Episode 47: “See You at the Crossroads”

Well, we’ve bicc’ed off most of the Mantlo threads and are into Hudnall proper. We cover three issues this week and they’re…interesting?! [upward vocal fry] We get into some of the neat things going on in these pages and a lot of the not-so-neat things. We also discuss Malört, losing Beta Flight for the next while, AI chatbots, and Goethe and The Sorrows of Young Werther. So kind of a typical episode for us, we suppose.

Issues discussed:
Alpha Flight #71 - “Power Plays” - cover date June 1989
Writer is James D. Hudnall
Penciler is John Calimee
Inker is Mike Manley
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is the Editor in Power

Alpha Flight #72 - “End Game” - cover date July 1989
Writer is James D. Hudnall
Guest Artist is Gerry Talaoc
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is the Editor in Wonderland

Alpha Flight #73 - “Homeward Bound” - cover date August 1989
Writer is James D. Hudnall
Penciler is John Calimee
Inker is Mike Manley
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is the Still Not Canadian

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Episode 46: “What the Hudnall?!”

…and thus does the James D. Hudnall era begins…

And we’re befuddled. It’s a rough start but hope springs eternal! We’ve a ton more Talisman, a new old face returns (much to Tom’s chagrin), and we simply burn off a whole mess of plotlines. Oh, and we set a record for the number of deaths in a single episode. So that’s something…

Issues discussed:
Alpha Flight #67 -“The Ties That Bind” - cover date February 1989
Script by James D. Hudnall
Pencils by Hugh Haynes
Inks by Gerry Talaoc
Letters by Janice Chiang
Colors by Bob Sharen
Associates by Marc McLaurin
Edits by Carl Potts
and Tom DeFalco as Archaeologist in Chief

Alpha Flight # 68 - “All That We Are” - cover date March 1989
Script by James D. Hudnall
Pencils by John Calimee
Inks by Sam Delarosa
Letters by Janice Chiang
Colors by Bob Sharen
Associates by Marc McLaurin
Edits by Carl Potts
and Tom DeFalco as in Here

Alpha Flight #69 - “And All That We Seem…” - cover date April 1989
Script by James D. Hudnall
Pencils by Hugh Haynes
Inks by Hilary Barta
Letters by Janice Chiang
Colors by Bob Sharen
Associates by Marc McLaurin
Edits by Carl Potts
and Tom DeFalco is the Dream Chief

Alpha Flight #70 - “...is but a dream within a dream” - cover date May 1989
Script by James D. Hudnall
Pencils by Hugh Haynes
Inks by Hilary Barta, Sam Delarosa, and Jon Nyberg
Letters by Janice Chiang
Colors by Bob Sharen
Associates by Marc McLaurin
Edits by Carl Potts
and Tom DeFalco is “Not Canadian”\

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Episode 45: “Bill, Adieu”

Well, we’ve come to the end of Bill Mantlo’s run on Alpha Flight and, folks, he absolutely saved his best issue for last. It’s a wild and, frankly, incredibly well-accomplished issue as Manikin confronts his creator. Both a super-smart metacommentary and just an all-around solid story, it’s quite the issue to go out on.

In this episode, Chris:

• gives some recommendations re: Puscifer’s best work
• does a great High Brow
• and makes some great sound effects

and Tom:

• has a great time with Manikin’s attacks on “the Scribbler” who created him
• probably does more talking as Knapp than he has any other character, which doesn’t feel awesome
• totally predicted that Knapp and Mantlo might have a heart-to-heart at some point and is damn proud of that random occurrence

Issue discussed:
Alpha Flight #66 - “Killing Me Softly With His Word Processor” cover date January 1989
Writer is Bill Mantlo
Penciler is Hugh Haynes
Inker is Gerry Talaoc
Letterer is Janice Chiang
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Associate Editor is Marc McLaurin
and Tom Defalco is Head of the Class

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