Comic Book News Mentions

[Le Messor]

There are enough mentions of Alpha Flight on CBR that I thought it could be its own thread, rather than a new thread every time. (Then when I wrote the title, I thought I should expand it to any news site).

Today's is the following:
https://www.cbr.com/captain-marvel-doctor-minerva/

Sasquatch is clearly pictured; I assume with Captain Marvel in Civil War II.

~ Le Messor
"If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and no one dares criticise it."
~ Pierre Gallois

[Le Messor]

... and a week later, this came up:
https://www.cbr.com/x-men-alpha-flight-wolverine-both-sides/

~ Le Messor
"They sicken of the calm, who know the storm."
~ Dorothy Parker

[Le Messor]

Here are another two mentions on CBR:
https://www.cbr.com/wolverine-agent-of-shield/
includes pages from What If...? (vol. 2) #7, which have Mac on them.

Second, but farrr worse:
https://www.cbr.com/superhero-team-slaughtered-off-panel/
We all know the answer to the article title's question without reading the article.

~ Le Messor
"Only in maths can you buy sixty cantaloupes and no one asks what the hell is wrong with you."
~ Charles M. Schulz

[Le Messor]

Here's an article about Alpha Flight:
https://www.cbr.com/john-byrnes-alpha-flight-is-still-around-three-million-years-from-now/

(It's kind of based on an article that first appeared right here.)

[Alphan East]

I remember watching Red Dwarf when I was younger... incredibly funny series. :)

[Le Messor]

Yeah! Red Dwarf is a lot of fun.

There's been another Alpha Flight article just a few days later:
https://www.cbr.com/hulk-alpha-flight-crossover/

(I don't recognise the screen name of whoever who suggested it, and haven't read it yet.)

"Quotes make sense, pop music lyrics often don't."
~ Steve Willis

[Legerd]

There's also this: https://www.cbr.com/deadpool-musical-2/

[Le Messor]

I love that Sas and Puck are the banner pic!

[Le Messor]

https://www.cbr.com/mark-gruenwald-captain-america-marvel-obscurities/2/

This talks about the resolution to the Zeitgeist story from Hudnall's run.

[Le Messor]

Here's another Northstar story:
https://www.cbr.com/northstar-pestilence-attack-clairvoyant/

[Le Messor]

CBR have just done a top 50 writers and artists:
John Byrne is #15 writer (https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-top-writers-15-11/), but it's his artist listing that's of specific interest:
https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-top-artists-3-1/

The write-up name drops Alpha Flight. (It's nothing more than an off-handed mention, though.)

[Le Messor]

Here's one I wasn't expecting, and actually disagree with; a list of "Brawn Over Brains – Marvel’s 10 Strongest X-Men":
(What about DC's Strongest X-Men? Huh? Nobody talks about them!)

https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/01/04/brawn-over-brains-marvels-10-strongest-x-men/

The first one (#10) is Northstar. Has he been retconned to have extra physical strength?

~ Le Messor
"If you want to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you and what people think of you."
~ Charles Kingsley

[Phil]

I think the key line is "Here are the 10 strongest X-Men currently on rosters"

[Le Messor]

That could be it - I have no idea who or what's currently on the rosters.

However, the article does estimate he could catch a station wagon…?
Is that true nowadays?

[Phil]

It seems to be taking some flimsy logic; I wouldn't compare JP to either Captain America or Spider-Man...

[Le Messor]

'xactly.

And this from an Alpha Flight fan.

… Still, good to get some Alpha love out there.

[Phil]

https://www.cbr.com/avengers-namor-marrina-children/

What Happened to the Children of Namor and Marrina?

[Phil]

https://www.cbr.com/alpha-flight-everything-to-know/

[Ahab]

I can't seem to enter a comment at the end of that article but someone should. The writer of the article completely missed two follow-up stories. Wasn't there a Namor annual where he fought a Plodex hoard and it was supposed to be one or more of the children? Also, the writer says nothing about the 3rd Alpha Flight series and "Mar". I know that it was never actually stated in the series, but the ending certainly suggested that he was one of the children.

[Le Messor]

I lost my ability to comment on that site years ago (due to changes in how they take comments).

I remember the implication about Mar. Do we know which Namor annual?

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

[Ahab]

I believe it was #4.

[-K-M-]

It was Namor Annual #4. The article was updated to include details from the issue

[Le Messor]

Thanks, Ahab and -K-M-. Good to hear they updated it.

I don't have that annual. :/

~ LM
"It's pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious."
~ Kin Hubbard

[-K-M-]

If the alphanex was still up and running we had a few articles about it

i spent so many hours on that database :(

[Phil]

Mate, tell me about it...

[Phil]

http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?7404-Leviathan-I
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?7613-Leviathan-II
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?7631-Marrina
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?7307-Plodex
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?7614-Sub-Mariner
http://alphaflight.net/showthread.php?7338-Mar

[Le Messor]

This one's kind of stretching, but the following article:
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-titania-times-two/
includes this line:
"how many Pucks have their (sic) been in comics?"
(I only know of two, and they're legacy, but their (HA!) could be more. :))

[Le Messor]

About 10 minutes into this video, he talks about Northstar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glqoiUm5ECQ

According to the CBR Article that Phil linked to above, Alpha Flight: North of 20 Facts About the Canadian X-Men Spinoff, the series was 'often bilingual'. Does anyone know what this is talking about? I remember no more than a couple of words here and there? (Also, Victor Langkowski?!?)

~ Le Messor
"If shared problems lessen the burden, how come we get so upset in a traffic jam?"
~ P.K. Shaw

[Le Messor]

Vindicator gets a mention in this article (https://www.cbr.com/when-did-wolverine-first-actually-cut-someone-with-his-claws/) on CBR. (He's been retconned into the scene with Chasen's tie, but he actually appears lower down in the article.)

And Alpha get their own article here (https://www.cbr.com/wolverine-alpha-flight-john-byrne-original-plans/).

~ Le Messor
"He has half the deed done who has made a beginning."
~ Horace

[Phil]

RE the second article: http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=54756

[Le Messor]

That basically just leaves me confused. I'm not sure the article was saying what Byrne thinks it was saying. (He says Wolverine being leader of AF was nothing more than an idea he'd had, never Marvel's actual plan. I'm not sure the CBR article says anything different.)

~ Le Messor
"Should a garden look as if the gardener worked on knees? I ask you."
~ Lincoln Steffens

[Le Messor]

CBR have covered this story before:

https://www.cbr.com/superhero-teams-wiped-out-establish-new-threat/

[Le Messor]

CBR have a discussion on whether Rogue still speaks French:
https://www.cbr.com/x-men-rogue-french-speaking/
CBR parlons au sujet du Rogue et sa français.
(Now is the time for all the actual French speakers here to come and expose me as a fraud.)

~ Le Messor
"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."
~ Norman Vincent Peale

[Le Messor]

This week, CBR has an article that's all about Alpha Flight (https://www.cbr.com/silver-surfer-namor-super-skrull-cancer/). Kind of.

Also, a brief mention of v2 in a Micronauts (https://www.cbr.com/bug-micronauts-microverse-departure-guardians-galaxy/) article.

~ Le Messor
"Peace on earth will come to stay, when we live Christmas every day."
~ Helen Rice

[Le Messor]

Not a huge mention, but the feature pic is Alpha Flight:
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/05/14/85-marvel-omnibuses-being-discounted-at-comic-stores/

[Le Messor]

This sort of thing makes me glad this thread exists:
https://www.cbr.com/daredevil-infinity-war-doppelganger-hellspawn/
Technically, there's nothing about Alpha Flight in there, but because it's Infinity, they show a lot of panels from the comics, and sure enough that means a lot of pics of Alphans. (Puck, mostly.)

[Le Messor]

I just ran into this on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwI1n28WYcE).
It's kind of harsh and he doesn't always know what he's talking about, but there it is. (eg: he says the Alpha Flight series never really took off; my understanding has always been that it was very popular back when Byrne had the book.)

[sophiaedward64]

Much thanks for sharing this news, I didnt know about it.

[sophiaedward64]

Much thanks for sharing this news.

[Le Messor]

That's what we're here for. :)

[Le Messor]

I can't believe I've never posted this, but I just checked the thread (also, I'm not sure I've ever seen it, which I also can't believe) :

https://www.cbr.com/the-line-it-is-drawn-star-trek-gallery/2/

[Arliemos]

Did you manage to confirm that this is indeed Captain Marvel in Civil War 2?

[Le Messor]

More than a mention here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie1-N2OCXWo
but I disagree with a bunch of stuff he's saying. (He seems to think the only market for an Alpha Flight movie is Canada. For the record, I was reading Alpha Flight for decades before I ever set foot in Canada!)

Less than one here (an honorable mention of Sasquatch's right leg) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuPpDEBk_FU

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuPpDEBk_FU)

[Phil]

I quite like this idea:

https://www.cbr.com/marvel-heroes-batman-sidekicks/

[Le Messor]

Yeah, it's a good idea... but most of those people aren't sidekicks.

~ Le Messor
"Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile."
~ J.B. Priestley

[Le Messor]

Here's an article that might not be too reliable, but is kinda cool:
https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/09/06/rumor-wolverine-vs-hulk-movie-to-introduce-alpha-flight/

Note the Byrne commission of AF fighting Hulk - now in Colour! (I've had the B & W version for a while, never seen it in colour. :D)

[Tawmis]

In one (or more?) of the podcast that I do (Comic Relief Podcast), I'd mentioned this would be the best way to introduce Mutants into the MCU (since they shied away from Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver as "Mutants"). Essentially have Hulk in Canada, and Wolverine is sent to take him down before he damages Canada. Introduce the Charles Xavier recruiting Wolverine to form a team at the end of the Hulk movie.

[Le Messor]

It's a good introduction, and keeps with the comics.

My thought is, maybe the mutants should be some of the blips - people who came back after Thanos' snap, but they came back… wrong. With powers, but people are afraid, because they're essentially revenants.

~ Le Messor
"If your number one goal is to make sure that everyone likes and approves of you, then you risk sacrificing your uniqueness and, therefore, your excellence."
~ Anonymous

[Tawmis]

That would be a pretty good way to introduce mutants. The only downside I'd see is it would be because of the Thanos snap rather than "evolution" which, I think is the foundation of the idea of "Mutants" in the Marvel Universe - and keeps that door open for Magneto to be all, "We're Homo Sapiens, the next evolution of human kind - and soon Homo Sapiens will be the servants and slaves to the world of Homo Superior!"

With Northstar showing up saying, "We don't like the derogatory word of 'homo.'"

[Le Messor]

Rotfl!

[Le Messor]

Well, this was random:
https://www.quirkbooks.com/post/organizing-your-comics

[Tawmis]

That was cool...
But didn't see an Alpha Flight mention? Or was there another reference I missed? (Always possible!)
It'd be a great idea... if I didn't have SO many boxes... that would never work in my home office. (Partially because between having too many boxes, most of the room is over taken by Star Wars Legos and He-Man stuff)

[Le Messor]

Second photo, middle drawer. (Visible again in the third photo, but unrecognisable there without comparing to the first.)

[Tawmis]

You have good eyes - totally missed that! Is that the Alpha Flight #0 thing they did with a bunch of books? That cover isn't ringing any bells for me... Which means, it would be related to Volume 2 for me. :D

[Le Messor]

"Is that the Alpha Flight #0 thing they did?"

Yep - it's v2, #-1.

I don't even know where I ran into the article, but that just popped right out at me. :)

[Le Messor]

This article covers a Sasquatch appearance:
https://www.cbr.com/thing-champion-boxing-match/
and mentions him by name. (If you scroll to the very end, you even see him in a panel.)

And this one:
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-dc-final-issues-celebration/
shows the Crystar cover with three of our team-members on it.

[-K-M-]

May or may not have some Alpha Flight character centric stories....https://www.columbian.com/news/2020/sep/05/marvel-announces-native-american-comics/Though they may think they are stereotypes

[Le Messor]

So, today I went onto CBR.com, and the banner headline was Alpha Flight #1!
(I'd link to it, but by the time most of you read it, they'll have buried the lede.)

Here's the article:
https://www.cbr.com/move-over-superheroes-comic-book-cover-greatest-hits/

[Le Messor]

This is definitely NOT a mention, but this guy is speculating about one of Guardian's powers:
https://youtu.be/iVW6jx_14nw?t=178

I don't have an account to comment, so I haven't added it in there.

[Le Messor]

Puck is name-dropped in this article:
https://www.cbr.com/immortal-hulk-homage-sal-buscema-punch/

[Phil]

Check out @disneyplus (https://twitter.com/disneyplus)
' Marvel's Behind The Mask for a brief section on Northstar starting at 47:51

[-K-M-]

CBR Article on Alpha Flight’s legacy living onhttps://www.cbr.com/x-men-immortal-hulk-confirm-marvels-most-neglected-team-is-still-strong/

[Le Messor]

Wow, that's cool!
Kinda makes me secretly hope they know there's an MCU movie on the way.

[Le Messor]

Alpha Flight were the top article on CBR for me this morning:
https://www.cbr.com/namor-avengers-joined-left-alpha-flight/

(As at this writing, I haven't read the article yet.)

NB: It might be connected to the Under Siege storyline, reprinted in an Epic Avengers trade which includes the Alpha Flight issue.

[-K-M-]

Ha! Was just about to post the same article 👍

[Le Messor]

Awesome! :D

[Le Messor]

Here's something I'd never have picked up on if I hadn't read the article:
https://www.cbr.com/marvel-comics-secret-history-john-byrne-roger-stern/
(though I have both the FF and AF issues in question. I have all the AF issues, but that's not important right now.)

[Le Messor]

Not exactly sure where to put this, but it's from CBR so:
https://www.cbr.com/hawkeye-team-ups-gallery/

[Le Messor]

This barely rates, but it reprints pages from Contest Of Champions that have our heroes on them:
https://www.cbr.com/wolverine-doctor-strange-first-team-up/

[-K-M-]

Article by CBR recommending Alpha Flight come to the MCU…..https://www.cbr.com/alpha-flight-mcu-perfect/

[Le Messor]

Pretty cool that they're doing it, but I wish they'd spent more time on how Alpha Flight are, y'know, awesome!

[Crosley]

Looks like there was another article recommending Alpha Flight for the MCU. Screenrant this time lol https://screenrant.com/marvel-teams-better-than-the-avengers/

[Le Messor]

That's cool! Thanks, Crosley. I especially appreciate that Byrne's Alpha Flight made the banner for the article!

Also, welcome aboard!

[Crosley]

Thanks! Been reading the forum for a while, so felt like I should share something lol

[Tawmis]

I mean, of the list - the two best landed the top banner - ALPHA FLIGHT and STARJAMMERS.Gotta love whoever wrote that.

[Le Messor]

Glad to have you. I didn't even know we had lurkers. :)

[Le Messor]

This is not an appearance, but:

https://www.cbr.com/spider-man-untold-tales-sally-avril-always-meant-to-die/

Doesn't Bluebird here look like Snowbird? Enough that I wouldn't be surprised if she were based on her (subconsciously, perhaps?)

[Le Messor]

This article:
https://www.cbr.com/why-did-moon-knight-burn-up-his-avengers-membership-id/
talks a lot about Infinity War. One of the pages shown has Northstar on it.

[-K-M-]

CBR article about possible return of Witchfire..

https://www.cbr.com/magik-greatest-rival-could-returning-x-men-marvel/

[Le Messor]

She's kind of a deep cut. That's cool. :)

[Le Messor]

This CBR 'Line It Is Drawn (https://www.cbr.com/line-it-is-drawn-comic-book-what-ifs/)' includes Sasquatch as part of the Gamma Guild.

[Le Messor]

Here's a nice shout-out; in their weekly 'The Line It Is Drawn' thing, there's a Marvel Handbook-style headshots page. Nemesis shows up!
https://www.cbr.com/line-it-is-drawn-unlikely-new-avengers-lineups/

I also note they give her last name as 'St Ives', making this the original version. (I can't read the first name they gave her.)

[Le Messor]

Alpha Flight are cited by name in this article:
https://www.cbr.com/superhero-crossover-event-inclusion-quotient-comic-dictionary/
There's also a pic from one of the Infinity crossovers which prominently features Heather.
Windshear also gets name-dropped!