Captain Britain Omnibus Overview | Captain Britain Omnibus Comparison | Who is Captain Britain?

Today I give you your advance look at the Captain Britain Omnibus. I talk about the build of the book and where it fits in the reading order of X-men and Excalibur and more importantly: Who is Captain Britain? The book is due out on the Direct Market and Book market on April 12th.
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[@Youtubefan52]

The perfect collection. I’m just really narked that they positioned Brian over the title on the cover, because it reads as “Captain Brain”

[@tonebone7449]

Alan Moore has said in interviews that HIS Merlin (in Captian Britain) was actually the final incarnation of the Doctor from Doctor Who.

[@besherkbananberg1700]

Who?

[@markzimmer5467]

Some of the post-Claremont early material is really dire. But it will be nice to have it all together in one place. The Moore run is surprisingly short but hugely important for the first explicit Marvel multiverse, with identification of the main Marvel timeline as 616.

[@TheComicBookReport]

That’s really the selling point here for me 🤔

[@featofclay2295]

@@TheComicBookReportDid you end up picking up this omnibus for the Alan Moore issues, alone?

[@beastlaz]

All British comics are anthology titles, you get anything from 1-8 pages per issue but the comics are mostly weekly so it kinda balances out over the course of a month. Being British myself I have a soft spot for British Writers and Artists (sorry Omar I love Mark Millar ha-ha) I have been so looking forward to this book.

[@NearMintCondition]

Hahaha that’s okay to love Millar. :) I love Claremont no matter the baaaad stories he told from time to time.

[@hamzadawud]

FINALLY!!! Thanks Omar, I'm really excited about this one. I've actually never read any of the material, and I'm bummed about the loss of the two Captain America issues, but I've always been interested in reading some Captain Britain stories. I pre-ordered this Omni, and I'm planning to start it pretty soon after it arrives.

[@siriactuallysara]

I love these omnibus reviews and greatly appreciate them. You have made me need to buy a second book shelf now

[@Megan-ii6vj]

I have the Panini UK version of all this material but man was this tempting - the stuff I have read are some of my favourite comics of all time. Seeing this and Excalibur getting love brings me a lot of joy.

[@Beefers26]

This is is ordered and on its way! I bought the original CB comics way back in 1976 - yes, I am that old - and loved the whole series as a child. Very much looking forward to re-reading these and over the moon that Marvel decided to publish this much extended omni compared to the previous one, which I missed.

[@chriscorben-green2640]

An excellent video Omar. I recently got Captain Britain #8 (in good condition), with the first appearance of Elizabeth Braddock ( Psylocke), for £2.50 from a local bookshop.

[@KGBookkeeping]

Can’t wait for my preorder!!! So excited to be reading this shortly!!!

[@tom3151]

I can't wait for this mine should arrive in a few days great overview as always Omar

[@UltimatePower01]

Can’t believe I had this on preorder for 11 months..

[@anthonyufert8477]

It does exist! It’s been almost a year since I preordered this one so you can imagine how excited I am for this omnibus. Thx for the great overview Omar.

[@terrencecoccoli524]

Been waiting for this for a while

[@calenicholson8179]

I’ve been waiting on this for a looooooong time. I excite!😬

[@eagleal]

Still one of my favourites, I wish Marvel would restore our Captain to his proper glory again in a new book with Alan Davis and other UK creators on it. I bought all those weeklies when they came out (and the reprint annual where that lovely original costume cover comes from). It was a big deal to us here at the time to have Marvel doing original UK material for a weekly comic (with even some big John Buscema art inked by Tom Palmer when it comes to the Captain America story). I have all the previous hardcovers, but can't pass up this all in one volume, which hopefully should be arriving on my doorstep soon :) The missing Captain America issues from this volume aren't really a big thing. It wasn't in step with the character much at the time as Mike Carlin wrote it, and of course there's a twist on that in the story too.

[@chriswing7466]

Very much looking forward to this release - a perfect precursor to the Excalibur volumes! So pleased it's a much more comprehensive book than the previous version.

[@neilcapper1265]

Great overview, I can’t wait to get my copy now and start reading

[@craigcamplin9580]

Wanted to read this Excalibur came out! Long awaited read!

[@balkthor]

Ah, finally my Captain Lannister omni will arrive!

[@brunobillion3435]

So looking forward to getting mind. I preordered it ages ago

[@cliveevans6852]

A good well researched, thoughtful review, very informative. I watched another podcast on this and it was poor, this was just what I needed - brilliant 😀👍

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@kevinford5726]

Love love love the Black Knight/Captain Britain epic in Otherworld from the Hulk UK comic. So glad it's collected. It's amazing!

[@wayneralph945]

A truly great run. I have the actual issues but I'm well tempted to get this to have it all in one place. The Fury was awesome.

[@StuartGipp]

Superb channel and great video. Very thorough. I bought the omni thanks to this. Can't wait to read it!

[@NearMintCondition]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@paulgauthier5135]

I've had the standard edition pre-ordered since it was announced! Very excited to finally get my hands on it and then shortly after we get Knights of the Pendragon Omnibus!!! Good times ahead.

[@delboy3k1]

This one is on my pull list so I am happy to get it this time. Those early captain britain stories i do have in 2 marvel omnibus editions and I have the weekly comic books, but I'm not sure if the 2 omnibus were worldwide printed books or not. What i do know is super spiderman comic never got cancelled. It's weird but the uk spiderman comic ran from iss 1 to 666 but went through over a dozen renames for which the captain britain era was one. Great vid as always omar. Excelsior

[@iansmith6166]

I read the original weekly comics when they came out in 1976. I had that mask! I had that boomarang! I'm really tempted to buy this if only for the nostalgia value. Those were great days, I remember picking up the Marvel Team-Up issues too. Thanks for the vid but goodness it made me feel old.

[@deadmousyplutaprestige8771]

One difference is the original is printed on actual paper and the new expanded printing is printed on see through gas station toilet paper.

[@hamzadawud]

Hey, as long as I can read the bubbles and see the artwork, I'm okay with it.

[@jamesdunn9457]

And their monthly comics are even worse. It is pretty sad they charge so much more than other companies when other companies are giving you better paper/covers for the same or cheaper price point. That seems to be transferring over more and more to their Collected editions.

[@bclayj]

I wish that was the worst of it, besides the paper quality there are build quality issues, excess glue on pages, and worst of all multiple omnis with run wide printing errors!

[@TheComicBookReport]

@@hamzadawud 👏👏👏

[@punybox]

Great stuff! I hope this other Cap Britain collection ends up in the most Wanted Omnibus list this year: Captain Britain and MI:13 Omnibus (CONTENTS : Wisdom #1-6 + MI13 #1-15 + annual #1 + Revolutionary War + Spitfire, material from Age of Heroes #1)

[@TheVileOne]

Man that Alan Davis artwork is beautiful.

[@jamestbrown6317]

Birthday present on its way to me once April 12th rolls around. I had the previous Alan Moore and Alan Davis’ trades. Excited to see the old stories for the first time. In the past I enjoyed his appearance in the original Contest of Champions and the John Byrne Marvel Team Up issues.

[@brianjones8721]

Great overview Omar, I have the book coming in next week and am excited to read this stuff as I have no experience with it. I have to say, I really love the black and white art, the coloring from that era was so garish and hit or miss with the reproduction techniques they had. I would prefer to read almost all the old silver age books in black and white if available if only to see more of the great line work of that era's artists. Also, Alan Davis' panel and page layout here is just amazing to look at - characters and artwork jumping between panels, angular construction, using the gutters for effect - man, this stuff was really cool and different.

[@carsonfarmer3819]

Read the first 10 issues in the Marvel Universe by Chris Claremont Omnibus. Pre-ordered this back in February. Patiently waiting for this. Love the review

[@jwanwaldon2509]

I have mine coming Friday. I can't wait to receive it.

[@jeremyslate4052]

Already preordered the Standard cover edition.

[@kevincarbonneau]

Preordered months ago! 💖💖

[@oddcreatureX]

Glad this is finally getting released. Love Alan Davis on Captain Britain!

[@melvinp1485]

Yes 👍my copy is coming next week from Forbidden Planet - DM cover as I love the original outfit and had all these comics when they first came out. I got the Panini omnibus last year but disappointedly it was normal sized, my eyes aren't like they were in my youth so I have been anxious to re-read this in oversize format for ages.

[@TheComicBookReport]

Such an interesting collection. I picked up the Excalibur omnibuses but I’m a tad on the fence on this one

[@chazkhaira4690]

Them doing this all of a sudden after so many years might mean they have plans for a movie appearance

[@MarkSeinIII]

The name Braddock has been teased in the movies, and lately Marvel has been talking with British actors, Taron Egerton the latest iirc.

[@fishin4bass2002]

I really just got this for the Alan Moore run and also I wanted to read this before reading Excalibur.

[@wholesomecomment45]

Alright Marvel... Uncanny Omar made a video about this omnibus so YOU BETTER NOT DELAY IT ANY LONGER!!!!

[@davidc1664]

Fascinating content in this one

[@temmere]

I have the Captain Britain trade paperback from 1988 (possibly the first TPB I ever bought, actually) and I was always under the impression Jamie Delano had done most of the writing for the issues included in that one, not Alan Davis. Davis is credited as the writer on the last couple, but most of the others list the two of them as "co-creators."

[@ianfleetwood8804]

I ordered the dm edition as the cover was used on the cb annual 1977 or 78. I was happy with the printing until they got to the new costume and decided to go with colored edition rather than the original b&w pages when it was originally released. The extras look different to what were in the back of the two hc from about 10-12 years ago. Nice overview, but leaves me wondering if they went with the colour reprints because collectors in other countries would not like or stand the b&w format.

[@craigjohnson6566]

That would be an interesting comparison - I think the original Omnibus had the Moore text pieces as bonus material - quite a few pages of these - which seem to have been excised from this new edition...

[@capncurls8189]

Don’t lie Omar! 😝 Annual 11 is only your favorite story solely because of Wolverine getting to kiss Storm! 😂

[@rodtough2235]

I bought C.B. issue 1 in the U.K. when it came out. It did NOT have "A MARVEL MASTERWORK PIN-UP" at the top of the splash page. I presume Marvel reprinted it AS a pin-up in another publication (no idea where) and didn't correct it for this book. I'm amazed the production staff didn't catch it. I know of no other story splash page that has that across the top!

[@cullenn2100]

Got mine yesterday. Glad to have it and have all that bonus material. A couple comments, natch: The paper is REALLY thin. I found myself accidentally bending pages while stretching the spine, and also found a crease across dozens of pages (a printing defect, as the book was sealed). I wish Marvel would include the creators in the table of contents. I know there are issues with Moore's attribution (inconsistently applied here) - but this also came up when I was reading What If..? A list of the contributors isn't as helpful as a more specific one. I liked that they numbered the pages. Still yet to be reprinted - the original appearances of TechNet / Special Executive in Alan Moore's 'Doctor Who' stories. LICENSING!

[@forsakenV12]

Thanks for sharing

[@NearMintCondition]

Oh man Doctor Who license. Same reason some Deaths Head and Transformers couldn’t be reprinted.

[@cullenn2100]

@@NearMintCondition good thing you have the IDW UK Classics! The Dr. Who stories were in The Incomplete Death's Head issues - put it in the Custom Bind to-do list :)))

[@deadmousyplutaprestige8771]

I was driving and had to stop at a gas station to use the facilities. Much to my disappointment they were out of toilet paper. I asked the manager to restock the bathroom stalls and he said they were completely out of toilet paper and so was the entire state for horrible micro thin layer toiletries. Then I realized Marvel was coming out with a series of omnibus and it all made perfect sence.

[@dylanberreth4055]

Omar!!! Is it worth getting this for just the Alan Moore stuff?? And how many issues does he do

[@y.janimationstationofficia5797]

Cool

[@wayneralph945]

Also something to bear in mind is that in the uk comics traditionally got produced weekly. This tended to leave strips with short page counts and several titles in one issue. These books rarely got cancelled outright with there best characters simply being rolled into another book. Going off at a tangent at the time planet of the apes was fantastically popular in the uk but unfortunately it was reprinting comics that had already been cancelled by Marvel. In an effort to keep it going they shrunk the page count down to around 7 pages and bundled it with Hulk. In a final act of desperation they amusingly tried to pass Killraven's war of the worlds comic off as Apes material and had someone slapping monkey heads on all the Mutants and tweaking the dialogue.

[@kevinconnor3187]

A little surprised that Captain Britain made the cut for Omnibus treatment.

[@michaelemond7315]

So happy! "Captain Brain (sp) Forever!!"

[@Tyler-Clark]

Off topic but have you seen there's two new Uncle Scrooge books coming? I think one is a mix of stuff that's already been printed from other volumes now collected as one, "Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck: Bear Mountain Tales" and the other appears to be a giant sized book "Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: The Diamond Jubilee Collection".

[@_TheViewer_]

Just alone the Jaspers Warp is worth it ! Coincidence that MarvelUnlimited currently don’t have these issues in here ?

[@stephenlee4820]

I've had the Panini UK version for a good few weeks now. And it's really enjoyable. I thought the stories would have taken a huge dip after Alan Moore left, but not really. It's a great read. The UK omni has less pages/issues and not oversized though. On the plus side it is better quality, and half the price. And it has all the best stories imo. It also has the Captain America issues.

[@hamzadawud]

I'm honestly still tempted to get the Panini version too, because it looks so cool. 😭

[@eagleal]

@@hamzadawud The cover has been recoloured for it by artist Alan Davis as well

[@hamzadawud]

@@eagleal Ah wow, thanks for the info.

[@albertserafim8092]

i have 1 question broo. what do you think we ever get Crossed omni?

[@ulsteredz]

Just a shame about the glaring printing error on page 162 A friend came across it while inspecting his copy, and I can now confirm that mine has it too. 😕 Thankfully, it's only concerns one of the original covers and not the strip itself.

[@chriswing7466]

How cool would it have been to have recreated the free gifts? 🤣🤣

[@NearMintCondition]

My kids would be wearing cap Britain masks.

[@jocool7370]

DM, thanks!

[@bclayj]

Omar, can you comment on the misprint on page 162, cover of Captain Britain issue 20? I am really getting tired of the number of misprints I am seeing, and the common denominator seems to be the printer Imak from Turkey. The new printing of Hulk omni has misprinted colors pgs 682-695, PAD Hulk v3 has misprinted cover from an interior issue, the Silver Surfer reprint I have has out of order pages (this was across the whole print run), paper quality continues to get worse etc etc. I would love for you to have a full episode devoted to these issues just so maybe Marvel will take notice!

[@NearMintCondition]

I didn’t get a copy of hulk 1 but I did let them know. That’s what I do with any misprints at any of the publishers. What they do is up to them. I didn’t even notice the print error on page 162 to be honest. And this is the first I heard of a PAD 3 hulk misprint.

[@bclayj]

@@NearMintCondition Thanks for mentioning it to them, and I love the channel. I guess what I am wondering is if you think the amount of problems from this printer is worth talking a little louder about? I have contacted Marvel about it as well, and as far as I can tell they have done nothing to help their customers in this situation, I heard nothing back from them. I understand an issue with individual books here and there, but these are multiple print run wide errors on books over the past year or so. Thanks Omar!

[@fishin4bass2002]

Hey Omar! Please Explain the X-men archives!

[@PeterMarinari]

Happy to step in for Omar and answer this one, since I've wrestled with the answer in the past ;) Combined with “Before Excalibur…” (1988 paperback), the X-Men Archives made the entirety of Alan Davis’s work on Cap available to American readers for the first time - as these Marvel UK issues were largely inaccessible at the time. #1: reprints Marvel Super-Heroes (1979) #377-383 #2: reprints Marvel Super-Heroes (1979) #384-388 & The Daredevils (1983) #1 #3: reprints The Daredevils (1983) #2-5 #4: reprints The Daredevils (1983) #6-8 #5: reprints The Daredevils (1983) #9-11 #6: reprints The Mighty World of Marvel (1983) #7-10 #7: reprints The Mighty World of Marvel (1983) #11-13 Captain Britain AKA “Before Excalibur…”: reprints The Mighty World of Marvel (UK) #14-16 and Captain Britain (1985) #1-14.

[@NearMintCondition]

As always. Peter has you covered :)

[@fishin4bass2002]

@@PeterMarinari thanks so much! I assume they were in color?

[@PeterMarinari]

@@fishin4bass2002 Yes, at that point all of the material was in color. The B&W material ends with the end of Hulk Weekly.

[@fishin4bass2002]

@@PeterMarinari yes but I wasn’t sure because there was the essentials like that was black and white.

[@deathtone1614]

Have it preordered (standard edition)

[@rockpoetxoxo138]

I wish they would have recolored the black and white pages. I don’t mind B&W I just don’t like the mix.

[@kevinford5726]

Which story did Grant Morrison write? I can't remember any CB story by Morrison

[@NearMintCondition]

It’s a prose part. Around three pages.

[@kevinford5726]

@@NearMintCondition Thanks! Do you know where it was originally published?

[@jameskiely3093]

If Alan Moore doesn't own the copyright of his work in this and other projects how does he have such control over what is reprinted? As for Dave Thorpe, Alan Davis objected to what he was writing leading to his being replaced as writer. The info I just gave was in the X-Men Archives Captain Britain reprint you mentioned. It was in an introduction to the first Issue by Davis himself.

[@NearMintCondition]

Yeah I didn’t want to mention about the political writing that Thorpe was putting in his issues. As far as Moore. I don’t think he has a call anymore. Since his name being left out.

[@markzimmer5467]

Moore may not legally have a call, but if he doesn’t want his name in the table of contents or on the cover, it’s probably in Marvel’s best interest to comply. They don’t need him making a stink over this book and potentially costing them sales from a boycott or something. And they may have some faint hope of working with him again, so why burn bridges unnecessarily?

[@larryankenmanjr1719]

Wish I Could Get A Copy of X-Men House of X and X-Men Adventures Omni, But I Can not Afford the Omnis

[@josephpingree7660]

is mine defective? front cover is rounded on spine, my back cover spine is Like a DC book, square with a sharp edge. not rounded like a normal marvel omnibus.

[@NearMintCondition]

I’ve not seen that.

[@MayasMotivation]

Is this needed to read before reading Excalibur omnis?

[@cv9340]

haha I have the same question.

[@NearMintCondition]

Honestly if you’re an X-men fan, Fall of the Mutants. If you’re curious about the whacky characters from the UK, Captain Britain. But no require reading really to jump in.

[@MayasMotivation]

@@NearMintCondition Alright. Thank you, my man.

[@joppehi]

Damm, the only thing I have to say is that it is a thick omni for todays standards

[@calenicholson8179]

500th like!

[@camilocuba6927]

Man, I may have to get this. I really need to stop watching these reviews, lol.

[@original.dwornboy]

As a reader when these came out I lost interest after the costume change. Just didn't seem like the same character. I was so excited when he made a comeback in Hulk Weekly via the Black Knight story.

[@RobRVA]

I’m glad I waited for this new printing instead of spending “whale” money which I almost did.

[@deadmousyplutaprestige8771]

I did.... 😭

[@RobRVA]

@@deadmousyplutaprestige8771 😫

[@IvanOrdell]

What about the Thor omni 😭

[@NearMintCondition]

That’s coming in a couple of weeks. There are 7 big books coming next week.

[@forsakenV12]

Excalibur or Great Britain omnis?

[@NearMintCondition]

Ohhh man. Excalibur :)

[@forsakenV12]

@@NearMintCondition thank you sir You are a gentleman and a scholar

[@kuba70834]

Do you think Captain Britain, will ever be in MCU?

[@gaebril131]

On one hand, Merlyn and magical knights are a fairly comprehensible genre that wouldn't be hard to sell to the general audience. And once you have that, the otherworld multiverse is a possible path to bring in the X-Men. On the other hand the idea of being a member of a multiversal group of Captain Britains is an idea that Spider-verse and NWH already tapped into so that might be seen as something that's already been done. In conclusion, your guess is as good as mine

[@Kalel0042]

I had zero interest in this, but I think you sold me. RIP my wallet.

[@henrydenry9508]

Why doesn’t it say Alan Moore under writers??

[@NearMintCondition]

He didn’t want it there.

[@henrydenry9508]

@@NearMintCondition but his run is still in there?

[@NearMintCondition]

Correct

[@saranda331]

And now For the real thing - Thor by Jason Aaron Omnibus Overview

[@NearMintCondition]

That will be in two weeks or so.

[@jmv1969]

Too bad they didn't go back to recolor those black and white issues. Wouldn't be that hard in this day and age. I had those original hardcover Birth of a Legends copies and those were stories were okay but I ended up selling them because I knew I wouldn't reread those. Once Davis and Moore came onboard, it got much better though and I still have those original softcover trades.