Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. Claremont's fertile attempt to Anglicise Captain America and trigger a British allegiance to the Marvel Universe was only a very small part of his formidable output but we should note that, out of it, he created a 'plausible' narrative for Psylocke that enhanced his X-men Universe. For example: Issue X may feature Daredevil and Spider-Man with a handful of pages at the end dedicated to Captain Marvel. Follow the United Kingdom's greatest champion from the streets of London to the mystic realm of Otherworld! It underlines that Moore had all the ingredients he required for his stint on the comic, which does two things, one very successful, one more ambiguously so.

He was a figure of intense national pride who appeared just when the generations who read 'Commando' were giving way to a more liberal generations of kids. The Alan Moore and Alan Davis penned stories are the aforementioned gems, the rest ranges from decent to dear-God-let-this-end-already. Brian Braddock as Captain Britain (and his many multiverse iterations) has the virtue of always being the same essential representative of a national ideal while he or she transmutes constantly into new variants of national destiny and dies and resurrects as magic competes with science. In short, this is an anthology that leaves a bittersweet taste behind: an essential reading for anyone interested in the multiverse, but way to expensive for anyone who is not a diehard Alan Moore or Captain Britain's fan. I adored this run of Captain Britain, and now I never ever want to read anything else from this character again.Chris Claremont is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Uncanny X-Men, during which time it was the bestselling comic in the Western Hemisphere; he has sold more than 100 million comic books to date. Some reviews of this advise you to start when Davis and Moore come on board in fairly quick succession, around the halfway point of this omnibus.

Moore bridges the early contradictions by making Captain Britain a determined fighter against fascism and intolerance while retaining his link to Albion. The 80's Psylocke, deceptively weak in her lavender gossamer, had an immense amount of potential, and I yet mourn her transformation into a thong-wearing ninja.For anyone who caught my wistful, fawning praise of The Question omnibus only a few weeks ago, this aforementioned run on Captain Britain stirs up many similar emotions as that brilliant omnibus.