X-Lapsed, Episode 119 – Excalibur #13 (2020)
Excalibur (vol.4) #13 (December, 2020)
“X of Swords, Chapter 09”
Writer – Tini Howard
Art – R.B. Silva
Colors – Nolan Woodard
Letters – VC’s Ariana Maher
Design – Tom Muller
Head of X – Hickman
Edits – Bissa, White, Cebulski
Cover Price: $3.99
On-Sale: October 21, 2020
It’s Braddock vs. Braddock as our #EcksofTens Sword Scavenger Hunt continues!
Swords are found, Saturnyne gets swindled, and That Weirdo Jamie Braddock wants his pillow sniffed.
All that, and some wonderful mailbag await!
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I enjoyed this issue far more than you. Getting some idea of Saturnyne's motivations is critical to understanding the plot of X of Tens so seeing her pursuit of Brian and her dislike of Betsy are vital. It is also clear that she intended Betsy to get the Sword of Might and Brian to get the Starlight Sword. These are all key plot points for X of Tens. You are right that there is some confusion in the presentation of the story. If Betsy is working with the Heretical Corps why do they attack Jamie who is also an ally? I couldn't get around that error but otherwise I enjoyed this. A lot of the heavy lifting is done by the art. As you say RB Silva does a great job and we've got Phil Noto on the next issue of Excalibur so it only gets better.
Anyway until Jamie Braddock gets bored of capes, Make Mine X-Lapsed!