Trade Paperbacks Coming Out Spring 2008

Rachel may be out of X-books for a while after Emperor Vulcan ends, but she will be showing up in quite a few trade paperbacks coming out this spring:

New Mutants Classics TPB Vol 3 - April 23, 2008
Contains Rachel's first appearance in mainstream 616 continuity in New Mutants #18.
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X-Men: Emperor Vulcan TPB - May 14, 2008
Contains Emperor Vulcan 1-5.
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Excalibur Classic Volume 5 TPB - May 21, 2008
Contains Excalibur #29-34
This is a mixed bag of issues (mainly Girls' School From Heck) and not a lot of great Rachel issues. However, it means they are getting closer to the incredible Alan Davis run from Excalibur 42 to 67.
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Cable Classic Volume 1 TPB - March 19, 2008
New Mutants #87, Cable: Blood & Metal #1-2, and Cable #1-4

This trade doesn't contain any issues Rachel or Mother Askani are in yet, but I'd like to think I had a little part in making this happen. A few months ago I suggested to several Marvel staffers that they release a Cable trade before the new Cable series comes out. They didn't have any plans then, but thought it was a great idea!

Hopefully we'll get Bob Weinberg's run collected eventually!

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