John at Down The Tubes has an interesting post (sorry, no permalink) on the ‘other’ Captain Britain. Dez Skinn recently came across a long-forgotten sketch design for Captain Britain – not the Marvel character, but a possible new strip for IPC Fleetway a couple of decades back. The sketch is by artist Tom Kerr, who worked on a range of British series, including Adam Eterno, Black Axe and the Saxon Avenger.
The project was code-named JNP 55 (Juvenile New Project, John explains – a way of keeping rival DC Thomson in the dark) and was pased round other artists after Kerr, including Eric Bradbury. Now it remains a largely forgotten ‘what if?’ from the history of British comics. Would Marvel’s similarly named character have happened if the Fleetway one had happened? Or would we have had a second version of the ‘Captain Marvel’ and ‘Captain Mar-Vell’ situation?
Fri, Mar 9, 2007
Comics and cartoons