The hell is this book even about

Hey! I understood this one!I faked it til I maked with the last two volumes of Excalibur having truly no idea who anyone was or what they were doing but I totally understood what was happening in this one! So.But meanwhile everyone’s all going on about oh we gotta get Captain Britain back of Otherworld won’t talk to us and we’ll have to close the gate to Otherworld and I’m thinking hey sounds to me like you need to lose Captain Britain forever? Gang I hate Otherworld.

Ésta es una de las series que más me cuesta leer porque me aburre un poco. En esta ocasión Excalibur va en busca de Betsy Braddock quien fue muerta en el torneo organizado por Saturnyne en Otromundo. Ella vive en una realidad alternativa como reina de Inglaterra y gracias a Kwannon tratará de volver a casa cuando lo hace aparece muy cambiada y hay un retorno de Malice una mutante considerada en el grupo de las malas aunque es joven y rebelde. El último número es el de la Hellfire gala.

Well, I understood this volume more than previous ones, so that's good? On the other hand, I still didn't really enjoy it that much, oh well. A comic about magic mutants, celestial swords, and the multiverse that also riffs on D&D archetypes should be totally up my alley, but apparently not. I think my main thoughts are just 1) I did not love Kwannon having to be the emotionally mature one and save Betsy from herself when Kwannon has arguably had a WAY rougher time and should not have to deal wi...

I can't help but be dissapointed with this series. Dispite having my favorite X-man (Gambit) it it he does nothing. Psylock is my I my other favorite the reason I gave this three stars instead of two is the highlighted the difference between Psylock and Betsy Braddock.The first four issues deal with the shattering fall out from the X of Swords. Though I was expecting more action, I can't get into and of the political stuff the X-men and this title especially are becoming.In fairness this was the...

Definitivamente no es mi tipo de comic

Read as single issues.This was confusing. I feel like I am not gelling with the Excalibur characters and overarching story, more than that they aren't being served by the writer and art team. The art is gorgeous. The voices sound right. But I am just not invested in the story... and then the finish during the Hellfire Gala! Okay now THAT woke me up and got my attention. But the rest was a snoozefest for me.

Excalibur Vol. 3 is my favorite of the series so far. As the remains of the team deal with the fallout from X of Swords, it's a lot of fun to watch the multiversal goofiness hitting its stride with the reborn Captain Britain Corps. The pacing was more consistent here than in previous volumes. And I really enjoyed seeing Psylocke involved. I thought Tini Howard's approach to all the Betsy/Kwannon baggage, which could have been done so poorly, was pretty deft.

Excalibur continues to impress in terms of big ideas, genuine character development, girl power, and evocative drawings of things that are really hard to draw like psychic emanations and alternate personalities. I don't know how Tini Howard got clearance to make changes like she's Chris Claremont, but I like it. However, this arc is about one issue too long. For example, there are recaps of the X of Swords crossover, which is already mandatory reading for the title and was basically 12 issues of...

This book picks up after the X of Swords event as Excalibur deals with the aftermath of losing Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) during a duel in which Lady Saturnyne pulled some shenanigans, which resulted in the untimely "death" of our aforementioned heroine. Of course, death is rarely permanent in comic books, and never permanent with the mutants' new status quo. Like the other Excalibur volumes by Tini Howard, this one flails around somewhat aimlessly and manages to be less interesting than t...

2.5 starsThis isn’t terrible, it just continues to be kind of boring. Early on, this arc spreads out to hint at a few different threads that involve other teams and even suggest Otherworld might be used in an interesting way, and then it just devolves back into the same drab melodrama as usual around who holds the title of Captain Britain. That also involves some Psylocke-Betsy Braddock interaction that might be interesting for someone who’s read a lot of the years-old comics about their body sw...

I’m glad we are getting some Betsy/Kwannon interactions. And I appreciate that there isn’t a clean resolution to their relationship. It’s always going to be weird and they can’t just keep avoiding one another.Aside from that, art was great. There are some truly epic shots of Kwannon. I’m interested to see where Rictor goes with his magic study. Can’t wait for more Betsy and Saturnyne

Of all the teams that have the most to recover after the events of "X of Swords", Excalibur might have the hardest comeback to full strength (Yes, I know that all of the Hellions were killed, but they can be easily resurrected.). What unfolds here is yet another deep dive into the body/psyche/chaos that is Betsy Braddock/Captain Britain/Psylocke/Kwannon/etc. (If you have been an X-Men fan for a long time, you know this drama already LOL)Highlights:- Rogue, Gambit, Jubilee, and Rictor go off to O...

I know other X-men offshoot series are handling all the crossovers better than Excalibur, but this volume continues the tradition of late of just being so boring. Killing Betsy in X of Swords was interesting and the reset here is boring. Most of the Excalibur team are boring too. Rictor has maybe the clearest sense of character throughout his mini-arc, but overall I just felt that the process of reading this was far more tedious than a high fantasy take on Captain Britain should ever sink to.

Betsy Braddock is dead - long live...Betsy Braddock? What's going on here? And can Excalibur sort out their Captain Britain identity crisis long enough to get ready for the Hellfire Gala?Excalibur continues to be the most 'march to the beat of its own drum' X-book at the moment. X Of Swords was mostly a story that spun out of it, and the aftermath uses one particular plot point to really go whole-hog on Captain Britain's storyline. Again, it can get a little confusing, but it all makes sense onc...

After the events of X of Swords, Excalibur is down a member and they are searching and fighting for a way to bring her back.Betsy Braddock/Captain Britain has not returned alongside the rest of the Captain Britain Corps. So they join in the hunt. Rogue is on her way to the X-Men, Gambit might be hanging around, Rictor is still investigating Apocalypse's writings and runs into Shatterstar and Jubilee, well, she does not have much to do. Throw in Kwannon helping to find Betsy and Malice ending up

omg maggie is SO CUTE. there's a bit of same face syndrome going on here but the face is very adorable so i will allow it thank youi don't actually understand what the title of captain britain means to the british people cos most marvel stuff i've read is just set in the US (or Krakoa). is it an official job title?? inherited from king arthur?? i mean all of otherworld is *upside down question mark* to me and i still don't get why opal luna saturnyn is basically magic emma frost. speaking of, i

4.5, fantastic volume. I was previously just reading this series to know what was going on with everyone but wow this volume actually really grabbed me in. Rictors power development is fantastic to read.

I still really love Excalibur, although it kind of inarguably hits a big rough patch here. Put simply, the resolution between Betsy and Kwannon just isn’t satisfying enough. I think I can pin this on the story forcing Kwannon to be the adult in the room when she should in reality be very angry. I’m a huge Betsy fan, but part of the reason I love her is because she’s so flawed - and while I don’t think this story really absolves her, it doesn’t quite dig deep enough into her faults. That said, mo...

I really wasn't a fan of this comic through the first two volumes, but this one is terrific.The attempt to find Betsy was a great initial arc with mystery and tension.The revelations about Malice were amazing, turning a cardboard character into someone real.There were terrific interactions between Betsy and Revanche.Really, all the characters are being treated well.There's still weirdness: the focus on magic and covens that seems out of place in the SF X-Men universe.But this was a really enjoya...