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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published September 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Alpha Flight [Guardian; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Shaman; Marrina; Puck]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks Terry Austin (signed)
Letters Rick Parker?

17 page Alpha Flight story "Shadows of the Past"

Characters Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson; also as Vindicator]; Shaman; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; Puck; Marrina (Partial Origin); Sasquatch]; Chief Inspector Hamilton; Thompson; Cody; Angus (flashback); Tom Smallwood (flashback); Glad Smallwood (flashback); Dan Smallwood (flashback); Master of the World (Cameo)
Synopsis Vindicator decides to rename himself Guardian. During a training session, Marrina goes feral and eviscerates Puck.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted In Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

5 page The Origins of Alpha Flight story "In The Beginning..."

Characters James MacDonald Hudson (Origin); Heather McNeil; Jerry Jaxon
Synopsis Distraught with his technology being sold to the US Army, James decides to use the suit and take back the helmet, which was developed before joining Am-Can.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Beginning a series of back-up stories on the origins of Alpha Flight.
Reprinted In Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1