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Excalibur #31
Issue(s): Excalibur #31
Cover Date: Nov 90
Title: "No man is an island (but no island is a man either so it works out)"
Credits:
Scott Lobdell - Writer
David Ross - Penciler
Al Milgrom - Inker
Kelly Corvese - Assistant Editor
Terry Kavanagh - Editor
Review/plot:
This is Scott Lobdell's first issue of Excalibur. After a number of fill-ins, Chris Claremont will return next issue for a 3-part Kitty Pryde story, and then Scott Lobdell will effectively be the book's regular writer until Alan Davis returns with issue #42. The art team for this issue is the same as last issue's, and this story also acknowledges last issue by having Nightcrawler attempting to take a vacation per Dr. Strange's recommendation.
I don't know where Nightcrawler thought he was going, but he winds up crash landing on the island where the new X-Men had their first mission, and he meets the Son of Krakoa.
The natives of the island now worship the X-Men.
We didn't see any natives in Giant-Size X-Men #1, but there was a temple, so presumably there were natives. It also seemed like the entire island was launched into space at the end of that issue, but apparently something was left behind.
The natives are also into human sacrifice.
Specifically, they are fed to Krakoa's son.
Krakoa's son calls himself Vega-Superior, which i thought was meant to be the name of his species, like homo superior, but i guess it's actually his name.
He makes Nightcrawler fight the Vega-Men, clones of the X-Men.
I like that the Nightcrawler clone says "Bumph" when it "teleports".
Nightcrawler eventually figures out that Vega-Superior's powers are tied to the island, and he lures the creature into the water, where it is defeated. Then the rest of Excalibur show up to rescue Nightcrawler.
This is really a Nightcrawler solo story, but in the beginning we also see Meggan taking on the form of some surrounding seagulls and wondering if she is cut out for super-heroing.
Quality Rating: C
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A
References:
- The original Krakoa was launched into space by the X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1. No mention of the fact that the original was concurrently appearing in Quasar #13-16.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
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Comments
As a kid, I thought "bumph" was utterly hilarious.
Fnord, I never assumed that this was the same island the X-Men fought Krakoa on. I always assumed that this was a NEARBY island that the spore landed on.
This issue seemingly contradicts Brubaker's later retcon that Krakoa was not intelligent. Marvel "explained" the discrepancy by saying that Xavier really did use his telepathy to create the illusion that Krakoa was intelligent but Krakoa just COINCIDENTALLY really did have an intelligent son.
The 'I almost forgot' makes it even funnier!
I like that Wolverine has a small head for worship on the island. They are apparently the only people on Earth who don't think Wolverine is totally awesome ;)
Nice to know that Scott Lobdell didn't make a mess out of EVERYTHING X-related.
I was thinking the same thing about the Deadly Genesis retcon, Michael.
I really liked Scott Lobdell's early work on Excalibur. It was fun and exciting and he finally gave the series a semi-consistency after several totally-unrelated fill-in issues.
That was a ridiculously fun issue.
Wolverine's head is probably the same size as the others, it's just the perspective (which makes Cyclops' head horribly huge, too). I assume the other head in the background is Sunfire's.
