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Excalibur Omnibus, Vol. 1

Excalibur Omnibus, Vol. 1

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  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2021-12-26 09:52:03
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Chris Claremont
  • ISBN：1302926667
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Summary

Chris Claremont and Alan Davis' 1980s classic EXCALIBUR gets the Omnibus treatment！ The sword is drawn as Captain Britain and his metamorphic paramour Meggan band together with former X-Men Nightcrawler， Shadowcat and Rachel "Phoenix" Summers - plus Lockheed the dragon and the mysterious Widget！ From their lighthouse base， Excalibur fi ghts to uphold Xavier's dream， UK style -tackling the ruthless Technet， the ferocious Warwolves， the bizarre Crazy Gang and more！ But when the Cross-Time Caper sweeps Excalibur across the Marvel Multiverse， it will take a miracle to fi nd their way home！ It's cosmic adventure with a comedic twist in a beloved X-book like no other！ COLLECTING: EXCALIBUR SPECIAL EDITION （1988） 1， EXCALIBUR （1988） 1-34， EXCALIBUR: MOJO MAYHEM （1989） 1， QUASAR （1989） 11， THOR （1966） 427-429， MATERIAL FROM MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS （1988） 31-38

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Reviews

Jason Lundberg ，

The Claremont/Davis issues are why I bought this， and they still hold up。 Most of the rest of the book is fairly forgettable。

Devero ，

Ho recuperato questo omnibus perché queste storie， che uscirono originariamente in appendice a Wolverine della Play Press， non le seguii per nulla all'epoca， primi anni '90。Ma ne parlavano molto bene in tanti， e mi era rimasta la curiosità。 Ora me la sono tolta e devo dire che la serie inizia bene， e finché la scrisse Claremont per i disegni di Alan Davis era una gran bella serie。 Peccato che Davis abbandonò dopo nemmeno un anno e mezzo， e per un sacco di numeri questa sembra una serie di fill-i Ho recuperato questo omnibus perché queste storie， che uscirono originariamente in appendice a Wolverine della Play Press， non le seguii per nulla all'epoca， primi anni '90。Ma ne parlavano molto bene in tanti， e mi era rimasta la curiosità。 Ora me la sono tolta e devo dire che la serie inizia bene， e finché la scrisse Claremont per i disegni di Alan Davis era una gran bella serie。 Peccato che Davis abbandonò dopo nemmeno un anno e mezzo， e per un sacco di numeri questa sembra una serie di fill-in scritti da un sacco di persone e disegnati abbastanza male da vari disegnatori， troppo impregnati di quello stile che detesto e che ha dato vita alla Image， e penso specialmente a Liefeld e McPupazzo。 Deludente。Quindi mi spiace， ma visto l'alto numero di albi raccolto nell'omnibus， compresi un paio di speciali， uno buono e uno pessimo， direi che la parte bella e divertente è durata poco， troppo poco per dare 3 stelle all'omnibus。2 stelle bastano。 。。。more

Sean Gibson ，

Having now finished this door-stopping monster， I feel compelled to create a t-shirt that says， “I read 1，100+ pages of Excalibur and all I got was this lousy hernia。”Because， on balance， it’s…fine。 I understand why Claremont needed a lighter， wackier outlet away from X-Men。 But weirdness too often trumps fun here， though the Alan Davis artwork is always a treat。

William Thomas ，

Excalibur was a pretty unnecessary X book that turned out to be the surreal comic relief we didn't know we wanted。 Claremont really lets himself off the chain here， a wide berth of weird， playing up Mojoworld， Arcade， Saturnyne， Widget， Roma， etc that would lay the groundwork for successful runs like Milligan/Allred on X-Statix。 It's been a minute since I've read an 80s Claremont book and boy， this dude loves exposition， and panels full to the brim with as much dialogue can fit。 It's verbose， fo Excalibur was a pretty unnecessary X book that turned out to be the surreal comic relief we didn't know we wanted。 Claremont really lets himself off the chain here， a wide berth of weird， playing up Mojoworld， Arcade， Saturnyne， Widget， Roma， etc that would lay the groundwork for successful runs like Milligan/Allred on X-Statix。 It's been a minute since I've read an 80s Claremont book and boy， this dude loves exposition， and panels full to the brim with as much dialogue can fit。 It's verbose， for sure， but fun enough。 The art chores are better filled out by Art Adams than Alan Davis， in my opinion， although Davis is perfectly fine when it comes down to it。 If you're a fan of the more campy or comical side of comics， a little cornier than normal， then give it a try。 It brings a hell of a lot to the table that got overlooked for a long time。 Seems like Hickman dig a lot of it out for the current X sleight， though。Grade: A 。。。more

Andrew Seaton ，

DNF。 I tried， I tried so hard。 I might try again， but I couldn’t even finish the time caper story。 It was like Doom Patrol meets Age of Apocalypse only super boring。

Rob Marney ，

4 stars， assuming you skip every issue written by a man who isn't Chris Claremont。First， the good parts。 The wacky Captain Britain mythos fits great with the fun-loving members of the X-Men， and this team is so dynamite that current writers keep trying to put the band back together。 Artist Alan Davis is at his best here， giving each of the several dozen characters a unique silhouette and leaning into the exaggerated body language of a book whose best plots are love triangles。 Writer Chris Clarem 4 stars， assuming you skip every issue written by a man who isn't Chris Claremont。First， the good parts。 The wacky Captain Britain mythos fits great with the fun-loving members of the X-Men， and this team is so dynamite that current writers keep trying to put the band back together。 Artist Alan Davis is at his best here， giving each of the several dozen characters a unique silhouette and leaning into the exaggerated body language of a book whose best plots are love triangles。 Writer Chris Claremont forgets to have an overarching plot line， but crams jokes into practically every page， and really leans into his opportunity to upend superhero convention。 Square-jawed， muscle-bound Captain Britain taking pratfalls and driving his girlfriend into Nightcrawler's arms is a more effective stab at the patriarchy than any impassioned speeches。 The filler issues by Terry Austin and Dana Moreshead are also tons of fun， because they got the memo that this is a soap opera comedy book where the more innuendo， the better。The downside is that the filler issues written by Michael Higgins and the MCP arc are truly execrable。 All the careful romance subtext becomes clunky text， all the visual jokes are also text， and even the super hero action is a snooze fest。 Leaden lines like "The power of the Phoenix will guide us！" or "However， my power has been growing increasingly stronger and I am well-rested！" are on every single page。 （Which one of them was said by Nightcrawler？） 。。。more

Ciaran Mcgrath ，

If this was purely the Claremont/Davis issues， this behemoth of an omnibus would be a 5-star offering。 Those stories are perfect nostalgia fodder， sweet and heartfelt and full of wild adventure。 The other stories that make up the page count vary wildly in quality though， so a star is docked for that。 Still very much worth the price of admission for someone whose began his foray into Marvel comics with some of these very issues。

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