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Issue: Astonishing X-Men Annual #1
Publication Date: January 2013
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Rated T+
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/28/2012
Volume:
Pages: 56
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 75960607849300111
Price: $4.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Rated T+
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
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Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
superhero
Northstar; Kyle Jinadu; Karma; Warbird [Ava'Dara Naganandini]; Gambit; Wolverine; Iceman
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

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typeset
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Previously
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Subject Matter
Astonishing X-Men
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Welcome to the Family

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
superhero
X-Men [Northstar; Wolverine; Iceman; Gambit; Karma; Warbird [Ava'Dara Naganandini]]; Kyle Jinadu; Friends of Humanity; Amiko (cameo)
The newlyweds' already-postponed honeymoon is interrupted by the X-Men, who need Northstar's super-speed to foil the latest plot by the mutant-hating Friends of Humanity.
Reprinting
FlagX-Men Universe #12 published June 2013
FlagAlpha Flight #106 [1st Printing] published March 1992
was Northstar as You've Never Known Him Before! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
FlagAlpha Flight #106 [1st Printing] published March 1992
was The Walking Wounded [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Alpha Flight #106

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Northstar
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The Walking Wounded

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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superhero
Alpha Flight [Guardian [Heather Hudson]; Box [Madison Jeffries]; Sasquatch; Puck; Northstar; Aurora; Diamond Lil; Windshear; Weapon Omega [Wildchild]]; Joanne Beaubier (death); Major Mapleleaf [Louis Sadler]; Mr. Hyde (villain); Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Sub-Mariner [Prince Namor]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]] (cameo flashback)
While Alpha Flight battles Mr. Hyde, Northstar finds a baby abandoned in a trash can. He applies for temporary guardianship but learns that she is dying of AIDS. Former Canadian superhero Major Mapleleaf, warped by the death of his gay son, attacks Northstar in the hospital for illogical resentments. Later, to heighten awareness of the AIDS crisis, Northstar announces publicly that he is gay.
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