The Return of Alpha Flight!

[Flightpath07]

Who us? Think collectively?
Never.



- Le Messor
"Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die."

heh. Now THAT Collective is alright with me. It is the "other" Collective I am not too fond of.

[Flightpath07]

Ah, okay, because that did not come across.

My brain goes much faster than my typing fingers (all two of them).

[DIGGER]

With any luck, they will be able to make Puck's history make sense somehow. I know, I know, it'll be a "tall order" (groan...), but hopefully somebody will be able to do so.

Whatever they do they better not "Puck it up"....collective groan?

DIGGER

[cmdrkoenig67]

Argh! Bad puns galore...Let's hope they don't screw this return up...AFAIC, Marvel has a lot to vindicate.

Dana

[Mokole]

"Since it's already been revealed in interviews and solicits, could you explain why Alpha Flight member Puck is in hell, despite some of his heroics as a member of the team?Puck, I'm afraid, has been paying the price for having an evil sorcerer trapped inside his body for years (if you don't believe me, go ask Wikipedia). Ah, the perils of living in the Marvel Universe..."


http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=28114

[Ahab]

Is this Groundhog day, the sequel?

[Flightpath07]

Would Groundhogs Day really need a sequel? I mean, couldn't you just watch the original, over and over and over...?...

[Ahab]

Would Groundhogs Day really need a sequel? I mean, couldn't you just watch the original, over and over and over...?...

True that...

[-K-M-]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...ticle&id=28175

I'd assume that the #1 topic at Fan Expo every year is Alpha Flight. Have you heard what the reaction has been to the news of the new story up there yet?

Certainly, if you're up in Toronto or in Canada in general, there are going to be more people interested in Alpha Flight per capita than anywhere else in the world, and we did that special "Avengers" #4 cover which was sold at the Fan and sold out by noon on Saturday. I haven't really had an opportunity to talk to anybody just yet about the Toronto show in depth, so my answer is "I don't know." But my expectation is that, yes, people were pretty interested in what's going on with Alpha Flight and the "Chaos War: Alpha Flight" one-shot. Beyond that, we'll see what develops.

After the news surrounding Canada's favorite superteam came out over our last few columns, thew40 asked, "I know this is a long-dangling plot thread, but what ever happened to the Guardian and Vindicator's baby? With the (brief) return of Alpha Flight, any sign of this kid?"

Brevoort: Wow, even I don’t really recall Guardian and Vindicator’s baby as a plot thread, so I don’t think there’s much likelihood that it’s going to resurface any time soon – especially not until Alpha Flight has some kind of a series again.

And in fact, we had a few questions about international superheroes this week, and I wanted to put two together. First we have strathcona who asked, "Alpha Flight one-shot recently announce. Fantastic Winter Guard mini recently. MI13 one of the best recently canceled series. Is there any chance we can see an International Teams anthology book so we can keep up with these teams?" And as a great follow up to that, there's The GoldenAger wondering, "Will we see any more mini-series based on International Teams in the Marvel Universe (i.e. The Triumph Division, Les Heroes De Paris, etc.)?"


Any chance either of these ideas might work for some of Marvel's overseas heroes?

Brevoort: Possibly, though I think we do a disservice to these characters and their respective cultures and homelands by lumping them all together simply because they’re outside the USA. I don’t know that there’s a widespread interest in any and all international teams per se, but there might be specific interest in the Winter Guard, or in MI:13 or in Alpha Flight. So when we consider projects headlining these characters, they have to be strong stories that are intrinsically keyed to these particular heroes.

So it’s not out of the question that we might choose to do some manner of “Around The World” anthology, but I don’t think it’s incredibly likely. It’s more probable that somebody will hit on a good approach for any of these specific teams, as has happened with Winter Guard and Alpha Flight recently, and then we’ll do the project regardless of the nation it’s set within.

[MistressMerr]

Brevoort: Possibly, though I think we do a disservice to these characters and their respective cultures and homelands by lumping them all together simply because they’re outside the USA. I don’t know that there’s a widespread interest in any and all international teams per se, but there might be specific interest in the Winter Guard, or in MI:13 or in Alpha Flight. So when we consider projects headlining these characters, they have to be strong stories that are intrinsically keyed to these particular heroes.

So it’s not out of the question that we might choose to do some manner of “Around The World” anthology, but I don’t think it’s incredibly likely. It’s more probable that somebody will hit on a good approach for any of these specific teams, as has happened with Winter Guard and Alpha Flight recently, and then we’ll do the project regardless of the nation it’s set within.

Wow, was that... an actual diplomatic, respectful answer from Brevoort? Gold star!

[suzene]

Wow, was that... an actual diplomatic, respectful answer from Brevoort? Gold star!

I call Skrull.

[Le Messor]

I call Skrull.

Yes?

I, too, was surprised by Brevoort's answer; not just that it was diplomatic, but it was actually a good answer.

- Le Messor
"Heisenberg might have slept here."

[Flightpath07]

It’s more probable that somebody will hit on a good approach for any of these specific teams, as has happened with Winter Guard and Alpha Flight recently

is anyone having any thoughts on this? I am assuming his "good approach" for AF is about the One-Shot. Or is it?

[Mokole]

I wonder too if that's an unintentional mention of an AF series. 'Good approach for AF recently' doesn't sound like Chaos War.

[DIGGER]

I wonder too if that's an unintentional mention of an AF series. 'Good approach for AF recently' doesn't sound like Chaos War.

Gotta agree with you on this one. I wouldn't think a one-shot would garner a response like that.
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DIGGER