Excalibur #66 — Alan Davis & Mark Farmer Cover (1993)

Excalibur #66 features a highly stylized time-travel cover dominated by a huge series of concentric, multicolored rings representing a swirling temporal vortex. At the center of the vortex is a fragmented red-and-yellow image of a figure being pulled through the timestream, while a mysterious silver robotic-looking figure floats above the scene.

The cover uses an intense combination of yellow, red, green, blue and white concentric lines, creating a hypnotic visual effect that emphasizes the issue's time-travel theme. The large EXCALIBUR logo stretches across the upper portion of the cover, with the headline “Days of Future Yet to Come!” printed along the top-right edge. Marvel Comics branding, issue number 66, the June 1993 cover date and the original $1.75 US price are visible on the left.

The issue is written and penciled by Alan Davis, inked by Mark Farmer, colored by Dana Moreshead, and lettered by Chris Eliopoulos. The story, “Back to the Present,” follows Excalibur as the team becomes entangled with the future timeline and the mystery surrounding Widget, while Ahab and his Hounds threaten the future R.C.X. resistance. The issue connects directly to the alternate future of Earth-811 associated with Days of Future Past.