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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2016 16:22:19 GMT -5
Britain's greatest superhero debuted in Captain Britain #1, dated 1th October 1976-and I didn't want to let his 40th pass without comment. He's been my hero since I was six years old, and dammit, he still makes me proud to be British!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 16:50:13 GMT -5
My first memory of Brian Braddock, which would have been in a box of British weeklies some time before I was born...  And when I started to build my own collection of Marvel Team-Up...I just had to get this first.  I've always preferred the classic look too. |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 13, 2016 17:23:38 GMT -5
To this day, I don't know that I've ever read a Captain Britain comic, but the first comic mags I ever owned were the Captain Britain run which I found in the musty basement of my old LCS and bought for next to nothing because I liked the covers. I still need to get around to reading them.
Still need to read the original run of Excalibur, for that matter.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 17:52:35 GMT -5
And when I started to build my own collection of Marvel Team-Up...I just had to get this first. One of several reasons I liked team up titles: You got exposed to other heroes you might normally not have read without buying into an event crossover. |
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Post by Confessor on Oct 13, 2016 22:27:35 GMT -5
My first memory of Brian Braddock, which would have been in a box of British weeklies some time before I was born... I still have that very issue in my collection. Ah, Captain Britain...I always thought you were a bit of a second-rate superhero, but I liked you anyway. Happy Birthday!  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2016 22:36:21 GMT -5
Captain Britain Costumes that I know of ...  I like the original costume very much, but when they did the costume at the bottom - it's purely is Captain Britain and I just loved the way the Union Jack is incorporated here in this fashion and I felt that the main colors should be blue and white with a touch of red. I just loved this character and when Marvel Comics had him partnering with Captain America was a stroke of genius and I wished they use him more in the world of Marvel Universe. 40th Birthday ... Congratulations in order for Captain Britain and Brian Braddock one of the best contemporary heroes that Marvel ever created!
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 14, 2016 0:12:54 GMT -5
My first memory of Brian Braddock, which would have been in a box of British weeklies some time before I was born... And when I started to build my own collection of Marvel Team-Up...I just had to get this first. I've always preferred the classic look too. I love the first Alan Davis design, but I must admit, the original costume is still striking and unique-I think what really makes it is the full face mask leaving the hair exposed, which I always liked. Super Spider-Man & Captain Britain was a great title, I thought. And had some really fun, underrated CB stories. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 14, 2016 0:16:22 GMT -5
To this day, I don't know that I've ever read a Captain Britain comic, but the first comic mags I ever owned were the Captain Britain run which I found in the musty basement of my old LCS and bought for next to nothing because I liked the covers. I still need to get around to reading them. Still need to read the original run of Excalibur, for that matter. You still haven't read them? My OCD would never allow that...  The early issues of Excalibur really are worth getting around to, they were an oasis of fun in the desert of mutant misery of the late eighties. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 14, 2016 0:18:52 GMT -5
My first memory of Brian Braddock, which would have been in a box of British weeklies some time before I was born... I still have that very issue in my collection. Ah, Captain Britain...I always thought you were a bit of a second-rate superhero, but I liked you anyway. Happy Birthday! Second rate!!!?  You're dead to me... |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 14, 2016 0:23:35 GMT -5
CB's first encounter with the wider Marvel Universe. Can you "guess the identity of our shocking super-villain"?  And what I think may be the rarest CB title, his last solo special from Marvel UK. I only ever saw two copies.  ![]() |
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Post by starscape on Oct 14, 2016 15:59:20 GMT -5
Much much much prefer Cap's original costume. I also though he had some great villains. The Reaper! Hurricane! Dr Synne! They should have been contenders. I wrote a piece of fanfic that I've been meaning to follow up for years. Maybe this will inspire me. I've got the story mapped out. But here's the Return of the Reaver. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 14, 2016 16:38:31 GMT -5
Much much much prefer Cap's original costume. I also though he had some great villains. The Reaper! Hurricane! Dr Synne! They should have been contenders. I wrote a piece of fanfic that I've been meaning to follow up for years. Maybe this will inspire me. I've got the story mapped out. But here's the Return of the Reaver. Heh. Like it-particularly Neil Tarrant and Derek Skinner. But I feel I should point out that Hurricane at least has returned a couple of times since 1976, though he's never again faced CB. |
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Post by starscape on Oct 15, 2016 4:29:33 GMT -5
He did, but completely different from the armoured figure. It wasn't really the same character.
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 15, 2016 8:04:58 GMT -5
He did, but completely different from the armoured figure. It wasn't really the same character. I agree the version seen in Gene Dogs might as well have been a different character, but the original version has been seen a couple of times in American titles. He was listed as a potential recruit for the Initiative program after Civil War, and I believe he also fought the Fantastic Four. |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 18, 2016 4:30:18 GMT -5
Found it! I've been hunting for Hurricane's return for a couple of days; it was in the 2005 Marvel Holiday Special! ![]()  |
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