Alpha Flight
#2
[Direct]
(September 1983)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Standard modern US comic size; Full color cover; Full color interior; Saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in The Marvel Saga (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
Shadows of the Past
Alpha Flight / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Byrne
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- John Byrne
- Colors:
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson; also as Vindicator]; Shaman; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; Puck; Marrina (Partial Origin); Sasquatch]; Chief Inspector Hamilton; Thompson; Cody; Angus (flashback); Tom Smallwood (flashback); Glad Smallwood (flashback); Dan Smallwood (flashback); Master of the World (Cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Vindicator decides to rename himself Guardian. During a training session, Marrina goes feral and eviscerates Puck.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007 )
In The Beginning...
The Origins of Alpha Flight / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- John Byrne
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- John Byrne
- Colors:
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- James MacDonald Hudson (Origin); Heather McNeil; Jerry Jaxon
- Synopsis:
- Distraught with his technology being sold to the US Army, James decides to use the suit and take back the helmet, which was developed before joining Am-Can.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007 )
Indexer Notes
Beginning a series of back-up stories on the origins of Alpha Flight.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Shadows of the Past
Alpha Flight -
2.
In The Beginning...
The Origins of Alpha Flight
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Derek Reinhard
- Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Ramon Schenk
- Kelly Langston-Smith
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