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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
Yes, because it makes absolutely no sense for people to know about something they are not particularly fan of. Seriously, dude, let that fandom disdain go.
Anyway, who exactly is Captain Britain?
edited 22nd Mar '16 1:34:50 PM by Theokal3
Captain Britain is an X-Men character only insofar as the X-Men interact with the British cast from time to time. His sister is Psylocke but that only means as much as the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver being the children of Magneto did.
Billy Braddock, aka Captain Britain, is one of several British superheroes in the Marvel universe - most of whom are members of groups like MI-13 or Excalibur. He's effectively the U.K.'s answer to Captain America and debuted with his own solo title in 1976 as part of an imprint meant to reach out to U.K. audiences, called Marvel U.K. He's a flying brick with powers originally granted by the wizard Merlin, and he's gone through a few variations over the years such as only having powers when he's in the U.K. or having his powers linked to his confidence so he's exactly as powerful as he believes himself to be.
He's also a member of the Captain Britain Corps, a multidimensional coalition of the Captain Britains from every universe who work together to defend the Multiverse.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Only other thing I know about him was that a Muslim woman named Faiza briefly took over for him and people naturally got butthurt about it.
edited 22nd Mar '16 2:07:10 PM by AlleyOop
That's sorta my point. "Iconic" characters tend to be the ones people know about even if they're not fans or actively looking into them. Captain Britain is not a character people who aren't actively fans of Marvel comics know.
Spider-Man is iconic. Wolverine is iconic. The Hulk is iconic.
I'm not even sure what you're talking about.
edited 22nd Mar '16 2:05:45 PM by comicwriter
Captain Britain is also the reason the mainstream Marvel universe is 616—the author was taking the piss on DC's "Earth-1", and trying to make the Marvel universe seem small and unimportant.
Fans didn't get the joke.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.There is some meaning to the 616 classification. It's the mark of the beast. Writer Dave Thorpe originally came up with it to express his disdain for superhero stories.
edited 22nd Mar '16 2:18:00 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.@Comicwriter: "Iconic" is a relative term. You could arguably say, let's say, Toshiro Mifune is a iconic actor of Japanese cinema, but is he iconic to the post-modern philosophy? No. Captain Britain could be reasonably descibred as iconic within the context of marvel comic books. It just means he's not iconic to pop culture.
"All you Fascists bound to lose."Also, weren't they trying to push universe 8 as the replacement? Which is sort of the same joke but scaled waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back.
Then again I saw somewhere else that its supposed to be Earth-Prime now. Boo.
edited 22nd Mar '16 2:40:13 PM by Bocaj
Forever liveblogging the AvengersYes, actually. Marvel UK is linked to Avalon, also known as Otherworld. It's a realm of magic and fantasy where much of British folklore takes place. It's a land of leprechauns, faeries, dragons, and ogres with notable locations like the Court of Camelot. There are a few secret methods of travelling between Avalon and Britain.
The Starlight Citadel where the Captain Britain Corps. meet is located in Avalon.
edited 22nd Mar '16 2:47:11 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Magic. The character's changed over the years, but whether he's drawing it from Merlin or a magical talisman or what have you, he's never been a mutant, nor has he ever been an X-Man (although he has been an Avenger).
edited 22nd Mar '16 2:48:59 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.

Joe Russo describes Civil War as a "love story"
http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/joe-russo-describes-captain-america-civil-war-as-a-love-story
Poor Sharon.