Solicited for Feb 2011: X-Men and Alpha Flight (both series) along with Uncanny X-Men #s 109, 120, 121, 139 and 140! With a variant cover reprinting Cockrum's Weapon Alpha! Awesome.
Love,
rplass
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Solicited for Feb 2011: X-Men and Alpha Flight (both series) along with Uncanny X-Men #s 109, 120, 121, 139 and 140! With a variant cover reprinting Cockrum's Weapon Alpha! Awesome.
Love,
rplass
Any price-tag on that puppy? Because that sounds tempting, but paying money for Ben Raab's work ever again puts me on the fence so far as acquiring it goes.
Cool.
Here's the cover which I love love love:
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And the variant
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The price is $34.99 (for each)
Love,
rplass
Yeah the variant is by far superior.
Fantastic!
Will buy this for sure, even though I usually only buy softcovers.
So we have Alpha action in new comics and trades...cool!
Next I would like:
1 A new Alpha Flight ongoing
2 Alpha Flight Classic Volume 2 TPB
3 Alpha Flight Vol 2 (90s) Ultimate Collection TPB (complete series in 1 volume)
4 Northstar limited series + extras TPB
And a pony.
Yes a pony in a Guardian suit...why didn't I think of that!
Seriously though, how many bloody Avengers trades do we get every month, it's not too much to ask for a couple of AFs?
And we get what 5 or so Deadpool comics every month, just give us 1 AF comic... that is all, end rant!
Kinda bummed I bothered buying the Asgardian Wars HC now, but there's no way I can't pick this up....
And the variant is the Smith cover, not the other one(which they list as being by Byrne).
that's great for new readers, so they can enjoy some of the harder to find important AF stuff!
I wonder if it'll be the standard versions of the story or the Classic X-Men version with the extra pages...
... the classic x-men issues had more pages?Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
*head desk*
I bet it's the standard though...
Are you sure about this? I'm fairly certain I did this right, the Cockrum cover being the partial reprinting of the cover of UXM #109 as the variant and the Smith cover reprinting the wraparound cover of the X-Men Alpha Flight crossover is the regular cover.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
EDIT: I fixed the OP with the correct info
Don't make me come over there! >:)
Love,
rplass
Yes, the Classic X-Men versions of UXM#'s 109, 120 and 121 had additional material, a few extra pages:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tawmis
Classic X -Men #16: This issue is a reprint of Uncanny X-Men #109, with some extra material. The cover is an amazing rendition by Arthur Adams of events within UXM #109, where Mac first pops up out of the ground. The extra AF-related material is on p6, where Mac briefly recaps his association with Logan and dons his cybernetic helmet and on p21, where he reviews his performance and flies back to 138A Laurier Drive and finds Heather Hudson at home.
Classic X-Men #26: This issue is a reprint of Uncanny X-Men #120, with some extra material. The cover says, "And now... Sasquatch!", and shows Sasquatch's arm. The extra AF-related material is on p3, showing Mac in the Dept H. control room, viewing the team roster, then calling Heather and talking about the upcoming mission.
Classic X-Men #27: This issue is a reprint of Uncanny X-Men #121, with some extra material. The cover says, "Along came… Alpha Flight" and shows a very evil shadowy team standing in angry victory over fallen X-Men. The extra AF-related material is on p20, an epilogue page depicting events after Logan's escape. The interior cover also shows a Polaroid of Hudson and Logan in civilian clothes enjoying a beer and a cigar as well as an image in f/b to the fight sequence of UXM #109, shown below.
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Love,
rplass
I may need to go back and find these again...
Check any of the other Marvel Premiere Classics series, the 2 layered colour version is always the variant.Quote:
Originally Posted by rplass
Yes, I've posted that I've been collecting all of them - so this will be mine either way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
That said, I really can't predict whether they'll include the bonus material, but knowing them I'm leaning towards 'yes' - but I wouldn't be surprised if it was tacked on to the end.
But I can confirm what Phil posted - the 2 layered colour version is always the variant. And really annoying when the three you had to buy over Amazon turned out not to be the variant!
Aww myannnn, Suzene, you know my horse is dead!Quote:
Originally Posted by suzene
- Le Messor
Okay, maybe you didn't know that...
Buffy: How was school today?
Dawn: The usual, big square building filled with boredom and despair.
Buffy: Just how I remember it.
A little research later:Quote:
Originally Posted by Le Messor
The Wikipedia page for Marvel Premier Classics says it'll reprint Uncanny X-Men, not Classic X-Men, so I'm not going to hold my breath for the bonus material.
- Le Messor
Husband: Darling, will you love me when I'm old and feeble?
Wife: You bet I do.
Wikipedia's Wikipedia though... but yeah, I thought it was unlikely, but hey...
True that, but it's been fairly accurate so far at this GN series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
The series does seem to want to give us as much as possible though. There've been little bonuses in the past.
- Le Messor
Spike: How was your walk, pet?
Drusilla: I met an old man. I didn't like him. He got stuck in my teeth.
Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you: The spice exists on only one planet in the known universe.
Also, and slightly more relevant to this thread, I can come close to guaranteeing that the special features for this hardcover will be Marvel Universe Handbook entries; one on Alpha as a whole, probably one or two on the original original six - the Hudsons, but probably not everybody.
- Le Messor
"I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either."
Add up the pages from the issues stated, subtract from the solicited page count, what do you get?
Maths headache?
But seriously folks, the page count won't help, it'll only tell us whether there are more pages than the original print - not what's on them.
I've been saying that there'll be OHOTMU pages. That's based on the fact that between #s 28 and 52, all of them had OHOTMU pages in the back. (Which would confuse the page count idea.)
(I haven't gone and looked at them all, but I noticed they were in there on reading, and it seems to start at #28.)
#54 does not.
So, I'm going to take back my 'guarantee' that they'll be in there. I will state with absolute certainty that AF's OHOTMU pages might or might not be in there.
- Le Messor
"I demand that I may or may not be Vroomfondel!"
- HHGTTG
Now that my attention's been drawn back to this thread, more on the 'Marvel Premiere Classics' special features issue:
MPC #52 was the last of mine that had OHOTMU pages as features, and I'm now up to #58.
The Alpha Flight one will be #66 (two gn's before Dr. Strange's first, btw!)
What they have been doing lately is reprinting 'extra pages' in the back - pages that were meant to align the page count properly in previous trade printings, so that two-page spreads would still be two-page spreads (I noticed with one of them that they were probably meant to replace double-pages). When they exist, of course.
That doesn't quite apply to the Classic X-Men pages, but it's the closest I've got.
- Le Messor
"I have understanding... of digital watches. And soon I shall have understanding of videocassette recorders and car telephones. And when I have understanding of them, I will have understanding of computers. And when I have understanding of computers, _I_ shall be the supreme being."
~ The Evil One, Time Bandits
The advance solicitation date of this for May makes a lot more sense now!
4th May shipping, so perhaps Vol 4 #0.1 the same week or the following week!
Ooh, you're so right!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
- LM
Debbie: I just can't tell, does he like me at all?
Morticia: Of course he does. He vomited.
Debbie: That's true. Does he do that with all the women he likes?
Morticia: Oh no. Just you.
According to Diamond the HC has been pushed back to 8th June which is the same date as Volume 4 #1 rather than #0.1
Which is my 15th year anniversary. I wonder if my wife will appreciate a copy of Alpha Flight #1 for her anniversary gift? :-D
Finally in stores today!
Awesome. Mine comes in 2 weeks. Phil, which cover are you getting, the variant or the regular cover?
I'm not Phil, but I thought I'd mention I'm getting the variant... but I get all the MPC variants.Quote:
Originally Posted by rplass
- Le Messor
"The purpose of all war is peace."
~ St. Augustine
I ordered mine online to save 35% so I've gotta wait 4 weeks, so I still don't know if it's got the Classic pages in or not.
I've ordered the MPC Variant.
I'll possibly pick up the standard in a few years when it's cheaper.
Good, but trust me - don't go the other way around. I've still got one of the standards and I can't find the variant anywhere. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
- Le Messor
"A good horse should seldom be spurred."
~ Thomas Fuller
Yeah, all of mine are the DM edition apart from 2. I think the spine looks better on a shelf too.
Me three!Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil
My local LCS ha sent me an email telling me my copy's in! Yay!
I may have to wait a month before I can pick it up, though. I might be able to get it after church tomorrow, but as I'm leaving the country the day after...
- Le Messor
"If you enjoy what you are doing, you can always find time for whatever you want to do."
~ W.G.P.
Going Anywhere nice?
Hope so. I haven't brought it up because it'll be unpossible for me to get a chance to meet anybody, but I'm hoping to see for the first time:
San Francisco (the non-airport portion)
The Grand Canyon
Vasquez Rocks
I'll also go to my grandparents' house (remind me to wear a red hood and not talk to any wolves).
I'll obviously (probably) not be doing much posting for the next month.
- Le Messor
"Income is a fixed sum of money that is hard to live within, but harder to live without."
~ W.G.P.