![]() Sometime later, Brian gave up the Captain Britain identity, allowing his sister Betsy to take up the mantle. Merlin was seemingly killed in the final battle. ![]() Jackdaw and Brian were both killed by the cyborg monster called The Fury, but Brian was resurrected by Merlin again, this time on his own Earth, where he and a number of others including his sister Betsy, the dimensionally displaced Captain UK, Saturnyne and the alien mercenaries known as the Special Executive successfully defeated both the Fury and Earth 616's version of Jaspers (the other version, and his entire dimension, were later erased from existence by the Dimensional Development Court). Once this mission was completed, Captain Britain and an elf named Jackdaw were apparently sent home by Merlin, but accidentally ended up on a parallel Earth (after colliding with the Time traveler Ralf in the void) where they met the mysterious Saturnyne and fought the insane mutant Mad Jim Jaspers. Īlso at some point during this period, Captain Britain and the Black Knight were both briefly abducted by the Grandmaster to participate in his ' Contest of Champions', but were subsequently apparently returned to their former place and time with no memory of the event. During the course of this adventure, Brian died but was resurrected by Merlin. He jumped from the plane and was washed ashore on the coast of Cornwall, where he lived for some months as an amnesiac hermit until he was found by Dane Whitman, the Black Knight, who restored his memories and accompanied him to Otherworld to save Camelot from the evil Mordred and the demon lord Necromon at the behest of Merlin. Returning to Britain, Brian was subjected to a psychic attack while traveling on a plane over the English Channel. Brian began to drink heavily, and it affected his performance both as a student and as a hero, but soon stopped after inadvertently inflicting serious injuries on an opponent because he had fought them in an inebriated state. Parker also had a secret identity, namely Spider-Man, and after battling the assassin Arcade together, the two began meeting for nightly patrols and training Peter quickly deduced that his English roommate was also the new English hero in town, but Brian remained unaware that Spider-Man was his roommate. By a strange twist of fate, he ended up rooming with Peter Parker at Empire State University. American adventures Įventually, Brian came to America on a study abroad program. Thomas's subordinate, Detective Inspector Kate Fraser, was more sympathetic to the novice hero. This was especially true for Chief Inspector Dai Thomas, who dedicated himself to capturing and unmasking Captain Britain. His activities made him popular with the public, which became especially apparent when he was believed killed in an air raid, though he was considered a vigilante by the police. Synne, the Highwayman and the Manipulator, the Lurker from Loch Ness, Nykonn, the Black Baron, and the assassin Slaymaster, as well as teaming up with Steve Rogers against the Red Skull. Over the next few months, Brian battled such foes as the Vixen, Hurricane, the Mastermind computer, Lord Hawk, Doctor Claw, Dr. Ĭaptain Britain in the original costume Early adventures Captain Britain nonetheless defeated him, meeting his first challenge as a hero with courage and surprising skill. Moments later, the Reaver arrived and, claiming the sword, was transformed into an armored knight with tremendous strength. He then became Captain Britain, complete with costume and super-powers, as well as a staff, which was later replaced by Merlin with a 'Star Sceptre' that enabled him to fly. Being a scholar and not conceiving of himself as a warrior, Brian chose the Amulet. They offered Brian a choice: The Amulet of Right (Life) or the Sword of Might (Death). Captain Britain īleeding to death, Brian was approached by Merlin and his daughter Roma, who told him that he could live if he became Britain's next great champion. ![]() Escaping with the intention to get help, Brian fled on a motorbike, but was run off the road. Travis at the Darkmoor Research Centre during the holidays, he was present when the mercenary Reaver and his men raided the facility to kidnap the scientists there. His parents had been killed years before by a creation of his father, the Mastermind computer. Education īrian was a graduate student in physics, in advance of his years, at London's Thames University. He was raised alongside Elizabeth, commonly nicknamed "Betsy", and their older brother James "Jamie" Braddock Jr. 1.17 Joining the Earth's Mightiest Heroesīrian was the youngest child of Lord James Braddock and Lady Elizabeth Braddock, born a few minutes after his twin sister Elizabeth in Braddock Manor, the family's ancestral home in the town of Maldon, Essex, England.1.8 Later solo adventures and Excalibur.1.6 Otherworld Quest and the Black Knight.
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