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In which Excalibur addresses a number of dangling plot threads, Britanic finally gets (somewhat) interesting, Kitty really wants Douglock to be Doug, Professor Xavier and Moira MacTaggert are the best exes, and the future has peculiar priorities.

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The life and death of Jamie BraddockExcalibur #81Douglock (more) (again)Inker ambiguityBritanic and Meggan’s Christmas costumesThe Excalibur Lighthouse’s sudden and inexplicable resurrectionMo’ time travel, mo’ problems20,097 rocks on a shorelineDouglock: overly literal, dryly funny, or just plain thirsty?The Emotional Beat of DamoclesThe problems with crunch timePrincess Diana: Excalibur vs. X-StatixLanguage and timeExcalibur Annual #2Appropriately bombastic narrationFashions of the futurePsychic psychotherapySibling rivalryMr. PooBraddock moppetsOversimplification vs. ambiguitySpooling chambers (more)Excalibur as an X-leftovers bookAir travel: leg-room vs. sorcerous doomHannibal King: vampire detective and/or pencilerShadowcat and the pain of hopeA Doug’s-eye view of New MutantsEmma Frost and agingDazzler and roller derby

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