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Issue: Alpha Flight #5
Publication Date: December 1983
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Issues: #5 of 126 Issues (221 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 08/23/1983
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 3 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Denny O'Neil (Editor); Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #31, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-09-13.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In5
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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And Now... Puck!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Byrne (signed)
Inker(s): John Byrne (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alpha Flight
Character(s): Puck
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #56 published September 2014
as And Now... Puck! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature is dated 1983.
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What Fools These Mortals Be...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Andy Yanchus
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Alpha Flight
Character(s): Shaman [Michael Towyoungmen]; Puck; Nurse Margaret Cambridge; Doctor Craigborne; Sergeant McNamara
Synopsis: Puck is recovering in the hospital from his injury delivered by Marrina when he finds himself involved in a mystery.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlpha Flight Classic #1 published April 2007
as What Fools These Mortals Be... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #56 published September 2014
as Cuán Necios son Estos Mortales... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
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Deathwatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Byrne
Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne
Colorist(s): Andy Yanchus
Letterer(s): Tom Orzechowski
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Origins of Alpha Flight
Character(s): Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (Origin); Elizabeth Twoyoungmen (Introudction; becomes Talisman in AF #18); Katheryn Twoyoungmen (Introduction, Death); Heather McNeil; Claire McNeil; Ramsey McNeil
Synopsis: Talented doctor Michael Twoyoungmen turns away from the ways of his people, despite the requests from his shaman grandfather. Then he learns that his wife is dying. He devotes all his time to finding a cure, to no avail.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAlpha Flight Classic #1 published April 2007
as Deathwatch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Héroes #56 published September 2014
as Velatorio [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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