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colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-22 18:24:00

Entry tags:

char: black knight/dane whitman, char: dracula, char: excalibur/faiza hussain, creator: leonard kirk, creator: paul cornell, publisher: marvel comics, title: captain britain and mi13

Her Majesty's Special Forces vs. Dracula

Four scans from Captain Britain and MI13 #15: the series ends, and our heroes face off with Dracula's invasion.

Not to go into too much detail, but Wisdom was playing a particularly elaborate gambit here, which basically succeeds, leading the vampire army into a trap. As things fall apart, Dracula tries to make his escape, and is confronted by Black Knight and Excalibur.

I'm glad someone other than Brian got to deliver the coup de grace for once.

And so the day is saved, and everybody has somebody to walk off into the sunset with...

My thanks to the creative staff, for what was a very enjoyable run. I look forward to more Marvel stuff from Cornell in the future (he's got that YA mini on the go, and an upcoming Black Widow mini as well); and, obviously, Leonard Kirk too.

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	(Anonymous) 2009-07-22 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	Dracula exploded! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	stig 2009-07-23 10:00 pm UTC (link)
	And that's a "We Haven't Seen The Last Of Him" if I've ever seen one... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-07-22 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	Happy ending, yay! God this was a good series. (Reply to this)

	freivolk 2009-07-22 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	I love Happy-end. Now rename the book Excalibur´, start it again with Nr. 1, let Kurt Wagner join (and maybe Kitty and Rachel later) and we will all have nice things. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ex_zemo315 2009-07-22 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	Hear hear (Reply to this) (Parent)

	espanolbot 2009-07-23 12:33 am UTC (link)
	Yes, because new things that work must be replaced by old, tired and familiar things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

jlbarnett, 2009-07-23 02:11 am UTC

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stig
2009-07-23 09:59 pm UTC (link)

See, I enjoyed it because the cast were British? And I'm British? And there's a huge number of comics with American leads and very few with British leads and this one was very well written and made a statement against Marvel's ultra-gloomy DARRRK take and brought Hero back and it spoke to my demographic as a brown British person and it was worthy of my awe because it was just that good?

So 'Excalibur', a.k.a. Claremont's sloppy seconds, doesn't really compare.

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greenmask, 2009-07-23 10:33 pm UTC

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	wingsonwater 2009-07-22 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	Faiza and Dane...oh, those first two pages made all of this worth it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	greenmask 2009-07-22 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	DIDN'T THEY JUST! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jarodrussell 2009-07-22 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	But he stabbed her! Blade stabbed Spitfire! Rrrg. I hate this series so fucking much. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	colonel_green 2009-07-22 10:20 pm UTC (link)
	He thought she was evil. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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	majingojira 2009-07-22 10:36 pm UTC (link)
	...DAMN MY NEED TO WAIT FOR TRADES! (Reply to this)

	fromtheaether 2009-07-22 10:38 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe I'm a little shallow, but Meggan really needs a new outfit. (shouldn't her last name be Braddock too? They ARE married...) (Reply to this) (Thread)

colonel_green, 2009-07-22 10:45 pm UTC

	20thcenturyvole 2009-07-22 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	May I just say, once and for all: WOO FAIZA. :D (Reply to this)

	newnumber6 2009-07-22 11:05 pm UTC (link)
	I like how they dealt with Faiza's father. "Yeah, you're a vampire now. It's going to be tough. But lots of things are tough, and you're British. We'll deal with it" (Reply to this) (Thread)

stig, 2009-07-23 10:01 pm UTC

	greenmask 2009-07-22 11:13 pm UTC (link)
	I have loved this series so, and just about every issue of the last five have made me make high pitched noisy noises. OH WHY DON'T I LIVE NEAR THE SHOP ANYMORRRRE i need this book so much. But that is an awesome, awesome ending, and I well a few tears and grin a few grins. Faiza and Daaaane. Blade and Lady J! Brian and Meggan. unashamed jig (Reply to this) (Thread)

greenmask, 2009-07-22 11:15 pm UTC

	greenmask 2009-07-22 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	And she deserves a comment of her very own: Faiza Hussain, you are the greatest. (Reply to this)

	sherkahn 2009-07-22 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Why didn't Dracula go for the Ebony Blade? With his might behind it he would have been able to hold his own against Excalibur. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	volksjager 2009-07-22 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Who wishes the series just ended with the "mindtrick" of Dracula winning the war,standing in the house of Parliment amoung the corpses ???? (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	lieut_kettch 2009-07-23 02:38 am UTC (link)
	Why did this have to end? This is one of the few non-cosmic series that's free from Dark Reign's taint. (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	xamda 2009-07-23 07:58 am UTC (link)
	Anyone else subconsciously hear the 'are you being served' music during that you have been watching bit? 'Mister Braddock, are you free?' XD (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	foxhack 2009-07-23 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	But was the question answered? WHAT IS A MAN? (Reply to this) (Thread)

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	thanekos 2009-07-23 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	what, no second monstrous form, Dracula? you are disappoint (Reply to this)

	yaseen101 2009-07-23 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Waitaminute, vampire army?, Dracula being a general and brilliant strategist,Dracula having a badass sword, calling people dogs. Oh great I had a similar idea for a fan fic and when I get around to writing it, people will think I am ripping off Cornell's idea. (Reply to this)

	rotty0079 2009-07-24 05:42 pm UTC (link)
	While there were some interesting elements in this series, the Dane/Faiza buildup is terribly shallow and trite. Religion, race, and the Matter of Britain were handled with much greater depth 800 friggin' years ago in Parzival. Nor is Vlad Dracula's defeat written very well. (Reply to this)