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X-Lapsed, Episode 358 - X-Men #11

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!
Plus: Some great Mailbag!
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X-Lapsed, Episode 357 - X-Force #28

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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X-Lapsed, Episode 356 - X-Men Red #2

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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X-Lapsed, Episode 355 - Marauders #2

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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X-Lapsed, Episode 354 - Immortal X-Men #2

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

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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TIMESTAMPS:
(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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X-Lapsed, Episode 353 - Giant-Size X-Men: Thunderbird #1

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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X-Lapsed, Episode 352 - New Mutants #25

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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