As I was already a massive fan of Alan's writing on Captain Britain, V For Vendetta, Marvelman and Swamp Thing, how could I resist submitting my very best sci-fi idea – the one which I'd been patiently saving for just such a moment There was only one problem – no such idea existed! Luckily I was young and[...]
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It has just been reported that ubiquitous British/Irish TV and radio broadcaster and presenter for six decades Terry Wogan has died, aged 77, after recently being diagnosed with cancer.
He made one main appearance as a multi-dimensional broadcaster in the Captain Britain strip in Daredevils #7, by Alan Moore and Alan Davis… reporting on the trial of Saturnyne.
He was also partially[...]
During which he talked abot his love for the Marvel comics character Captain Britain and his desire to work on the character.
Now Buckingham is busy right now Very busy Concluding his Miracleman run with Neil Gaiman A nunber of Vertigo projects It's unlikely that he could fit in a Captain Britain full time project any time soon.
But[...]
Created for Captain Britain/Black Knight strips in the Marvel UK title Hulk Weekly, he was an elf who palled around with Captain Britain and looked something like this.
Then he became more of a comedy sidekick and looked like this,
Until Alan Moore got his hand on him and decided that the Captain was better off[...]
Last week, the Avengers Assemble comic from Marvel published an issue that crossed over with the Age Of Ultron series – which has already been wiped from existence by Wolverine going back in time and killing Ant Man.
Look, if you don't know your comics, just Google it or something.
But in the story, we saw a[...]
The writer of last night's Doctor Who, Toby Whithouse, has a very small history of this sort of thing. Check out his Miracleman/Being Human Swipe File. It
Picked up at George at Asda, the local supermarket's clothing section, this week, for £7. And to be totally worn tomorrow at Kapow...
He's great at leading and being a super hero, but he still has that grating side."
"I like that Captain Britain is a physicist who had to accept magic existing He was bleeding on the side of the street dying and Merlin appeared to save his life I like that his power is driven by his[...]
Shame the internet wasn't around as much back then…
He's currently working on From Cents To Pence, a book written by Rob Kirby that will chronicle the history of Marvel comic book publishing in the UK and, as part of the promotion, he's been revealing a few of the comics and magazines he proposed inside and[...]
Hulk Vs Death's Head, written by Marvel HEroes regular (and top bloke) Ferg Handley and Death's Head co-creator, Simon Furman, with art by Simon Williams and John Ross.The comic is out on March 24th.
Also, a character created for Britain's short-lasting original Spider-Man stories in the eighties (a stop gap to replace the reprinted black costume[...]
From the new issue of Amazing Spider-Man, by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. Coming a few months after Kevin Smith on Batman: The Widening Gyre Seriously