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* OldSoldier: Captain Midlands. He’s in his 80s, but thanks to his super-soldier serum he appears to be in his 60s at the most, and is still able to fight like a much younger person.
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''Wisdom'' (later collected with the subtitle ''Rudiments of Wisdom'') is a comic book limited series published by the [[Creator/MarvelMax MAX]] imprint of Creator/MarvelComics, starring the titular [[Characters/CaptainBritainAndMI13 Pete Wisdom]], a British hero originally appearing in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics. The series is written by Creator/PaulCornell and illustrated by Trevor Hairsine and Manuel Garcia.
These days, Pete Wisdom works for [=MI13=], the UK's latest attempt to set up an agency that specifically deals with superhumans and weird happenings. Their working relationship with more established agencies, such as [=MI5=] and [=MI6=], isn’t always the best.
And apart from Pete himself, they don't have the most prestigious team of operatives. There's John the Skrull, who decided he liked the Earth (and impersonating the Beatles) enough to disobey his orders to invade it. There's Captain Midlands, an aging WWII super-soldier who's not a fan of the 21st century. There’s Tink, a rebellious fairy who's abandoned her people. And there’s new recruit Maureen Raven, who's not ''technically'' a telepath.
But there’s no shortage of cases for them to work on. Murders and kidnappings by the fair folk of Otherworld. A village where something strange is creeping into people's dreams. A gangster who used to be a dragon. And then, lurking in the distance behind all of that, there's the ''other'' thing. The force from another reality that's looking for a way into this one, and already has its eye on Wisdom's [=MI13=] team…
The first issue was released 8 November 2006.
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!!Tropes appearing in ''Wisdom'':
* AnArmAndALeg: When one of the soldiers at Pantagruel goes on a shooting spree and reaches for grenades, Wisdom amputates the man's hands with his powers.
* BilingualBonus: Some of Wisdom and Dai's conversations in "Enter With Drag On” are presented in Welsh, with no translation.
** The first one follows Wisdom's deliberately offensive speech about Wales and the Welsh, which was intended to goad Drake into starting a fight, so serves a double purpose - it also establishes that Wisdom's a fluent Welsh speaker, so his insults were unlikely to be sincere.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: [[spoiler:Maureen's son Jonathan is the Earth-616 version of Marvel's alternate universe character ComicBook/{{Killraven}}]].
* CaptainGeographic: Introduces Captain [[UsefulNotes/TheMidlands Midlands]].
* ClueFromEd: Subverted for comedy in the second issue, in which the clues all refer to comics that have never existed.
* ContinuityNod:
** When John dreams about the Skrull Beatles reporting back to their boss, a cow is pictured. This is a reference to the famous 1960s ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' story where Reed Richards hypnotised Skrulls into believing they were cows… and then left them on a farm.
* DividedWeFall: The internal feuding between [=MI6=] and [=MI13=] significantly aggravates the situation and enables the [[spoiler:eventual invasion. Secretly kidnapping an active [=MI13=] agent, even with good intentions, was never going to end well]].
* GiantWoman: Pantagruel, a giant large enough to have a whole village on the top of her head.
* JackTheRipoff: Played with, as they’re not actually copycats. 'Rippermania' tour guide James Ransom has psychic powers that can pull beings and objects from alternate realities - and when his abilities first manifest, as he's a Jack the Ripper fanatic, alternate Jack the Rippers keep appearing.
* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:Pete Wisdom]] is forced to kill [[spoiler:Maureen Raven when she can't be disconnected from the Martian invasion's gateway technology]].
* MuggingTheMonster: Tink and Maureen are ambushed in their own houses by alternate versions of Jack the Ripper. In true SlasherMovie style, it’s late at night and both women are partially dressed. Tink’s opening the fridge to get some wine, Maureen’s on a phone call. A shadow falls behind them. Neither Ripper stood a chance.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Much of the carnage (and [[spoiler:Maureen Raven's death]]) could have been avoided if [[spoiler:Reston and [=MI6=]]] had been sharing more information with Wisdom and the [=MI13=] team.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: When Ransom asks [[spoiler:the Martians]] for his reward he’s promptly drained dry, leaving a dead bundle of skin and bone.
* SceneryCensor: Some strategically placed leaves play this role for Wisdom at the end of the first issue.
* ShoutOut: One of the Rippers accidentally summoned by Ransom is the ''ComicBook/FromHell'' version, offering grapes and tours of London's architecture. Tink promptly shoots his carriage with a rocket launcher. Another is literally Franchise/SherlockHolmes, referring to Michael Dibdin's notorious novel ''The Last Sherlock Holmes Story'', in which an insane Holmes is unmasked as the Ripper. And another is an orang-utang with a razor, referencing "Literature/TheMurdersInTheRueMorgue''.
* TakeThat: The story's pretty scathing about London's “Jack the Ripper” nostalgia industry.
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