Alpha Flight #2 [Direct]
(September 1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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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:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
John Byrne (signed)
Inks:
Terry Austin (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Rick Parker?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Alpha Flight [Guardian; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Shaman; Marrina; Puck]

Shadows of the Past (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

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 The Beginning... (Table of Contents)

The Origins of Alpha Flight / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Beginning a series of back-up stories on the origins of Alpha Flight.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Shadows of the Past
    Alpha Flight
  2. 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