The serialization of the Spider-Man team-up marked the end of Captain Britain's exploits until March 1979 when Captain Britain appeared with the Black Knight in the "Otherworld Saga" which ran in Hulk Comic.Ĭaptain Britain appeared as one of the characters in Marvel US's 1982 Contest of Champions limited series, which featured a collection of international heroes. The Marvel Team-Up story was reprinted in the UK in Super Spider-Man & Captain Britain which is where the Captain's adventures continued after Captain Britain Weekly folded in July 1977, after running for 39 issues. In 1978 Chris Claremont revisited the character and introduced him to an international audience, fully integrating him into the Marvel Universe via a story that starred Captain Britain and Spider-Man in Marvel's long-running Marvel Team-Up series.
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The first few issues of the comic were also promoted with free gifts, including a cardboard Captain Britain mask and a Captain Britain boomerang.Ĭhris Claremont left the series after ten issues, midway through the "Doctor Synne" storyline, and has stated that this was because his view of the character and series was very different from that of the editor.
( Captain Britain Weekly also included reprinted material featuring other Marvel Comics characters such as Nick Fury and the Fantastic Four). The character was created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe and originally appeared in Captain Britain Weekly, an anthology comic published exclusively in the United Kingdom by the Marvel Comics imprint known as Marvel UK.
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