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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published June 1984
Frequency Monthly
Cover Price 0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Linda Grant (Assistant Editor); Denny O'Neil (Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
Notes There is also a 75c cover price variant.

Cover Details - "To Save the Life of the Woman He Loves... He Must Face Them!"

Characters Guardian; Jerome Jaxon; Omega Flight [Diamond Lil; Flashback; Wild Child; Box]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne

12 page Alpha Flight story "Set-Up"

Characters Alpha Flight [Guardian [James MacDonald Hudson]; Heather Hudson; Mr. LaPierre; Delphine Courtney; Jerome Jaxon (Introduction); Omega Flight [Box [Roger Bochs]; Diamond Lil; Flashback; Smart Alec; Wildchild] (Introduction)
Synopsis After moving to New York City and a new job, James finds out it was all a trap set out by his old enemy, Jerome Jaxon. Jaxon, through Delphine Courtney, has been recruiting mutants. They now form Omega Flight.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Michael Higgins
Notes Jerome Jackson and Omega Flight appeared briefly in cameo in Alpha Flight (Marvel, 1983 series) #1 but this is the first full appearance for them.

10 page Origins of Alpha Flight story "Unleash the Beast!"

Characters Sasquatch [Walter Langskowski] (Origin); James MacDonald Hudson; Shaman; Snowbird; Bruce Banner [also as The Hulk] (flashback)
Synopsis While performing gamma radiation experiments, Langkowski is turned into Sasquatch for the first time. Hudson wastes no time to recruit him for Department H.
Genre Superhero
Script John Byrne
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Colors Andy Yanchus
Letters Michael Higgins

1 page Alpha Flight promo (ad from the publisher) "Alpha Flight #12 promo"

Characters Alpha Flight [Guardian; Shaman; Snowbird; Sasquatch; Aurora; Northstar; Puck; Marrina]
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks John Byrne
Letters Typeset
Notes Promotional advertisement for next issue claiming (correctly) that one of the team will die.

1 page letters page "Alpha Waves"

Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Lawrence Mekinroe, H. Jerry Dever, Doug Simpson, Sarah Halberstam and Steve Orisiuk.