Posted by James Hunter on 12/29/2005, 1:45 pm, in reply to "Re: "New Excalibur" #2 (No Spoilers)" --Previous Message-- I agree, and it works, Claremont always seems to focus on his female characters (whatever title he works on) and Ray and Kitty he can make work without being annoying (something he manages with only a few other characters). Claremont understands those females and has never gone o0verboard with their power levels which is a good thing IMHO. The Cross-Time Caper was one of the best arcs of the old seris though, IMHO :-) : Which is why I think it is appropriate the I agree for the mos part, but I have to say I won't miss betsy. That's NO because I dislike the character but rather that I just haven't felt she's fit (or achieved anything, for want of a better word!) in this arc. I like her in Uncanny, personally. : Still, I like what Claremont is doing, and I Yep, it's trying and Claremont is kind of following a pattern that worked and he's managing not to repeat his old stories, too blatantly, which I consider a good thing :-) : Long Live Excalibur! I'll definitely second that motion! Cheers. James.
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: --Previous Message--
: Some of them are sticking around though
: (I'll
: miss Kurt!) which is a good thing, as so
: much of the line-up works!.
:
: Over-all I agree with you that this was a
: superb issue (it was IMHO anyway!) and I
: have high hopes for this series!)
:
: Cheers.
:
: James.
:
:
: I recently acquired a good chunk of the
: Claremont/Davis issues of
: "Excalibur" that I was missing
: (mostly consisting of the "Cross Time
: Caper"), and as I read them now it
: strikes me how key Kitty and Ray were to the
: book in those days. Kurt was (as always)
: the fun character, and Brian gets a lot of
: face time due to how much of the series tied
: in with his mythos, but looking at them now,
: its apparent that Kitty and Ray are the main
: characters.
: roles they end up in "New
: Excalibur" #2. Its obvious that
: Claremont likes these two gals and handles
: them and their relationship really well. So
: it is a little disappointing that they more
: than likely be gone (along with Kurt, Betsy,
: and Lockheed) after next issue.
: of course am happy to see Brian and Pete
: kicking around. And hey, the lineup still
: has two non-mutants in it (Brian and Cain),
: so that's at least trying to be like the old
: Excal!
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