new maxi series................alpha flight!!!!

[DelBubs]

Wheres there's Faith and Charity there's ...

[Ahab]

Wheres there's Faith and Charity there's ...

Buffy and Chaz Bono?

[berserkerclaw]

Hi new to the site love af and picking up the new book cant wait to read

[Mokole]

Newsarama has a 9 page preview, spoilers if you care, enjoy.

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multime....php?aid=42844

[rplass]

Oh the lettered preview is fun! Lots of quippy one-liners! I love the thing with Marrina and her battle cry, just awesome. I also note the reference to the previous battle Alpha Flight had with Attuma that crossed over into Avengers #272, nice research there, writers!

The custody thing with baby Hudson is interesting... they're getting a divorce apparently... not the mother/father nurture/nature argument I've been spittling about.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Oh the lettered preview is fun! Lots of quippy one-liners! I love the thing with Marrina and her battle cry, just awesome. I also note the reference to the previous battle Alpha Flight had with Attuma that crossed over into Avengers #272, nice research there, writers!

The custody thing with baby Hudson is interesting... they're getting a divorce apparently... not the mother/father nurture/nature argument I've been spittling about.

Divorce? I read it as being they both lost custody of their daughter (probably because they were legally deceased)?

Dana

[Phil]

Divorce? I read it as being they both lost custody of their daughter (probably because they were legally deceased)?

That's exactly how I read it.

[Flightpath07]

That's exactly how I read it.

Moi, aussi.

[rplass]

That's exactly how I read it.

I read it differently. I also read it very quickly. Anyway, from the new lettered preview of the 0.1 issue, it's perfectly clear what's going on.

--rplass

[berserkerclaw]

Thanks guys for the welcome. Looking forward to the great disscussions on vol 4

[suzene]

Oh the lettered preview is fun! Lots of quippy one-liners! I love the thing with Marrina and her battle cry, just awesome. I also note the reference to the previous battle Alpha Flight had with Attuma that crossed over into Avengers #272, nice research there, writers!

I'm iffy on Marrina's new characterization given what we've seen so far. Sweet and kind doesn't automatically = ineffective victim and I'm not warming to the new alternative; as I've seen others remarking, I'd really hate to see Marrina go the way of Tora over at DC. But we'll see.

[Le Messor]

I'm iffy on Marrina's new characterization given what we've seen so far.

Yeah, with Marrina it's like they're not even trying to capture her original voice.

Still, it kinda works. Like I told somebody when asked what I thought of her new battle cry:
It totally sucks... but they pulled it off! How do they do that?!?

She's the only one of the first eight I've noticed such a problem with, though.

- Le Messor
"To be is to do."
~ Socrates
"To do is to be."
~ Sartre
"Do be do be do."
~ Sinatra

[suzene]

Yeah, with Marrina it's like they're not even trying to capture her original voice.

Still, it kinda works. Like I told somebody when asked what I thought of her new battle cry:
It totally sucks... but they pulled it off! How do they do that?!?

She's the only one of the first eight I've noticed such a problem with, though.

One of the ladies on Tumblr said something to the effect that these guys are trying to make Marrina into the Machine Man of Alpha Flight. It's a little early for that, but I can see where it's coming from - it feels less like a new direction for an established character and more like a new character with some passing similarities to Marrina. At the same time though, it's also hinted at that Marrina is trying to find an identity beyond attempting to assimilate with human or Atlantean culture, which could be interesting and would also explain a bit of the sudden 180; it doesn't feel like Marrina because it's Marrina deliberately working toward something that resembles her old self as little as possible, which can be both liberating and -- until your own voice emerges from the enthusiasm of embracing a new extreme -- as annoying as hell to everyone around you. Could be an interesting exploration of identity, or just a really irritating character direction. I guess we'll need a bit more than a single page to see where this goes.

[Le Messor]

it's also hinted at that Marrina is trying to find an identity beyond attempting to assimilate with human or Atlantean culture

I can see where writers would get this, but given that she was raised very much human, she should be part of human (specifically, Maritimes) culture.
And, before anyone brings it up, yes I do get annoyed every time Superman whinges about being the only member of his culture on Earth.
He's a frickin' Kansasan! He may not have been born there, but he doesn't even remember Krypton. He's as less not-American than me!

Could be an interesting exploration of identity, or just a really irritating character direction. I guess we'll need a bit more than a single page to see where this goes.

Can't it be both?
And, for once when I say that, I'm completely serious.

- Le Messor
"They are able because they think they are able."
~ Virgil

[Flightpath07]

"To be is to do."
~ Socrates
"To do is to be."
~ Sartre
"Do be do be do."
~ Sinatra

"Scooby dooby Doo!"
~ Scooby Doo