[MUSIC PLAYING]
 This EXCALIBUR is a new
spin on an old favorite.
It touches on the worlds
of the fantastic and magic
and still is rooted in the
modern X-Men continuity
in the present.
 We're taking
those amazing things
from the original EXCALIBUR,
this beautiful fantasy world,
the other world, and Avalon,
and the captain Britain core,
and all of that.
And we're saying, how
did the X-Men interact
with this from a place of
victory instead of loss?
What sort of magic
can they make?
 Tini is a writer
who absolutely
impressed us with her work.
We sought her out and said,
what kind of an X-book
do you want to do?
And she's the one who
brought to us, well,
I want to do a book
that focuses on magic.
 I've always been someone
that likes to roll some dice
and play some
games, so I would be
lying if I said I hadn't thought
of the characters as their role
within the party.
When we were in the room
and we decided that we were
going to make Betsy
Captain Britain,
it was like, that's the paladin.
That's our-- that's
our leader of our team.
CB CEBULSKI: And that's what
EXCALIBUR is going to be.
It's going to be this
grand fantasy adventure
involving mutants with
a cast of characters
that fans know and expect.
But there are ones that
are complete curveballs.
 Apocalypse is the big question
mark on the team, right?
So when we see the new
status quo for mutants,
we might understand
why Apocalypse
has even bigger plans than
anyone else on the island.
JORDAN WHITE:
Artist Marcus To, we
knew he would fit it perfectly.
His style is so
clean and beautiful
and grand and impressive.
He's absolutely nailing all
the fantastical elements.
CB CEBULSKI: These
pages are gorgeous.
EXCALIBUR is a book that
is going to jump off
the comic book stands, one,
because of the beautiful covers
by Mahmud Asrar but,
two, because this
is something that you've really
never seen in an X-Men book
before.
 Which is a world in which they
have the space and the freedom
to develop their culture,
to learn magic and art,
and to make these things
that mutant kind has
never seen before.
And not only do they
get to revel in it,
the rest of the world
has to deal with it.
