The first, published landscape style, is a typical piece of Marvel hype: fans with more than a cursory knowledge of Marvel's existing heroes soon spotted that OUR Captain was neither "all new", "all different" and, certainly not, "all British". But, at least they tried!
Tuesday 29 May 2012
1976: CAPTAIN BRITAIN PRE-LAUNCH ADVERTS
As we continue our Jubilee-themed week (which those in the know have already dubbed Captain Britain Week), here are two pre-launch in-house advertisements from Marvel UK, published in September and October 1976, just before the launch of the weekly.
The first, published landscape style, is a typical piece of Marvel hype: fans with more than a cursory knowledge of Marvel's existing heroes soon spotted that OUR Captain was neither "all new", "all different" and, certainly not, "all British". But, at least they tried!
The first, published landscape style, is a typical piece of Marvel hype: fans with more than a cursory knowledge of Marvel's existing heroes soon spotted that OUR Captain was neither "all new", "all different" and, certainly not, "all British". But, at least they tried!
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