Key
Variants & other printings
ALPHA FLIGHT #1
Volume 1 · 1983-1994
- Published
- August 1983
- Cover price
- $1.00 USD
- Edition
- DIRECT EDITION
- Era
- Bronze
- UPC
- SLAIGHTMT Contact
- Key issue
- Yes
Creators
- Writer
- John Byrne
- Penciler
- John Buscema, John Byrne
- Inker
- Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier), John Byrne, Marrina (Marrina Smallwood), Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), Puck (Eugene Milton Judd), Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)
- Letterer
- Joe Rosen
- Cover artist
- John Byrne, Terry Austin
- Editor
- Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier), Dennis O'Neil, Jim Shooter, Marrina (Marrina Smallwood), Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier), Puck (Eugene Milton Judd), Wild Child (Kyle Gibney)
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Key issue
First Appearance of "Beta Flight" and "Gamma Flight" CAMEO only; 1st Appearance of "MARRINA" (Marrina Smallwood); 1st Appearance of "PUCK" (Eugene Judd); 1st Appearance of Wild Child
Synopsis
Tundra!
The Prime Minister of Canada informs James MacDonald Hudson that Department H is shutting down their national super-hero team, Alpha Flight. Mac reflects upon what will become of the various team members, notably the rising stars from the back-up groups, Beta Flight and Gamma Flight. Donning his Vindicator armor, he flies home to Ontario to tell his wife, Heather.
A man named Richard Easton conducts an ancient ritual in which he summons one of the power Great Beasts – an entity known as Tundra.
Heather Hudson fearing for her husband's (Vindicator) safety, activates a signal beacon that goes out to all former members of Alpha Flight, including upcoming recruits Puck and Marrina. Realizing how effectively everyone worked together, Vindicator offers to re-establish Alpha Flight as an independent superhero team