Article: Alpha Flight Fear Itself Promo & Concept Artwork

[Le Messor]

or just a way to distinguish Mac & Heather's uniforms.

... Sorry to take it all down a notch, but seriously, I imagine this is the reason.

- Le Messor
"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: "no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall"."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

[cmdrkoenig67]

Lovely artwork.

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

I'd say there's about three teams, occupying 60 books...

They could add to the uniqueness of Alpha Flight (later he does the old 'they're just Canadian Avengers' thing) with: a loosely-assembled non-team team book...

The artwork looks nice, but is Mac wearing his costume backwards in that first shot?

- Le Messor
"Marge, Lisa has a human face, doesn't she?"
~ Homer

You're pretty much right about the three teams, Mik...Fantastic Four, Avengers (and it's various offshoots: New, Mighty, Young, Academy and even the old Force Works) and X-Men (Astonishing, Young, X-Force, X-Factor, New Mutants, etc, etc, etc...).

The thing with Alpha is, they're not any of those teams, they are their own animal....Pretty much have always been. It's the same with the Defenders, Midnight Sons or even the Thunderbolts...All of these teams may have some sort of connection(s) to one of the core team books, but they are their own individual animals in the zoo. It's about time Marvel realized that and stopped trying to force these other team books to be like the core teams.

Marvel tried to force Alpha Flight into the Avengers mold (Omega Flight), into the X-Men mold (Volume 2)...Neither approach worked.

Truly, Alpha Flight has aspects of all three of the Big teams of Marvel, but I don't think they'll work being forced into the brother and sister team's shoes. It's rather exhausting to hear Brevoort calling Alpha "Avengers North" again and again...They're not.

Dana

[Le Messor]

Digger, you wanna be startin' somethin'?
You ain't fat, you ain't nuthin'!

Dana - yep, they need to market their other teams more. It just gets annoying to see the same guys over and over again, and I think a lot of fans feel that way, judging from what little I see them talking about.

- Le Messor
"I once thought I had mono for an entire year. It turned out I was just really bored."
~ Wayne

[cmdrkoenig67]

Maybe its really Delphine Courtney.

I would be in heaven if they brought Delphine back. Awesome character.

Dana

[cmdrkoenig67]

It's interesting to note that Puck is on that wall as being "wanted" too.

Dana

[Flightpath07]

It's interesting to note that Puck is on that wall as being "wanted" too.

Dana

And Mac isn't.

As far as Mac being the 'traitor'...I view it as just being loyal to his government, even if he doesn't agree with said government.

[Phil]

Yeah... that was my thought when I started the poll.

[mreeez]

Sas will be the traitor. He'll think he's doing the right thing but it will be the wrong one of course, as is with his character.

[Flightpath07]

As far as the reversed Maple Leaf on Mac's costume...if you look close, it is also reversed as well on Heather's costume as well.

I'd say we can chalk this one up to an artistic "oops".

[cmdrkoenig67]

As far as the reversed Maple Leaf on Mac's costume...if you look close, it is also reversed as well on Heather's costume as well.

I'd say we can chalk this one up to an artistic "oops".

FP, where are you seeing it reversed on Heather? On her "wanted" poster? Because it looks normal to me there.

Dana

[Flightpath07]

Looks the same as Mac's to me. *shrug*

[DIGGER]

Le Messor, don't get all WEIRD on me now. Maybe Guardian is just crouched in front of his poster 'cause it wasn't a flattering picture. Also I'd like to think that the physical difference between Mac and Heather would be enough to distinguish between the two of them.

DIGGER

[DelBubs]

I thought maybe the poster he's obscuring is Talisman's. She's been more active than Puck recently and would seem an obvious candidate. Or... maybe not *shrugs*, who knows?

[Le Messor]

Le Messor, don't get all WEIRD on me now.

Last week's concert is still rockin' my mind.

DRUM SOLO!