Avengers UK Assemble! (Sort of…)

By John Freeman on 28 November 2013

Avengers UK Assemble! Well, a fan version of the Avengers UK, anyway. The Avengers UK fan project is a not for profit, web-only comic from Darren Wilson, with a snappy script and enthusiastic artwork, now in its second volume and opening with a twelve page story that guest stars Ghost Rider.

The pitch? “The greatest heroes from the British corner of the Marvel Universe unite to fight evil and discuss the weather,” says Darren. “See spectacular battles, amazing abilities and standards of queuing up in a way that only residents of the UK can truly achieve (except maybe not the last one).”

With a logo designed by Iskander Islam and a project design that’s a tip of the hat to the old Marvel UK landscape comics first published in the 1970s, the story offers appearances by Captain Britain, Dark Angel, Motormouth and even Shang Chi. All great fun and totally free.

• Catch up on all the previous episodes here on the Avengers UK Facebook Page. Here’s some pages form the latest issue…

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.