Alpha Flight #9 [Canadian]
(April 1984)

Marvel, 1983 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
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
0714860296704
Editing
Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

There is no letter column in this issue.
This issue is a variant of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #9 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sasquatch; Megan Masterson; Super-Skrull (arm only)
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #9 [Canadian] Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (1983 series) #9 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (1983 series) #9 [Newsstand]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Things Aren't Always What They Seem (Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Michael Higgins
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Near the peak of Canada's tallest mountain...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langkowski]; Kortgaard (death); Colonel McMurdo (death); Megan Masterson (death); Greene (death); Doctor Duncan (death); Super-Skrull [also as The Thing]
Synopsis
In an isolated research station, Dr. Langkowski is invited to study an odd cosmic radioactivity phenomenon. When the scientist locks in, the Fantastic Four's the Thing is "beamed in", forcing Langkowski to reveal his secret identity to the others. Then the other scientists are killed off and the strange visitor turns out to be someone else altogether.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Special thanks to Jim Scott, fellow Canadian, for suggesting this confrontation.

A Stranger In My Mirror (Table of Contents: 2)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Michael Higgins
First Line of Dialogue or Text
She had found this special place quite by accident...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier] (origin); Soeur Anne; Father Tyrel; Wolverine [Logan]
Synopsis
The young Jeanne-Marie Beaubier grows up in an orphanage and develops her powers and her dual personality. When she runs across some thugs, she deals with them easily, much to the amusement of the passing Wolverine, who suggests she contact James MacDonald Hudson.
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. Things Aren't Always What They Seem
    Alpha Flight
  3. 2. A Stranger In My Mirror
    Alpha Flight
This issue was modified by
  • Derek Reinhard
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.