X-Men Archives Featuring Captain Britain #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Friends and Enemies" delivers a standout moment in the X-Men Archives Featuring Captain Britain series, spotlighting a pivotal team-up between Captain Britain and his returning elf sidekick Jackdaw. Written by Dave Thorpe and brought to life with dynamic art by Alan Davis—both interior and cover—this 1995 issue explores the fragile peace forged when the duo uses Saturnyne’s enlightenment liquid to halt a gang war, only to see England plunged into surreal chaos as the world itself begins to warp. The cover by Alan Davis captures the escalating tension with striking precision.
When Captain Britain intercepts a local gang conflict on his way to aid the Avant Guard, he finds himself caught between duty and the sudden, unpredictable clash of loyalties—especially when Jeff and Sharon are drawn into the fray. The mission to deliver Saturnyne’s enlightenment liquid takes a dangerous detour as old tensions surface and unexpected alliances form.
When Captain Britain and his elf sidekick Avant Guard attempt to end a gang war with a dose of Saturnyne’s enlightenment liquid, peace seems within reach—until the entire country begins to unravel as the Push’s effects spiral beyond control. With Jeff watching from the shadows, the line between clarity and chaos blurs as England itself starts to warp into something unrecognizable.
In a world gone mad, Captain Britain is hunted by the British government, who blame him and Saturnyne for the chaos. When the deadly cybiote Fury is unleashed, even Captain Britain can't stop it—until he’s rescued from certain death by the unpredictable Mad Jim Jaspers, who offers help from the shadows.
In a twisted twist of fate, Captain Britain finds himself face-to-face with Jaspers, the architect of a world where every superhero has fallen—now standing over the freshly dug grave of Captain U.K. As the weight of the reality crashes down, the hero flees into a graveyard of forgotten heroes, only to be cut down by the Fury’s blast. The story lingers in the silence between sacrifice and oblivion, where even the dead might still remember.
In "Attack of the Binary Beings!", Captain Britain and Jackdawm are suddenly snatched during their journey to an alternate Earth—only to find themselves facing a hive-minded alien force whose unified consciousness inhabits multiple bodies. As the two heroes confront the enigmatic Binary Beings, they must unravel the nature of their captors before the invaders' strange logic reshapes their reality.
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Reprinted in Archivos X-Men #5 (1996), Captain Britain #[nn] (2002), Captain Britain by Alan Moore & Alan Davis Omnibus #[nn] (2009), Marvel Gold : Captain Britain - La fin du monde #[nn] (2013), Captain Britain Omnibus #[nn] (2021)
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