This Saturday, 31st August 2019, the not-for-profit Marvel UK and British media culture inspired Defenders UK project returns with Issue 4 of its latest series, available to read for free on Facebook, but first, why not catch up with the series mashing Marvel mayhem with Doctor Who, Tommy Cooper, and much more so far?
The issue itself will have recap of all the preceding issues (#1, # 2, # 3 and The Special Edition) but as a warm up act to the main event (and a refresher for those who had not read these for a while or at all) the inventive team behind are re-posting those issues… and what’s not to love about a fan project that has Tommy Coo – sorry, ex-policeman Tony Copper, as a magician come superhero, with a couple of bickering Time Lords thrown in for good measure?
If you’re a fan of Captain Britain, Marvel heroes and more, then do check out this continuity-threaded tale – particularly Defenders UK #3: “Have To Believe We Are Magic”, mashing the Braddocks with Bagpuss… sorry, Saggy Cat, Doctor Who and more. It’s a wonderful excursion through Marvel UK history, ingeniously delivered by the Avengers UK team.
As ever, these stories are all free to read on the Avengers UK Facebook page, along with all the inventive team’s range of Captain Britain/Marvel UK fan fiction comics.
John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "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.
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