Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] #377

(September 1981)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne; Neal Adams; Alan Davis

Inks

Klaus Janson; Tom Palmer; Alan Davis

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Avengers [Beast [Hank McCoy]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Vision]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]

Indexer Notes

2 panels from this issue's stories, originally printed in: Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #182, page 11, panel 5 by John Byrne & Klaus Janson and X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #65, page 9, panel 1 by Neal Adams & Tom Palmer, plus a Captain Britain illustration by Alan Davis - one of his original new costume design sketches.

Honour Thy Father (Table of Contents: 2)

The Avengers / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

David Michelinie

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Klaus Janson

Colors

?

Letters

Diana Albers

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #182 (April 1979) [pages. 1-8; p.9, panel 6; p.10, panels 2-6; pages 11-13 & 15-17, black & white
  ]

Before I'd Be Slave (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Denny O'Neil

Pencils

Neal Adams

Inks

Tom Palmer

Colors

?

Letters

Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #65 (February 1970) [black & white]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Letters / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernie Jaye

Letters

typeset

An Interview with David Lloyd Part 1 (Table of Contents: 5)

Inside Comics / text article / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script

Bernie Jaye; David Lloyd

Pencils

David Lloyd

Inks

David Lloyd; ?

Letters

?; typeset

[A New Life] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Britain / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Neary (credited) (plot); Dave Thorpe (credited) (script)

Pencils

Alan Davis (credited) (art)

Inks

Alan Davis (credited) (art)

Letters

Elitta Fell (credited)

Editing

Paul Neary (credited) (editing)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Go, Captain Britain, hero of another time.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Crazy Gang [Coco (first appearance, villain); Dormouse (first appearance, villain); Executioner (first appearance, villain); Jack of Hearts (first appearance, villain); Mad Jim Jaspers (first appearance, villain); Queen of Hearts (first appearance, villain); Tweedledope (first appearance, villain)]; King Arthur; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Jackdaw; Merlyn; Crazy Gang [Conjurors (first appearance, villain); Jester (first appearance, villain); The Knave (first appearance, villain)]; Paul

Synopsis

Captain Britain is returned home to England by Merlyn with a new costume which has the powers of his scepter integrated into it. He and his elf sidekick, Jackdaw, arrive right in the middle of a bank robbery being perpetrated by the Crazy Gang. After the gang is rousted and escapes, Cap learns that the world he has been sent to is an alternate version of earth and not the one he remembers.

Reprints

• in X-Men Archives Featuring Captain Britain (Marvel, 1995 series) #1 (July 1995)
which is reprinted
• in Archivos X-Men (Planeta DeAgostini, 1995 series) #5 - Capitán Britania (Diciembre 1996)
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) ([July] 2009), ([July] 2009)
• in Captain Britain: Legacy of a Legend (Marvel, 2016 series) (2016)
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)

Indexer Notes

Throughout this series, Merlyn's name is alternately spelled the classic way as "Merlin" with no rhyme or reason for the difference in spelling.

This story was originally drawn as 5 pages but was reworked to 6 pages as published, because Alan Davis did not leave enough room for dialogue. For some reprints Alan Davis reworked it back into 5 pages and it was re-lettered by Peri Godbold.