Champions

[Phil]

https://twitter.com/JimZub/status/955613692837728258

Preeeeeeeeeetty sure this is tongue in cheek but...

[Phil]

https://twitter.com/JimZub/status/955814557716447234

http://jimzub.tumblr.com/post/170026...re-taking-over (http://jimzub.tumblr.com/post/170026564175/hey-jim-pumped-to-see-that-youre-taking-over)



Hey Jim - pumped to see that you’re taking over Champions! Would I be correct in assuming that this is where we’ll be seeing Canada’s Mightiest Heroes pop up? Also, if so - and *SPOILER ALERT* for anyone who hasn’t read Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente’s 2011 Alpha Flight maxiseries - will you be addressing Heather’s retirement and separation from Mac at the end of that story? I thought that was a beautiful, heartbreaking ending, and would love to see it explored more.


I do have plans for Alpha Flight to make an appearance, but if/when they do we won’t have the page count to delve into plot-heavy stuff from the previous run of AF. The series I’m writing is Champions, after all, so that’s where our focus needs to be.

[Bill P]

Well something is better than nothing!

[Le Messor]

This could be interesting; keep us informed. I'll definitely want to check out any developments that... develop...

~ Le Messor
"Any project you tackle is always hardest at the beginning - like working up a swing."
~ P.K. Shaw

[Phil]

Ooooh, it's kinda good.

Wait for today's May Solicits! ;)

[Le Messor]

Interesting! I'll have to remember to pick that up.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Snowguard?

[Phil]

I'm thinking a new teen Canadian character, with ties to AF or the Master, is joining The Champions.

[-K-M-]

Bet he will be like Steve that appeared in Avengers Academy

Poor poor Steve

[Phil]

I’m on a train, on my phone so can’t create the solicit article yet but check this out!!!!!

https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-june-2018-solicitations/

[Le Messor]

Hey, interesting!

[Sypes]

Champion #21 it is ;) Love seeing Talisman and Snowbird on the cover

[Tawmis]

When/if someone gets it - can they say if it's worth getting?

[Le Messor]

I can only answer for myself. :)
I remembered to check on a recent visit to my LCS, but Champions was only up to #17. I'm going to have to keep track.

~ Le Messor
"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself."
~ Ethel Barrymore

[Phil]

http://jimzub.tumblr.com/post/172280433375/i-wasnt-aware-snowbird-talisman-were-with

Anonymous asked:I wasn’t aware Snowbird & Talisman were with Captain Marvels Alpha Flight. Is there a story explanation?

http://78.media.tumblr.com/avatar_1e007ebfe606_64.pnj
I extensively dug around for issues specifically showing how Alpha Flight the team became Alpha Flight the space station crew and there weren’t any, so I decided the team still stays in touch with each other and that Snowbird and Talisman have been doing their own thing on Earth while Sasquatch, Puck, and Aurora were doing their space thing.
No one’s stopped me yet, so I guess it’s now canon. ;P

[-K-M-]

Haha works for me

[Tawmis]

The fact that it's Snowbird... (and I guess Talisman)... is what's making me itch to pick it up when it comes out.

[Phil]

And more on Snowguard:-

http://www.cbc.ca/books/meet-snowguard-marvel-s-new-inuk-teen-superhero-1.4634479

[Le Messor]

She looks kind of like Talisman if she were part of the Water Tribe.

~ Le Messor
"We have a Hulk."
~ Loki

[Alphan East]

Love the idea of more Canadian heroes anywhere in Marvel.
Sounds like her power base will be very similar to Snowbird though.

[Phil]

http://jimzub.tumblr.com/post/173732522750/if-alpha-flight-is-in-space-who-are-protecting


Anonymous asked:
If Alpha Flight is in Space, who are protecting Canada from Super Villains?


It hasn’t been formalized in the pages of the comics yet but, until someone decides otherwise I figure there’s a “home” and “away” team.

Puck, Sasquatch (and Aurora before she quit the team) are usually up at the Alpha Flight space station protecting Earth. Snowbird, Talisman and the others are on the ground dealing with domestic threats.

[Le Messor]

Aurora quit?
I thought she just sort of faded away.

~ Le Messor
"Almost always it is the fear of being ourselves that brings us to the mirror."
~ Antonio Porchia

[Phil]

I think that's just an assumption or shorthand on Jim's part.
Stohl mentioned that she was on loan to NASA.

[Le Messor]

Okay, that makes sense.

[Phil]

Second Printings of #19/20:

[Phil]

https://three60n.simplecast.fm/snow-guard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er7I1bUfrwU

[Phil]

Not an appearance, but a nice little touch in next week's Champions Annual:

http://www.comicosity.com/preview-champions-annual-1/

[-K-M-]

Oh I like that. Nice little touch :)

[Le Messor]

I like it! :)