Alpha Flight #18 [Direct]

(January 1985)

How Long Will a Man Lie in the Earth 'Ere He Rot? (Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (credited)

Pencils

John Byrne (credited)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (credited)

Colors

Andy Yanchus (credited)

Letters

Rick Parker (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Okay, Heather! Luncheon is served!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Puck; Northstar; Shaman; Snowbird [Narya; Anne McKenzie]]; Douglas Thompson; Elizabeth Twoyoungmen; Emily Stang; Lucas Stang; Ranaq [Emily Stang]

Synopsis

Heather begins to try and get Alpha Flight back together. Shaman and Elizabeth face off against the great beast Ranaq and Shaman is impressed by his daughter's innate magical abilities that have come to the surface during the battle.

Reprints

• in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #2
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #198 (5 juin 1986) [Moins 1 page/Minus 1 page]
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #65 ([Novembro 1987]) [Usada a última vinheta da capa e as páginas página 1, 5 a 9, 12 a 15, 16 a 20 e 22.]
• in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #30 ([1991])
• 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)

Indexer Notes

Two spellings are used for the names of the characters of Emily and Lucas: ‘Stang’ (pp. 6, 9 and 22, then in Alpha Flight # 19), and ‘Strang’ (pp. 16, 18). Given the frequency of use of ‘Stang,’ it seems that the spelling of ‘Strang’ is incorrect and constitutes a scripting error.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Alpha Waves / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Gerald Theopolis Butler, Cory Daniel K. Caponero, Chris Weppler, Sam Hughes, and Elizabeth Holden.