{"id":8278,"date":"2024-01-13T10:07:05-05:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T15:07:05+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goshgollywow.com\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:18:56-05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:18:56+00:00","slug":"excalibur-122-the-search-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/2024\/01\/13\/excalibur-122-the-search-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"GGW: Excalibur #122: \u201cThe Search, Part 1\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8748\" src=\"http:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-768x1181.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-999x1536.jpg 999w, https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-1332x2048.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/clean-12-scaled.jpg 1665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Writer: Ben Raab on writing<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pencils: Dale Eaglesham<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inks: Scott Koblish<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colours: Kevin Tinsely<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letters: Richard Starkings &amp; Comicraft<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing: Frank Pittarese<br \/>\n<\/span>Original publication date: July 1998<\/p>\n<p>This week, we can\u2019t do much better than mimic enjoying <em>Excalibur<\/em> #122, \u201cThe Search, Part 1,\u201d but we\u2019re fully focused on enjoying the company as we count down our final four with returning guest <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/personofcon.bsky.social\">Dr. Michael Hancock<\/a>, here to reminiscence about his first issue of the series, purchased off the rack at the 7\/11 when he was but an impressionable teen! What\u2019ll Michael make of this one now that he has a fully developed brain? You\u2019ll have to listen to find out!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px); height: 150px;\" title=\"Excalibur #122: \u201cThe Search, Part 1\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=jyeki-154a9bd-pb&amp;from=pb6admin&amp;share=1&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0&amp;fonts=Arial&amp;skin=1&amp;font-color=auto&amp;logo_link=episode_page&amp;btn-skin=7\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>On battles:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cA lot of series culminate with a final battle against the heroes\u2019 greatest foes. This feels very underwhelming by comparison.\u201d -Michael<\/p>\n<h4>On tolerance:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who started reading X-Men comics with Operation: Zero Tolerance, I have very strong opinions on the correct use of Prime Sentinels. And this issue disappoints on that level.\u201d -Michael<\/p>\n<h4>On constraints:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cThe editorial constraints on this book are very apparent. They\u2019re on the hunt for Professor Xavier, but they\u2019re not allowed to have Xavier. They can have Mimic.\u201d -Andrew<\/p>\n<h4>On jobbing:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWe have this expectation, as fans, that the people writing comics are as fannishly invested as we are. But sometimes, that\u2019s not the case. Creators don\u2019t choose what they work on\u2014it\u2019s a job.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<h4>On returns:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a weird time to think about endings, particularly endings that involve a return to the status quo after attempts to do something different.\u201d -Anna<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Find him on Twitter\/X and Bluesky (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PersonofCon\">@PersonofCon<\/a>), and on his old pod talking comics with Anna and Andrew, <a href=\"https:\/\/threepanelcontrast.podbean.com\/\">Three Panel Contrast!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong><strong>nd as usual:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can find Anna on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peppard_anna\">@peppard_anna<\/a>) and at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sequentialscholars.com\/\">Sequential Scholars<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seqscholars\">@seqscholars<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>You can find Andrew on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaremontRun\">@ClaremontRun<\/a>) and at Sequential Scholars.<\/p>\n<p>You can find Mav on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrismaverick\">@chrismaverick<\/a>) and on his podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/voxpopcast.com\/wp\/\">VoxPopcast<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VoxPopcast\">@VoxPopcast<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>-GGW Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer: Ben Raab on writing Pencils: Dale Eaglesham Inks: Scott Koblish Colours: Kevin Tinsely Letters: Richard Starkings &amp; 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