Excalibur Omnibus Vol. 1
Chris Claremont · Alan Davis
Story era 05 · The Gauntlet Years
Claremont and Davis give Excalibur a playful multiversal identity through the Cross-Time Caper and the team’s later resolutions.
Book 1 of 2 in Excalibur by Claremont & Davis · 0 of 2 owned · 2,216 pages in all
Setup & reading order
Optional context & path
Useful background and earlier stops: Claremont X-Men Phase 3 — Massacre to Inferno.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
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The books
Excalibur Omnibus Vol. 1
Book 1 of 2 · The Gauntlet Years
Kitty, Kurt, Rachel, Brian, and Meggan form Excalibur and launch the Cross-Time Caper.
9781302926663Planned edition#1#1–34#1#11#427–429#31–38Excalibur #6–7 repeat in Inferno. Keep those chapters here for the team’s continuous story, or read them with the event and skip them on returning; Marvel Comics Presents #31–38 contribute only the Excalibur serial.
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Duplication · Excalibur Omnibus Vol. 1
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
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Excalibur (1988) #6Excalibur (1988) #7Things to know
Collecting rule: Start with the team-forming Special Edition in Vol. 1, then continue to Vol. 2. The late-eighties X-Men events explain the wider backdrop and remain optional context.
- Two large books include substantial multiversal detours and specials.
- Inferno repeats Excalibur #6–7 from Vol. 1.