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''The Otherworld Saga'' is a ComicBook/BlackKnight and ComicBook/CaptainBritain storyline published in the British AnthologyComic ''Hulk Comic'' (later renamed to ''The Incredible Hulk Weekly'' and then ''The Incredible Hulk'') released by the Creator/MarvelUK imprint of Creator/MarvelComics.
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''The Otherworld Saga'' is a ComicBook/BlackKnight ComicBook/{{Black Knight|MarvelComics}} and ComicBook/CaptainBritain storyline published in the British AnthologyComic ''Hulk Comic'' (later renamed to ''The Incredible Hulk Weekly'' and then ''The Incredible Hulk'') released by the Creator/MarvelUK imprint of Creator/MarvelComics.
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!!Tropes appearing in the Otherworld Saga:
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!!Tropes appearing in the ''The Otherworld Saga:Saga'':
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* BalefulPolymorph: Initially played straight, with Modred transforming benevolent witch Sarah Mumford into a tree when she aids the heroes. Then exploited, as Sarah's tree grows an enchanted fruit which heals Valinor.
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* ForcedTransformation: Initially played straight, with Modred transforming benevolent witch Sarah Mumford into a tree when she aids the heroes. Then exploited, as Sarah's tree grows an enchanted fruit which heals Valinor.
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* LastGraspAtLife: Mandrac's hand is the only thing left above ground level when Merlyn's magic
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* LastGraspAtLife: Mandrac's hand is the only thing left above ground level when Merlyn's magic [[SealedEvilInACan imprisons him in the earth]]
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* LastGraspAtLife: Mandrac's hand is the only thing left above ground level when Merlyn's magic
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* MyNaymeIs: The Otherworld Saga introduced the "Merlyn" spelling, replacing the more usual "Merlin" of ''Captain Britain'' and other earlier stories. It quickly became Marvel's standard spelling for the character's name.
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* BackupBluff: A villainous example. The Six, the fallen walkers, appear outside the gates of Camelot, in full health and ready for battle. But two of them shouldn't be there - Cormac's lost a hand to the Black Knight and Modred was aged and withered by his own reflected power. Moondog realises that they're just an illusion meant to intimidate Camelot's defenders.
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* BackupBluff: A villainous example. The Six, the fallen walkers, appear outside the gates of Camelot, in full health and ready for battle. But at least two of them shouldn't be there - Cormac's recently lost a hand to the Black Knight and Modred was aged and withered by his own reflected power. Moondog realises that they're all just an illusion meant to intimidate Camelot's defenders.
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* UltimateBlacksmith: After the heroes reach Camelot, [[spoiler:Merlyn gets [[Myth/WaylandTheSmith Weyland the Smith]] to reforge the Ebony Blade]].
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* LegendaryWeapon: After the Ebony Blade is shattered, the Black Knight ends up wielding Excalibur for a while. [[spoiler:At least until he wakes King Arthur, at which point he returns it to him]].
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* TaeKwonDoor: [[spoiler:In the final battle the Black Knight drops Camelot's heavy portcullis on BigBad Necromon. The nethergod is strong and fast enough to catch it, though - but that leaves his hands full, so King Arthur stabs him with Excalibur while the Black Knight stabs him with the Ebony Blade. He retaliates by ripping the portcullis loose and trying some DoorFu]].
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* TaeKwonDoor: [[spoiler:In the final battle the Black Knight drops Camelot's heavy portcullis on BigBad Necromon. The nethergod is strong and fast enough to catch it, though it - but that leaves his hands full, so King Arthur stabs him with Excalibur while the Black Knight stabs him with the Ebony Blade. He retaliates by ripping the portcullis loose and trying some DoorFu]].
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* CollateralDamage: The dragon Kharad Dur is takes an arrow to the eye while fighting and accidentally turns its fiery breath on its master, Karadoc the Dragonlord, and his mount.
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* CollateralDamage: The dragon Kharad Dur is takes an arrow to the eye while fighting and accidentally turns its fiery breath on its master, Karadoc the Dragonlord, and his mount.
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* TheUnfought: Gurien, the Lord of Stones, is introduced along with the rest of the fallen walkers, but never faces the heroes and plays no part in the final battle.
** Downplayed with two of the other walkers - Scartac the Warlord and Balor the Warrior never face the Black Knight or Captain Britain, but that's because Vortigern deals with them himself.
** Downplayed with two of the other walkers - Scartac the Warlord and Balor the Warrior never face the Black Knight or Captain Britain, but that's because Vortigern deals with them himself.
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* CollateralDamage: The dragon Kharad Dur is takes an arrow to the eye while fighting and accidentally turns its fiery breath on its master, Karadoc the Dragonlord, and his mount.
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* MercyKill: The dragon Ashtoroth asks its opponent the Black Knight to end its suffering after crashing to the ground with a broken wing. After some hesitation, the Knight obliges.
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The series was written by Steve Parkhouse and illustrated in black and white by Paul Neary and John Stokes. Neary left the creative team midway through the run, at which point Parkhouse also started to work with Stokes on the art. Initially billed as a solo Black Knight story, its first chapter introduces an amnesiac stranger who's quickly revealed to be Captain Britain - and then becomes the second lead character for the rest of the story.
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The series was written by Steve Parkhouse and illustrated in black and white by Paul Neary and John Stokes. Neary left the creative team midway through towards the end of the run, at which point Parkhouse also started to work with Stokes on the art. Initially billed as a solo Black Knight story, its first chapter introduces an amnesiac stranger who's quickly revealed to be Captain Britain - and then becomes the second lead character for the rest of the story.
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* BackupBluff: A villainous example. The Six, the fallen walkers, appear outside the gates of Camelot, in full health and ready for battle. But two of them shouldn't be there - Cormac's lost a hand to the Black Knight and Modred was aged and withered by his own reflected power. Moondog realises that they're just an illusion meant to intimidate Camelot's defenders.
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* BackForTheFinale: Vortigern leaves the plot for a long time after the Iron Ogre breaks his staff, crafting a new one just in time to reunite with the other Proud Walkers and take part in the final battle.
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* TakingYouWithMe:
** Gafael, guardian of Camelot, uses the last of his strength to charge the demonic Gog, pushing both of them over the edge of the castle's bridge and into the abyss.
** [[spoiler:BigBad Necromon manages to take Camelot with him. Mortally wounded by King Arthur and the Black Knight, he uses the castle's portcullis for DoorFu and shatters the castle's bridge, tearing it free from the cliffs supporting it and tipping Camelot (and himself) into the abyss. Arthur and the Black Knight escape via the Knight's flying horse, though]].
** Gafael, guardian of Camelot, uses the last of his strength to charge the demonic Gog, pushing both of them over the edge of the castle's bridge and into the abyss.
** [[spoiler:BigBad Necromon manages to take Camelot with him. Mortally wounded by King Arthur and the Black Knight, he uses the castle's portcullis for DoorFu and shatters the castle's bridge, tearing it free from the cliffs supporting it and tipping Camelot (and himself) into the abyss. Arthur and the Black Knight escape via the Knight's flying horse, though]].
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* TaeKwonDoor: [[In the final battle the Black Knight drops Camelot's heavy portcullis on BigBad Necromon. The nethergod is strong and fast enough to catch it, though - but that leaves his hands full, so King Arthur stabs him with Excalibur while the Black Knight stabs him with the Ebony Blade. He retaliates by ripping the portcullis loose and trying some DoorFu]].
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* TaeKwonDoor: [[In [[spoiler:In the final battle the Black Knight drops Camelot's heavy portcullis on BigBad Necromon. The nethergod is strong and fast enough to catch it, though - but that leaves his hands full, so King Arthur stabs him with Excalibur while the Black Knight stabs him with the Ebony Blade. He retaliates by ripping the portcullis loose and trying some DoorFu]].
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* DoorFu: [[spoiler:In the final battle, the mortally wounded BigBad Necromon tears the castle portcullis from its gateway and uses it as a missile, shattering the bridge to Camelot and collapsing the whole castle into the abyss]].
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* PutOnABus: Despite the dark forces allied against them, the resurrected King Arthur promptly sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) before the final battle - which leads directly into the [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc of his new ''Captain Britain'' solo series. As a consequence, for the final three chapters, the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.
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* PutOnABus: Despite [[spoiler:Despite the dark forces allied against them, the resurrected King Arthur promptly sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) before the final battle - which leads directly into the [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc of his new ''Captain Britain'' solo series. As a consequence, for the final three chapters, the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.again]].
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* TaeKwonDoor: [[In the final battle the Black Knight drops Camelot's heavy portcullis on BigBad Necromon. The nethergod is strong and fast enough to catch it, though - but that leaves his hands full, so King Arthur stabs him with Excalibur while the Black Knight stabs him with the Ebony Blade. He retaliates by ripping the portcullis loose and trying some DoorFu]].
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* SealedEvilInACan: Mandrac's fate. Merlyn can't kill a nethergod, so he's swallowed by the earth and magically imprisoned, buried alive. As of 2022, he hasn't escaped to appear in another story yet, so it seems to have worked.
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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Vortigern hasn't interacted with the mundane human world for a very long time. He's startled by a milk float and complains about the change in customs and hospitality.
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* PutOnABus: Despite the dark forces allied against them, the resurrected King Arthur promptly sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) before the final battle - which leads directly into his new ''Captain Britain'' solo series and its [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc. As a consequence, for the final three chapters, the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.
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* PutOnABus: Despite the dark forces allied against them, the resurrected King Arthur promptly sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) before the final battle - which leads directly into his new ''Captain Britain'' solo series and its the [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc.arc of his new ''Captain Britain'' solo series. As a consequence, for the final three chapters, the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: History and Arthurian myth are very negative about King Vortigern. This version is the heroic leader of the Proud Walkers.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: History and Arthurian myth are very negative about King Vortigern.Vortigern, who gets accused of various forms of treachery and cowardice. This version is the heroic leader of the Proud Walkers.
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* MinorMajorCharacter: Vortigern's five comrades in the Proud Walkers. Each is supposed to be a great hero, but they get very little to do. Herne gets a page of conversation with Vortigern, but the others (Gwent, Gamael, Bran and Gael) get a single panel of introduction with no dialogue of their own. Their six evil counterparts are far more prominent, with several of them directly facing the heroes during the saga.
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* OnlyMostlyDead: Captain Britain is struck down by White Rider of Death. Merlyn and the Black Knight manage to bring him back, but only by recovering his body from Mandrac and his soul from the demon Galgoth.
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* PutOnABus: Despite the dark forces allied against them, the resurrected King Arthur prompty promptly sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) before the final battle - which leads directly into a his new ''Captain Britain'' solo series and its [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc. As a consequence, for the final three chapters, the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.
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* BigBad: Necromon, lord of the nethergods, who is determined to kill Merlyn and forever extinguish the light of Camelot.
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* PutOnABus: Despite the forces allies against them, the resurrected King Arthur prompty sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) just before the final battle - which also leads directly into a new ''Captain Britain'' solo series and the [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc. For the final three chapters the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.
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* PutOnABus: Despite the dark forces allies allied against them, the resurrected King Arthur prompty sends Captain Britain home (accompanied by Jackdaw the elf) just before the final battle - which also leads directly into a new ''Captain Britain'' solo series and the its [[ComicBook/CaptainBritainACrookedWorld A Crooked World]] arc. For As a consequence, for the final three chapters chapters, the Otherworld story becomes a Black Knight solo series again.
