Captain Britain: A Hero Reborn Tpb

I'd prefer to see Captain Britain on a revamped Excalibur that's more like the Avengers of Europe than in a solo book. I also liked him as the ruler of Otherworld--we just didn't get to see much of him in that role. Then Claremont got ahold of him and ran him into the ground as a one-note, boring, straight-laced leader on New Excalibur.

Anyway, Paul Cornell will be writing Excalibur when Claremont moves to New Exiles, so he may be able to reinvigorate Captain Britain a bit. I'll be checking his run out to see how it goes.

 

If it's billed as an X-book, I'm definitely passing.

 

Depends on why it's billed as an X-book for me. Exiles was still billed as an X-book after Bedard brought Power Princess and Spidey 2099 onboard.

 

Basically if Juggernaut makes the team roster, I'm passing.

 

I doubt he will. He's probably back to trampling stuff and scaring small children.

 

I'll believe it when I see it.

 

It remains under the purview of the X-office, but then, Excalibur has always been so, given that that's the team it's most associated with.

 

I prefer Jggernaut as a villian

 

That Ottley pic is pretty sweet. I much prefer his later costumes that are primarily red and white, but his original costume wasn't too bad. A bit ninja-esque for no apparent reason, but not bad.

 

Ottley's pics are generally pretty awesome. Unclewya.com is his website/blog, and it's got a TON of awesome Marvel commisions and drawings he's done just for fun.

 

That's a great piece. I love Captain Britain's original costume.

 

This thread got me looking some stuff up on Brian and I came across this UncannyXMen.net spotlight on him, complete with a costume gallery. The only one it's missing is his current, New Excalibur costume, which I found a pic of online:



I definitely like #2 in the costume gallery most. It's a clean, simple design that really pops and makes Brian look badass.

 

It's such a mishmash of a costume, but it works. Great Ottley commission

 

I like the second one, myself.

EDIT: You totally changed #3 to #2, didn't you?

 

If I had my druthers, I'd have them return Brian to that costume, ditch the mask/helmet thing, give him back Excalibur, and give him a blue cape with the lion emblem in white on the back. That'd be a sweet costume.

Pff, no. That's crazy talk from a crazy guy. I don't know what you're talking about, crazy guy. Why don't you go somewhere and be crazy in peace?

 

Haha...You said "druthers." Haha.

 

I actually like Captain Britains look in Avengers volume 3, ish 80. He had a very Scandanavian look to him with the long hair, a platt (if that's the correct word) and the norse-esque clothing.