Alpha Flight #25 [Newsstand]
(August 1985)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-04-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860296708
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Don Daley (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #69.
This issue is a variant of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #25 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
But he's dead --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Heather McNeil Hudson; Shaman; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Box [Dr. Walter Langkowski]; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Roger Bochs]; Guardian (silhouette only)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #11 (June 1984).

...And Graves Give Up Their Dead.. (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Byrne; Bill Mantlo
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Rick Parker

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Northstar?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Heather McNeil Hudson; Shaman; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Box [Dr. Walter Langkowski]; Roger Bochs]; Guardian [MX39147; Delphine Courtney, also as James MacDonald Hudson]; Caliber [Quinn Pullman]
Synopsis
As Alpha Flight is grilling Northstar about his old life as a terrorist, they get the news that Guardian, their dead leader, is battling Caliber. Talisman helps Guardian defeat his foe and "Mac" explains to his teammates and his wife how he survived the explosion of his suit during a battle with Omega Flight (in Alpha Flight #12): He was discovered by aliens who rebuilt him by integrating him with his suit. Walter tries out his new Box body.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The writer Bill Mantlo is credited for ‘creative kibbitzing.’ It is probable that Mantlo, at the time writer of Incredible Hulk series, slightly contributed to the writing of the script, for the future of the Box/Langkowski connection (see Alpha Flight #28, November 1985).

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

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

ElfQuest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.2 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Denny O'Neil (signed); ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers John Blackmore, Kevin Lindenmuth, Frank Pollina, Renee Schoyck, Tony Feraro and Andy Davis.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["But he's dead --"]
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. ...And Graves Give Up Their Dead..
    Alpha Flight
  3. 2. ["An apology from Archie Goodwin, editor of Marvel's Epic Comics line"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    ElfQuest
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Waves
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Steven Samuels