Captain Britain Omnibus

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It also suits the British national character (certainly of that period) where gloomy dystopian fears, a dislike of bullies, a penchant for the supernatural, a respect for practical science, a relative lack of interest in space-faring and a sense of history can co-exist in uneasy balance. The extra features in the back are a treasure trove of history, and a wonderful look into the past, all of which lead to one conclusion: Alan Davis is the fucking man.

The Wild Ways / New Mutants Annual is a pretty good character piece for the New Mutants and a very nice integration of Captain Britain and Pyslocke into the X-Mythos. Reading the Thorpe run in particular is eye-opening - reprints of the Moore episodes tend to leave it out, even though it introduces a bunch of that run's most important characters, and its central storyline - should Captain Britain help an outside force unilaterally "push" human evolution on a backward, fascist Earth? Jamie Delano tries to make keep things interesting, even using threads left by Moore's run, but ultimately comes up with 14 issues of just okay comics. And Captain Britain remains one of the greatest 'superhero' runs I've had the privilege to read yet.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). To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

First, Moore is the guy who brings the fantasy elements present in Captain Britain together in a way that feels holistic and which sets a tone for his stories ever since. But second, Captain Britain becomes a superhero comic again, and to the extent that it creates anything new it creates the "grim and gritty" reboot that came to define the 80s. I adored this run of Captain Britain, and now I never ever want to read anything else from this character again. The three in-between tales by Davis and others are OK, bringing Captain Britain back down to Earth, but not exceptional [6/10].So, this book is like a snapshot of a culture when it was still possible to be anti-facist, patriotic and good, a self-questioning fighter against intolerance, all at the same time, before cultures started to divide. Merlin represents Clarke's oft-cited notion of magic being merely undiscovered science and the relationship between magic and science with rebellious politics suits Moore to the ground.