Volume: 1
Price: 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1984-08-14
Editing: Denny O'Neil (editor); Linda Grant (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Alpha Flight / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Inks:
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The X-Men and Alpha Flight -- How They Met and What Happened Later
Characters:
X-Men
Reprints (6)

Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #109 (February 1978).
The cover bears the signature: 'Byrne 1984 (after Cockrum 1977)', as John Byrne copied Cockrum’s cover. Note that there was a time lag between the drawing of the original Cockrum's cover as the corner box indicates '1977', and the publication of the comic, in February 1978.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #53, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-09-04.

Dreams Die Hard...
(Table of Contents: 1)

Alpha Flight / comic story / 22 pages

Script:
Chris Claremont (reprint pages)
Pencils:
Inks:
Terry Austin (reprint pages)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Alpha Flight X-Men Minister (flashback); Sentinels (cameo flashback)
Synopsis:
After reflecting with Wolverine on Mac's origins and his first encounter with the X-Men, Heather decides to lead Alpha Flight. Aurora alters her powers and changes her look.
Reprints (9)

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

Alpha Waves / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Reed Cockrell, Amy Sacks, Robert B. Clark, Kevin Frazer, Angelia Pitman and Evelyn Arroyo.

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    Table of Contents
  1. ["The X-Men and Alpha Flight -- How They Met and What Happened Later"]
    Alpha Flight
  2. Dreams Die Hard...
    Alpha Flight
  3. [no title indexed]
    Alpha Waves
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