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So sticking to the brief, how about:
Paul Grist's Jack Staff or Mudman. British superheroes by a British creator (albeit published by Image, although the early Jack Staff issues were self-published in the UK). His style is a bit cartoony for some but I find it really readable. Jack Staff was his reworked pitch to Marvel for a Union Jack series.
Leopard of Lime Street. Collected British strip from the late 70s and early 80s. Derivative of Spider-man and very much of its time, sure, but good fun nonetheless.
Zenith. Someone may have mentioned this earlier, but collected from the 2000AD strip, this is Grant Morrison's love letter to the British superhero. The first arc is straight up superhero action, but later book (re)introduces pretty much every superhero that appeared in 70s and 80s British comics.
Saltire. Can't recommend this as I have not read it (yet) but a Scottish hero by a Scottish creative team.
Saviour. Mark Millar is not to everyone's tastes but this is his first published work. The first five issues are collected and follows a superhero that is actually the devil. I have the first five issues and the collection, but for some reason missed issue six which would have been the start of the next story arc.
And, moving off the brief slightly, if you want to practice your German, ASH (literally Austrian Superheroes) is really good fun. A Marvel-sized book (which has now been collected, I think) features the titular Austrian team. I've got several issues from my travels - its issues are now in the 20s and still going.
Edited by Matthew Wilkie on 10 April 2020 at 4:03am
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