Alpha Flight Issue Summaries
Frantic final issue! With the threat of the new Weapon X still on the loose, old Alpha Flight and new must join forces if they hope to defeat the greatest threat to civilization in all of North America! If they can't it will mean the end of Canada and the U.S. as we know it!
(Creator) Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau, Rob Hunter
The original Alpha Flight members are back, with a vengeance! Now it's the classic squad vs. the new team!
(Creator) Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau, Rob Hunter
Old habits die hard, and it seems Department H is once again trying to duplicate the "success" of Wolverine by creating a new Weapon X! What awesome powers are at his disposal? No one knows for sure because he's destroyed his personal files and fled his creators on a deadly mission of his own design! Canada's darkest secret becomes Alpha Flight's #1 priority and their orders are plain: capture Weapon X, or destroy him! This issue makes the beginning of the epic "Alpha: Omega" storyline which not only introduces a shocking new Weapon X to the Marvel Universe, but which also culminates in the meeting of the new an original Alpha Flight teams!
(Creator) Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau
They've shaken the mantle of their oppressive government overlords, but can they survive the nightmare of ... X the Unknown?! Investigating the mysterious disappearance of Sunfire, Alpha's first legitimate international mission threatens to topple the very foundation they've built when they come head-to-head with Japan's only super hero team, Big Hero 6! Plus: did Canada secretly sponsor a new Weapon X program under General Clarke's lead? And if so, what happened to it's only test subject?
(Creator) Steven T. Seagle, Duncan Rouleau
He is an evil as old as human history, and where the Brass Bishop plies his arcane religion, innocent souls hang in the balance! Will Alpha Flight finally put aside their individual conflicts and fight together as a cohesive team or will their inner turmoil cost the lives of the Canadian citizens they are sworn to protect? Plus: who is seeking out the members of the Alpha Crew?
(Creators) Steven T. Seagle, Ashley Wood
In an adventure right out of The X-Files, the squad is called in to investigate a strange fog that has overtaken a small town in Newfoundland, which just happens to be the same town the Prime Minister is from. But what awaits them there is something far more mysterious and deadly than they could have possibly imagined. This issue continues the new direction for Alpha Flight, providing a closer look at each individual character and his place within the team.
STEVEN T. SEAGLE/ASHLEY WOOD
Alpha Flight mourns the loss of one of its oldest and dearest members in a solemn ceremony–but will it draw the team closer together or drive them further apart?! And will hope rise from the ashes of Alpha’s greatest defeat in the form of a kinder, gentler Department H? Plus: Puck mentioned him way back in ALPHA FLIGHT Vol. 1 #2, now it’s the stunning first appearance of the real Brass Bishop!
(Creators) Steven T. Seagle and Ashley Wood
Everyone knows there is no 13th floor in the Department H Headquarters- everyone except the man who works there! Spend a day with Basil Kilbrew and his top security passcard as he walks the edges of Alpha Flight's greatest mysteries: what's really going on with the Beta Flight? Who is Puck's informant? Basil knows the answers to these questions, but will 13 prove to be his unlucky number? Plus: Special appearances by not one, not two, but three classic Alpha Flight characters!
(Creators) Steven T. Seagle and Duncan Rouleau
Back from the Microverse and ready to take on all the powers that be at Department H, Alpha Flight returns to find that someone's beaten them to the punch. It's an Alpha Flight fan's wildest dram come true as questions are answered, new mysteries are discovered and classic characters return. Unfortunately, their worst nightmares also come to life -- as an Alphan dies.
(Creators) Steven T. Seagle and Roger Cruz
Alpha Flight teams with Marvel's most popular micro-sized guest stars in a race to save two worlds! Unwitting prisoners in the Microverse, the squad finds itself the honored guests of Baron Zebek of the Jungle Zone. But is the Eden the Baron presides over actually an enormous threat to Canada?
(Creators) Steven T. Seagle, and Anthony Winn
On an all-out collision course with General Clarke and Department H, Alpha Flight is diverted by an unexpected ally within Canada's most corrupt government body. Though her assistance comes at a high personal price, will help spell salvation or disaster as Alpha finds itself flung into the Prometheus Pit!
Creators: Steven T. Seagle, Scott Clark, and Chris Carlson
"North & South" Part 1 of 2
Department H is out of control, as they reach new depths when they decide that Weapon X -- a.k.a. Wolverine -- is legally still Canadian government property! Will Alpha Flight accept their orders to covertly invade United States airspace, battle the X-Men, capture a man who was once one of their own, and return him to the Canadian bureaucracy they are coming to distrust? The story continues in Uncanny X-Men #355.
32 pages.
Creators: Steven Seagle, Scott Clark, Chris Carlson,
Department H opens the X-Files -- the Weapon X-Files, that is! But whose memories of the man called Logan and code-named Wolverine are accurate? It's a shocker that leads into "North & South," next month's Alpha Flight/Uncanny X-Men crossover!
(W) Steven Seagle
(A) Scott Clark and Chris Carlson
Beta Flight? Heather and Mac kissing? Energy Sentinels? Radiation Poisoning? All of the evils inside Canada's most subversive government agency simultaneously explode, threatening to consume the new Alpha Flight! Alpha Flight has roped in readers with new creators, established characters and a machinistic web crafted by DC/Vertigo writer Steven (Sandman Mystery Theater) Seagle. The title has become an enthralling collection of mysteries." (Wizard)
It's the questions everyone's been asking since Alpha Flight #1
hit the stands. "What's up with Sasquatch?"! Some of the answers
to that query begin to fall into place when the beastly man
monster formerly known as Dr. Walter Langkowski goes AWOL from
his holding cell at Department H Headquarters. Puck bounds off to
retrieve his wayward comrade from the Canadian wilderness - only
to make an astonishing discovery! Featuring guest-pencils by
Bryan (X-Patrol, Colossus) Hitch! "Whoa...Alpha Flight is making
a comeback as strong as the woolly Sasquatch himself. Writer
Steven T. (Sandman Mystery Theatre) Seagle and Scott (Stormwatch)
Clark seem to have drawn some fans from their old titles to this
new series"
By Mesemero's command, Alpha Flight versus - itself?! Can the rookies - Radius, Flex, Murmur, Manbot and Sunfire - possibly defeat Guardian, Vindicator, Puck and Sasquatch - the veterans under Mesmero's control?
Murmur, Flex, Radius and Sun-Fire-under the spell of Mesmero! And the new recruits are just the first casualties in his play for a new world order! Care to guess what happens when the veteran members of Alpha Flight find out? "Marvel has had a great track record with its 1996 series debuts; look for the excitement to propel this one to hit status as well.
The team faces their greatest challenge, but what awaits them could be a fate worse than death! Rising from the grave comes Chinook-the monstrous foe last seen in the pages of the Flashback special, ALPHA FLIGHT: IN THE BEGINNING!
Mysteries abound in this spectacular second issue! Vindicator discovers that there's something more sinister with Department H than the agency is disclosing-including the manipulation of Alpha Flight into further extremes. Plus: Puck decides to get to the bottom of Sasquatch's bizarre transformation. All this and a battle with a deadly enemy from the past!
Canada's mightiest heroes are back-but nothing's the same!
Establishing a new direction, a new tone and a new cast, ALPHA FLIGHT returns in June with an ongoing monthly series. The story opens with the kidnapping of former Alpha Flight teammates Heather Hudson and Puck! The mystery deepens when the duo discover they've been nabbed by Department H, the top-secret government agency that founded the team in the first place.
Shock follows shock when Heather and Puck meet their new teammates-and altered versions of former friends! It seems a more militaristic Department H is gunning to become a world player on the superhuman front, and their first step is forming a new strike force. But what happens when the team is pushed past all acceptable behavior? How long will they stay under the thumb of Department H, and what will happen if, and when, they break free? In the tradition of X-MEN and THUNDERBOLTS, ALPHA FLIGHT
presents a dramatic character study played out against global conflicts and hard hitting heroics that touch upon themes important to all people.
A FLASHBACKS SPECIAL! In the early days of Department H (the top secret branch of the Canadian government) engineer James Hudson worked feverishly to complete his dream project: Weapon Alpha, an ultra high-tech combat suit! But Hudson's shining hope is soon corrupted by forces that will eventually rise to destroy him! Steve Seagle (Sandman Mystery Theatre) and Anthony Winn
(WOLVERINE) take readers behind-the-scenes during the formation of Canada's premiere super team! This 32-page one-shot which features a cameo by Wolverine leads into the upcoming debut of the all-new, ongoing ALPHA FLIGHT series!
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