(August 1997)

Marvel, 1997 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.99 USD; 4.20 CAD
Pages
54
On-sale Date
1997-06-11
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606012008 00111
Editing
Jaye Gardner (editor); Bob Harras (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Gatefold Marvel Universe Guide front cover.

A Bold New Era! (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Scott Clark
Inks
Chris Carlson
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein (logo design); ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Featuring Canada's premier superhero team as you've never seen them before!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson clone]; Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Sasquatch [mystical beast]; Puck [Eugenne Judd]; Radius [Jared Corbo]; Flex [Adrian Corbo]; Murmur [Arlette Truffaut]]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Wraparound cover.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 7 pages (report information)

Meet Alpha Flight (Table of Contents: 2)

Alpha Flight / recap / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jaye Gardner
Pencils
Scott Clark; John Byrne; Anthony Winn
Inks
Chris Carlson; Terry Austin; Marlo Alquiza; Matthew Ryan; Kevin Conrad
Colors
Tom Smith; Liquid!; Glynis Oliver
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson clone]; Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Sasquatch [mystical beast]; Puck [Eugenne Judd]; Radius [Jared Corbo]; Flex [Adrian Corbo]; Murmur [Arlette Truffaut]; Madison Jeffries; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Snowbird [Narya]]; X-Men [Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]]
Keywords
Department H

Indexer Notes

Character profiles and recap, with illustrations from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1997 series) promo art and #1 story, The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #121 and Alpha Flight: In the Beginning (Marvel, 1997 series) #-1.

Horoscope (Table of Contents: 3)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 41 pages (report information)

Script
Steven T. Seagle (credited as Steve Seagle)
Pencils
Scott Clark (credited)
Inks
Chris Carlson (credited); Dave Beaty (background assist)
Colors
Lee Ann Denham (credited as LeAnn Garner)
Letters
Richard Starkings (credited); Comicraft (credited); Albert Deschesne (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you checked your horoscope?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson clone]; Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Sasquatch [mystical beast]; Puck [Eugenne Judd]; Radius [Jared Corbo]; Flex [Adrian Corbo]; Murmur [Arlette Truffaut]; Madison Jeffries; Manbot [Bernie Lachenay]]; General Clarke; Sunfire [Shiro Yoshida]; Zodiac [Scorpio; Taurus; Virgo; Pisces; Sagittarius; Ecliptic] (villain); Wolverine (cameo)
Synopsis
Alpha Flight is reinstated by Department H with Heather, Puck, Jefferies and Mac all returning and some new faces also. They take on a newly reconstituted Zodiac in order to save Canada but not all is as it seems.
Reprints
Keywords
Alphajet; Department H

Indexer Notes

David Beaty credits from comicbook.com

Subscribe Today! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. A Bold New Era!
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. [Ads]
  3. 2. Meet Alpha Flight
    Alpha Flight
  4. 3. Horoscope
    Alpha Flight
  5. 4. Subscribe Today!
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
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