The Captain Britain Corps, the security force for the omniverse, is based on the recruits, picked by Roma and her father Merlyn, choosing the right path when they are offered the sword or the amulet. All the recruits, when given the choice, and told what the Corps stand for, and their responsibilities, have chosen the Amulet. Including our Captain Britain. Well now they've come across 1 recruit who chose the sword. His name is Albion. When he chose the sword, his powers were not supposed to manifest, but they did. Roma wanted to put a stop to it, and take them back. But Merlyn stopped her. The recruit has come from a world in which World War I has never come to an end. And by this time, their whole world is ravaged. So Merlyn suggests, " . . . this creature is human and mortal and utterly alone. His world may just need the sword. Let him go." So he does indeed take the sword, and puts an end to the battles all over his earth. But that doesn't leave them in any better shape, because their world is ravaged. Now they're dying of hunger and disease. In Tibet there are some of those alien slave traders that are actually behind this world's demise. You know, those big fat purple Mojo type looking creatures. Well now that's there's nothing left, they're ready to move on to the next world. Well . . . Albion arrives just before they are able to do so. He takes out the traders, and in the meantime one of the other Corps members arrives through the portal. He's abhorred by the destruction on this world, and since he has arrived just as Albion is taking down one of the trader's henchmen, he assumes Albion to be the bad guy, and of course starts to fight. So even though Captain Britain can beat him in strength, Albion has been fighting his whole life. He bests him, and then kills him. Now he's looking to use the portal to conquer other worlds. And on that note, a team arrives at his door to be his ExCalibur. They look like a negative universe version of the X-men. Fantastic story by Chris Claremont, but then I expected nothing less. Also this art team of Scot Eaton and Staz Johnson is really putting out some nice looking stuff. It looks better and better every issue.
