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Dave Phelps
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Posted: 19 May 2022 at 1:32am | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Doubt I ever saw #1 on the stands, but my first issue was #2, so I was close.  Didn't have any familiarity with the characters; the book just looked interesting to me.
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Mark Haslett
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I was a huge fan of the X-Men issues with Alpha Flight and the connection to Wolverine made me think of them as particularly important. Reading that first issue gave me the same feeling in my mind as if an adult had given me a whole carton of ice-cream.

It was so beautiful from the cover to the final page that I really felt bad for all the people who just didn't get comic books.
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Jim Burdo
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Looking at the comments for ELSEWHEN #23, there's this by JB:

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hris named him Vindicator against my wishes.

As a fan character I’d named him Guardian after the verse in the Canadian national anthem, “we stand on guard for thee”. But when I brought him to Marvel I was informed there were “too many” Guardians already, so another name had to be chosen. Immediately wags around the Office started calling him “Major Maple Leaf”. When the final moment came Chris used Vindicator (actually the name of a WW2 American dive bomber) to “prevent” Major Maple Leaf becoming permanently attached.

I was not happy, and when Alpha Flight (also a Chris name I did not like) got their own book, one of my conditions for working on it was that I could restore Guardian’s “real” name.

If you had your choice, what would you have named Canada's super team?

Edit: My mistake, I posted before reading the next page, which revealed it was "Canadian Shield". At least we got Beta, Gamma, and Omega Flights.



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Rebecca Jansen
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There was an early Marvel Age too with a similar cover that got you excited for it. I think I liked that cover slightly better...

I remember wondering if a team of Canadians would sell in the U.S., although SCTV was doing well enough. :^)

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Peter Martin
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Peter Martin
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As I was posting that image I head the title theme from the Beast Master by Lee Holdrige blasting in my headphones. Went with it quite well.
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Rebecca Jansen
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That's the art they used on Marvel Age #2 as well... I think I like the logo a bit better too.
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Peter Martin
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 Rebecca wrote:
That's the art they used on Marvel Age #2 as well

That's why I posted it!
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