Well, lazy writers, Paul Cornell kicked your ass. I think it's safe to say he knows how ridiculous the history of these magic characters are. I think he knows exactly how crazy odd it is to see the Skrull Master of Mysticism with 6 arms bestowing magical abilities on the other Skrulltroops in the UK.

And the idea that everything isn't over just because Pete and the gang couldn't pull Excalibur from the stone means nothing because the Skrulls may have magic, but there is still hope. And boom, lo and behold, Pete does something amazing, something crazy, something ridiculous.

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He opens the door with his hot knife fingers and opens the door for the dark magicks to spill into the UK, and there he is, the voice within his head, the person behind this whole revamped team:

Merlin.

Who is evil as all hell.

And Tink, the fairy who loves Pete and is just a little Brit punk bitch with all the tattoos and piercings and torn up leggings, gets to kick some more ass. Which is nice. And Black Knight knows the fight is too strong, but does he care? Nope. He gets his ass kicked, just like everybody else from the SAS.

But whatever.

Faiza stands back, and hope prevails. Captain Britain is back. Merlin wouldn't let him die. Merlin wouldn't let him shuffle off into that immortal coil. So he's back, with Excalibur in hand, and ready to kick some ass.

Just like this book.

I love this form of Excalibur (or MI-13 as Chris Claremont ruined the good name of Excalibur, the team). I love Paul Cornell and his name has added to the list of writers who get every single book they write pulled. Len Kirk can do no wrong in the art section, I just hope to see Black Knight come back. Don't kill Dane. Please.

Please Paul Cornell.

This is still the best thing to be spun-out of Civil War, House of M, or Secret Invasion (so far). So I am happy to continue following these adventures, and look forward to seeing what happens next. Almost book of the week. So very close.