News about Flight

There is news.

Apparently at the end of July there is a meeting being held by some Marvel bigwigs and editors and writers, and Northstar and what will be done with him has been talked about a lot amongst these people.

Alos, by the end of the year, there is rumoured to be concrete news coming out about the re-formation of Alpha Flight, one that has more links to the classic series and characters.

Talk around the boards at Alphaflight.net suggests that people are supposing that the new (Volume 4?) Alpha Flight comic series could be launched out of an X-Men series, much as the original was.

In the immortal words of Earthworm Jim - "Only time will tell, Fuzz-buddy...only time will tell..."

Stay tuned, Flight fans!

Reviewing AF Vol 1 Issues 81-90

Volume 1, Issue 81
February 1990
Art by John Calimee
Story by James D. Hudnall
Title: Prisoners
Art - 9
Story - 10
Intangibles - 10
29/30

Volume 1, Issue 82
March 1990
Art by John Calimee
Story by James D. Hudnall
Title: The Under Kingdom
Art - 8
Story - 8
Intangibles - 10
26/30

Volume 1, Issue 83
April 1990
Art by James Sherman
Story by James Hudnall
Title: Talisman (The Second)
Art - 5
Story - 7
Intangibles - 9
21/30

Volume 1, Issue 84
May 1990
Art by John Calimee
Story by James D. Hudnall
Title: Earth War Part One - The Big Picture
Art - 9
Story - 8
Inatngibles - 9
26/30

Volume 1, Issue 85
JUne 1990
Art by John Calimee
Story by James D. Hudnall
Title: Marching To Doom
Art - 8
Story - 8
Intangibles - 8
24/30

Volume 1, Issue 86
July 1990
Art by Mark Bagley
Story by James D. Hudnall
Title: The End Of All Things
Art - 8
Story - 8
Intangibles - 9
25/30

Volume 1, Issue 87
August 1990
Art by Michael Bair
Story by Fabian Nicieza
Title: Building Blocks Part 1 of 4
Art - 5
Story - 7
Intangibles - 10
23/30

Volume 1, Issue 88
Septmeber 1990
Art by Michael Bair
Story by Fabian Nicieza
Title: Building Blocks Part 2 of 4: "Trust"
Art - 7
Story - 8
Intangibles - 10
25/30

Volume 1, Issue 89
October 1990
Art by Michael Bair
Story by Fabian Nicieza
Title: Building Blocks Part 3 of 4: "Faith"
Art - 7
Story - 9
Intangibles - 10
26/30

Volume 1, Issue 90
November 1990
Art by Michael Bair
Story by Fabian Nicieza
Title: Building Blocks Part Four: "Strength"
Art - 8
Story - 10
Intangibles - 10
28/30

Particularly strong comics are issues 81, 89, and 90.

James D. Hudnall continues to show that he cares about Alpha Flight. Unfortunately, before this batch of ten issues finishes, Mr Hudnall is replaced by writer Fabian Nicieza, who takes the team in a new direction after JDH wraps up the Llan the Sorcerer conflict. Fabian also does a nice job of scripting for this team, moving right in and immediately beginning to tie up so many of the loose ends that have plagued this comic for so long. Unfortunately, Marvel did not give Mr Nicieza much to work with for an artist, as the appreciation for the artwork plummeted dramatically. And, of course, we cannot forget to mention that Mr Nicieza masterfully decided to give AF fans what they have been clamouring about for so long - the return of James "Mac" Hudson, the original Guardian/Vindicator.

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.


On to the next batch of ten! Click below!

http://canadas-own-the-flight.blogspot.com/2009/08/reviewing-af-vol-1-issues-91-100.html

Good News

Hey All,

Been a while...and, I come bearing good news!

I have started work...no, let me re-phrase that. I have decided today to contineu the work that i started early last year, and have not touched in about 13 months. Yes, i am going to get around to finishing my review of the entire first volume of Alpha Flight!

So, stay tuned to this area for more goodies, coming soon!

Ciao!