By Paul Cornell, Patrick Olliffe, Leonard Kirk & various (Marvel/Panini UK)
ISBN: 978-1-84653-423-2
Diving straight into the business of saving our Green and Pleasant Land from the magical nasties released in volume 1 (Captain Britain and MI13: Secret Invasion, ISBN: 978-1-84653-407-2) the multiracial, multi-species, multi-purpose super-team promptly head out to the Black Country to tackle an invasion of wish-granting demons and their uniquely unpleasant boss.
The regular team of mutant spymaster Peter Wisdom, Black Knight, Spitfire, Dr. Faiza Hussain and the good Captain, supplemented by local hero Captain Midlands and the spooky “Big Gun” Blade the Vampire Slayer, unite here to save the day in a brilliantly traditional adventure that we just don’t see enough of these days, but with enough twists and turns to keep the most jaded professional fan fully occupied.
Collecting issues #5-9 of the superbly satisfying hit comic, illustrated with captivating skill by Patrick Olliffe and Leonard Kirk with inks from Paul Neary, Jesse Delperdang, Michael Bair, Jay Leisten, Craig Yeung and Cam Smith and seductively scripted by Cornell, this is a thoroughly entertaining and satisfying yarn, balancing drama with wit and tragedy with triumph that will have you hungry for more long before the shock “big reveal” on the final page…
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