The Marvel Cinematic Universe may be due for a British invasion. Rumors of Captain Britain’s arrival in the mega-franchise have swirled since a quiet Easter egg in Avengers: Endgame. And with The Black Knight already appearing in Eternals, the potential members of a UK superhero team might already be in play.In fact, the season finale to Secret Invasion may have just added a big piece to that puzzle. G’iah, the Skrull double agent instrumental in uncovering her people’s plot against humanity, ended the episode allied with MI6. Between that and Olivia Colman’s scene-stealing turn as Sonya Falsworth, the MCU is primed to deliver a British superhero team in a big way. Brian Braddock first appeared in his own comic, Captain Britain #1 (Chris Claremont, Herb Trimpe, Fred Kida, Marie Severin and Irving Watanabe) in 1976. Imbued with a standard array of powers — strength, invulnerability and flight — from the sorcerer Merlin, he swears to protect the British Isles from all threats. His early adventures saw him teaming up with the likes of Spider-Man and The Black Knight, but he’s most closely associated with Marvel’s mutants. His twin sister Betsy — who has also worn the Captain Britain mantle — was a long-standing member of the X-Men, and Braddock himself co-founded Excalibur alongside Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers and Kitty Pryde.RELATED: Every Kang Variant Who Could Appear in Loki Season 2
The Marvel Cinematic Universe may be due for a British invasion. Rumors of Captain Britain’s arrival in the mega-franchise have swirled since a quiet Easter egg in Avengers: Endgame. And with The Black Knight already appearing in Eternals, the potential members of a UK superhero team might already be in play.
In fact, the season finale to Secret Invasion may have just added a big piece to that puzzle. G’iah, the Skrull double agent instrumental in uncovering her people’s plot against humanity, ended the episode allied with MI6. Between that and Olivia Colman’s scene-stealing turn as Sonya Falsworth, the MCU is primed to deliver a British superhero team in a big way.
Brian Braddock first appeared in his own comic, Captain Britain #1 (Chris Claremont, Herb Trimpe, Fred Kida, Marie Severin and Irving Watanabe) in 1976. Imbued with a standard array of powers — strength, invulnerability and flight — from the sorcerer Merlin, he swears to protect the British Isles from all threats. His early adventures saw him teaming up with the likes of Spider-Man and The Black Knight, but he’s most closely associated with Marvel’s mutants. His twin sister Betsy — who has also worn the Captain Britain mantle — was a long-standing member of the X-Men, and Braddock himself co-founded Excalibur alongside Nightcrawler, Rachel Summers and Kitty Pryde.
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