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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published February 1984
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Denny O'Neil; Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief); Linda Grant (Assistant Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Aurora; Northstar
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks John Byrne (signed)
Letters Michael Higgins?

15 page Alpha Flight story "The Importance of Being Deadly"

Characters Alpha Flight [Aurora; Northstar]; Dr. Bosson; Raymonde Belmonde (Death); Danielle Belmonde; Deadly Ernest [Ernest St. Ives] (Introduction); Alex Thorne; Delphine Courtney (Introduction)
Synopsis Northstar takes Aurora to a psychologist to see what can be done about her having two separate personas. He then takes her to see a good friend of his, Raymonde Belmonde, a restaurant owner. (It is hinted at that Belmonde is more than a friend to Northstar.) There they find out that the restaurant is being blackmailed by local crime lord Deadly Ernest. When Ernest's thugs barge in, Ernest kills Belmonde with a touch and kidnaps Aurora. Northstar does not dare reveal his powers before Belmonde's daughter Danielle, but swears revenge. Meanwhile, Delphine Courtney invites Alec Thorne to join her and her employer in a new project.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Michael Higgins
Reprinted In Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

7 page Origins of Alpha Flight story "Let A Child Be Born"

Characters Professor David Camperton; Doctor Efford; Richard Lawrence Easton; Nelvanna; Hodiak; Lars; Carmichael; Snowbird (unnamed, origin); Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen]
Synopsis At an archeological dig in the Arctic Circle, an ancient headband is discovered. At night, it beckons to its finder and puts him in contact with two gods, who ask him to give up his "seed of humanity". Accepting, the man finds himself returned to earth fifteen years later. A year later, Shaman feels himself summoned to the site, where the goddess Nelvanna reveals herself to him, pregnant. Shaman performs the role of midwife to the goddess and a young infant is entrusted to his care.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Michael Higgins
Notes Although it is clearly a separate story, with separate story title and cast, this story continues the numbering of the previous sequence.
Reprinted In Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

1 page letters page "Alpha Waves"

Script Denny O'Neil
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Suzanne Crawbuck, Mary Reeves, Jay Tuttle, Jay West and Anthony Famularo, with replies from O'Neil.