Excalibur #5 [Direct]
(February 1989)

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
1988-10-04
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Terry Kavanagh (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

This One's Gonna Kill You (Table of Contents)

Excalibur / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis (signed as Alan Davis)
Inks
Paul Neary (signed as Neary)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Crazy Gang: Executioner; Jester; Knave; Red Queen; Tweedledope
Excalibur: Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Lockheed; Meggan; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
Arcade; Miss Locke
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Excalibur (Marvel, 1988 series) #5 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Excalibur (1988 series) #5 [Newsstand]
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Send in the Clowns! (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
Courtney Ross... ...world class banker.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Crazy Gang: Executioner (villain); Jester (villain); Knave (villain); Red Queen (villain); Tweedledope (villain)
Excalibur: Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Lockheed; Meggan; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
Arcade (villain); Mister Chambers (villain); Miss Locke (villain); Opul Lun Sat-Yr-Nin (Earth-794); Courtney Ross (death); Dai Thomas
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Excalibur races around Murderworld trying to survive, rescue Courtney and switch their bodies back with the Crazy Gang. Kitty pulls Arcade into Murderworld to join the fun. After things return to normal, Saturnyne shows up to replace Courtney.
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[Captain Britain] (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Britain / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis (signed as Alan Davis [stacked])
Inks
Paul Neary (signed as Neary)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Located on back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. This One's Gonna Kill You
    Excalibur
  2. 1. Send in the Clowns!
    Excalibur
  3. 2. [Captain Britain]
    Captain Britain
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