Cover:

First Story: (7 pages)

Credits: (coming soon)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain (Brain Braddock)

Supporting Characters: James "Jamie" Braddock, Jr.

Villains: Dr. Synne

Other Characters: a young, unnamed couple

Comments: there is a flashback in this issue, to the events immediately proceeding it. Jamie Braddock appears only in flashback, Doctor Synne only in the straightforward part of the issue, and Captain Britain in both. The sequence of events is: CB 10 / CB 11-FB / CB 11.

Synopsis: Captain Britain, in the midst of a fight with angry townspeople determined (due to Dr. Synne's evil influence) to burn a young couple at the stake, thinks back on how he got into this mess. He is shot and left, and as the young man he tried to save helps him back into town, they arrive to see the young woman about to be burned

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (10 pages, B&W)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages)

Cover:

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain,

Supporting Characters: Jamie Braddock, Jr., Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock (last in CB #10)

Villains: Dr. Synne, Mastermind (III? see note) (first appearance), Dr. Ramsey, of the Mordor Research Centre (last in CB #10)

Other Characters: 

Comments: The Mastermind computer bank, which will go on to be a supporting character of CB's. Introduced in 1976, he is chronologically Mastermind III, and Dominique Jason, the current #3, should be bumped up to Mastermind IV.

Synopsis: Captain Britain saves last issue's young girl from being burned at the stake, but is dropped into the flames himself by Dr. Synne, who is revealed to be controlled by the sentient computer bank that will become known as Mastermind. Meanwhile, Betsy wakes up from her Synne-induced coma, none the worse for wear. Dr. Ramsey notes that it is a disaster; Synne had ensured that she would never awaken thus putting an end to Claremont's dangling subplot about Synne intending to brainwash her. (Told you.)

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (10 pages, B&W)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (7 pages)

First Story: (coming soon)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain

Villains: Dr. Synne (dies), , Mastermind III

Other Characters: Emma Collins (first appearance)

Synopsis: Captain Britain, dropped into flames by Dr. Synne, is saved when he discovers that his quarterstaff can produce a force field. Meanwhile Emma Collins, the Braddock Manor cleaning lady, enters Sir Braddock's computer lab to clean. She unplugs the Mastermind computer and Dr. Synne dies the computer was controlling him, feeding him his powers, and keeping his heart beating. As he dies, Synne tells Captain Britain of the evil manor computer, and CB races home to confront it

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (11 pages, B&W)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages)

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain

Supporting Characters: Sir James Braddock (first appearance), Elizabeth Braddock (not to be confused with Elisabeth "Psylocke" Braddock; this is her and Brian's mother) (first appearance)

Villains: Mastermind III

Other Characters: Valerie Campbell (first appearance)

Comments: There is a flashback this issue to the death of CB's parents. It takes place before CB's flashback in XCAL 36, before any of Mastermind III's other appearances, and features all five of the above characters. In the straightforward part of the issue, however, only CB and Mastermind III appear.

Synopsis: Mastermind confronts Captain Britain in the form of a computerized giant, retelling the events of the night of his parents' death. His story, that of Brian dallying with a girl long enough for the computer to kill his parents with a power surge, causes CB to feel guilty enough to ask Mastermind to put him out of his misery for good

Backup stories: (both reprints, with new splash pages)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (12 pages, B&W)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages)

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain,

Supporting Characters: Betsy Braddock, Jamie Braddock, Jr., Chief Inspector Dai Thomas (last in #5)

Guest-Stars: Nick Fury (last in Marvel Team-Up Vol.1 #36-BTS see notes), Captain America (last in the CABT)

Villains: Mastermind III, The Red Skull (last in Captain America Vol.1 #186)

Other Characters: Emma Collins

Comments: Chronology placing information for Captain America and the Red Skull courtesy of the MCP by way of the Official Marvel Indexes. This issue, however, does not appear in either of their chronologies. Placement for Nick Fury courtesy of a little extrapolation see another thread on this board for my logic.

Synopsis: Captain Britian regains his will to live and fight evil when Mastermind blasts Emma Collins, who was returning for her dustpan. He realizes that the giant he's been fighting is really a hologram, and attacks the computer instead. Rushing Emma to the hospital, he leaves the manor unlocked allowing the Red Skull to slip inside and gain access to the computer. On the manor grounds, CB is grabbed by police and Dai Thomas decides to unmask him. Meanwhile, the SHIELD helicarrier arrives over London, and Nick Fury orders Captain America to investigate SHIELD reports on the Braddock manor computer.

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (12 pages, B&W, with a new splash page)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages)

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain,

Supporting Characters: Dai Thomas (next in #23)

Guest-Stars: Captain America

Villains: The Red Skull, Mastermind III (see notes)

Comments: The Mastermind computer, although damaged last issue, is still active in this issue the Red Skull uses it to spy on the Captains and therefore it is still sentient and "alive", plotting against CB and granting it an "appearance". It will remain a sentient entity whenever active until CB reprograms it in The Daredevils #2.

Synopsis: Captain America intervenes in Dai's unmasking of Captain Britain, but they still manage to get into a traditional
misunderstood-superhero-brawl, which the Red Skull monitors from inside the mansion. Finally, Captain America presents his SHIELD orders to Dai Thomas, and asks for Captain Britain's help in learning the secrets of the Mastermind computer.

Second Story: Fantastic Four (10 pages, B&W, reprint)

Third Story: the Hungry Jaws, by Gene Colan (5 pages, B&W, reprint??)

Fourth Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages, with a new splash page)

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain,

Supporting Characters: 

Guest-Stars: Captain America, Nick Fury

Villains: the Red Skull, and his men, Mastermind III (see notes)

Other Characters: Tod Radcliffe, deputy director of STRIKE (first appearance), Prime Minister James Callaghan (first comic appearance)

Comments: he Mastermind computer still lurks in the foreground, and I maintain that until it is reprogrammed, it exists as a sentient character and should be archived as such. Also, the Nick Fury backup strip in this issue is misprinted pages are shuffled around, dropped or replaced by other pages from different issues. Because of this, Marvel UK re-printed the entire color section of CB #17 the Captain Britain and corrected SHIELD stories as a bonus pullout section  inside the next issue, #18.

Synopsis: Captains Britain and America fight their way through the Red Skull's men to reach Braddock Manor. Meanwhile, the Red Skull and his men incite revolution in the working class of London, and Nick Fury and Tod Radcliffe, the deputy director of STRIKE (Special Tactical Reserve for International Key Emergencies; Britain's answer to SHIELD), meet with the Prime Minister to discuss the Skull's swelling Neo-Nazi popularity. Radcliffe is secretly working for the Skull, however, and gets orders to bomb the manor to the ground just as the Captains find themselves lured into a cell in the manor basement, and gassed

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (10 pages, B&W)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages, see comments)

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britian,

Supporting Characters: Betsy Braddock, Jamie Braddock, Jr.

Guest-Stars: Captain America, Nick Fury

Villains: Red Skull, Mastermind III,

Other Characters: Tod Radcliffe,

Comments: As stated before, this issue contained a pullout section of the color pages from issue #17, featuring a corrected copy of the SHIELD reprint story.

Synopsis: The Red Skull incapacitates the Captains, and orders Radcliffe to begin his bombing run of the manor. Nick Fury, not trusting Radcliffe, decides to come along for the ride, but Radcliffe traps him in the passenger seat of the plane, helpless. The Skull steals records from the Mastermind computer and gloats at the Captains, telling CB that he holds his family prisoner. The captains break out of their cell to attack him too late. The Skull teleports away and the manor explodes in flames

Backup stories: (all reprints)

Second Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages, see comments)

Third Story: Fantastic Four (11 pages, B&W)

Fourth Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages, with a new splash page)

First Story: (7 pages)

Supporting Characters: Courtney Ross (last in #8), Jacko Tanner (last in #8)

Guest-Stars: Nick Fury, "Dum Dum" Dugan (last in Daredevil Vol.1 #123)

Other Characters: Tod Radcliffe, Commander Lance Hunter, director of STRIKE (first appearance),

Comments: There is a flashback in this issue, for the characters of Nick Fury and Tod Radcliffe, that overlaps with the ending of issue #18. The sequence for both is: CB 18 / CB 19-FB / CB 18 / CB 19-FB. Nick Fury follows this up with an appearance in the straightforward part of this issue, while Radcliffe does not, appearing in flashback only. Also, I have placed "Dum Dum" Dugan's appearance here through some deductive reasoning based on the "official" placement of the CB issues in Captain America's chronology. Finally, it should be noted that this is the only issue of Captain Britain's series in which he himself does not appear (and neither does Captain America or the Red Skull, if you'll notice).

Synopsis: Captain Britain and Captain America are presumed dead. Nick Fury mourns them, then thinks back to how he defeated and killed Tod Radcliffe in the STRIKE bomber jet. Lance Hunter shows up and introduces himself, and the two come upon Dum Dum Dugan experimenting with SHIELD life model decoys of the Captains, to no avail. Meanwhile, Brian's friends watch the grim news reports of Captain Britain's apparent death, and Courtney worries about where Brian is

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (5 pages, B&W, with a new splash page)

Third Story: Fantastic Four (6 pages, B&W)

Fourth Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages)

First Story: (7 pages)

Featured Characters: Captain Britain (hey look, everybody, he's alive!)

Supporting Characters: Betsy Braddock, Jamie Braddock, Jr.

Guest-Stars: Nick Fury, Captain America

Villains: the Red Skull, and his men,

Other Characters: Lance Hunter, and his STRIKE agents, Prime Minister James Callaghan

Synopsis: While the Red Skull vows to destroy Britain, the Prime Minister chews out Fury and Hunter. STRIKE readies itself, waiting for any report of Nazi activity. Meanwhile, Captain Britain and Captain America are revealed to be alive, hiding out so that the Skull thinks they're dead. They locate Brian's brother and sister and free them from the Skull's men.

Backup stories: (both reprints)

Second Story: Fantastic Four (10 pages, B&W)

Third Story: Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (6 pages, with a new splash page)