The Jester

A Marvel UK character who debuted in 1984, The Jester operates within the Captain Britain mythos alongside figures like Mad Jim Jaspers and the Red Queen, placing them in one of British comics' most surreal and imaginative corners of that universe.

Born from the fertile imagination of Alan Moore and Alan Davis in the pages of The Mighty World of Marvel in 1984, The Jester is a distinctive Marvel UK creation who emerged during the Bronze Age alongside some of the most gloriously strange corners of the Captain Britain mythos. This enigmatic figure keeps genuinely remarkable company — sharing adventures with Captain Britain, Phoenix, the unsettling Mad Jim Jaspers, and the Red Queen — placing them squarely within one of British comics' most celebrated and surreal runs. Appearing across Captain Britain and Excalibur over a span stretching nearly four decades, The Jester may be a rarer find in the catalog, but that scarcity only adds to the appeal for collectors who know that Moore and Davis's British Marvel work is among the most inventive of the era. If you're diving into the wild, wonderfully eccentric world of Marvel UK, The Jester is exactly the kind of discovery that makes the hunt worthwhile.