Alpha Flight Special #1 [Direct]
(June 1992)

Marvel, 1992 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Volume
2
Price
2.50 USD; 2.95 CAD; 1.65 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Rob Tokar (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
One-Shot

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[It's Alpha's first mission and only Wolverine can lead them!] (Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Pat Broderick (signed)
Inks
Pat Broderick (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Wolverine; Snowbird; Smart Alec; Stitch; Groundhog [Sean Bernard]; Saint Elmo]
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First Flight (Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 39 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell (plot, script); Simon Furman (script)
Pencils
Pat Broderick
Inks
Bruce Patterson
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Janice Chiang
Genre
superhero
Characters
Flight [Wolverine; Snowbird; Smart Alec; Stitch; Groundhog [Sean Bernard]; Saint Elmo]; James MacDonald Hudson [Guardian]; Walter Langkowski [Sasquatch]; Shaman; Rhino (villain); Solarr (villain); Egghead (villain); Porcupine (villain); Swordsman (villain); Power Man (villain); Vindicator [Heather Hudson] (cameo); Puck (cameo); Aurora (cameo); Northstar (cameo); Marrina (cameo); Box [Madison Jeffries] (cameo); Weapon Omega [Wildchild] (cameo); Windshear (cameo); Diamond Lil (cameo); Manikin (cameo); Persuasion [Purple Girl] (cameo); Witchfire (cameo); Laura Dean (cameo); Goblyn (cameo)
Synopsis
Mac and Wolverine put together Canada's first super team. Egghead gathers some of his villainous cohorts to stage a nuclear strike on the U.S. from Canada as the country doesn't have many heroes. The Flight battles Egghead and his cronies to save New York from nuclear destruction.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [It's Alpha's first mission and only Wolverine can lead them!]
    Alpha Flight
  2. 1. First Flight
    Alpha Flight
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  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Richard Thomson
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