BRITAIN PREVAILS - Captain Britain & MI13 Appreciation PART II

**James Hunter** · 12-02-2011, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Willow616

I'd like to see the original Albion (Pete Hunter) back in action definitley. And Leir as MI13's answer to Thor would be brilliant!

Its been a LONG time since I have read KNIGHTS OF THE PENDRAGON (Does anyone else feel like the producers of the BBC1 show MERLIN might have done though??

) but isn't Albion/Pete Hunter back to just being an ordinary person now?

As for UJ, yep if he's happy taking on terrorists then let him be, he's done enough vamp fighting over the years...but then again if Blade isn't on the team he may feel differently about membership....

I think of Joey as more then just a vampire fighter poersonally, and I suppose I could leave him in MI:5 but I just wish he'd aappear in *any* comic, I miss UJ (Now that Brian will be appearing in SA regularly, maybe its time to badger Marvel to use Union Jack!)

Cheers.

James.

**Loki** · 12-02-2011, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by James Hunter

Its been a LONG time since I have read KNIGHTS OF THE PENDRAGON (Does anyone else feel like the producers of the BBC1 show MERLIN might have done though??

) but isn't Albion/Pete Hunter back to just being an ordinary person now?

No, last we saw him he still had his powers.

**highwayguy** · 12-02-2011, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by LucyFury

You've never mentioned that before.

Jeez! You love telling people you know Steve Parkhouse. It's your claim to fame. Well I met Rod Hull and Emu when I was younger. Beat that!

Little cheeky so-and-so!

Originally Posted by Whitster

I don't mind whos on an MI:13 team as long as Dai Thomas is involved in some capacity!

Seconded!

Originally Posted by James Hunter

Its been a LONG time since I have read KNIGHTS OF THE PENDRAGON (Does anyone else feel like the producers of the BBC1 show MERLIN might have done though??

) but isn't Albion/Pete Hunter back to just being an ordinary person now?

I think of Joey as more then just a vampire fighter poersonally, and I suppose I could leave him in MI:5 but I just wish he'd aappear in *any* comic, I miss UJ (Now that Brian will be appearing in SA regularly, maybe its time to badger Marvel to use Union Jack!)

Cheers.

James.

My Knights of Pendragon issues 12-18 arrived in the post this week. I'll finally be able to finish reading the series. Up next, volume 2!

As for Union Jack, any title with him in it will be instantly added to my pull-list. Surely UJ and Spitfire are due their call-up to the Avengers?

**Willow616** · 12-02-2011, 11:47 AM

Beware of the second volume of Knights of Pendragon mate......especially as a fan of UJ.....it's really not that good.

**highwayguy** · 12-02-2011, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Willow616

Beware of the second volume of Knights of Pendragon mate......especially as a fan of UJ.....it's really not that good.

Oh. I knew that volume 2 wasn't the greatest. But I'm very wary now. Especially as I'm already bidding for the complete series on ebay. How bad is it for Union Jack?

**Willow616** · 12-02-2011, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by highwayguy

Oh. I knew that volume 2 wasn't the greatest. But I'm very wary now. Especially as I'm already bidding for the complete series on ebay. How bad is it for Union Jack?

The worst the character ever got. The excellent uniform gets dumped for this weird line-backer-thing and he 'swells' to Juggernaught proportions......I'd go so far as to call it UJ's 'Britannic' phase.

**Blind pugh** · 12-02-2011, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Willow616

The worst the character ever got. The excellent uniform gets dumped for this weird line-backer-thing and he 'swells' to Juggernaught proportions......I'd go so far as to call it UJ's 'Britannic' phase.

I only saw parts of that as my comic shop at the time wasn't great for UK titles but was there a reason given for why they did that to him?
Feel free to spoiler block it for Highwayguy's sake.

**Willow616** · 12-02-2011, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by Blind pugh

I only saw parts of that as my comic shop at the time wasn't great for UK titles but was there a reason given for why they did that to him?
Feel free to spoiler block it for Highwayguy's sake.

Urm I don't think it really needs the spoiler block to be honest Blind Pugh mate....basically the Pendragon Force just kind of made him 'big'....then (and if memory serves correct) Alan Davis was charged with redesigning the whole team..............................and unfortunately UJ got that monstrosity.

**highwayguy** · 12-02-2011, 01:45 PM

I see what you mean. What an awful look. I still intend to buy the series as I just need a Marvel UK fix. But I may start shouting.

**Vic Vega** · 12-02-2011, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by highwayguy

I see what you mean. What an awful look. I still intend to buy the series as I just need a Marvel UK fix. But I may start shouting.

THAT'S Union Jack?

That Hulk-looking dude in the red and blue spacesuit?

I never read that comic (couldn't find it) but I always thought that was Gwaine or somebody.

**LucyFury** · 12-02-2011, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Vic Vega

THAT'S Union Jack?

That Hulk-looking dude in the red and blue spacesuit?

I never read that comic (couldn't find it) but I always thought that was Gwaine or somebody.

Me too!

Where are the other characters now?

**Loki** · 12-02-2011, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by LucyFury

Me too!

Where are the other characters now?

Breeze, Adam and Albion left Earth-616 to help rebuild the devastated Earth-313, a world their actions had inadvertently helped destroy. Albion returned later to 616, but we don't know if Breeze and Adam are still there or if they have returned. Grace was last seen still manning the Knights' base, the Green Chapel, on Otherworld. Union Jack, I assume you already know.

**Willow616** · 12-03-2011, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by Vic Vega

THAT'S Union Jack?

That Hulk-looking dude in the red and blue spacesuit?

I never read that comic (couldn't find it) but I always thought that was Gwaine or somebody.

Yep. Thats UJ......crap isn't it? I was so glad when he deflated and went back to the classic uniform.

Originally Posted by Loki

Breeze, Adam and Albion left Earth-616 to help rebuild the devastated Earth-313, a world their actions had inadvertently helped destroy. Albion returned later to 616, but we don't know if Breeze and Adam are still there or if they have returned. Grace was last seen still manning the Knights' base, the Green Chapel, on Otherworld. Union Jack, I assume you already know.

And Sword had a theory that we've seen Peter Hunter since. In the Rudiments of Wisdom series we see a bloke being dragged away by guards in the Vault prison (under Shoreditch if memory serves) and he's screaming that he's (a/the?) Pendragon......could that be him?

**Blind pugh** · 12-03-2011, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by Willow616

Urm I don't think it really needs the spoiler block to be honest Blind Pugh mate....basically the Pendragon Force just kind of made him 'big'....then (and if memory serves correct) Alan Davis was charged with redesigning the whole team..............................and unfortunately UJ got that monstrosity.

Thanks

. That sounds utterly terrible, I was hoping for some kind of cool storyline reason to change the guy's whole concept but it was just that they needed a team strongman & thought hey UJ's got some name value & no powers why not him?

That's a shame, from the little bits I saw of the first Knights of Pendragon series it seemed like a really cool idea, maybe I was just lucky to only see scattered bits.