If you want a realistic portrayal of an Englishman in the Marvel Universe, look no further than Percy Pinkerton in "Nick Fury and His Howling Commandos." He wears a beret, carries an umbrella into battle, and says things like "I've found the most wizard shop for tea and crumpets." Stan Lee is very proud of the way the "Commandos" represented a racial mix, and helpfully points out that Percy Pinkerton might be gay.
To be fair, the "ultimates" version is described as "the only person under 74 willing to wear the Union Jack on his chest" (unless my miserable super - memory is mistaken)
Actually, the best "version" of Captain UK is Paul Grist's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Staff]Jack Staff[/url], which is totally great.
Personally, I can think of very few good Captain America stories (perhaps some of the Steranko period, but even those weren't so great) whereas I think the Moore/Davis/Delano era Captain Britain was pretty rocking.
Not to mention Sgt. States;) Interesting that the US character Mr. Staff is based on is actually called "Union Jack" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack_%28comics%29 Of course, at least one version of him is gay.
I see it falls to me to be geeky enough to point out that there already is a Captain Britain.
ReplyDeleteAnd he's rather cooler than Captain America, for what it's worth.
If you want a realistic portrayal of an Englishman in the Marvel Universe, look no further than Percy Pinkerton in "Nick Fury and His Howling Commandos." He wears a beret, carries an umbrella into battle, and says things like "I've found the most wizard shop for tea and crumpets." Stan Lee is very proud of the way the "Commandos" represented a racial mix, and helpfully points out that Percy Pinkerton might be gay.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, the "ultimates" version is described as "the only person under 74 willing to wear the Union Jack on his chest"
ReplyDelete(unless my miserable super - memory is mistaken)
Actually, the best "version" of Captain UK is Paul Grist's [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Staff]Jack Staff[/url], which is totally great.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I can think of very few good Captain America stories (perhaps some of the Steranko period, but even those weren't so great) whereas I think the Moore/Davis/Delano era Captain Britain was pretty rocking.
Not to mention Sgt. States;)
ReplyDeleteInteresting that the US character Mr. Staff is based on is actually called "Union Jack"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Jack_%28comics%29
Of course, at least one version of him is gay.