Critical Reaction
This story started out as part of Dez Skinn's revamped Marvel UK line, which tried to avoid much of the formulaic superhero tales which Captain Britain had appeared in previously. Although reaction to Alan Davis's work was positive, reaction to Dave Thorpe's story was less so, the main criticism being that many fans considered his work to be confusing to read. This changed when Alan Moore took the story over from Marvel Superheroes #387. Moore was still new in comics at this time with just a handful of credits under his belt for the likes of 2000 AD and Doctor Who Weekly and this was one of the first times he handled an ongoing story. Moore and Davis quickly found they worked well together and the strip includes some early examples of postmodernism writing in superhero comics, including references to such British adventure heroes such as the Steel Claw. Moore and Davis also include a character called Miracleman (at this time they were working on Marvelman in Warrior) as a homage.
Proving very popular the strip helped cement Moore and Davis as a creative team during its run. However Moore left after The Mighty World Of Marvel, #13 due to an increase in his workload and Jamie Delano replaced him upon Moore's own recommendation.
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