Excalibur Issue 41
Writers: Scott Lobdell and Dana Moreshead
Penciler: Dave Hoover

After the completely random cliffhanger last week that resulted from the X-Men appearing, I felt it was only necessary to dive into the next issue to see what was going on. Luckily for me, I have a ton of old Excalibur comics stashed away and was able to find this little thinger. You may be happy to hear that this answer to the cliffhanger is just as random as the cliffhanger was in the first place. Randomness was in full swing for this episode of Excalibur and it brewed some pretty random thoughts in my head as a result.

Aside from the X-men showing up, some pretty weird shit down. Actually, most namely just two things of weird shit went down with a hint of one other.

Weird things #1: The enemies being fought for most of the comic are household items such as furniture and appliances. And yes, they talk. This immediately made me think of a) the Futurama episode where everything electronic attacks and b) my awesome idea for a comic series that only Wil knows and I’m not going to reveal to you not quite yet. But more importantly, what would you do if furniture attacked? Say, heirloom furniture. What if that passed down grandfather clock from hundreds of years ago suddenly had fangs with a taste for your right shoulder? You can’t subdue the thing, so what do you do? Do you run and pray that it suddenly goes back to normal? Or do you take an axe to it and chop it to pieces so that it no longer resembles anything? Remember, this is a priceless heirloom from your FAVORITE grandparents . . .

Weird Thing #2: The X-men aren’t actually the X-men! Ooo! Spoiler! They’re actually Warwolves dressed up as X-men with some pretty damn well made costume and voice modulation. Is it weird that this made me think of Silence of the Lambs.

Sort of weird thing: Another part I found rather enjoyable was when Captain Britain and Psylocke see each other (fuck, I wish I had a scanner). They’re brother and sister in case you didn’t know. Anyway, they look at each other with these discerning looks and then a moment later they run up to each other and hug like the happiest people in the world. That moment was just beyond cheesy. It felt straight out of a crappy romantic comedy. I also found it particularly funny considering a Warwolf is the one who was controlling Psylocke and made the choice to do that totally on its own. 

Good stuff! Man, some of the older comics can be total cornballs with a slice of cheese.

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