Alpha Flight
#3
[Newsstand]
(October 1983)
Marvel,
1983 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-07-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 0714860296710
- Editing
- Denny O'Neil (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #28, with shipping date of 1983-06-28.
This issue is a variant of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #3 [Direct].
This issue is a variant of Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #3 [Direct].
[no title indexed]
Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed as Byrne)
- Inks
- John Byrne (signed as Byrne)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Aurora
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #3 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/839/w200/839404.jpg?-4382964444853667577)
![Cover Thumbnail for Alpha Flight (1983 series) #3 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/18/w100/18666.jpg?4831698087314227332)
Yesterday Man
Alpha Flight / comic story / 17 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beneath her roll the great white lands of the far north...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina (partial origin); Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langkowski]]; Master of the World (origin); Namor the Sub-Mariner (cameo); Invisible Girl (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The Master of the World has captured Marrina and Alpha Flight invades his fortress to mount a rescue, without much success, since the Master's base seems alive. Master relates Marrina his origin. Invisible Woman and Namor join the party.
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #182 (5 février 1985) [Moins 1 page/Minus 1 page] -
in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #47 (8 de Maio de 1986) [Desta história foram usadas as páginas 2 a 5, 7 a 17.] -
in Marvel Spesial (Semic, 1987 series) #2/1987 ([juni] 1987) [minus page 1] -
in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #25 -
in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007) -
in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014) - in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Purpose
Alpha Flight / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, you've done it for good and all the time, boyo.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- James MacDonald Hudson (origin); Heather McNeil; Frank Hulme; Prime Minister; Wolverine (cameo)
- Synopsis
- James, encouraged by Heather, takes his discovery to the Canadian government where he is asked to help create Department H.
- Reprints
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #31 (Janeiro 1985)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #182 (5 février 1985)
- in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #1 (December 1985) which is reprinted
-
in Marvel Saga (Semic, 1986 series) #1 - in Spider-Man Classic (Planeta DeAgostini, 1993 series) #13 (Febrero 1995) [Págs. 9-16], #14 (Abril 1995) [Págs. 25-32]
- in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
- in Der unglaubliche Hulk (Condor, 1980 series) #25
- in Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Guardian First of Alpha Flight!
Alpha Flight / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed as
BYRNE) - Inks
- John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
- Colors
- Andy Yanchus
- Letters
- Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]
- Reprints
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #31 (Janeiro 1985)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #182 (5 février 1985)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #56 - Alpha Flight de John Byrne (Septiembre 2014)
- in Alpha Flight by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Signature dated 1983.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Alpha Flight -
1.
A Cracker Jack Story
Scottie; Cracker Jack -
2.
Yesterday Man
Alpha Flight -
3.
Purpose
Alpha Flight -
4.
Guardian First of Alpha Flight!
Alpha Flight
This issue was modified by
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Steven Samuels
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