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scans_dailyMy choice combines what would've been my choice for favorite artist (Alan Davis) and a legendary writer who hadn't devolved into a cliched hack yet (Chris Claremont). I give you:
For those not versed in lesser X-history: After an encounter with Lightning Force (a Nazi Excalibur from another dimension), Excalibur ended up on a year-long Sliders-style jaunt throughout parallel dimensions. Most of the twelve issues of the storyline were either excuses to savage other comics icons (Issue 23 was one big parody of Judge Dredd) or let Davis and Claremont tell wild, self-contained stories.
Issue 14 is probably the most famous, as it was a pseudo-prequel (a Chapter 0, if you will) of the Acts Of Vengeance megacrossover. Here's the front cover:
And here's the back cover:
And one random page from it:
Cliff Note's context: They've landed on an Earth where most of the heroes are warped versions of themselves, Rick Jones has Wolverine Publicity and all-out war has been declared on the villains of the world. It doesn't end well.
The whole saga is collected in Excalibur Classics Vol. 3 and 4 - covering issues 12-24. If you've ever wondered what the big deal about the original Excalbur was, this is the place to start.
For those not versed in lesser X-history: After an encounter with Lightning Force (a Nazi Excalibur from another dimension), Excalibur ended up on a year-long Sliders-style jaunt throughout parallel dimensions. Most of the twelve issues of the storyline were either excuses to savage other comics icons (Issue 23 was one big parody of Judge Dredd) or let Davis and Claremont tell wild, self-contained stories.
Issue 14 is probably the most famous, as it was a pseudo-prequel (a Chapter 0, if you will) of the Acts Of Vengeance megacrossover. Here's the front cover:
And here's the back cover:
And one random page from it:
Cliff Note's context: They've landed on an Earth where most of the heroes are warped versions of themselves, Rick Jones has Wolverine Publicity and all-out war has been declared on the villains of the world. It doesn't end well.
The whole saga is collected in Excalibur Classics Vol. 3 and 4 - covering issues 12-24. If you've ever wondered what the big deal about the original Excalbur was, this is the place to start.
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Date: 2010-09-05 03:54 am (UTC)