Fan Fiction Avengers UK Recap released ahead of new story

By John Freeman on August 30, 2019

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?

In Defenders UK #3: “Have To Believe We Are Magic”, the series continued with a homage to a classic British comic …not the paper type, the comedian sort! Plus, we got a journey through the Multiverse including the Whoniverse ….and the entire Braddock family cameo

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.

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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.