Captain Britain Omnibus

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In the follow-up series Knights of X, also written by Howard, Betsy and the Corps take up refuge with Merlyn's daughter and former magistrix Roma, rescuing mutants facing danger in Otherworld. Refusing Betsy's request for an army, Roma instead sends her on a quest for the Siege Perilous alongside Gambit, Rachel Summers, Bei the Blood Moon, Gloriana, Kylun, Rictor, Shatterstar, Shogo Lee, and Arthur's mutant son Mordred. After being tested by the Siege Perilous, Betsy and her knights forge a pathway to Krakoa, bringing an army of Krakoan mutants to fight against Merlyn and Arthur, with Betsy finally executing Merlyn and decreeing that the Corps will not be bound by any one ruler and will instead defend the multiverse on their own terms. [20] During this ordeal, Betsy also cemented her romantic relationship with Rachel Summers, sharing a kiss as Rachel helps the knights overcome the Siege Perilious. [21]

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Basically I am getting tired of the bad crossovers, the crazy continuity, the yearly reboots and even worse the fact that artists keep changing every 3-4 issues... I get Thor, Avengers and New Avengers as HC, Hawkeye as TP ( but that run is over, just missing 1 TP) and Remender's Uncanny Avengers as Omnibus. As I made my way deeper into the 1980s, though, I was faced with some big decisions. Do I include Excalibur in this reading project? If so, should I read Captain Britain before I start Excalibur? I mean, this is a fairly complete readthrough, and it does seem like Captain Britain’s pre- Excalibur story is probably at least somewhat important. So I answered “Yes” to both of those questions. I will read Exalibur, and I’ll read Captain Britain’s 1970s and 1980s runs first. Looks good - Captain Britain Monthly is also available on Marvel Unlimited. Marvel Super-Heroes (UK) was previously available but was mistakenly included with the US series. In the main continuity of Marvel Comics, three characters have used the Captain Britain title in regular publication.Be all that as it may, although an incomplete representation of Britain's answer to Captain America, this Omnibus has enough to provide sufficient lore, to show a distinctive British tone to the hero and to mark out the character as Marvel UK rather than Marvel stateside. The 'sequel' by Jamie Delano is engaging until it falls prey to delving into the character of Meggan (for which I have never held an affinity).

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Captain Britain (vol. 2) #1 (January 1985) - Jamie Delano (writer), Alan Davis (artist), Ian Rimmer (editor) Get the other half of the Pendragon series. #10 - 18 completes the story and is so good, its a crime other people haven't had the chance to read. Ok I'm lying—the omnibus actually ends with two Captain America issues guest starring Captain Britain and one of his old baddies, but these are on the whole pretty forgettable. To be fair there is very little of Marvel's current production I still follow. I get Uncanny X-men, All New X-Men and GoTG as singles issues.Getting through those later issue was a real chore so it was nice to get to the two part Marvel Team-Up issues by Claremont and Bryne. Beautiful crisp John Byrne artwork, and in full colour again! This is Captain Britain in New York coming into conflict, then teaming-up (as is the way) with Spider-Man, against the villain Arcade (in his debut appearance), who would go on to bother the X-men many times over the years. It's a fun story.

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By the time this run wrapped up, Captain Britain was finally starting to gain some popularity — enough that he got a new serial in Marvel Super-Heroes. This is when Alan Davis began his work on the series (he draws almost the entire rest of the book), and Cap got a new costume (the one shown on the front cover of the omnibus). There is a minor bit of weirdness in the 2021 edition of this Captain Britain Omnibus, the apparent writing out of Alan Moore as significant player in the commentary despite Moore producing the most impressive run of issues in the eventual development of the 'Jaspers Warp' story line. Thorpe's story lines from the 1981 re-boot begin the Omnibus which could be seen a mash-up between Valiant, Marvel and 2000AD [founded in 1977] in style (very British). The troubled history of the creative activity behind the character can be read on Wikipedia for those interested enough.

Moore bridges the early contradictions by making Captain Britain a determined fighter against fascism and intolerance while retaining his link to Albion. Grant Morrison subverted this with a prose horror story about Captain Gran Bretan (1986) where the magic is malign. Marvel Super-Heroes (UK) #377-#388 (Alan Moore's run begins in #387) - this series was originally "The Mighty World of Marvel" Yes, I think there were! I’ve seen a bit of online debate about which is the most comprehensive edition to get. I think there was an earlier edition that included a couple of issues of Captain America (#305-306) co-starring our Captain which are missing from this one. He was a member of an alternative Excalibur. After dying, he returned briefly as a reanimated corpse [30]