GGW: Excalibur #117: “Amendments”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Mel Rubi Inks: Rob Hunter Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: February 1998 This week, we’re doing what we do every week, which is celebrating the most unique bond any two beings can possible share—the bond of FRIENDSHIP. But…

Excalibur #116: “Death in Venice”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Mel Rubi Inks: Rob Hunter Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: January 1998 We’re fighting for our lives in the present when we’re not flashing back to our uncanny pasts in Excalibur #116, “Death in Venice”! Our guest, comics…

Excalibur #115: “Missionaries”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Mel Rubi Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: December 1997 We’re on a mission to understand Moira’s off-panel decision to finally confront the dangling plot thread of the Legacy Virus in Excalibur #115, “Missionaries.” Thankfully, we’ve…

Excalibur #114: “For the One I Love”

Writer: Ben Raab Penciler: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: November 1997 Pete Wisdom is a right bastard in Excalibur #114, “For the One I Love.” But that’s good news for returning guest Dr. Keith Friedlander,…

Excalibur #113: “Faith”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsley Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson, Kelly Corvese & Jason White Original publication date: October 1997 This week, we’re definitely not making Bove/Bova puns as returning guest, comics scholar Bryan Bove, joins us to wonder why we’re in…

Excalibur #112: “Survival”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Pete Woods Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: August 1997 This week, Pete and Kurt get clubby and Colossus and Meggan get chilly as we all try to survive Excalibur #112, “Survival,” in which Meggan forgets she…

Excalibur #111: “Broken Vows”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Rob Stotz Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: August 1997 This week, we’re still in Hong Kong, doing dinner and drinking in between crying in the rain and throwing emotional and physical knives at our friends in Excalibur…

Excalibur #110: “Hearts Bled Crimson”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larocca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: June 1997 We’re back spending probably too much time and effort unpacking Salvador Larocca’s choices which are sometimes weird but definitely choices in Excalibur #110,…

Excalibur -1: “A True and Terrible Sacrifice”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Casey Jones and Rob Haynes Inks: Nathan Massengill, Rob Haynes and Casey Jones Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft Editor: Paul Tutrone Original publication date: July 1997 Welcome, to the “Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! Podcast,” the podcast where we talk about the Marvel comics series Excalibur, and…

Excalibur #109: “Dragon Moon Rising”

Writer: Ben Raab Pencils: Salvador Larroca Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely & Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft & Kiff Scholl Editors: Matt Idelson & Paul Tutrone Original Publication date: May 1997 In the beginning, there were no scholarly books about superhero comics. And then there was Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology,…