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X-Men Legends #12 (2022) cover 'Prelude to Excalibur'

Artist: Alan Davis (All)

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X-Men Legends #12 (2022) cover 'Prelude to Excalibur' Comic Art

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Title:	X-Men Legends #12 (2022) cover 'Prelude to Excalibur'
Artist:	Alan Davis (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	697
Likes on CAF:	11 12
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	7/24/2023
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The artist most associated with Chris Claremont's Excalibur series offers a cover featuring the two X-Men most associated with that series, who happen to be my two favorite X-Men. Alan Davis was at Heroes Con 2023 donating his time for sketches to benefit the Heroes Initiative program that offers financial relief to comic book creators in health distress. Faced with a piece that lined up so many of my own personal interests, how could I refuse?

A small layout was printed larger in blue and then further penciled and finally inked. The blue border is part of the print-out as well, and for some reason it's slightly rotated on the page, so the whole image is a smidgen clockwise.

X-Men Legends was a twelve part series by Chris Claremont, telling one-shot stories from across his entire history with the franchise. This final installment, a "Prelude to Excalibur," takes place following the "Fall of the Mutants" story, which ended in UXM #227 with the apparent death of the X-Men in Dallas, before they popped up again in Australia, and Kitty and Kurt became part of Captain Britain's team. As implied by the cover, Destiny seeks Kurt and Kitty's help to protect Forge from the vengeance of Mystique. This involves a Misunderstanding Fight with Hardcase and the Harriers, filling in some blanks about Mystique's journey from villain to hero -- well, anti-hero. Scott Eaton and Lorenzo Ruggiero handled interior art.

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Steve Day Vich
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 7/24/2023

Exemplary

Nash of the Titans
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 7/24/2023

Wicked eXceptional!

James Dornoff
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 7/25/2023

Congrats on this great Davis cover piece, two amazing characters given a lot of love by someone who has handled them for many years.

J C
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 7/25/2023

This is great. Thanks for sharing/posting!

Brian Peck
Member Since 2003

1 - Posted on 7/27/2023

Fantastic!!!! Love Alan's Nightcrawler, right up there with Cockrum. Major Congrats!!!!!

Steve Day Vich
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 9/1/2025

Nice to meet you over the weekend and see this beauty in person! Looking forward to a longer talk in February. Steve

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