New Excalibur #6 - Marvel

This is yet another off shoot of the X-men. But we got some great characters here. So far we have, Captain Britain, Sage, Dazzler, Juggernaut, Nocturne and Pete Wisdom from MI-13. Is that a future Tom Cruise movie? Probably! Anyways, this is another fun book. We're early in the series so they're still focusing on some of the character developement. We get to see some in this issue about Nocturne, Allison, and Captain Britain. We also get a guest appearance from Psylocke. Next issue Chamber is coming back. Yay!! Underneath this character developement we have the attack by the "Dark X-men". They're really the X-men from another universe that have been under the influence of the Shadow King. Yes he's returned. We find out that he was hurtled into that dimension when Betsy was killed. He took over Xavier, and turned all the X-men into his hounds. When M-Day happened, he was pulled back in to this universe. At the end of this issue, it appears that Betsy has sacrificed herself to thwart the Shadow King. I guess we'll have to wait to see how it plays out next issue. Overall a great book though. Chris Claremont writes it. Even though Christopher Yost was given credit on the cover. It says he did some additional dialogue and plotting. But from what I understand, after next issue, Chris Claremont will be at the helm full time. Fantastic!! Nobody writes the X-men better than him. This book is already good, and it has a very bright future.