Alpha Flight: True North (2019) #1

by Jim Zub, Jed MacKay, Ed Brisson

Grab your hat and come travel light… adventure lies just around the bend! Three brand-new tales no one has ever told…until now! Join the greatest creators the Great White North has to offer as we unearth the secret history of the classic Alpha Flight Puck! Snowbird! Talisman! Northstar! Marrina! Guardian! Vindicator!

Genres: Comics

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2019

About the author

Jim Zub is a writer, artist and art instructor based in Toronto, Canada. Over the past fifteen years he’s worked for a diverse array of publishing, movie and video game clients including Disney, Warner Bros., Capcom, Hasbro, Bandai-Namco and Mattel.

He juggles his time between being a freelance comic writer and Program Coordinator for Seneca College‘s award-winning Animation program.

Reviews

[James · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book broken down into three stories. In my opinion, it’s hard enough to write a good one-shot and even harder when you only have like 8 pages to put a story together. The first story suffers due to this. Just not enough there. The second story had Puck confessing some things to Marina and her basically being like don’t sweat it. But I knew Ed Brisson would come thru in the clutch and save the day. That last story was the best. That plot twist definitely caught me off guard.

[Lillian Francis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh, the claim of Northstar being in this is a bit of a stretch. He's in three panels, sunbathing.
Other than that it was okay. Artwork for the first story was my favourite, as stories I suspect the last was the best, the twist was certainly interesting, but I didn't really have the background knowledge.

[David Corridan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Flawlessly conceived first issue! I thought that the division in chapters was going to bother me, but by adding the fin at the end of the second chapter it made me enter the last chapter with a clean slate. A first issue that is not missing anything.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful compilation of Alpha Flight stories. My favorite was the first one, with Snowbird and Talisman. Beautiful artwork and sensitive story-telling enhance this tale where Snowbird finds some closure in her personal life. The next story, featuring Puck and Marrina, with a cameo by the Beaubier twins, is equally sensitively told, with Puck revealing a regrettable part of his past to Marrina. The last story, with Heather and Claire on the run, is solid, even if not my favorite. A high-quality book, which makes me long for more Alpha Flight adventures.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was an OK issue, but I hate when stories are only given a fraction of an issue. I hope the powers that be at Marvel give Alpha Flight a mini-series so stories can be shared with more depth