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Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics in the 1970s and 1980s. The imprint was based in Britain, although many of their comics were produced for the US market.

The imprint is best remembered for creating Captain Britain. Other characters, not all of whom existed in Marvel Universe continuity, included Death's Head, Motormouth & Killpower and the Knights of Pendragon. In addition, the published reprints of US Marvel comics. General reprint titles included Mighty World of Marvel, The Incredible Hulk Presents and Marvel Bumper Comics. They also published reprints of Spider-Man and X-Men comics under a variety of titles. They also published comics based on licenced characters, most notably Doctor Who Magazine.

Marvel UK is now part of Panini Publishing, which continues to provide reprint titles and DWM.

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