Marvel’s REAL Strongest Hero Still Hasn’t Unlocked His Potential
When it comes to Marvel’s original Captain Britain, the phrase “You can do anything that you put your mind to” is not just lip service — it is true. But this is not as liberating as it sounds for Brian Braddock. What seems to be a pathway to unchecked power and easily becoming the Marvel Universe’s most powerful hero is anything but a given, because the one thing standing in Brian’s way is the self-doubt that creep into the human psyche.
Captain Britain is a champion of the British people whose original powers stemmed from a life-saving offer from Merlin and the wizard’s daughter Roma. Instead of bleeding to death after an accident, Braddock was offered the choice of a talisman that was affiliated with life (the Amulet of Right) or death (Sword of Might), opting for the amulet. Later abuses at the hands of Morgana Le Fay eventually cause Captain Britain to be reborn as Captain Avalon in a do-over where he selects the Sword of Might — which remains his identity to this day. His earlier abilities have at times been linked to Britain, drawing strength from the land itself, but he has primarily relied on his amulet and other magical relics (like the Amulet of Right, his costume, or the Star Sceptre that originally enabled his flight). As the amulet’s eventual destruction revealed, these are items that can be destroyed or taken from Braddock.
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In Captain Britain and M13 #5 by Paul Cornell, Pat Olliffe, and Paul Neary, Braddock is again saved from death by Merlin, who uses some first-rate magical engineering to tie Brian's powers to something more intrinsic. As his teammates at the British intelligence agency M-13 (whose arrival is being
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