Definite Mentions

[Le Messor]

I've just had a thought, because of something I read last night. We have a 'Possible Appearances' thread, but this is for mentions - the team gets mentioned in some context, but doesn't show up. Little things that probably aren't worth their own thread.
For example, in an issue of Byrne's run on She-Hulk (the second, I believe), she mentions the Walter / Wanda sitch.

Last night's was, of all places, in The New Teen Titans issue 37 (1987... Let's not get started on The New Teen Titans volumes; last time I tried that, a new spore of madness reigned, HQJOC came down and tore apart the land...)
On the letters page, somebody calling himself 'Postcard Man' from Grosse Pte said:
"And those wanting a gay hero: check out Northstar of Alpha Flight!". I don't know what it relates to; presumably letters I haven't read recently (or at all - I'm missing bunches of issues and didn't read them all together).

~ Le Messor
"Forget world peace. Visualize using your turn signal! "
~ Bumper Sticker

[Phil]

It's definitely worth a thread but I'd say in the Alpha Talk section, rather than Appearances.

[Le Messor]

Sure... I just put it in the same place as Possible Appearances.

[Phil]

I think we'd all be bankrupt if we bought everything that mentioned Alphans too!

[Le Messor]

:D
I'm just thinking people will be interested to know. Please, guys, don't try to buy these things! :D

[Phil]

Oh yeah, it's definitely interesting to know.
Just giving my reasoning for it being in Talk rather than Appearances.

[Le Messor]

Then it makes even more sense!

[Le Messor]

Great Lakes Avengers #5:
Uh, trigger warning:

Flatman: "You're right. We're a bad team. Somebody online once called us America's Alpha Flight."
Good Boy: "That's Not So Bad."
Flatman: "I know. It was meant as a compliment."

[Le Messor]

Avengers Academy 14.1, which I finally got my hands on for unrelated reasons, on a recent trip to the 'States.
There's a Wendigo which gets sent back to Canada; they say 'that Canadian team, Alpha Flight is taking care of it'.

Respect!

[Phil]

A nice little nod in the forthcoming Domino #1: https://www.bleedingcool.com/2018/02/28/preview-gail-simone-baldeon-domino/

[Le Messor]

This was probably just an ad that ran in all comics at the time, but my Epic Edition Defenders: Ashes To Ashes trade reprints an editorial from Defenders #125 (the first issue where it was The New Defenders); across the bottom of the page is a banner that reads:
"John Byrne's
Alpha Flight
'nuff said, eh? On sale now!"

I probably wouldn't have mentioned it if I had the issue, but it made it into the trade reprint.

[Le Messor]

I've recently come across a run of the old DC Series Arak, Son Of Thunder; this is from the letters page of #34 (non-complimentary warning!)


By the way, wasn't Arak's early costume copied a little by that Indian from Calgary in Marvel's ALPHA FLIGHT?

You'll have to ask someone else about that Indian super-hero at the other place, and his costume. I've never been able to get through an issue of the comic you mention.
:( Boo!

Also, from what I can tell, his costume looks nothing like Shaman's (I assume that's who they mean).

~ Le Messor
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
~ Nietzsche

[Le Messor]

Young Justice #1, by Bendis (gah!).

Impulse is… doing something (the storytelling here is not great), and he says: "Crazy day, even for me. One minute, I'm running to Canada to join Alpha -- Oh man…"

That was unexpected, in a DC book!

~ Le Messor
"We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation."
~ Ivan Illich

[Phil]

I'm taking that as an insult somehow...

[Le Messor]

:smile: I don't think it was meant to be insulting, but it does remind me that the guy who wrote this also wrote New Avengers #16. :/

BTW, the issue is not well-written; there are many times I can't even tell what's supposed to be happening on a page.

The guy talks like Emo Phillips, though.

~ Le Messor
"The sun will set without thy assistance."
~ The Talmud

[Le Messor]

This is kind of weird. I first started collecting comics with a triple-pack of Oz editions; Alpha Flight #4 (reprinting the lead stories from v1 #s 8 & 9), a Superman annual, and Amazing Spider-Man #10 (reprinting The Amazing Spider-Man #243).
I've just opened that issue of Spider-Man for the first time in a very long time, and the letters page is inside the front cover.
Here's a letter from within:
"Dear Comic Comments,
Alpha Flight has indeed proven the worth of comics.
Most of my friends favour Aurora and Puck. Well, please let it be known that there is a petite 20-year-old blonde with admiration for Walter Langouski (sigh). Sometimes I wish I were part of the team. Anyway, thank y ou for Alpha Flight, all of them!
Caroline Brent,
East Orange."

(NB: the spelling of Langkowski was hers, not mine; I just didn't want to put (sic) and (sigh) in a row.)

~ Le Messor
"Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one."
~ Sam Rayburn

[Le Messor]

Okay, so two in one day…
I now have a copy of Phoenix: The Untold Story. In the back, it has a round table conversation between Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Austin, and Jims Salicrup and Shooter.
Chris: … but deep down inside there is part of me that was in on the creation that still wishes there had been another way. It would be the same, I think, if a similar situation occurred, say, with Alpha Flight…
John: No, I'd kill 'em all…
Chris: Well, you have a certed vested interest in characters you create.
(I don't know what 'certed' means.)

~ Le Messor
"Action should culminate in wisdom."
~ Bhagavad-Gita

[Le Messor]

Ms. Marvel #1 (2006) - Carol goes to a publicist's office, and the front cover of AF (v1) #3 is one of many pictures on the wall.

[rplass]

Ms. Marvel #1 (2006) - Carol goes to a publicist's office, and the front cover of AF (v1) #3 is one of many pictures on the wall.

Yes! There is a variant cover to that issue, and a pricey sketch variant as well. The image is a representation of AF #3: 6202

[Le Messor]

Have we discussed this already? :oops:
(Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised.)

The trade I read it in also contains some set-up for Omega Flight, but I assume we've talked about that.

[Phil]

Yup, but it was 13 years ago so you're forgiven!

http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?3668-Itty-itty-bitty-barely-there-Alpha-bit-in-Ms-Marvel-1
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?3946-ms-marvel-8-possible-omega-flight-tie-in
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?4126-Another-lead-in

[Le Messor]

Thanks for digging that up, Phil!

[Phil]

Anything to keep the conversation flowing!
Thank YOU for being here.

[Phil]

Anything to keep the conversation flowing!
Thank YOU for being here.

[Le Messor]

No worries. :)

It's actually a coincidence I bought the trade - I thought it was the original Ms. Marvel series. It's better than I expected after I figured that out.

~ Le Messor
"A committee is a body that keeps minutes and wastes hours."
~ W.G.P.

[Le Messor]

I've been enjoying this guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6NCoK7rnkk)'s videos.

At about a minute into the one I just linked you to, you see a massive toy shelf with, like, ALL the superheroes in it. (I suspect it's a near-complete Legends + DC equivalent collection).

In pretty much the middle of the screen (and a bit to the left), you can see a Guardian and a Sasquatch. If there's a Puck, I can't see it, but I'm not willing to say it's not there either.

~ Le Messor
"The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it."
~ George Santayana

[Le Messor]

In Avengers #294, this issue after Marrina gets killed, the Black Knight talks about it:
"The lifeblood of Marrina now stains its blade and though mine was not the hand that wielded it, it seems the curse is mine to carry.
"Marrina was not fully mortal.
"… But already I can feel the fire in my blood if I am not holding the cursed blade!"
(It's not made clear if that's Matt Bianco's Fire In The Blood or not.)

They keep talking about her, but I'm too lazy to type that much, even though typing this is probably more than I'd have to do if I just transcribed it all.

[Le Messor]

In the Avengers #298 letters page, somebody suggests Northstar as a member. (The same letter mentions Marrina's then-recent death.)

[Le Messor]

This was completely unexpected:
https://babylonbee.com/news/scorsese-coppola-change-mind-on-marvel-films-after-discovering-scene-where-star-lord-defeats-blue-alien-guy-in-dance-battle
read to the end.

~ Le Messor
"Exits are on the way out."
~ W.G.P.

[Le Messor]

A kinda weird one in The Thing (1982?) #21. The letters page includes a letter that mentioned nothing but a couple of ads. The response to a later letter included:
"And, say, what did you think of that Alpha Flight ad?"

[Garry/Al-Fan]

Okay, so two in one day…
I now have a copy of Phoenix: The Untold Story. In the back, it has a round table conversation between Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Austin, and Jims Salicrup and Shooter.
Chris: … but deep down inside there is part of me that was in on the creation that still wishes there had been another way. It would be the same, I think, if a similar situation occurred, say, with Alpha Flight…
John: No, I'd kill 'em all…

~ Le Messor
"Action should culminate in wisdom."
~ Bhagavad-Gita

I hope that the feeling has changed toward Alpha Flight. It is a good team with a lot of potential. BTW, I'd be interested in a Denny O'Neill interview about editing Alpha Flight.

[Le Messor]

This may not be the thread for this, but this youtube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzfbnjSen90
its visual are just comic book covers.
At 15:19, we get Byrne's Alpha Flight #11.

[Le Messor]

I posted too soon; at 18:57, X-Men / Alpha Flight v1 #2 shows up. (Oh, also MTU ann #7 was in wayyy earlier!)

A lot of the covers are by Byrne.

I'm not saying you should watch the video, though; it would be divisive.

[Le Messor]

Wow!
An Audobon article mentions one of our members. I'm not even kidding:
https://www.audubon.org/news/bird-superheroes-deserve-better
Okay, it immediately says she's not an A-lister, but we can all agree that's not exactly false, is it?

[Le Messor]

Here's a vid for all of us:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uC6ZY6qt8w

He doesn't seem to know about Marrina, but.

~ Le Messor
"Policemen are numbered in case they get lost."
~ Spike Milligan

[Le Messor]

This may be the wrong thread for this, but yesterday I bought a hardcover collection called Captain Britain: Siege Of Camelot.
A lot of the stories within (a lot; 62, to be exact; although they're much shorter than US issues) are reprinted from a UK Hulk series.
So, I was looking through the cover gallery, and imagine my surprise to see this one:
Hulk 55 (https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=Hulk+UK+55&pubid=&PubRng=)
and this one:
Hulk 57 (https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?q=+Hulk+Comic+%281979-1980+Marvel+UK%29+Hulk+Weekly+%2357&pubid=&PubRng=)

[Le Messor]

Also, the book has a brief biography of its contributers, which includes John Byrne:
"Byrne then wrote and drew Alpha Flight and a lengthy Fantastic Four run."

[rplass]

I saw Alpha Flight mentioned a few times in Empyre #0 as well.

[Le Messor]

Cool! What was said?
Also, welcome back. It's been months, and we missed you!

[-K-M-]

Nothing terribly exciting just referring to the space Alpha Flight program. Captain Marvel also mentioned she stepped down as leader and Space Flight were made for this kind of event and to bring them inSo our Alphans MAY appear

[Le Messor]

There's a Sub-Mariner story in Marvel Comics Presents #57-59 where he's mourning Marrina. He mentions her by name in every issue.

Similarly, What The--?! #7: The Revengers vs. Just-A-League contains the following conversation:
Silas Mariner: How's the wife?
A-Wet-Man: Insane. Yours?
Silas Mariner: Dead. I had to kill her after she went insane.

Took me a long time, but I eventually figured out Silas was talking about Marrina (basically) here.

[-K-M-]

Luke Cage showrunner mentioning Alpha Flight as an inspiration for showhttps://www.cbr.com/luke-cage-cheo-hodari-coker-do-over-diamondback/

[Le Messor]

That's awesome!

[Phil]

http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?10383-Luke-Cage-and-Alpha-Flight ;)

[-K-M-]

I knew that thread existed but this was a new article. So hah!

[Phil]

Heh, it's always good to re-mention this stuff.

I like seeing how people's thoughts change too.

I still to this day wouldn't have known had it not been mentioned!

[-K-M-]

Yeah I wouldn’t have guessed it at all. I like hearing about how some classic stories still inspire people. Hope it encourages people to pick up the old issues

[Le Messor]

I forgot that thread. Look, I may be senile, and I may be ugly, but at least I'm not senile!

[Le Messor]

This video:
Linkara House Of M (https://youtu.be/adzJs62M_4A?t=1873)
mentions Postman Mike story.

[Le Messor]

The last cartoon on this page:
https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-chara...-2020-gallery/ (https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-characters-react-election-night-2020-gallery/)

Trigger warning: The cartoon blasphemes. It also takes a stance on politics (it's in an Election Day special). By linking to it, I'm not endorsing doing either of these things, just saying it mentions Alpha Flight by name.

[Le Messor]

Huh. I just edited that post, and it worked!

[Legerd]

Agreed. Bendis has been nothing bt insulting to Alpha Flight and the fans.

[Phil]

If anyone has Disney+, there's a brief mention and placement of the cover of AF #110 in Episode 4 of the new documentary Marvel's 616, as they interview Simon Furman, and later on the Facsimile Edition of #1!

[Le Messor]

I'm not really sure where to put this bit, so here will do:

http://atopthefourthwall.com/awesome-comics-holiday-special/

from about 10:25, he talks about a character that looks to me like a ripoff of Bochs (in a comic full of ripoffs of other characters).

[Le Messor]

Here's another one:

https://youtu.be/FyHpgNHcOac?t=457

I'm linking basically straight to the moment of the mention.

[Sasquatch17]

Taskmaster Vol. 3 #2

Coulson and Taskmaster are in a comic book store.


Coulson : Hey pal, who's your favorite team?

Taskmaster : Huh? Uh... Alpha Flight?

Coulson : Alpha Flight? But they're...Canadian.

Taskmaster : I like the Bigfoot guy?

[-K-M-]

Nice :)

[Le Messor]

I like it! :D

[Phil]

Jed's a big AF fan (as evidenced by his work in True North), plus the Taskmaster connection fits Volume 4!

Plus, you can just about make out blurred Vol.1 #2 and 23 covers in the background!

[Phil]

From S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014) #10 by Waid/Shaner/Wilson/Caramagna:

[Phil]

From Star-Lord (2015) #7 by Humphries/Garron/Fabela/Caramagna:

[Phil]

From Deadpool: Back In Black (2016) #2 by Bunn/Espin/Redmond/Sabino:

[Phil]

From Deadpool (2012) #10 by Posehn & Duggan/Hawthorne/Staples/Sabino:

[Phil]

From Silver Surfer (1987) #1 by Englehart/Rogers/Rubenstein/Workman:

[Phil]

Which feeds nicely into:

She-Hulk (2004) #8 by Slott/Bobillo/Sosa/Kemp/Sharpe:

[Phil]

Spider-Man/Deadpool (2016) #37 by Thompson/Towe/Parsons/Smith/Reber/Sabino:

(and I'll leave it there for today, so I don't flood you all with posts. In a working-site world, I'd have put them all in one...)

[Le Messor]

Some of those made me LoL. Where did you find such a collection all at once?

[Phil]

I'd been keeping screenshots on my tablet from reading.

Finally found some time to upload some.

[Le Messor]

That explains it. :)

[Le Messor]

I got a copy of Marvel: The Year In Review '92 a week ago. (I know, I know, it's late. It was published more than five years ago!)

There was a big section in the middle where they covered all the events of the year; Alpha Flight got several mentions. (The mentions were not respectful, but none of the mentions of any character were.)

There was also a page-long article on Northstar coming out as gray. They interviewed other heroes, who wondered what the big deal was about his hair colour, or thought the interviewer was going to say something else.

[rplass]

I wrote a little thing about that issue back in the day. The entire transcript of the Northstar coming out as gray article is included:

https://alphaflightcollector.wordpress.com/2010/03/15/funday-returns-dead-horse-beaten-yay/

[Le Messor]

I was worried for a moment that I'd forgotten a thread on this site again! :)

But I did check for Year-In-Review before posting that.

Also, do we have Marvel: The End (2003) #1 listed? There are no Alphans in the issue, but a few on the front cover. (Not sure how many.)

[Le Messor]

Marvel Team-Up #114 (Spider-Man and The Falcon).
In the letters page, there's a debate (apparently it'd been going a while) about whether the title should ditch Spider-Man. A letter writer named Marc Nemo (and Nemo is his name forever more) suggests an Alpha Flight / Avengers team up (this would've been before AF had their own series).

[Le Messor]

http://atopthefourthwall.com/the-immortal-hulk-vol-1-or-is-he-both/

[Le Messor]

What the Phantom Menace?
I would never have expected this:
https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-medieval-knight-superheroes-gallery/

[Tawmis]

I am sure this is mentioned somewhere in this thread - but just saw this.

Wyre is mentioned (only in name) in the post credits thing about the "Secret Empire" in Taskmaster #1 (2010).

[Le Messor]

Linkara has just reviewed Secret Invasion (http://atopthefourthwall.com/secret-invasion/). Among other things, he flashes up an Incredible Hercules cover, prominently displaying a pic of Snowbird (21:40).

[Le Messor]

Huh. Alpha Flight (The Master, #15 I think) was the image for a YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq_sCyFjTkc&ab_channel=Zeducation

(Trigger Warning: the video does not follow The Narrative™)

[Le Messor]

Not sure where to put this, but I noticed something this morning.
I've just tried to post Action Comics Weekly #630, page 4, panel 3, side-by-side with Alpha Flight #11, page 13, panel 3, but it didn't work. See if you can find them, though. (I'm about to try something else.)

Am I the only one who, those are similar?

[Le Messor]

So, I'd watched a vid about Rogue in the X-Men comics, and I was rewinding to the part where he talks about Reece in Aliens (no, really!), and I happened to pause at this moment:
https://youtu.be/FhBZcKed49Y?t=509

[Le Messor]

Incredible Hulk #296, letters page. From the second letter (addressed to the Hulk himself) :

"I used to think you were the most powerful man-monster on the face of the earth, but now you're just another Thing or Sasquatch (or even Spider-Man, for that matter)."

[Le Messor]

This has nothing to do with Alpha Flight at all, but:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiMinixSXII&ab_channel=ParamountPictures
the owlbear in this reminds me so much of Snowbird I couldn't let it slide. :)

[Le Messor]

This video is self-explanatory:
Longbox Of The Damned: Immortal Hulk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz97TekYU9U&ab_channel=Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall)

Sas is barely mentioned, but he is mentioned. I'm not sure what crimes he committed as Sasquatch, though.

[-K-M-]

This video is self-explanatory:Longbox Of The Damned: Immortal Hulk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz97TekYU9U&ab_channel=Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall)Sas is barely mentioned, but he is mentioned. I'm not sure what crimes he committed as Sasquatch, though.When Walter was stabbed in the bar they took him To the hospital, but David Banner took over Sasquatch’s body and killed several civilians. Walter was blamed for it which is what prompted the creation of Gamma Flight

[Le Messor]

That stuff may have been in the video, and my mind wandered.

[Phil]

https://alphaflight.net/content.php?1205-Introducing-Doc-Sasquatch

[Le Messor]

I never read those actual issues, so I forgot about the summary. :(

[Phil]

Wasn't a criticism! Just promoting it as it was relevant.

[Le Messor]

Lol! Yeah, but the number of times I've said 'Ive never heard of this thing' and you've linked to a thread I've commented on, I'm starting to get embarrassed. :)

[Le Messor]

CSN #1862 has a brief write-up of Wendigo (Vs Hulk), and it mentions Sasquatch:
"The only real threat to Wendigo is another magical creature, like Sasquatch, who used gamma radiation to tap into the magical form of a Great Beasts." (sic)

[Le Messor]

In Marvel Masterworks: Spectacular Spider-Man v2 (reprinted in Spectacular Spider-Man Omnibus v1), there's a text-piece by Marc Guggenheim talking about Bill Mantlo. It includes:

In his long tenure, Bill Mantlo's writing touched every corner of the Marvel Universe. He wrote everything from the icons(…) to the B-listers (Alpha Flight…)

[Le Messor]

This video (https://youtu.be/HMW7nNbKGwo?t=714) has a section on Wolverine, which includes a page from Uncanny #109.

[Le Messor]

This:
https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/secretinvasion04.php
and earlier discussions in the series talk about The Immortal Hulk*, and includes some imagery of Snowbird from that book. This one mentions her by name, and also Alpha Flight.

And this one:
http://atopthefourthwall.com/the-immortal-hulk-vol-3-hulk-in-hell/
Talks about Puck and mentions Sasquatch.

* 3 months later: I haven't rewatched the video, but I'm pretty sure I meant The Incredible Hercules here, not The Immortal Hulk.

[Le Messor]

This video:
https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/fhtit1.php
talks about Her, and mentions at one point that Her's next appearance (after whatever appearance the video just mentioned) was not until Alpha Flight's 100th issue.

[Le Messor]

On the letters page in X-Men: The Hidden Years #21, a letter-writer asks (in reference to Cyclops and Havok) :
"Are all mutant siblings immune to one another's power?"
The answer includes:
"There are even examples of siblings who share their powers for greater effect Northstar and Aurora or Andrea and Andreas Strucker"

[Le Messor]

The Outsiders #15 (Jan 1987) letters page:

"The back-up stories continue to be winners. "All About Halo's Auras" was informative, and John Byrne gave us a perky Halo. However, I have to admit his art is not as good as Jim Aparo's. John gets an "A" to Jim's A++." (Yeah, but the shoe might be on the other foot if you saw Jim's version of Alpha Flight.)"

(the letter is by Bob Daniels of Albany, NY; the comment in italics is Mike W. Barr's comeback, inserted into the letter as shown.)

On the subject of The Outsiders, GeoForce has basically Guardian's powers. After #13, that includes his 'stopping and letting the world spin beneath him' trick.

[Le Messor]

Incredible Hulk #393 is an anniversary issue (an actual anniversary, for once!), and contains a long text piece basically about Hulk's life history (as if written by Doc Samson).
Walter Langkowski is namedropped a couple of times, and a panel of AF (from Sas's origin) is reprinted.
My copy is in The Incredible Hulk by Peter David omnibus, the mentions of Walt one pages 743 and 746.

[rplass]

Incredible Hulk #393 is an anniversary issue (an actual anniversary, for once!), and contains a long text piece basically about Hulk's life history (as if written by Doc Samson).
Walter Langkowski is namedropped a couple of times, and a panel of AF (from Sas's origin) is reprinted.
My copy is in The Incredible Hulk by Peter David omnibus, the mentions of Walt one pages 743 and 746.

That's a sweet little cameo in a very big book! That panel is reprinted from Alpha Flight v1 #11. You've got sharp eagle eyes to find that one!

[Le Messor]

Thanks, but it wasn't hard - I just had to read it. :)

[Le Messor]

This doesn't really count, but I wanted to ping it here:
Ben 10 (https://youtu.be/d0lUYglNaGU?t=60)

Two of the people he mentioned have worked on Alpha Flight, and I don't think it's a coincidence they worked on other things together.

[Le Messor]

This series is probably going to lead to much bigger mentions, but for now, SF Debris is doing an article (https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/immortal1.php) about Immortal Hulk.
In the first essay, there's only one 'mention' - we see the cover of Incredible Hulk #279 at about 7:50.

[Le Messor]

Continuing from my last post, SF Debris has been doing a running series about The Hulk (https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/immortal2.php), and he's reached The Immortal Hulk. Langkowski / Sasquatch comes up.

He really pronounces the 'k' in Langkowski. Honestly, it took me years to notice it, so I don't pronounce it at all.

[Le Messor]

CBR did an article which mentions the first X-Men / Alpha Flight miniseries:
https://www.cbr.com/xmen-ai-art-nimrod/

[Le Messor]

This article (https://www.cbr.com/xmen-wolverine-height-reveal/) excerpts from Uncanny X-Men #109.

[Le Messor]

… and this one (https://www.cbr.com/xmen-wolverine-adamantium-skeleton-originally-john-byrne/) has a Byrne quote that mentions James Hudson. In tiny writing for me, so I had to paste it into Word to read it.

It includes an interesting revelation about Byrne's original plans for Hudson and Wolverine.

[Tawmis]

… and this one (https://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?10302-Definite-Mentions/) has a Byrne quote that mentions James Hudson. In tiny writing for me, so I had to paste it into Word to read it.

It includes an interesting revelation about Byrne's original plans for Hudson and Wolverine.

Your link just goes to the first page of the thread?

[Le Messor]

Yes, it's, uh, a fourth-wall-breaking circular post that, uh…

Okay, I've fixed the link. Try it now.

[Le Messor]

Linkara has reviewed both Secret Wars II (https://atopthefourthwall.com/secret-wars-ii/) and Infinity Crusade (https://atopthefourthwall.com/the-infinity-crusade/).

Both have scattered images of Alpha Flight because they're in the crossovers; they also get mentioned by name because of their roles in the crossovers.
The Secret Wars one mentions Contest Of Champions, and shows Sasquatch on a cover.
He talks a lot about Aurora for a while in Infinity Crusade.

[Le Messor]

Here's a video all about Alpha Flight (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbm9FJAsP8).

The guy went to a lot of trouble to make it chronological; not just by issue, but incident by incident. Mostly.
The only thin he said that I thought was wrong was saying that Wolverine's claws pop out of his knuckles. At that time, in the comics, they came out of the backs of his hands which you could see in the images posted.
And that's a total nitpick.

[Le Messor]

Quick mention here:
https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/fhti8.php
he just says 'Her' returned in the pages of Alpha Flight.

[Le Messor]

Avengers #265 is a Secret Wars II crossover.
At one point, Monica Rimbeau says:
"I left messages for the West Coast Avengers, The Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and even the X-Men." (To tell them where the Beyonder is.)

[Le Messor]

I've been unable to get to the site for a while, but it worked randomly tonight.
While I can post this, Linkara has finally reviewed an issue of Alpha Flight (two, actually), and it wasn't a 'bad comics byrne' review!:
https://atopthefourthwall.com/alpha-flight-37-38/

[brer rabbit]

I've been unable to get to the site for a while, but it worked randomly tonight.
While I can post this, Linkara has finally reviewed an issue of Alpha Flight (two, actually), and it wasn't a 'bad comics byrne' review!:
https://atopthefourthwall.com/alpha-flight-37-38/
Yeah those two issues were pure nightmare fuel.

[Le Messor]

Yeah those two issues were pure nightmare fuel.

They were a great choice for his horror character to review!

[Le Messor]

Here's a YouTube video essay on badly-adapted villains.
When they get to the Wrecking Crew, they show an Alpha Flight cover (https://youtu.be/ASDfvRDDK30?t=423).


(Also, I'm pretty sure there's some Omega Flight imagery in there.)

[Le Messor]

Here's a brief article (https://atomicjunkshop.com/the-savage-land-is-in-antarctica-right/) that covers the titular issue. Kind of.

It's about the Savage Land. Kind of.

[Le Messor]

In the letters page to Dazzler (original series) #23, somebody suggests she go up against Northstar and Aurora.
"would Dazz like a taste of her own dazzling medicine?"