Excalibur (Earth-616)

Excalibur
Name	Excalibur
Editorial Name(s)	European X-Men
Aliases	X-Men Lite, Excalisuck
Members
Current Member(s)	• --|A|-- •, Captain Britain (Betsy), Gambit, Jubilee, Rictor, Rogue
Former Member(s)	Black Knight, Captain Britain, Captain UK, Cerise, Colossus, Crusader X, Daytripper, Dazzler, Douglock, Feron, Juggernaut, Kylun, Lockheed, Meggan, Micromax, Moira MacTaggert, Nightcrawler, Nocturne, Phoenix, Sage, Shadowcat, Sir Benedict, Widget, Pete Wisdom, Wolfsbane
Affiliation and Identity
Identity	Secret
Allies	X-Men, Alistaire Stuart, Alysande Stuart, Dai Thomas, Emelia Witherspoon
Enemies	Hellfire Club, Albion, Black Air, Mojo, Technet, Warwolves, Sat-Yr-9, Vixen, Crazy Gang, Jamie Braddock, Arcade, Galactus, Doctor Doom, Mister Sinister, Sentinels, Nightmare, Mastermind, Nimrod, Brotherhood of Mutants, Acolytes, Arnim Zola, Cameron Hodge, Juggernaut, Belasco, Nova, Sugar Man, Lightning Force, Necrom, Mesmero, N'astirh, Phalanx, Nimrod, Mys-Tech, Andrea Von Strucker, Swordsman, Litter, Advocates, Shadow-Captains, Icon, Crotus, Slavers, Demon Druid, Nigel Frobisher, Cooter, Bash, Meggan, D'Spayre, S'ym, Troll Associates, Warpies, R.C.X, Death, Nigel Smythe, Grand Jhar, Upstarts, Mystique, Colossus, Shrill, Gravemoss, Spoor, Uncreated, Reverend Craig, M.L.F, Dragons of the Crimson Dawn, Spiral, Ogun, Sari St. Hubbins, Sidri, Bamf, Prime Sentinels
Origin and Status
Origin	Founded by Captain Britain, Meggan, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Rachel Summers in order to continue the legacy of the X-Men who were supposed to be dead after the Mutant Massacre.
Status	Active
Reality	Earth-616
Base of Operations	The Lake House, the Empress Matilda Docks, Rotherhithe, London, formerly Braddock Lighthouse, Braddock Manor, Muir Island
Place of Formation	London, England
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Chris Claremont, Alan Davis
First	Excalibur Special Edition #1 (December, 1987)
First	Excalibur Special Edition #1 (December, 1987)

The Excalibur are a government sponsored team of extraordinary individuals with special abilities. They fight for the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and their interests around the globe. Lead by Captain Britain the team is formed from British heroes and members of the X-Men with hopes to continue the teams legacy after the "Mutant Massacre".

History

Origin

Founding members

Shadowcat and Nightcrawler were recovering under the care of Moira MacTaggert on Muir Island due to their injuries sustained during the "Mutant Massacre". Both were devastated to hear of the supposed deaths of the X-Men during the "Fall of the Mutants". Brian Braddock, brother to the X-Man Psylocke, and his girlfriend Meggan were both similarly devastated.

Meanwhile, Rachel Summers had escaped from Mojoworld, and found herself back on Earth in London, England pursued by Mojo's Warwolves. She was also being hunted by the Technet, sent by Saturnyne. Kitty, Kurt, Brian, and Meggan helped Rachel defeat both groups of her attackers, and afterward decided to form a new superhero team to continue the legacy of the X-Men. Naming the team "Excalibur" after the magical sword of King Arthur, they set up their headquarters in Brian Braddock's lighthouse.

The team would go on to face a rematch with the Warwolves, as well as battle the Juggernaut, Arcade, the Crazy Gang, and their alternate reality counterparts, the Lightning Force.

For a time, Excalibur travelled between parallel Earths in a locomotive powered by an other-dimensional dragon along with Alistaire Stuart in what became known as the Cross-Time Caper, before eventually returning to Earth-616.

It was eventually revealed that Roma had arranged events so that the team would assemble in order to defeat the threat of Necrom, who coveted the Phoenix Force within Rachel Summers. With the help of the rest of the team, Rachel defeated Necrom. Around this time the team were joined by new recruits Kylun, Cerise, and Feron.

The team later travelled to Summers' own Earth, Earth-811, to end the mutant-hating rule of the Sentinels and Ahab.

Excalibur's ranks would grow to include Colossus, Micromax, Pete Wisdom, and Wolfsbane. The team disbanded following the marriage of Captain Britain and Meggan although they reformed briefly to aid Captain Britain in becoming the monarch of Otherworld.

New Excalibur

Although the original team disbanded years ago, a new Excalibur team emerged from the "House of M" that enveloped the Earth due to the Scarlet Witch's reality altering powers. Captain Britain again lead the team which included Pete Wisdom, reformed X-Villain Juggernaut, alternate universe daughter of Scarlet Witch and Nightcrawler and former Exile Nocturne, former X-Man and disco star Dazzler, and former X-Man Sage who spied on the Hellfire Club for Charles Xavier as Tessa.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

Sage used the most equipment such as highly advanced computers for gathering data and surveillance.

Weapons

Sage and Wisdom use handguns

Transportation

Excalibur travelled around in a highly advanced jet. For a time, they travelled in a train equipped for travel between different parallel Earths.

Notes

• There was also a short series involving Professor X and a number of others on Genosha by the same name.

• Their lake house is property of Captain Britain's sister, Psylocke.

• Part of the lake house is a training area where the team practice their combat skills.

Trivia

• The name is taken from Excalibur, the sword wielded by King Arthur in the Arthurian Legends

See Also

• 259 appearance(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 10 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 9 minor appearance(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 54 mention(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 13 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 182 image(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 37 member(s) of Excalibur (Earth-616)
• 1 item(s) used/owned by Excalibur (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Marvel Directory