tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8602913801438959221..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: CAPTAIN BRITAIN COVER GALLERY - PART ONE...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-89868522454396455972014-12-29T00:25:38.326+00:002014-12-29T00:25:38.326+00:00In answer to CJ's self-deleted question (wish ...In answer to CJ's self-deleted question (wish you'd stop doing that, CJ - it b*ggers up the flow)), Cap appeared (sans costume and with amnesia) in the Black Knight strip in Hulk Comic in '79, and then (in his new costume) in The Daredevils in 1983. That was soon swallowed by MWOM, where his strip continued until his own mag hit the shelves in '84/'85. The lettering in those early 'new' Cap tales in MWOM was truly awful, until Tony Jacobs eventually (and thankfully) took over the calligraphic duties, giving the strip a more professional look.<br /><br />(Originally posted: 17 March 2014 at 14:31.) Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-7816810610497790812014-03-17T20:45:07.901+00:002014-03-17T20:45:07.901+00:00Certainly one of the best, McScotty, but underrate...Certainly one of the best, McScotty, but underrated? I think he's held in pretty high regard. As to Cap, I think I preferred the first version. Corny for sure, and a Spidey rip-off, but pure Marvel.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71432783655906967192014-03-17T20:34:14.848+00:002014-03-17T20:34:14.848+00:00I never really managed to get into either version ...I never really managed to get into either version of Captain Britain for some reason although I loved Alan Davis' art - surely one of the UKs best and most underated artist.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-72187350874889607372014-03-17T00:24:59.546+00:002014-03-17T00:24:59.546+00:00Worry ye not, JP, I'll give you a peek inside ...Worry ye not, JP, I'll give you a peek inside the CB weekly. Incidentally, somewhere on the blog is a post on CB #1 which does just that.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-74715890897953602232014-03-16T23:49:54.643+00:002014-03-16T23:49:54.643+00:00He deserved his own mag, but it's a sad point ...He deserved his own mag, but it's a sad point in Marvel UK's history, as it was their last REALLY great monthly for about 5 years until 1990"s Complete Spider-Man.<br />Anyway, loving these covers, Kid & looking forward to CBW which I missed, especially a peek inside as I gather they were colo(u)red in the States.John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com