Reviewing AF Vol 1 Issues 21-30
Volume 1, Issue 21
April 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: "Love Wrought New Alchemy..."
Art - 7
Story - 7
Intangibles - 10
24/30
Volume 1, Issue 22
May 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Rub-Out
Art - 8
Story - 6
Intangibles - 7
21/30
Volume 1, Issue 23
June 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Night Of The Beast
Art - 9
Story - 10
Intangibles - 10
29/30
Volume 1, Issue 24
July 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Final Conflict
Art - 10
Story - 9
Intangibles - 9
28/30
Volume 1, Issue 25
August 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: ...And Graves Give Up Their Dead...
Art - 10
Story - 10
Intangibles - 9
29/30
Volume 1, Issue 26
September 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: If At First You Don't Succeed...
Art - 10
Story - 10
Intangibles - 10
30/30
Volume 1, Issue 27
October 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Betrayal
Art - 10
Story - 7
Intangibles - 6
23/30
Volume 1, Issue 28
November 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Cross-Over
Art - 10
Story - 7
Intangibles - 8
25/30
Volume 1, Issue 29
December 1985
Art by Mike Mignola
Story by Bill Mantlo
Title: Cut Bait & Run!
Art - 6
Story - 7
Intangibles - 8
21/30
Volume 1, Issue 30
January 1986
Art by Mike Mignola
Story by Bill Mantlo
Title: Enter...Scramble!
Art - 6
Story - 10
Intangibles - 7
23/30
In my opinion, these ten issues of Volume 1 of Alpha Flight were a tumultuous mess. Mr John Byrne seemed to have grown tired of his creation (and indeed would leave this comic for the Incredible Hulk before issue 29), although he did give us a few lasting masterpieces here with the reforming of Omega Flight, Walter Langkowski's death at the hands of Snowbird, and the return of Guardian; also, the look on Delphine Courtney's face in issue 28 when Madison Jeffries shows up is simply a priceless comics moment. One of the lowest points would be The Beyonder crossover. The artistry is lacking, to say the least; Byrne was starting to get a bit sloppy with his art, while the new work of Mike Mignola lended itself to dark and crowded panels that detracted from what was going on rather than highlighting it. Although Bill Mantlo brought plenty of fresh ideas to Alpha's plate, he also had a bad tendency to fill up entire pages with overlapping word balloons and thought bubbles due to his over-exhuberance to explain himself, and to have every character explain their every action and thought. This was definitely a low point in the history of AF comics.
Particularly strong comics overall is issue 26, followed by 23 and 25.
All in all, on a scale of 300, these ten issues scored 253.
This is an average of 25.3/30 for each of these ten comics.
Percentage score is 84.3%.
Letter grade for these ten comics = B
I hope you enjoyed my review of these comics.
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April 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: "Love Wrought New Alchemy..."
Art - 7
Story - 7
Intangibles - 10
24/30
Volume 1, Issue 22
May 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Rub-Out
Art - 8
Story - 6
Intangibles - 7
21/30
Volume 1, Issue 23
June 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Night Of The Beast
Art - 9
Story - 10
Intangibles - 10
29/30
Volume 1, Issue 24
July 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Final Conflict
Art - 10
Story - 9
Intangibles - 9
28/30
Volume 1, Issue 25
August 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: ...And Graves Give Up Their Dead...
Art - 10
Story - 10
Intangibles - 9
29/30
Volume 1, Issue 26
September 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: If At First You Don't Succeed...
Art - 10
Story - 10
Intangibles - 10
30/30
Volume 1, Issue 27
October 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Betrayal
Art - 10
Story - 7
Intangibles - 6
23/30
Volume 1, Issue 28
November 1985
Art by John Byrne
Story by John Byrne
Title: Cross-Over
Art - 10
Story - 7
Intangibles - 8
25/30
Volume 1, Issue 29
December 1985
Art by Mike Mignola
Story by Bill Mantlo
Title: Cut Bait & Run!
Art - 6
Story - 7
Intangibles - 8
21/30
Volume 1, Issue 30
January 1986
Art by Mike Mignola
Story by Bill Mantlo
Title: Enter...Scramble!
Art - 6
Story - 10
Intangibles - 7
23/30
In my opinion, these ten issues of Volume 1 of Alpha Flight were a tumultuous mess. Mr John Byrne seemed to have grown tired of his creation (and indeed would leave this comic for the Incredible Hulk before issue 29), although he did give us a few lasting masterpieces here with the reforming of Omega Flight, Walter Langkowski's death at the hands of Snowbird, and the return of Guardian; also, the look on Delphine Courtney's face in issue 28 when Madison Jeffries shows up is simply a priceless comics moment. One of the lowest points would be The Beyonder crossover. The artistry is lacking, to say the least; Byrne was starting to get a bit sloppy with his art, while the new work of Mike Mignola lended itself to dark and crowded panels that detracted from what was going on rather than highlighting it. Although Bill Mantlo brought plenty of fresh ideas to Alpha's plate, he also had a bad tendency to fill up entire pages with overlapping word balloons and thought bubbles due to his over-exhuberance to explain himself, and to have every character explain their every action and thought. This was definitely a low point in the history of AF comics.
Particularly strong comics overall is issue 26, followed by 23 and 25.
All in all, on a scale of 300, these ten issues scored 253.
This is an average of 25.3/30 for each of these ten comics.
Percentage score is 84.3%.
Letter grade for these ten comics = B
I hope you enjoyed my review of these comics.
On to the next batch of ten! Click below!
http://canadas-own-the-flight.blogspot.com/2007/03/reviewing-af-vol-1-issues-31-40.html
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