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Captain Britain (Trade Paperback) #3



Appearing in "A Crooked World"[]

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  • Monitoring equipment

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  • Flying teapot

Synopsis for "A Crooked World"[]

As Earth-238 descends into chaos, Captain Britain and his companions are attacked by the Fury.

Appearing in "Graveyard Shift"[]

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  • Simulacra created by Mad Jim Jaspers

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  • The heroes' graveyard on Earth-238
  • A living room on Earth-616

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  • Teapot and teacups
  • Gravestones

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  • Flying teapot

Synopsis for "Graveyard Shift"[]

Captain Britain realises why Earth-238 has become insane, and the Fury moves in for the kill.

Appearing in "A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair"[]

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  • A rag, a bone and a hank of hair
  • Otherworldly scientific apparatus

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  • Car (in flashback)

Synopsis for "A Rag, a Bone, a Hank of Hair"[]

Merlyn and Roma have some reconstruction to do.

Appearing in "An Englishman's Home..."[]

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  • Computer circuit
  • Whisky decanter
  • Telephone

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  • Taxi

Synopsis for "An Englishman's Home..."[]

Brian returns to Braddock Manor and is welcomed by Emma Collins... and Mastermind.

Appearing in "Thicker than Water"[]

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  • Braddock Manor
  • McBurgers, Oxford Street, London
  • Forbidden Planet, Denmark Street, ditto

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  • Gun
  • Burgers
  • Comics

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  • None

Synopsis for "Thicker than Water"[]

Brian is reunited with his twin sister in a burger restaurant, and with an old enemy in Forbidden Planet.

Appearing in "Killing Ground"[]

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  • Forbidden Planet, Denmark Street, London
  • Arcade's secret lair

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  • Weapon called a 'jazzler'

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  • Police car

Synopsis for "Killing Ground"[]

Captain Britain and Slaymaster fight each other; Dai Thomas tries to arrest everybody; Arcade receives an angry phone call.

Appearing in "Executive Action"[]

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  • None

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  • Glass of milk

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  • The Sidewinder

Synopsis for "Executive Action"[]

Wardog wants Captain Britain to consider himself a prisoner of the Special Executive, but Captain Britain isn't so keen on the idea.

Appearing in "Judgement Day"[]

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  • Dimensional Development Court

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  • Crystal keys

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  • The Sidewinder

Synopsis for "Judgement Day"[]

Although he finds the idea of testifying on Saturnyne's behalf distasteful, Captain Britain's gallantry gets the better of him.

Appearing in "Rough Justice"[]

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  • Captain UK
  • Captain England from Earth-522
  • Captain Albion from Earth-523
  • Saturnyne's advocate, addressed as "Lord Chancellor"
  • Bob and Neil, commentators
  • Miracleman (dies in flashback)
  • Colonel Tusker (dies in flashback)
  • Android Andy (dies in flashback)
  • Tom Rosetta (dies in flashback)
  • Rick (dies in flashback)

Location:

  • Dimensional Development Court

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  • Floating spheres (recording devices?)

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  • Captain UK dreams of a teleport booth

Synopsis for "Rough Justice"[]

Captain UK has a nightmare and Saturnyne is sentenced.

Appearing in "Arrivals"[]

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  • The Guardian

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  • Handheld teleporter

Synopsis for "Arrivals"[]

The Fury arrives in London, Earth-616, and everybody else arrives at Braddock Manor.

Appearing in "Waiting for the End of the World"[]

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  • Glass of white wine
  • Glass of red wine

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  • None

Synopsis for "Waiting for the End of the World"[]

Merlyn and Roma are playing chess with people's lives in a jacuzzi, but there's an extra piece on the board.

Appearing in "The Sound and the Fury"[]

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  • Various weapons

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  • None

Synopsis for "The Sound and the Fury"[]

As Legion dies, Cobweb foresees the cancellation of the future.

Appearing in "But They Never Really Die"[]

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  • Knock-out spray

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  • The Sidewinder

Synopsis for "But They Never Really Die"[]

The only person who can defeat the Fury (albeit temporarily) is a person who isn't really there at all.

Appearing in "The Candlelight Dialogues"[]

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  • Beetles

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  • Another England

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  • Cigarette

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  • Caravan

Synopsis for "The Candlelight Dialogues"[]

Meggan and Sue swap stories over a cigarette.

Appearing in "The Twisted World (Reprise)"[]

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  • Beetles
  • Jennifer

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  • Another England

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  • Penicillin and tranquillisers
  • Tattered old newspaper
  • Razorlight

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  • None

Synopsis for "The Twisted World (Reprise)"[]

It's England, but not as we know it.

Appearing in "Among Those Dark Satanic Mills"[]

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  • Beetles

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  • Another England

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  • Bricks and bottles

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  • None

Synopsis for "Among Those Dark Satanic Mills"[]

Captain Britain goes to 10 Downing Street to confront Sir James Jaspers, MP.

Appearing in "Anarchy in the UK"[]

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  • Simulacra created by James Jaspers

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  • 10 Downing Street

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  • James Jaspers' props (scythe, cane, etc)

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  • Mowing machine

Synopsis for "Anarchy in the UK"[]

Captain UK gets her uniform on and Captain Britain is trapped in the twisted heart of the reality warp.

Appearing in "Fool's Mate"[]

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  • Jaspers' twisted mind-scape

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  • Poster of Jaspers

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  • None

Synopsis for "Fool's Mate"[]

Mad Jim Jaspers re-builds the Crazy Gang and re-encounters the Fury, while Roma makes a shocking discovery.

Appearing in "Endgame"[]

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  • Jaspers' twisted mind-scape
  • The moon
  • Under the sea
  • Surface of the sun
  • A river of tar in a landscape of chromium
  • A plain of fused and cryptic flesh
  • Nowhere
  • Otherworld

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  • None

Synopsis for "Endgame"[]

The Fury is too clever for Mad Jim Jaspers, and Captain UK is too angry for the Fury.

Appearing in "A Funeral on Otherworld"[]

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Synopsis for "A Funeral on Otherworld"[]

Time to say goodbye.

Notes[]

Because of a publishing quirk, Captain Britain Vol 1 2 contains stories that were published in serial form before the stories in Captain Britain Vol 1 1.

Trivia[]

This volume also contains an introduction by Alan Moore, the original author.


Recommended reading[]

Captain Britain (trade paperback) Vol 1 1.

Links and references[]

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