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Captain Britain Corps
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In Marvel Comics, the Captain Britain Corps are a league of super-heroes all known as, or appear as an alternate version of, Captain Britain. They are all 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.
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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.
Merlyn chose Brian Braddock to become Earth-616's version of Captain Britain. After Braddock had adventured as Captain Britain for a few years, Merlyn sent Braddock to Earth-238, where he overheard that this reality once had a 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 home world, Braddock allied himself with Captain UK who had taken up home there after her Britain had become a fascist state and the heroes living there were targeted for a genocidal purge. Together they fought the hero-killer Fury after which Captains Britain and UK and their new ally Saturnyne were transported to Merlyn's home, Otherworld. Here they discovered that Merlyn had apparently died. Later they discover that it was one of his many ruses.
For what seems like the first time, the Corps in their entirety attended Merlyn's funeral. Afterwards Roma began taking a more direct approach with the Corps, even making Saturnyne her subordinate (mainly to keep an eye on her). She started bringing Corps member to the Starlight Citadel for training. Roma then added another duty to the Corps list of resposibilities. In addition to protecting their home realities, they must also take turns in defending Otherworld.
During the adventures of Captain Britain (Braddock), Corpsmen would occasionally appear. These appearances are usually to observe important events (such as the wedding of Meggan and Braddock and the conclusion of the Cross-Time Caper) or to carry out a sentence, as when they acted as jury at Braddockâs trial for breaching the Corps Code of Conduct.
When Roma perceived Franklin Richards to be a threat, not only to his home reality (Earth-616) but to all of reality; she dispatched the Warwolves, 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.
More recently, the Corps was decimated by Mastermind, a villainous computer belonging to Brian Braddock, and a group of mutated children known as the Warpies (victims of the Jaspers' Warp), 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, possibly being another dimensional version) survived. Roma stepped down as omniversal guardian, giving the title to Brian Braddock, who became King of Otherworld and rebuilt the Corps.
When the insane mutant Wanda Maximoff altered 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.
Although members usually call themselves simply "The Corps", other seems to attach their name to the Corps. For example, "Crusader X Corps" or the better known and most prevalent "Captain Britain Corps", which is better known since Braddock became King of Otherworld.
The Captain Britain Corps spans 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, but 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 |
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| Britanicus Rex | Excalibur vol. 1 #51 | He resided on Earth-99476, also known as 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 dimension's 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 | He is from Earth-451. | |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | Captain Britain Comics #1 | Brian is from the main Marvel Universe (Earth-616) and former ruler of Otherworld. He is currently the leader of New Excalibur. |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | Marvel Zombies #2(cameo) | Like everyone else on Earth 2149, he is a Zombie. |
| Lionheart | Kelsey Leigh Shorr | Avengers vol. 3 #77 | She is from the main Marvel Universe and a former member of the Avengers. |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | Excalibur vol. 1 #66 | He is from the Days of Future Past also known as Earth-811. He was killed in Excalibur vol. 1 #67 by Sentinels. |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | He is from the Ultimate Marvel Universe also known as Earth-1610. | |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | Paradise X: X (mentioned) | He resides on Earth-Paradise X in the Realm of the Dead. |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | Uncanny X-Men #462 | He resides on Earth-58163 from the House of M storyline. |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock | Marvel Vision #25 | He is from Earth-98125. He 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 devastated by nuclear war until he was killed in battle. Meggan took over the mantle after his death. |
| Captain Britain | Kymri | Excalibur vol. #16 | She was a former pirate princess from Earth-1289. She and Lockheed jointly took the mantle of Captain Britain. It is unclear whether they are regarded as a member of the Corps as neither were 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 devastated by nuclear war. She 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 | He resided on Earth-4400. | |
| Captain Britain | What If? vol. 2 #46 | He resides on Earth-21993. | |
| Captain Britain | X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #26 | He resides on Earth-32000, also known as the Ages of Apocalypse. | |
| Captain Britain | Excalibur vol. #44 | He is from Earth-3913. He was accused of murdering a police officer. | |
| Captain Commonwealth | Daredevils #7 (mentioned) Mighty World of Marvel #13 |
He was 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. She uses a gun with Plastrix. | |
| Captain England | Brian Braddock | Daredevils #6 | He 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 | She is a 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 | His home world was Earth-6200. He was killed by Dr. Doom in X-Men/Red Skull: Chaos Engine: Book Three and was posthumously honoured by the Corps for his actions. | |
| 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 India and Ancient 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. He wears a purple and green suit similar to a Cavalier, and bears some resemblance to Captain Albion. Chevalier Bretagne's appearance suggests that his world is situated sometime during the English Civil War. | |
| Crusader X | Brian Braddock | Excalibur vol. 1 #21 | He is a former member of Excalibur (Earth-616). He resided on Earth-2122. |
| Enforcer Capone | Excalibur vol. 1 #44 | He resides on Earth-89947. | |
| Flight Leader | Uncanny X-Men #462 | ||
| Hauptmann Englande | Brian Braddock | Excalibur vol. 1 #9 | He resided on Earth-597. He was a member of the Lightning Force (his world's version of Excalibur). He died during the Warpies massacre. |
| King Britain | Brian Braddock | Earth X Sketchbook | He resides on Earth-9997, also known as Earth X. |
| Kommandant Englander | Mighty World of Marvel #14 | She resides on Earth-846 which is a world where Kaiser Wilhelm II won World War I, hence the Iron Cross on her costume. | |
| Lady London | Excalibur vol. 1 #24 | She resides on Earth-9006. | |
| Privateer Albion | Excalibur vol. 1 #124 | He resides on Earth-9890. | |
| Roma | She is the founder of the Corps alongside her father Merlyn and Sir James Braddock. | ||
| Sister Gaia | Excalibur vol. 1 #44 | ||
| Lord Goldstar | He was assimilated by Sir James Jaspers into a new Fury. |
| Character | Real Name | Joined in | Notes |
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| Alecto | X-Men/Dr. Doom Chaos Engine: Book One | He was the personal guard of Roma at the Starlight Citadel. | |
| Sir Braddock | Sir James Braddock | Captain Britain Comics #14 | He is the founder of the Corps, father of Captain Britain and Psylocke and member of the Hellfire Club (London). He was killed in an 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. He is currently deceased but he returned as an animated corpse in Excalibur vol. 1 #45. | |
| Cap'n Brit | Excalibur vol. 1 #14 | He is 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 wears a pith helmet and monocle. He frequently carries a shotgun. He is one of the few Captains who uses a gun | |
| Captain Granbretan | Paul Peltier | Captain Britain vol. 2 #13 | He 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 | He was a personal guard of Roma at the Starlight Citadel. | |
| Kaptain Briton | Byron Brad-Dhok | Mighty World of Marvel #13 | He resided on Earth-839. He was 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 | He is a founding member who faked his own death. Only his daughter Roma currently knows he is alive. | ||
| Psylocke | Elizabeth Braddock | Captain Britain vol. 2 #12 (as Captain Britain) | She is from the Marvel Universe and is the twin sister of Captain Britain (Brian Braddock). She is currently a member of the Exiles. |
- 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