Bill Mantlo

Collects Giant-Size X-Men #1 and Uncanny X-Men #94-97. It is a changing of the guard at Xavier's School for the Gifted. Professor X's original students are replaced by an all new team of X-Men. The demonic acrobat Nightcrawler, the weather controlling Storm, the iron-skinned strongman Colossus, the shrieking Banshee, the tribal warrior Thunderbird, and the dangerous Wolverine have been gathered together from the four corners of the world to defend mankind from the forces of evil, and to vanguard Xavier's dream of mutants and humans co-existing in peace and harmony. Includes original character designs (for costumes and characters that didn't make the book), how to draw X-Men hints, and unused ideas.

Fresh off his exile to the mystical Crossroads (see Incredible Hulk (Vol. 1) #300-313) the Green Goliath unleashes his unbridled fury upon the Canadian heroes of Alpha Flight. Hope they survive the experience.

It's a new start for the members of Alpha Flight as they welcome aboard new members and take up residence at a new headquarters. Now, they must face a new menace...Scramble! But what member of Alpha Flight has connections to this new adversary?

In the aftermath of last issue's events, Deadly Ernest, the man with the lethal touch, returns. And thus so to must return the sword-wielding avenger known as Nemesis. But will she even be enough to stop this villain this time?

Heather Hudson takes up the mantle of Vindicator. But will her first mission out be her last as an old enemy from Puck's past comes back to haunt him and his teammates in Alpha Flight? Plus, learn the macabre secret origin of Alpha Flight's smallest member.

As Heather attempts to learn how to control the powers of the Vindicator suit she runs into the mutant heroes known as the X-Men. But her reunion with her friend Logan is cut short when an enemy from Wolverine's past shows up seeking revenge. Plus, what is Marrina up to and what does the barbarian Attuma want with her? NOTE: Marvel begins their 25th Anniversary celebration with a new logo in top left corner of the front covers of their books for one year (12 issues).

A woman by the name of Lady Deathstrike seeks out the feral X-Man, Wolverine, to avenge the honor of her father and the theft of his life's work. It was her father, Lord Dark Wind, who created the bonding process that gave Wolverine his unbreakable bones. Plus, what does the undersea tyrant known as Attuma want with the aquatic heroine Marrina?

Marrina is at the mercy of the undersea tyrant known as Attuma. Snowbird is undergoing a bizarre transformation that her teammates in Alpha Flight are powerless to stop. Meanwhile, Shaman goes on a sojourn of rediscovery and just may be the only one who can help his ailing teammate. That is if he survives.

Shaman uses all the mystical power at his disposal to try an help Snowbird, but even his considerable talents may not ne enough. Enter: the Sorcerer Supreme! Meanwhile, a stranger infiltrates Avenger's Mansion seeking the Scion of Atlantis. But is he there as friend or foe. NOTE: See Avengers (Vol. 1) #270 for Namor and the Avenger's side of the story.

An Ancient and powerful evil arises and only the Canadian super heroes, Alpha Flight, can stop it now. But first they'll have to face and overcome their greatest fears.

Can even Alpha Flight survive an encounter with the evil known as Pestilence? And what of Snowbird's child? Meanwhile, to save the life of the woman he loves, the Savage Sub-Mariner will battle the armies of Atlantis itself. But even the Avenging Son has his limits. Don't miss the prelude to the biggest Alpha Flight adventure of all.

The undersea tyrant, Attuma, has taken the aquatic heroine, Marrina, captive. Now, to save the life of their estranged teammate, Alpha Flight must unite with the Savage Sub-Mariner and the Mighty Avengers. But can even this assemblage of heroes defeat the entire army of Atlantis? Story continues in Avenger (Vol. 1) #272

In the aftermath of their battle with Attuma and Atlantis (see last issue and Avengers (Vol. 1) #272), Alpha Flight and Namor search desperately for Marrina. But what they find when they catch up to her shakes them to their very core. Can their love for Marrina endure when they learn that if she lives mankind may be doomed?

Meet Kara, the daughter of the Purple Man. If she can't get her mind control powers she inherited from her infamous daddy, she just might be the death of Northstar.

When Kara, the daughter of the Purple Man, meets Alpha Flight her out of control powers of persuasion may just be the death of one member. Plus, who is the Auctioneer, and what are his plans for Purple Girl?

When a cadre of mutant hunting Sentinels show up in search of the escaped villain Mesmero, it is Alpha Flight who get caught in the middle. Plus, who is more persuasive, Mesmero or Purple Girl? The answer may surprise you.

In this tragic tale, in order to save the world, Vindicator will be forced to slay one of her own teammates. Plus, the return of someone who once tried to destroy the team.

To prevent an ancient evil from coming into the world of man, Vindicator was forced to slay her teammate, Snowbird. But in the wake of one teammate's death, another returns from the grave.

Walter Langkowski has returned from the dead, but now he resides in the body of a woman. As the team deals with this latest development, one of their own turns against them.

When an alien plague starts to sweep across Canada it falls to Vindicator to halt this new threat to mankind.