Chris And Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! If you're digging the show... or at least appreciate the effort put into it, please consider spreading the word!  Thank you! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! If you're digging the show... or at least appreciate the effort put into it, please consider spreading the word!  Thank you! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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... -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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 amazing Sassy Sinister moments!   Lotsa great stuff to chat about, and - as always, a wonderful dip into the Mailbag! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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... -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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! -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen