#exaclibur

Behold! The Sword of Power! Excalibur! Forged when the world was young, and bird and beast and flower were one with man, and death was but a dream! - Merlin from Excalibur(1981)

The sword Excalibur has shown up twice in Zack Snyder's feature films. The first is the katana given to Babydoll in Sucker Punch(2011) by the Wise Man(a Merlin figure) and the second is the Kryptonite Spear from Batman v Superman(2016) that is forged by Batman and then later wield by Superman(the King Arthur of the tale) in the battle against Doomsday.

A Lovecraftian Lady Of The Lake And A Woman Scorned: Reviewing Unholy Grail #3

Again, Cullen Bunn makes the familiar, in the well trodden Arthurian legend, unfamiliar and so we have his slightly Lovecraftian take on the Lady of The Lake and a deal of betrothal she makes with the young king upon receiving Excalibur from her, one which could very easily cause problems further on down the line for Arthur. Especially as he is about to marry Guinevere. Talk about awkward. And,…