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    Default Captain Britain and MI:13 Blow Up UK Press

    Marvel's "Captain Britian and MI:13" has been attracting attention in the UK press for its depiction of real-life Prime Minister Gordon Brown. CBR brings you the highlights as well as a preview of issue #2, on sale next week.

    http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=16686

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    The preiview was fantastic, The shock of death was displyed without a lot of hype, very moving but low key. Very British.

    I have added new favorite female character Faiza is fantastic, now there are to heroic Muslim women in the MU and I love both the characters.

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    read the article in the Daily Mail, but as always it was taken out of context. it is always funny to see comics used in mainstream media by people who are not actually familiar with the comic medium. there is always a slightly patronising tone to it....

    that being said, the preview art was fantastic. being british i guess i am just happy to see us getting involved in the invasion. The first issue was great and it looks like issue two will keep up the high standard

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    This looks great, loved the first issue.

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    Aw cripes, so a Braddock is "dead" again? How many times is that now? Previews look good tho, so I'll roll with it.

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    Well his name's in the title, so he won't be dead for long. Captain America reasonably notwithstanding, since they just launched this one.

    This is easily the most exciting of the Secret Invasion books so far. I love the response to Brian's death, I love Faiza, and all the dialogue is top-notch. More Cornell!. #1 was my first impulse by in a year or so. Started checking it out in the store and couldn't put it down.
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    looks fantatic, that art is nice
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    Faiza is definitely one of my favourite characters in the Marvel Universe and she's only been properly seen for less than a month. There's something very appealing about a female Muslim British-superhero fangirl. And now she has those creepy deconstruction powers (and maybe more?), all the better!

    Beyond The Beyonder, it's possible for there to be a new Captain Britain. Or Braddock returning as Cap. Or Braddock returning as something slightly different.

    It's about time the Skrulls were seen as a proper sci-fi army too. And Tink is back! Hurray!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guest_1001 View Post
    Faiza is definitely one of my favourite characters in the Marvel Universe and she's only been properly seen for less than a month. There's something very appealing about a female Muslim British-superhero fangirl. And now she has those creepy deconstruction powers (and maybe more?), all the better!

    Beyond The Beyonder, it's possible for there to be a new Captain Britain. Or Braddock returning as Cap. Or Braddock returning as something slightly different.

    It's about time the Skrulls were seen as a proper sci-fi army too. And Tink is back! Hurray!
    Tink is back in armor

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    I love that grovelling of Wisdom for Tink to help him, by terms of treaty... I'm so glad that's being followed up on.

    So Brian is dead? I like the way Cornell is acknowledging the rapport between a Captain and the people of his Britain. Each Captain Britain is literally powered BY the collective consciousness of his people - if a Captain dies they feel, and vice versa.

    Of course, by the same rules, a strong enough collective thought could possibly will him back into existence, in theory. It's never happened before. But who knows...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Guest_1001 View Post
    Faiza is definitely one of my favourite characters in the Marvel Universe and she's only been properly seen for less than a month. There's something very appealing about a female Muslim British-superhero fangirl. And now she has those creepy deconstruction powers (and maybe more?), all the better!

    Beyond The Beyonder, it's possible for there to be a new Captain Britain. Or Braddock returning as Cap. Or Braddock returning as something slightly different.

    It's about time the Skrulls were seen as a proper sci-fi army too. And Tink is back! Hurray!
    Yeah, so far I like her too despite her having just debuted. I would've thought she'd be like really preachy and judgmental about all the damage and such, but she's been pretty cool thus far. Reminds me a bit of that girl in Bend it Like Beckham for some reason (and it's not b/c they're both British and a minority).

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    Is anyone else ALREADY championing the obvious Wisdom/Spitfire chemistry!?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zombienorthstar View Post
    Is anyone else ALREADY championing the obvious Wisdom/Spitfire chemistry!?!
    Feels sorta weird when you remember Spitfire's really like 70-80yo but looks like she's 20 or something. When I read those pages, I was thinking Wisdom should've been calling Spitfire "ma'am."

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    Not really a British term of phrase...the closest thing to that would be madam. And even then i don't imagine Pete being from the part of England he's from (Essex i believe) would be likely to trot that out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zombienorthstar View Post
    Not really a British term of phrase...the closest thing to that would be madam. And even then i don't imagine Pete being from the part of England he's from (Essex i believe) would be likely to trot that out.
    Actually, Ma'am is commonly used in the British military for female senior officers (in the same way Sir is for male senior officers). As a government agent, Pete would have undergone training with the military, and so would be likely to use the phrase IF he felt the need to politely address a woman and didn't feel it appropriate to use her actual name.

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