Power,
I see what you're saying; and while I don't think there's anything wrong with it, I do think there's a few things you're not taking into account.
1) This was the 80's. Arc stories weren't such a big thing back then. I think it was Babylon 5 that popularised them for genre fiction, but I don't know for sure, so don't quote me on that.
D'oh!Originally Posted by Le Messor
2) Byrne did do an arc story over the first dozen issues; the Omega Flight / Death of Guardian storyline (please tell me I don't need spoiler space for that!).
3) Issue 1 was set 'several months in the past', in order to explain why Alpha was disbanded by the government in Uncanny X-Men #140, then together (but not a government team) in Marvel Two-In One #83. Whatever story he told had to be 'big' enough to be issue 1, but still self-contained. (Which doesn't mean it couldn't start an arc, of course, but see my 2).)
In your defence, the Alpha Flight I'm talking about lasted 28 issues, not 130.
- Le Messor
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