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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published April 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)
Notes There is no letter column in this issue.

Cover Details

Characters Sasquatch; Megan Masterson; Super-Skrull (arm only)
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne

14 page Alpha Flight story "Things Aren't Always What They Seem"

Characters Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Kortgaard (Death); Colonel McMurdo (Death); Megan Masterson (Death); Greene (Death); Doctor Duncan (Death); Super-Skrull [also as The Thing]
Synopsis In an isolated research station, Dr. Langkowski is invited to study an odd cosmic radioactivity phenomenon. When the scientist locks in, the Fantastic Four's the Thing is "beamed in", forcing Langkowski to reveal his secret identity to the others. Then the other scientists are killed off and the strange visitor turns out to be someone else altogether.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Michael Higgins

8 page Origins of Alpha Flight story "A Stranger In My Mirror"

Characters Aurora (Origin); Soeur Anne; Wolverine
Synopsis The young Jeanne-Marie Beaubier grows up in an orphanage and develops her powers and her dual personality. When she runs across some thugs, she deals with them easily, much to the amusement of the passing Wolverine, who suggests she contact James MacDonald Hudson.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Michael Higgins