Captain Britain Question?????

[tHE HITPACK]

In the trade paperback by Alan Moore and Alan Davis it seems as if the first issue is missing considering it's reprinting Archives 2-7 and it sort of jumps right in any ideas? Was someone an idiot and forgot to include it or did no copies exist (being in an alternate universe of course)???

[rwe1138]

The reason it's not included is because it wasn't done by Moore & Davis. They took over after the storyline had already started, which is why so many things are already happening at the beginning.

[binaural]

i have just read this trade, yes its a bit confusing as it starts in the middle of soemthing. im a big fan of cap britain, even though i havent read much of his stuff, didnt really enjoy this book though.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

In the trade paperback by Alan Moore and Alan Davis it seems as if the first issue is missing considering it's reprinting Archives 2-7 and it sort of jumps right in any ideas? Was someone an idiot and forgot to include it or did no copies exist (being in an alternate universe of course)???

It's because the first parts of the story were still part of David Thorpe's run writing Captain Britain. Copies do exist, but I'm really not sure what the deal is with reprinting the UK issues.

It took them over a decade to hammer out reprinting Moore's run, which makes me suspect that Marvel UK work in this period may be semi-creator owned. I've posted several times over on the Joe Friday's thread at Newsarama with regards to whether an 'Essential Captain Britain' volume could be printed, but my question has never been chosen.

Captian Britain, like a lot of Uk material was not published like book are in the USA. The 22-24 page monthly format does not sell in the UK. Captain Britain was original printed as The main story in his own series, with Nick Fury reprints as the back up, and later in Marvel Anthology titles such Daredevils, Mighty World of Marvel, and as the second story in Super Spider-man and Captain Britain. These stories were only five or six pages an issue as the these books were published fortnightly - and doing a full issue in two weeks is not easy. ;)

I live in hope that someday we will see them ALL collected - especially segments such as Cap's period fighting alongside the Black Knight, in the late 70s.

Moore's Jaspers Warp storyline was brilliant, and the tpb stands up a lot better than much work stateside from the period. It's a great shame that he's never going to work with Marvel again. :(

[tHE HITPACK]

I do think Alan Moore is a tad over-rated i've read early swamp thing issues and the writing is really pretentious. But the Watchmen is a ****in masterpiece!!!! No denying that.

cheers for the help:evilsmile

[Babylon23]

If your interested in the David Thorpe stuff, it was reprinted in issue 1 of X-Men Archives: Captain Britain in the 90's. It's a shame it's not included in the trade, since it does introduce a lot of the characters and concepts Moore uses (Saturnyne and the Crazy Gang are notables).

[The Sword Is Drawn]

I would dearly love to see the whole lot collected. Let's be fair the only place you can really find it now is in Torrent form, and that's not good for anybody.

[Zero Hunter]

I would love and Essential Captain Britain. I wish Marvel would do a few more oddball ones a year like Cap Britain, Deathlock, Guardains of the Galaxy, and others from the 70's.

[The Sword Is Drawn]

I would love and Essential Captain Britain. I wish Marvel would do a few more oddball ones a year like Cap Britain, Deathlock, Guardains of the Galaxy, and others from the 70's.

Absolutely. They did Killraven, eventually, so it's not impossible. And with Cap still being on an ongoing series it makes sense. These stories, like it or not, literally shaped a number of the governing principles of Marvel's multiverse. They're concepts which stuck. And yet sadly the stories which started so much of that have never been reprinted. A great shame, in my eyes.