Posted by Stuart on 11/13/2006, 5:44 am For those of you not following the Marvel Handbooks, shame on you! Here's a run down of the Marvel UK and UK-related characters covered since this incarnation of the Handbooks started in 2004: Captain Britain (Kelsey Leigh) - Avengers 2004 Moira MacTaggert - Book of the Dead 2004 Citizen V (John Watkins), Destroyer (Roger Aubrey), Spitfire, Union Jack (Brian Falsworth) - all in Golden Age 2004, PLUS the Yellow Claw entry includes mention of his fight against Nick Fury from the British SHIELD strip in Hulk Weekly Dark Angel, Meggan, Roma - all in Women of Marvel 2004 Nick Fury's entry in Marvel Knights 2005 mentions his Marvel UK's strip where he battled the Sept. Euroforce (originally commissioned for Marvel UK, then published by Marvel Italia after MUK collapsed), Excalibur, Knights of Pendragon, Mys-Tech - all in Teams 2005 Black Knight (Dane Whitman)'s entry in Avengers 2005 covers his adventures in Otherworld alongside Captain Britain, from Hulk Weekly. Alternate Universes 2005 includes coverage of 2020AD (where Death's Head adventured, and the Minion Death's Head was created), 8162 AD (home of Dragon's Claws), Crooked World (from Alan Moore's Captain Britain, home of the Fury and Captain UK) and the (Captain Britain) Corps. Baroness Blood and Elsa Bloodstone turn up in Horror 2005 X-Men 2005 covered Jamie Braddock, Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) and Psylocke Ultimate X-Men/Ultimates 2005 covered the Ultimate Universe's Betsy Braddock, Captain Britain, Moira MacTaggert and Proteus All New A-Z #1 covered Albion (Peter Hunter) and Axis Mundi A-Z #2 covered Captain UK and Cerise A-Z #3 covered Deaths Head (FPA) and Deaths Head (Minion) A-Z #4 covered Feron and the Fury A-Z #5 covered Hurricane (Albert Potter) and Mad Jim Jaspers A-Z #6 covered Khaos (from Excalibur Annual), Killpower and Kylun A-Z #7 covered Mastermind (the Braddock Manor computer), Merlyn, Micromax and Motormouth A-Z #8 covered Night Raven and Proteus A-Z #9 covered Saturnyne and Sat-Yr9 A-Z #10 covered Slaymaster Advance Solicits show Union Jack and Pete Wisdom in A-Z #12, and Digitek and Death's Head 3.0 in 2007's A-Z Update #1 plus, we've had mention of the first ever UK Marvel strip in the Matador's entry in the 1970s Handbook, while the just released 1980s Handbook has an entry for Black Knight/Captain Britain/Merlyn/King Arthur foe Necromon. and the Nova Corps files covered Marvel UK's Spirit.
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Blatant plug!!
Union Jack (Montgomery Falsworth) - Book of the Dead 2004
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