X-Lapsed Triple-Dip, Episode 12 - Giant-Size X-Men by Jonathan Hickman

2022-03-14

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...

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?

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"