Chris And Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

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!  -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com https://theretronetwork.com/category/podcasts/wizards/ xlapsed.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. -- @acecomics / @cosmictmill / weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.podbean.com chrisisoninfiniteearths.com https://www.pulp2pixel.com/ facebook.com/groups/90sxmen

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

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

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

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

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