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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published September 1987
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 52
Editing Joanne Spaldo (Assistant Editor); Carl Potts (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)

Cover Details

Characters Loki; Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Aurora; Northstar
Genre superhero
Pencils June Brigman
Inks Walt Simonson
Letters Typeset

40 page Alpha Flight story "This Mortal Coil!"

Characters FEATURE: Alpha Flight--Vindicator [Heather Hudson]; Aurora (Origin; Leaves); Northstar (Origin; Leaves); Sasquatch [Wanda Langkowski]; Puck (Leaves); Box [Madison Jeffries]; Purple Girl; Manikin; GUESTS: They Who Sit Above in Shadows; VILLAINS: Loki; Dark Elves; Svarts; Raazer; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Omega [Lionel Jeffries; Roger Bochs]; Anodyne; Snowbird; Shaman
Synopsis Alpha Flight takes Northstar to a place of old magic to see if they can find a cure for his ailing condition; Little do they know that Loki is lurking around to turn things to his own advantage; The team searches underground for the Fire Fountain but instead end up battling for their lives; Puck is lost as the demon Raazer manifests; Aurora and Northstar discover that they are really elves and leave to be with their people; Loki is called to account for his machinations and is forced to face Raazer; Alpha Flight returns home with three of their members lost.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Mantlo
Pencils June Brigman
Inks Whilce Portacio
Colors Bob Sharen
Letters Janice Chiang
Notes Follow up story to the X-Men/Alpha Flight limited series.