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Captain Britain Corps
(also known as the Corps)
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceMighty World of Marvel #13 (1984)
In-story information
Base(s)Each Alternate Earth
dispatched from the Starlight Citadel in Otherworld
Member(s)Roma (founder, deceased)
Merlyn (founder, left)
Sir James Braddock (founder, deceased)
Saturnyne
Albion (leader)
Captain Britain (Earth-616) (former leader)
(see member list)

In Marvel Comics, the Captain Britain Corps are a league of super-heroes all known as, or appear as an alternate version of, Captain Britain. They are all essentially the same hero except they each come from an alternate reality.

History

Founded by Merlyn, his daughter Roma and Sir James Braddock, the Corps' main duty was to guard the Multiverse. Each member protected his or her reality based on their dimensional equivalent of Britain, and was powered by the friction between dimensions.

Merlyn and Roma, arranged for each chosen member of the Corps to gain superpowers, using any means, disguise or otherwise, possible.

The making of Brian Braddock

Merlyn chose Brian Braddock to become Earth-616's version of Captain Britain. After Braddock had adventured as Captain Britain for a few years, Merlyn sent Braddock to Earth-238, where he overheard that this reality once had a Captain UK, however Braddock was unsure of what this meant until he met Captain England and Captain Albion at a trial in another reality.

Back in his own home world, Braddock allied himself with Captain UK who had taken up home there after her Britain had become a fascist state and the heroes living there were targeted for a genocidal purge. Together they fought the hero-killer Fury after which Captains Britain and UK and their new ally Saturnyne were transported to Merlyn's home, Otherworld. Here they discovered that Merlyn had apparently died. Later they discover that it was one of his many ruses.

Otherworld

For what seems like the first time, the Corps in their entirety attended Merlyn's funeral. Afterwards Roma began taking a more direct approach with the Corps, even making Saturnyne her subordinate (mainly to keep an eye on her). She started bringing Corps member to the Starlight Citadel for training. Roma then added another duty to the Corps list of responsibilities. In addition to protecting their home realities, they must also take turns in defending Otherworld.

During the adventures of Captain Britain (Braddock), Corpsmen would occasionally appear. These appearances are usually to observe important events (such as the wedding of Meggan and Braddock and the conclusion of the Cross-Time Caper) or to carry out a sentence, as when they acted as jury at Braddock’s trial for breaching the Corps Code of Conduct.

Franklin Richards

When Roma perceived Franklin Richards to be a threat, not only to his home reality (Earth-616) but to all of reality; she dispatched the Warwolves, Gatecrasher and her Technet to kidnap him. When her plan was being opposed by the Fantastic Four and Alyssa Moy, who was babysitting Franklin at the time, Roma teleported them all to Otherworld to face the full fury of the entire Corps.

Although they were hampered by having never worked as a team, the Corps eventually started wearing down the heroes, until Franklin used his reality manipulating mutant powers to supercharge his family who defeated the entire Captain Britain Corps. After a brief debate with Human Torch, Roma agreed that Franklin should be left with his family.

However, it was suggested that the entire kidnapping was just a ruse to let Caledonia, a former prisoner of Roma's starlight citadel, infiltrate the Fantastic Four's home as Franklin's nanny to prepare them for their forthcoming battle with Abraxas.

Near destruction

The Corps wased by Mastermind, a villainous computer belonging to Brian Braddock, and a group of mutated children known as the Warpies (victims of the Jaspers' Warp), who were once the wards of Captain UK. Roma stepped down as omniversal guardian, giving the title to Brian Braddock, who became King of Otherworld and rebuilt the Corps.

When the insane mutant Wanda Maximoff altered reality in House of M, another wave of destruction tore through Otherworld. Roma and Saturnyne, in an effort to save the omniverse, give Brian 48 hours to fix the tear in reality, or they will erase his Earth completely. With the sacrifice of Meggan, the heroes are able to seal the tear.

The corps rebuilt its ranks but once again it came under attack, this time from Mad Jim Jaspers and corps members which he began to turn into Furys. The end of the battle saw Roma dead and most of the corps along with her. Saturnyne appointed Albion leader and told Captain Britain to stay and keep an eye on his reality as they rebuilt the corps once again.[1]

Membership

Although members usually call themselves simply "The Corps", other seems to attach their name to the Corps. For example, "Crusader X Corps" or the better known and most prevalent "Captain Britain Corps", which is better known since Braddock became King of Otherworld.

The Captain Britain Corps spans the multiverse and have a huge collection of members. The Corps, not only consists of alternate versions of Brian Braddock from throughout the multiverse, but also characters representing a vast array of different worlds, such as Hauptmann Englande a member representing a world where Nazis won World War II and Captain Airstrip-One from a world based on George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Crusader X, apparently a Native American, would be an adversary and later ally to Brian Braddock. Captain UK would be utilized throughout many worlds, providing support for Braddock on Earth-616, and replacing the fallen Captains of Earth-794 and later Earth-839. Other prominent members of the Corps include Captain Albion and Captain England. Memberships is depleted following the attack by Mastermind and the Warpies, M-Day, and Jaspers return, with the ranks slowly being rebuild first under the command of Brian Braddock (Earth-616) and currently Albion.

Known current members

Title (real name) Universe of origin First appearance
(as member of corps) 		Additional notes
Albion (Bran Bardic)[2] Earth-70518[2] X-Men: Die By The Sword #5 Leader of the Shadow Corps[3] before being made the head of the Captain Britain Corps after the death of Roma.[1]
Captain UK (Linda McQuillan) Earth-238 Marvel Super Heroes #388 The sole survivor of Earth-238, Linda was assigned Earth-839 by Roma before fleeing to Earth-616 where she was a member of its Excalibur for a brief time.
Justicer Bull (Cassandra Bull) Earth-23238 Excalibur #23 She is one of the few Captains to have survived the Warpies attack and led the Corps against Jim Jaspers[4].
Saturnyne (Opal Luna Saturnyne) Earth-9[5] The Mighty World of Marvel: Marvel Superheroes #381 (Jan 1982) Omniversal Majestrix overseer of the Captain Britain Corps.

Former members

Those members who have left or are known to have died:

Title (real name) Universe of origin First appearance
(as member of corps) 		Additional notes
Cap'n Brit (Barry Braddock) Earth-8910[5] Excalibur vol. 1 #14 He was from a world that was devastated by Galactus and repopulated by the Impossible Man.
Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) Earth-616 Captain Britain (vol. 2) #13 She assumed her brother Brian's mantle and position in the Corps[5] while he was but she soon left the position after being blinded by Slaymaster.
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) Earth-616 Captain Britain Comics #1 Brian, son of Sir James Braddock, is from the main Marvel Universe and a former ruler of Otherworld. He has been the leader of three incarnations of Earth-616's Excalibur as well as the Corps and has currently left the Corps to work with MI: 13 of his universe[6].
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) Earth-811[5] Excalibur #66 He was killed by Sentinels.[7]
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) Earth-1189[5] Excalibur Vol. 1 #15 His world was devastated by nuclear war until he was killed in battle.
Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) Earth-9620 Excalibur vol 1. #94
Captain Empire (Robert Doherty) Earth-741 Mighty World of Marvel #13 He wore a pith helmet and a monocle, and frequently carried a shotgun. He is one of the few Captains who uses a gun.
Captain England (Henric Lockwood) The Hub
Earth-522[5] 		Daredevils #6 He is from The Hub, where the trial of Saturnyne took place and often carries a staff.
Captain Granbretan (Paul Peltier) Earth-1812 Captain Britain vol. 2 #13 [8] He eventually attempted to retire due to dissatisfaction with the Corps, but was forced to continue his activities for a brief time by his suit even past his own death[9].
Captain Marshall (Bryon Bradek) Earth-1193 Excalibur Vol. 1 #12 Died during the Cross-Time Caper his costume was handed over to Earth-616's Captain Britain.
Hauptmann Englande (???) Earth-597[5] Excalibur vol. 1 #9 He was a member of Lightning Force. He died during the Warpies massacre.
Kaptain Briton (Byron Brad-Dhok) Earth-749[5] Mighty World of Marvel #13 He was killed by Betsy Braddock[10]
Lionheart (Kelsey Leigh Shorr) Earth-616 Avengers vol. 3 #77 She is from the main Marvel Universe and was given the role as Captain Britain for a brief time before becoming Lionheart. She is a former member of the Avengers and currently lives in her home reality.
Lord High Justicer (Brian Braddock) Earth-23238 Excalibur vol. 1 #23 He was Chief Justicer Bull's superior.
Merlyn Captain Britain vol. 1 #1
(October 1976) 		Merlyn began safeguarding the total of all universes in existence when he established himself as Omniversal Guardian and founded the Corps. He later went mad and his daughter usurped his position.
Sir James Braddock[11] Otherworld[12] Captain Britain vol. 2 #7
(July 1985) 		Member of the original Corps[13], Braddock was sent by Merlyn to Earth-616 shortly after the end of World War II to replaced it's James Braddock and father a hero[14]. He fathered Jamie, Brian and Betsy Braddock and was a member of the Hellfire Club (London) before he was killed in an explosion[15].
Striker Llewellyn (Owein Llewellyn) X-Men: Die By The Sword #1 One of the first of the Corps to encounter Mad Jim Jaspers on his return. Who transformed him into a Fury.[4]
Roma Captain Britain vol. 1 #1
(October 1976) 		Founding of the Corps alongside her father Merlyn and Sir James Braddock. Took the position of Omniversal Guardian after her father went mad but was later killed during an attack on the Starlight Citadel.[1]
Yeoman UK (Brion Burdack)[2] Earth-148
Ee'rath 		Excalibur vol. 1 #1 He was a member of an alternate Excalibur. After dying, he returned briefly as a reanimated corpse[16]
  • Alecto[17] - He was the personal guard of Roma at the Starlight Citadel.
  • Brother Brit-Man (Gilles Weill) (Earth-65)[18]
  • Captain Babylon (Earth-451)[19]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-58163)[20] - ruled Britain as their King in the House of M.
  • Captain Britannia (Elsbeth Braddock) (Earth-Cat[21]): Mentioned in Exiles #97 by Cat Pryde.
  • Captain Commonwealth (Doug Andrews) (Earth-920)[22][23] - He is killed by Dr. Doom[24]
  • Captain Prydain (Lloyd Thomas) (Earth-7580)[volume & issue needed]
  • Captain Wales (Huw Gruffydd) (Earth-6200)[25] - He was killed by Dr. Doom[26] and was posthumously honored by the Corps for his actions.
  • Flight Leader (Dan Hampson) (Earth-59462)[27]
  • Gorka[28] - He was a personal guard of Roma at the Starlight Citadel.
  • Lord Goldstar (Seamus O'Rourke) (Earth-7123)[volume & issue needed] - He was assimilated by Sir James Jaspers into a new Fury.[4]

Unconfirmed

Lists members whose status is unclear, the Corps was decimated in X-Men: Die by the Sword and the full aftermath of that incident has yet to be shown.

  • Agent Albion (Victoria Whitman) (Earth-10221)[29]
  • Anglo-Simian (Joseph Cornelius) (Earth-5905)[30]
  • Britanic (Brian Braddock) (Earth-28927)[volume & issue needed]
  • Britanicus Rex (Brian Braddock) (Earth-99476)[31] - He resided in the dimension also known as Dino-World.
  • Britanotron[32]
  • Buccaneer Britain (Bartholomew Teach) (Earth-4191)
  • Butcher Britain (Barton Burdock) (Earth-9204)
  • Caledonia (Alysande Stuart) (Earth-9809)[33] - She was a prisoner in the Starlight Citadel before becoming Franklin Richards' nanny on Earth-616 as well as a spy for Roma.
  • Cap'n Saxonia (Frideswide Lawley) (Earth-924)[34] - Also a member of Calibur alongside that dimension's versions of Spider-Girl, Iron Fist, Hulk and Dr. Strange. She was sometimes known as Captain Saxonia.
  • Captain Airstrip-One (George Smith) (Earth-744)[35][36][37] - His Earth is similar to the type of world portrayed in Orwell's novel 1984.[38]
  • Captain Albion (Katherine Huggen) (Earth-523)[39]
  • Captain Angleterre (Paul-Henri Spencer) (Earth-305)[40]
  • Captain Britain (Meggan) (Earth-1189[5]) - Her world was devastated by nuclear war. She took over the mantle after her version of Braddock died[41] and became part of the Corps.
  • Captain Britain (Kymri) (Earth-1289)[5][42] - She and Lockheed jointly took the mantle of Captain Britain. Her planet was conquered and her people enslaved. She was bound to Kyllian as his personal hound by Tullamore Vogue.
  • Captain Britain (Lockheed) (Earth-1289)[43] - He and Kymri jointly took the mantle of Captain Britain.
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-3913)[44] - He was accused of murdering a police officer.
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-4400)[45]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-7475)[volume & issue needed]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-8545)[46]
  • Captain Britain (Betsy Braddock) (Earth-9012)[47]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-9411)[48]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-21993)[49]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-32000)[50] - From the alternate future known as the Ages of Apocalypse.
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-41001)[volume & issue needed]
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-98125)[51] - He chose both the Amulet of Life and the Sword of Death.
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Paradise X)[52] - He resides on Earth-Paradise X in the Realm of the Dead.
  • Captain Colonies (Stephen Rogers)[2][53]
  • Captain Cymru (Mowen Powell) (Earth-1282)[54] - One of the few known Captains who uses a gun with Plastrix.
  • Centurion Britannus (Thracius Scipio Magnus) (Earth-4100)[55] - His costume resembles that of the Roman Empire. He invokes Mitras, a god worshiped in both India and Ancient Rome.
  • Centurionous Britaicosarus (Magnus Rex) (Earth-6993)[56]
  • Chevalier Bretagne (René de Bragtelonne) (Earth-1508)[57] - He wears a purple and green suit similar to a Cavalier, and bears some resemblance to Captain Albion. Chevalier Bretagne's appearance suggests that his world is situated sometime during the English Civil War.
  • Chieftain Justice (T'Challa) (Earth-6606)[58]
  • Crusader X (Bran Braddock)[59] - He is a former member of Excalibur (Earth-616).
  • Enforcer Capone (Adolfo Costa) (Earth-89947)[60]
  • Friar Albion (Petros Wisdom) (Earth-9586)[61]
  • Gizmo (William "Billy" Ransom) (Earth-40121)Excalibur vol. 2 #1</ref>
  • Gotowar Konanegg (Kavin Plundarr) (Earth-8413)[62]
  • King Britain (Brian Braddock) (Earth-9997)[63] - He is from the world of Earth X.
  • Kommandant Englander (Helga Geering) (Earth-846)[64] - She is from a Nazi dominated world.
  • Lady London (Sybil Sherman) (Earth-9006)[65]
  • Maasai Marion (Sadiki Namuntaya) (Earth-1857)[66]
  • Madam Sussex (Francesca Grace) (Earth-4811)[67]
  • Maid Britannia (Guinevere Wren) (Earth-8406)[68]
  • Major Commonwealth (Byron Falsworth) (Earth-4904)[69]
  • Mercian Marsh'al (C'rta M'ller) (Earth-5511)[70]
  • Officer Saxon (Peter Hunter) (Easth-9106)[71]
  • Percy Penfold (Earth-81289)[72]
  • Pookie Pendragon (Kozfran) (Earth-9246)[73]
  • Privateer Albion (Jack Turner) (Earth-9890)[74]
  • Rifleman (Lance Hunter) (Earth-22110)[75]
  • Right Honorable Captain Winston Faneshawe-Sinclair (Earth-3208)[76]
  • Samurai Saxonai (Kendra Matsumoto) (Earth-6315)[77]
  • Sister Gaia (Serena Foster) (Earth-9111)[78]
  • Skrull Lord: Colony UK7 (Kl'rt) (Earth-6309)[79]
  • Will Of The People (John Raven) (Earth-7305)[80]

Significant issues

  • Mighty World of Marvel #14 (1984) - Merlyn's funeral
  • Excalibur vol. 1 #43-45 (1991) - Trial of Brian Braddock
  • Fantastic Four vol. 3 #7-8 (1998) - Battled the Fantastic Four over Franklin Richards
  • Excalibur: The Sword of Power #1-2 (2001) - decimated by the Warpies and Mastermind
  • X-Men: Die by the Sword #1-5 (2007) - rallied to defend Otherworld against Mad Jim Jaspers and his army of Furies

Notes

  1. ^ a b c X-Men: Die by the Sword #5
  2. ^ a b c d Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z vol. #2 (May 2008)
  3. ^ New Excalibur #21
  4. ^ a b c X-Men: Die by the Sword #1
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universes (2005)
  6. ^ Captain Britain and MI: 13 #1 (May 2008)
  7. ^ Excalibur vol. 1 #67
  8. ^ Captain Britain vol. 2 #13 (text story) - written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by John Stokes, available online
  9. ^ Captain Granbretan at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe
  10. ^ Captain Britain vol. 2 #7
  11. ^ Captain Britain Comics #14
  12. ^ Sir James Braddock - Marvel Appendix
  13. ^ Excalibur vol. 2 #2 (March 2001) - Ben Raab (writer), Pablo Raimondi (pencils), Walden Wong (inks), Ralph Macchio (editor)
  14. ^ Captain Britain vol 2. #1 (Januray 1985) - Jamie Delano (writer), Alan Davis (artist), Ian Rimmer (editor)
  15. ^ Captain Britain Comics #14
  16. ^ Excalibur vol. 1 #45
  17. ^ X-Men/Dr. Doom Chaos Engine: Book One
  18. ^ Excalibur #44
  19. ^ X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
  20. ^ Uncanny X-Men #462
  21. ^ Marvel Appendix - Master List (capb-capz)
  22. ^ Daredevils #7
  23. ^ Mighty World of Marvel #13
  24. ^ X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
  25. ^ X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
  26. ^ X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
  27. ^ Uncanny X-Men #462
  28. ^ X-Men/Dr. Doom: Chaos Engine: Book One
  29. ^ Excalibur #1 (2001)
  30. ^ Excalibur #44 (1991)
  31. ^ Excalibur #51
  32. ^ Excalibur #43
  33. ^ Fantastic Four vol. 3 #9
  34. ^ Excalibur #49
  35. ^ Daredevils #7
  36. ^ Mighty World of Marvel #13
  37. ^ Mad Dog #10 available online
  38. ^ Captain Airstrip-One at the Appendix to the Handbook of the marvel Universe
  39. ^ Daredevils #6
  40. ^ Mighty World of Marvel #13
  41. ^ Excalibur #44
  42. ^ Excalibur #16
  43. ^ Excalibur #16
  44. ^ Excalibur #44
  45. ^ Exiles #43
  46. ^ Exiles #20
  47. ^ Excalibur #43
  48. ^ Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 2 #114
  49. ^ What If? vol. 2 #46
  50. ^ X-Men Unlimited #26
  51. ^ Marvel Vision #25
  52. ^ Paradise X: X
  53. ^ Excalibur #44
  54. ^ Excalibur #24
  55. ^ Excalibur #24
  56. ^ Excalibur #44
  57. ^ Excalibur #24
  58. ^ Excalibur #44
  59. ^ Excalibur #21
  60. ^ Excalibur #44
  61. ^ Excalibur #44
  62. ^ Mighty World Of Marvel #13
  63. ^ Earth X Sketchbook
  64. ^ Mighty World of Marvel #14
  65. ^ Excalibur #24
  66. ^ Excalibur #43
  67. ^ Excalibur #44
  68. ^ Mighty World Of Marvel #13
  69. ^ Mighty World Of Marvel #13
  70. ^ Excalibur #44
  71. ^ Excalibur #43
  72. ^ Excalibur #44
  73. ^ Excalibur #24
  74. ^ Excalibur #124
  75. ^ Excalibur vol. 2 #1
  76. ^ Excalibur #44
  77. ^ Excalibur #44
  78. ^ Excalibur #44
  79. ^ Excalibur #49
  80. ^ Excalibur #50

References

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