Alpha Flight #41 [Direct]
(December 1986)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1986-08-12
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel 25th Anniversary
Editing
Carl Potts (editor); Joanne Spaldo (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #100.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
David Ross
Inks
David Ross
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Northstar; Purple Girl
Reprints
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It's Not Easy Being Purple (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bill Mantlo
Pencils
David Ross
Inks
Whilce Portacio
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Jim Novak
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Shaman; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; Puck; Box [Roger Bochs]; Madison Jeffries]; Elizabeth Twoyoungmen [Talisman]; Purple Girl [Kara Killgrave] (introduction); Melanie Killgrave; the Purple Man [Killgrave] (flashback); James MacDonald Hudson [Guardian] (flashback)
Synopsis
Jeffries officially joins Alpha Flight. Northstar takes some time off to do some skiing when he meets Kara Killgrave, daughter of the Purple Man who has inherited his powers of persuasion. After she controls Northstar for a short adventure, she has him take her to Alpha Flight for help.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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

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

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

Indexer Notes

Letters of Comments from readers Bob Kennedy, Stephen Davidson, Jennifer Kirtley, Brian R. Merrill, Jason Potar and Ensign Craig Marston, USNR.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. It's Not Easy Being Purple
    Alpha Flight
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Waves
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