The Return of Alpha Flight!

[swh_comicguy]

Check out my last reply! He's very serious. Alpha Flight Forever????

Mokole:

With this Jim McCann note at least we have a name and a rumour of Jiminez doing art, but that's a pretty long shot guess IMO. Better than just a rumour that somebody made up.

I can use more positive news like this, even if it's just an appearance by AF in Hawkeye & Mockingbird, it's a start.

At San Diego Jiminez said he would like to do Alpha Flight if it consisted of the original members. Hope he was serious.

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[swh_comicguy]

With the exclusive cover for Fan Expo, I'm thinking there really is an opportunity for an actual Alpha Flight series coming out of Marvel in the near future.

well, if its a on-going, it will be announced soon, as both phil jimenez and jim mccann have both stated they have a project they are working on together that will be announced very soon (fan expo is the 27th/28th in toronto...........hmmm......) but if its just a appearance then it wont be until next year as hawkeye/mockingbird series has a arc with black widow coming up.

[maniac mike]

Posted over at comicbookresources.com T & A Thread...

And finally, Scratchy asked, "Rumor has it that Alpha Flight will be returning, under Jim McCann's writing. How soon can we expect news?"
Brevoort: Scratchy, Alpha Flight is dead. Dead, dead, dead. I killed them. (Well, Bendis and I.) They are demised, dead, finished, decomposing, dead. They're hanging out with Nightcrawler.
However, if you happen to live in Canada (or are just visiting during the right weekend), the members of Alpha Flight are taking over for the Avengers, at least for one special variant cover to "Avengers" #4 illustrated by Phil Jimenez. This special extremely limited edition will only be available for purchase at the Fan Expo in Canada on August 28 and 29. And wait'll you read the cover copy!
Y'know, if somebody like Phil were to illustrate it, I bet we might be able to get an Alpha Flight series to sell at that…

http://www.comicbookresources.com/pr...pid=1281721530

[Mokole]

Who knows how much of that is him joking at the end, or giving us a hint the Jimenez is doing AF....

So I'm guessing that maybe people are right and Phil Jimenez is going to be doing AF after all.... Will my positive vibes be dashed in two weeks?

[Flightpath07]

Hm.

Well.

Huh.

Not sure how to take this...

On the one hand, yes, there are rumours of an AF appearance, possibly in Hawkeye/Mockingbird. And, there is also a special Avengers cover that features AF, but it is a variant, and there seems to be nothing being said about them actually being in the issue. Which leads to this question - then why the heck would you bother to do the cover? If, as Mr Tom Brevoort so succintly puts it (does anybody at Marvel know what "tact" or "customer relations" mean?), " Alpha Flight is dead. Dead, dead, dead. I killed them. (Well, Bendis and I.) They are demised, dead, finished, decomposing, dead. They're hanging out with Nightcrawler." ...Then again, the question is, why would you slap Canadian fans (cuz they're doing this in Canada, after all) in the face by putting out this cover? It seems like you are giving hope with one hand, then taking it away with the other!! Why give us just a little bit of what we want, then remind us that you killed our favourite heroes? WTH?

The more I look at this...the less sense this makes. Actually, it is starting to piss me off more than a little.

Anybody else feeling more anger than hope?

by the way...do I just live in a box, or have i totally missed the fact that Nightcrawler is dead!?!!?!

[varo]

there is no way that is a denial by t&a, something tells me that a version of alpha flight is dead, so he's not lying, but if we know anything by now, they are going to announce a series not on a q&a (no offense cbr) but more than likely at a con.

let me put on my detective hat.

1) jimenez states at sdcc that his dream project is the original alpha flight, and asks the crowd who wants to see a return of the originals.

2) jimenez tweets he is working on a new project where he's workin on some classic characters that he loves and has been dreaming of drawing.

3) jimenez just happens to be drawing the variant.

4) rich johnston rumors alpha's return with jim mccann writing. jim mcann and jimenez both have a project that are working on that will be announced "soon'

the last line in the interview:

"Y'know, if somebody like Phil were to illustrate it, I bet we might be able to get an Alpha Flight series to sell at that…"

[varo]

btw, the art they put in the interview was absent of the "avengers" logo, and guardian saying "canadas mightiest heroes" and they eluded to it in the interview

And wait'll you read the cover copy!

not sure why.

there is alot of clues leading to some form of alpha flight news, including scott kollins special cover that i posted in another thread. i just pray that they are finally bringing back the team in its rightful form, not some random book with "alpha flight" slapped on the cover.

[Flightpath07]

the last line in the interview:

"Y'know, if somebody like Phil were to illustrate it, I bet we might be able to get an Alpha Flight series to sell at that…"

So, they think that all it takes is a great artist to make AF sell?

Well, that seems like a reversal of thinking, as they have previously stated that AF cannot sell and so will not be put out by Marvel.

Also, putting a good artist on AF...lemme think, hmm...actually, that really HASN'T been tried before! lol.

[Le Messor]

So, they think that all it takes is a great artist to make AF sell?

It'd help.

If, as Mr Tom Brevoort so succintly puts it (does anybody at Marvel know what "tact" or "customer relations" mean?), "Alpha Flight is dead. Dead, dead, dead. I killed them. (Well, Bendis and I.) They are demised, dead, finished, decomposing, dead. They're hanging out with Nightcrawler."

While I still kinda agree with your 'tact' and 'customer relations' comment (apparently, no), I think you need to read Brevoort's line with your Monty Python glasses on. I could be mistaken, but that seems to be a reference to the Parrot sketch.

- Le Messor
"He who has a shady past knows that nice guys finish last."

[Flightpath07]

Oh no! Are you gonna force me to watch Python?! Man...all that, just to try to remain full of hope about AF coming back? Is it even worth it?!? I mean, Monty Python...man, you gotta be in the right MOOD for that stuff, or else...gack...nothing, no funnies, just sighing and scratching and shaking of the head...

[Le Messor]

Look, I came here for an argument, not abuse!

[Mokole]

Hey, hey now, nobody expected an inquisition!

[Flightpath07]

"Bring out your dead!" (seemed appropriate for an AF forum, lol)

[cmdrkoenig67]

I Dislike "editor" Brevoort even more....What a bastard. You're right, FP....The man has no tact...Nor does he even have any respect for the fans of the comics he's putting out. I'd feel like I should be swearing a lot more, but I'll control myself.

Dana

[mreeez]

I took his jabs as much more of a joke since he has drawn the ire of AF fans in the past and was just poking fun at him being an AF villain.

Overall, I thought it was a positive quote with the Jimenez hint at the end.