![<description><p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> All My Xs, our miniseries on Marvel Comics' X-Men, takes a little detour to introduce the Canadian superteam Alpha Flight in 1979's Uncanny X-Men #120-#121 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne and 1983's Alpha Flight #1 by John Byrne!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> First, the Canadian government wants Wolverine back – and if his friends in the X-Men get in the way, well, too bad for them!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Next, Alpha Flight gets their own ongoing title, just in time to lose their government funding! And to make matters worse, they still have to deal with the gargantuan menace of Tundra!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> Can the X-Men stop a group of government agents from forcibly detaining one of their own citizens? Can Curt and Kevin keep from saying "eh" every other sentence? And can Canada's premier team of heroes take off to that Great White North known as … The Comics Canon?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; line-height: 106%;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> In This Episode:</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Curt makes a correction – and recounts a dream</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Why Alpha Flight are better than the Avengers</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><a href= "https://bookshop.org/p/books/have-yourself-a-movie-little-christmas-revised-updated-edition-alonso-duralde/11d1ae3ea977fba5" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas: Revised & Updated Edition</span></a></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Final Destination Bloodlines</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">X-Men #106</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; line-height: 106%; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"> <!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span> <!--[endif]--><span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Alpha Flight #16</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style= "margin-bottom: 8.0pt; 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The Comics Canon
The Comics Canon
Episode 245: The Alpha Flight Episode
Episode 245: The Alpha Flight Episode
Description
All My Xs, our miniseries on Marvel Comics' X-Men, takes a little detour to introduce the Canadian superteam Alpha Flight in 1979's Uncanny X-Men #120-#121 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne and 1983's Alpha Flight #1 by John Byrne!
First, the Canadian government wants Wolverine back – and if his friends in the X-Men get in the way, well, too bad for them!
Next, Alpha Flight gets their own ongoing title, just in time to lose their government funding! And to make matters worse, they still have to deal with the gargantuan menace of Tundra!
Can the X-Men stop a group of government agents from forcibly detaining one of their own citizens? Can Curt and Kevin keep from saying "eh" every other sentence? And can Canada's premier team of heroes take off to that Great White North known as … The Comics Canon?
In This Episode:
· Curt makes a correction – and recounts a dream
· Why Alpha Flight are better than the Avengers
· Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas: Revised & Updated Edition
· Final Destination Bloodlines
· X-Men #106
· Alpha Flight #16
· Uncanny X-Men #118-119
Join us in two weeks as we look at the wedding of Northstar in Astonishing X-Men #51 (and his official coming out in Alpha Flight #106)!
Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook or Bluesky!
And as always, thanks for listening!