A major chapter in the story of Doug Ramsay — the mutant destined to become Revelation!Family strife calls Nightcrawler back home to Germany, but what awaits him is D’Spayre! And as a full-scale Phalanx invasion looms, Excalibur is reunited with a friend they thought they’d never see again…who they’ve never seen before! What is the shocking truth about Douglock?! Meanwhile, on Muir Island, Professor X and Moira make a startling discovery about the Legacy virus! Mutantkind is rocked by the Phalanx, and the members of Excalibur are no exception. Can they and their allies in X-Factor and X-Force break free? Possessed by the Soul Sword, Kitty Pryde becomes shockingly violent — and she’s not the only one who isn’t themselves! And Psylocke and Britannic search deep inside the fractured mind of their brother, Jamie Braddock!COLLECTING: Excalibur (1988) #76-87, Excalibur Annual (1993) #2, X-Factor (1986) #106, X-Force (1991) #38, material from Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #174Written by Richard Ashford, Scott Lobdell, Christian Cooper, Warren Ellis, Todd Dezago, Fabian Nicieza & MorePenciled by Ken Lashley, Robert Brown, John Royle, Amanda Conner, Terry Dodson, Daerick Gross, Tony Daniel & More
Contributors: (W) Richard Ashford; Scott Lobdell (A) Ken Lashley; Robert Brown (CA) Ken Lashley
Scott Lobdell wrote both Uncanny X-Men and X-Men during the 1990s. He also launched Generation X and Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, and penned Alpha Flight and Fantastic Four. Elsewhere, he wrote Dark Horse’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer with Fabian Nicieza, Wildstorm’s Gen13, Top Cow’s Darkness, and IDW’s Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression and Galaxy Quest. Lobdell scripted Stan Lee’s animated film Mosaic and has performed as a stand-up comedian.Ken Lashley’s pencils have graced the pages of such notable books as Black Panther and Excalibur. In addition, his Draxhall Jump Entertainment, an illustration concept and design studio, has worked with Mattel, Hasbro and Lucasfilm. Lashley’s other Marvel credits include the Secret Wars limited series Marvel Zombies and a collaboration with Cullen Bunn on Uncanny X-Men, while his work for DC Comics includes illustrating such characters as Flash, Superboy, the Suicide Squad and He-Man.