Captain Britain Omnibus

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The troubled history of the creative activity behind the character can be read on Wikipedia for those interested enough. 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.

There are a few printing spots on some of the pages that reproduce the cover pages, posters, promo stuff etc. I would have much preferred to have this innocent Psylocke remain with the New Mutants, rather than turning into the super-cool Ninja X-Man Psylocke [7+/10]. The silver age stuff, especially that featuring Captain America is cheesy as hell, with only the biggest silver age fans likely able to stomach it, yet its decent for what it is. A character who has occasionally popped up here and there over the years, being butchered, retconned and generally destroyed, especially in more recent times.This is the first Captain Britain by a British team and the first that feels like it's trying to do something unique with the character - delving into the folkloric elements Claremont gestured at by having Merlin involved with the origin, and adding in CS Lewis or Alan Garner portal fantasy elements. Perhaps that doesn't matter, because it *is* thrilling: as a craftsman Moore already knew how to pace a page and an episode ruthlessly well, using prose to bully the story into line, establish a cadence, play it out through the episode then end on a cliffhanging payoff.

And when the events that destroyed that world begin to repeat themselves on his own, Captain Britain faces a destiny that he cannot avert. Now, thrill to a complete collection of Captain Britain's iconic UK adventures - from questing alongside the Black Knight, to battling Jim Jaspers and the Fury to prevent Earth from becoming a crooked world! After Moore, the quality stays strong with Davis writing as well as drawing, before Delano comes in and takes us to the end of the Captain's run as a solo story. In the end it's Moore's take on Captain Britain that's stuck - a well meaning posh boy miles out of his depth in a much darker, weirder world than he realises - but it's also true that nothing in his earlier adventures contradicts that at all. 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.

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