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In which Widget takes a heel turn; there is some confusion over sword identification; we appreciate Sir Benedict of the Falls; the Braddock family has a lot going on; and Otherworld changes hands.
X-PLAINED:
- Names for flying horses
- Excalibur (2001 miniseries) #1-4
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (briefly) (again)
- The Black Knight (Dane Whitman)
- Darkmoor Research Facility
- Sword and amulet distribution
- Strider the Horse
- Why all the horses of Asgard have Tolkien names
- Sir Benedict of the Falls and his many axes
- One way to win a bridge fight
- Sword pops
- Several continuity errors
- Holographic James Braddock
- The Dad Cave
- Otherworld eugenecists
- A coronation
- A twist
- Some potential X-Factor lineups
- Life expectancies of mutants with healing factors
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On the one hand, more Excalibur adjacent characters! YAY!
On the other hand, Ben Raab trying to write British characters… yay?
The Raab “I’m going to reference a LOT of continuity but it’s a cointoss whether it’s right” approach strikes again.
Is that Shatterstar in the summation page? Did Brian even MEET Shatterstar? And I assume that that’s Kitty with the suddenly black hair and green costume in the middle of the Excalibur grouping?
I appreciate that the regionality and class focus of the English language can be confusing, but I think the last time I heard the word “Crikey!” used unironically in conversation in the UK was 1978 (It’s more prevalent in Australia these days I believe)
The Warpies showing up at all is… weird, since they’ve already been removed from the narrative chessboard. Twice in fact! The Davis Excalibur run had them all reverting to their original human forms as the Jaspers Warp energy which had changed them and maintained their mutated forms essentially ran out. Then an Ellis X-Force story mentions that the Warpies had all been captured and dissected, because Ellis HAD to put the boot in by adding the Government dissecting innocent children. At least this time they were restored (again)
For some reason I thought Widget had stayed in the Days of Future Past timeline when Excalibur went there to shut down the Sentinels, so slightly surprised to see them show up again, even if as an antagonist.
I might not be as accommodating of Crusader X as you both are. One “Crusader” is not a thing to be really name yourself after when you’re British, and he apparently helps run the British Empire on his Earth. I think one, now lapsed, British Empire was quite enough thank you very much.
Still, yes, nice to see some of these characters again!