Excalibur - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 04 Jan 2026 15:00:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Excalibur - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Our Son Pete #33: The one where Pete and Kitty break up (Excalibur #120 with Dr. Chris Maverick) https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/06/our-son-pete-33-the-one-where-pete-and-kitty-break-up-excalibur-120-with-dr-chris-maverick/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55458 Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! co-host Dr. Christopher Maverick helps Dan discuss Excalibur #120, which chronicles the breakup between Pete Wisdom and Kitty Pryde.

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]]> 55458 Our Son Pete Episode 29: The One with the Naked Gun (Excalibur #114 with Matt Lazorwitz) https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/05/our-son-pete-excalibur-114/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53693 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 29: The One with the Naked Gun (Excalibur #114 with Matt Lazorwitz) Dan’s CXF Interview Podcast co-host Matt Lazorwitz returns to talk about Excalibur #114, in which Pete reveals his past with Sari St. Hubbins. But really this episode is about the 1988 movie The Naked Gun....

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]]> 53693 Our Son Pete Ep. 32: The one with a bunch of pervy little Nightcrawlers and Nathaniel Hubbard https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/11/our-son-pete-32-excalibur-118-119/ Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51925 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 32: Excalibur #118-119 with Nathaniel Hubbard Guest Nathaniel “Hub” Hubbard (Titan up the Defense, Champions of Digression) joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #118-119, in which the bamfs are a bunch of pervy little gremlins and Nightmare has very specific rules about who he can and cannot...

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]]> 51925 Our Son Pete Episode 7: The one where Colossus beats the $#!& outta Pete https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/21/our-son-pete-excalibur-92/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51430 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 7: The one where Colossus beats the $#!& outta Pete Nola Pfau joins Dan Grote to discuss Excalibur #92, the one where Colossus beats the crap out of Pete Wisdom. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and at ComicsXF.com, where...

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]]> 51430 Our Son Pete 16: The One Where Onslaught Bums Everyone Out (with Daniel Kibblesmith) https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/07/our-son-pete-exclibur-101/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51308 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 16: Excalibur #101 with Daniel Kibblesmith Writer Daniel Kibblesmith (Archie & Friends: All Action, Netflix’s Inside Job) joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #101, in which the gang returns from their London adventure to get bummed out about Onslaught and drink from Rory’s carefully labeled iced...

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]]> 51308 Two-Face flips a coin to see what else makes the rest of our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/04/staff-picks-dec4/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51004 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Two-Face #1: After years of internal conflict, both halves...

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]]> 51004 Our Son Pete Episode 24: The one with Sal Larroca with Karen Charm https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/20/our-son-pete-24-excalibur-107/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49907 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 24: The one with Sal Larroca with Karen Charm Artist Karen Charm joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #107, in which Sal Larroca becomes the book’s hot new artist … for four issues. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music, Audible and...

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]]> 49907 Battle Of The Atom: Dream Of The Fisherman’s Wife https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/13/battle-of-the-atom-dream-of-the-fishermans-wife/ Mon, 13 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48895 The prompt was “a fine selection of Claremont tentacles, please.” So that’s what we are doing this week. Ranked This Episode

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]]> 48895 Our Son Pete Episode 13: The One Where They Blow Stuff up Real Good (with Sara Century) https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/02/our-son-pete-excalibur-98/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48442 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 13: Excalibur #98 with Sara Century Comics critic and podcaster Sara Century helps Dan unravel the mysteries of Excalibur #98, aka the one where they blow stuff up real good. Has there ever actually been a proactive X-team? Why is Excalibur stealing X-Force’s bit? Is...

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]]> 48442 Our Son Pete Episode 19: Meet the Wisdoms with Matt Lazorwitz https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/27/our-son-pete-19/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48040 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 19: Pryde & Wisdom #2 with Matt Lazorwitz WMQ&A/BatChat co-host Matt Lazorwitz joins Dan to talk about Pryde & Wisdom #2, in which Kitty meets Pete’s father and sister, and a bunch of other stuff happens because Warren Ellis is throwing idea spaghetti at the...

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]]> 48040 OUR SON PETE Episode 10: The one with Nate Grey (Excalibur #95) https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/09/our-son-pete-10-excalibur-95/ Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47621 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 10: The one with Nate Grey (Excalibur #95) In a beyond-the-paywall episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Battle of the Atom co-host and ComicsXF Publisher Emeritus Zack Jenkins joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #95, aka the one with Nate Grey, with detours into Marvel...

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]]> 47621 OUR SON PETE Episode 17: The One with Bob (Pryde & Wisdom #1) https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/02/our-son-pete-pryde-wisdom-1/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47559 WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 17: Pryde & Wisdom #1 with Brad and Lisa Gullickson In a beyond-the-paywall episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Brad and Lisa Gullickson from Comic Book Couples Counseling help Dan break down Pryde & Wisdom #1 … and end up getting distracted by Bob....

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]]> 47559 Spider-Man does a Gang War, Nightcrawler’s REAL origin and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/29/staff-picks-nov-29/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47271 Amazing Spider-Man: Gang War: First Strike #1: The super-crime landscape of New York has been on edge. This issue, they jump over that edge. What incites the war?! Who hired Shotgun and took out Tombstone? What, if anything, can Spider-Man do about it? Has there been a good or engaging Spider-man crossover since “Maximum Carnage”?...

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]]> 47271 OUR SON PETE Episode 15: The One with the Big, Round Number https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/06/wmqa-presents-our-son-pete-episode-15-the-one-with-the-big-round-number/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45627 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents OUR SON PETE Episode 15: The One with the Big, Round Number In a beyond-the-paywall episode of WMQ&A’s monthly Patreon bonus podcast, Chris Hassan of AIPT’s X-Men Monday column joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #100, the Xavier Protocols, the Wisdom-Lockheed feud and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on...

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]]> 45627 OUR SON PETE Episode 11: The One with the London Hellfire Club https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/03/wmqa-presents-our-son-pete-episode-11-the-one-with-the-london-hellfire-club/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44387 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents Our Son Pete Episode 11: The One with the London Hellfire Club Strap on your fanciest leather bondage gear, we’re starting the London Hellfire Club arc with special guest Dr. Anna Peppard (Oh Gosh, Oh Golly, Oh Wow! podcast). Together we discuss the Wisdom-Lockheed feud, the branding of spy apparatus,...

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]]> 44387 OUR SON PETE Episode 9: The One Where They Go to the Future https://comicsxf.com/2022/11/08/wmqa-presents-our-son-pete-episode-9-the-one-where-they-go-to-the-future/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43761 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents OUR SON PETE Episode 9: The One Where They Go to the Future In another beyond-the-paywall episode of WMQ&A’s monthly Patreon bonus podcast, guest Connor Goldsmith from the Cerebro podcast joins Dan to talk about Excalibur #94, “Days of Future Tense,” the one where they go to the distant year...

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]]> 43761 OUR SON PETE Episode 2: The One Where They Go to Genosha https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/23/wmqa-presents-our-son-pete-episode-2-the-one-where-they-go-to-genosha/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42560 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Presents Our Son Pete Episode 2: The One Where They Go to Genosha In the second episode of WMQ&A’s Patreon-exclusive bonus podcast dedicated to British mutant superspy Pete Wisdom – being made available beyond the paywall for all you freeloaders out there – Austin Gorton helps Dan Grote break down X-Men...

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]]> 42560 Battle Of The Atom: That’s A Baby https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/08/battle-of-the-atom-thats-a-baby/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42389 We raise our swords to talk about Excalibur this week with some wacky stories that one of us likes a lot more than the other. Who is who may surprise you. Ranked this episode: Excalibur #62-65 (Warpies Return) Excalibur #6-8 (Inferno) Excalibur: The Sword Is Drawn

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]]> 42389 Our Best X-Men Story Is “Excalibur: The Sword Is Drawn” https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/02/our-best-x-men-story-is-excalibur-the-sword-is-drawn/ Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42321 In a franchise that has run for over 50 years, there is bound to be debate about which story is “the best”. Listicles will be written, podcasts will be recorded, debate will be never ceasing. In this series, we’ve gathered ComicsXF writers to share what they personally think are their best X-Men stories ever. Excalibur:...

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]]> 42321 OUR SON PETE Episode 6: The One Where They Go to the Pub https://comicsxf.com/2022/07/12/wmqa-presents-our-son-pete-episode-6-the-one-where-they-go-to-the-pub/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41980 Dan Grote · SPECIAL: Our Son Pete Episode 6, the One Where They Go to the Pub Dan and Matt took the Fourth of July off from recording, so we’re hitting you with this special, beyond-the-paywall episode of OUR SON PETE, WMQ&A’s Patreon-exclusive Pete Wisdom bonus podcast, in which the lads talk about one of...

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]]> 41980 Castle Takes Knight in Knights of X #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/22/castle-takes-knight-in-knights-of-x-3/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41589 The Knights discover the location of the Siege Perilous, but Ⅰ of the Ⅹ must die to reach it in Knights of X #3, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Bob Quinn, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettered by Ariana Maher. Nola Pfau: Karen! It appears we have a much stronger connection this time around....

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]]> 41589 Which Knight Will Fall In Our Exclusive Preview Of Knights Of X #3? https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/16/which-knight-will-fall-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-knights-of-x-3/ Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41511 In Tini Howard and Bob Quinn’s Knights Of X we have ten mutants fighting for an Otherworld that hates and fears them. That’s a big cast but friend, it’s about to get smaller as one of the knights will die. Between the Furies (they kill superheroes) in the Crooked Market and the vampires masquerading in...

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]]> 41511 A Perilous Quest In Our Exclusive Preview Of Knights Of X #2 https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/26/a-perilous-quest-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-knights-of-x-2/ Thu, 26 May 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41120 Look, I’m going to be honest here, I had dreams, big dreams, of filling this section with jokes related to culture’s more important depiction of a grail quest. Unfortunately for me, but deeply fortunate for you, it’s been a decade since I last watched Monty Python And The Holy Grail. It’s Tini Howard, Bob Quinn...

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]]> 41120 CXF Book Report: I did the reading for Knights of X #1 so you don’t have to! https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/25/cfx-book-report-i-did-the-reading-for-knights-of-x-1-so-you-dont-have-to/ Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40280 Destiny of X is upon us, and while worldwide paper shortages are causing substantial delays for the launch of this new era of X-Men, the hype is still palpable. New #1s left and right! New jumping-on points for people who didn’t keep up with the Dawn of X but are interested in this new wave!...

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]]> 40280 Excalibur Begins in X-Men Legends #12 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/09/excalibur-begins-in-x-men-legends-12/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38332 Hurt badly in an earlier crossover event, Kate Pryde and Kurt Wagner missed out on “Fall of the Mutants,” believing the rest of their first team, the X-Men, deceased. Instead, the duo remained on Muir Isle, in no shape to fight … until they began the new super-team Excalibur. What happened to Kurt and Kate...

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