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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published March 1984
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details - "Betrayal!"

Characters Aurora; Northstar; Deadly Ernest (hand only)
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne

17 page Alpha Flight story "Cold Hands Cold Heart"

Characters Alpha Flight [Aurora; Northstar]; Raymonde Belmonde (flashback); Nemesis [Danielle Belmonde] (Introduction); Deadly Ernest (Origin, Death)
Synopsis Northstar tracks down Aurora and Deadly Ernest but is beaten to the punch in taking him down by the mysterious Nemesis.
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

5 page Origins of Alpha Flight story "Genesis"

Characters Snowbird [Narya] (Origin); Shaman (Origin); James MacDonald Hudson; Heather Hudson
Synopsis Shaman is contacted by James and Heather. They want him and Snowbird to come work for Department H.
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

1 page letters page "Alpha Waves"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Dustan Leary, Sue Crawbuck, Louis Bispo, Dennis K. Catacci, T. M. Maple, Anthony Padilla, Conrad P. Felber and Allen Oliver.