- please draw Captain Britain in the following costume:

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- please draw Spider-Man is this costume:

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Haven't drawn this version of Captain Britain often, and I have to say this costume is a bear! There doesn't seem to be any real logic to the configuration of the elements -- and can someone explain to me why a whole cross is missing off the chest design??

(Must confess, I am not crazy about the name, either. As a long-lapsed Brit, I have difficulty imagining a British person actually calling himself "Captain Britain". The whole Captain Marvel/Captain America/Captain Action cycle seems more American to my ear.)

Very nice.  One of my favourite costuem designs (despite the missing cross).

And hadn't realised you had actually drawn CB in this costume before, JB?  Is that is that just in commissions?

Despite the illogical design,i love it,and your drawing of it is on a par with Alan Davis.Mind you,it got me thinking,is it any more illogical than Captain America`s one star and torso stripes? The flag inspiration is there,but it`s not an exact representation.

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I can't honestly swear that I have -- but when drawing this piece today, the problems I had figuring out where the lines went felt "familiar".

Possibly I was thinking of Union Jack, in NAMOR. His "modern" costume has the same "missing cross" problems.

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It's actually illegal to "wear the flag" on this side of the Pond. Captain America's uniform reflects this.

The American flag is also a lot less specific than the British. The number of stars had changed many times over the years, and a symbolic representation doesn't have to include all of them. But each cross on the British flag has a specific meaning, so leaving one off is actually shorting one of the "family". In this case, somewhat ironically, the cross of St. George is missing, leaving out England, the country most people outside the British Isles think of when they hear the word "Britain".