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Paulo Pereira
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Terrible idea by Mantlo.
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Ryan Maxwell
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I take back what I said yesterday, I want to see a two pack from the Classic Figurine line of Puck and Oberon. Maybe they can sneak one by Marvel and DC.
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Aric Shapiro
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It really is enjoyable reading these stories for the first time. Thanks Ryan. Must also say that I'm surprised that the AF characters aren't better represented in the commissions.
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Adam Hutchinson
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I picked this issue up for the first time last year, when I was on a must fill in my Byrne Alpha Flight holes kick. Great cover and great "down-time" story after the two parter with Marina and the Master of the World.
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Juan Jose Colin Arciniega
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This is a great issue, i did not read it, until the last ******'s tpb, Alpha Flight Classics.
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Greg McPhee
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Unfortunately, when Bill Mantlo took over writing ALPHA FLIGHT, despite doing a mountain of homework -- he actually cut up issues and pasted panels together to make a kind of "Cliff Notes" for himself -- he apparently picked up only on the painful part, and missed the reference to the disease. Thus, Puck ended up possessed by a demon
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Bill Mantlo. Despite great runs on The Incredible Hulk, ROM and Spectacular Spider-Man he became the Scourge of Alpha Flight
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Al Cook
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Bill Mantlo's wanton destruction of Alpha Flight killed my love for comics.
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Greg Reeves
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Love the "hairy" Puck logo on the cover! Not sure how JB achieved it, but I feel very uncomfortable when reading the pages where Judd is hurting. It's like I feel it too; something about the convincing facial expressions combined with knowing that Judd can deal with average levels of pain but can't easily handle the wounds Marrina inflicted. A drug ring story like this was so different from a typical team battle story, which is why I still love it and it reads even better through adult perception. Very sad origin to Shaman, to lose 3 family members in one day, all for different reasons.
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Vinny Valenti
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I'm with Greg, and I didn't even realize it until he mentioned it - Puck's gut-wrenching expressions were not easy on my 10-year-old eyes, not to mention the blood trail he was leaving behind.
Edited by Vinny Valenti on 01 November 2007 at 10:40am
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Brad Hague
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This is the kind of comic that proclaims "Greatness!"
Whatever happened to such joy and loving energy in a comic book?
Speaking of Mantlo, whatever happened to him? I thought he was in a car accident like 15 years ago or so but I haven't heard anything after that. I don't think he died.
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Adam Hutchinson
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He ended up suffering severe brain trauma from the accident, and is currently living in a nursing home. Last year some people got together and did a Tribute Book called Mantlo: A Life in Comics.
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Philippe Negrin
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I loved it ! I loved it ! I loved it !
In a better world that this one, we would have had a second JB Alpha Flight by now.
Gosh I miss these characters so much...
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