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Issue: Alpha Flight #1

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Publication Date: August 1983

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Issues: #1 of 126 Issues (224 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 05/17/1983

Volume: 1

Pages: 52

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: 0714860296708

Price: $1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #24, with shipping date of 1983-04-26.

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Format

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

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Alpha Flight #1 [Direct Edition]

Alpha Flight #1 [CA Cover Price]

Alpha Flight #1 [Newsstand]

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Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langkowski]; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing]; Franklin Richards; Daredevil [Matt Murdock]; Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Thor [Donald Blake]]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Double-sized issue.

A Cracker Jack Story

Advertisement (Comic Format) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Feature(s): Scottie; Cracker Jack

Character(s): Scottie

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Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for Cracker Jack. Inside front cover.

Tundra!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman [Dr. Michael Twoyoungmen]; Snowbird [Anne McKenzie]; Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier]; Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier]; Puck [Eugene Milton Judd] (introduction); Marrina (introduction); Sasquatch [Dr. Walter Langkowski]]; Heather McNeil Hudson; Tundra (introduction); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback); Nightcrawler (flashback); Wendigo (flashback); Beta Flight [Box [Roger Bochs]; (cameo); Gamma Flight [Madison Jeffries; Smart Alec; Diamond Lil; Wildchild] (cameo); Prime Minister Trudeau (flashback); Gary Cody; Sister Anne; Dan Smallwood; Francois; Georges; Mary; Private Thomas Crossman

First Line: You are witnessing the death of a dream...

Synopsis: Canada's elite government superhero team is reunited to fight an ancient demigod that draws its power from the land itself.

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Pages: 38

Notes: First solo Alpha Flight story; Alpha Flight first appeared in X-Men #120.
Pp. - 9/10: In her teacher’s outfit, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier is almost redrawn identically a month later for the character of the teacher ‘Fraulein Mueller,’ drawn by Byrne in Fantastic Four # 258, September 1983, page 5.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 1

Notes: Brief history of where the characters of Alpha Flight appeared previously.