Marvel Premiere Classics

[Le Messor]

I've mentioned it before, but I've been collecting the Marvel hardcover series, Marvel Premiere Classics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Premiere_Classic). (Hmm... come to think of it, that could explain the title of this thread.)

The latest one (at this writing) is 51: Avengers: Under Siege, and includes Avengers #272, Guest Starring Alpha Flight! - the Atlantis crossover issue.

To date, from memory, the Alpha references have been:

12: Kitty Pryde and Wolverine, which includes Logan learning about the death of James Hudson
34: Mephisto Vs, which has a single-panel cameo of a then-dead Snowbird in Mephisto Vs. X-Men
41: Iron Man: Iron Monger; #s 195 and 196, with Shaman
44: Avengers: West Coast Avengers Assemble; Puck is on the cover of #1
45: Avengers: The Contest, which contains Contest of Champions (I just scanned a panel for another thread).
46: Infinity Gauntlet which mentions the death of the team (they got better)
51: Avengers: Under Siege, which includes Avengers #272 - the Atlantis crossover.

In case this is of interest.

- Le Messor
"He's so dense, light bends around him."

[Flightpath07]

Wait. You named the thread that, why exactly? I'm confused.

[Le Messor]

Who knows where thoughts come from?

[Flightpath07]

I do. I read it in a comic book once. Well, the question was answered off-panel, but it was there, honest!

[Le Messor]

#52 is Marvel Universe: The End.
Sasquatch is on the cover to #1, and #s 5 and 6 have Alpha Flight as parts of crowd scenes.

- Le Messor
"Hyphenate between syllables and avoid UN-necessary hyphens."

[Le Messor]

A hidden one just came up:
#20: Wolverine: Not Dead Yet reprints a bunch of Wolverine covers, even though the contents don't actually appear in the book.

Included are #s 142 and 143, with the Hudsons and JP.

- Le Messor
"I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

[Le Messor]

Two new ones:
#66: X-Men Alpha Flight is obvious (we've known about it for a while, but I just got it yesterday).
Downside: It doesn't have the bonus pages from Classic X-Men.
Upside: The stories are in chronological order, not publication order.
#77: Rocket Raccoon has a triple mention (and nothing more than a mention) in a text piece that tells us that Mike Mignola, Bill Mantlo, and Carl Potts (who worked on the Rocket Raccoon mini) were about to go work on Alpha Flight.

- Le Messor
"Things are more like they used to be than they are now."

[Flightpath07]

Ah yes, the now classic "switch creative teams" bit. I remember it well. Not fondly (although I admit to being fascinated, for a short while, by Mignola's dark and creepy artwork), but well.

[Le Messor]

Yes, aren't we all so happy that happened...

[Flightpath07]

Yes, aren't we all so happy that happened...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZPtQS-JrY&feature=related

Ya gots to turn it up, quality is sort of bad, but you'll get the picture.

[Le Messor]

Happy happy joy joy indeed...

#74: Avengers: Assault on Olympus contains two Marrina appearances (#s 282 and 285).

- Le Messor
"This sentence no verb."

[Flightpath07]

"This sentence no verb."

There. Are. Four. Words?

[Le Messor]

Have you watched that episode yet? It's kind of a classic...

[Flightpath07]

Yes. But I'll not watch it again. I'm busy, and I'm Kinda A Big Deal... :)

[Le Messor]

Well, it is a two-parter. :)

[Flightpath07]

Well, it is a two-parter. :)

So am I. Wait, i thought that was a golfing reference...and truth be told, i haven't golfed in 22 years, so I'd probably be a 27-putter.

[Le Messor]

I've never golfed, so I'd be a 12+ no-brainer.

- LM

[Le Messor]

#91: Silver Surfer: Parable, four of the team have a cameo in the second story.

[Le Messor]

#96: West Coast Avengers: Zodiac Attack contains a flashback to the Contest of Champions, showing Sasquatch (which would also be in #45: Avengers: The Contest).
There's also a bit from Marvel Age ann #3; it opens with the Fred Hembeck show, with his line 'I guess their message is 'don't lose sight of Alpha Flight'.'

[Phil]

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/08/15/the-end-of-the-classic-premier-marvel-titles-official/

[Le Messor]

Thanks... I knew. :(

In fact, #106 will be the last - "#107" was a typo, apparently.

OTOH, I'm gonna save a fortune!

- Le Messor
Loretta: "If all this is for me, how come the cake says Nick and Diane?"
Nick: "You know what a terrible speller I am!"
~ Cheers

[Flightpath07]

Sorry, guys. I know quite a few of you loved them.

Hey! Was that an APOLOGY from Marvel?!?

[Le Messor]

#99: Iron Man: Revenge of the Mandarin has a flashback to the Master of the World in Heroes for Hire.

[Le Messor]

Hey! Was that an APOLOGY from Marvel?!?

Don't get your hopes up... it was just a guy who apparently works for them...

- Le Messor
"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."

[Flightpath07]

Don't get your hopes up... it was just a guy who apparently works for them...

- Le Messor
"In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence."

Yes, he obviously doesn't speak for the company.

[Phil]

But why should Marvel apologise?
What have they got to apologise for?

[Flightpath07]

But why should Marvel apologise?
What have they got to apologise for?

Didn't say they DID. Didn't say they SHOULD.

I was, in all seriousness, expressing shock that a company employee at Marvel WOULD and DID express their apologies for the ending of a title/series/whatever-you-wanna-call-it. That's not like them.

[Le Messor]

I was, in all seriousness, expressing shock that a company employee at Marvel WOULD and DID express their apologies for the ending of a title/series/whatever-you-wanna-call-it. That's not like them.

More regret / sympathy than a full-on apology.

- Le Messor
"In a free society, standards of public morality can be measured only by whether physical coercion, violence against persons or property, occurs. There is no right not to be offended by words, actions, or symbols."
~ Richard E. Sincere, Jr.

[Le Messor]

More an afterthought than an appearance:
#103: Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six has a back-up story with Diablo. It refers to events in Alpha Flight #103, including a caption referencing it by title and issue number.

[Le Messor]

#95: Spider-Man: Perceptions includes a ¾ page panel of Sasquatch and Puck handwaving why they're not helping in the fight against Wendigo. (Wolverine told them he could handle it alone, thank you.)

[Le Messor]

#91: Silver Surfer: Parable, four of the team have a cameo in the second story.

To clarify, after another thread, the second story is Silver Surfer: The Enslavers.

[Le Messor]

# 80: West Coast Avengers: Sins of the Past.
WCA Ann #1 has a single panel with Namor flying away from Puck and Heather.