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My god, it's full of stars. *_*
I'm betting Snowbird resurrects them, not Sasquatch.
Who's the 'devil'? Witchfire or Dream Queen I guess.
Who doesn't want to be alive? Shaman, maybe.
Who holds the dead team together? Guardian. The living team, who revile working with a foe? Snowbird.
Interesting quote...
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McCann urges Alpha Flight fans to pick up the "Chaos War: Alpha Flight" one-shot, stating that if there's a strong response to the book, there's a good chance it will lead to more Alpha Flight projects and the writer has by no means told all the stories he'd like to tell with the team. "I would love the chance to spread my wings more with the characters, especially the original Alphans, and see how big things can get. At their heyday, there was Alpha Flight, Beta Flight and Gamma Flight. So it's a fascinating concept that I'm only scratching the surface of in this story," McCann said. "My goal here is to show people why these characters are so cool. That's what I've been trying to do with 'Hawkeye & Mockingbird' since Mockingbird had been gone for so long. Alpha Flight, in this incarnation, has been gone for decades. So 'Chaos War: Alpha Flight' is an introduction to what's great about these characters and I definitely have much more story to tell with them.
I still wish Phil was drawing it and I'm leery about them being part of an event, but beggars can't be choosers. This is very close to the dream line-up I wanted, just missing Talisman, Puck and Madison. Contacting my comic shop to add this. Chaos War? Is this the event Hercules was coming back for?
Wow glorious day.
Hmmmm....I've very surprised that Talisman isn't there too (since she was technically a part of Byrne's run)....Maybe Mr McCann doesn't like her?
It sounds like he certainly dislikes Michael Pointer, though...LOL! Yay for that!
Dana
I'm guessing being brought back to life would be Mac's "worst nightmare" and maybe the one who's "dream come true" to be alive again, may be Heather....In order to be with her child? I dunno. It's nice to see somebody who cares so much about Alpha working to bring them back.
Dana
BTW...Should we invite Mr McCann here, somehow?....Or at least thank him in some emails or something.
Here's to hoping Mr McCann makes the Q eat his words about Alpha Flight.
I'm wondering if Puck is the member who pays the price to bring the others back to life (hence him not being included)?
Dana
I'm excited (my multiple postings are probably telling)...It's also nice to see Mr McCann using some of the "hooks" that made the original team line-up interesting (damaged people, inner team conflict, etc...), maybe that combo was all it took to convince the big wigs at Marvel to give Alpha another chance? Whoo-Hooo!
Dana
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/chao...ht-100817.html
and the first thing i did was send an email to my comic shop telling them to save me two copies, the second was to email ben (boardmaster) and third was to jump back onto this page!
theres no OTHER team that gets me all excited to hear about even ONE SHOTS featuring them the way alpha does!
HOPEFULLY it will be done right and the fans will get behind it!
Omega Flight was a joke, and Michael Pointer's powers were just too complicated. (BTW, from the interview i read.. link provided above.. it didnt seem like the new writer doesnt like MICHAEL as much as he doesnt like XORN.. but maybe i read it wrong)
I hope the fans get behind this cause i TRULY LOVE alpha flight and theyve gotten the short end fo the stick in marvel for too long.
I have too much time on my hands right now ;)
How about this: Puck makes a deal with the Great Beasts, so he's in Hell as 'payment'; or Sasquatch does it (but then I can't guess the 'payment'). Either way living Snowbird is cheesed off, dead Shaman is too. You don't give the Great Beasts a break.
Does anybody know more about a possible Alpha Flight series by Phil Jimenez (maybe just doing the art)? There are possible hints here http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=27830 about it...
In the forum here http://forums.comicbookresources.com...d.php?t=335012 a fellow claims that's what Brevoort is hinting at (and possibly written by somebody named Wells?...It's not Ben, is it? LOL!).
Dana
The newsarama interview makes me think The Master is involved;
Quote:
McCann: It’s due to the Chaos King’s actions in Chaos War #3. I can’t say much without giving that away, but those actions attract a lot of attention, including one of Alpha Flight’s greatest foes.
And I love the fact we currently have 44 guests reading the site!
Come closet Alpha Fans, join us!
I thought that too, Phil. When it mentions their worst enemy...The Master has been one of Alpha's biggest big bads for almost all of Volume 1. The Dream Queen was another, but I can't see how she would have the ability to resurrect the dead (since she only really has the powers of illusion).
Dana
BTW: It would be cool if Mr McCann and Mr Jimenez joined us here.
Also BTW: I may have to change my sig.
I also hope that Mr McCann doesn't forget the family angle that was very strong in the original Alpha Flight (Mac and Heather, Shaman and Talisman, Heather and Talisman, Shaman and Snowbird and of course...Northstar and Aurora). That's a very hard angle to forget, but many past writers seemed to ignore it or just didn't get it.
Dana
i think there may be a alpha series that they may have greenlighted as long as the one shot pulls respectable numbers. just to may hints at a mccann/jimenez alpha series to ignore, including breevort himself.
One thing that I always liked was how much of the classic lineup wound up having kids over the years. Mac and Heather had their unnamed daughter, Shaman had Talisman, Sasquatch had his unnamed son, Puck had Zuzha, Northstar had Joanne, Marrina had her three with Namor, Snowbird had her son. Aurora's the only one who never became a parent (even if none of them were particularly good at it), and I've always wondered if someone would ever touch on this.
Good news indeed.
That cover art looks a little scary, though, a bit too close to manga for my tastes.
Anyhow, i will be as interested to see how this one-shot concludes as to how the story itself reads. I mean, do they go back to being dead or do they stay alive?
Also, one article seems to say it comes out in October, the other November; which is it?
Back to the cover - now that I have looked at it a littler closer...[shudder]...thast is one of the worst Sasquatch's i have ever seen! And the twins look horrible, too, their bodies look all misshapen and Aurora looks practically 'flat', her brother has almost a bigger chest than she does!
On the good side, Alpha Flight returns! Yay!
And, i see that the interior artist is NOT the same as the one who did the cover - good!
Thinking Llan is the devil.
YES!!! I am going to buy my first Marvel comic book in about four years and it feels great!
Here's a blog post about it on McCann's site: http://www.jimmccannonline.com/wordpress/?p=299
Not much new info, but I'm looking forward to this more and more!
Well, if this isn't a clear enough signal:
ANYONE GOING TO FANEXPO GET AFTER MARVEL AND ASK, PROMOTE, SELL ALPHA FLIGHT.
Booths, panels, in the hall or bathroom, get on it! we in western Canada are behind you!
Wow!!!
I wasn't expecting this but it's the best Marvel news of the year! And it's the return I wanted to see: the original line-up together once again!!!
Now give us a new regular series with McCann writing and Phil Jiménez (my favourite artist next to George Pérez) drawing and it'll be heaven :)
HEAD EXPLODE
My head just exploded.
Love,
rplass
haha wow, much can change in just one day.
Happy day indeed!
You know, I haven't bought any thing Marvel since OF. Now, sure, at least this one shot. I had a look and see my kids have Teen Titans, Transformers, Green Lantern, no Marvel either. Guess now maybe they'll see what's what.
Absolutely over the moon about this bit of news. It's really the best bit of Alpha news since... the announcement of Volume 2 back in the 90s.
Hopefully, this will return the "dead" Alphans to the living Marvel Universe. From what I've read of the McCann interviews, it's a case of the dead being returned to life (ie. not as zombies, Black Lanterns and what not)... perhaps more in line with the resurrections at the end of the Blackest Night. If so, then it'll be good to have the original Alphans back in the Marvel Universe, even if they are not featuring in their own ongoing title.
great to see a writer who loves alpha flight maybe he'll conjure a way to resurrect poor bochsie and marrina :) if not oh well, heres to hoping the one shot leads to an ongoing :)
This looks VERY promising.
Getting goosie bumps already.
Seriously though, McCann mentioning the "alphans in space"...whoa! NOBODY at Marvel has mentioned them; I mean NOBODY. And the reason being, the Alphans in space supposedly were killed in NA16. Now, with that one simple line, McCann has me thinking, "or were they?" In fact, that might also lead me to ask the question, "if the Alphans who died in NA16 were not the Alphans from space, then who exactly is it that is being resurrected?"
Ohhh, my aching head...
On another note, wouldn't it be totally righteous to have a McCann interview done here for AF.net?
:)
Personally, I think that at one point or another, McCann has visited this site already. He knows too much, too much about what it is we really want. Anybody else get that feeling as well? Perhaps he is reading this... right... now...
The walls have ears. >_>
But I think that's just what happens when you get a writer who is genuinely passionate about a character/team, who's just as much a fan as anything. This is such fantastic news. XD
I could do with a different artist, but this guy's certainly not the worst thing ever to touch AF.
I've never actually purchased a new comic before.. I just got second hand version. But THIS I will buy bran spanking new!