Captain Britain and MI: 13
| Captain Britain and MI13 | |
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Cover art for Captain Britain & The MI: 13 #1.
Art by Bryan Hitch. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | May 2008 – July 2009 |
| Main character(s) |
Captain Britain Pete Wisdom Black Knight Blade Spitfire Faiza Hussain |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Paul Cornell |
| Penciller(s) | Leonard Kirk |
| Inker(s) |
Jesse Delperdang Paul Neary Michael Bair Jay Leisten |
| Colorist(s) | Brian Reber |
| Creator(s) |
Paul Cornell Leonard Kirk |
| Collected editions | |
| Secret Invasion | |
| Hell Comes To Birmingham | |
| Vampire State | |
Captain Britain and MI13 is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics and written by Paul Cornell, with art by Leonard Kirk. The series centers on the fictional British government agency MI: 13, which is dedicated to protecting the United Kingdom from supernatural threats. The main strikeforce is led by the superhero Captain Britain (Brian Braddock), and consists of various Marvel Comics characters that are of British descent or have a connection to the country. The series launched as a tie-in to the Secret Invasion event in May 2008 and ceased publication with issue #15.
The idea for the series grew out of Cornell's first Marvel MAX limited series Wisdom, which is centered around Pete Wisdom and MI: 13. Editor Nick Lowe said, "I loved working with Paul on Wisdom and wanted to expose more readers to his writing."
In August 2007 it was announced that Cornell was going to take over writing New Excalibur, another series with close links to MI: 13, but, over time, the project morphed into a new series. Cornell explained, "I think there have been so many Excaliburs lately that Nick [Lowe] just wanted to underline that this is a fresh start. And it shows that we have a purpose firmly in mind. And it spotlights Cap, which is fine by me."
The New Excalibur team was wound up in the 2007 crossover mini-series X-Men: Die by the Sword and the major Marvel summer event of 2008, Secret Invasion, was used as a launchpad for the new Captain Britain and MI: 13 series, much like how the fallout of the 2005 summer event, House of M, was used to launch New Excalibur which after issue #4, separated from the event to become an ongoing series.
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