Excalibur #1 [Direct]
(October 1988)

Marvel, 1988 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-06-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Terry Kavanagh (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Excalibur / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis (signed as Alan Davis)
Inks
Paul Neary (signed as Neary)
Colors
?
Letters
Ken Lopez (logo design)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Excalibur: Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Meggan; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
Warwolves
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Warwolves of London! (Table of Contents: 1)

Excalibur / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Alan Davis (credited)
Inks
Paul Neary (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Loch Daemon... ... in the Highlands of Scotland... ... a haunted place...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Excalibur: Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Meggan; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (also impersonates Phoenix)
Hellfire Club: Black Bishop [Harold Leland] (cameo flashback); Black King [Sebastian Shaw] (cameo flashback); Black Queen (cameo flashback); Black Rook [Friedrich von Roehm] (cameo flashback); Tessa (cameo flashback)
Belasco (cameo flashback); Nigel Frobisher (first appearance); Majestrix Lilandra [Lilandra Neramani] (cameo flashback); Mojo (Mojoverse) (cameo flashback); Ogun (cameo flashback); Kate Pryde-Rasputin (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Courtney Ross; Sage (cameo flashback); Dai Thomas; Tweedledope (villain); Yeoman UK [Brion Burdack] (Earth-148) (first appearance); Widget [Kate Pryde-Rasputin] (first story appearance); Crazy Gang [Jester; Red Queen; Knave; Executioner] (poster); Warwolves (villain); Ray Mulholland; Bertie; Reg; Toby; Sid; Jacko Petrie; Popsy; X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Havok; Rogue; Dazzler; Longshot; Psylocke] (photograph); Doug Ramsey (photograph); Brood (cameo flashback); Queen Ai'sha [Earth-148]; Zz'Ria [Earth-148]; Abby
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Warwolves return and begin taking bodies to use in their quest to capture Rachel. Excalibur moves into Captain Britain's lighthouse to use as a base. Kitty disguises herself as Rachel to draw out the Warwolves and ends up being captured by them.
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Indexer Notes

Continued from Excalibur Special Edition (Marvel, 1987 series) #[nn] (1987). Created by Chris Claremont & Alan Davis. Earth-148 characters from marvel.fandom.com.

[Phoenix] (Table of Contents: 2)

Phoenix / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis (signed as Alan Davis)
Inks
Paul Neary (signed as Neary)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Located on back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Excalibur
  2. 1. Warwolves of London!
    Excalibur
  3. 2. [Phoenix]
    Phoenix
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