Excalibur #124
“Someone”
Writer: Ben Raab
Pencils: Dale Eaglesham
Inks: Scott Hanna
Colours: Kevin Tinsely
Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
Editing: Frank Pittarese & Jason White
Original publication date: September 1998
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] [/et_pb_code][et_pb_button button_url=”https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/8590/excalibur_1988_124″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”marvel unlimited link” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#ef00db” button_border_width=”8px” button_border_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” button_letter_spacing=”2px” button_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” button_use_icon=”off” custom_margin=”30px|||” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”25px” box_shadow_blur=”45px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(148,166,191,0.25)” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”My Books Section” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”23px|||||” custom_padding=”100px||100px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”-78px|auto||auto||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||7px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]A certain someone called Zack Jenkins, aka the cohost of the Battle of the Atom podcast, aka the former EiC of ComicsXF, aka the Bad Boy of X-Men podcasting, joins us to fete Excalibur #124, “Someone,” featuring bachelor and bachelorette parties and much bacchanalia and the return of several somones, but unfortunately, only one of those someones gets creamed.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="Reflections on new beginnings:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_hoxpox.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“HoXPoX resonated because it was interesting, compelling—and a little bit dangerous.” -Zack
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On tone:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_quiet-and-zany.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“This issue has quiet moments, with people having their feelings, but also those zany moments Alan Davis moments that people really enjoyed about Excalibur.” -Zack
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="-16px|auto||auto||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On making it look right:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_Eaglesham.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="0px|||||" global_colors_info="{}"]“I like having Dale Eagelsham on pencils here, doing his best Alan Davis impression.” -Anna
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On the guest list:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_calvin.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“It’s a bit weird that Calvin gets to go to the bachelor party—this guy they found in a basement yesterday.” -Mav
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On cake:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_feron.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“I remembered Feron being covered with icing in this panel, and am concerned to realize I remembered it wrong.” -Anna
[/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title="On callbacks:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_sex-farce.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“They’ve got two issues left, and they’re trying to recapture some of that Excalibur sex farce magic to the best of their ability.” -Mav
[/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title="On accidents:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_colossus.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“There’s an interesting story unfolding, almost accidentally, around Colossus in this issue.” -Andrew
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_team_member name="Want more Zack Jenkins?" image_url="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/124_bota.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]You shouldn’t try to find Zack on the interwebs, but you should find him every week on the Battle of the Atom podcast, where he and co-host Adam Reck are ranking every X-Men story that’s ever existed.
You can also find him talking Nate Grey on the Cerebro podcast!
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-107px|||||” custom_padding=”80px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-63px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]And as usual:
You can find Anna on Twitter (@peppard_anna) and at Sequential Scholars (@seqscholars).
You can find Andrew on Twitter (@ClaremontRun) and at Sequential Scholars.
You can find Mav on Twitter (@chrismaverick) and on his podcast, VoxPopcast (@VoxPopcast).
Enjoy!
-GGW Team
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