Alpha Flight #31 [Canadian]
(February 1986)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860296702
Editing
Rosemary McCormick-Lowy (Assistant Editor); Carl Potts (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #31 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Avoid the Lethal Touch of Deadly Ernest! (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Mignola (signed)
Inks
Mike Mignola (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Puck [Eugene Judd]]; Deadly Ernest [Ernest St. Ives]; Nemesis
Reprints
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The Grateful Dead! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Mike Mignola (credited)
Inks
Gerry Talaoc (credited)
Colors
Bob Sharen (credited)
Letters
Jim Novak (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Deadly Ernest [Ernest St. Ives] (villain); Talisman [Elizabeth Twoyoungmen] (flashback) (cameo); Douglas Thompson (villain); Alpha Flight [Heather Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck; Aurora; Northstar; Box [Roger Bochs]; Madison Jeffries]; Nemesis; Lionel Jeffries
Synopsis
Alpha Flight learns that Lionel has accidentally resurrected Deadly Ernest. They meet up with Nemesis and face off against the man whose touch is death but Heather is captured. Nemesis gives Puck her sword and he rescues Heather and kills Ernest. With her reason for existing gone, Nemesis dissolves to ashes.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Characters
Vindicator [Heather Hudson]

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Joshua Latten, Audrey Roach, Tom Avila, Chris Buchanan, Lee Russell, Jason Hickman, Matt Niemiec, Lee Wilson, and Jason Poter.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Avoid the Lethal Touch of Deadly Ernest!
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. The Grateful Dead!
    Alpha Flight
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Waves
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