eXcalibur

The joint creation of Alan Davis and Chris Claremont, the team was formed in 1988; at the time the rosta included Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, Captain Britain, Meggan and Rachel Summers, the second Phoenix. Excalibur ran for 125 issues under various writers and artists

The team was formed by Shadowcat and Nightcrawler when they believed the X-men to have died in Dallas. The two met Captain Britain and Meggan whilst rescuing Rachel from Mojos Warwolves, and decided to form a team to represent Xaviers dream in Europe.

Many members came and went over the years including Widget, Cerise, Kylun, Ferris, Micromax, Mimic and Lockheed.  Under Alan Davis the book took a more light-hearted approach to mutant affairs compared to the angst ridden  American-based books, delving heavily into the supernatural and British myths and focusing more on the personal lives of the team-members rather than the usual villan of the week approach.

Pete Wisdom arrived just before Marvels 'Age of Apocalypse' event when Warren Ellis took over as regular writer and gave the book a slightly darker tone as well as lending the characters a little more realism. The people who made up the team developed dramatically, Rhane confronted the man who had nearly killed her as a child with a maturity she hadn't shown before, Meggan became more self-assured, Kitty grew-up, Amanda got a personality,  Colossus began to confront his past and reconcile it, Brian found contentment as a mechanic and Moira became more of a real character as she examined what was happening to her due to the legacy virus- Lockheed even managed a few words.