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| Brit | |
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 Brit #6, art byCliff Rathburn | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Image Comics |
| First appearance | Brit (July 2003) |
| Created by | Robert Kirkman Tony Moore |
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| Full name | Brittany |
| Team affiliations | Global Defence Agency Guardians of the Globe |
| Abilities | Invulnerability Immortality |
Brit is asuperhero appearing in comic books published byImage Comics. He first appeared inBrit (July 2003), and was created byRobert Kirkman andTony Moore.
Brit supporting character, Donald Ferguson, saw hisBrit storyline adapted to thesecond season of theAmazon Prime Video adult animated superhero seriesInvincible, while Brit himself would appear in the series'third season, voiced byJonathan Banks.
Brit starred in threeone-shots:Brit (July 2003),Brit: Cold Death (December 2003),Brit: Red, White, Black and Blue (August 2004). Robert Kirkman wrote the three one-shots withTony Moore illustrating the first and second issue and withCliff Rathburn on the third. The one-shots have been collected in atrade paperback and were released in March 2007. The characterDonald Ferguson made his debut in the first one-shot andCecil Stedman in the second, both later major characters inInvincible.
In August 2007, Brit was launched as an ongoing, full-color series written by Bruce Brown[1] and features Rathburn's debut as an ongoing series artist. The series was overseen and edited by Kirkman. As of the second issue, Andy Kuhn came aboard as the series' breakdown artist. In the seventh issue, Rathburn was replaced by Nate Bellegarde as the new artist. The series expanded Brit's universe by introducing his brother and Sister and also revealed the origin of his powers.
The series was brought to a close with issue #12, because, according to Kirkman, "the book sells a fraction of whatInvincible,The Walking Dead andThe Astounding Wolf-Man sell. But I could have kept it going. I blame a horrendous shipping schedule for the low sales... something that I must shoulder the bulk of the blame for".[2]
Brit became the first member of the newly reformedGuardians of the Globe in a six-issue mini-seriesGuarding the Globe, starting in August 2010.[3] He and his supporting characters remained a part of the core cast in the six-issue Vol. 2 follow-up toGuarding the Globe, and the twelve-issue sequelInvincible Universe, continuing to appear the in the mainInvincible comic until its end.
The opening of the first Brit one-shot (later retitledBrit: Old Soldier) showcases elderly Americansuper-soldier Brit defeating Master Mind, who had been controlling a gigantic monster composed of human hostage, although numerous people are killed in the fight. CIA Director Steven Erickson is adamant to duplicate Master Mind's power without any harmful side effects, with CIA scientist Dr. Rodgers believing they can safely duplicate his powers as well as Brit's invulnerability. Erickson dismissed Rodgers' theory not wanting to risk losing their last line of defense and believed that in spite of his aged appearance, Brit may very well beimmortal.
Elsewhere, Brit and his girlfriend, Jessica, discuss the future of their relationship and proceed in making love. In the middle of sex, Jessica mentioned that her father wanted to meet him and so invited them both for dinner. Brit is then called to protect a group of gifted scientists in opening an interdimensional gateway. After killing the alien that comes out of the portal, androidDonald Ferguson notices Brit's nose bleeding, which he reports to Erickson, who authorises Brit's capture to attempt to duplicate his invulnerability. Meanwhile, while "squirming" meeting Jessica's parents, Brit is called away to stop a crazed supervillain who has taken overIndonesia. After the fight, Erickson and Rodgers came to pick Brit up; rightfully suspicious of the two being together, he quickly punches them out before leaving to marry Jessica.
InBrit: Cold Death, Brit and Jessica are retired in a remote place somewhere inAlaska, where Jessica gives birth to Brit's son, "Brittany Jr.", with Donald learning Brit's first name to also be "Brittany". This storyline features the first appearance ofCecil Stedman.
InBrit: Red, White, Black and Blue, Brit learns that Donald is a cyborg, who died while on a mission years ago before the Global Defence Agency was able to rescue parts of his brain and store it into a robotic body. Brit then fends off an alien invasion.
InBrit: A.W.O.L., Brit is back in action after his much needed time off and was assigned to a different division headed by Deputy Director Slitter.
InBrit: Fubar, Brit faces off against another alien invasion.
InGuarding the Globe, Brit leads the new incarnation of theGuardians of the Globe.
InInvincible, Brit is among the heroes to side withRobot (Rex Connors) against Invincible on learning that Invincible had secretly surrendered Earth to the Viltrum Empire.
The comics have been collected intotrade paperback:
Brit appears in thethird season ofInvincible, voiced byJonathan Banks.[4] Additionally, the series'second season adapts Donald Ferguson's storyline of discovering his android nature fromBrit.
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