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Alpha Flight #48 (1987) · The Collector

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Alpha Flight (1983)
#48

Marvel#48

Alpha Flight

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Alpha Flight #48

Madness

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: July 1987
Cover price: $0.75
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st cameo appearance of Breakdown
1st cameo appearance of Laura Dean
1st cameo appearance of Freakout
1st cameo appearance of Goblyn
1st cameo appearance of Janus

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Alpha Flight takes the insane Roger Bochs to Scramble for healing. Little do they know that Lionel is crazy himself and uses his flesh altering powers to combine himself and Roger into a giant killer called Omega.

Credits

Writer: Bill Mantlo
Penciller: Terry Shoemaker
Inkers: Steve Leialoha, Hilary Barta
Colorist: Glynis Oliver
Letterer: Ken Bruzenak
Cover: Kevin Nowlan
Editor: Carl Potts
Assistant editor: Joanne Spaldo
Editor in chief: Jim Shooter

Characters

Breakdown· 1st appearance
Freakout· 1st appearance
Goblyn· 1st appearance
Janus· 1st appearance
Laura Dean· 1st appearance
Arthur Van Krijg
Aurora
Box
Esme Fernando
Eugene Judd
Goblyn Dean
Heather Hudson
Jean-Paul Beaubier
Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
Kara Killgrave
Lionel Jeffries
Madison Jeffries
Northstar
Omega
Puck
Purple Girl
Sasquatch]
Vindicator
Walter Langkowski
Whitman Knapp
William Vincent

Teams: Derangers, Alpha Flight

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