Mar. 14 – Captain America, X-Factor, and Wolverine

X-Factor Vol. 1 #90 by Scott Lobdell and Joe Quesada (1993) Peter David will be missed on this title, but at least for this first issue, Lobdell does a fine job of picking up in the middle of an arc. I like the heavy focus on Rahne. She’s the most interesting member of the team

Mar. 13 – Captain America: Old Friends and Enemies, X-Factor, and Watchmen

X-Factor Vol. 1 #89 by Peter David and Joe Quesada (1993) The Rahne plotline is disturbing, but seeing her reaction to finally knowing about why she is feeling the way she does is interesting. They need to get out of Genosha. There’s nothing good that can ever come of being on that island. Grade: A-

Mar. 12 – Captain America, X-Factor, and Watchmen

X-Factor Vol. 1 #88 by Peter David and Joe Quesada (1993) Not the best outing from David, as it’s almost entirely a pointless fight with a character that I’ve never heard of before and isn’t that interesting. Grade: B Captain America Vol. 5 #45-46 by Ed Brubaker, Luke Ross, Butch Guice, and Steve Epting (2009)

Mar. 11 – Captain America: Time’s Arrow, Excalibur: Days of Futures Yet to Come, and Watchmen

Excalibur Vol. 1 #67 by Alan Davis (1993) Alan Davis’s last issue of Excalibur ends a bit abruptly (and possibly one more issue would have been the “correct” length), but he packs in enough to make it feel satisfying. Is this the end of Rachel Summers’s main character arc? I’m glad she is opting to

September 24, 2020: Captain America, Death of Captain America, and Excalibur

Excalibur Vol. 1 #30 by Dana Moreshead and David Ross (1990) I’ve been quite critical of Excalibur’s fill-in issues in the past, but this is easily the best of them to this point. Moreshead is very funny, and her Alistaire Stuart seems right at home with any other depiction of him so far. Ross’s art

September 23, 2020: Captain America and Excalibur

Excalibur Vol. 1 #29 by Michael Higgins and Chris Wozniak (1990) I want Claremont or Davis back please. It doesn’t make much sense to me that Excalibur is coming out 2-3 times per month at this point, and it’s all fill-in issues. Why are they producing so many of these? Rachel’s past is very troubled,

September 22, 2020: Captain America, Excalibur, and X-Force

Excalibur Vol. 1 #28 by Terry Austin and Colleen Doran (1990) This is an Exclalibur issue without either Chris Claremont or Alan Davis. Historically, that hasn’t been a good sign. I’m a fan of using the fill-in issue as a spotlight on only two members of the team. Series other than Uncanny X-Men in this

September 21, 2020: Captain America, Uncanny X-Men, and Excalibur

Uncanny X-Men Annual #14 by Chris Claremont and Arthur Adams (1990) Part 4 of 4 of the Days of Future Present arc This issue is a testament to how good Chris Claremont really is. The previous sections of Days of Future Present have been borderline-unreadable, but Claremont takes over for the last chapter and suddenly

September 20, 2020: Captain America and X-Factor

X-Factor Annual #5 by Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove (1990) To this point, Days of Future Present has been a complete mess, both story-wise and publishing-wise. Not only did we get a long-winded apology/explanation as to why the New Mutants annual was so bad printing in the annual itself, but also somehow these were published

September 19, 2020: Captain America and New Mutants

New Mutants Annual #6 by Louise Simonson and Terry Shoemaker (1990) This is a bit of a rough story, to the point of the comic spending a full page at its beginning to tell the reader why it’s so sloppy. This is a rare New Mutants issue in this era without Rob Liefeld on pencils,