyonder, Colossus, Battleworld, Mattel, comic book event, comic book crossover, new #1 issues
To coincide with the Cosmic Treadmill's (ongoing) 50th Podiversary Crisis on Infinite Earths extravaganza, Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) have decided to dive a bit deeper and discuss the DC Comics (pre-Crisis) Multiverse... like, all of it! They will discuss the "main Earths" most fans already know about, while also covering the nearly one-hundred that were added after the fact in Crisis on Infinite Earths: The Absolute Edition (2005).
Don't worry about commiting the name of that book to memory, you're likely to hear it a time or two during the show!
Prepare to learn about the skatey-eight hundred times Superman and Lois Lane got married and had children... marvel at the thought of Superman and Batman acting as villains while Lex Luthor plays the hero. Just Imagine a world where all coffee is decafinated and Superboy wears red instead of blue... okay, we made that last one up. Listen as we spoil more formerly "imaginary stories" than you can shake a chunk of Red-K at... and much, much more!
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Did we leave any of the "infinite Earths" out? Are there any you'd like for us to expand upon? Please reach out!
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TAGS: DC Comics, Multiverse, pre-Crisis, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Bob Haney, Edmond Hamilton, Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane, Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, World's Finest Comics, Super Sons, Flash of Two Worlds, Justice League of America, Justice Society of America, Golden-Age Comics, Silver-Age Comics, Bronze-Age Comics, Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew, Curt Swan, Superboy, Weird Comics History, comic book history, comic book continuity
This episode is a doozy! Our intrepid multiversal explorers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) forge ahead with their look at DC Comics' 1985-86 Universe-destroying and -reshaping maxi-series Crisis on Infinite Earths! Before diving into the comics for this segment, they detail the rest of the JLA/JSA/etc. crossovers not discussed in the last episode. Then, they read issues three through five of Crisis, lending their voice talents to #4 and providing biographical information for every character as they appear in the series. And we do mean EVERY character! It's the longest episode of Cosmic Treadmill yet and we're not even halfway through the series!
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This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bring you the career and conjecture of famous comic book creator, John Byrne! We'll talk about Byrne's early days breaking into the comics industry, his seminal work on X-Men and Fantastic Four at Marvel, and then gush over his post-Crisis on Infinite Earths Superman reboot beginning with the Man of Steel miniseries! Then we'll go into his more recent career, and go into his infamous commentary for which he is probably known best these days. Prepare to get "Byrned" by one of comic books' most prolific and outspoken creators! http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/g/gayguy1.htm "Gay Guy" origin comic http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=151 Interview with Comic Book Resources, 2000 @JohnByrneSays Great aggregator of Byrne's original work and notable quotable http://www.byrnerobotics.com The Official Website for John Byrne weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com Tags: John Byrne, comic book history, Weird Comics History, Chris Claremont, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Superman, DC, Marvel, Charlton, IDW, Star Trek, Byrne Robotics
For the landmark 50th episode of Cosmic Treadmill, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) celebrate with the 50th anniversary celebration of DC Comics, and read issue #2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez! After some creator bios and an exhaustive look at the conditions that created the DC Multiverse, our intrepid comics enthusiasts sift through every appearance of a central figure to Crisis--before the event ever happened! After a break, our Treadmillers summarize issue #1 and detail issue #2 of Crisis on Infinite Earths! And that's all we have time for this week--tune in next Sunday for part two of this series!
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BREAK: Talking with George Pérez/ SyFy WIRE
The first Weird Comics History two-parter fills out our "Old Home Week" (so, technically this is the fifth... and sixth one) as we discuss Julius Schwartz and the Silver-Age of DC Comics.
Originally aired as segments during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast episodes #71 (May 15, 2016) and #72 (May 22, 2016)
TAGS: DC Comics, Weird Comics History, Silver-Age, Julius Schwartz, Showcase, Barry Allen, Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, Justice League of America
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Old-Home Week continues as Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) briefly... ever so briefly, discuss how 50 cents could have either saved... or killed Batman's second sidekick! They also reminisce about 1-900 numbers, so there's that.
Originally aired as a segment on Weird Science DC Comics podcast, Episode 70 (May 8, 2016)
TAGS: Batman, DC Comics, Weird Comics History, Jason Todd, 1-900 Numbers, Jim Starlin, 1980's, comic book gimmicks, Judd Winick, Infinite Crisis, Red Hood, Robin, Joker
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As part of Weird Comics History's "Old Home Week" join Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@acecomics) as they discuss the British Invasion of DC Comics during the 1980's. They discuss some of the heavy-hitters to venture across the pond to produce some incredible work for old DC.
They also both totally forget that Grant Morrison is Scottish. Whoops! Mea Culpa... or would that be Wea Culpa?
Originally aired as a segment during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast #69 (May 1, 2016)
TAGS: DC Comics, Weird Comics History, Karen Berger, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan
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Join Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) for some Weird Comics Prehistory... that is to say, a very early (and relatively short) installment of Weird Comics History! This time around they discuss that strange time in which Marvel came thiiiiiiiiiiis close to licensing DC's characters!
How can that be? Well, hit that Play button and find out!
Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode #68 (April 24, 2016)
TAGS: Weird Comics History, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, 1980s, Jim Shooter, John Byrne, Marvel's Superman, Warner Bros., J.J. Jackson
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Jim Shooter's Recollections:
http://jimshooter.com/2011/08/superman-first-marvel-issue.html/
http://jimshooter.com/2011/10/superman-first-marvel-issue-byrnes-plo.html/
Chris Coverage and Comparison of John Byrne's Man of Steel #1
http://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/04/man-of-steel-1-1986.html
Behold, the first ever episode of Weird Comics History... from back when it was a 15 minute-ish segment on the Weird Science DC Comics Podcast. Listen as Reggie (@reggiereggie) guides podcasting neophyte Chris (@AceComics) through his "first time out".
This inaugural auditory jem, we discuss the events leading up to... and falling out of the DC Explosion!
Marvel at the clunky stammering, behold Chris in all his mic-less glory! Hey, at least it's just 15 minutes!
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In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) examine the little-known and once-used technique of "Gumping," that is to take a classic comic book (Amazing Spider-Man #47, for instance) and update it with new themes and characters like those that can be found in Deadpool #11 from 1997, written by Joe Kelly and drawn by Pete Woods! After some biographical information, it's on to the time-traveling, continuity-shattering events of the comic book to hand. Then, some wrap-up and a list of other comic book characters to break or obliterate the literary fourth wall. And finally: some listener mail! It's an episode jam-packed with silliness, so bring a happy attitude!
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BREAK: Joe Kelly promo for Free Comic Book Day 2013
Join Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) as they travel back to 1980's New York City to discuss the 1986-1987 series Angel Love by Barbara Slate. Luckily this is they discovered their passion and... ahem, talent... for voice acting!
During the summer of 1986 most DC Comics featured a most curious house-ad promising, among other things at least the passing mention of COCAINE?!! What many comics enthusiasts may not know is this book actually DID came out later on that year! Angel Love is a New York transplant coming from a quiet corner in Scranton, Pennsylvania hoping to strike it big as a cartoonist. Along the way she will face drug-addicted boyfriends, a vapid (and more fun to read about) roommate, a bum who likes to sleep on her couch, and countless chatty cockroaches. Is this what life in the big city’s all about?
Find out with us as we check out Angel Love.
Originally aired in segment form during Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 88 (September 11, 2016)
TAGS: Angel Love, DC Comics, 1986, 1987, 1980s, Barbara Slate, Karen Berger, Romance Comics, COCAINE?!!
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This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) sift through some of the seamy world of Underground Comix and read Rip Off Inc. Presents Underground Classics Wonder Wart-Hog vol. 1 from 1986! Collecting various strips from the early days of Wonder Wart-Hog, they concentrate on the three-chapter story "Wonder Wart-Hog Meets the Mob!" But not without detailed information about Wonder Wart-Hog creator and artist Gilbert Shelton, and the writer of this specific story, Bill Killeen. After a break, our comics enthusiasts sift through the long history of comics to turn up 47 different homages to or parodies of Superman! You'll have to listen in and see if we missed any good ones!
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BREAK: The Hub City Movers, "Set Your Chickens Free" 45 RPM Flexi-Disc included with the comic book "Slip Hønsene Løs" (original title 'Set Your Chickens Free') by Gilbert Shelton issued by A/S Interpresse in Denmark in 1983.
In this re-upload from their "segment" days, Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) discuss an issue of Booster Gold in which the hero goes BACK TO THE PAST (just like the fellas do!) to try and undo the events of The Killing Joke! After going through creator bios, our boys in the time-bubble read through the issue, and close out with a discussion on the event this issue sought to undo... which is sure to annoy some people! Eh, who we kidding, you're gonna love it!
Originally Aired on October 23, 2016 as part of Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, Episode 94
TAGS: Booster Gold, Cosmic Treadmill, Infinite Crisis, The Killing Joke, Barbara Gordon, Batgirl, Oracle, Joker, Batman, DC Comics, 2008, Geoff Johns, Jeff Katz, Dan Jurgens
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Chris Coverage on this very issue:
http://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/11/booster-gold-vol2-5-2008.html
Greetings, disciples of Vishanti! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) delve into the Black Arts of comic book creation and read Strange Tales #110 from 1963, paying special attention to the first appearance of Doctor Strange, "Dr. Strange Master of Black Magic!" After some biographical information about a couple of fellas named Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, they break down every comic book story in the issue, focusing on the third tale about Doctor Stephen Strange. Then they detail the publishing history of Doctor Strange, and wrap up the creator biographies, with some additional examination of Steve Ditko, the man--and the perception! By the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth, I beseech thee listen to this episode!
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BREAK: Snippet of BBC program "In Search of Steve Ditko" by Jonathan Ross
In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the lesser known history of Charlton Comics, from 1968 until its total demise in 1992. We'll learn about new Editor-in-Chief George Wildman and his assistant Nicola Cuti, who brought many innovations and new talent to Charlton's one-stop publishing process. We'll also learn about some new characters created for Charlton by some familiar names, and the ultimate fates of Charlton Comics' stable of superhero characters! You've hit the Bullseye with this one!
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SOURCES:
Back Issue #79 (April, 2015)
Comic Book Artist #9 (August, 2000)
Comic Book Artist #12 (March, 2001)
http://www.toonopedia.com/yang.htm Don Markstein’s Toonpedia
Modern Comics http://www.ramonschenk.nl/charltoncomics/moderncomics.htm
Various Internet holes
FOR MORE CHARLTON, VISIT:
Charlton Spotlight www.charltonspotlight.net Charlton Arrow and Charlton Neo morttodd.com Charlton Comics: The Movie charlton-movie.net
TAGS: Charlton, Charlton Comics, comics history, comic books, 1970s, 1980s, George Wildman, Nicola Cuti, Connecticut, Santangelo, John Byrne, Joe Staton, Alex Toth, E-Man, Rog-2000
This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) explore the little-known history of Charlton Comics, and explain why that information is little-known! First, they talk about the founders of Charlton, including their salacious beginnings and business philosophy. Then Chris and Reggie tell all about the working conditions at Charlton, which were infamously hysterical. Finally, we take a look at some of Charlton's most seminal creators, some of whom would have a long-lasting and profound impact on comics history! It's a great story that won't cost you anything, which is exactly how Charlton's owners would have wanted it. SOURCES: Comic Book Artist Magazine #9, August 2000 History of Charlton Comics - Charlton the Movie ComicCon Panel: https://youtu.be/myR-flxPH6o Dick Giordano: Changing Comics One Day at a Time by Michael Eury wikipedia and usual internet spelunking Charlton Documentary charltonmovie.com Charlton Neo morttodd.com Tags: Charlton Comics, comic books, comics history, Dick Giordano, Joe Gill, Pat Musilli, Steve Ditko. Silver Age, Pete Morisi, Denny O'Neil, Steve Skeates, Roy Thomas, The Peacemaker, Blue Beetle, The Question
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) check out a third debut from Image Comics in 1992, The Savage Dragon #1 by Erik Larsen! After the usual creator and character bios, they go through every page of the inaugural issue, then discuss other iterations of the character as well as some more about the series--which continues today! To wrap up, our muckraking duo look at some of the contentious statements Erik Larsen has made over the years--and their contentious responses! It's an episode full of one-liners, smack talk, and declarations, and that's not even in the comic book!
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Reggie (@reggiereggie) and Chris (@AceComics) decided to re-release their three-part biography of prolific author and co-creator of the Doom Patrol, Arnold Drake! They'll go through his entire life: the innovation, the controversy, and ultimately his recognition as one of the most important comics creators of his generation. If you missed it, here's your chance to catch up! And if you've already listened to these segments, check 'em out all stitched together in single episode format and relive those wonderful memories from late May 2016!
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TAGS: Arnold Drake, Doom Patrol, Bruno Premiani, DC Comics, It Rhymes With Lust, Guardians of the Galaxy, Deadman, Jerry Lewis, Bob Hope, Bob Haney, Silver Age, comics, comic books, history, comics history
Good evening! In this episode, children of the night Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) investigate a comic book about vampires--Superman vol. 2 #70 from 1992 by Dan Jurgens! After a bibliography of our man Dan, they discuss the secret and not-so-secret origins of Superman before diving into a brief run-down of the issue that preceded this, Man of Steel #14, and then digging coffin-deep in their inimitable style for Superman #70! Later, there's a history of vampires and other great Superman/Robin team-ups throughout DC Comics history. No can hear you scream, in the dark, in the night...so enjoy this episode undisturbed!
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Chris' written review of the issue! http://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/10/superman-vol2-70-1992.html
BREAK: A Superman toy commercial from the 1990s...forgot the details
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) bring you another classic episode from way back when Weird Comics History was a segment of the Weird Science DC Comics Dot Com Podcast! This combines two parts from episodes 76 and 77 of that podcast, and they're all about DC Comics' first imprints meant to appeal to independent creators: Piranha Press and Paradox Press! These are relevant to Underground Comix in that it was another venue for people to showcase their non-superhero work, and of course some of the lessons learned from these imprints would be applied to Vertigo later on. So consider this your extra credit work!
Greetings, mallrats and skate betties! This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into a trio of comic books from 1996, all with the same issue number. It's Gen13 issues #13a, #13b and #13c by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell! After the usual creator bios and background information, they delve into and provide voices for each of these issues, detailing the origins of all featured characters as well as other "valuable" information about their first appearances. After a break, the two wrap up the Gen13 series and other relevant creator info, then talk about some of their favorite gimmick covers from that period in comics history known as the Chromium Age! You're going to want two copies of this episode--one for listening to and the other for bagging and filing away!
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BREAK: Trailer from the Gen13 animated movie by Paramount Pictures and WildStorm
This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) talk about one of the truly weirdest publishing gimmicks in comic book history, Marvel Comics' "U-Decide" stunt from 2002! Beginning with a discussion about the changing of Marvel's executive board and the conditions that caused this bizarre three-way wager, we'll learn about the three personalities involved in the U-Decide comics, what those comic books contained, and list the actual sales figures to determine the outcome of this bet. It all happened in the Internet Age, so this episode is sure contain some classic online bickering!
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SOME SOURCES:
Open Letter and blow-by-blow coverage: PeterDavid.com
Hype: Cbr.com
Sales Data: Comichron.com
Anecdotes:
https://zacksmithwriter.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/original-essay-the-history-of-marvel-comics-ultimate-adventures-with-special-guest-duncan-fegredo/
TAGS: Marvel, comic books, comic book history, U-Decide, Captain Marvel, Genis-Vell, Marville, Ultimate Adventures, Peter David, Ron Zimmerman, Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada, M.D. Bright, Duncan Fegredo, ChrisCross, comics internet, trolling, Kal-AOL
In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) delve into the seedy side of late 1970s New York City, when they read Daredevil #161 by Roger McKenzie and Frank Miller! After dispensing with the usual biographical information, the two discuss the history of two Daredevils, then set the stage before reading the issue in question. Then, after detailing the history of Daredevil after #161, they give some historical background for this issue's location, Coney Island, then wrap up by naming some more handicapped superheroes. It's almost as fun as an amusement park, so don't miss it!
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BREAK: Snippet of Frank Miller interview from the Masters of Comic Book Art, 1987 https://youtu.be/N9DsltLuEM4
Welcome to the reupload of our first episode unhitched from the main Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, which will run every other Sunday until every single comic book in the world is read! This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) detail Fantastic Four #293 (August 1986), requested by listener Toby Reid, and talk about the following two issues to complete the story arc. There's also creator bios, and an explanation as to why one creator started this arc, but another creative team completed it! It's sure to be...Fantastic! Four!
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TAGS: Cosmic Treadmill, comics history, Fantastic Four, Marvel Comics, John Byrne, Roger Stern, Jerry Ordway, Superman, Jim Shooter, She-Hulk
NO MAN ESCAPES THE COSMIC TREADMILL! In this meticulous episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) pore over DC Comics' 1988 event Millennium, orchestrated by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton--and including the 29 tie-in issues supplementing this bizarre story! After a look at the conditions that (arguably) necessitated this crossover, our duo break down all 37 issues of Millennium. Complete with backgrounds on the pertinent characters and some personal musings on the event, this is sure to be the most comprehensive coverage of DC Comics' Millennium anywhere on the internet!
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BREAK 1: Promo for 2017's #BestEventEver #EclipsoTDW25
BREAK 2: Burger King 1988 Super Powers Cup Holder Commercial https://youtu.be/zHpAoT7LEcQ
Greetings from the dark side of the moon! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) pore through a segment of DC Comics' 1992 event "The Darkness Within" in conjunction with #BestEventEver! They're specifically dealing with the four-issue sub-miniseries "Star Shadows" from Starman, and even more specifically detailing the second issue of that sub-miniseries, Starman #43, by Len Strazewski and Vince Giarrano! After some crreator bios--including those of regular Starman artist John Calimee and Eclipso creator Bob Haney, they break down all four issues in this miniseries, paying special vocal attention to #43. Then they talk some more about Eclipso and other comic book events that took place in Annual issues. It's going to get dark, bring a flashlight for this one!
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And please be sure to check out further Eclipso: TDW coverage at these fine sites:
- I'm the Gun
- Relatively Geeky Podcast Network
- Coffee and Comics Podcast
- Resurrections: An Adam Warlock/Thanos Podcast
- The Retroist
- For the Non-Discerning Reader
- The Pop Culture Palace
- Rolled Spine's Diana Prince: Wonder Woman Podcast
- DC Bloodlines
and you can follow along on Twitter using the hatchtags #BestEventEver & #EclipsoTDW25
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) conclude their history of Underground Comix, by now arguably not underground at all! We talk about the histories of Marvel's Epic imprint and DC's Vertigo imprint, and then go on to talk about the final frontier of underground comics today: the internet. We also describe minicomics and ashcans, give a nod to Steve Ditko, and talk about dirty comic books from the back of the shop! It's sure to be a mixed bag of leftover information that didn't quite fit anywhere else in the series. Enjoy!
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Break snipped: Levi's 501 "Button Your Fly" commercial from 1990, directed by Spike Lee, starring Rob Liefeld
TAGS: comic book history, underground comix, Epic Comics, Vertigo, webcomics, minicomics, ashcans, Steve Ditko, Cherry Poptart, Omaha the Cat Dancer, Doujinshi, lolicon, manga
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take you through the post-Underground years of Underground Comix, when things got even weirder! We follow the trajectories of Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Harvey Pekar, with some brief detours for Peter Bagge, Wendy and Richard Pini, and others! After some philosophizing about what "Underground Comix" means, our weird historians dive into some seminal black & white comic books, including a particular one about anthropomorphic turtles that changed the comics industry forever. All this...and David Letterman?
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BREAK CLIP: Harvey Pekar on Late Night with David Letterman 7/31/87 https://youtu.be/D0akXKxbflM
SOURCES: The Aline Kominsky-Crumb Interview, The Comics Journal #139 (December 1990) http://www.tcj.com/the-aline-kominsky-crumb-interview/
"I Felt Like I Didn't Have a Baby But at Least I'd Have a Book": A Diane Noomin Interview, The Comics Journal http://www.tcj.com/i-felt-like-i-didn%E2%80%99t-have-a-baby-but-at-least-i%E2%80%99d-have-a-book-a-diane-noomin-interview/
Harvey Pekar: Conversations, edited by Michael G. Rhode, University Press of Mississippi, 2008
And lots of autobiographical comics
TAGS: Comic books, comics history, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar, Peter Bagge, Dave Sim, Wendy and Richard Pini, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, comics speculation, underground comix
This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) fire up their lava lamps and visit the 1960s and 70s in part two of a history of Underground Comix! This biography-heavy episode details the careers and impact of such Comix luminaries as Robert Crumb, art spiegelman, and Trina Robbins--and many more! We also trace the rise and fall of the scene and talk about a particular Underground Comic that was published by Marvel! Join us as we journey to a work of plasticine porters and looking-glass ties--and really weird comic books!
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SOURCES AND LINKS:
A History of Underground Comix by James Estren, Ronin Publishing, 1974
Comic Book Creator #5, Spring 2014, "The Comix Book Life of Denis Kitchen" pg. 34-79
The Best of Comix Book by James Vance and Denis Kitchen, Kitchen Sink Books, 2013
Amazing Underground Comix Resource http://comixjoint.com/
BREAK CLIP
Excerpt from Arena: The Confessions of Robert Crumb, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1987
TAGS: comics history, underground comix, Robert Crumb, art spiegelman, Trina Robbins, Bill Griffith, Vaughn Bode, Gilbert Shelton, 1960s, San Francisco, Denis Kitchen, Topps Trading Cards, head shops, far out
Grab your pickaxes and mining helmets, this week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) uncover the seedy underbelly of comics history! First, a detailed look at Tijuana Bibles and a sadistic sex comic drawn by Superman co-creator, Joe Shuster. Then we take a long look at the careers of satirist and publisher Harvey Kurtzman and talented yet tragic Wally Wood, including their independently-produced works that would be so influential to a generation of comics creators. Will the reason behind the "X" in "comix" be revealed? You'll have to listen to find out!
BREAK SNIPPET: Will Eisner speaks well of Harvey Kurtzman at the Dallas Fantasy Fair on July 5, 1990 https://youtu.be/z5OFquX5riA
SOURCES & LINKS: Tijuana Bibles: Art & Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s to 1950s by Bob Adelman (Simon & Schuster, 1994)
Vintage Tijuana Bible Library (WARNING: VERY NSFW) http://www.tijuana-bibles.com/tijuanabible-comics.html The Incredible True Story of Joe Shuster's Nights of Horror http://cbldf.org/2012/10/the-incredible-true-story-of-joe-shusters-nights-of-horror/ Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in America by Bill Schelly (Fantagraphics, 2015)
Humbug (2 volume set) by Harvey Kurtzman, et al. (Fantagraphics, 2008)
Trump: The Complete Collection by Harvey Kurtzman et al. (Dark Horse Books, 2016)
A Brief Biography of Wally Wood http://www.twomorrows.com/alterego/articles/08wood.html witzend (2 volume set) by Wallace Wood et al. (Fantagraphics, 2014)
TAGS: comics history, comic book history, underground comix, harvey kurtzman, wally wood, tijuana bibles, bazooka joe, joe shuster, humbug, trump, witzend, help!, american history, pop culture history
Circle the wagons and prepare for American history when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read a more recent comic about a much older time: Skybound Comics' Manifest Destiny #1 by Chris Dingess and Matthew Roberts! There's scant biographical information about the creators, but plenty of information about the expedition of Lewis and Clark, of which they go into great detail. Then, our fellas read through the entire first issue of Manifest Destiny and do their best not to offend too many folks from the United Kingdom, or Australia, or both. After revealing some secrets of the Oregon Trail, Chris and Reggie talk about the comics history of history...in comics, and then list some other works of comic book historical fiction that we happen to like. Listening to this episode constitutes thirty percent of your final grade, so you don't want to miss it!
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As requested by esteemed comics enthusiast Matches Balone, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read Batman #681 from 2008! They give some details on writer Grant Morrison and penciller Tony S. Daniel, and provide a synopsis of the entire Morrison run on Batman that led to this issue--and beyond! They also speculate on the true identity of Batman's nemesis Doctor Simon Hurt, a character we may never see again. Join us for the monumental death of Batman...then his resurrection, then his death again, and another resurrection!
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FURTHER READING:
http://rikdad.blogspot.com/2009/05/wizard-211-platinum-batman-rip.html
http://sequart.org/magazine/775/deconstructing-batman-r-i-p/
http://www.comicmix.com/2008/11/26/the-stories-that-informed-batman-r-i-p/
TAGS: comic books, comics history, Batman, Grant Morrison, Tony S. Daniel, DC Comics, biography, Black Glove, Doctor Simon Hurt, Bruce Wayne
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) become werewolf hunters when they read issue #405 of Captain America from 1992 by Mark Gruenwald and Rik Levins--"Dances With Werewolves!" Including the usual creator biographies and history of the character, our duo go through every issue of the six-part "Man and Wolf" story arc, paying special attention to issue #405 which contains the emergence of Capwolf! Then they wrap it all up with a cultural and comic book history of werewolves, and list a few other times in comics that heroes were subject to bizarre transformations. You'll want your silver bullets loaded for this one, it's a howler!
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BREAK: A snippet from an episode of Mark Gruenwald's public access cable television show from 1984, "Cheap Laffs"
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) talk about the lives and careers of two of comics' greatest luminaries: Joe Simon and Jack "the King" Kirby! They discuss Jack and Joe's respective childhoods right up to the moment they meet, and continue along their whirlwind and somewhat unorthodox paths through comics' Golden Age. Then you'll learn about Kirby's ascendancy to rewrite the way comics were told while Simon quit comics...sort of. They also detail the late lives of the legendary Captain America creators, including the legal battle with Marvel fought by Jack Kirby's estate that was settled very recently! You'll definitely want to learn about these creative powerhouses that changed the comics industry--several times over!
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BREAK CLIP: WBAI August 28, 1987 celebration of Jack Kirby's 70th birthday (snippet)
SOURCES:
http://www.tcj.com/the-joe-simon-interview/
http://kirbymuseum.org/biography/
Kirby’s vs. Marvel (2011-2014)
http://www.copyhype.com/2011/08/marvel-v-kirby-work-for-hire-and-copyright-termination/
Simon vs. Marvel (2003)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/books/16gust.html?_r=0
Stan v Jack - Who did what
http://zak-site.com/Great-American-Novel/ff_Lee-Kirby.html
My Life in Comics by Joe Simon, Titan Books, 2011
TAGS: comics, history, Jack Kirby, Joe Simon, Marvel Comics, Captain America, Young Romance, romance comics, Fantastic Four, Archie Comics, Harvey Comics, DC Comics, Challengers of the Unknown, New Gods, Kamandi, Thor, the Hulk
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) stay chill while recounting the origin story of Kyle Rayner in Green Lantern vol. 3 #51 by Ron Marz and Daryll Banks! After some creator biographies and some catch up with the character and the story leading up to this momentous issue, they detail the entire comic book, including Kyle's ultra-hip lingo. After a break, C & R get to the real juicy stuff: how Peter Gabriel influenced the creation of Kyle Rayner, and a little salacious murder...most refrigerated! Not to be missed!
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Thanks to V. Ken Marion for the suggestion!
BREAK: SciFi4Me Interview: Ron Marz at Texas Comic Fest June 13 2015 https://youtu.be/ioJ5yncY0jM
This week, Chris (@AceComics) takes Reggie (@reggiereggie) back to Marvel Comics' 21st Century renaissance to look at a "lost" character: the Sentry! A Superman-esque caped hero designed by Golden Age stalwart Artie Rosen in 1961, but unpublished and quietly shelved. After Rosen's passing, character designs were discovered, and it was up to Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee to bring the Sentry--Marvel's first superhero--into the light of day! They examine the Marvel Knights miniseries and discuss future adaptations of the character. Then, Chris and Reggie discuss some sales figures and whether or not the series was successful. Plus: a special secret surprise! Enjoy!
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BREAK CLIP: Golden Age artist Allen Bellman interviewed at Florida SuperCon 2012
FURTHER READING: In his benevolence, Chris has photographed some important articles and other writing about the Sentry, which can be downloaded here! http://tinyurl.com/gpwmu82
TAGS: comics, comic books, history, Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, Artie Rosen, Paul Jenkins, Jae Lee, Rick Veitch, Joe Quesada, the Sentry, Watchdog, Fantastic Four, Reed Richards, the Hulk, X-Men, Archangel, Angel, Warren Worthington
Hail and fare well! This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dig into the self-published classic comic ElfQuest #1 by Richard and Wendy Pini from 1978! First, we learn a little about the weird comics historian himself, Chris, and his connection to the ElfQuest series. Then, after a little bio of the married creative team, they describe the entire first issue--and continue detailing the entire story of the First Quest! Then our stalwart adventurers unravel the publishing history of ElfQuest and where you can find evidence of the series outside of their own book. It all wraps up with a look at other married creative couples in comic books, and how you can go read ElfQuest online--for FREE!
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Chris reviews ElfQuest 25th Anniversary: chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/02/elfquest-25th-anniversary-special-2003.html
BREAK: youtu.be/vVMiyXvfU18
From 1993, at Los Angeles' Golden Apple comic shop, an excerpt from "Sci-Fi Buzz" tv show which aired on the Sci-Fi Channel from 1993-98. There's a brief interview with Wendy and Richard Pini, and bits and pieces from the Golden Apple appearance from the "Fantasy with Teeth Tour".
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take a trip through comicdom's murky, finger-stained past to read Boris the Bear #1 from 1986! They'll describe every gory detail of the book, then attempt to put the comic in context by detailing the post-TMNT black & white comic book explosion! All that and a few creator bios. Turn off your Care Bear stare while listening to this episode!
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BREAK AUDIO: The Bootleg Universe Pitch Show: Nimrod Antal's Boris the Bear (excerpt) https://youtu.be/2iLPSQM4T5A
TAGS: comics, history, Boris the Bear, Dark Horse Comics, Mike Richardson, James Dean Smith, Randy Stradley, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rambo, Ewoks, Usagi Yojimbo, black & white comics, comic book speculation, 1980s
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) do their best to save humanity from the coming robot war when they read RoboCop vs. The Terminator #1, published by Dark Horse Comics in 1992! First, they'll provide some background information on creators Frank Miller and Walter Simonson, then they talk about the two science-fiction films that justified this crossover. After reading the comic book, our time-addled duo look at the rest of this miniseries, as well as the many films, television shows, video games and further comics spawned by each robot-themed franchise. You have all the time you'd like to take TO COMPLY!
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BREAK: Epic Rap Battles of History - Robocop vs. The Terminator
By special request of Toby Hagen from 42shadesofgeek.co.uk, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #106 cover dated November, 1970, a story titled "I Am Curious (Black)!" In the comic book, Lois Lane turns African-American for 24 hours, and in the podcast, Chris and Reggie fumble through the issue and a partial history of black representation in comics. It's unclear as to which one is more cringe-worthy!
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TAGS: Lois Lane, Superman's Girl Friend, I Am Curious (Black), African-Americans in comics, Robert Kanigher, Vince Colletta, Werner Roth, DC Comics, history, comics history, Black Like Me, civil rights, 1960s
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read the first issue of that team of teens with 'tude, The New Warriors from 1990, written by Fabian Nicieza and drawn by Mark Bagley! After the usual biographies, they go through every page of the issue, then continue the story with rough breakdowns of all five volumes with the same title. Then, after completing the creators' bios, the guys talk a little about the direct market and rampant comic books speculation prevalent when The New Warriors #1 was released. Plus: listener mail! You won't want to miss this episode, which should be immediately bagged and boarded with a minimum of handling.
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It's a mind-bending episode as Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read through issue 226 of Spectacular Spider-Man and try to untangle the mysteries of Spider-Man's Clone Saga! After some creator bios and back story, they do their best to detail the events of the Clone Saga and the drama behind the scenes that nearly spun it out of control. Plus: Spidercide, for no particular reason! You'll want to have your Carrion Virus to hand for this one.
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BREAK:
Snippet from Superior Spider Talk #10: Amazing Friends w/ Tom DeFalco http://amazingspidertalk.com/
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TAGS: comic books, comics, history, Spider-Man, Clone Saga, Tom DeFalco, Ben Reilly, Scarlet Spider, Bob Budiansky, Bob Harras, Kaine, Marvel Comics, 1990s, comics speculation
Happy 25th Birthday Youngblood (and Image Comics)!
In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dip into the best example of the comic book industry's EXTREME! period and read Youngblood #1 by Rob Liefeld! Both stories in this flip book get dissected, examined and voiced by the diligent Cosmic Treadmill team, even the parts that they didn't understand. They also detail the life and times of Rob Liefeld, and provide a complete history of the Youngblood property, from its first secret sighting that precedes this issue, all the way up until...today! It's gonna be a teeth-gritting, air-squatting trip back to those aggressive 1990s.
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BREAK CLIP: 501 Jeans commercial featuring Rob Liefeld, directed by Spike Lee
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TAGS: comics, comic book history. Youngblood #1, Rob Liefeld, Image Comics, Extreme Comics, Hank Kanalz, Dan Fraga, 1990s, comic book speculation, Marvel, New Mutants, Deadpool, Cable, Badrock
Keywords: Comics, Comic Books, Comic Book Podcast, Comics Podcast, Batman, Superman, DC Comics, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Podcast, Comic Book, superhero, superhero podcast, DCU, DC YOU, dc rebirth, dc comics rebirth, batman rebirth, superman rebirth, green arrow rebirth, green lantern rebirth
In this very special episode of the Cosmic Treadmill, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read through 1983's The Keebler Company Presents DC Comics’ the New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez! After some in-depth creator bios, our sober duo examine the first, second and third New Teen Titans comic books created specifically for 1980s anti-drug programs. Later, they look at the history of drug abuse prevention in America and explore the secret origin of First Lady Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign. After detailing the Peculiar Tale of the Protector, Chris and Reggie talk about some other comic book PSAs about a variety of uncomfortable topics! Tune in and get high...on podcasts!
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BREAK AUDIO: DC Comics' Marketing Video for Anti-Drug Campaign Licensing
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In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) will teach you how to kill a man with one touch, become the life of any party, and pull six cars for one mile using only your neck! We'll go over some seminal comic book ads and detail the lives of novelty purveyor S.S. Adams and bodybuilder Charles Atlas. Then, a brief discussion about comic book advertising, and why we don't really see it anymore! Have some scissors ready to clip those mail-in coupons!
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SOURCES: The Deadliest Ads Alive! A History of Martial Arts Ads in Comic Books by Dan Kelly, 2012, Hogan’s Alley Publishing Life of the Party:A Visual History of the S.S. Adams Company Makers of Pranks & Magic for 100 Years by Kirk Demarais, 2006, S.S. Adams LLC magicmakersinc.com S.S. Adams Co. Charles Atlas: The Man, the Myth and the Muscles by David Baines, 2014 Birch Tree Publishing charlesatlas.com Charles Atlas
BREAK: "The Man Who Knew Charles Atlas"; Rich Alcott interviews Matou Panagopolous https://youtu.be/w3r1c4I2j00
TAGS: comic books, comics history, karate, judo, Count Dante, Dim Mak, S.S. Adams, novelties, dribble glass, joy buzzer, Charles Atlas, hero of the beach, bodybuilding, vaudeville, strongman
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) set their sights on Mike Grell's 1987 revamp of Oliver Queen, Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters Book One! They'll do the usual creator biographies and provide a detailed history of the character Green Arrow. Then they read the entire issue, complete with historical background for the city of Seattle and some other references, and continue on to describe the other two books in this prestige-format series! After the break, the fellas go beyond The Longbow Hunters and follow Green Arrow until today, as well as complete the biographies. And to finish up, Reggie and Chris dissect that most daunting of comic book mysteries: time and continuity! It's a gritty reimagining of the Cosmic Treadmill you won't want to miss!
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Comic Book Artist #8, 2000, TwoMorrows Publishing
This week, Reggie (@reggiereggie) didn't finish his Weird Comics History script on time, so instead we offer what we call Chris' Podcasting Classix, and present episodes previously recorded as part of the weirdsciencedccomics.com podcast--two of which are of unique personal interest to Chris (@AceComics)! We've got the first appearance of the Teen Titans in Brave and the Bold #54 (1964), then "Who is Donna Troy?" from New Teen Titans #38 (1984), and finally Tales of the Teen Titans Annual #3 (1984) which also includes an overview of the landmark story "The Judas Contract" and some details about the character Tara "Terra" Markov! It's a Titan-riffic episode--and it's longer than most, so bring plenty of snacks before listening to this one!
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BONUS: A collection of Chris' ruminations on "The Judas Contract" on his blog, right here!http://chrisisoninfiniteearths.blogspot.com/p/the-life-and-times-of-terra-markov.html
TAGS: Comic books, history, DC Comics, Teen Titans, Marv Wolfman, George Perez, Bob Haney, Ross Andru, Brave and the Bold, Tara Markov, Terra, Deathstroke, the Judas Contract, Donna Troy, Dick Grayson, 1980s
In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) break outta 'Toon Town and read Animal Man #5 from 1988! First, they provide biographical information about the book's creators, and after the issue they talk about the many lives...and deaths if Animal Man afterwards. To wrap-up, they discuss other comic book characters known to break the fourth wall, including one that literally broke it! You'll feel addressed directly with this episode!
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It the last stop of Chris (@acecomics) and Reggie's (@reggiereggie) five-part comic book history tour, as seen through the lens of the Comics Code Authority! First, we learn about the fates of our Comics Code triumvirate: Senator Estes Kefauver, Dr. Frederic Wertham, and publisher Bill Gaines. Then we take a quick trip around the world and see how the comics industry has developed in those countries that never imposed the same restrictions on content as America. Now we have come to the conclusion of the CCA, and Chris and Reggie offer their thoughts and opinions on the ramifications of a post-Code world. They look at new public pressures that affect publisher decisions today, and examine some of the sources that drive self-censorship in other entertainment industries today! There's something to piss of everyone in this second half of episode five, you won't want to miss it!
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It's time to cruise through comics history again with Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) and observe the beginnings of the Comics Code Authority, including a reading of the actual Code itself! Then they discuss changes to comic books--and the Code--over its sixty-plus year history. It's a wacky good time of phony legalese and self-censorship that's sure to entertain the whole family! WARNING: Not for children or family.
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Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) get to the meat and cheese of their five-part look at the Comics Code Authority: 1954's Senate Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency, starring Senator Estes Kefauver! They look at increasing anti-comics public sentiment and the exact comic book that served as the tipping point and legitimized federal investigation. Then, they take you through all three days of the hearings, talking about each witness and their testimonies, while interjecting the usual silly commentary. http://www.thecomicbooks.com/1954senatetranscripts.html Full Transcript of the Senate Subcommittee's Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency https://youtu.be/jXKKTX1ke90 Senator Estes Kefauver on What's My Line? March 8, 1951 http://cbldf.org/2012/10/the-incredible-true-story-of-joe-shusters-nights-of-horror/ Joe Shuster, Frederic Wertham, and the Brooklyn Thrill Killers weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com tags: Estes Kefauver, The Comics Code Authority, Dr. Frederic Wertham, Bill Gaines, anti-comics crusade, EC Comics, Panic #1, comic books, comic history, juvenile delinquency
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) continue their discussion about the ideas and events that contributed to the formation of the Comics Code Authority. In this episode, they quote some early anti-comics crusaders, look at comic books after World War II, and talk about Dr. Frederic Wertham's book Seduction of the Innocent and the research behind it. weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) talk about comic books during World War II, long before the Comics Code Authority came into existence, and detail the early life of Dr. Frederic Wertham, whose name would someday become synonymous with anti-comics crusading. weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com
Keywords: Comics, Comic Books, Comic History, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, DC Comics, Golden Age, Silver Age, Comics Code, Comic Book History
Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) conclude their month-long tour through Marvel Comics with the Defenders #1 from 1972--the fourth or fifth appearance of the team! They'll describe every moment of the issue and discuss other iterations of the Defenders team, and go through the usual creator biographies--but stay tuned, comics enthusiasts, because the real story is in the writer, Steve Englehart! It's an episode full of laughs and gasps, you won't want to miss it!
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BREAK AUDIO: ComicVine interviews Steve Englehart at WonderCon 2010
Join us on another Crisis-inspired jaunt through speedster history when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read Flash vol. 2 #0 by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo! After some biographical details about the creative team, we delve into the issue proper and discover the truth about what inspired Wally West to become the Flash! Then, after some notable quotables from Mr. Waid himself, Chris and Reggie talk about legacy characters in comic books--what they think about them and why publishers never seem to let them stick around! It's a wild romp of an episode that will take you all over the...time!
Issue requested by Bryan Trevitt
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TAGS: comics, history, dc comics, the Flash, Mark Waid, Mike Wieringo, Zero Hour, A Crisis in Time, Wally West, Kid Flash, 1990s, comic book event
Grab a bowl of poutine and put on your heavy coat when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) head into woodsy Canada and read the Incredible Hulk #181 from 1974! After some biographical information about creators and industry giants Len Wein and Herb Trimpe, our duo go through every crushing blow and...soul-swapping magic spell of this classic comic book. Then, they provide a detailed background of the sensational character find of 1974, Wolverine! They're the best at what they do, and what they do is...hopefully nice! Enjoy!
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BREAK: Len Wein talks about Wolverine in the PBS documentary Superheroes
This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) broadcast live from the Vanishing Point and talk all about the 1994 DC Comics event, Zero Hour! They detail the conditions that created the need to streamline DC's temporal continuity, and then describe every issue of the Zero Hour event--including every single tie-in issue! After a break, our Linear Men discuss each issue of the Zero Month that followed the Crisis in Time that changed some DC Comics superheroes...FOREVER! Or at least until Infinity Crisis. It's an oversized doozy of an episode, so strap into your Time Bubble and enjoy the ride!
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In this episode, the mutant kids will have their say when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read Marvel Comics' Generation X #1 from 1994! They provide some detailed biographies of the creators Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo, and then try to pick apart the complex web of events that are 1990s and early 2000s X-Men comic books. Then, our muties talk about other youth-based comic book teams. Tell your parents you're not following their rules and pull the posters from your bedroom walls, because we're talkin' 'bout my Generation X!
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BREAK: Trailer for FOX Television's Generation X film from 1996
Comics investigators Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the seedy underbelly of the Marvel Comics Universe when they detail the nefarious doings of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1 by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber! After some creator biographies, including Nick's political past--and present!--our duo go through the entire issue, providing background information on every character. Then they discuss other "unlikely" superhero and supervillain teams in comics history! Plug in your headphones and keep this on the D.L.--this episode is a heist!
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The treadmill goes explosively covert when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read the first issue of WildC.A.T.s Covert Action Teams by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee! They'll go through every blessed panel of this Image Comics launch title from 1992, and detail Jim Lee's storied career from his rejection letters to becoming co-publisher of DC Comics. The fellas also discuss other volumes in the WildC.A.T.s series and its curious mainstream popularity in the mid-1990s. So pull on your draping face-masks for a high energy, gut-blasting episode...of secrecy!
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INTRO MUSIC: Theme song from the WildC.A.T.s cartoon, 1995
TAGS: comics, history, Jim Lee, WildStorm, Image Comics, WildC.A.T.s, Brandon Choi, 1990s, comic book speculation