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For those that didn't pick up individual issues of the recent ClanDestine mini-series, it's not available in trade hardcover.

Written and drawn by Excalibur co-creator Alan Davis, ClanDestine chronicles the adventures of the super-powered Destine family. This mini-series (Blood Relatives) has a cross-over with the classic Excalibur team (they appear in all five issues).

ClanDestine is a really underrated series. If you're a fan of Excalibur, consider picking this up. It's some of Alan Davis' best work, and it's great to see the old Excalibur team again.

Amazon has the ClanDestine: Blood Relative Premiere Hard Cover for only $13.59.

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Marvel Senior VP of Sales David Gabriel posted on the MarvelMasterWorks.com forum about what trades will be released in the future by Marvel. Unfortunately, it doesn't look good for Excalibur:

New Mutants and Alpha Flight Classic trades will forge ahead, but Excalibur Classic looks to be on the backburner. "I think we've done all we can for now", says Gabriel.

This means that Alan Davis' amazing run will not be collected in the near future. Alan's solo run on Excalibur has never received the accolades it deserves from Marvel, and this is a future insult.

The last Classic Excalibur trade is Volume 5, covers Excalibur 29-34, including Claremont's final three issue arc, Girls' School From Heck. While Girls' School is fun, as a whole, this is mainly a bunch of poor fill-in issues and a special, Weird War III, so no wonder sales have been low.

The period of Excalibur between when Claremont left and when Davis' run began (Excalibur 35-41) wasn't a great time for Excalibur, with Scott Lobdell cutting his teeth as a writer and a variety of low quality fill-in artists. Although, there are a number of Excalibur Specials that could be included such as X-Men: True Friends, Excalibur Air Apparent, or Excalibur: The Possession, I can understand why those issues would not be collected.

However, there is no reason not to collect Davis' run, which began with Excalibur 42 and concluded with Excalibur 67, and was one of the best periods for Excalibur.


What You Can Do

- Contact Marvel and request that they release Alan Davis' Excalibur run as an Excalibur Trade or perhaps an Alan Davis Visionaries Collection or Alan Davis Excalibur Omnibus.

- Post on the MarvelMasterWorks.com Forum in support of more Excalibur trades, since David Gabriel posts there. There is already a thread discussing this here.

- If you haven't already, buy the existing five volumes of Classic Excalibur. Amazon offers some good discounts. The better sales are, the more likely Marvel is to release more.

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ComicContinuum has a six page preview of ClanDestine #5, the final issue of Alan Davis' mini-series featuring the time-lost classic Excalibur team.

ClanDestine will be in stores on 6/11.

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Comic Continuum has a six page preview of Alan Davis' ClanDestine #4. The time-lost Excalibur appears in the last 2 pages of the preview.

ClanDestine #4 is out next Wednesday.

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After two issues of teaser cameo appearances, Excalibur finally guest stars in the third issue of ClanDestine. Marvel Noise has the six page preview. The issue is in stores next Wednesday.

It so cool to see the Excalibur gang again. I've forgotten how much I miss Meggan.

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Newsarama has posted some early Marvel solicitations for June, including the final issue of the ClanDestine mini-series, which the classic Excalibur team will continue to appear in:

CLANDESTINE #5 (of 5)
Written by ALAN DAVIS
Pencils & Cover by ALAN DAVIS

The Destine family is caught between the Cross-Time Excalibur and the Inhumans of another reality! While at home, Griffin's machinations harvest Destine DNA in a bid to live forever! And patriarch Adam Destine returns to where it all began--Yden.

ClanDestine #5 will be in stores on June 4th.

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Michael Sean posted on CBR that Rachel makes an appearance in ClanDestine #2:

Checked out clandestine issue 2 advanced copy. don't want to get into big spoilers but rachel and the classic excalibur team make an appearance in this one too. So big rachel fans may want to keep looking at this mini.

Rachel and Excalibur made a cameo appearance in the first issue of ClanDestine, and are on the cover of #3. So this is turning into a rather major appearance for Rachel and the Classic Excalibur team.

ClanDestine #2 is due out next Wednesday.

Thanks to Michael for the heads up.

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The solicitation for Clandestine #3 revealed that a timelost Excalibur would be guest starring in the new miniseries. But we get a sneak peak of Nightcrawler and Phoenix in the first issue, which was released last Wednesday.

Clandestine is written and drawn by Alan Davis, co-creator of Excalibur.

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Excalibur will be making a guest appearance in Alan Davis' new Clandestine title:

CLANDESTINE #3

COVER BY: ALAN DAVIS
WRITER: ALAN DAVIS
PENCILS: ALAN DAVIS
INKS: MARK FARMER
COLORED BY: PAUL MOUNTS
LETTERED BY: DAVE LANPHEAR


THE STORY:

Guest-starring the time-lost Excalibur! Anybody who loved Alan Davis’s classic run on that series in the ‘90s will want to jump on board, because the Cross-Time Express is making its way through the dimension Newton Destine calls home, and it’s bringing with it a trainload of trouble along with it!

IN STORES: April 2, 2008

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