A review by nwhyte
Albion by John Reppion, Shane Oakley, Francisco Solano López, Steve Holland, Alan Moore, Charles Roylance, Carlos Cruz, Roberto Diso, Leah Moore, George Freeman, Tom Kerr, Neil Gaiman

http://nhw.livejournal.com/904393.html[return][return]Albion is a British riff on the resurrection of old superheroes in today's world, being busted out of the Scottish castle in which they have been imprisoned since the government turned against them. It's generally good stuff, with some nice touches - how did Margaret Thatcher really survive the Brighton bomb? And one particularly nasty character grumbles, "The world's gone soft! See where your Teletubbies have led you?!"[return][return]It is supported by a good deal of material on the characters, including several complete original stories, as they appeared in Valiant, which I confess I don't remember ever reading myself (and which ceased publishing before Leah and John were even born). Also carries a recommendation from Neil Gaiman, who unlike me is old enough to have read the comics first time round and contributes an introduction.