Brian Braddock: Captain Britain Appreciation 2021

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

A Happy and Safe New Year to you all. 2021 brings us a new thread for Captain Britain.

As the "Britain Prevails! Marvel UK lives here..." thread was closed, this is the place to post your thoughts, pics and questions on anything related to Captain Britain and anything you feel Marvel UK related.

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

Captain Britain Collected Editions - suggested reading

Captain Britain Vol. 1 OHC: Birth of a Legend
Collecting Captain Britain (1976 Marvel UK) #1-39 and Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain (1977 Marvel UK) #231-232
Captain Britain Vol. 2 OHC: Siege of Camelot
Collecting Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain (1977 Marvel UK) #233-247, Marvel Team-Up (1972) #65-66; and material from Hulk Comic (1979 Marvel UK) #1 and 3-46, Hulk Weekly (Marvel UK) #47-55, 57-58 and Incredible Hulk (Marvel UK) #59-63
Captain Britain Omnibus OHC
Collecting Marvel Super-Heroes (1972 Marvel UK) #377-388, The Daredevils (1981 Marvel UK) #1-11, The Mighty World of Marvel (1983 Marvel UK) #7-16,. Captain Britain (1985 Marvel UK) #1-14, New Mutants Annual (1983) #2, Uncanny X-Men Annual #11 and Captain America (1968) #305-306

The Knights of Pendragon: Once and Future TPB
by Dan Abnett, John Tomlinson, Gary Erskine & Andy Lanning
Collecting The Knights of Pendragon (1990 Marvel UK) #1-9
Sporadic appearances of Captain Britain.

Excalibur Vol. 2 (2001) #1-4 (only single issues)
by Ben Raab & Pablo Raimondi
Captain Britain's rise to become king of the extra-dimensional realm of Otherworld.

Avengers: Lionheart of Avalon TPB
by Chuck Austen, Olivier Coipiel & Sean Chen.
Collecting Avengers (1997) #77-81
Brian Braddock only appears briefly as the ruler of Otherworld. These issues are important in that he "passes" on the mantle of Captain Britain to Kelsey Leigh.

House of M: Uncanny X-Men TPB
by Chris Claremont, Alan Davis & Chris Bachalo
Collecting Uncanny X-Men #462-465 and material from Secrets from the House of M.
Brian, Meggan, Betsy, Pete Wisdom & The Captain Britain Corps take on the House of M in a world distorted by the Scarlet Witch.

New Excalibur Vol. 1: Defenders of the Realm TPB
by Chris Claremont, Michael Ryan & Steven Cummings
Collecting New Excalibur (2006) #1-7
New Excalibur Vol. 2: Last Days of Camelot TPB
by Frank Tieri, Michael Ryan, Jim Calafiore, Chris Claremont, Christopher Yost & Scott Kolins
Collecting New Excalibur (2006) #8-15
New Excalibur Vol. 3: Battle for Eternity TPB
by Chris Claremont, Scot Eaton, Jeremy Haun & Pat Olliffe
Collecting New Excalibur (2006) #16-24

X-Men: Die by the Sword TPB
by Chris Claremont, Juan Santacruz & Cafu
Collecting X-Men: Die by the Sword (2007) #1-5

Captain Britain and MI 13 Vol. 1: Secret Invasion TPB
by Paul Cornell & Leonard Kirk
Collecting Captain Britain and MI 13 (2008) #1-4 and Marvel Team-Up (1972) #65-66.
Captain Britain and MI 13 Vol. 2: Hell comes to Birmingham TPB
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk & Pat Oliffe
Collecting Captain Britain and MI 13 (2008) #5-9
Captain Britain and MI 13 Vol. 3: Vampire State TPB
by Paul Cornell, Leonard Kirk & Michael Collins
Collecting Captain Britain and MI 13 (2008) #10-15 and Captain Britain and MI13 (2008) Annual #1.

Revolutionary War TPB
Collecting Revolutionary War: Alpha (2014), Dark Angel (2014), Knights of Pendragon (2014), Deaths Head II (2014), Super Soldiers (2014), Motor Mouth (2014), Warheads (2024) and Omega (2014).

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

For historical purposes, below is the link to the Marvel UK thread which was closed at the end of 2020:

https://community.cbr.com/showthread...-UK-lives-here

Also, a new thread was started in 2021 for the Black Knight:

https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2021

[Panic]

One of my favourite heroes.

[The_Last_Czarnian]

Really want to see Brian back in the suit.

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

Really want to see Brian back in the suit.

Absolutely, you're not alone with that dream. I don't have much hope unless they get a "top-tier"/"hot" writer such as Donny Cates or Jonathan Hickman to at least pen a mini-series. Another option would be that he gets at least a cameo in an MCU property which would create some interest.

[Raffi Ol D'Arcy]

One of my absolute favourites also.

@Panic, I greatly appreciated all your knowledgeable and thought out comments on the Britain Prevails thread. You have quite some experience. It's a shame we don't also get posts from the likes of The Sword is Drawn and Willow16 anymore.

[Panic]

One of my absolute favourites also.

@Panic, I greatly appreciated all your knowledgeable and thought out comments on the Britain Prevails thread. You have quite some experience. It's a shame we don't also get posts from the likes of The Sword is Drawn and Willow16 anymore.

Thank you for the kind words, Raffi. I'm sad at the way Brian Braddock has been treated, but he's not alone in being treated badly - lots of characters are getting negative development at the moment. It does make me cross, but there is nothing to be done but post in here with other people who love the character.

Willow16 stopped having faith that Marvel would give us a Brian Braddock we wanted, and decided to write his own stories and create his own Facebook group. And good for him, I don't blame him one bit, but I do miss him. I don't do social media, but I suspect he's still got an AvengersUK Facebook page going. He really turned all that negative energy to something positive and creative, which is cool.

The Sword is Drawn is a different story. He was always so positive and optimistic through the dark times, but then he stopped posting without warning. He used to have a Marvel UK-centric blog, but that's no longer updated. I've always worried that his cancer returned and is the reason for his absence, but I don't know.

Anyway... pictures!