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Monday, 7 May 2007

Early Captain Britain appearances for sale


Another eBay auction, this time Marvel Super-Heroes issues from way back in 1981 in 1982, when Paul Neary was editor in chief at Marvel UK the first time around.

The issues include one issue of Captain Britain written by Alan Moore. Several feature Night Raven text stories which, I suspect, are unlikely to ever be collected.

Details as follows, which I'm posting here in case any archivists want the detail for various comic reference sites:

# 377 Cover date September 1981: Captain Britain cover plus first new story by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Avengers and X-Men reprints plus first part of a David Lloyd interview. Fair condition, no cover damage or missing pages.

#378 Cover date October 1981: Avengers cover. Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Avengers reprints plus second part of a David Lloyd interview. Fair condition, no cover damage or missing pages.

#379 Cover date November 1981: Avengers cover. Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Avengers reprint plus a feature on a new comic strip, Timesmasher, which appeared in Rampage. Fair condition, no cover damage or missing pages.

#381 Cover date January 1982: Avengers cover. Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Avengers reprint plus interview with artist John Stokes. Fair condition, very minor cover damag, no missing pages.

#382 Cover date February 1982: Captain Britain cover plus Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Night Raven text story written and illustrated by Paul Neary. Avengers and Dominic Fortune reprints plus feature on how Marvel Comics covers are created. Fair condition, no cover damage or missing pages.

#383 Cover date March 1982: Avengers cover. Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Night Raven text story by Paul Neary illustrated by Mick Austin. Avengers reprint and a guide to the Marvel UK Bullpen personnel. Fair condition, no cover damage or missing pages.

#384 Cover date April 1982: Avengers cover. Captain Britain by Dave Thorpe, art by Alan Davis. Night Raven text story written and illustrated by Paul Neary. Avengers reprint. Fair condition, very
minor cover damage on edges, no missing pages.

#388 Cover date August 1982: Avengers cover. Captain Britain by Alan Moore and Alan Davis - Moore's third outing writing the character. Avengers and Doctor Strange reprint. Fair condition, minor cover damage, no missing pages.

#389 Cover date September 1982: Avengers cover. Night Raven text story by Maxwell Stockbridge illustrated by Steve Dillon plus a feature on Captain Britain by Alan Moore. Avengers reprint. Fair condition, no cover damage or missing pages.

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