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Excalibur #97 (1996) · The Collector

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Excalibur (1988)
#97

Marvel#97

Excalibur

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Excalibur #97

Counterfire

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: May 1996
On sale: Mar 19, 1996
Cover price: $1.95
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Black Air kidnaps Douglock. Britanic infiltrates the London Hellfire Club as the new Black Bishop in order to find Mountjoy.

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Printing not stated · $1.50

Credits

Writer: Warren Ellis
Penciller: Casey Jones
Inker: Tom Simmons
Colorists: Ariane Lenshoek, Malibu Coloring
Letterers: Richard Starkings, Comicraft
Cover: Casey Jones
Editor: Suzanne Gaffney
Editor in chief: Bob Harras

Characters

Alistaire Stuart
Black Air
Black King
Britanic
Colossus
Damask
Douglock
Excalibur [Nightcrawler
Kitty Pryde
Lockheed
Margali
Meggan
Moira MacTaggert
Pete Wisdom
Red King
Scratch
Wolfsbane

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