Excalibur Epic Collection, Vol. 9: You Are Cordially Invited

Excalibur Epic Collection

by Benjamin Raab, Mel Rubi (Illustrator), Chris Claremont (Writer)

The sword is sheathed! It's the end of an era as the original EXCALIBUR series concludes! The alien Sidri are out for vengeance - but the adorable Bamfs may be even more dangerous when Nightmare haunts the team's dreams! As Excalibur hunts for Legion, Nightcrawler confronts…the original X-Men?! Then, wedding bells ring for Captain Britain and Meggan! But first, everyone will have to make it through Brian's bachelor party! In a special tale from Excalibur's past, Kitty Pryde and Rachel Summers are thrown back in time - and must decide whether to save one friend or the lives of millions! And as Captain Britain takes on a new role, Psylocke and the Black Knight join the fray for swords and sorcery in Otherworld! Collecting EXCALIBUR (1988) #116-125, X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #19, TRUE FRIENDS #1-3 and EXCALIBUR (2001) #1-4.

Genres: Comics, X Men

512 pages, Paperback

First published November 28, 2023

About the author

Benjamin Raab (New York City, New York) is an American comic book writer and editor and tv writer and producer. He has written stories for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Moonstone Books, Malibu Comics, Harris Publications and Ludovico Technique LLC.

Reviews

[Rob Marney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Come for Ben Raab writing the least satisfying conclusion to every possible story arc, stay for the 100% insane and awful Claremont isekai of X-Men True Friends. There's so much cringe in this collection that I had to stop and start reading several times. I really wish I could give this one star because most of it is so appalling. I have no idea why Raab didn't bring Brian back earlier: he's only good at writing Captain Britain characters, not the half dozen X-Men on the team. Douglock is a particularly bad character, the butt of every joke whose powers appear only when convenient to the plot. Even the wedding issue spends more pages on the bouquet and garter than the dress or the ceremony.

Two stars only because the wedding itself is really cute, Kitty dumps Pete Wisdom, and the 2001 miniseries is crazy in a good way. The only good art in the whole volume is Waldon Wong's inks in this mini. I really appreciate how brazen Raab is at strip mining old continuity, I just wish there was something going on besides that.

[Sophia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I miss when comics were good (I am not referring to this volume)