Alpha Flight Questionnaire

[jokerswild]

1. Since Volume 1 Issue 6 was sent to me in the mail after sending in a Cap'n Crunch cereal box top!!! (ages ago!)
2. "the boy-twin seems a little queerish..." Yea! Me too!
3. Jean-Marie
4. Wyre & that whole bunch...ug.
5. Omega Flight, with Diablo a close 2nd
6. Take yer pick...their D-grade rogue's gallery has, I feel, always been their undo-ing.
7. Great Beasts/Talisman ala vol.1 #24---very unique, very Alpha.
8. Northstar, Aurora, Vindicator (Mac), Guardian (Heather), Puck (Eugene), WildChild, Kara Killgrave, Sasquatch, and maybeeee...Major Mapleleaf (strangely, he's very "Alpha" to me)
9. Northstar, duh! Did I mention that "I'M GAY!"--read in loud, 2-page spread with spikey word balloon.
10. Heather WAS, Wolvie COULD BE, Mac SHOULD BE.
11. Byrne.
12. Lobdell
13. Duncan Releauo---Dude, if his run could've been longer, it woulda been a great, new defining look for Alpha!
14. Hmmm...Whoever did that issue when Kara gets that gawdawful bodysuit and becomes "Persuasion" ---Hillary Barta? I think? (disclaimer-Other work by Ms. Barta was better than her AF work.)
15. "Lionheart???" ug.

[ComicBookBin]

1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?

1987

2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?

Classic X-Men reprints

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?

Guardian

4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?

Marina

5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?

Pestilence

6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?

Wildchild

7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?

Death of Mac

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?

Guardian, Vindicator, Puck, Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird, Aurora, Northstar, Diamond Lil

9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight, Who would it be (powers can not get you off the island)

Vindicator

10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?

Vindicator

11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?

Fabian N

12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?

Lobdell

13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?

Byrne

14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?

Hundall

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?

The green suit on Vindicator

[Legerd]

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?

The green suit on Vindicator

Hallelujah CCB!

[Capt.D]

1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?

Vol. 1 # 11

2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
My first memory of Alpha Flight was when I was a kid my mom brought me a coulple of Alpha Flight comics when I was in the hospital. Issues 11-14 and I've been a fan since then.

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?

Sasquatch

4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Pretty much all the vol. 3 new characters

5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?

That's a tough one, with a few exceptions, they have a pretty crappy rouges gallery. They generally get the ones the American Heroes laugh at.... The heroes were great they just had few good villians, although the demon queen that was after goblyn was pretty good.

6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Most of them


7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?

There are too many

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?

Guardian/Vindicator-Heather
Sasquatch
Shaman
Puck
Box
Snowbird
Scarlet Spider

9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight, Who would it be (powers can not get you off the island)

Vidicator-Heather
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Heather

11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Don't know

12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Don't Know

13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
John Byrne

14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
There are too many to count...

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
I would give them better villians, have them go up against the big guns in the Marvel U more often.

[DelBubs]

I'll run through your answer in a little while Capt.D, but am justing taking the opportunity to say welcome to the forum.

[RolandT]

1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?

Only the last one, the one with Mapleleaf

2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?

I liked the drawings.

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?

Box, I like robots. Dad likes him too, but Mum likes girls like Nemesis. She wears black and red.

4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?

Yukon Jack

5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?

Plodex

6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?

The wax guy

7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?

The one where they fought the Box robots.

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?

I don't know. Dad says put Box and Nemesis on it.

9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight, Who would it be (powers can not get you off the island)

Box

10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?

Nemesis

11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?

I don't know

12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?

I don't know

13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?

the last one.

14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?

I don't know.

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?

Making the last one so silly. It was sort of funny but I like it when they get to save people and beat bad guys. Omega Flight will be like that.

My Mum and Dad are helping me post but I can write my own stuff.

[DelBubs]

Welcome to the forum RolandT, glad to have you aboard. If you want to catch up on Alpha Flight info can I suggest you pop along to http://alphanex.alphaflight.net/index.php/Main_Page.

Once again welcome.

[RolandT]

Thank you. The Alphanex is quite big but that's good. Good thing it's a school holiday for me and no homework yet.

[Mokole]

Welcome RolandT, hope you like Omega Flight a lot. Most of Alpha Flight isn't silly like Lobdell's one was, though we agree that Clayton Henry's art was quite good.

[Legerd]

Welcome to Alpha Waves Capt.D and Roland T!

[MonsieurTaffy]

1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
My first issue was #12, first volume, with Guardian being reduced to ashes...or teleported far away...or plainly disintegrated...well, being submitted to some unpleasant treatment!

2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
See above. As a fairly young kid, I was blown away (lame joke alert!) by Mac's fate at the end of #12. From that moment on, I was hooked.

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Northstar. Where most see arrogance, I have always seen privacy and self-preservation. He is and has been for many years my favourite Marvel character. I can even try to forget the lame FLQ background bit

4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Wyre. Terrible Cable rip-off, with big guns, mysterious origin, scars and bulging muscles. Hopefully gone for good...

5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Tough one...I have a hard time taking the Master seriously (what is he a master at? Hatching convoluted plans to get his butt kicked?)...Omega Flight were not villains per se...perhaps the Dream Queen (sweet concept in her early appearances).

6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Does the wax animator from volume 3 count? Actually, scract that, Scott Lobdell and whoever his editor was are my least favorite Alpha villains ever!

7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
Stand alone issue, #12 from volume 1, as mentionned above. So totally unexpected at the time. Best story-arch...the first 28 Byrne issues come to mind, but I would say the "X-Men-Alpha Flight" mini which is part of Asgardian Wars.
I also have a soft spot for volume 2 (which doesn't seem overly popular among you)

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Puck as field leader
Sasquatch for the look, brains and brawn
Aurora so she can finally move on being everyone's punching bag
Nemesis (the only redeeming feat in volume 3)
Murmur (just to have the pleasure of totally revamping her dreadful background and accent)
Luke Cage and Jessica Jones (since she now is in Toronto)
Wolverine (he HAS to be a member of every marvel team, including Power Pack)

9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight, Who would it be (powers can not get you off the island)
Northstar

10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Was? Heather. Could be? Puck.

11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Tie between John Byrne and Steven Seagle (spelling?)

12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Bill Mantlo held that title for over a decade. Since volume 3's fiasco, Scott Lobdell, by a long shot. Plainly awful. I wonder how anyone at Marvel thought that book could work...some serious management problems, definitely.

13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
John Byrne / Jim Lee. I quite liked Clayton Henry's art as well.

14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
It would have to be John Calimee (spelling?). Very original, visually interesting, not fit for a comic-book imo.

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
Mac coming back to like more often than Jean Grey and the Green Goblin combined...and Volume 3 in its entirety (but you might have guessed that already!)

[syvalois]

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Northstar. Where most see arrogance, I have always seen privacy and self-preservation. He is and has been for many years my favourite Marvel character. I can even try to forget the lame FLQ background bit

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Puck as field leader
Sasquatch for the look, brains and brawn
Aurora so she can finally move on being everyone's punching bag
Nemesis (the only redeeming feat in volume 3)
Murmur (just to have the pleasure of totally revamping her dreadful background and accent)
Luke Cage and Jessica Jones (since she now is in Toronto)
Wolverine (he HAS to be a member of every marvel team, including Power Pack)

For Murmur, I would make a story where her suicide lead to a resolution of the hull house mistery and a retirement to superhero life to all the other hull house kids (Flex, Ghost girl, etc). I also agree with the Wolverine comment, he should be in Power Pack!

[Effexxor]

1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight? About four months

2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction? 'Dude, they have a gay charecter?'

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character? Northstar!, Heather, Walter, Yukon Jack (interesting background) and Mapleleaf, just because he's knda sorta endearing

4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character? Probably Guardian, I don't know him that well

5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain? Loki

6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain? Don't have one

7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight? Walter turning into a lady.

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Vindicator (Heather): Fearless Leader
Sasquatch: The brawn and humor
Northstar, Aurora: Gotta have the speedsters
Both Pucks: You have to admit, it would be an interesting family environment
Yukon Jack: The Wolverine type character
Weapon Omega: I like Kyle.
Talisman: For the mystic aspect
Major Mapleleaf II: He has a pony! That's cool!

9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight, Who would it be (powers can not get you off the island) Norhstar, I'm a total fag hag, and he's funny. And if not him, than Sasquatch. There is no one sweeter than Walter

10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight? Heather, and Northstar's a pretty competant leader

11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer? Byrne

12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer? Don't have one for AF, but I hate Austen in the Xmen series

13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist? Not really sure, but my favorite artist for the Xmen series is Salvador Larrocca

14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist? Don't have one

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be? Not have everyone die in New Avengers. And get rid of the 'twins as elves' arc, including JP getting sick.

[Banshee]

1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight? Since first X-Men appearance in the British Reprint 'Rampage magazine'.

2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction? Sasquatch's hand grabbing Wolvie by the throat and the twins blinding Nightcrawler.

3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character? Snowbird

4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character? Most of the team in series 3 actually!

5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain? Gilded Lily

6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain? Too many to mention!

7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight? The 1st 28 issues of volume 1.

8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"? Guardian,Aurora and Northstar,Snowbird,Sasquatch,Talisman,Shaman,Puck.

9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight, Who would it be (powers can not get you off the island) Northstar

10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight? Heather Hudson

11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer? John Byrne

12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer? Scott Lobdell

13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist? John Byrne

14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist? None in particular

15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be? Volume 2 and 3

[DelBubs]

Just thought I'd say welcome to Banshee and Effexxor (even though youv'e been here a while)

Banshee, your answers have that old school feel about them. Most of your answers would probably be very similar to mine. Effexxor, kinda good to see that vol 3 did some good stuff by drawing in some new Alpha fans.