Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain was a weekly comic book

Comic book

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 magazine published by Marvel UK

Marvel UK

Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market, though it later did produce original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon and Grant Morrison.Panini Comics obtained the...

 from July–December 1977

1977 in comics

- Year overall :* Wendy and Richard Pini establish WaRP Graphics.* Jan and Dean Mullaney establish Eclipse Comics.* The United Kingdom's Eagle Awards are established.* Bob Brown dies at age 62.* Ciao magazine is launched.-January:...

. It was a continuation of the ongoing Marvel UK Spider-Man weekly reprint comic

Spider-Man Comics Weekly

Spider-Man Comics Weekly was a Marvel UK publication which primarily published black-and-white reprints of American Marvel four-color Spider-Man stories. Marvel UK's second-ever title, Spider-Man Comics Weekly debuted in 1973, initially publishing "classic" 1960s Spider-Man stories .The title...

, previously known as Super Spider-Man and the Titans, hence the high issue numbers (Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain started with issue #231).

Publication history

The title's main features were black-and-white reprints of stories from the American The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics, featuring the adventures of the fictional superhero Spider-Man. Being the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously until it was...

comic, with new eight-page black-and-white Captain Britain

Captain Britain

Captain Britain , briefly known as Britannic, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, he first appeared in Captain Britain Weekly, #1...

 stories, continuing the stories from the cancelled Captain Britain solo comic, Captain Britain Weekly.

Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain lasted 22 issues before being renamed simply Super Spider-Man (and the Captain Britain stories being replaced by Captain America

Captain America

Captain America is a fictional character, a superhero that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 , from Marvel Comics' 1940s predecessor, Timely Comics, and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby...

). The high-note of the run was the six-issue finale, written by Chris Claremont

Chris Claremont

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 with art by John Byrne, featuring both Spider-Man and Captain Britain and the debut of the villain Arcade

Arcade (comics)

Arcade is a fictional character, a supervillain in the Marvel Comics Universe created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. Arcade first appeared in Marvel Team-Up, vol...

. (This storyline originated in the American Marvel title Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up

Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story...

#65 & 66, published in the U.S. shortly before being reprinted here. The storyline was again reprinted in England in the 1979 Marvel UK book Captain Britain Summer Special.)

With his ouster from Super Spider-Man, Captain Britain would not be seen again for over a year, eventually doing a team-up with The Black Knight

Black Knight (comics)

The Black Knight is the alias of several fictional comic-book characters that appear in the Marvel Comics universe.The first is a medieval knight created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Joe Maneely. The second is a supervillain descendant of the original, created by writer-editor Stan Lee and...

 in Marvel UK's Hulk Comic in 1979, during the "Otherworld Saga."

Sources consulted

• Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain at ComicVine