Excalibur Special Edition [1st Printing]
(1987)

Marvel, 1987 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
3.25 USD; 4.25 CAD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1987-12-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
ISBN
0-87135-337-7 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
7148602711975
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Terry Kavanagh (credited) (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
Cardstock Glossy cover; Glossy interior
Binding
square bound
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

Cover only says "Excalibur". Title page says "The Sword is Drawn". First and second printings have "by Claremont, Davis and Neary" in red on the cover.

Third printing was published as Excalibur The Sword Is Drawn (Marvel, 1988 series).

One of the later printings is dated March 1989.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[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
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Excalibur: Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Meggan; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]
Technet (Multiverse): Bodybag (Multiverse); Ferro (Multiverse); Gatecrasher (Multiverse); Joyboy (Multiverse); Scatterbrain (Multiverse); Thug (Multiverse)
Warwolves
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Excalibur Special Edition (Marvel, 1987 series) [1st Printing] Cover Thumbnail for Excalibur Special Edition (1987 series) [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Excalibur Special Edition (1987 series) [2nd Printing] Cover Thumbnail for Excalibur The Sword Is Drawn (1988 series) [3rd Printing]
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The Sword is Drawn (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Reprints

The Sword is Drawn (Table of Contents: 2)

Excalibur / comic story / 48 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Alan Davis (credited)
Inks
Paul Neary (credited); Mark Farmer (credited) (inks assistance)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kitty Pryde. Toss-turn Fidget to and fro Tick-tock, the clock --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Excalibur (mainstream): Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (mainstream) (joins the team); Lockheed (mainstream) (joins the team); Meggan (mainstream) (joins the team); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (mainstream) (joins the team); Phoenix [Rachel Summers] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (joins the team); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (mainstream) (joins the team)
Technet (Multiverse): Bodybag (Multiverse) (villain, first appearance); China Doll (Multiverse) (villain, first appearance); Ferro (Multiverse) (villain, first american appearance, death); Gatecrasher (Multiverse) (villain, first american appearance); Joyboy (Multiverse) (villain, first appearance); Ringtoss (Multiverse) (villain, first american appearance); Scatterbrain (Multiverse) (villain, first appearance as Scatterbrain); Thug (Multiverse) (villain, first american appearance); Waxworks (Multiverse) (villain, first appearance); Yap "Bonebag" (Multiverse) (villain, first american appearance)
X-Men (mainstream): Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (mainstream) (picture); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (mainstream) (picture); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (mainstream) (picture); Havok [Alex Summers] (mainstream) (picture); Longshot (Mojoverse) (picture); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (mainstream) (TV screen); Rogue [Anna Marie] (mainstream) (picture); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (mainstream) (picture); Wolverine [Logan] (mainstream) (picture)
King Arthur (mainstream) (image); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (mainstream) (picture); Opal Luna Saturnyne (Earth-9) (holographic transmission); Warwolves (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Mojoverse
Synopsis
The forming of the team, Excalibur.
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Indexer Notes

First appearance of Excalibur. Leads directly into the Excalibur (Marvel, 1988 series).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Widget / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alan Davis
Inks
Paul Neary
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Kate Pryde-Rasputin (Days of Future Past - Earth-811); Widget [Kate Pryde-Rasputin]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Located on back cover.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Excalibur
  2. 1. The Sword is Drawn
  3. 2. The Sword is Drawn
    Excalibur
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Widget
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