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Excalibur Volume 1 (Marvel Comics, 1988–2021)
Marvel’s mutant “otherworld” epic, Excalibur spins out of the late-’80s X-Men era and pivots hard into a uniquely British blend of superhero action, fantasy, satire, and dimension-hopping weirdness. Built around Captain Britain and a rotating cast of X-Men and allies, the series became the home for wild alternate realities, dream-logic adventures, and Arthurian-scale mythology—while still keeping the emotional core of found-family mutant drama.
The original Excalibur series launched in 1988 and ran through 1998, defining the team’s identity as the X-title that could go anywhere—comedy one month, tragedy the next, then straight into cosmic fantasy. Chris Claremont established the foundation, and Alan Davis became one of the most closely associated creators with the book, helping cement its tone: heroic, romantic, strange, and surprisingly heartfelt beneath the madness.
After the ’90s run, the name returned in the mid-2000s with a new ongoing (often referred to as Volume 2), followed by New Excalibur, which leaned more directly into modern X-Men continuity while keeping the Captain Britain/UK backbone.
In 2019, Excalibur returned again during the Krakoa era as a full-on mutant fantasy series, tying Betsy Braddock’s Captain Britain legacy to Otherworld politics, magic, and mutant nation-building. This volume pushed the title’s signature “myth meets mutants” identity to the forefront, making it one of the defining mystical corners of modern X-Men storytelling.
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