The Essential X-Lapsed, Episode 065 - X-Men #50 (1968)

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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