• Marvel Solicitations For May 2016

    Marvel have released their Solicitations for comics shipping in May 2016, including the following titles that include appearances from Alpha Flight characters:-


    CAPTAIN MARVEL #5
    MICHELE FAZEKAS & TARA BUTTERS • KRIS ANKA, FELIPE SMITH • MATT WILSON • JOE CARAMAGNA
    COVER BY KRIS ANKA
    AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR & DAVE McCAIG
    • The crew of Alpha Flight Space station find themselves face-to-face with their greatest threat to date
    • As Carol comes to a greater understanding of the legacy of Captain Marvel, she learns that maybe she doesn’t have to punch her way through every problem
    32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99





    DOCTOR STRANGE #8
    JASON AARON (W) • CHRIS BACHALO (A/C)
    AGE OF APOCALYPSE VARIANT COVER BY PASQUAL FERRY
    THE LAST DAYS OF MAGIC STORY CONTINUES!
    • All of Doctor Strange's magic has been destroyed and our world is on the edge of disaster.
    • What on Earth can Stephen do?
    32 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99
    Comments 25 Comments
    1. Alphan East's Avatar
      Alphan East -
      "Join the might that is Alpha Flight"... catchy tag line.
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Catchy name, maybe, but since the first rule of Alpha Flight Club is, we don't talk about Alpha Flight Club, we may never hear about it.

      You guys will have to tell me how Civil War II goes, and if it's as subtle, well-coordinated, and consistently-written as the first. I tend to skip events, and will probably not buy the issues of Captain Marvel that tie into it.

      ~ Le Messor
      "Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."
      ~ Will Rogers
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      I love the catchphrase. Great publicity.

      Hopefully talisman and shaman make it out ok in strange
    1. cmdrkoenig67's Avatar
      cmdrkoenig67 -
      I think they may survive.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Loving this Variant for Civil War II #1, though it does make me wonder as to Mac & Heather's whereabouts/fates:

      Attachment 5160

      http://comicbook.com/2016/03/16/marvels-svp-of-sales-publishing-david-gabriel-on-civil-war-2-ret/

    1. Garry/Al-Fan's Avatar
      Garry/Al-Fan -
      "Heather"/Vindicator is a straight-up murderer and Mac/Guardian is a bank-robber [along with Judd (called out by name), Aurora, and Snowbird]...
      which would probably make the rest of the team accomplices.
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Yeah... those are reasons why v4 isn't my favourite run.

      ~ Le Messor
      "Experience is a dear (expensive) teacher, but fools will learn at no other."
      ~ Benjamin Franklin
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by Uthor View Post
      They should do a reverse variant where you have to order 1000 copies to NOT get a Greg Land cover.
      Quoted for Lulz.

      I just remarked the other day how sad it is that covers these days are completely generic 'so they'll work on a trade'. Trades don't get their own cover at a time when every single issue of every single floppy gets five different variants?
      Somebody, somewhere, is wrong.

      ~ Le Messor
      "God must love stupid people, he made so many."
      ~ Unknown
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      CM #5 AoA Variant by Mahmud Asrar:
      http://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR160836
    1. -K-M-'s Avatar
      -K-M- -
      That's a pretty badass costume. Almost wish that was her binary level costume
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      In answer to the question on the cover:
      The one I don't recognise from the show?
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Those are some terrible likenesses...
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
      Those are some terrible likenesses...
      True, but most of them are recognisable. I can't tell which is supposed to be Simmons and which SkyeQuakeDaisy (I assume that's Simmons above Fitz, though; am I reversing their names? I do that); but the dark-skinned woman immediately to the right of Phil is completely unknown to me. (Unless it's Rayna?)

      ~ Le Messor
      "'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other."
      ~ Ronald Reagan
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Daisy's the main figure with her back to us.
      I think the one on the top right is Yo-Yo and Simmons the one two under her.
      The one above Fitz is May.
      Not sure who the other female is... she looks slightly familiar, but maybe that's just Land's reference.
      We are are few episodes behind the US over here though...
    1. Canucklehead's Avatar
      Canucklehead -
      Top to bottom on the left:
      Coulson, Yoyo, May, Fitz, Joey

      Top to bottom on the right:
      Daisy, Lincoln, Mac, Simmons

      (The only thing I'm confused with is Joey's Mustache)
    1. Le Messor's Avatar
      Le Messor -
      Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
      Daisy's the main figure with her back to us.
      Sigh. I bow out, feeling completely dum.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      Quote Originally Posted by Canucklehead View Post
      Top to bottom on the left:
      Yoyo
      That'd by why I recognized her!

      Top to bottom on the right:
      Daisy
      Her being on there twice clearly confused me.
    1. Phil's Avatar
      Phil -
      And a 'live action' version:
      Attachment 5268