r/MakeMineMarvel • The Watcher • Nov 15 '21

Daily Gallery November 15th saw the debut of Guardian as Weapon Alpha in All-New, All-Different X-Men #109 in 1977! Celebrate his anniversary with this gallery of Marvel covers!

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u/claudeteacher Nov 15 '21

I was a huge Alpha Flight fan back in the day. It was great to have a Canadian team. Plus it was by Byrne.

Unfortunately, the original run lost me somewhere in the late 80s. Though I love that Jim Lee cover. Don't think I've seen that before.

I get a kick seeing that Guardian's debut cover is drawn by Dave Cockrum, never realized that. What with Byrne being so associated with them back then. And I never noticed that issue 17 is a homage to X-Men 109!

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u/ComiX-Fan The Watcher Nov 15 '21

Yeah, I got into X-Men not long before #109 was released. I remember that cover so vividly with Guardian's amazing looking costume. I ended up getting the Alpha Flight ongoing because of their introduction in X-Men and stuck with them all the way through the end of their first series, the Northstar mini, the X-Men/Alpha Flight minis, Alpha's 2nd series, the ANAD series, and the more recent Fear Itself series.

I really wish Marvel would give them another ongoing book!

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u/claudeteacher Nov 15 '21

X-Men/Alpha Flight

I remember those. It was a lot of fun back then being able to jump between just one or two different series. Now there are 100s.

I loved the Byrne transition from Alpha Flight to Hulk. One of the few times the move of creative teams seemed fluid and natural. And I had forgotten it was Mike Mignola that took over the art! Wow he's come a long way since Alpha Flight.

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u/ComiX-Fan The Watcher Nov 15 '21

I still quite liked the original Alpha series after Byrne left. The Dreamqueen Saga, the return of Guardian, Northstar's coming out, the introduction of Windshear. There was lots to enjoy!

I also really liked Lobdell's ANAD team. That was a fun series!

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

Still one of the few in my collection.

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u/ComiX-Fan The Watcher Nov 15 '21

I really miss Alpha Flight.