Captain Britain Weekly
| Captain Britain | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | Captain Britain #1 (October 1976) |
| Created by |
Chris Claremont (writer) Herb Trimpe (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Brian Braddock |
| Team affiliations |
Secret Avengers MI-13 Excalibur Captain Britain Corps Knights of Pendragon Hellfire Club New Excalibur Illuminati Champions of Europe |
| Notable aliases | Britannic |
| Abilities | Superhuman strength, speed, endurance, agility, durability, reflexes, and senses Force fields Energy beams Flight |
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, he first appeared in Captain Britain Weekly #1 (October 1976). The character has been used in stories through the years by many people, most notably Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, and Alan Moore.
The character was initially intended to be a British equivalent of Captain America. Endowed with extraordinary powers by the legendary magician Merlyn and his daughter Roma, Captain Britain was assigned to uphold the laws of Britain.
The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe and originally appeared in Captain Britain Weekly, an anthology comic published exclusively in the United Kingdom by the Marvel Comics imprint known as Marvel UK. (Captain Britain Weekly also included reprinted material featuring other Marvel Comics characters such as Nick Fury and the Fantastic Four). The first few issues of the comic were also promoted with free gifts, including a cardboard Captain Britain mask and a Captain Britain boomerang.
Chris Claremont left the series after ten issues, midway through the "Doctor Synne" storyline, and has stated that this was because his view of the character and series was very different from that of the editor. In 1978 Chris Claremont revisited the character and introduced him to an international audience, fully integrating him into the Marvel Universe via a story that starred Captain Britain and Spider-Man in Marvel's long-running Marvel Team-Up series.
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