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Andrew Bitner Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 01 June 2004 Location: United States Posts: 7467
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 1:45pm | IP Logged | 1
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Let's hear it for Alpha Flight #1!
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John Byrne
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Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 132132
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 2:04pm | IP Logged | 2
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AF 1 paid the highest royalty seen at Marvel up to that time. But not without a speed bump. When I received the check a 9 had been dropped from the middle. I called accounting and pointed out the goof, going so far as to say I thought something like that might happen, as they were not used to dealing with numbers that big. (And it was small compared to what would come later.)The fact that I was calm and polite—and didn’t go nuclear as some were wont to over even the tiniest errors—made me a favorite with “the gals in accounting”. :-)
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Joe Smith Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 29 August 2004 Location: United States Posts: 6592
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 3:45pm | IP Logged | 3
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Ah, Mac….we hardly knew ya.
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15728
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 4:26pm | IP Logged | 4
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This was a great story and quite unlike other first issues. It kind of threw me when I first read it, as it felt like we were joining at the end and it seemed there was so much back story I had missed (I had never encountered AF before; little did I know that I hadn't missed as much as it seemed).
Tundra, awesome. And the issue's double-size was great to really get stuck into as a reader.
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Peter Hicks Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 April 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 1878
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | 5
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And just a reminder that there will be a hard cover omnibus of all JB Alpha Flight comics later this year. Order one now if you want it!
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 30832
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 5:20pm | IP Logged | 6
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On the list already
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Paul Wills Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 18 August 2018 Location: United States Posts: 833
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 6:11pm | IP Logged | 7
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Seems like whenever someone references this series, they tend to mention that John Byrne didn't like doing it but I think I read somewhere on the forum that this wasn't the case?
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Jonathan A. Dowdell Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 July 2016 Location: United States Posts: 415
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 6:26pm | IP Logged | 8
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I met Mr. Byrne not long after AF 1 came out and got a signature... So Great!
sorry if I've posted this before.
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Peter Martin Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 17 March 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 15728
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 6:29pm | IP Logged | 9
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[Edited to add: this is in response to Paul Wills' comment]
IIRC, JB has said he didn't want to do the series in the first place and the characters never felt real. My interpretation from what John has said over the years is that it was far from his favourite title to work on.
Doing a quick search, from this site's very own FAQ:
"Alpha Flight was never much fun. The characters were created merely to survive a fight with the X-Men, and I never thought about them having their own title. When Marvel finally cajoled me into doing Alpha Flight, I realized how incredibly two-dimensional they were, and spend some twenty-eight issues trying to find ways to correct this fault. Nothing really sang for me. If I have any regrets, it would probably be that I did the book at all! It was not a good time for me."
Edited by Peter Martin on 17 May 2023 at 6:30pm
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Jim Petersman Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 26 June 2012 Location: United States Posts: 624
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 8:40pm | IP Logged | 10
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“Two-dimensional”? Maybe 40 years ago, but compared to what is being published these days, they are incredibly layered. Even if they weren’t, the introduction of Puck and Heather makes this series worth their weight in gold!
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L Hunt Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 20 November 2020 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 159
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 9:09pm | IP Logged | 11
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Still one of my favourite ever runs on a Marvel book. It still has me coming back to each new iteration that they bring, just hoping they can find 1% of the magic that JB created.
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Ryan Maxwell Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 16 April 2004 Location: United States Posts: 12934
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Posted: 17 May 2023 at 10:10pm | IP Logged | 12
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Star Wars. Tolkien. Marvel, and specifically Alpha Flight. The three big pop culture obsessions I’ve had for most of my life. I had read plenty of comics before I found AF, but that turned me into a true fan and collector. Absolutely the foundation for everything superhero I’ve loved over the years.
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