X-Men: Excalibur Classic, Vol. 3 - Cross Time Caper, Book 1
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Giving Claremont a second look, for lack of anything better to do
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For a brief period in the very late 80s - early 90s, I gave up on comics, and Chris Claremont was one of the reasons. I couldn't come to grips with the fact that my one-time favorite writer - god-like scribe of Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men - had sunk to such rambling plots, overwritten dialogue, and insipid humor. I hesitantly hopped on board with Excalibur from the start, and I could already see the cracks. No matter how much I liked Captain Britain, or how much I loved Alan Davis' beautiful artwork, I just couldn't take it anymore. So almost 20 years later, Marvel is reprinting the series in color, and my growing need for anything involving Alan Davis pulls me back in for another try at this dreaded Claremont series. EXCALIBUR CLASSIC VOLUME 3: THE CROSS-TIME CAPER BOOK 1 collects Excalibur #12 - 20, the first part of the team's interdimensional odyssey, where they visit a number of alternate Earths for all kinds of crazy pointless adventures. To this day, it seems as if Claremont relied on this device because he was looking for an easy way to crank out plots, but it's not quite as bad this time around... likely because comics in general have become so much worse since then. There are appearances by the Technet, Jamie Braddock, and a truly twisted version of the Marvel Universe that was actually the best story in the book.
Unfortunately, Davis doesn't provide the pencils for all Cross-Time Caper episodes, and the trade ends with an unwelcome oddity: a flashback which is made to look like a huge battle between Phoenix and Captain Britain, but is really quite pointless. When I originally read the Excalibur series, I had quit by about the middle of this collection. Rereading it doesn't give me much hope for the rest of the story, but we'll see. This time I'll at least complete the story - enjoying it is a different matter. |
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