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Issue: Alpha Flight #17
Publication Date: December 1984
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Issues: #17 of 126 Issues (221 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/14/1984
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.30 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #53, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-09-04.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In3
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Original Artwork
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Byrne (signed)
Inker(s): John Byrne (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alpha Flight
Character(s): Weapon Alpha [James MacDonald Hudson]; X-Men [Wolverine; Storm; Banshee; Colossus]
First Line: The X-Men and Alpha Flight -- How They Met and What Happened Later
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #56 published September 2014
as The X-Men and Alpha Flight How They Met and What Happened Later [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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.
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Dreams Die Hard...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne; Chris Claremont (reprint pages)
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne; Terry Austin (reprint pages)
Colorist(s): Andy Yanchus
Letterer(s): Joe Rosen
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alpha Flight
Character(s): Alpha Flight [Weapon Alpha (flashback) [James MacDonald Hudson, also as Vindicator and Guardian]; Aurora; Sasquatch; Heather McNeil Hudson (joins)]; Moira MacTaggert; X-Men [Wolverine; Storm; Colossus; Banshee (all but Wolverine in flashback only)]; Gary Cody; Major Chasen; Minister; Krakoa (Cameo flashback); Magneto (Cameo flashback); Sentinels (Cameo flashback)
Synopsis: After reflecting with Wolvie 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDer unglaubliche Hulk #30 published January 1991
as Träume sterben schwer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #56 published September 2014
as Los Sueños Nunca Mueren... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #109 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1978
was Home are the Heroes! [Story on Interior Page(s)]8 pp.
Reprint Notes: The flashback sequence (pp. 10-15; 18-19 [p. 19, panels 1-2]) is mostly a reprint of the back half of X-Men #109, February 1978. Scripter Chris Claremont and inker Terry Austin are credited for the reprinted parts in the indexer.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Alpha Waves
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Reed Cockrell, Amy Sacks, Robert B. Clark, Kevin Frazer, Angelia Pitman and Evelyn Arroyo.

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