Captain Britain Annual 1978

[1977] Annual. Original price £1.35
64 pages. Full color contents.
World Distributors Ltd.

SBN: 723504563

Contents:

 5 Captain Britain w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #01 (13 Oct 1976)

12 The Avengers full-color pin-up. p: Jack Kirby, i: Frank Giacoia.

r: Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel) #07 (1975)

13 From the Holocaust… A Hero! w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #02 (20 Oct 1976)

21 Captain Britain full-color pin-up; a: UNKNOWN.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #01 (13 Oct 1976)

22 Mayhem on a Monday Morning! w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #03 (27 Oct 1976)

30 Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. full-color pin-up. a: Jim Steranko.

r: recolored cover to Strange Tales (Marvel) Vol.1 #167 (Apr 1968)

31 Hour of the Hurricane! w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #04 (03 Nov 1976)

38 Marvel Team-Up... full-color pin-up; a: John Romita.

r: Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel) #09 (Sep 1976)

39 Captain Britain Has Been Beaten! w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #05 (10 Nov 1976)

46 Dr. Strange full-color pin-up; p: Bob Budiansky; i: Dan Adkins.

r: UNKNOWN.

47 Havoc at Heathrow! w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #06 (17 Nov 1976)

54 Fantastic Four full-color pin-up; w: (uncredited). a: (uncredited).

r: Fantastic Four (Marvel) Vol 1 # (?)

55 Wind of Death! w: Chris Claremont; p: Herb Trimpe, i: Fred Kida, colouring by Marie Severin.

r: Captain Britain (Marvel) Vol.1 #07 (24 Nov 1976)

While it is nice to have the (colored) pieces of the original Captain Britain saga collected, it is a shame that there isn't more made of the Britishness of the character in supplementary material - all of the room left over being padded with pin-ups is a bit of a cheat. Even a crossword puzzle or a wordsearch would have made the title more engaging, but… That really doesn't matter.

For the longest time, this was the only place to read those early stories unless a reader wanted to track down all the original issues. For that reason alone it deserves recognition. While far from a definitive edition, this is an attractive repackaging of the first Captain Britain story, on far better paper than Marvel had access to.

One should be thankful that there isn't a feature on the proper way to make tea.