"Fantastic Flight!"

Episode 55: “Fantastic Flight!”

We continue Nicieza’s run this episode with a really solid-to-excellent two issue arc featuring possibly one of the worst (as in creepy/evil/bad-in-so-many-ways) villains Alpha has encountered…so far. Headlok is…unpleasant and we dig into the content warning we offered last issue right from jump. Thankfully there are adults in the room, courtesy of the Fantastic Four!

But! It’s a really effective arc and, frankly, really nice to just have a contained two-parter that tells its story while pushing the larger narratives forward. Who knew competence could feel this good?!

Issues discussed:
Alpha Flight #93 - “Playgrounds of the Mind” - cover date February 1991
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Penciled by Michael Bair
Inked by Mike Manley
Lettered by Rick Parker
Colored by Bob Sharen
Edited by Danny Fingeroth
and Tom DeFalco is Editor-in-Chief

Alpha Flight #94 - “Mind Over Matter” - cover date March 1991
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Penciled by Michael Bair
Inked by Mike Manley
Lettered by Janice Chiang
Colored by Bob Sharen
Edited by Danny Fingeroth
and Tom DeFalco is Editor-in-Chief

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Written, produced, and edited by Chris Baker and Tom Flynn
Music:"Oh, Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy

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