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Alpha Flight #50 [Direct Edition]
(September 1987)

Marvel, 1983 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines:
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher:
Marvel Comics
Brand:
Marvel [black, no background]
Editing:
Joanne Spaldo (Assistant Editor); Carl Potts (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock:
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding:
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
Was ongoing

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
June Brigman (signed)
Inks:
Walt Simonson (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Loki; Alpha Flight [Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Aurora; Northstar]
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This Mortal Coil! (Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script:
Bill Mantlo
Pencils:
June Brigman
Inks:
Whilce Portacio
Colors:
Bob Sharen
Letters:
Janice Chiang
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Alpha Flight [Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Aurora (Origin; Leaves); Northstar (Origin; Leaves); Sasquatch [Wanda Langkowski]; Puck (Leaves); Box [Madison Jeffries]; Purple Girl; Manikin]; GUESTS: They Who Sit Above in Shadows; VILLAINS: Loki; Dark Elves; Svarts; Raazer; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Omega [Lionel Jeffries; Roger Bochs]; Anodyne; Snowbird; Shaman
Synopsis:
Alpha Flight takes Northstar to a place of old magic to see if they can find a cure for his ailing condition. Little do they know that Loki is lurking around to turn things to his own advantage. The team searches underground for the Fire Fountain but instead end up battling for their lives. Puck is lost as the demon Raazer manifests. Aurora and Northstar discover that they are really elves and leave to be with their people. Loki is called to account for his machinations and is forced to face Raazer. Alpha Flight returns home with three of their members lost.

Indexer Notes

Follow up story to the X-Men/Alpha Flight limited series.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. This Mortal Coil!
    Alpha Flight
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