> Awhile back (so long ago I forget when exactly) we were told there would be some news about Alpha Flight. When will this come to pass? >
As soon as we have some actual news to impart.
>2. Why is there such negativity towards Alpha Flight at Marvel?
Posted by Legerd on 2009-05-24 21:55:23>
I don't think there is any negativity towards Alpha Flight at Marvel really, Legerd. It's simply a property that we haven't been able to crack how to sell to a wide audience. And that's really been the case almost from the start. When Alpha first appeared in UNCANNY X-MEN, they were these really cool new characters, but somehow once they got their own series, their mystique quickly vanished, and they became just another team of costumed do-gooders running around slightly north of all the others. Even Alpha mastermind John Byrne has admitted that there wasn't much to them when he came up with them to fight the X-Men, and that he was sort of making it up as he went along during his tenure on the series. But all that aside, there is something cool and interesting to Alpha Flight, we just haven't found the right team and the right approach to tap into it yet.