CALIBUR

Membership: Cap'n Saxonia, Doctor Strange, The Hulk, Iron Fist, Spider-Girl

Purpose: To defend Earth and the British Isles

Affiliations: Presumably allied with the [Captain Britain] Corps

Enemies: Keng

Base of Operations: Earth-924

First Appearance: Excalibur I#49 (April, 1992)

History:
(Excalibur I#49) - The Caliburian's battle with Keng was interrupted as the combatants found themselves briefly transported to the lighthouse HQ of the Excalibur of Earth-616 during a crosstime flux. They initially blamed Keng for this maneuver, but he pleaded innocence.

(Uncanny X-Men#462) - Hulk, Spider-Girl and Doctor Strange from Calibur were seen when the "House of M" reality warp went through Otherworld.

Comments: Calibur created by Alan Davis.

    The Caliburians speak an antiquated British dialect, including those heroes whose counterparts on Earth-616 are American.

    Doctor Strange may be a direct female counterpart to the Earth-616 version (Stephanie Strange?), an heir of sorts (Clea, possibly?), a counterpart to Arcanna Jones of Earth-S, or someone else entirely.

    Spider-Girl may have a connection to the counterpart Betty Brant/Spider-Girl as seen in What If I#7, or be someone else entirely.

    The Hulk and Iron Fist are presumably direct counterparts to the Bruce Banner and Daniel Rand of Earth-616.

    The relationship of Keng to the Council of Cross-Time Kangs is unknown, although he is presumably from the 40th century of Earth-924.

by Mikel Midnight

CLARIFICATIONS:
Calibur should not be confused with:

• Excalibur of Earth-616 (Captain Britain et al) @ Excalibur Special Edition#1 -- it's dimensional counterpart--or any other extradimensional counterparts
• Caliber, Canadian armored criminal, @ Alpha Flight I#23
• Caliburn, sword of Adam Crown, @ Knights of Pendragon I#
• Excaliber ("Slapper" Struthers) @ Spider-Woman I#2
• Excalibur, sword of King Arthur, @ Black Knight Comics I#1

Cap'n Saxonia, Doctor Strange, The Hulk, Iron Fist, and Spider-Girl of Earth-924 should not be confused with:

• Counterparts of Captain Britain, Doctor Strange, The Hulk, Iron Fist, or Spider-Man from any other alternate Earth

Keng should not be confused with:

• Counterparts of Kang the Conqueror of any other alternate Earth or timeline

Images:
Excalibur I#49, p11, panel 1

Other appearances:
Uncanny X-Men#462 (September, 2005) - Chris Claremont (writer), Alan Davis (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Mike Marts (editor)

Last updated: 04/06/05

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