Captain Britain Corps

Captain Britain Corps (aka the Corps)
File:Marvel Universe Super Heroes 001 -Captain Britain 001-.jpg Captain Britain from the Main Marvel Universe.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Mighty World of Marvel #13 (1984)
In-story information
Base(s)	Each Alternate Earth dispatched from the Starlight Citadel in Otherworld

History

In Marvel comics, the Captain Britain Corps is a league of super-heroes all known as or as an alternate version of Captain Britain. They are each essentially the same hero except they each come from an alternate reality. They sometimes team up to face huge threats and are organized by the mystical entity Roma.

In the Beginning

Founded by Merlyn, the Corps main duty was to guard the multiverse. Each member protected his or her reality based on their dimensional equivalent of Britain, and was powered by the friction between dimensions.

Merlyn and his daughter Roma, arranged for each chosen member of the Corps to gain superpowers, using any means, disguise or otherwise, possible.

The Making of Brian Braddock

Merlyn chose Brian Braddock to become Earth-616's version of Captain Britan. To achieve this Merlyn sent Braddock to Earth-238, where he overheard that in this realm existed Captain UK, however Braddock was unsure of what this meant until he met Captain England and Captain Albion at a trial in another reality.

Back in his own homeworld, Braddock allied himself with Captain UK who had taken up home there after her world had been destroyed. Together the fought the hero killer, Fury after which, Britain, UK and their new ally Saturnyne, were transported to Otherworld. Here they discovered that Merlyn had apparantly died. Later they discover that it was one of his many ruses.

Otherworld

For what seems like the first time, the Corps in their entirety, attended Merlyn's funeral. Afterwards Roma began taken a more direct approach with the Corps even making Saturnyne her subordinate, mainly to keep an eye on her, and started bringing Corps member to the Starlight Citadel for training. Roma then added another duty to the Corps list. As well as protecting their home realities, they also must take turns in defending Otherworld.

Every so often during the adventures of Captain Britain (Braddock), Corpsmen would appear. Whether it be when Braddock's British superhero team, Excalibur, ended their interdimensional cross-time caper to being on the jury when Braddock was tried for breaching the Corps Code of Conduct, either to observe or to carry out the sentence or to attend the wedding of Meggan and Braddock.

Franklin Richards

When Roma perceived Franklin Richards to be a threat, not only to his home reality (Earth-616) but to all reality, she dispatched the Warewolves, Gatecrasher and her Technet to kidnap him. When her plan was being opposed by the Fantastic Four and Alyssa Moy, who was babysitting Franklin at the time, Roma teleported them all to Otherworld to face the full fury of the entire Corps.

Although they were hampered by having never worked as a team, the Corps eventually started wearing down the heroes, until Franklin used his reality manipulating mutant powers to supercharge his family who defeated the entire Captain Britain Corps. After a brief debate with Human Torch, Roma agreed that Franklin should be left with his family.

However, it was suggested that the entire kidnapping was just a ruse to let Caledonia, a former prisoner of Roma's starlight citadel, infiltrate the Fantastic Four's home as Franklin's nanny to prepare them for their forthcoming battle with Abraxas.

The Warpies

More recently, the Corps were decimated by Mastermind, a villainous robotic builder belonging to Brian Braddock, and a group of mutated children known as the Warpies, who were once the wards of Captain UK. It is unknown but reportedly only Captain UK and Crusader X (strangely changed into a Caucasian with blond hair) survived. Roma stepped down as omniversal guardian, giving the title to Brian Braddock, who became King of Otherworld and rebuilt the Corps.

House of M

When the insane mutant Wanda Maximoff, altering reality in House of M, another wave of destruction tore through Otherworld. Roma and Saturnyne, in an effort to save the omniverse, give Brian 48 hours to fix the tear in reality, or they will erase his Earth completely. With the sacrifice of Meggan, the heroes are able to seal the tear. It is unclear what exactly has happened to the entirety of the Captain Britain Corps after the destruction.

Membership

Although members usually call themselves simply "The Corps", other seems to attach their name to the Corps. An example "Crusader X Corps" or the more well known and most prevalent "Captain Britain Corps", which is more well known since Braddock became King of Otherworld.

Known Members

The Captain Britain Corps span the multiverse and have a huge collection of members. After the Warpies decimated them it is unknown whether many of the members below are still alive as it was only reported that they were killed. With the amount of alternate Earths in the Marvel Universe some may have survived, who is unknown. The members in bold are the known members of the Corps who are still alive and part of the recreation of the team under Braddock.

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Britainicus Rex		Excalibur vol. 1 #51	He resided on Earth-99476 aka Dino-World.
Brother Brit-Man		Excalibur vol. 1 #44	He resided on Earth-65
Caledonia	Alysande Stuart	Fantastic Four vol. 3 #9	She was from Earth-9809 and was a prisoner in the Starlight Citadel before becoming Franklin Richards' nanny on Earth-616 as well as a spy for Roma.
Cap'n Saxonia		Excalibur vol. 1 #49	She resided on Earth-924 and is a member of Calibur alongside that dimensions versions of Spider-Girl, Iron Fist, Hulk and Dr. Strange. She was sometimes known as Captain Saxonia
Captain Airstrip-One		Daredevils #7 (mentioned) Mighty World of Marvel #13	He resided on Earth-744 which was similar to the type of world portrayed in Orwell's novel 1984
Captain Albion		Daredevils #6	She resides on Earth-523
Captain Angleterre		Mighty World of Marvel #13	He resides on Earth-305
Captain Babylon		X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock	Captain Britain Comics #1	From the main Marvel Universe (Earth-616) and former ruler of Otherworld. Currently the leader of New Excalibur.
Captain Britain	Kelsey Leigh Shorr	Avengers vol. 3 #77	From the main Marvel Universe, former meber of the Avengers
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock	Excalibur vol. 1 #66	From the Days of Future Past aka Earth-811. He was killed in Excalibur vol. 1 #67 by Sentinels
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock		From the Ultimate Universe aka Earth-1610
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock	Paradise X: X (mentioned)	Resides on Earth-Paradise X in the Realm of the Dead
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock	Uncanny X-Men #462	Resides on Earth-58163.
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock	Marvel Vision #25	From Earth-98125. Chose both the Amulet of Life and the Sword of Death
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock	Excalibur vol. 1 #15 (mentioned)	He resided on Earth-1189 which was devasted by nuclear war and was killed in battle. Meggan took over the mantle after his death
Captain Britain	Kymri	Excalibur vol. #16	former pirate princess from Earth-1289, she and Lockheed jointly took the mantle of Captain Britain and it was unclear whether they are regarded as a member of the Corps as neither was not chosen by Roma or Merlyn; however the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Alternate Universe 2005 confirm they are; her planet was conquered and her people enslaved; she was bound to Kyllian as his personal hound by Tullamore Vogue
Captain Britain	Lockheed	Excalibur vol. #16	He resided on Earth-1289, He and Kymri jointly took the mantle of Captain Britain.
Captain Britain	Meggan	Excalibur vol. #44	She resided on Earth-1189 which was devasted by nuclear war and took over the mantle when her version of Braddock died. It was unclear whether she was classed as a Corps member but it has since been confirmed.
Captain Britain		Exiles #43	Resided on Earth-4400
Captain Britain		What If? vol. 2 #46	Resides on Earth-21993
Captain Britain		X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #26	Resides on Earth-32000 aka the Ages of Apocalypse
Captain Britain		Excalibur vol. #44	From Earth-3913. Was accused of murdering a police officer.
Captain Commonwealth		Daredevils #7 (mentioned) Mighty World of Marvel #13	From Earth-920; He was killed by Dr. Doom in X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
Captain Cymru		Excalibur vol. 1 #24	She resides on Earth-1282; uses a gun with Plastrix
Captain England	Brian Braddock	Daredevils #6	Resides on Earth-The Hub where the court of Saturnyne's trial is set. He carries a staff
Captain UK	Linda McQuillan	Marvel Super Heroes #379	former member of Excalibur (Earth-616); she is the sole survivor of Earth-238 where she was a hairdresser before becoming Captain UK. Linda was assigned Earth-839 by Roma before fleeing to Earth-616.
Captain Wales		X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three	He was killed by Dr. Doom in X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three
Centurion Britannus		Excalibur vol. 1 #24	He resides on Earth-4100; his costume resembles that of the Roman Empire; he invokes Mitras, a god worshiped in both ancient India and Rome
Chief Justicer Bull		Excalibur vol. 1 #23	She resides on Earth-23238 and is one of the few Captains to have survived the Warpies attack
Chevalier Bretagne		Excalibur vol. 1 #24	He resides on Earth-1508
Crusader X	Brian Braddock	Excalibur vol. 1 #21	former member of Excalibur (Earth-616); resided on Earth-2122
Enforcer Capone		Excalibur vol. 1 #44	Resides on Earth-89947
Flight Leader		Uncanny X-Men #462
Hauptmann Englande	Brian Braddock	Excalibur vol. 1 #9	Resides on Earth-597; Member of the Lightning Force (his worlds version of Excalibur); he died during the Warpies massacre.
King Britain	Brian Braddock	Earth X Sketchbook	resides on Earth-9997 aka Earth X
Kommandant Englander		Mighty World of Marvel #14	She resides on Earth-846 which is a world where Kaiser Wilhelm II won WWI hence the Iron Cross on her costume.
Lady London		Excalibur vol. 1 #24	Resides on Earth-9006
Privateer Albion		Excalibur vol. 1 #124	Resides on Earth-9890
Roma			Founder of the Corps alongside her father, Merlyn and Sir James Braddock.
Sister Gaia		Excalibur vol. 1 #44

Former Members

Character	Real Name	Joined in	Notes
Alecto		X-Men/Dr. Doom Chaos Engine: Book One	Personal guard of Roma at the Starlight Citadel
Sir Braddock	Sir James Braddock	Captain Britain Comics #14	Founder of the Corp; father of Captain Britain and Psylocke; member of the Hellfire Club (London); killed in explosion in Captain Britain Comics #14
Captain 148		Excalibur vol. 1 #1	He resided on Earth-148 where he was a member of Excalibur which had alternate versions of Thor, Black Knight and Spider-Man. Currently deceased but returned as an animated corpse in Excalibur vol. 1 #45
Cap'n Brit		Excalibur vol. 1 #14	From Earth-8910 which was devastated by Galactus and repopulated by the Impossible Man
Captain Britain	Brian Braddock		From Earth-811
Captain Empire		Mighty World of Marvel #13	He is from Earth-741 and is one of the few Captains who uses a gun
Captain Granbraten	Paul Peltier	Captain Britain vol. 2 #13	Resided on Earth-1812; He eventually attempted to retire due to dissatisfaction with the Corps, but was forced to continue his activities by his suit even past his own death (Captain Britain vol. 2 #13)
Captain Marshall		Excalibur vol. 1 #12 (mentioned)	He resided on Earth-1193 but died years ago; during the Cross-Time-Caper his costume was handed over to Earth-616's Captain Britain
Gorka		X-Men/Dr. Doom: Chaos Engine: Book One	Personal guard of Roma at the Starlight Citadel
Kaptain Briton	Byron Brad-Dhok	Mighty World of Marvel #13	resided on Earth-839; killed by Betsy Braddock in Captain Britain vol. 2 #7
Lord High Justicer	Brian Braddock	Excalibur vol. 1 #23	He resided on Earth-23238 and is Chief Justicer Bull's superior
Merlyn			Founding member who fake his own death although oly his daughter Roma currently knows he is alive.
Psylocke	Elizabeth Braddock	Captain Britain vol. 2 #12 (as Captain Britain)	From the Marvel Universe and is the twin sister of Captain Britain (Brian Braddock). Currently a member of the X-Men

Significant Issues

• Mighty World of Marvel #14 (1984) - Merlyn's funeral
• Excalibur vol. 1 #43-45 (1991) - Trial of Brian Braddock
• Fantastic Four vol. 3 #7-8 (1998) - Battled the Fantastic Four over Franklin Richards
• Excalibur: The Sword of Power #1-2 (2001) - decimated by the Warpies and Mastermind

See also

Captain Britain Psylocke

External links

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