X-Men - Die by the Sword #1 - Marvel

Ok, were getting a start to the team-up here. Two of my favorite X-Men teams, Excalibur and the Exiles. This story takes place immediately after the story in Excalibur where they free the isle of Britain from the self imposed monarch Albion. In fact they're all gathered at a party for just that purpose. Pete's still looking at Sage with suspicion. And Nocturne is still trying to recover from her stroke. But then, there's a knock at the door. Captain Britain opens the door to see his sister Betsy, whom he thought he had lost forever. She explains that she's a part of the Exiles now, and that they're in charge of watching, and fixing, all of cross-time. Shortly behind him is John Proudstar, Thunderbird. When Nocturne see him, she just goes nuts. If you read the Exiles, you know how much they used to be in love. Right up until he died. In fact, I think he gave his life for her. But then later we found out that all the Exiles that died were put in a crystalline stasis until they could be . . . . "fixed". Were also introduced to our nemesis, James Jaspers. A while ago the omniverse was swept by a temporal wave of unimaginable power . . . it tore it to bits and rearranged it. Then I guess it reversed itself and put everything back the way it was. Well, everything except for Jaspers. Now he wants to kill Roma. Captain Britain stopped him once. But since he's changed, the next round may have a different result. Plus he's being asked by Apostate, Roma's father, for a union that would be mutually beneficial to them both. But the issue ends with another knock at the door. This time it's an assassin that calls herself Rouge-Mort. And it looks like she's killed the Captain. Of course it's a brilliant story, because it's written by Chris Claremont. Juan Santacruz does the art. It's ok. But it's nothing fabulous. I do like the painted cover though. From what I understand, this series will lead directly in to New Exiles #1. And I guess both teams are going to be changed by the end of this story. So now . . . we're off and running.