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.

Daredevils #6

"Judgement Day"
Published June 1983
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Alan Davis
Inker: Alan Davis

What's Going On?
After being kidnapped by the Special Executive last issue, Captain Britain resigns himself to the fact that he has been taken to an alternate dimension to testify on behalf of Saturnyne.  And by "resigns," I of course mean "punches people until he gets tired."

When he arrives at the Supreme Omniversal Tribunal, Cap is surprised to meet Captain England (of that Earth) and Captain Albion (of the "Earth next door"), both with themed costumes like his own.  Exhausted, Cap agrees to speak with Saturnyne, and is shocked to find her filthy and in shackles; she is on trial for the ruin of the alternate Earth that Mad Jim Jaspers warped.  While he doesn't like her, CapBrit won't let her be punished for something she is innocent of.  Unfortunately, the head of the tribunal is Saturnyne's replacement, Lord Mandragon, who has a vested interest in keeping Saturnyne from resuming her post.  Before the trial begins, Mandragon chooses to destroy the entire universe containing Mad Jim Jaspers' Earth; he argues that it is to keep Jasper's reality warp from affecting other alternate Earths, but it also serves to eliminate any evidence that the defense might have been counting on.

Sub-Plots, oh the Sub-Plots!
- The Fury, the last sane creature on its alternate Earth, has come to the conclusion that its most recent prey, Captain Britain, may have escaped to another dimension.  It naturally concludes that it must visit alternate dimensions to track him down and kill him. 

Thanks to this decision, it is able to alter itself enough to survive the destruction of its universe.

- The alternate Earth where Mad Jim Jaspers reigned supreme has apparently become entirely enveloped in a reality warp, driving all the inhabitants insane.  This isn't terribly important to the main story, but it does establish the destructive scope of Mad Jim Jaspers' powers.

Writing!
The more I read of this run, the more impressed I am with how much Alan Moore fits into such a compact space.  This is, essentially, a pretty dull issue --- it is a lead-in to a trial --- but there are so many ideas being thrown around that it's easy to overlook the lack of action.  In this issue, we have Saturnyne partially de-villainized,  the introduction of the Captain Britain role as a constant throughout multiple dimensions, and a governing body that has the power and right to destroy entire universes with the flick of a switch.  That's some heavy stuff!  And yet, Moore keeps things pretty light, making small jokes here and there and using the Special Executive as light comedy relief.
Honestly, I'm surprised at how funny this series is turning out to be.  It's not "bwa-ha-ha" funny, but it is getting a little funnier each issue.  I especially liked the concept of "universe lag" for trans-dimensional travelers.  I wasn't so sure about Moore's choice to return to the multiverse after effectively rebooting the character, but I'm really liking where the series is going right now.

Art!
This is not the juiciest script Alan Davis has had to draw in this series, but he makes the most of his opportunities.  The all-out brawl between Captain Britain and the Special Executive was fun, but brief.  He clearly had fun creating the cast of thousands in attendance at Saturnyne's trial.  I think his most impressive work, though, was in designing the alternate Captain Britain characters.  Little is explained about them, but Davis does a great job conveying the variations on a theme that was required for the characters.

Retrospectively Amusing:
- The unifying theme of Captain Britain uniforms is apparently thigh-high boots.

Worth Noting:
- This issue marks the debut of the concept of the Captain Britain Corps, which becomes a large part of the Captain Britain mythos.