NYCC 2017 & Marvel Comics Legacy January 2018 Solicitations Spoilers: Excalibur Returns As Part Of X-Men Line-Up Just In Time For BreXit?

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NYCC 2017 and Marvel Comics Legacy January 2018 Solicitations Spoilers follow.

During New York Comic Con 2017 (NYCC 2017) Marvel Comics revealed that as part its Legacy line-up classic British X-Men team returns in X-Men Gold Annual #1.

Alan Davis returns to for the 30th anniversary of 1987’s Excalibur #1 to provide the cover for the annual…

…that is an homage to his cover from 1987…

…that is quite iconic and was used for the team’s initial collected edition…

…subsequent versions…

…even Davis’ own 2008 Clandestine #3 for Marvel.

Interesting times as the United Kingdom had voted recently to BreXit the European Union by a narrow margin.

X-Men Gold Annual #1 is written by Marc Guggenheim and Leah Williams with interior art by Alitha E. Martinez and a cover by Alan Davis homaging his 1987 Excalibur #1 cover hits stands in January 2018.

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