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 I was a huuuuuuge fan of Excalibur growing up. Initially, I fell in love with the Marvel Universe trading card of Shadowcat (the neighborhood kids were collecting the cards, so I wanted to also). From there, I quickly looked into the comic books she was in, beginning with the comic she was in at the time (Excalibur) and later, earlier issues of X-Men. I collected every issue of Excalibur from back issue bins and ravenously tore through and reread new issues as they came out. So, of course, I am sooooo excited that Marvel Legends released an Excalibur boxset, featuring several of these characters I grew up with. I kind of can't believe that there is an actual Meggan action figure. And I am geeking out over Shadowcat. But of course now that this set is out there, I'm hungry for more. So, I made some mock-ups of what several waves of Excalibur Marvel Legends would look like, including a figure of Rachel Summers, one of the founding members yet to have a figure released. Of course...

As we prepare for the All-New, All-Different Marvel, here are some of the stragglers from Marvel's Battle World , and how they rate. Siege (#1-2) Kieron Gillen, Felipe Andrade and James Stokoe This book is tied directly to the border fences that separate the more aggressive territories of Battle World from overwhelming the more civilized areas.  Most notably, The Shield holds back the tide of zombie hordes that threaten life on the planet period.  Agent Brand is in charge of keeping The Shield standing, having taken Nick Fury's place previously, together with a team that includes Kang the Conquerer, Cyclops clones known as The Endless Summers, America Chavez and Leonardo da Vinci, among others.  Brand is the perfect character for this role, and her past gets more of a spotlight in this version of the universe than characters in other books, which works to make her a character you want to see survive this.  And, as the head of S.W.O.R.D. in the old ...

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