Alpha Flight
#1
[Canadian]
(August 1983)
Marvel,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860296708
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor); Linda Grant (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed as Byrne)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (signed as
austin) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Michael Higgins ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langkowski]; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing]; Franklin Richards; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Donald Blake]]
- Reprints
-
in Los Comics de El Sol (Planeta DeAgostini, 1990 series) #43 -
in Σουπερ Σπαϊντερμαν [Super Spider-Man] (Kabanas Hellas, 1984 ? series) #40 -
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #79 (5 août 1984) - in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #179 (5 novembre 1984) which is reprinted
- in Titans (Editions Lug, 1976 series) #69 (10 octobre 1984) [N&B]
- in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #82 (5 novembre 1984)
- in Alpha Flight (Planeta DeAgostini, 1985 series) #1 (Mayo 1985)
-
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #43 (8 de Janeiro 1986) -
in Speciale Alpha Flight (Edizioni Star Comics, 1989 series) (Ottobre 1989) -
in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) which is reprinted - in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017) [recolored; new trade dress], (2017)
- in Alpha Flight #1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) (July 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Double-sized issue.
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A Cracker Jack Story
Scottie; Cracker Jack / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Characters
- Scottie
- Reprints
- in Alpha Flight #1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) (July 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Cracker Jack. Inside front cover.
Tundra!
Alpha Flight / comic story / 38 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are witnessing the death of a dream...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman [Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen]; Snowbird [Anne McKenzie]; Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Puck [Eugene Milton Judd] (introduction); Marrina (introduction); Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langkowski]]; Heather McNeil Hudson; Tundra (introduction); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback); Nightcrawler (flashback); Wendigo (flashback); Beta Flight [Box [Roger Bochs]; (cameo); Gamma Flight [Madison Jeffries; Smart Alec; Diamond Lil; Wildchild] (cameo); Prime Minister Trudeau (flashback); Gary Cody; Sister Anne; Dan Smallwood; Francois; Georges; Mary; Private Thomas Crossman
- Synopsis
- Canada's elite government superhero team is reunited to fight an ancient demigod that draws its power from the land itself.
- Reprints
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #179 (5 novembre 1984) [19 premières pages/First 19 pages], #180 (5 décembre 1984) [19 dernières pages/Last 19 pages]
-
in Secret Wars (Marvel UK, 1985 series) #2 (May 11, 1985) [pages 1-11. Pages 1-2 & 7-10 are black & white. Pages 3-6 & 11 are in colour] - in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #43 (8 de Janeiro 1986)
-
in Marvel Spesial (Semic, 1987 series) #2/1987 ([juni] 1987) -
in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #24 - in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
- in Alpha Flight #1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) (July 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
First solo Alpha Flight story; Alpha Flight first appeared in X-Men #120.
Pp. - 9/10: In her teacher’s outfit, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier is almost redrawn identically a month later for the character of the teacher ‘Fraulein Mueller,’ drawn by Byrne in Fantastic Four # 258, September 1983, page 5.
[no title indexed]
Alpha Waves / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- John Byrne
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Brief history of where the characters of Alpha Flight appeared previously.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Alpha Flight -
1.
A Cracker Jack Story
Scottie; Cracker Jack -
2.
Tundra!
Alpha Flight -
3.
[no title indexed]
Alpha Waves
This issue was modified by
- Ralf Haring
- Mike Nielsen
- Stephane Poitras
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
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