29. Excalibur vol 1 #1 & 2 ... Marvel ...

There was a time waaaaay back in time when a new comics ongoing title is something to be looked forward to eagerly ... and not to be met with moans of "Another spin off?" "When will it be cancelled or relaunched?"

And during those days, the house of M's mutants was reigning the top of the charts for years. And this, Excalibur was one of its few spin offs. Following the events of the Mutant Massacre, three of the X-team needed time out to recuperate and though not fully well yet, they somehow found themselves in the UK

The 3 X-people are Shadowcat, Nightcrawler and Phoenix. The 2 still recovering are Shadowcat and Crawler and Phoenix is Rachel at the height of her powers and always dressed in second skin-tight red spiky yummilicious outfit

Anyway, in the UK, they naturally ended up with Captain Britain in his second uniform (loads of white) and his love, Meggan who can shape shift and do a whole host of other stuff

The best thing about this series? Both art and story are a treat! Just check out the cover. It's perfect! Not too cartoony and not too serious. Same goes with the writing. The threat in this first 2 issues is Warwolves. Those silver coloured animals that look metallic who is going around eating the essence of humans and donning their skins as disguises. Why are they doing this? What other powers do they have? That is what Excalibur must find out

And all this is happening even as the team is just trying to adjust to each other and move home to a lighthouse in a remote part of UK

Ratings (8/10)