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    I've just had a thought, because of something I read last night. We have a 'Possible Appearances' thread, but this is for mentions - the team gets mentioned in some context, but doesn't show up. Little things that probably aren't worth their own thread.
    For example, in an issue of Byrne's run on She-Hulk (the second, I believe), she mentions the Walter / Wanda sitch.

    Last night's was, of all places, in The New Teen Titans issue 37 (1987... Let's not get started on The New Teen Titans volumes; last time I tried that, a new spore of madness reigned, HQJOC came down and tore apart the land...)
    On the letters page, somebody calling himself 'Postcard Man' from Grosse Pte said:
    "And those wanting a gay hero: check out Northstar of Alpha Flight!". I don't know what it relates to; presumably letters I haven't read recently (or at all - I'm missing bunches of issues and didn't read them all together).

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    It's definitely worth a thread but I'd say in the Alpha Talk section, rather than Appearances.

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    Sure... I just put it in the same place as Possible Appearances.

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    I think we'd all be bankrupt if we bought everything that mentioned Alphans too!

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    I'm just thinking people will be interested to know. Please, guys, don't try to buy these things!

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    Oh yeah, it's definitely interesting to know.
    Just giving my reasoning for it being in Talk rather than Appearances.

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    Then it makes even more sense!

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    Great Lakes Avengers #5:
    Uh, trigger warning:

    Flatman: "You're right. We're a bad team. Somebody online once called us America's Alpha Flight."
    Good Boy: "That's Not So Bad."
    Flatman: "I know. It was meant as a compliment."

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    Avengers Academy 14.1, which I finally got my hands on for unrelated reasons, on a recent trip to the 'States.
    There's a Wendigo which gets sent back to Canada; they say 'that Canadian team, Alpha Flight is taking care of it'.

    Respect!

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    This was probably just an ad that ran in all comics at the time, but my Epic Edition Defenders: Ashes To Ashes trade reprints an editorial from Defenders #125 (the first issue where it was The New Defenders); across the bottom of the page is a banner that reads:
    "John Byrne's
    Alpha Flight
    'nuff said, eh? On sale now!"

    I probably wouldn't have mentioned it if I had the issue, but it made it into the trade reprint.

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    I've recently come across a run of the old DC Series Arak, Son Of Thunder; this is from the letters page of #34 (non-complimentary warning!)

    Quote Originally Posted by Karl Rozeboom
    By the way, wasn't Arak's early costume copied a little by that Indian from Calgary in Marvel's ALPHA FLIGHT?
    Quote Originally Posted by Roy Thomas
    You'll have to ask someone else about that Indian super-hero at the other place, and his costume. I've never been able to get through an issue of the comic you mention.
    Boo!

    Also, from what I can tell, his costume looks nothing like Shaman's (I assume that's who they mean).

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    Young Justice #1, by Bendis (gah!).

    Impulse is doing something (the storytelling here is not great), and he says: "Crazy day, even for me. One minute, I'm running to Canada to join Alpha -- Oh man…"

    That was unexpected, in a DC book!

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    I'm taking that as an insult somehow...

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    I don't think it was meant to be insulting, but it does remind me that the guy who wrote this also wrote New Avengers #16. :/

    BTW, the issue is not well-written; there are many times I can't even tell what's supposed to be happening on a page.

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