Alpha Flight #11 [Direct]
(June 1984)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-02-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Denny O'Neil (editor); Linda Grant (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #42, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-03-20.
This issue has variants:

[To Save the Life of the Woman He Loves... He Must Face Them!] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Guardian; Jerome Jaxon; Omega Flight [Diamond Lil; Flashback; Wild Child; Box; Smart Alec]
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Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #11 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (1983 series) #11 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (1983 series) #11 [Canadian]
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Set-Up (Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Michael Higgins
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thank you for your offer, miss Courtney.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]; Heather Hudson; Mr. LaPierre; Delphine Courtney; Jerome Jaxon; Omega Flight [Box [Roger Bochs]; Diamond Lil [Lilian Crawley]; Flashback [Gardner Monroe]; Smart Alec [Alexander Thorne]; Wild Child [Kyle Gibney]] (introduction)
Synopsis
After moving to New York City and a new job, James finds out it was all a trap set out by his old enemy, Jerome Jaxon. Jaxon, through Delphine Courtney, has been recruiting mutants. They now form Omega Flight.
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Unleash the Beast! (Table of Contents: 2)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
Michael Higgins
Genre
superhero
Characters
Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langskowski] (origin); James MacDonald Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Bruce Banner [also as The Hulk] (flashback)
Synopsis
While performing gamma radiation experiments, Langkowski is turned into Sasquatch for the first time. Hudson wastes no time to recruit him for Department H.
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[Alpha Flight #12 promo] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Lawrence Mekinroe, H. Jerry Dever, Doug Simpson, Sarah Halberstam and Steve Orisiuk.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [To Save the Life of the Woman He Loves... He Must Face Them!]
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. Set-Up
    Alpha Flight
  3. 2. Unleash the Beast!
    Alpha Flight
  4. 3. [Alpha Flight #12 promo]
    Alpha Flight
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Waves
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • François Manardo
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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