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Excalibur #38 “Out on a Limbo” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils and inks: Mark Badger Colours: Brad Vancata Letters: Spike Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: June 1991 Join Anna, Mav, and Andrew plus special guest Lisa, Nocturne’s BFF and co-host of the Nightcrawler-centric Simply Amazing podcast, to talk Kurt/Wanda, Wanda/Vision, histories of fandom, Wolverine & the X-Men, Nightscrawlers, Talia…

Excalibur #37 “House Call” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils and inks: Mark Badger Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos  Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: May 1991 The sages foretold: lo, there will come a story, told in three parts, in which jokes are stale and motives are baffling. Nobody likes it; nobody wanted it. Yet…

Excalibur #36 “Xs and Os” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: Davis Ross Inks: Al Milgrom Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Chris Eliopoulos  Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: April 1991 We’re (still!) back and so’s our first returning guest, Dr. Michael Hancock, talking what makes a bad comic re: Excalibur #36, “Xs and Os!” It’s a teamup/throwdown with Silver Sable…

Excalibur #35 “Heart-breaker” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencils: David Ross Inks: Al Milgrom Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Ken Lopez Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: March 1991 We’re back! And debating the merits of punchable problems in Excalibur #35, “Heartbreaker,” with comics scholar Dr. Jocelyn Sakal Froese! With their help, we apply a graphic medicine framework to an issue…

Excalibur #34 “School Spirit” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils and inks: Ron Wagner Colours: John Wilcox Letters: Michael Heisler Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: February 1991 Well, this is it. The end of “Girls’ School from Heck” and the Claremont era of Excalibur. But we’re going out with a bang and our pom-poms raised high, as…

Excalibur #33 “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils and inks: Ron Wagner Colours: John Wilcox Letters: Tim Harkins Editor: Terry Kavanagh  This week, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are going back to school (again) with Excalibur #33, “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” part two of “Girls’ School from Heck!” And now that we’re…

Excalibur #32 “Someone Will Die for This!” Writer: Chris Claremont Pencils & inks: Ron Wagner Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tim Harkins Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: December 1990 A little late for “Back to School” but just in time for the comics studies + girlhood studies + Excalibur matchup of your dreams, it’s Anna, Mav, and…

Excalibur #31 “No Man is an Island” Writer: Scott Lobdell Pencil: David Ross Inks: Al Milgrom Colours: Brad Vancata Letters: Ken Lopez Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: November 1990 Don’t let the title fool you—some men are islands, and those islands claim Krakoa as a father and have sworn revenge on Nightcrawler! That’s right—it’s time to…

Excalibur #30 “‘Twas a Dark and Stormy Night” Writer: Dana Moreshead Pencils: David Ross Inks: Al Milgrom Colours: Brad Vancata Letters: Brad Joyce Editor: Terry Kavanagh Original publication date: October 1990 Sink your teeth into an early Halloween spectacular as vampire expert Dr. Cait Coker, editor of The Global Vampire, joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to…

Excalibur #29 “Dream a Little Dream” Writer: Michael Higgins Pencils: Chris Wozniak Inks: Josef Rubinstein Colours: Glynis Oliver Letters: Tom Orzechowski  Editor: Terry Kavanagh  Original publication date: October 1990 It’s a dreamy pod-friends reunion as the multitalented Wayne Wise, co-founder and co-host of VoxPopcast, joins Anna, Mav, and Andrew to say “weird” a dozen plus times about Excalibur #29,…