Captain Airstrip-One

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Captain Airstrip-One


Captain Airstrip-One, as featured in the Mighty World Of Marvel #13.
Art by Alan Davis.

Publisher Marvel Comics/Marvel UK
First appearance Daredevils #7 (July, 1984) (mentioned))
The Mighty World of Marvel, Volume 2, #13 (June 1984) (seen)
Excalibur vol. 1 #43 (US appearance)
Created by Alan Moore
Alan Davis
Characteristics
Affiliations Captain Britain Corps
Notable aliases Captain Britain of Earth-744
Abilities Heightened strength, flight, heightened senses.

Captain Air-Strip One is a fictional character, from the Marvel Comics Multiverse. He is a member of the Captain Britain Corps which extends into the more mainstream Marvel Universe through ties to Captain Britain but he resides on Earth-744.

Captain Air-Strip One was first mentioned in the Captain Britain strip written by Alan Moore with artwork by Alan Davis in The Daredevils #7, a Marvel UK title. His first full appearance was in The Mighty World Of Marvel vol. 2 #13.

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Alan Moore intended Captain Airstrip-One's Earth, also known as Earth-744, to be that of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell. The character, prior to his appearance in Excalibur, had one solo outing in 1985 in Mad Dog, a British small press comic.

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[edit] UK published titles

  • The Daredevils #7
  • Mad Dog #10
  • The Mighty World of Marvel vol. 2 #13

[edit] US published titles

  • X-Men Archives featuring Captain Britain #4 - which contains a reprint of Daredevils #7
  • X-Men Archives featuring Captain Britain #7 - which contains a reprint of the Mighty World of Marvel #13
  • Excalibur vol. 1 #43-47
  • Excalibur': The Sword is Drawn' #1

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