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New Excalibur (Collected Editions)
New Excalibur, Vol. 2: Last Days of Camelot
Dazzler died, but for some reason, it didn't stick. How is that possible? Dazzler and her new teammates attempt to find out what happened, and the answer will shock you! Then, New Excalibur is alerted that a de-powered mutant has been returned home to England. Learn the secret history of Chamber - but can the team find out the truth before he's killed?! Also, King Arthur's mighty kingdom lies in ruins! Death is everywhere. The Black Knight guest-stars in a time-traveling tale for the ages! Collects New Excalibur #8-15.
192 pages, Paperback
First published March 28, 2007
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Chris Claremont
3,277 books892 followersChris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
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July 17, 2020
For this second volume of 'New' Excalibur, Frank Tieri takes over the writing chores from Chris Claremont and he does a pretty good job. It's almost seamless, to be honest, and I enjoyed the heck out of it.
Firstly, Tieri takes the team, including their new member, the Black Knight, back in time to King Arthur's court, and it's a lot of fun. Returning to their own time, the Juggernaut is having trouble coming to terms with his recent power-drop, and decides to do something about it, which leads to the rest of the team chasing him to South Korea and the Temple of Cytorrak. Again; much fun.
I wasn't so keen on the artwork on the Korean half of this book, or this would have been a five star read for me.
Firstly, Tieri takes the team, including their new member, the Black Knight, back in time to King Arthur's court, and it's a lot of fun. Returning to their own time, the Juggernaut is having trouble coming to terms with his recent power-drop, and decides to do something about it, which leads to the rest of the team chasing him to South Korea and the Temple of Cytorrak. Again; much fun.
I wasn't so keen on the artwork on the Korean half of this book, or this would have been a five star read for me.
February 6, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/18...
This volume started out really strong. And then Tieri came on board and I won't say that it is his worst writing but it is obvious that he isn't up to snuff with Claremont (even on Claremont's worst days). The story just sort of falls flat and falls apart. Boring action, bad characterization.
In Tieri's defense, I think he handled the conversation between Juggernaut and Black Tom well. It's just everything else that led up to that was pretty much awful.
This volume started out really strong. And then Tieri came on board and I won't say that it is his worst writing but it is obvious that he isn't up to snuff with Claremont (even on Claremont's worst days). The story just sort of falls flat and falls apart. Boring action, bad characterization.
In Tieri's defense, I think he handled the conversation between Juggernaut and Black Tom well. It's just everything else that led up to that was pretty much awful.
May 28, 2019
The team goes into the past, they squabble, and Juggernaut seeks out Cyttorak to get to the bottom of why he's losing his power and learns a thing or two of previous Juggernauts. Overall it was fine. I wouldn't say the bickering amongst the team is over the top, but it was slightly enough to be grating. Always good to see Dane as the Black Knight.
August 16, 2019
I thought the Camelot storyline was great. Excellent for fans who recall Brian and Dane being in Otherworld’s Camelot from the old Captain Britain stories. I kept waiting on elves (and maybe even old Jackdaw). I thoroughly enjoyed the story. The Juggernaut seeking redemption story arc was well told and introduced me to a little more history of the character.
August 9, 2025
Updated Review for 2025 X-Reread:
As someone who isn't a huge fan of Excalibur, and who thinks Frank Tieri is one of the worst writers to ever work on an X-Men related title, this was never going to be one of my favorite books.
While I didn't enjoy it, it's still probably the least terrible Frank Tieri book I've read. The dialog is atrocious, and the pacing is off, but it's no worse than the Chuck Austen X-Men and Exiles run that it's splintered off from, and it's no sillier than any Chris Claremont Excalibur book.
The first issue, which was written by Claremont and Yost is a decent end to the storyline from the previous collection of New Excalibur, and I'm unsure why it's in this volume and not that one.
Tieri's first story arc sees Chamber return as part of the Apocalypse cult last seen in Peter Milligan's trashfire, X-Men: Blood of Apocalypse. It's fine.
Story arc two is where the volume gets its title as Pete Wisdom and crew get involved with The Black Knight and end up back in Ye Old Camelot days. I hate these types of stories but, again, I didn't find this one any worse than Claremont's ridiculous Ye Olde storylines, so if you liked any of those, this may appeal to you.
The final section continues the ongoing story of Juggernaut's ongoing redemption. I strongly disliked it. I like the direction its pointing Juggernaut, Wisdom, and some of the other characters in but the dialog is terrible and I only are about any of these characters because of previous storylines.
Regarding the "Dazzler died. But it didn't stick. How is that possible?" tagline on the back of the book, referenced in my previous review: I think they meant Psylocke. There is somewhat of an explanation for Psylocke's death and reappearance. Dazzler was only dead for a few minutes in an earlier Excalibur book, and it isn't even mentioned in this one.
***
Original 2018 Review:
The copy from the back of the book says "Dazzler died, but for some reason, it didn't stick. How is that possible? Dazzler and her new teammates attempt to find out what happened, and the answer will shock you."
It won't.
This continues to be a really dull portion of the X-Men universe filled with dated dialog. It was a struggle to continue reading it.
As someone who isn't a huge fan of Excalibur, and who thinks Frank Tieri is one of the worst writers to ever work on an X-Men related title, this was never going to be one of my favorite books.
While I didn't enjoy it, it's still probably the least terrible Frank Tieri book I've read. The dialog is atrocious, and the pacing is off, but it's no worse than the Chuck Austen X-Men and Exiles run that it's splintered off from, and it's no sillier than any Chris Claremont Excalibur book.
The first issue, which was written by Claremont and Yost is a decent end to the storyline from the previous collection of New Excalibur, and I'm unsure why it's in this volume and not that one.
Tieri's first story arc sees Chamber return as part of the Apocalypse cult last seen in Peter Milligan's trashfire, X-Men: Blood of Apocalypse. It's fine.
Story arc two is where the volume gets its title as Pete Wisdom and crew get involved with The Black Knight and end up back in Ye Old Camelot days. I hate these types of stories but, again, I didn't find this one any worse than Claremont's ridiculous Ye Olde storylines, so if you liked any of those, this may appeal to you.
The final section continues the ongoing story of Juggernaut's ongoing redemption. I strongly disliked it. I like the direction its pointing Juggernaut, Wisdom, and some of the other characters in but the dialog is terrible and I only are about any of these characters because of previous storylines.
Regarding the "Dazzler died. But it didn't stick. How is that possible?" tagline on the back of the book, referenced in my previous review: I think they meant Psylocke. There is somewhat of an explanation for Psylocke's death and reappearance. Dazzler was only dead for a few minutes in an earlier Excalibur book, and it isn't even mentioned in this one.
***
Original 2018 Review:
The copy from the back of the book says "Dazzler died, but for some reason, it didn't stick. How is that possible? Dazzler and her new teammates attempt to find out what happened, and the answer will shock you."
It won't.
This continues to be a really dull portion of the X-Men universe filled with dated dialog. It was a struggle to continue reading it.
March 13, 2012
I was pretty pleased with this one. I wish I had gotten a hold of the first volume first, but regardless this was a pretty good read.
Not sure if I would have liked it so much if I wasn't already so familiar with decades worth of Marvel history though. There were a ton of jokes in here that were pretty funny, but like I just said I wouldn't have gotten if I hadn't read so much of the comics.
My only real complaint was how quickly stories jumped from one to another. There were probably 4 or 5 story arcs in here and there was no lead in the story telling between them. You just start in the next story with no real explanation for how they got there in that situation.
Not sure if I would have liked it so much if I wasn't already so familiar with decades worth of Marvel history though. There were a ton of jokes in here that were pretty funny, but like I just said I wouldn't have gotten if I hadn't read so much of the comics.
My only real complaint was how quickly stories jumped from one to another. There were probably 4 or 5 story arcs in here and there was no lead in the story telling between them. You just start in the next story with no real explanation for how they got there in that situation.
June 30, 2012
Excalibur go back to Camelot and Cain deals with some personal problems. This promised so much but was not as good as I'd hoped. Excalibur meeting King Arthur should have been a lot more fun. However, it was still a decent read, and the Cain storyline more than made up for it.
August 2, 2015
Last days of Camelot.
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