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Pick of the Week: Captain Britain and MI:13 #1

Friday, May 16th, 2008 – running time 03:33
Conor's surprise Pick of the Week is full of Skrull-punching action!

Conor was feeling down on Marvel Comics' summertime mega-crossover event, Secret Invasion. That is, he was feeling down about it until he read Captain Britain and MI: 13 #1! Now, that was just what the doctor ordered! Skrull punching! Throat biting! And a Skrull who looks like John Lennon!

Check out Conor's full review here!

Highlights
John Lennon ( 1:58, 1:58 ) government officials ( 0:56, 0:56 ) scroll ( 1:04, 1:49, 1:57, 1:04, 1:49, 1:57 ) downplay ( 2:35, 2:35 ) John Lennon ( 1:58, 1:58 ) government officials ( 0:56, 0:56 ) scroll ( 1:04, 1:49, 1:57, 1:04, 1:49, 1:57 ) downplay ( 2:35, 2:35 )

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" They've got a welcome to laugh at one minute. -- assembly mini these small sized version by -- what the power books so. Gonna talk to you about my pick of the week for May fourteenth 2008. And it is captain Britain and it my thirteen number one Marvel Comics writer Paul Cornell artists that are Kirk. Then. Be if you were struck I was shocked to. If you restore audio show we ought to show we'd know about fan -- been slightly doubt secret invasion. It's very levels two or three of us. I've -- beaches since the first issue of supervision to kind of boring but things -- on wheels spinning going and it's not a lot of plot development. What we have here it's been captain Britain MS thirteen is an actual plot development -- special things happening. The story of secret pages that scrolls -- hit but it in the earth and it poses heroes it was a government officials opposed well. They they basically infiltrated all facets of life. And the -- book you basically had heroes. Fighting each other not knowing it was really a scroll and it's fighting a but just duplicate heroes not -- as escrow and this issue. Com heroes actually take it to the scrolls which we haven't really seen yet there's no mucking about between whose real who was a little bit of that beginning. Basically it's just the schools are attacking we're gonna defend ourselves this issue features. And -- thirteen which is the it British intelligence agency -- devoted to super natural and super heroes and it's headed captain Britain will headed but the head. Soldiers captain Britain. I kept birds kind of always liked. And it's this much Rodham British characters whatnot but definitely within and has also -- American living in London. Pete wisdom there's black -- they're spit fire captain Britain and there's a scroll who has gone native which means he's. He's got to come to earth society likes it here who's going to be excited earthlings and was called him his job and in the scroll it looks like John Lennon because schools -- over the want to look likes he chose John -- And that's kind of goofy about a minute left so -- that. If you're story is the the amateur team deputize them but general says your own amateur team now like before the squirrels -- before it's girls and it was exciting it was fun. And it lacks all of it left all of the just this wheel spinning this to happen for two issues service. Plot development that was good character stuff what is in the midst of action. We really doesn't have the stakes. Kept amber has a really great moments in it he she. As a couple speeches where he talks about America. And I want to live up to Steve Rogers is image. But -- it doesn't downplay his own sets as a girl but. Yup reveals is looking up to captain America what it will still marvel universe. That's the great character moments of great action it's August exciting. It's almost a -- really really want to happen a secret agent not speculate right now it just looks great it's written well. Paul Cornell is British that he gets he's got the voices down he's got the lingo he's got the field -- steel British feels unlike other. Others of their products. Just fund superhero book and it's this little thing I've been down to division this wouldn't this issue actually sit quietly got me excited for detect. So that's actually protect. If you want to check out my full review on kept in Britain and amateur -- number one yeah that would probably could see it there. And if you want to -- taking -- continent that went up. At a check out our weekly long show them what to order vision three dot com slash -- fan what is available every Saturday and durable but the week. Thanks for watching projects."

" They've got a welcome to laugh at one minute. -- assembly mini these small sized version by -- what the power books so. Gonna talk to you about my pick of the week for May fourteenth 2008. And it is captain Britain and it my thirteen number one Marvel Comics writer Paul Cornell artists that are Kirk. Then. Be if you were struck I was shocked to. If you restore audio show we ought to show we'd know about fan -- been slightly doubt secret invasion. It's very levels two or three of us. I've -- beaches since the first issue of supervision to kind of boring but things -- on wheels spinning going and it's not a lot of plot development. What we have here it's been captain Britain MS thirteen is an actual plot development -- special things happening. The story of secret pages that scrolls -- hit but it in the earth and it poses heroes it was a government officials opposed well. They they basically infiltrated all facets of life. And the -- book you basically had heroes. Fighting each other not knowing it was really a scroll and it's fighting a but just duplicate heroes not -- as escrow and this issue. Com heroes actually take it to the scrolls which we haven't really seen yet there's no mucking about between whose real who was a little bit of that beginning. Basically it's just the schools are attacking we're gonna defend ourselves this issue features. And -- thirteen which is the it British intelligence agency -- devoted to super natural and super heroes and it's headed captain Britain will headed but the head. Soldiers captain Britain. I kept birds kind of always liked. And it's this much Rodham British characters whatnot but definitely within and has also -- American living in London. Pete wisdom there's black -- they're spit fire captain Britain and there's a scroll who has gone native which means he's. He's got to come to earth society likes it here who's going to be excited earthlings and was called him his job and in the scroll it looks like John Lennon because schools -- over the want to look likes he chose John -- And that's kind of goofy about a minute left so -- that. If you're story is the the amateur team deputize them but general says your own amateur team now like before the squirrels -- before it's girls and it was exciting it was fun. And it lacks all of it left all of the just this wheel spinning this to happen for two issues service. Plot development that was good character stuff what is in the midst of action. We really doesn't have the stakes. Kept amber has a really great moments in it he she. As a couple speeches where he talks about America. And I want to live up to Steve Rogers is image. But -- it doesn't downplay his own sets as a girl but. Yup reveals is looking up to captain America what it will still marvel universe. That's the great character moments of great action it's August exciting. It's almost a -- really really want to happen a secret agent not speculate right now it just looks great it's written well. Paul Cornell is British that he gets he's got the voices down he's got the lingo he's got the field -- steel British feels unlike other. Others of their products. Just fund superhero book and it's this little thing I've been down to division this wouldn't this issue actually sit quietly got me excited for detect. So that's actually protect. If you want to check out my full review on kept in Britain and amateur -- number one yeah that would probably could see it there. And if you want to -- taking -- continent that went up. At a check out our weekly long show them what to order vision three dot com slash -- fan what is available every Saturday and durable but the week. Thanks for watching projects."