Welcome Fiend28, glad to have you on board!
The key to the cupboard is hidden under the door mat.
Ben
Welcome Fiend28, glad to have you on board!
The key to the cupboard is hidden under the door mat.
Ben
Re: Alpha Flight Questionnaire
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Actually I just started with volumn 3....
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
Ah! Now this is funny because I've known of AF for years and even more so since right before the big JP coming out issue. The Star Bulletin in Honolulu wrote a huge article up about 'Marvel Comics coming out of the closet'. (that was the title of the article if I remember rightly) I was already a comic book fiend by then and saw the article and read it. This was me. "Holy s**te he's hot!"
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Northstar...I love what happened when Kia Asamiya got her hands on him.
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Eh...dunno yet. I'm still catching up on back history/issues.
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
See: #4
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
See: #4 again.
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
vol3 issue 2 had me cracking up.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Both Puck's, the twins, the Hudsons, Walt
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)
Walt! Hey the guy is willing to go into a bet where he runs the risk of becoming a sex slave for a year if he losses. I like that in a man...or woman for that matter...that and I have a thing for bespecled, slightly older scientist types.
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
From what I do know I'd have to say Guardian...every team needs by the book types.
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
I am loving Scott's run right now. =)
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Larry Hama never got his hands on this book did he?
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Henry's stuff is amazing. I like the slight anime look to the thing.
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Rob Leifield...who let him out?
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be
Hmmm...dunno yet.
Hell was full, so I came back.
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Since the end of the first series
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
First memory was from that Wolverine four issue limited. I forgot what it was called, but the covers were in a thicker cardboard. I thought the team was really cool/different. This was my first exposure to X-Men as well.
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Marrina
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Manakin or Witchfire, or Goblyn. Three way tie.
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
The Master
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Marina's "mate"
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
Hopefully the current one!
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Northstar & Aurora, Flashback, Sasquatch, Puck 1 & 2, MML, Marrina, Snowbird, Persuasion, Shaman, Windshear.
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 Mac, Is Sasquatch, could be MML.
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Scott
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Not sure.
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Current, then Byrne
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Duncan R.
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
Flashback's rebelling, then dying.
danielsan
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Alpha Flight v1 #1... back in 1983.
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
My family was taking a camping trip to Texas to see relatives. I was allowed to buy a few comics to take along as reading material. I got to pick them out, and then my mom hid them away until we left. I remember being excited about finding #2 and #3 while we were on the trip. (I got all my comics from a drugstore in those days. It was a little behind.)
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Heather. Definitely Heather, particularly as done by Byrne.
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Don't really have one, actually. Had to think about it for a while though.
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Delphine Courtney. Disguising "herself" as Guardian was one heck of a move.
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Don't really have one.
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
This is a hard one. A toss-up between v1 #11-13, which has the death of Guardian, and v1 #105... the Bachelor Party issue.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
I love Byrne's lineup. Byrne's lineup plus Heather in a suit (I originally disliked that, but I've gotten used to it) would be ideal.
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)
Heather. (To quote Denys O'Neill "If I was in the same universe as her, I'd inevitably fall in love with her.")
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Heather.
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Byrne
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Mantlo
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Byrne
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Scott Clarke, I think.
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
Mantlo taking over the title with v1 #29.
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Since AF Vol. 2
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
Uh.........I don't know..........
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Nemesis and Talisman
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Um......hard to say.......
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Nemesis!
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Scrambler and that one thing he became.
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
Around the time of Snowbird's baby.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
The new team and the originals combined!
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)
Puck II
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Heather
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
John!
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Didn't really have one..........
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
I actually liked most of them!
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Hard to say.........
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
Snowbird's baby dying.
1. Since Alpha Flight # 1 (1983). But not continuously.
2. Again the aforementioned AF # 1. The first scene with Mac in the Canadian Parliament building contemplating the shutdown of Dept. H. I loved the idea of a Canadian superhero and still do.
3. That has kind of changed over the years. Originally it was Guardian (loved that costume and battlesuit) and Box (loved the idea of a "homemade" superhero as Roger Bochs seemed to have assembled his first Box robot in his living room surrounded by old issues of popular mechanics and his T-squares. It all seemed fantastic and realistic all at the same time. Now, I think Heather, Puck and Sasquatch are my favourites.
4. Northstar, he was always too arrogant and selfish.
5. Don't really have one. Possibly "The Master" purely for nostalgic reasons as he was Alpha's first real villian in their original series.
6. Really hated the story where Roger Bochs turned evil and insane. That was just totally wrong and out of character. I wish they could bring him back as John Byrne had written him.
7. That would probably be the first one where Mac gets led into the Alpha Flight ambush and is unexpectedly killed. Alpha Flight # 12 (first series) totally blew my mind when I first read it. Too bad it turned out to be all a cop-out with later writers.
8. By dream team I assume you mean writer/artist. That would be the return of John Byrne or Scott Lobdell (in second place).
9. Heather of course.
10. Heather again.
11. The talented Mr. Byrne.
12. Hard to say because Alpha has had more bad writers than good ones. Possibly the James Hudnell run. But Bill Mantlo and Fabian Nicieza had their stinkers too.
13. John Byrne Mike Mignola David Ross Jim Lee and whoever drew #102-105 (I don't have the books in front of me to check).
14. Gerry Talaoc.
15. Insanity/Death of Roger Bochs.
Re: Alpha Flight Questionnaire
JCOriginally Posted by Ben
Re: Alpha Flight Questionnaire
The cancellation of volume 1!The Following is the official forum Alpha Flight Questionnaire. This automatically gets sent to new members. I would also like for existing members to take a minute to fill this out, as it is a great way to see the interests of fellow Alpha Flight Fans.
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Since volume 1 babe!
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
O.K. I'm not proud of this but I stole issue 12 (vol.1) from a comic book store, I felt really bad, so from that day on I bought the rest.
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Guardian of course, Captain America who?
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Bill Mantlo
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Llan the Sorcerer, he had such talent, if only he could find a good agent.
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Chinook, what a LLLLLOSER!
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
AF (vol. 1) #12, Bryne, you had guts man.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
The originals (new members could do fill-ins).
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)
AuroraWhat's happenin' bright stuff!
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Guardian (Mac)
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Whoever won this match - John Byrne vs. James Hudnall
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Bill Mantlo
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
O.K. this is gonna make you laugh, John Calimee
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Bill M...OOPS, Steve Clark
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
I picked up issue #1 Vol.1 long ago at a 7-11 after cutting some lady's lawn. Best money I ever spent. The Slurpee I bought didn't have as lasting an effect.
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
Fighting with my little brother about who actually owned the meager Alpha Flight collection. I think we had 1-25. After that I had a long hiatus. I actually thought they had been canned until I found issue 100 on a newstand many years later.
3. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight character?
My favorite is Shaman. I love the mysticism he's surrounded in. Also the fact that he among all of the Alphans was the most human to me. He's the only one who ever asked if he was worthy of being a superhero. Everyone else, exception Heather, just seemed to take to it naturally. I liked Shaman's struggle and inner turmoil.
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Manbot. Was he a robot? was he a man? No he was a Manbot! That and he never did a damned thing!
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Gotta agree with all of the Dream Queen fans out there, though the Master is a very close second.
6. Who is your least favourite Alpha Flight villain?
Pink Pearl! Couldn't get my head (or arms) around her character.
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
Gotta go with the Dream Queen Saga, though the Infinity stuff where Alpha was actually considered an A list team always impressed me too.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Alpha to me will always be Heather, Sasquatch, Puck, Shaman, Northstar, Aurora, and Snowbird. I could live with Flex, Persuasion, or Talisman, but that's about it. I did like Radius as well, though he wasn't much of a team player. The newbies I'm not sold on yet.
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)
Heather! Hot red head with the brains to get us off the island (no powers there) or at least allow us to survive on love and coconuts!!!!!!!
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Heather! Hands down the best leadership skills!
11. Who is your favourite Alpha Flight writer?
Byrne. He's the one who hooked me. Others have been trying to shake me off that hook with no success.
12. Who is your least favourite Alpha Flight writer?
Mantlo...yeah I'm gonna say it....Razer!
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Byrne - his art was just clean and classic.
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Duncan Rouleau - I tried I just couldn't enjoy his art. Doesn't make it bad, just makes it not my favorite.
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
So many things, but bringing back Mac was probably where I'd start.
Re: Alpha Flight Questionnaire
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Since the original series in the eighties.
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
1st memory was reading their guest appearance in Uncanny X-Men #120-121.
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
That's a tough one...I'd have to say Heather. I like all the originals(with one exception).
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
It has to be Mac....I hate that he was brought back to life(again and again)...this really messed with the character's original death(the impact it had on the team, Heather, etc...). He has been consistantly the worst written of any of the original team.
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Tha Master of the World.
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Llan the Sorcerer....bleuch!
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
Walter's death by Snowbird and the team's search for his soul in the Realm of the Great Beasts.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Roster: Guardian(Heather....Mac would be Dept H director), Northstar, Puck, Sasquatch, Snowbird and Talisman.
Creative team: John Byrne/John Byrne and Terry Austin
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...she fit so well into the role....Mac never wanted the job, while Heather enjoyed it.
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
The best ever...John Byrne.
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
James Hudnall...sorry James.
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
You have to ask? John Byrne.
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
The fellow who illustrated most of the Hudnall issues(I can't recall his name at the moment)
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be
There are lot's of things....bringing back Mac is one, but I'd have to say: Puck's origin(being possessed by a demonic sorcerer, that made him a Little person....ugh!).
Alpha Flight Questionnaire
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
Since their first appearance in Uncanny X-Men #120.
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight?....
At the end of Uncanny X-Men #109, James MacDonald Hudson makes a reference to bringing Alpha Flight back with him when he next tangles with Wolverine and the X-Men. I remember wondering what this "Alpha Flight" was.
3. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight character?
Snowbird!
4. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight character?
Wyre.
5. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight villian?
The Great Beasts.
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villian?
Can't really think of any.
7. What do you think is the best issue/story arc from Alpha Flight?
Volume #1, issue #1 -- outstanding!
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Guardian, Vindicator, Shaman, Snowbird, Northstar, Aurora, Sasquatch, Puck, Marrina, and Talisman. In other word, the classic team, more or less. Guess I'm just old-fashioned.
9. If you were to be stuck on a desert island with one member of Alpha Flight....?
Snowbird -- she's a good huntress, and possibly not only for herself, in an emergency.
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Heather Hudson -- with or without the battle suit.
11. Who is your favourite Alpha Flight writer?
John Byrne.
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Fabian Niecieza, (sp?). Bill Mantlo started out with some good ideas, (Tamarind Island, Snowbird's baby), but then, he started killing off good characters and having longtime members leave; and by the time he was finished, the book was unrecognizable.
13. Who is your favourite Alpha Flight artist?
John Byrne.
14. Who is your least favourite Alpha Flight artist?
John Calimee.
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight, what would it be?
Bring back Doug Thompson and Snowbird's son from the dead.
Alpha Flight QUestionnaire
Slight correction to #9:
I'm an animal lover, so I wouldn't need Snowbird to hunt for me. I'd eat fruit and coconuts, and let Narya hunt for herself.
1. How long have you been collecting Alpha Flight?
I have about12 v1, 6 v2, and all of v3
2. What was your first memory of Alpha Flight? If recent, what was your first reaction?
When Flashback, Puck, and Box all first appeared
3. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight character?
Feedback, then Box. See if Zuzha or MML can take over top spot.
4. Who is you least favorite Alpha Flight character?
The Hudsons, never liked them as heroes. Never liked Manbot either.
5. Who is you favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Omega Flight
6. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight villain?
Uhhh, a few were wankers, so I won't pick one just yet. I didn't like the Infinity stuff or 'World Tour' much.
7. What do you think is the best issue / story-arch from Alpha Flight?
Af v1 #118-120. Hopefully v3 will beat that easily.
8. What do you consider the Alpha Flight "Dream Team"?
Puck leading Feedback, Box, Windshear, Nemesis, Zuzha, Major Mapleleaf, Shaman, Sasquatch, and Ghost Girl. I'd prefer a smaller team though, so then Puck, Feedback, Box, Windshear, and GG.
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, he could get us off. If we're really stuck then Zuzha.
10. Who was/is/could be the best leader of Alpha Flight?
Puck.
11. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Furman, hope Lobdell beats him
12. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight writer?
Mantlo then Byrne
13. Who is your favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Henry is good but Jim lee for me.
14. Who is your least favorite Alpha Flight artist?
Not sure, a few were bad.
15. If you could undo one thing in Alpha Flight history, what would it be?
Keep dead people dead and leave Heather off of AF.
Keep your stick on the ice.
Live it.
Interesting.... You seems to go against a lot of what people usually thinks is good and I dond remember who is feedback
Not gonna speak about some of the choices, each to their own. Feedback was Albert Louis, the gent who was chased by the Hardliners and eventually joined Alpha (#120-130 ish). He could generate electrical dopplegangers of himself.
Del
Driftwood: Well, I got about a foot and a half. Now, it says, uh, "The party of the second part shall be known in this contract as the party of the second part."
Fiorello: Well, I don't know about that...
Driftwood: Now what's the matter?
Fiorello: I no like-a the second party, either.
Driftwood: Well, you should've come to the first party. We didn't get home 'til around four in the morning... I was blind for three days!
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