Alpha Flight
#5
[Canadian]
(December 1983)
Marvel,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 0714860296712
- 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) #5 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
And Now... Puck!
Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed as
John Byrne) - Inks
- John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Puck
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Signature is dated 1983.
![Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #5 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1012/w200/1012084.jpg?1676452948935722262)
![Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (1983 series) #5 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/18/w100/18668.jpg?-984842234611524897)
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What Fools These Mortals Be...
Alpha Flight / comic story / 17 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, friend Judd, you are not entirely out of the woods yet...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alpha Flight [Shaman [Michael Towyoungmen]; Puck]; Nurse Margaret Cambridge; Nurse Daly; Doctor Craigborne; Morrie; Detective Sergeant McNamara
- Synopsis
- Puck is recovering in the hospital from his injury delivered by Marrina when he finds himself involved in a mystery.
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #184 (5 avril 1985) [Moins 1 page/Minus 1 page] -
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #52 (08/10/86) -
in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #26 -
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)
-
Deathwatch
Alpha Flight / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You cannot deny your heritage, son of my son.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shaman's grandfather; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (origin); Elizabeth Twoyoungmen (introudction; becomes Talisman in Alpha Flight #18); Katheryn Twoyoungmen (introduction, death); Heather McNeil; Dr. Max Bassaraba; Claire McNeil; Ramsey McNeil
- Synopsis
- Talented doctor Michael Twoyoungmen turns away from the ways of his people, despite the requests from his shaman grandfather. Then he learns that his wife is dying. He devotes all his time to finding a cure, to no avail.
- Reprints
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #28 (Ourubro de 1984)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #184 (5 avril 1985)
- in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #26
- 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)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
And Now... Puck!
Alpha Flight -
1.
What Fools These Mortals Be...
Alpha Flight -
2.
Deathwatch
Alpha Flight
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- Derek Reinhard
- Patrick Shaughnessy
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