Captain Britain #13

(January 1986)

It's Hard to Be a Hero... (Table of Contents: 1)

Captain Britain / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Davis (credited)

Pencils

Alan Davis (credited)

Inks

Alan Davis (credited); Noel Davis (art asst.)

Letters

Annie Parkhouse (credited as Annie Halfacree)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Don't go, Brian, not like this...

Genre

superhero

Characters

R.C.X. [Resources Control Executive] [Agent Gabriel (also in flashback); Agent Michael (also in flashback)]; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock] (also in flashback); Captain Britain [Betsy Braddock] (gives up heroic identity, also in flashback); Captain U.K. [Linda McQuillan] (flashback); Jeeves (also in flashback); Kaptain Briton (flashback cameo, death); Meggan (also in flashback); Slaymaster (villain, also in flashback, death); Vixen (also in flashback); Vincent

Synopsis

Betsy is blinded by Slaymaster and gives up the Captain Britain identity.

Reprints

• in Captain Britain (Marvel UK, 1988 series) (1988)
which is reprinted
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)
• in Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) ([July] 2009)

Dawn of the Hellravens (Table of Contents: 2)

Black Knight [modern Marvel] / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Parkhouse

Pencils

John Stokes

Inks

John Stokes

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Mordred; The Stranger (identity not revealed); Valinor

Reprints

• from Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #3 (March 21st 1979)

Indexer Notes

Title from last issue blurb.

[A Dream of Night-Raven] (Table of Contents: 3)

Night Raven / Night-Raven / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Parkhouse

Pencils

David Lloyd

Inks

David Lloyd

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• from Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #12 (May 23 1979)

Captain Granbretan (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Grant Morrison (credited)

Pencils

John Stokes (credited) (illustrations)

Inks

John Stokes (credited) (illustrations)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Flying was the best bit.

Characters

Captain Granbretan [Paul Peltier] (death of Paul Peltier)

Reprints

• in Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) ([July] 2009)
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)

Playgrounds and Parasites! Part 3 (Table of Contents: 5)

The Cherubim / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Collins (credited) (co-plot, script); Mark Farmer (co-plot)

Pencils

Mike Collins (credited)

Inks

Mark Farmer (credited)

Letters

Richard Starkings (credited as Starkings)

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Cherubim [AC-DC; Fern; Giggles; Lump; Quill]; Parasites [Peeping Tom; Spasm (also in flashback)]; Parasites [Uncle Lex [James Lexington Christian] (first appearance, also in flashback); Snap (first appearance, also in flashback, death); Nettles (first appearance); Ramora (first appearance); Hal (first appearance)

Reprints

• in Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) ([July] 2009)
• in Captain Britain Omnibus (Marvel, 2021 series) (2021)