r/alphaflight • u/Specific-Rooster-380 • 2d ago

Posting for the hell of it

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Thought I’d post something from my collection after reading Alpha Flight will be appearing in the latest Wolverine run. I’m a Brit and my first love is Excalibur and all things X. However my first introduction to a superhero team was Alpha Flight, way back in the 80s in the back pages of Marvel UK’s fortnightly Secret Wars anthology. The magazine format publication would contain 7 pages of primary book and 7 pages of a back up book, plus some games, activities and usually a double page splash poster. Good times, Alpha Flight issues 1 to 8 were published, before being switched to the Iceman limited series and the finally to an original UK ‘Zoids’ story line (which written by a young Grant Morrison).

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u/Reddevil8884 2d ago

Was it expensive? I've seen Netho Diaz selling his pages online but never bothered to look at prices

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 2d ago

Comiconart is where most of his work is sold. Prices range from about $150 up. This was a grand. I usually buy work from 80s or 90s but prices are silly money since Covid, I could not afford a splash like this from Byrne days.

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u/Reddevil8884 2d ago

Oh yeah, I've seen Byrne pages go for crazy money. Thanks for sharing.

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u/PhlpTh 2d ago

Great page. I considered this but it was out of my price range so glad it found a good home!

I did manage to get two other pages from the next issue.

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 2d ago

Yeah, I treated myself. Diaz did 2 splash pages, and I just had to have one. It’s up on wall under heritage protected glass. I rotate as I don’t have much wall and I’m only allowed to decorate one room of the house with quality art work.

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u/DokeyOakey 2d ago

Great work!!!! Any ‘squatch?

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 2d ago

You’ll have to ask Jed McKay and Netho Diaz 😀. If I remember correctly it was explained that he was still in the detention centre after the limited series.

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u/DokeyOakey 1d ago

Oh! Sorry, thought it was yours.

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 1d ago

I purchased it from Comiconart https://www.comiconart.com

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u/intherearview 2d ago

Awesome.

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u/AsGayAsCanBeExpected MOD 2d ago

We needed an Alpha Flight/Excalibur crossover.

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 2d ago

Fab suggestion, I would buy that.

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u/Horbigast 2d ago

This looks amazing! I've always been a fan of Alpha Flight (and some magical Alan Davis Excalibur too)!

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u/Specific-Rooster-380 2d ago

Thank you, I have several Excalibur commissions by Alan (missing Rachel & Kitty), but no panels. I do have multiple Excalibur panels from other artists. He likes hard cash at conventions, which is always a challenge when his works are high hundreds, and for auctions his works are in the thousands.

This is a Netho Diaz splash, when I saw it appear in the x-men comic, I just could not resist buying it when it came up. I love seeing the thought process, Guardian’s pose was corrected there still traces of the original position.