Excalibur by Tini Howard Vol. 1

Great book. Worth the price. I’m going to add it to an Excalibur volume I’ve had cooking for a while. So thanks because now it’s done and can be sent to be bound.

Betsy Braddock/Psylocke hasn't had the best of luck, so I was happy to see her getting her flowers and becoming the leader of Excalibur, and what a start she has! We get to see the X-Men diving into the more mystical side of things, and I'm excited to see where Howard takes this group.

Nice gift

It’s good just not my favourite team

I am not impressed if anything a bit disappointed. I got this as it had two of my favourite X-Men/People in it, Gambit and Psylocke. Gambit did not really get a chance to do much in this book, and Psylocke is actually Betsy Braddock half since the split. At first I was quite annoyed by Betsy lack of fighting skills but that actually make perfect sense, since her assassin's half is not here. Though book and action was so confusing I would not have noticed this unless I was looking for it. Yes I was. The book takes place between London (does not look much like where I live), Krakoa (mutant/hippy paradise), and Otherworld (Camelot). I do find it interesting that Krakoa is bringing back mutants depending on the power level not their allegiance. I an see a civil war coming. I can see this series feeding into the main X-MEN storylines but even having my favourite characters in it I am not inclined to pick up the next volume. The art work is ok a but too cartoonish for me. The story was overly complicated for what it was. Also things seemed to happen for no reason at all. There is cover gallery at end with full page spreads and 1/4 thumbnails of the super rare varient covers.