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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published August 1983
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages 52
Editing Denny O'Neil (Editor); Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Alpha Flight [Vindicator; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Marrina; Shaman; Snowbird; Puck]; Spider-Man; X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler]; Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic; Invisible Woman; Thing]; Franklin Richards; Daredevil; Avengers [Captain America; Thor]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne (signed)
Inks Terry Austin (signed)
Letters Michael Higgins?
Notes Double-Sized Issue.

1 page Scottie; Cracker Jack advertisement "A Cracker Jack Story"

Characters Scottie
Notes Advertisement for Cracker Jack. Inside front cover.

38 page Alpha Flight story "Tundra!"

Characters Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; Puck (Introduction); Marrina (Introduction); Sasquatch]; Heather Hudson; Tundra (Introduction); Wolverine (Flashback); Nightcrawler (Flashback); Beta Flight [Box [Roger Bochs]; Flashback] (Cameo); Gamma Flight [Madison Jeffries; Smart Alec; Diamond Lil; Wildchild] (Cameo); Prime Minister Trudeau (Flashback); Gary Cody; Sister Anne; Dan Smallwood; Francois; Georges
Synopsis Canada's elite government superhero team is reunited to fight an ancient demigod that draws its power from the land itself.
Genre superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes First solo Alpha Flight story; Alpha Flight first appeared in X-Men #120.
Reprinted In Alpha Flight Classic (Marvel, 2007 series) #1

1 page letters page "Alpha Waves"

Script John Byrne
Letters Typeset