tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post6612764092050220421..comments2024-03-29T02:53:08.837+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Captain Britain!Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-61774637969180041482016-10-17T09:24:17.548+01:002016-10-17T09:24:17.548+01:00Dougie - Jack Staff is absolutely an homage, a pas...Dougie - Jack Staff is absolutely an homage, a pastiche even. I certainly recommend it for anyone looking for a British hero without the 'Americanisation', which is something CB suffered from. <br /><br />Having not been a Warlord reader, (though I have since considered looking for some issues) I can't comment on it's content. Though I can imagine the political leanings of the stories in a 70s Britain.<br /><br />Peter<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-16394832641814442016-10-15T11:29:24.137+01:002016-10-15T11:29:24.137+01:00I had the impression Jack Staff is something of an...I had the impression Jack Staff is something of an homage to CB and UJ. with elements of Dr. Who.<br /><br />Peter, since Dez Skinn's late 70s version of Marvel UK was more in line with trad British comics, an updated Union Jack makes even more sense to me. But there may have been copyright issues with Union Jack Jackson, from Warlord. <br />Those comics do seem a bit UKIP, when I think about it.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-62110396484132564702016-10-13T09:33:59.696+01:002016-10-13T09:33:59.696+01:00Steve - Yes, the original was a Lord. His son took...Steve - Yes, the original was a Lord. His son took over later on.<br /> Marvel did a mini series with the modern Union Jack a few years back along with some other less famous heroes from various countries which had a more international feel to it. I don't remember it being that bad.<br /><br />For a more British hero I quite enjoyed Jack Staff by Paul Grist. Grist himself is also from Sheffield. <br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-49754845275420756632016-10-12T16:47:11.492+01:002016-10-12T16:47:11.492+01:00Hi, Peter, thanks for commenting. Come to think of...Hi, Peter, thanks for commenting. Come to think of it, Union Jack lived in a great big manor house too, didn't he?Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68650131310838115722016-10-12T16:35:08.671+01:002016-10-12T16:35:08.671+01:00Long term reader, first time poster.
CB has always...Long term reader, first time poster.<br />CB has always been the character that I've always wanted to like, but never really had a satisfactory reason; all I had was that he was/is a British Captain America, which kind of puts a whole confusion on things. The Fury storyline floats my boat (Of course), but Excalibur (vol 1)is a solid book, even if it puts Kitty Pryde front and centre most of the time. CB tends to be the muscle of the group, plus he's a bit of a sleaze and a moaner. <br />But the stories are fun and have a lot of character (It was a Claremont book after all; also probably why CB tends to be lumped with mutants). <br />Re: Dougie - it certainly would have made more sense to have Union Jack, what with the flavour of his stories being more akin to the war stories (a la Eagle, or Dan Dare even) young boys read at the time. I think CB was an attempt by Marvel to crate a 'Stan Lee' version of what a British hero would be like, which is to say, very American.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-45596994801783066932016-10-11T15:08:48.524+01:002016-10-11T15:08:48.524+01:00Marching to a different drummer, I love everything...Marching to a different drummer, I love everything about the original Captain Britain. Hurricane, the quarterstaff, the pipe smoking, the Flying Finish pub, Jacko Tanner, esper Kate Fraser and her uncanny death fixation. I was surprised Claremont didn't bring her into the X-Men, instead of Betsy Braddock.<br /><br />The big mystery to me, though, is why Marvel didn't just introduce a modern-day Union Jack, who had made his debut a shade earlier in '76. He has a fantastic costume and would've been an early instance of the Legacy Hero Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-5360117715820700312016-10-11T14:33:53.367+01:002016-10-11T14:33:53.367+01:00dangermash - Maybe Nick Fury seemed to fit well wi...dangermash - Maybe Nick Fury seemed to fit well with CB because of STRIKE? <br /><br />What a brilliant name for the British version of SHIELD, eh? How 70s. <br />Got to stop the Red Skull crossing those picket lines...<br /><br />-sean<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-42226403335875713432016-10-11T09:47:29.796+01:002016-10-11T09:47:29.796+01:00Brian and Lew, thanks for the Black Knight art inf...Brian and Lew, thanks for the Black Knight art info.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-39783531112237280272016-10-11T09:34:08.974+01:002016-10-11T09:34:08.974+01:00The Black Knight strip in Hulk Comic was written b...The Black Knight strip in Hulk Comic was written by Steve Parkhouse and drawn by John Stokes. It's reprinted in volumes 3 and 4 of Panini UK's Captain Britain trade paperbacks.Lew Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746322402392204077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-13665174209765171722016-10-10T23:55:30.648+01:002016-10-10T23:55:30.648+01:00Another daft thing about Captain Britain was that ...Another daft thing about Captain Britain was that his alter-ego, Brian Braddock, lived in Braddock Manor so he was obviously rather posh and privileged but he was portrayed as an "everyman" Peter Parker-type who went to "Thames University" rather than Oxbridge. Brian Braddock would have been more like David Cameron than Peter Parker :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-66840245271084974652016-10-10T23:37:43.503+01:002016-10-10T23:37:43.503+01:00Colin
You're right, it was a boomerang in iss...Colin<br /><br />You're right, it was a boomerang in issue two. The cardboard wrist bands came with the Captain Britain costume that you had to send away for. It was a piece of coloured polythene that tied at the back, with separate wrist bands and a new mask (identical to the free mask in issue one). To say that this was a let down, when it finally arrived, doesn't come close...<br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-47201218772753369812016-10-10T15:48:48.201+01:002016-10-10T15:48:48.201+01:00Dangermash, I do believe that this month sees the ...Dangermash, I do believe that this month sees the arrival of a brand new strip in the pages of The Mighty World of Marvel but I don't want to spoilerise it, so I shall say no more than that.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-7010844726496156522016-10-10T14:57:13.563+01:002016-10-10T14:57:13.563+01:00I was only about 12 at the time this all happened ...I was only about 12 at the time this all happened but I remember thinking that SHIELD was a good match for the Captail Britain comic as it was very much a hipster strip (not that I had the words in my vocabulary back then - it was more of a gut feeling). Having FF in there was weird though. Maybe Doctor Strange would have been a better fit.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing what happens to the other comics this month. Is this when Avengers moves to Titans? That would leave MWOM with Hulk, Conan and Daredevil? Three strips is about right for a portrait comic. And then Titans would have Avengers, Captain America, Inhumans, Ghost Rider,... Is Sub Mariner still in there? Or is another strip about to pop up? Time to bring back the X-Men? Roll on Thursday.<br /><br />And good shout on the FF Sean.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-32446498838139953722016-10-10T14:18:58.389+01:002016-10-10T14:18:58.389+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-73643398910434661932016-10-10T02:45:14.005+01:002016-10-10T02:45:14.005+01:00I remember getting the cardboard mask as the free ...I remember getting the cardboard mask as the free gift in issue one and the cardboard wristbands as the free gift in issue two. I desperately wanted a cardboard quarterstaff to be the free gift in issue three but was, sadly, let down. The Moore/Davis Jasper/Fury storyline that ran in Marvel Superheroes/Daredevils/MWOM was a cracker. The monthly Captain Britain title that followed (and was collected, as Steve notes), unfortunately lost Alan Moore, but Alan Davis and Jamie Delano put together a nice run. I think CB lost his charm once he joined the US Mutant titles. The fallout from the Marvel/Miracleman debacle, and Moore and Davis falling out, seemed to result in many of Moore's themes being ignored. The Special Executive becoming The Gatecrashers, being one example. <br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-17317901758241229962016-10-10T00:23:07.856+01:002016-10-10T00:23:07.856+01:00The Black Knight in Hulk Comic was drawn by John R...The Black Knight in Hulk Comic was drawn by John Ridgeway.Brian Braddocknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-43029732360008894092016-10-09T21:51:30.941+01:002016-10-09T21:51:30.941+01:00PS Hey, dangermash - aren't you forgetting the...PS Hey, dangermash - aren't you forgetting the Complete FF? That was pretty good treatment for Marvel UK in the 70s...<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-88548950535090030652016-10-09T21:42:32.110+01:002016-10-09T21:42:32.110+01:00The first issue of the original Captain Britain co...The first issue of the original Captain Britain comic certainly blew me away, Steve - I'd never seen anything like Jim Steranko's work on the Nick Fury backups before. Amazing.<br /><br />The title character though was obviously a dud, not least because Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe's version of England had the same kind of authenticity as Dick van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins.<br />And he looked like a poster boy for the National Front in his original costume (CB that is, not Chis Claremont or Herb Trimpe) <br />Not that the later costumes are much of an improvement, but the visibility of the blonde hair was particularly unfortunate.<br /><br />Btw, the monthly MWOM version of CB began life in the short-lived monthly Daredevils mag, which also included (funnily enough) Frank Miller's Daredevil. Moore's work was particularly impressive as it was (I think) his first ongoing series.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-18489739200063058622016-10-09T21:08:53.285+01:002016-10-09T21:08:53.285+01:00And that's the FF shunted into another comic b...And that's the FF shunted into another comic by the look of things. We must have kept giving Marvel UK some pretty rubbish feedback on them. And that's years before the films.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.com