Captain Britain

[penguin101]

Can someone tell me where these are from, ie. which comic and which issue?

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f6...ion01/b9b7.jpg

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f6...ion01/1d24.jpg

I'm pretty sure the guy is Captain Britain, though I could be wrong. Could anybody help me out here?

[omelissokomos]

Originally Posted by penguin101

I'm pretty sure the guy is Captain Britain

Yup that's him from Excalibur #50 written and drawn by Alan Davis and inked by Mark Farmer.

[ny-boy]

It's definitely Captain Britain, and the other characters in the second pic - Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Lockheed (the little dragon) - identify it as as coming from the comic "Excalibur". The style of the art suggests it's from fairly early in the book's run (late 1980s to mid 1990s), unfortunately my old comics are on the other side of the continent, or I might be able to narrow that down to a specific issue.

While CB was larger than the average character in Marvel comics, he's unusually huge in these shots - normally in Excalibur he was drawn a little over six feet, maybe 6'6" tops, and while very muscular wasn't that gigantic. I don't specifically remember a growth story in there, but it's been a long time.

EDIT - beat to it, and by someone with either a hell of a memory or access to his comic collection!

Was Davis just drawing him strangely at that point, or had he grown for some reason?

[omelissokomos]

Originally Posted by ny-boy

EDIT - beat to it, and by someone with either a hell of a memory or access to his comic collection!

Well, the comic wasn't mine. I just have fond memories of it since it and the few ones after it wrapped up Alan Davis's run on the title. I also had Google guide me along.

Was Davis just drawing him strangely at that point, or had he grown for some reason?

During the previous issues, Brian Braddock started growing bigger and taller, and when the team was transported to Otherworld, he blew up to that size from absorbing the excess energies from the Matrix, a magical alignment that linked together all the parallel worlds across the multiverse. It was also the source of the Captain Britain corps' powers and of Jaspers' Warp.

One character I liked from the series was Micromax who had the mutant ability to change size (growth and shrinking). It was revealed that he was used his mass shifting powers to make it look like he was a 6'1", 175lbs. stud when in fact he was only 5'7", 140lbs.

[chocomus]

I remember some scenes of the comic in a yahoo group called comicbookmuscle. In the photo section there is a excalibur file with pics.

[just_another]

My, he's more British than I am! And I am rather British.

[agreatguy6]

I wish I were as British....

[just_another]

Originally Posted by agreatguy6

I wish I were as British....

Yeah, you probably do

[agreatguy6]

lol
So watching Monty Python and BBC isn't enough then?????


You know, it's funny how you have a Captain America and a Captain Britain, but I have yet to see a Captain Canada or Captain France...

[A.M.]

Lol! Captain France! In France, we know superheroes especially with animated series like Spiderman, Batman, Superman... and of course DC comics and marvel movies. So the USA feed us with superheroes, and France needn't create its own one ; also it doesn't really look like the authentic French culture.
But, in fact, we have a kind of superheroe : our president Sarkozy (hungrian name).
Maybe you'll see an Austrian name for the USA, soon...

A.M.

[omelissokomos]

Originally Posted by agreatguy6

You know, it's funny how you have a Captain America and a Captain Britain, but I have yet to see a Captain Canada or Captain France...

In the Ultimates universe, they touched on this. Check out Gods and Monsters (strangely not on Marvel's site) and Grand Theft America.

[CelticMuscle]

but not quite the ones you might be expecting

Captain Avenger from Spain

Captain Hyperventilatorman from Finland

Captain Hot Wheels from Italy

Captain Sweden

[jjsmith]

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Preview of Excalibur #49 & #50

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/9...r049p19fu1.jpg
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/1...r049p20zd1.jpg
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/2...r050p07aw3.jpg
http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/2...r050p12sy8.jpg
http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/5...r050p21fz5.jpg
http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/3...r050p23bw6.jpg
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3...r050p32ay3.jpg


If you want to download the 2 comic books 49-50 I Upload them here :

http://rapidshare.com/files/46532318...ur-49and50.zip



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[ny-boy]

Originally Posted by agreatguy6

...but I have yet to see a Captain Canada or Captain France...

Actually, there is a Captain Canuck - first appeared back in 1975

The publisher's never been on a very sound footing, looks like last year's restart didn't take. I don't know whether to admire Comely for his persistence, or wonder if the problem is that he may just not be good at running a business.

And for the ultimate in lame superheroes...

[CelticMuscle]

Originally Posted by ny-boy

And for the ultimate in lame superheroes...

Well, following the rejection of the EU constitution by France and the Netherlands what do you expect?

[agreatguy6]

WOAH! i must be COMPLETELY lost in the eu news, because I thought everyone had agreed except the UK and someone else...

[penguin101]

Thanks for the help everyone. I've just got one more request. Does anyone know which comic this panel of Powerhaus is from?

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f6...ion01/151c.jpg

[CelticMuscle]

Originally Posted by agreatguy6

WOAH! i must be COMPLETELY lost in the eu news, because I thought everyone had agreed except the UK and someone else...

My word you have been out of the loop haven't you:



The status of the EU constitution as of March 25th 2007.

Results of referenda held on the constitution:

France, May 2005: OUI 45% NON 55% (Constitution Rejected)
Netherlands, June 2005: JA 39% NEJ 61% (Constiution Rejected)

[agreatguy6]

Ah!!!
I must have been thinking about the Euro...