I have not seen of these in a while and I think it is a good time for another "If You Wrote Comics thread" and this time just imagine if Marvel gave you full reign to do anything you want to with Excalibur. A couple of writers in Marvel seem interested in an Excalibur revival and I think with the surplus of characters in the X-men universe it would pretty good idea to have Excalibur book around again. So feel free to write out what you'd do to Excalibur, their rogue's gallery, and supporting characters and maybe figure out what new direction you want to take Excalibur in or maybe something that will renew Excalibur for the modern era and fix a problem or two that may exist.
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* As small side note what make this these threads fun is details. So while a roster is cool why you are putting that person on the roster is way better for the topic
So here is my attempt which is decent example
Creative team
Writer Jordan White
Penciler Carmen Nunez Carnero
Roster
Psylocke- With her being in her old body again with gazillion X-men around a think that a book like this would be a great place for to be in and get use. She would be a good choice co-leader with Nightcrawler
NightCrawler- I think since coming back to life Nightcrawler hasn't really had a solid role in the X-men and if the X-men can't use him right Excalibur certainly can. A co leadership with Psylocke is better than what is happening with him now.
Prestige-With Jean around she is going to be overshadowed this would be a great place and she is one of the staple members in Excabilur history.
Banshee- He is alive and this just seems like a good fit on the team.
Meggan- Excalibur staple I am not super high on her but her presence makes it feel like an Excalibur book. As you will see later there is another character I strongly consider over her
Colossus- Another character that feels like they aren't being used quite right on the X-men. I think being able to do more stories in Russia and European setting would be better for the character
Thunderbird III
Dr. Faiza Hussain(Excalibur)
Blade
I would probably create new characters but since that is a little hard to pull off in a thread like this I choose a couple of underused characters and Blade. Every team needs a Wolverine and Blade is my Wolverine. Thunderbird has the Psylocke connection, Dr. Faiza Hussain is an interesting character and is the wielder of the legendary sword.
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Side Characters
Scarlet Witch- Almost put her on the main roster, I would want this book to have success and using big names always helps. She is a big gun I think this X-book team would be the best fit for her. I think Nightcrawler and her had good chemistry in the cartoon. Plus I am going to ignore the retcon so she would bring classic Magneto shenanigans as well.
Captain Britain- I think he is an important character but I would want him around sparingly
Pete Wisdom- I like his tie to MI-13 and history with the squad.
Kitty Pryde- I almost thought about putting her on the team, She has enough ties with everyone to where she would be a good fit
Villians
Azazel, Juggernaut and Black Tom Cassidy, Proteus, Mojo, Morgan le Fay, Dracula
Nothing really special about this group of characters couple of classic X-men villains and mystical threats.
The Pitch
X-men in Europe? I don't have a super pitch for this book. The X-universe has room and the characters for this and stories have always come from an American perspective. It is nice to see the concept explore from a different lens than the American perspective.
Problems with past books
The Roster Excalibur gets a little too cute with the roster makeup,The concept works but they forget that star power is needed. As long the book remembers to keep characters the fans will come to see the book should do good.
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