• Marvel Solicitations For August 2015

    Marvel have released their solicitations for the month of August 2015 including the following titles which are likely to feature appearances of an Alpha Flight related character:-

    AGE OF APOCALYPSE #3

    FABIAN NICIEZA (w)
    GERARDO SANDOVAL (a/C)
    VARIANT COVER BY TBA
    • The race to claim the LEGACY VIRUS before it’s released by the human insurgency grows desperate! The X-MEN and the HORSEMEN of the APOCALYPSE vie for a weapon that can mean victory for Magneto’s rebels or ultimate power for the forces of En Sabah Nur.
    32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

    With Secret Wars there may be other appearances within the titles, and we will do our best to update via the comments upon release of each Marvel title

    UPDATE:

    HOUSE OF M #1
    DENNIS HOPELESS (w)
    Marco Failla (a)
    COVER BY KRIS ANKA
    BLANK COVER VARIANT ALSO AVAILABLE
    MANGA ARTIST VARIANT COVER BY TBA
    PROMO VARIANT COVER BY JORGE MOLINA
    INHUMANS 50TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBA
    • The House of Magnus controls all, having crushed all resistance to their reign. Magneto rules with an iron-fist, while his children and grandchildren live their lives as royals—with all the privileges and pit-falls that come with that title.
    • But is Magneto’s control as all-encompassing as it seems? And what happens to a conqueror when there is no one left to conquer?
    32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
    Comments 16 Comments
    1. Sypes's Avatar
      Sypes -
      *crickets*
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Pretty much.
      It's a hard time for an Alpha Fan at the moment
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      I think there will be some news after secret wars, but I'd be happy if they even get a brief cameo in the event as other then A-Force, HOuse of M and AoA I can't see them appearing.
    1. Sypes's Avatar
      Sypes -
      I'll just pretend Secret Wars is all about Pathway losing her sh*t, and ripping apart the various dimensions! Alpha Flight goes in and saves the day.... and all the dimensions! That's my imagineray Secret Wars plot.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Updated to include House Of M as per http://alphaflight.net/content.php?8...n-House-Of-M-1
      #2 isn't definite, but included here for now.
    1. Legerd's Avatar
      Legerd -
      Can someone help me figure out what the situation is in this event? As I understand it the multiverse has been destroyed, but Dr. Doom, with Dr. Strange's help, has become a god and created Battle World to save as much as possible.
      However, not everyone who makes it is from the 616 universe so odds are some (or most) of "our" Alpha Flight is dead. If this is correct, and Marvel isn't doing a reboot with this event, then will any future AF team be made up of characters from various universes? Will Sasquatch be from House of M? Wild Child from AoA? And so on?
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      Well we don't know. The same magicky universey timey wimey dimensional energies that did this could just as easily restore everything.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      We're 2 months into an 8 month event; it'll work itself out.

      Looking at the promos for All-New All-Different Marvel there are a mass of characters who "died" in Secret Wars #1 and Bendis has stated that Iron Man is definitely our Tony Stark and has the history of our Tony Stark, so I reckon it'll be fine, but hopefully with some tweaking and retconning for the positive.
    1. Legerd's Avatar
      Legerd -
      Ah, okay. I have only been following this on the periphery, but everything I was reading made it sound like they were going to get rid of the multiverse by compacting it all down to one universe with only fan favourite versions of the characters surviving.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      That's been the leading presumption.
      its still possible...
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Shipping updates:
      Age of Apocalypse #2 SWA Reg./Var. MAY150697 / MAY150698 07/29/15 08/05/15
      Age of Apocalypse #3 SWA Reg./Var. JUN150743 / JUN150744 08/12/15 08/19/15
    1. swh_comicguy's Avatar
      swh_comicguy -
      Attachment 4901

      Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions seems to have been missed in the August 2015 Solicitations.

      AUG15 0846 MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #1 TP 10/07/15 SRP: $7.99

      This is an 88 page reprinting of the original and first Marvel limited series issues #1-3 including appearances of Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, Shaman, Snowbird and Vindicator. This reprinting also includes the first pre-Marvel Handbook entries for the team, which were backups in each of the original issues. Not sure why Northstar got left out.

      AURORA
      (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) Canadian mutant with the ability of running and flying at super-speed. Member of Alpha Flight. Sister of Northstar. Current whereabouts: Canada First Appearance: X-MEN #121.

      SASQUATCH
      (Dr. Walter Langkowski, biophysicist) Canadian drinks a serum to become a giant furry super-strong beast who retains his human intelligence. Member of Alpha Flight. Current whereabouts: Canada First Appearance: X-MEN #120.

      SHAMAN
      (Dr. Michael Twoyou
      ngmen, physician) Canadian Indian possessing various mystical abilities, such as animating totems, controlling the weather, etc. Member of Alpha Flight. Current whereabouts: Canada First Appearance: X-MEN #120.

      SNOWBIRD
      (Ann McKenzie, Royal Canadian Mounted Police) Canadian able to fly and also bodily transform herself into various wild animals.
      Current whereabouts: Canada First Appearance: X-MEN #120.

      VINDICATOR
      James MacDona
      ld Hudson, research physicist) Canadian who uses a special uniform to fly, shoot energy bolts and create a force field around himself. Leader of Alpha Flight. First appearance (as Weapon Alpha): X-Men #109 First appearance (as Vindicator): X-Men #120.



    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      It was mentioned by Rob in the commnents to the October Solicts thread, but wasn't in the main article as it's a reprint of a reprint.
    1. rplass's Avatar
      rplass -
      What reprint is it a reprint of? I could never figure that out...
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by rplass View Post
      What reprint is it a reprint of? I could never figure that out...
      The 1988 reprint of 1924's reprint of the original 1812 version...

      Seriously? My guess would be the Marvel Premiere Classics version. But that's a guess.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Bingo.