Excalibur Annual #1
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:29 pm
EXCALIBUR ANNUAL #1 (1993)
1st story:
By Evan Skolnick, Chris Marrinan & Audwynn Newman
APPEARANCES:
Excalibur: Captain Britain, Cerise, Feron, Kylun, Meggan, Nightcrawler, Phoenix (Rachel Summers), Phoenix Force (-BTS), Shadowcat; Ghath (also in -FB), Khaos (also in -FB & -FB-FB) & his pals: Kamendae, Kromm, Longstrider, Quarto (prev 4 also in -FB)
FLASHBACKS:
Khaos is born of two royal elf families but raised in secret so no one knows he’s heir to two thrones (-FB-FB). Khaos grows up taunted by other elves because he’s different, so he learns how to fight. The world is fought over by warring factions, the largest of which is led by the magician Ghath. Khaos and his pals eventually defeat Ghath and scatter him across the multiverse. Unfortunately, Khaos learns that Ghath is still active and leaves to search for him (-FB).
SYNOPSIS:
After a week of nightmares, Cerise finally decides to go look for what’s causing them. She and Excalibur fly to a (kind of) nearby castle where they find Ghath, a magician who says he’s trying to find a way back to his home reality (Irth). Suddenly, they’re attacked by Khaos; he’s trying to kill Ghath and assumes that Excalibur are working for him. Excalibur defeats and imprisons Khaos. Later, Khaos tells Cerise. When Cerise leaves to ask Ghath about Khaos’ story (and is quickly defeated by Ghath), Khaos escapes. He returns to the castle and finds Cerise imprisoned. He’s quickly defeated by Ghath, who uses one of Khaos’ gizmos to go back to his home reality. Excalibur notices Khaos is gone and find him at the castle. They follow Ghath to Irth, meet up with Khaos’ pals and eventually defeat Ghath. However, when Excalibur return home, Khaos is pulled with them. Stuck in the wrong reality, Khaos leaves to try and find a way back home.
NOTE:
An editor’s note says this story takes place before XCAL 67 (where Captain Britain is lost in a temporal time wave). Captain Britain appears here, so that makes sense.
Phoenix is wearing the red version of Jean’s original Phoenix outfit here, so this is after XCAL 50 where she starts wearing it. Rachel falls into a coma in XCAL 50 and doesn’t wake up until XCAL 52, where she then leaves the team and goes into outer space. She doesn’t appear again until XCAL 61, where she’s still in space, and that goes through a chain of events that leads directly into XCAL 67. But it can’t go there, because by then Captain Britain’s gone. We can’t go farther back than this, because Feron’s with the group, and he wasn’t around until XCAL 48, which leads directly into XCAL 50.
There isn’t a comfortable place to put this Annual. The ONLY spot I’m seeing for it is right after XCAL 52, after Phoenix wakes up but before she leaves for space. However, it’s Phoenix in charge at the end of XCAL 52, not Rachel. Rachel is actually close to death and Phoenix is healing her, so that doesn’t quite work, either, but it’s the best solution I’m seeing. Maybe she circled back to check on Cerise’s nightmares? Yuck.
Remember how all of the 1993 Annuals introduced a new character and came bagged with a card? This Annual’s card is #19, introducing Khaos.
2nd story:
By Joey Cavalieri & David Boller
APPEARANCES:
Technet: Gatecrasher, Bodybag, China Doll, Ferro, Numbers, Ringtoss, Waxworks, Yap; Flavia & her fiancée
SYNOPSIS:
Some guy holds Numbers hostage and forces Technet to retrieve some nectar for his fiancée Flavia. The Technet gets the nectar from a bunch of giant bees and hands it over. Flavia appears and uses the nectar to cure the guy’s acne. Now they can get married!
NOTE:
The guy calls Flavia a princess, but it’s unclear if she’s actually a princess or if she’s just his princess.
Placement suggestions:
BODYBAG
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
CAPTAIN BRITAIN/BRIAN BRADDOCK
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 53
…
CERISE II [SHI'AR]
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54-FB
…
CHINA DOLL
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
FERON
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 55
…
FERRO2
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
GATECRASHER
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
GHATH | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KAMENDAE | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KHAOS | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB-FB
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KROMM | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KYLUN/COLIN MCKAY
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54-FB
…
LONGSTRIDER | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
MEGGAN/MEGGAN PUCEANU
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 53
…
NIGHTCRAWLER/KURT WAGNER
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54
…
NUMBERS
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
PHOENIX/PHOENIX FORCE/PHAL'KON/"JEAN GREY"
…
XCAL 51-BTS
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1-BTS
XCAL 61
…
PHOENIX V/RACHEL SUMMERS | DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 61
…
QUARTO | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
RINGTOSS
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
SHADOWCAT/KATHERINE "KITTY" PRYDE
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54
…
WAXWORKS
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
YAP
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
1st story:
By Evan Skolnick, Chris Marrinan & Audwynn Newman
APPEARANCES:
Excalibur: Captain Britain, Cerise, Feron, Kylun, Meggan, Nightcrawler, Phoenix (Rachel Summers), Phoenix Force (-BTS), Shadowcat; Ghath (also in -FB), Khaos (also in -FB & -FB-FB) & his pals: Kamendae, Kromm, Longstrider, Quarto (prev 4 also in -FB)
FLASHBACKS:
Khaos is born of two royal elf families but raised in secret so no one knows he’s heir to two thrones (-FB-FB). Khaos grows up taunted by other elves because he’s different, so he learns how to fight. The world is fought over by warring factions, the largest of which is led by the magician Ghath. Khaos and his pals eventually defeat Ghath and scatter him across the multiverse. Unfortunately, Khaos learns that Ghath is still active and leaves to search for him (-FB).
SYNOPSIS:
After a week of nightmares, Cerise finally decides to go look for what’s causing them. She and Excalibur fly to a (kind of) nearby castle where they find Ghath, a magician who says he’s trying to find a way back to his home reality (Irth). Suddenly, they’re attacked by Khaos; he’s trying to kill Ghath and assumes that Excalibur are working for him. Excalibur defeats and imprisons Khaos. Later, Khaos tells Cerise. When Cerise leaves to ask Ghath about Khaos’ story (and is quickly defeated by Ghath), Khaos escapes. He returns to the castle and finds Cerise imprisoned. He’s quickly defeated by Ghath, who uses one of Khaos’ gizmos to go back to his home reality. Excalibur notices Khaos is gone and find him at the castle. They follow Ghath to Irth, meet up with Khaos’ pals and eventually defeat Ghath. However, when Excalibur return home, Khaos is pulled with them. Stuck in the wrong reality, Khaos leaves to try and find a way back home.
NOTE:
An editor’s note says this story takes place before XCAL 67 (where Captain Britain is lost in a temporal time wave). Captain Britain appears here, so that makes sense.
Phoenix is wearing the red version of Jean’s original Phoenix outfit here, so this is after XCAL 50 where she starts wearing it. Rachel falls into a coma in XCAL 50 and doesn’t wake up until XCAL 52, where she then leaves the team and goes into outer space. She doesn’t appear again until XCAL 61, where she’s still in space, and that goes through a chain of events that leads directly into XCAL 67. But it can’t go there, because by then Captain Britain’s gone. We can’t go farther back than this, because Feron’s with the group, and he wasn’t around until XCAL 48, which leads directly into XCAL 50.
There isn’t a comfortable place to put this Annual. The ONLY spot I’m seeing for it is right after XCAL 52, after Phoenix wakes up but before she leaves for space. However, it’s Phoenix in charge at the end of XCAL 52, not Rachel. Rachel is actually close to death and Phoenix is healing her, so that doesn’t quite work, either, but it’s the best solution I’m seeing. Maybe she circled back to check on Cerise’s nightmares? Yuck.
Remember how all of the 1993 Annuals introduced a new character and came bagged with a card? This Annual’s card is #19, introducing Khaos.
2nd story:
By Joey Cavalieri & David Boller
APPEARANCES:
Technet: Gatecrasher, Bodybag, China Doll, Ferro, Numbers, Ringtoss, Waxworks, Yap; Flavia & her fiancée
SYNOPSIS:
Some guy holds Numbers hostage and forces Technet to retrieve some nectar for his fiancée Flavia. The Technet gets the nectar from a bunch of giant bees and hands it over. Flavia appears and uses the nectar to cure the guy’s acne. Now they can get married!
NOTE:
The guy calls Flavia a princess, but it’s unclear if she’s actually a princess or if she’s just his princess.
Placement suggestions:
BODYBAG
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
CAPTAIN BRITAIN/BRIAN BRADDOCK
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 53
…
CERISE II [SHI'AR]
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54-FB
…
CHINA DOLL
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
FERON
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 55
…
FERRO2
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
GATECRASHER
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
GHATH | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KAMENDAE | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KHAOS | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB-FB
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KROMM | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
KYLUN/COLIN MCKAY
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54-FB
…
LONGSTRIDER | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
MEGGAN/MEGGAN PUCEANU
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 53
…
NIGHTCRAWLER/KURT WAGNER
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54
…
NUMBERS
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
PHOENIX/PHOENIX FORCE/PHAL'KON/"JEAN GREY"
…
XCAL 51-BTS
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1-BTS
XCAL 61
…
PHOENIX V/RACHEL SUMMERS | DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 61
…
QUARTO | IRTH-VERSE
XCAL@ 1-FB
XCAL@ 1
RINGTOSS
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
SHADOWCAT/KATHERINE "KITTY" PRYDE
…
XCAL 51
XCAL 52
*XCAL@ 1
XCAL 54
…
WAXWORKS
…
XCAL 47
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…
YAP
…
XCAL 51
*XCAL@ 1/2
XCAL 125
…