Favourite Alpha Cover

[DelBubs]

Couldn't really do this in Polls, so thought I'd ask, what is your favourite Alpha, Alpha appearence cover and comment if you feel the need to say why? Probably done this, somewhere at some time, but eh, what the heck?

[Le Messor]

883
? probably?

So iconic. But not ironic.
But kinda laconic.

- Le Messor
Giles: I suppose there is a sort of Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.
Xander: I resent that... or, possibly, thank you.

[suzene]

883
? probably?

+1

Runner up:

884

[cmdrkoenig67]

I really like issue #3 (that Mik posted above) and #12 of volume 1 (that you have as your av, Del), both are really striking images...But I think my favourite is issue #1 of volume 1.

Although...I have to say, this one is genius...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BeGEAD8oSwg/TQMA8KS2iHI/AAAAAAAADYU/Ri_cfzwzJc0/s1600/AF1.jpg

Dana

[Le Messor]

Puck is great in that, Dana!
James Duncan, right?

[Flightpath07]

My favourite cover art

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kbtsMnUsddk/TZbNBK5LPLI/AAAAAAAAB94/pDi-DjGyaHM/s400/5-2.jpg

[Le Messor]

Good call, FP!

[Canucklehead]

I never liked Wolverine so I always loved when Mac would clobber him on a cover. Add the casualness of taking out Colossus. This cover may not be as iconic but I always thought it was petty bad ass.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/17-1.jpg

[DelBubs]

Out of all the good covers that have been on AF comics, this one is probably my fave.

886

[mos_def]

887
To me, this leads into what Alpha was all about, the unsure family without the leader until Heather took over. Who kills a series leader? I cant recall it ever happening in comics before this. The format was so popular with the target headshots, I think its been used like four times in Alpha history through different series
2.888
I just like the perspective in the cover. Alpha was booming when it originally happened. Wolverine always returning to help out Alpha before Wolverine was in every series

3.889
Northstar and Aurora were going through issues and doubts and Loki feeds us the Asgard fairy tale and even though we thought it was a horrible idea, it still placed a big time villain against Alpha. Walter had just come back from the dead as Snowbird and Puck leaps into the Fire Fountain and at the end of the issue, no one from the Byrne era original team was left (Walter was Wanda so Im counting Wanda as a member)

[kozzi24]

Marvel Age #2 for me.http://image2.milehighcomics.com/istore/thumbnails/51393527306.2.GIF (http://milehighcomics.com/cgi-bin/backissue.cgi?action=enlarge&issue=51393527306%202)

[Phil]

I'd have to say MA #2 or AF (1) #1.

Other than that AF (1) #10 for the raging Sasquatch.

[Le Messor]

890, huh, Phil?

That's what my sig is based on.
Okay, I didn't get the expression right... gimme a break...

- Le Messor
Dead Nerd: I think I'd like Dawn to be my girlfriend.
Buffy: Wrong sister. I'm the one that dates dead guys.

[Flightpath07]

Other than that AF (1) #10 for the raging Sasquatch.

Raging? Really? Looks constipated to me...

[Le Messor]

And that doesn't send you into a rage?

[Ryan Maxwell]

AF 11, my introduction to the team and...sigh...Heather Hudson.

[DaVeO]

If this book existed, this would be my pick by J. Bone.
895
But it doesn't so here is my official pick.
896
I believe Dave Ross did the cover as well as the interior. He was a solid artist and I wish he was on the book longer. I love how he sneaks the entire team onto a head shot cover using Heather's visor.
897
Runner-up. Looking at this cover you just knew it was going to be an awesome issue. Vindicator & Wolverine vs Samurai horde. YES, PLEASE!

[DIGGER]

Too many to choose from... guess I'd have to go with issue 1, vol 1. As a kid in small town Canada seeing CANADIAN SUPERHEROES in their own comic, giddy didn't even come close to describing the feel. This was the first comic book that I bought two copies of for myself and 1 for my cousin.

DIGGER
(the cover for the Alberta Report was great too)

[rplass]

I'm going with the Finch variant on X-Infernus #3:

http://www.alphaflight.net/gallery/data/666/thumbs/XInfer3.jpg (http://www.alphaflight.net/gallery/data/666/medium/XInfer3.jpg)

Just love that cover. Awesome.

Love,
rplass

[Le Messor]

Runner-up. Looking at this cover you just knew it was going to be an awesome issue. Vindicator & Wolverine vs Samurai horde. YES, PLEASE!

Good pick! I usually leap straight to the Byrne stuff, but that is a good one.
Also, the first appearance of Lady Deathstryke. As Lady Deathstryke, that is.

Just because people keep picking it, and it isn't yet shown on this thread:

898

- Le Messor
"I think you're indecisive and argumentative."
"Well, I'm not sure about the 'indecisive' part, but I must take issue with "argumentative"!"

[Phil]

If we're talking non-Byrne covers, I do quite like

899

[Phil]

Out of all the good covers that have been on AF comics, this one is probably my fave.

886

The thing I've always liked about that cover is that it's the semi-mirror image of #11.
900
I'd like to think Byrne had it planned since he drew #11.

[Flightpath07]

If we're talking non-Byrne covers, I do quite like

899


Ooofff!

That one took my breath away. Nice...

[DelBubs]

The thing I've always liked about that cover is that it's the semi-mirror image of #11.
900
I'd like to think Byrne had it planned since he drew #11.
It would be nice to think that, it would be interesting to find out. One of the main reasons it stands out for me is it reminds me of UXM #138, which is probably the first X-Men comic I read and which convinced me to go and back and read any issue my brother in law had.
902

Totally purloined from Mile High Comics, I hope they don't mind :-)

[Tawmis]

Alpha Flight v1 #1... and also the one where Omega Flight is holding all the beat up members of Alpha Flight... and of course Alpha Flight #12 (v1)... because of the variations that followed.

[Le Messor]

Totally purloined from Mile High Comics, I hope they don't mind :-)

I think they do... they're not letting us see it!

- Le Messor
"I think I speak for everyone here when I say, huh?"
~ Buffy

[DelBubs]

I think they do... they're not letting us see it

907

When I click on this post and the other to try and get the image to show, I see the image. When I save the post I get that attachment link. Ben, Mile High have put the fix in :???:

[Flightpath07]

AF (Vol 4) #2, Eaglesham Variant.

My new fave. Due to spoiler risks, I won't put up a pic.

[Tiberius Bane]

My favourite cover for a long time was this one
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_%28Marvel_Comics%29
Mac's real return and a cover by Jim Lee!

However, now I am loving the cover to Alpha Flight #1 of the new series starting in June!
I got a copy of the free flyer with X-Men: Schism on the other side. I intend to get it framed and put it in my office. :)

MikeM

[Legerd]

I've got a couple new favourite covers:

908
909

[Le Messor]

Wow, that second one is nice!

And the upside-down Maple Leaf! The symbolism! The pathos! The small furry thing crawling up my leg!

Cool to know we'll get him in the comic. (Assuming, of course, that cover can be taken literally.)

- Le Messor
"I thought I saw upon the stair
A little man who wasn't there
He wasn't there again today
Oh, how I wish he'd go away"

[Mokole]

OK, those two covers are just too cool. They need to be posted in more places than here, that's for sure! Great scott, I like how Eaglesham is coming on.

[Flightpath07]

The small furry thing crawling up my leg!
Cool to know we'll get him in the comic.

Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Canada's newest super hero saviour, Leg Lint Rodent!

[Sasquatch17]

I like this one.

http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/alpha-flight/89-1.jpg

[Banshee]

883
? probably?

So iconic. But not ironic.
But kinda laconic.

- Le Messor
Giles: I suppose there is a sort of Machiavellian ingenuity to your transgression.
Xander: I resent that... or, possibly, thank you.


Still my fave cover of the entire run(s)

[Le Messor]

I first posted just my favouritest.
I thought I'd branch out a little.

I like the words on this one, and find them memorable:
1039

Though the artwork's always been a bit cluttered for a cover for my tastes.

This has both, though:
1040

It is mysterious. Spooky. Creepy. Even, kooky. Alltogether ooky.
I also like the twenties flapper style of her.

And this one, because it's cool, and also to show I'm not *just* a Byrne fanboy:
1041
It's menacing, and sooooo detailed!

- Le Messor
"No analysis is a complete failure - it can always serve as a bad example."

[DelBubs]

And this one, because it's cool, and also to show I'm not *just* a Byrne fanboy:
1041
It's menacing, and sooooo detailed!

- Le Messor

I can't find a sig on the the cover for #67. The artist on the story was Hugh Haynes, but that don't look like his work on the cover. Probably wrong.

[Le Messor]

I can't find a sig on the the cover for #67. The artist on the story was Hugh Haynes, but that don't look like his work on the cover. Probably wrong.

Pretty sure it's Jim Lee.
Wait a sec...
Sorry that took so long. There's no credit easily findable, even opening the issue, but 69 has a sig for "McLaurin + Lee X 2" and is similar in style.

- Le Messor
"My school colours were “clear”."
~ Steve Wright

[DelBubs]

Thought it may be Lee, but looking over his covers he normally always signed. The other issue Haynes did (#63) also has no sig. Oh well!

[rplass]

Cover of Alpha Flight #67 is uncredited in the issue. However, look in your copy of issue #66, which has a preview of the cover for issue #67, and you'll see it is credited clearly for Carl Potts and Jim Lee.

Love,
rplass

[DelBubs]

Cover of Alpha Flight #67 is uncredited in the issue. However, look in your copy of issue #66, which has a preview of the cover for issue #67, and you'll see it is credited clearly for Carl Potts and Jim Lee.

Love,
rplassCheers for resolving that one. You're a gent.

[Le Messor]

Cover of Alpha Flight #67 is uncredited in the issue. However, look in your copy of issue #66, which has a preview of the cover for issue #67, and you'll see it is credited clearly for Carl Potts and Jim Lee.

Ah, thanks! I looked in later issues for a 'sorry we didn't credit', but not the issue before.
I knew that I knew that was Jim Lee!

- Le Messor
"I’d love to, but I changed the lock on my door and now I can’t get out."