Mighty World of Marvel (Vol. 2) #13

"A Funeral on Otherworld"
Published June 1984
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciler: Alan Davis
Inker: Alan Davis

What's Going On?
The battle-weary Captains Britain and UK find themselves teleported to Otherworld, just in time to witness the funeral of Merlin.  Afterwards, Roma promises to not interfere further in their lives; Captain Britain and Captain UK are no longer pieces on Merlin's chess board.  They return to Earth-616 and go their separate ways,

Sub-Plots, oh the Sub-Plots!
- Captain Britain is surprised to find himself a celebrity among the Captain Britain Corps, considering the last time he met a multiversal counterpart, they were busy punching him in the face.

- Saturnyne is is reinstated as a Majestrix and given a full pardon by Mandragon when she threatens to release a Jim Jaspers clone on his homeworld.  Saturnyne scraped some cell samples from Jaspers' corpse, with presumably this threat in mind.  Roma makes sure that this is only a threat; unbeknownst to Saturnyne or Mandragon, Roma killed the cells, making them un-clonable.

- Earth-616 will recover from Jim Jaspers' reality warping, but it doesn't mean that Jaspers' time in power has been erased.  Tom is still dead, and Elizabeth Braddock will still mourn him; per Roma, a woman named Victoria Bentley will help her recover.

- Merlin has taken many shapes over many dimensions over many years,  His reasoning for doing this to manipulate his chosen champions will remain unexplained, until he is less dead.

- Captain UK plans to stay on Earth-616, since her home dimension was destroyed.

Writing!
Some writers excel at the "quiet" issues, the falling action issues that wrap up long storylines.  Alan Moore might not be one of those writers.  This isn't a bad issue by any means, but it is easily the least interesting one of this run.  I liked that Moore went out of his way to add to the Merlin mythos, and I thought it was interesting that he didn't hit a "reset" button to erase the Jaspers concentration camps, but other than those small moments of interest, this issue could have been summed up in a single panel that read "The End."

Art!
In an otherwise dull visual issue, Davis had fun with the Captain Britain Corps.  Not much action, but some interesting costume designs being used here.

Worth Noting:
- This issue wraps up Alan Moore's run on Captain Britain and his relationship with Marvel Comics in general.