- Hardcover: 688 pages
- Publisher: Marvel Comics (29 July 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0785137602
- ISBN-13: 978-0785137603
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 19.4 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 419,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One of the Marvel Universe's most staggering sagas from two of Britain's most remarkable writers, reprinted in total for the first time! Captain Britain fights to save a universe...and fails! But a single reality is small change in the game Merlyn's playing against Mad Jim Jaspers, who's rewriting reality so he's the center of the universe! Worlds collide, heroes and villains die, and Captain Britain's beside himself - except when he's fighting himself...to the death! Featuring the first appearances of the metamorphic Meggan, Opal Luna Saturnyne, the Captain Britain Corps, and more! Plus: Psylocke joins the X-Men, and the X-Men join Captain Britain on a cosmic quest into the secrets of life and death! The fiendish Fury, the horrific Horde, and the malevolent Mojo are only a few of the adversaries who await within! Also guest-starring the New Mutants and Captain America! Collects Marvel Super-Heroes (UK) #377-388, The Daredevils (UK) #1-11, Captain America #305-306, Mighty World of Marvel (UK) #7-16, Captain Britain (UK) #1-14, New Mutants Annual #2, and Uncanny X-Men Annual #11.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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...and that is the key to Captain Britain's success really.
In the 1970's Marvel UK reprinted back catalogue in B&W weekly comics ( Mighty World of Marvel etc) in 8 page chunks, several characters in each comic.
Then Marvel US decided to emabark on a new original series for British Readers. In colour no less! ( imagine the excitement ). Thus Captain Britain was born written by pre superstardom Chris Claremont and drawn by a post Hulk Herb Trimpe.
Stories , fun they were, consisted of the same old beats however just rehearsed in a British setting ( generally without the "Gor Blimey, Guv'nor!" accents ).They do have a real nostalgic charm however, especially if you were there at the time.
Still the title died a lingering death eventually being subsumed into other titles before Brian Braddock faded seemingly into limbo.
Then something happened, Marvel UK decided to make him "British".
Firstly in stories by Steve Parkhouse and John Stokes playing up the fantasy element in a decidedely British mythological landscape. ( these are lovingly reprinted in Panini Volumes of Captain Britain 1 - 4 available from Amazon and worth checking out .)
Then along came Alan Moore and Alan Davis and the stories beautifully reprinted in this volume.
The good Captain is given a new more dynamic costume (blissfully losing the original motif that was also stamped on every fresh egg in the 1970's!), he died , then resurrected in the ground breaking UK Title "The Daredevils "and plunged into a Multi Parallel Worlds saga ( with Captain Albion, Captain Airstrip One! etc etc ) that still reads superbly today. You can watch Moore and Davis grow in stature with each early episode as the good Captain takes on gap toothed villain James Jaspers ( only Terry Thomas could have played him a in a movie!), meeting the "Special Executive" , saving "Saturnyne" whilst avoiding the inevitable confrontation with one of the best villains ever created - "The Fury" whom you could not see being defeated , so strong was the set up, until it actually occurred in the finale.
All told with a, dare I say it "British" sensibility and wicked humour that sets it apart almost always for the best.
Davis' further work on the character in stories by Jamie Delano are also represented here and well worth the effort they are too. In addition there are some X Men tales featuring the characters and a lesser effort from Captain America ( with some nice Paul Neary artwork ) and some artwork form the aforementioned Daredevils title. All in all pretty definitive and beautifully and lovingly assembled a la all the Omnibus Editions from Marvel.
In the 1970's Marvel UK reprinted back catalogue in B&W weekly comics ( Mighty World of Marvel etc) in 8 page chunks, several characters in each comic.
Then Marvel US decided to emabark on a new original series for British Readers. In colour no less! ( imagine the excitement ). Thus Captain Britain was born written by pre superstardom Chris Claremont and drawn by a post Hulk Herb Trimpe.
Stories , fun they were, consisted of the same old beats however just rehearsed in a British setting ( generally without the "Gor Blimey, Guv'nor!" accents ).They do have a real nostalgic charm however, especially if you were there at the time.
Still the title died a lingering death eventually being subsumed into other titles before Brian Braddock faded seemingly into limbo.
Then something happened, Marvel UK decided to make him "British".
Firstly in stories by Steve Parkhouse and John Stokes playing up the fantasy element in a decidedely British mythological landscape. ( these are lovingly reprinted in Panini Volumes of Captain Britain 1 - 4 available from Amazon and worth checking out .)
Then along came Alan Moore and Alan Davis and the stories beautifully reprinted in this volume.
The good Captain is given a new more dynamic costume (blissfully losing the original motif that was also stamped on every fresh egg in the 1970's!), he died , then resurrected in the ground breaking UK Title "The Daredevils "and plunged into a Multi Parallel Worlds saga ( with Captain Albion, Captain Airstrip One! etc etc ) that still reads superbly today. You can watch Moore and Davis grow in stature with each early episode as the good Captain takes on gap toothed villain James Jaspers ( only Terry Thomas could have played him a in a movie!), meeting the "Special Executive" , saving "Saturnyne" whilst avoiding the inevitable confrontation with one of the best villains ever created - "The Fury" whom you could not see being defeated , so strong was the set up, until it actually occurred in the finale.
All told with a, dare I say it "British" sensibility and wicked humour that sets it apart almost always for the best.
Davis' further work on the character in stories by Jamie Delano are also represented here and well worth the effort they are too. In addition there are some X Men tales featuring the characters and a lesser effort from Captain America ( with some nice Paul Neary artwork ) and some artwork form the aforementioned Daredevils title. All in all pretty definitive and beautifully and lovingly assembled a la all the Omnibus Editions from Marvel.
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Having bought the original printings of the comics during the early-mid 80's seeing them in colour -and in a book of this standard- is thrilling. The Moore/Davis stories are fanatstic- and bettered by the Delano/Davis efforts. The quality -as stated by other reviewers- eclipsed the usual churnings out by Marvel USA during this period. This was 'grown-up' comic material before the 'ultra violence' rubbish feted as 'grown-up' comics today. The only blip in this marvellous collection is the 'American rubbish' added onto the classic British material ,and by God, the difference in quality shows. The Captain Britain UK comic ended too soon; will we fans of the good Captain ever have our national hero treated with such care and attention again?
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Around the beginning of the 1980's Captain Britain was revamped and given a new look by a new artist, Alan Davis. The look and the artist who created it would remain with the captain throughout the decade. During this period Davis would collaborate with comic legend Alan Moore to help really define the character and later co-write a bunch of highly entertaining stories with Jamie Delano. As the eighties drew to a close Captain Britain moved to Marvel US and eventually Davis stopped drawing him; thus bookending the longest consistently well produced period in the character's history.
This omnibus collects together Alan Davis's entire run on the Captain Britain strip - it's expensive but a real high-quality printing. If you do buy it I would definitely recommend two books to accompany it; Excalibur Classics volume 1 (collects the last of the "80's Captain Britain" stories before he flies to America, losing his costume & artist when he gets there) and Modern Masters volume 1 (featuring Alan Davis)...anyway that's just the completist in me, the Omnibus alone is a great piece of nostalgia and a great read to boot! Chocks Away & all that...
This omnibus collects together Alan Davis's entire run on the Captain Britain strip - it's expensive but a real high-quality printing. If you do buy it I would definitely recommend two books to accompany it; Excalibur Classics volume 1 (collects the last of the "80's Captain Britain" stories before he flies to America, losing his costume & artist when he gets there) and Modern Masters volume 1 (featuring Alan Davis)...anyway that's just the completist in me, the Omnibus alone is a great piece of nostalgia and a great read to boot! Chocks Away & all that...
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