{"id":8255,"date":"2023-05-13T12:07:13-04:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T16:07:13+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goshgollywow.com\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:03:50-05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:03:50+00:00","slug":"excalibur-95-amplified-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/2023\/05\/13\/excalibur-95-amplified-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Excalibur #95: \u201cAmplified Heart\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Excalibur #95<\/h4>\n<h1>\u201cAmplified Heart\u201d<\/h1>\n<p>Writer: Warren Ellis<\/p>\n<p>Pencils: Carlos Pacheco<\/p>\n<p>Inks: Bob Wiacek<\/p>\n<p>Colours: Joe Rosas<\/p>\n<p>Letters: Richard Starkings &amp; Comicraft<\/p>\n<p>Editor: Suzanne Gaffney<\/p>\n<p>Original publication date: March 1996<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Excalibur #95: \u201cAmplified Heart\u201d\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=bg5zv-1409750-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>All that simmering tension had to come to a head sometime, and what better time than this time, in a comic about the most emo Omega mutant? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/adam.reck\/?hl=en\">Adam Reck<\/a>, writer, artist, and co-host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsxf.com\/category\/podcasts\/battle-of-the-atom\/\">Battle of the Atom<\/a> podcast, descends from the heavens to cross swords and shoot psi-blasts at <em>Excalibur<\/em> #95, \u201cAmplified Heart,\u201d talking Pacheco influences, rad sequences, 90s pursuance, and where Nate Grey ranks on the list of worst X-Men.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like they\u2019re retelling the story of the X-Men franchise to frame the entire universe around X-Man and it\u2019s such a hilarious project.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been joking a lot about X-Man, but seriously&#8211;probably the least interesting part of the Age of Apocalypse storyline he came out of is him.\u201d -Mav<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCable and X-Man are both definitive 90s characters, but where Cable is all 90s excess\u2026 Nate Grey is that Gambit-type of broody emo guy with floppy 90s hair.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know a lot of people have a lot of affection for this era of Excalibur, and I think Carlos Pacheco\u2019s art is a big part of that.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do really feel bad for the Excalibur team here that they have to deal with Nate.\u201d -Adam<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtists like Pacheco brought a sense of design, fun, and approachability back into superhero comics with a cartoonist sensibility\u2026 choices are made to breathe life into the drawing and make you want to be a part of the image as opposed to marveling at its proficiency.\u201d -Mav<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCarlos Pacheco is more expressive than Jim Lee but also has a good sense of anatomy and perspective\u2026 he uses interesting camera angles and when he draws an outstretched hand, you can see every single like joint in the fingers.\u201d Adam<\/p>\n<p>You can find him on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arthurstacy\">@arthurstacy<\/a>) and ranking all the X-Men stories that are fit to rank with Zachary Jenkins and a bevy of big-name guests over at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/m\/ComicsXF\">Battle of the Atom Podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adam also makes awesome art and comics! You can often find him contributing lewks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsxf.com\/2021\/07\/05\/redesigning-jubilee\/\">ComicsXF&#8217;s redesign series<\/a>, featuring new costumes for old favs! 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