Art duties went to experienced Incredible Hulk artist Herb Trimpe, who lived in Cornwall at the time[2] and would recall the 8-page strips typically only took him a couple of days to draw.

[1] The character's origin tied into British Arthurian myths, seeing 'Thames University' science student and part-time laboratory assistant Brian Braddock granted the powers and identity of Captain Britain by Merlyn and his daughter Roma after a motorcycle accident on Darkmoor.

[5] After the first two issues covering Braddock's origin, Captain Britain #3 introduced the initial supporting cast - love interest Courtney Ross; campus bully Jacko Tanner; and Inspector Dai Thomas, a Scotland Yard CID officer with a deep hatred of superheroes who continually tried to expose Captain Britain as a menace and discover his secret identity, and who was often gently undermined by more reasonable subordinate Kate Fraser.

[7] The strip was in full colour, and in keeping with the anthologies common on the British market featured only eight pages of Captain Britain, with the magazine being filled out by reprints of Fantastic Four and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D..

This led to questions about the medium being asked in the House of Commons and Fleetway editor John Sanders being excoriated by host Frank Bough on the prime-time BBC One magazine show Nationwide.

[8] The British press, with little knowledge or interest in the medium, lumped Captain Britain in with Action despite its more wholesome content, and Lee's whistle-stop tour also saw him questioned about the violence in comics.

[1] Due to most of the staff involved having only visited Britain as tourists, stories attempted to appeal to a British audience by featuring prominent London location such as Heathrow Airport, Regent Street and Big Ben, or figures such as the Queen, especially the forthcoming Silver Jubilee and then-British Prime Minister James Callaghan, who made several guest appearances.

Collins named Captain Britain's first costume among the six worst male superhero looks in comic history up to that point, noting the "weird sunroof mask" and the "tacky Avon jewellery".

By this point Friedrich and Trimpe had also left and the strip would be subject to several creative teams made up of Marvel staffers, with contributors including Lieber, Bob Budiansky and Ron Wilson, leading to a drastic fall in quality and consistency.

As a result, they realised that they needed to recruit from the British comic scene, and in August 1978 Stan Lee headhunted Dez Skinn, the force behind the Eagle Award-winning House of Hammer horror anthology.

The title mixed reprints with new material, including a fantasy strip starring the Black Knight, a character Skinn had always liked but felt was a poor fit with the modern day America.

[13] The serial was written by Steve Parkhouse, who was deeply interested in Celtic and Arthurian myths, also drawing on the works of Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven and J. R. R. Tolkien.

This gave a perfect opportunity to reintroduce Captain Britain, now under a British-based creative team, with veteran John Stokes on art duties, later joined by Paul Neary.

His identity was made clear in the fourth instalment, and after positive reader response Captain Britain's role in the story gradually increased, filling in some of the fictional backstory explaining his absence in the process.

[13] The same year did also see the publication of a one-off Captain Britain Summer Special, reprinting selected issues of the 1976 series and some extant Black Knight material.

[4] Davis was tasked with redesigning the lead character's costume with the stipulation to lose the clumsy sceptre, with the artist taking a cues from military uniforms in the new look and bulky out his physique.

[16] In keeping with the heavier tone of the "Jaspers' Warp" storyline at the time, the anthology also featured reprints of Frank Miller's acclaimed Daredevil run and appearances by Marvel UK's masked vigilante Night Raven.

Despite both the new title and the ongoing strip receiving good notices,[2] including an Eagle Award, The Daredevils was a sales disappointment and was cancelled after 11 issues in November 1983, with Captain Britain transferring back to the relaunched Mighty World of Marvel.

[1] Davis would briefly take over writing the story himself until being joined by Jamie Delano, an up-and-coming writer recommended by Moore, and Meggan was incorporated as a major supporting character.

[20] Sales were initially respectable but began to fall, while Davis felt Delano wasn't interested in the superhero genre and was also finding his own time to be taken up by a lucrative role as artist for DC's Batman and the Outsiders.