Alpha Flight Classic #3

(2007)

Alpha Flight Classic (Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Synopsis

Title page and table of contents with nine images from Alpha Flight drawn by John Byrne.

Mysterious...Menacing...Macabre...Gilded Lily Try to Forget Her! (Table of Contents: 2)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Gilded Lily

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #20 [Direct] (March 1985)

Indexer Notes

Signature is dated 1984.

Gold and Love Affairs! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne; Keith Williams (backgrounds only)

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Puck; Shaman; Snowbird; Aurora; Sasquatch; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]]; Calvelli; Gilded Lily

Synopsis

Elizabeth tries to take off her mystic coronet and discovers she is fated to be Talisman forever as she cannot remove it. Aurora and Walter head to one of his old haunts to discover if it will be a good home base for Alpha Flight only to find it is already inhabited by the mysterious Gilded Lily whose touch turns men to gold.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #20 (March 1985)

Bet on Diablo-- He's Been Doing This for Centuries! (Table of Contents: 4)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Sasquatch; Aurora]; Diablo

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #21 [Direct] (April 1985)

Love Wrought New Alchemy... (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Sasquatch; Aurora; Snowbird]; Gilded Lily; Diablo (flashback)

Synopsis

Sasquatch and Aurora battle the Gilded Lily, a disciple of Diablo whose touch turns men to gold.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #21 (April 1985)

Meet Pink Pearl... Such a Nice Lady! (Table of Contents: 6)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Aurora; Northstar]; Pink Pearl

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #22 [Direct] (May 1985)

Rub-Out (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Aurora; Nortstar; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Walter Langkowski [Sasquatch] (flashback)]; Madison Jeffries; Box [Roger Bochs]; Clementine D'Arbanville; Pink Pearl; Bones; James MacDonald Hudson (False)

Synopsis

Heather thinks she sees her dead husband, Mac, in a crowd. Jeffries and Bochs make a new and improved Box suit. With her Jeanne-Marie persona dominant, Aurora seeks out her brother, Northstar, for help. They visit one of Jean-Paul's old friends at a circus only to find it is being overtaken by a tyrannical "fat lady" and her cohorts.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #22 (May 1985)

The Unbelievable Secret of Sasquatch! (Table of Contents: 8)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Sasquatch; Snowbird; Aurora; Puck; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #23 [Direct] (June 1985)

Night of the Beast (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek; Keith Williams (assist)

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Snowbird [Narya; Anne McKenzie]; Sasquatch (Death); Puck; Aurora; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]]; Douglas Thompson; Caliber; Tanaraq

Synopsis

Snowbird is tortured by the elder gods for allowing a Great Beast to roam free. As Alpha Flight battles Caliber, Snowbird shows up and attacks Sasquatch. Sasquatch stands revealed as the great beast Tanaraq and Snowbird takes on his form and rips out his heart.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #23 (June 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Join them in the strangest journey ever...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Shaman; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman]; Somon

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #24 [Direct] (July 1985)

Final Conflict (Table of Contents: 11)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek; Keith Williams

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman; Box [Walter Langkowski]]; Douglas Thompson; Roger Bochs; Somon; Tundra; Kariooq; Tolamaq

Synopsis

Alpha Flight travels to the realm of the Great Beasts in order to recover Walter Langkowski's soul. They succeed in defeating Somon and his cohorts but, when they return to Earth with Walter's essence, they find his physical body has crumbled. The soul of Walter is placed into the Box robot. With the Great Beasts vanquished, Snowbird lets Alpha Flight believe that she has left the realm of Earth when she has really decided to settle down with her love, Doug Thompson.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #24 (July 1985)

Doctor... Sorceror... Hero... Alpha Flight's Shaman (Table of Contents: 12)

Shaman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Shaman

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #24 (July 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

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 [Walter Langkowski]; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Roger Bochs]; Guardian (silhouette only)

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #25 [Direct] (August 1985)

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: 14)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek; Keith Williams

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather McNeil Hudson; Shaman; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Box [Walter Langkowski]; Roger Bochs]; Guardian [Delphine Courtney, also as James MacDonald Hudson]; Caliber

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

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #25 (August 1985)

Defeated! (Table of Contents: 15)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Puck; Northstar]; Omega Flight [Guardian [Delphine Courtney]; Wildchild; Diamond Lil; Flashback]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #26 [Direct] (September 1985)

If at First You Don't Succeed... (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather McNeil Hudson; Shaman; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman; Box [Walter Langkowski]]; Macro System; Omega Flight [Guardian [Delphine Courtney]; Wildchild; Diamond Lil; Flashback]

Synopsis

Guardian trains once again with his old Alpha Flight team but a few members still have some reservations about his return from the dead. When the news comes in that Omega Flight has taken over a mall, the Alphans charge in only to be soundly defeated by the bad guys. Heather is confronted by Guardian who turns out, not to be her dead husband Mac, but the evil robot Delphine Courtney.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #26 (September 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The choice is yours, Shaman! If you save Snowbird your daughter dies!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Shaman; Snowbird; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]]; Guardian [Delphine Courtney]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #27 [Direct] (October 1985)

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1985.

Betrayal (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne; Keith Williams (assist)

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Box [Walter Langkowski]; Roger Bochs]; Douglas Thompson; Omega Flight [Guardian [Delphine Courtney]; Wildchild; Diamond Lil; Flashback]; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo)

Synopsis

Most of Alpha Flight captured by Omega Flight at the Edmonton Mall, Shaman, Aurora & Box ride in to the rescue. Snowbird also leaves Doug to help her friends. The remainder of Alpha Flight learns too late that Guardian is really an evil robot as the villain snatches Shaman's medicine pouch & roots around inside for Smart Alec. Things get worse when Guardian turns the medicine pouch inside out which unleashes magical forces which threaten to destroy the world. Talisman is able to use her abilities to contain the madness but Shaman fails to rescue her & she is pulled into the pouch.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #27 (October 1985)

Indexer Notes

Continued in Secret Wars II #4 and Incredible Hulk #313.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As if the Beyonder wasn't bad enough...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Puck; Box [Walter Langkowski]]; Beyonder; Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #28 [Direct] (November 1985)

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1985. Cover sports the Secret Wars II trade dress.

Cross-Over (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

John Byrne

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne; Keith Williams (inking assist)

Colors

Andy Yanchus

Letters

Rick Parker

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather McNeil Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]; Box [Walter Langkowski]; Roger Bochs]; Madison Jeffries; Omega Flight [Guardian [Delphine Courtney]; Wildchild; Diamond Lil; Flashback]; Beyonder; Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Synopsis

Omega Flight tries to escape from their encounter with Alpha Flight but run into Madison Jeffries in the parking lot of the mall and he dispatches them singlehandedly. The Beyonder has rescued Talisman from Shaman's medicine pouch (in Secret Wars II #4), but Elizabeth is really angry with her father and magically sends the team back to their base without her. Roger Bochs "hooks" what looks to be a more suitable body for Walter than the Box robot but, unfortunately, the body already belongs to the incredible Hulk.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #28 (November 1985)

Keywords

Secret Wars II

Indexer Notes

Continued from Secret Wars II #4 and Incredible Hulk #313; The creative teams for Alpha Flight and Incredible Hulk switch next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

John Byrne (signed); Denny O'Neil (signed)

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Bob Wiacek

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #28 (November 1985)

Indexer Notes

Byrne talks about leaving Alpha Flight and O'Neil talks about the creative team switch between Alpha Flight and Incredible Hulk. No letters this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed)

Inks

Bob Wiacek (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Shaman; Snowbird; Puck; Aurora; Box [Walter Langkowski]]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #29 [Direct] (December 1985)

Cut Bait & Run! (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Gerry Talaoc

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Jim Novak

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Box [Roger Bochs]; Madison Jeffries]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Gary Cody; Talisman (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Alpha Flight has tried to obtain a more suitable body than Box for Walter but, not only do they lose Walter, but they also hook the Hulk. With the Hulk rampaging through Canada, the Alphans have to overcome their individual fears and weaknesses to take down the jade giant. Alpha Flight becomes the official super hero team of Canada.

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #29 (December 1985)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Hulk / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Mike Mignola (signed)

Inks

Mike Mignola (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #313 [Direct] (November 1985)

Hook, Line, and Sinker (Table of Contents: 25)

Hulk / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo

Pencils

Mike Mignola

Inks

Gerry Talaoc

Colors

Bob Sharen

Letters

Jim Novak

Genre

superhero

Characters

Hulk; Walter Langkowski [Sasquatch]; Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Shaman; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Box [Roger Bochs]; Madison Jeffries] (cameo); Dr. Strange (cameo flashback); Nightmare (cameo flashback); Snowbird (cameo flashback)

Synopsis

Hulk is trying to do away with himself in the dimensional crossroads where he is trapped when he is tagged in the back by a mysterious force. Unable to shake the line, the Hulk's body is possessed by Walter Langkowski who explains that Alpha Flight is trying to find him a new body in another dimension. The displaced spirit of Bruce Banner agrees to let Walter have his body but, touched by the sacrifice, Walter refuses and leaves the Hulk. Banner is sucked into the Hulk's body once again and his body is pulled back to Earth by Alpha Flight.

Reprints

• from The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #313 (November 1985)

Indexer Notes

Continued in ALPHA FLIGHT #29; The creative teams for both Alpha Flight and Hulk make a permanent switch next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Starfox; the Wasp]; the Beyonder; Dazzler

Reprints

• from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 [Direct] (October 1985)

Keywords

Secret Wars

Love Is the Answer! (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Shooter

Pencils

Al Milgrom

Inks

Steve Leialoha (pages 1-23); Joe Rubinstein (pages 24-26)

Colors

Christie Scheele

Letters

Joe Rosen (pages 1-11); ? [as Friends] (pages 12-26)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Aurora; Box; Heather Hudson; Northstar; Puck; Shaman; Snowbird; Talisman]; the Avengers [the Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Starfox; the Wasp](all illusions); the Beyonder; Dazzler; the Molecule Man; Sharon Ing; Brandy Clark (cameo); Cindy Adams (cameo); a Dire Wraith (cameo); Kurse [Algrim the Elf] (cameo); O.Z. Chase (cameo); President Ronald Reagan (cameo); Rom (cameo); the Silver Surfer (cameo); the Thing (cameo); Volcana (cameo)

Synopsis

The Beyonder wishes to explore the human concept of desire and picks Dazzler (whom he calls possibly the most powerful mutant to walk the planet) as his new love interest. Despite all of his best efforts at wining and dining, gift giving, emotional manipulation and showing off with his powers, he finds that the only way he can make her fall for him is to control her mind and force her. Finding this to be unfulfilling, he releases her from his control and abandons his quest.

Reprints

• from Secret Wars II (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (October 1985)

Keywords

Secret Wars

Indexer Notes

Continued in Dazzler (Marvel, 1981 series) #40, Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #28, Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #72 and the Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #261.

X-Men and Alpha Flight #1-2 (Table of Contents: 28)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dave Cockrum

Inks

Terry Austin

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Tells the story of X-Men / Alpha Flight (1985) #1-2, including a reprint of the cover of Alpha Flight (1983) #17 published without text.

The Unbelievable Secret of Sasquatch! (Table of Contents: 29)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

John Byrne

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Sasquatch; Snowbird; Aurora; Puck; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #23 [Direct] (June 1985) [Cover reprinted without any cover text.]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Alpha Flight / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

John Byrne (signed)

Inks

John Byrne (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The choice is yours, Shaman! If you save Snowbird your daughter dies!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Alpha Flight [Shaman; Snowbird; Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen]]; Guardian [Delphine Courtney]

Reprints

• from Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #27 [Direct] (October 1985) [Cover reprinted without any cover text.]

Indexer Notes

Signature dated 1985.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Guardian / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ken Steacy (painting, signed)

Inks

Ken Steacy (painting, signed)

Colors

Ken Steacy (painting, signed)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Guardian

Reprints

• from Marvel Fanfare (Marvel, 1982 series) #23 (November 1985)

Concluding John Byrne's Legendary Run! (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

Alpha Flight / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)