The Marvel Universe is still reorienting itself after the disastrous Hellfire Gala. As the Fall of X unfolds, Alpha Flight #1 explores Canada’s premiere team of heroes’ response to the event. Now they’ve been called back into action to combat the newly established “mutant menace.” The anti-mutant organization Orchis has successfully banished mutants from Earth, earning support from nations all across the world. This makes any mutant left behind a fugitive, something that Canada’s Department H is more than happy to correct.Alpha Flight #1, written by Ed Brisson with art by Scott Godlewski, colors by Matt Milla, letters by VC’s Travis Lanham, and design by Tom Muller & Jay Bowen, pits Alpha Flight against their former mutant teammates. Department H is a governmental branch of the Canadian government in the Marvel Universe, and Alpha Flight is one leaf of that branch. The links between Department H, Alpha Flight, and the X-Men throughout the years are extensive, and this issue mines that history for conflict. Due to the manipulation of public perception by Orchis, government organizations like Department H are now actively hunting any mutants left on Earth. Given the resistance of the remaining mutant heroes, Alpha Flight’s new mission brings them into direct conflict with their former teammates.Though the long-term history of Alpha Flight is central to this story, Brisson does an excellent job of making this issue accessible to new readers. It’s a new #1, so it’s safe for many readers to have this be their first real exposure to the team in any form. Brisson briskly catches readers up to speed on Department H, Alpha Flight, and how they fit into the larger world. It’s impressively succinct storytelling. Even more impressive is the way Brisson translates this to specific character history. Character relations, motivations, and backstories are given just the right amount of spotlight in the issue’s organic conversations and compelling confrontations. This is all accomplished while setting up an exciting story, exploring the morality of doing what’s right when faced with loyalty to one’s nation.RELATED: Immortal X-Men Editor Reveals More Details About Fall of X
The Marvel Universe is still reorienting itself after the disastrous Hellfire Gala. As the Fall of X unfolds, Alpha Flight #1 explores Canada’s premiere team of heroes’ response to the event. Now they’ve been called back into action to combat the newly established “mutant menace.” The anti-mutant organization Orchis has successfully banished mutants from Earth, earning support from nations all across the world. This makes any mutant left behind a fugitive, something that Canada’s Department H is more than happy to correct.
Alpha Flight #1, written by Ed Brisson with art by Scott Godlewski, colors by Matt Milla, letters by VC’s Travis Lanham, and design by Tom Muller & Jay Bowen, pits Alpha Flight against their former mutant teammates. Department H is a governmental branch of the Canadian government in the Marvel Universe, and Alpha Flight is one leaf of that branch. The links between Department H, Alpha Flight, and the X-Men throughout the years are extensive, and this issue mines that history for conflict. Due to the manipulation of public perception by Orchis, government organizations like Department H are now actively hunting any mutants left on Earth. Given the resistance of the remaining mutant heroes, Alpha Flight’s new mission brings them into direct conflict with their former teammates.
Though the long-term history of Alpha Flight is central to this story, Brisson does an excellent job of making this issue accessible to new readers. It’s a new #1, so it’s safe for many readers to have this be their first real exposure to the team in any form. Brisson briskly catches readers up to speed on Department H, Alpha Flight, and how they fit into the larger world. It’s impressively succinct storytelling. Even more impressive is the way Brisson translates this to specific character history. Character relations, motivations, and backstories are given just the right amount of spotlight in the issue’s organic conversations and compelling confrontations. This is all accomplished while setting up an exciting story, exploring the morality of doing what’s right when faced with loyalty to one’s nation.
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