Excalibur Special Edition #1

[iamrman]

The sword is drawn!

Rachel didn't leave her friends when they needed her most. Wolverine stabbed her to prove that killing Selene was bad. Or something. This is Kitty's nightmare, so it's understandable that she wouldn't know that.

Oh, God. Rachel is in London! Get out while you still can!

Comments

[zylly]

I really, really love Claremont and Davis’s Excalibur. It was a really nice, lighthearted break from what was going on in the mainstream X-Books at the time.

And I like that it kind of positioned the mutant hatred as something of an American phenomena. Excalibur at least was positioned as well loved heroes.

I also notice Meggan being called a mutant here. I’m pretty sure that was eventually retconned to actually be one of the Fair Folk?

This was also my first introduction to the Technet, who artist/blogger waitngforthetrade once referred to as “Fetishes, the Team”. And they’re not exactly wrong.

[iamrman]

Yeah, the Technet are definitely a slice of Claremont. Even if he didn't originally create them.

[zylly]

Yeah. I don't want to be so bold as to make any guesses about Claremont's psyche... but you don't have to look far to see a lot of trends in his work.

[dan_ingram]

What? Bondage gear wasn't casual wear of the 80s and 90s?

What are you implying?

[dan_ingram]

"This was also my first introduction to the Technet, who artist/blogger waitngforthetrade once referred to as “Fetishes, the Team”. And they’re not exactly wrong."

Oh thank God I'm not the only one to think that.

[zylly]

I'm pretty sure "It's Never Just You" is Scans Daily's motto.

[mastermahan]

I also notice Meggan being called a mutant here. I’m pretty sure that was eventually retconned to actually be one of the Fair Folk?

Did they ever actually retcon that or they just start saying she was fae? I've tried to find out what story reveals this, and no dice.

[jlbarnett]

I believe that it was Excalibur 46

[bravest_spinja]

And I like that it kind of positioned the mutant hatred as something of an American phenomena. Excalibur at least was positioned as well loved heroes.

This was something that rang kind of true with me as a young reader, but I admit, today it would probably be that other countries went easier on mutants because they were rarer and kept them competitive with the U.S.'s influx of superhumans. And the The Guardian would have a column on why Nightcrawler's existence was somehow misogynistic.

[dan_ingram]

"And the The Guardian would have a column on why Nightcrawler's existence was somehow misogynistic."

Well, he does have a rather phallic tail...