The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection
#3 - Captain Britain: A Crooked World
([16 May] 2012)
Hachette Partworks,
2011 Series
- Price
- 9.99 GBP; 19.95 AUD; 24.99 NZD
- Pages
- 208
- On-sale Date
- 2012-05-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hachette Partworks Ltd.
- Brand
-
Hachette Partworks Ltd
- ISBN
-
978-1-906965-73-0
- Barcode
- 9772049086024 11
- Editing
- Sarah Gale (credited) (senior editor, Hachette Partworks); Ed Hammond (credited) (editor, Panini UK); Simon Frith (credited) (senior editor, Panini UK); Alan O'Keefe (credited) (managing editor, Panini UK); Bernie Jaye (credited) (original editor); Tim Hampson (credited) (original editor); Chris Gill (credited) (original editor)
[no title indexed]
Captain Britain / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Alan Davis
- Inks
- Alan Davis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Davis
- Inks
- Alan Davis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Credits, indicia and title page.
A Crooked World
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Marco M. Lupoi
- Letters
- typeset
The Story So Far
Captain Britain / recap / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Davis
- Inks
- Alan Davis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
A Crooked World
Captain Britain / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Alan Moore; Alan Davis
- Pencils
- Alan Davis
- Inks
- Alan Davis
- Colors
- Digital Chameleon
- Letters
- Jenny O'Connor
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Jackdaw; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Dimples; Avant Guard; The Fury; Mad Jim Jaspers
- Synopsis
- The whole world has gone mad and the British government thinks Captain Britain and Saturnyne are responsible so they activate the Fury, a hero killing cybiote. When the Fury proves too much, even for Cap, Luna and her crew teleport out. The Fury kills Jackdaw but even Cap's intense rage at seeing his friend cut down is not enough to help him defeat the creature. Cap's arm is broken in the battle and he is rescued by an unlikely ally, Mad Jim Jaspers.
- Reprints
Graveyard Shift
Captain Britain / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Mad Jim Jaspers; the Fury; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]
- Synopsis
- Jaspers explains to Cap how he masterminded the deaths of all superheroes in this reality and why he is currently turning the world upside down. Fearing that he is going mad himself, Cap flees from Jaspers and finds himself in a graveyard of heroes next to the freshly dug grave of Captain U.K. The Fury shows up and blasts him into oblivion, causing his body to fall into the very grave he was contemplating.
- Reprints
-
from Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #388 (August 1982)
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A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair...
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Merlyn; Roma; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Jackdaw; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Dimples; Avant Guard; Status Guard; Algernon; Crazy Gang [Mad Jim Jaspers; The Jester; The Knave; Red Queen; Tweedledope; Executioner]
- Synopsis
- The Fury has killed Captain Britain but Merlyn and Roma put him back together again and send him back to his home reality.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #1 (January 1983)
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An Englishman's Home...
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Mastermind; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; The Fury; Merlyn; Roma; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
- Synopsis
- Captain Britain is finally back in his own reality and travels home to Braddock manor. He believed the house to be a shelled out husk but finds it standing intact and pristine. Then he begins to have visions of the past, including one of his dead parents. He quickly discovers that these are holograms projected by the super-computer, Mastermind, who was responsible for his folk's death. Brian disables the computer and modifies it for his own use. Cap is thrilled to now have a secret base, a super-computer at his disposal and a few minutes to sit back and relax. Then the phone rings.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #2 (1983)
-
...Thicker than Water
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Alison Double; Slaymaster
- Synopsis
- Brian gets a call from his long, lost sister, Betsy, and the two agree to meet. Brian learns that Betsy has been working for the psi-division of STRIKE (the U.K. version of SHIELD) but her group has discovered that agents of the Vixen have taken over the organization and are killing all of Betsy's friends to keep them silent. Cap confronts the assassin who reveals himself to be Slaymaster.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #3 (1983)
-
Killing Ground
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Alison Double; Dai Thomas; Slaymaster; Arcade; Miss Locke; The Vixen (voice only)
- Synopsis
- The new and improved Slaymaster is no match for the even newer and more improved Captain Britain. The Vixen contacts Arcade and tells him that his agent has failed to kill all of STRIKE's psi-operatives.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #4 (April 1983)
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Executive Action
Captain Britain / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Alison Double; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb]
- Synopsis
- Four interdimensional beings invade Braddock manor and capture Captain Britain whom they want to testify on behalf of Saturnyne in her upcoming trial.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #5 (May 1983)
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Judgement Day
Captain Britain / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb; Legion; Numbers]; Captain England; Captain Albion; Lord Mandragon; The Fury
- Synopsis
- Captain Britain is forcibly brought to the extra-dimensional trial of Saturnyne by the Special Executive. At first he refuses to testify on her behalf as she once abandoned him in his time of need but, after witnessing her sorry state as a condemned prisoner, he decides to speak up for her. He becomes even more concerned when he discovers that her judge is also her successor to the imperial throne and stands to gain a lot if she is found guilty. Mandragon destroys the universe containing Earth-238 but the Fury escapes.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #6 (June 1983)
-
Rough Justice
Captain Britain / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb; Legion; Numbers]; Captain England; Captain Albion; Lord Mandragon; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; Andy; Gaath; Tusker; Rick; Iron Talon; Tom Rosetta; Miracleman; Puppetman; Jackdaw; Dimples; Algernon; Avant Guard; Status Crew; The Fury
- Synopsis
- Linda McQuillan, an exile from Earth-238 and the former Captain U.K., has terrible nightmares about her home world where the Fury killed all of her friends. Meanwhile, Captain Britain is attending the kangaroo court where Saturnyne is quickly condemned for failing her mission to Earth-238. Cap, who has been restrained thanks to his big mouth, breaks free and starts a fight.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #7 (July 1983)
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Arrivals
Captain Britain / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb; Legion; Numbers; Oxo; Ringtoss; Lady Burning Fish]; Captain England; Captain Albion; Lord Mandragon; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; The Fury
- Synopsis
- The Fury makes it to earth and begins killing people to repair itself. Saturnyne's trial has turned into a free-for-all battle with Captain Britain leading the fray. Cap, Luna and the Special Executive escape to earth and everyone moves in to Braddock manor. Linda shows up warning them all of impending genocide.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #8 (August 1983)
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Waiting for the End of the World
Captain Britain / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb; Legion; Numbers; Oxo; Ringtoss]; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; Merlyn; Roma; James Jaspers; The Vixen; Sebastian Shaw; Henry Peter Gyrich; Beetles; Spider-Man; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; The Fury
- Synopsis
- Merlyn and Roma look on with concern as their cosmic game begins to spiral out of control. The James Jaspers of Earth-616 begins his campaign to eradicate all superheroes. Thanks to his mutant ability to warp reality, his plans begin to come to fruition very quickly. Captain Britain tries to convince Linda to resume her duties as Captain U.K. but she is terrified of a repeat of the madness Jaspers created in her home reality and runs off, unfortunately, right into the waiting arms of the Fury.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #9 (September 1983)
-
The Sound and the Fury
Captain Britain / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb; Mastermind; Legion; Numbers; Oxo; Ringtoss; Lady Burning Fish]; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; Merlyn; Roma; The Fury; James Jaspers
- Synopsis
- Linda has fled from Braddock manor only to find the Fury waiting to attack her in the nearby woods. Captain Britain and the Special Executive run outside to help but get soundly trounced. Wardog has his cybernetic arm ripped off and one of Legion's dupes is killed. In his citadel, Merlyn begins to despair of winning the game as the Fury has arrived as an unknown and unexpected player.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #10 (November [October] 1983)
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But They Never Really Die
Captain Britain / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Special Executive [Wardog; Fascination; Zeitgeist; Cobweb; Mastermind; Legion; Numbers; Oxo; Ringtoss; Lady Burning Fish]; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; The Fury
- Synopsis
- Captain Britain and the Special Executive continue to battle the Fury and are actually able to wound it and bury it in rubble but Cap is pretty sure they haven't seen the last of the creature. With one of their members dead and no paycheck in sight, the Special Executive leaves earth to continue their mercenary life.
- Reprints
- from The Daredevils (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #11 (November 1983)
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The Candlelight Dialogues
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Beetles; Meggan; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Alison Double
- Synopsis
- With James Jaspers' execution and internment of anyone with super heroic or mutant powers in full swing, two young girls in hiding talk about Captain Britain.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #7 (December 1983)
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The Twisted World (Reprise)
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Alison Double; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; James Jaspers; The Vixen; The Fury; Beetles
- Synopsis
- Jaspers' Beetles are digging around the rubble of Braddock manor when they unwittingly free the Fury once again; Cap and company talk about the fact that Jaspers' reality warping powers have turned England into a totalitarian madhouse with time itself jumping out of sequence; The Vixen decides that Jaspers has gone too far and attempts to assassinate him but has the tables turned on her by the powerful madman.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #8 (January 1984)
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Among Those Dark Satanic Mills
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Thomas Lennox; Alison Double; Linda McQuillan [Captain U.K.]; Merlyn; Roma; Beetles; James Jaspers
- Synopsis
- Even though his heroes are losing, Merlyn refuses to let Roma discontinue the game. Luna, Betsy and company are discovered by the Beetles who cut most of them down. Saturnyne has it out with Linda for not using her Captain U.K. powers to protect her friends and is finally able to provoke a response from the terrified woman. Captain Britain arrives at Jaspers' lair to confront the villain but finds that Mad Jim has grown powerful enough to play on a cosmic scale.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #9 (February 1984)
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Anarchy in the UK
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Captain U.K. [Linda McQuillan]; James Jaspers; Jackdaw; Avant Guard; Status Crew; The Jester; The Knave; Red Queen; Courtney Ross
- Synopsis
- Saturnyne finally gets Linda to don her Captain U.K. uniform and agree to help in the fight against Jaspers. Captain Britain tries to battle Mad Jim but has his mind turned inside out and upside down as the villain soundly trounces him.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #10 (March 1984)
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Foolsmate
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Captain U.K. [Linda McQuillan]; Roma; Merlyn; James Jaspers; The Fury; Crazy Gang [The Jester; The Knave; Red Queen; Tweedledope; Executioner]
- Synopsis
- The Fury arrives to take part in the battle between Captain Britain and James Jaspers. Unhappy that an extraordinarily powerful villain exists to challenge his supremacy, Mad Jim begins an all out battle with the Fury. Roma asks her father about the status of the game only to discover that Merlyn has died.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #11 (April 1984)
-
Endgame
Captain Britain / comic story / 15 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Captain U.K. [Linda McQuillan]; James Jaspers; The Fury; Crazy Gang [The Jester; The Knave; Red Queen; Tweedledope; Executioner]; Roma; Merlyn
- Synopsis
- Jaspers and the Fury continue their cosmic battle for supremacy which the Fury ultimately wins. When he returns to reality, the Executioner tries to chop his head off but is electrocuted for his trouble. Battered and bruised, Captain Britain has a final showdown with the Fury but it is Captain U.K. that is finally able to finish him off. Roma teleports the victors to Otherworld.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #12 (May 1984)
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A Funeral on Otherworld
Captain Britain / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain; Opal Luna Saturnyne; Captain U.K. [Linda McQuillan]; Roma; King Arthur; Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain England; Captain Albion; Captain Airstrip One; Captain Commonwealth; Captain Angleterre; Captain Empire; Kommandant Englander; Lord Mandragon; Merlyn; Meggan; Betsy Braddock [Psylocke]; Many Captain Britain Corps Members
- Synopsis
- Brian, Linda and Opal are brought to Otherworld to join the rest of the Captain Britain Corps in attending the funeral of Merlyn. Roma explains a little of the experiences that Captain Britain has recently endured and gives him some hope for the future. Luna is returned home and has her revenge on Mandragon. Brian and Linda are returned to earth to continue their lives.
- Reprints
- from The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1982 series) #13 (June 1984)
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Captain Britain Origins
text article / 3 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Davis
- Inks
- Alan Davis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Text feature on the history of the Captain Britain strip.
Cover Gallery
Captain Britain / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain
Indexer Notes
A gallery of Captain Britain related covers.
Artist Gallery
Captain Britain / illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alan Davis
- Inks
- Alan Davis
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Britain
Indexer Notes
A gallery of Alan Davis concept art, pin ups and posters.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Britain -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
[no title indexed]
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3.
A Crooked World
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4.
The Story So Far
Captain Britain -
5.
A Crooked World
Captain Britain -
6.
Graveyard Shift
Captain Britain -
7.
A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair...
Captain Britain -
8.
An Englishman's Home...
Captain Britain -
9.
...Thicker than Water
Captain Britain -
10.
Killing Ground
Captain Britain -
11.
Executive Action
Captain Britain -
12.
Judgement Day
Captain Britain -
13.
Rough Justice
Captain Britain -
14.
Arrivals
Captain Britain -
15.
Waiting for the End of the World
Captain Britain -
16.
[no title indexed]
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17.
The Sound and the Fury
Captain Britain -
18.
But They Never Really Die
Captain Britain -
19.
The Candlelight Dialogues
Captain Britain -
20.
The Twisted World (Reprise)
Captain Britain -
21.
Among Those Dark Satanic Mills
Captain Britain -
22.
Anarchy in the UK
Captain Britain -
23.
Foolsmate
Captain Britain -
24.
Endgame
Captain Britain -
25.
A Funeral on Otherworld
Captain Britain -
26.
Captain Britain Origins
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27.
The Writer Alan Moore
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28.
Cover Gallery
Captain Britain -
29.
Artist Gallery
Captain Britain -
30.
Further Reading
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31.
[no title indexed]
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Captain Britain: A Crooked World
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- Phil Hart
- Steve Jenner
- Adam Knights
- Andrew McAllister
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