Psylocke and Ebony Blade betweeen New Excalibur, New X-Men and Black Panther

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Psylocke and Ebony Blade betweeen New Excalibur, New X-Men and Black Panther

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I found a number of inconsistencies regarding the chronology of New Excalibur, concerning Psylocke and the Ebony Blade.

Psylocke appears in NXCAL 8, where she fights with the Shadow King and disappears into the multiverse (and will not reappear until EX 90). This forces NXCAL 8 to take place after NX2 32, the funeral of several fallen after the M-Day, in which Betsy would be present (you can see her in the crowd).

But NX32 takes place after BP4 22, where War Machine (Rhodey piloting a Sentinel) appears and where Black Panther uses the Ebony Blade taken from the Vatican Black Knight. At the beginning of BP4 22, however, T'Challa and Ororo are in London where Captain Britain asks for the return of the Ebony Blade (and T'Challa refuses it). In the chronology of Captain Britain BP4 22 is placed after NXCAL 15 because it is there that the Black Knight (Whithman) discovers and reveals to Brian that his Blade of Ebony is not the original.

Therefore something must change. I believe that the simplest narrative shift is that of BP4 22 after NX2 32, and condense the events of NCAL 8-15 between NX 32 and BP4 22. In this way the appearances of Psylocke and the revelations on the Ebony Blade remain coherent, while as regards War Machine and the other characters they would undergo some irrelevant changes.

A change must also be made in the Iron Man chronology, to place BP4 22 after TB 108 (since Ms Marvel appears in NX2 32 after TB 108). Furthermore, this would also resolve a little incongruity with the Demolition Squad appearing in NXCAL 13 (In this way they can appear after being part of Zemo's Thunderbolts army, instead of during it as it would seem now).

This means reviewing the chronologies of some characters in this way:

FROST, EMMA GRACE
[...]
NX2 28
NX2 29-BTS
BP4 18
NX2 31
X:DG 6 (25 - 28)
CW:X 1
CW:X 2
BP4 22-FB <--- Move from here
NX2 32
BP4 22-FB <--- Add here
X2 188-FB
X2 189
X2 190
X2 191
[...]

SHADOWCAT/KATHERINE "KITTY" PRYDE
[...]
NX2 31-BTS
X:DG 6 (25 - 28)
CW:X 1
BP4 22-FB <--- Move from here
NX2 32
BP4 22-FB <--- Add here
X2 188-FB
X2 190
W3 49-BTS

IRON MAN/ANTHONY EDWARD "TONY" STARK
[...]
NA 24
CW:X 4
BP4 22 <--- Move from here
HFH2 2
CW 4 (17:2 - 19:2)
IM/CA:COW
CW:FL 5/4
IM4 13 (1 - 11:4)
CW 4 (21 - 22)
HFH2 3
ASM 534 (1 - 6)
FF 539 (8:4 - 9)
ASM 534 (7 - 9:3) ~ FF 539 (10 - 12:3)
CW:CS /2 (2 - 3) ~ ASM 534 (9:4:2) ~ FF 539 (12:4)
ASM 534 (9:4:3 - 9:5) ~ FF 539 (12:5)-VO
ASM 534 (9:6 - 10:3) ~ FF 539 (13:5 - 14:3)
FF 539 (14:5 - 23)
CW:CS /2 (7 - 8)
CW:FL 8/3-BTS
CW:FL 9/3
CW:FL 9
CW:FL 10-FB
ASM 535 (1 - 4:1)
FF 540 (18:1 - 18:3:3)
ASM 535 (4:2 - 4:6:1) ~ FF 540 (18:3:4 - 19:3)
ASM 535 (4:6:2 - 13:2)
ASM 535 (13:3 - 13:6) ~ FF 540 (20:5 - 20:8)
FF 540 (21:1)
ASM 535 (14:1 - 14:3)-BTS
ASM 535 (14:4) ~ FF 540 (21:2 - 21:3)-BTS
ASM 535 (14:5 - 14:6)-BTS
ASM 535 (15 - 16:4) ~ FF 540 (21:4 - 22:4)
ASM 535 (17 - 21)
CW 5 (1 - 7)
ASM 536 (1 - 6)
CW 5 (8)-VO
CW:CS /4-FB
IM4 13 (11:5 - 21)
IM4 14
CW:WC (1 - 14)
CW:CS /4
E3 1
E3 3 (1:4 - 8:3)-FB
E3 3 (12:6 - 13:3)-FB
E3 3
E3 5-BTS
E3 6
E3 7-FB
E3 7
IH3 100/2
TB 107
TB 108
BP4 22 <--- Add here
FF 543-FB
[...]

WAR MACHINE/JAMES RUPERT RHODES
[...]
W3 42
NX2 26
NX2 31
BP4 21
BP4 22 <--- Move from here
NX2 32
BP4 22 <--- Add here
X2 192
X2 193
NX2 33
[...]

BULLDOZER/HENRY CAMP
[...]
RUN2 1
NXCAL 13 <--- Move from here
TB 103
NXCAL 13 <--- Add here
OF 1
[...]

PILEDRIVER II/BRIAN PHILIP CALUSKY
[...]
RUN2 1
TOXIN 4
NXCAL 13 <--- Move from here
TB 103
NXCAL 13 <--- Add here
VAL2
OF 1
[...]

THUNDERBALL/DR. ELIOT FRANKLIN
[...]
RUN2 1
NXCAL 13 <--- Move from here
TB 103
NXCAL 13 <--- Add here
OF 1
[...]

WRECKER III/DIRK GARTHWAITE
[...]
RUN2 1
NA 7
NA 8
TOXIN 4
DOD 2 | cf DOD 3
NXCAL 13 <--- Move from here
TB 103
NXCAL 13 <--- Add here
OF 1
[...]

I don't think there should be any problems, but any cross-check is welcome!
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