This omnibus was not as complete as I hoped it would be, but at about 700 pages long I would be crazy to complain about it. If you were interested in Captain Britain's history after reading Excalibur, trying to collect it in singles was a bit of an epic. There was a graphic novel, Captain Britain TPB (Before Excalibur...), that contained the Mighty World of Marvel (UK) #14-16 and Captain Britain (UK) #1-14, but those comics kept referencing some intriguing-sounding thing called the Jaspers Warp. In 1995, Marvel released that storyline, which runs through Marvel Super-Heroes (UK) #377-388, The Daredevils (UK) #1-11, and the Mighty World of Marvel (UK) #7-13, in seven single issues of X-Men Archives featuring Captain Britain, but if you missed those you were again out of luck.

The Captain Britain omnibus collects all the issues listed above and throws in New Mutants Annual #2, Uncanny X-Men Annual #11, Captain America #305-306, and some nice extras as well. This is the omnibus I have been waiting years for.

The omnibus does not include earlier stories of Captain Britain, such as those from Captain Britain Weekly (UK) (the first ten issues of which were written by Chris Claremont), Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain (UK), and the "Otherworld Saga" which ran in the Hulk (UK) Comic. For completion's sake, it would be great to see a second omnibus of this material. (

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lithicbee | Sep 18, 2009 |

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One of the Marvel Universe's most staggering sagas from two of Britain's most remarkable writers, reprinted in total for the first time! Captain Britain fights to save a universe...and fails! But a single reality is small change in the game Merlyn's playing against Mad Jim Jaspers, who's rewriting reality so he's the center of the universe! Worlds collide, heroes and villains die, and Captain Britain's beside himself - except when he's fighting himself...to the death! Featuring the first appearances of the metamorphic Meggan, Opal Luna Saturnyne, the Captain Britain Corps, and more! Plus: Psylocke joins the X-Men, and the X-Men join Captain Britain on a cosmic quest into the secrets of life and death! The fiendish Fury, the horrific Horde, and the malevolent Mojo are only a few of the adversaries who await within! Also guest-starring the New Mutants and Captain America! Collects Marvel Super-Heroes (UK) #377-388, The Daredevils (UK) #1-11, Captain America #305-306, Mighty World of Marvel (UK) #7-16, Captain Britain (UK) #1-14, New Mutants Annual #2, and Uncanny X-Men Annual #11.

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