#Brian/meggan

[mleelunsford]

My tribute to the original Excalibur X-men team

[jjeanggrey]

quick panel redeaw

[yalster54]

read excalibur y'all

[why-i-love-comics]

Marvel 85th Anniversary Special #1 - "Is the Lighthouse Haunted (or Are We at the Nexus of an Infinite Multiverse?)" (2024)

written by Alan Davis art by Alan Davis & Rachelle Rosenberg

[proxy616]

There are heroics to be done and spooky mysteries to be solved, but first Nightcrawler really wants to finish assembling his jungle gym.

Excalibur short story in marvel 85th anniversary issue (2024)

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Excalibur pinups by Alan Davis and Paul Neary

[braddocklegacy]

Marvel has released a free PDF Excalibur Expansion for their Multiverse RPG! Deep dives into the teams and special looks at their headquarters inbound.

Download the pdf: https://cdn.marvel.com/u/prod/marvel/i/pdf/MMRPG_Excalibur_20240807.pdf

[insextras]

Excalibur but it's the treehouse scene from drake and josh where they're stuck in the treehouse shouting for megan to help them

[rei-ismyname]

About damn time

Tell me you've read Excalibur and not thought the exact same thing, please. Brian Braddock kinda sucks IMO, especially in how he treats Meggan.

Not pictured - anyone asking if he's okay (probably because he's a flying brick and this isn't likely to injure him at all, but still, just let me have my moment.

Betsy is way cooler as CB. *AIR HORN* TOILET FLUSHING* BRIAN SUUUUCKS

[iconuk01]

Meet Hard Boiled Henwy! Scourge of all!

So in another post, I made reference to hard Boiled Henwy, and was asked for an explanation by @thefingerfuckingfemalefury ... Which is a reasonable request.

Back in the 90's, the Britain based x-book Excalibur had sort of fallen into an unsatisfying langour.

After the gleeful insanity of the early Chris Claremont written, Alan Davis pencilled romps involving the Warwolves, the Crazy Gang and the Cross Time Caper (Even if that DID go on too long). Davis left after 17 issues, and Claremont after 27 issues, and no one seemed to quite know how to deal with a team which wasn't the usual X-Men fare.

So, in issue 42, Alan Davis returned as artist AND writer and the series reached new heights, as Davis did know how to deal with them and had no problem embracing the weird and just plain cosmically silly! It's hard to think of a better exemplar than this, the cover of Davis' first issue

And worry not, we are soon to meet this agent of doom! And even witness his creation!

Because Davis immediately returns to one of the most outlandish teams introduced in the title: The Technet! The Technet are a VERY long story in and of themselves (Involving Alan Moore, Alan Davis, Doctor Who Weekly, and Captain Britain), but they are summarised in the first panel, so don't worr about it.

Just know that Gatecrasher is the large lady who leads this motley team, and she has a grudge against the Excalibur team, and has a capture contract on Phoenix to deliver.

So we cut to the Excalibur team having breakfast in their lighthouse home (and base of operations) which is going normally, until Meggan tries to boil an egg.

What horror could emerge? What unspeakable nightmare lurks within this calcium cage?

If you guessed a psychopathic, genetically engineered, self-destructing Tweety Bird, congratulations!

Now, whilst Henwy is something of a one shot wonder (literally) fret not, because Gatecrasher can, and has, made others in the years since, all called Hard Boiled Henwy because why change a winning formula?

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Brian is very lucky Kurt is no longer interested in Meggan because bro understands his girl about a million percent better than Brian seems to...

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

One of the most consistent things about Excalibur is everyone is trying to steal Meggan away from Brian because they all knew she deserved better.

[yalster54]

look at them 🥹🥹🥹

[comicbookhyperfixationtime]

They’re not exactly being subtle, Brian, Meggan’s literally turning as blue as you are green (with envy, to be clear, green with envy).

Also you sneaky linked with your ex girlfriend last month and they’re just sort of flirting, maybe don’t go throwing glass houses, hm?

[heckcareoxytwit]

A preview of Marvel 85th Anniversary Special #1

MARVEL 85TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1

CELEBRATE MARVEL'S 50,000TH COMIC-BOOK RELEASE! In the far future of the year 50,000, the exploits of the heroes of the Marvel Age are the stuff of legend, half remembered but still celebrated! Come with us now on a tour of the greatest museum in all the cosmos, in which the few surviving relics of those bygone days have been assembled. Each piece tells a unique story - about the Contest of Champions and how it wrought an end to the Age of Heroes, about the greatest triumph of Ms. Marvel and the final, secret exploit of Excalibur! And more! Marvel's greatest storytellers gather to commemorate the whole of Marvel history in a once-in-a-lifetime celebration!

WRITERS: Alan Davis, Yuji Kaku, Ryan North, Sabir Pirzada, Christopher Priest, Steve Skroce, Iman Vellani

PENCILLERS: Stephen Byrne, Joshua Cassara, Alan Davis, Yuji Kaku, Carlo Pagulayan, Steve Skroce

COVER ARTIST: Kaare Andrews

PUBLISHED: August 28, 2024

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Excalibur #55 “The Ghost of Braddock Manor”

Written/Illustrated by Alan Davis, Inked by Mark Farmer