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With news of Marvelâs plans for the post-Civil War/2007 Omega Flight ongoing series finally being revealed at this weekâs Comic Book Expo, Newsarama thought it was time to catch-up with one half of the creative team of Mike Oeming and Scott Kolins for Oemingâs early thoughts.
In the following interview, Oeming discusses the origin of the series, explains what distinguishes Omega Flight from other team books in the Marvel Universe, and for the first time, talks about this promo image to your rightâ¦
Newsarama: Well Mike, weâre going to have to ask you about that preview image Marvel released, but before that ⦠first of all, being that our comic book industry is U.S.-based and the Marvel Universe largely based in New York City, why a Canadian super-team? Why not a South American one? Or an Australian team?
Is it the history of the previous Alpha Flight youâre playing off of? Is it because Canada in an English (in addition to French) speaking country? Itâs proximity to the U.S.? All of the above?
Mike Oeming: Well, I couldnât see taking Alpha Flight outside of Canada, you know? Maybe international, that might be interesting. But itâs set in Canada and within Canadian culture because those are the roots of the team. Even with a mixture of Americans, they are still serving under the Canadian flag, primarily for the Canadian people, but clearly as we have learned from real-life terrorism, border concerns quickly overlap. I think we'll be seeing a team in Flight that works hand in hand, yet completely autonomous with America and the rest of the world.
NRAMA: So Omega Flight will be a Canadian national superhero team, as opposed to simply a âglobalâ team happened to be based in Canada?
MO: First and foremost they must protect their borders, Canada in general, but clearly they are not restrained to such borders. I'd assume they would need some permission to enter U.S. airspace and all, but there are world concerns for sure, especially in Asia, which is very close to Canada.
NRAMA: In the Vietnam era, draft dissenters famously fled to Canada. Given we know this title spins out of Civil War, is that an angle that will play a part in this title?
MO: No. All I can say is that these guys are not dodging the Registration Act. We will see some of that, but not in the members of Omega Flight. A big part of the new book is a reaction or commentary on Civil War - how does the average American react to that? What about the villains? We'll be dealing with that here. When Mark Millar first sparked the idea of Omega Flight, it was never about "running to Canada" it was about a reaction to Civil War, especially from a world point-of-view.
NRAMA: Weâll follow up on this in a few moments, but first why âOmegaâ Flight, as opposed to âAlphaâ? Does the title and its Latin translation play any significance?
MO: A bit. A few of us tried pitching âAlpha Flightâ a few times before they died, and frankly no one was biting. The name leaves a bad taste in peopleâs mouth, thereâs a bit of a giggle effect on some level even. If Flight was to come back and come back in a big way, we need to show people the old baggage is left behind. And yet, we are trying to be clear to past fans that while we are moving forward, we are not forgetting the past. While not âretconningâ anything, think of it like the new Battlestar Galactica many old fans were pissed at first, but after a bit, they saw the respect and love for the old through the new. We want to do the same.
Marvel wants to give this the big push, they arenât just bringing back Flight for the hell of it, and this isnât a mini-series or some series they are tossing to the wall to see if it sticks. Marvel wants Flight to be a player in the Marvel Universe, which is why we felt the best way to do that was to start fresh. The name does a lot for that. Its done out of love and hope for the new book, not disrespect for the old. It is in many ways, "Alpha Flights" last chance for the foreseeable future.
NRAMA: Post Civil War, we assumed there will be two Avengers teams, a Heroes for Hire, a Fantastic Four of some line-up or another, and a host of other Marvel super-teams like the Runaways and Young Avengers. What role will Omega Flight fill in the big picture? Whatâs unique about their role or reason for being that distinguishes them from other teams?
MO: One of the things I want to do is comment on how America is perceived from the outside in the real world. Not to criticize it or be controversial, but to simply show some reaction to how we are seen by others. I think having a mixture of Americans and Canadians in Flight is a great way to do that, to comment on what is happening in the Marvel Universe from the outside and from their intermingling with U.S. teams in the future.
Also, while I promise every issue will have its fair share of superhero action, guys fighting in tights and such, I want to deliver more than that. I think it has to be more âcharacterâ based than âactionâ based. There has to be action in every issue, but it has to revolve around character. Flight at its best has always been about the characters. When [John] Byrne first did Flight, thatâs what made it special.
Much like my run on Red Sonja isnât about a girl in chainmail bikini killing men, anyone who has read it from the start can tell you that. The subtext to Sonja is more about humanity, about what it means to be a woman with power, about revenge and living in a world with highly different sets of morality than ours. Yet you still get your fill of girl-killing-men-in-chainmail-bikini each issue. I hope to do the same with Omega Flight, deliver a strong subtext the Marvel Universe as well as superhero action.
NRAMA: Where in Canada will the team be based, and are you doing research to make your depiction of the country seem authentic?
MO: Iâm not going to lie, I donât have a handle on that yet. I have a good Canadian friend who will stay on top of these things, editors, Scott Kolins who does lots of research and in time, I'll learn more and make the geography a stronger part of the book.
NRAMA: Before we get to the image, you mentioned Mark Millarâs role in the creation of this series a few moments ago. We interviewed Millar a few months ago and he told us, âThere's some truth in the other rumor floated recently about the origins of the new Alpha Flight team. I pitched the idea to Marvel just as they were preparing a new Alpha Flight book (with an excellent writer I really like) and they were incredibly accommodating, working all my plans into their series and launching the whole thing from Civil War.â
Now assuming that writer was you, can you tell readers about your original pitch and how itâs changed and evolved due to Markâs pitch and Civil War? What was the basic non-post-Civil-War pitch, and much has that changed since?
MO: Hmm, I'll try. Iâm not sure if I remember correctly because things have changed a bit.
I owe Mark a ton, because it was he and Bendis who immediately named me to write the book and I was blown away. Basically, Mark had the idea, and said we can do anything we want with it. The basic idea was after Flight was killed, there clearly became a Hawkeye-Disassembled-like reaction to it, bring them back!
Actually, Alpha Flight fans need to thank Bendis. Sometimes, killing characters are the best things that can happen to them. Flight was dead in the water metaphorically, but once he really killed them, it sparked a whole new interest in the group. I pitched a Flight series before they were killed and was told flat out "no way". But kill âem off and suddenly thereâs interest again. And thatâs a good thing.
Mark thought that out of Civil War, there would be those heroes who for one reason or another, did not fit on either side, either because they became fugitives or they hated whatâs happened to their superhero culture, or they were being deported, all kinds of reasons. But "running to Canada Vietnam style" was never in the picture. There will be characters like that, but they wouldn't be in Flight, you donât put cowards on your team.
I havenât said it enough publicly - thank you Mark!
NRAMA: Okay, we have to get to that line-up now...
MO: Alright, I'll do what I can, but I canât give solid answers yet. The main reason is that fans and doubters alike are having a great time guessing and coming up with great reasons to why their guesses are right and I donât want to ruin that yet. Also, I'll give a scoop here and now - some minor changes are still taking place that could affect the line up. Not in taking people out, but adding someone not in the promo already done!
NRAMA: Fair enough⦠So starting from the right, Joe Quesada told us straight away just a few weeks ago in New Joe Fridays that youâd be writing Beta Ray Bill again in a title (as opposed to a Beta Ray Bill), so that one is a lock and weâre not letting you off the hook.
What can you tell readers about his inclusion on the team? Was he someone you enjoyed writing so much you just wanted to include him, or does he have some sort of other logical connection to this team?
MO: Okay, I'll give this one up because I love you and Beta Ray Bill. Plus, 90% of the posts I read already guessed it and the other were thinking it was something like Thunderstrike or a robot Thor, no one fell for it as being Thor himself, however he is returning- so yes, that clearly is Beta Ray Bill!
Bill is a character I want to see become a mainstay in the Marvel Universe, not a C-level character who is treated as a joke. My god, he beat up Thor at his strongest!!! And he did it with his own hammer! Sure, he's from space and he has an orange horse skull, but Namor lives under the sea with wings on his ankles and Captain America wears his underwear outside of his tight! So what?
In Stormbreaker, the mini-series we last saw Beta Ray Bill (co-written by Daniel Berman of Blood River) I thought a good step to bring him more "in" the Marvel Universe was by giving him a partial human identity. That identity will bring him into Flight in some way.
Also, think of what he shares with Alpha Flightâs past? Beta Ray Billâs people were nearly destroyed by an inter-dimensional demonic threat- Flight has the Great Beasts, both have mythological ties. Iâm not saying they are the same, but there are more themes there than people realize when they see Beta Ray Bill standing in Omega Flight and go "What the fâ¦?"
NRAMA: Okay, the character to his left obviously is supposed to remind us of Captain America, or âThe Captainâ, or U.S. Agentâ¦can you tell readers anything about who this may be (Steve Rogers, John Walker, Clint Barton, someone else), and why heâd be based in Canada?
MO: Canât say right now, too much speculation. I can promise his involvement is integral to the meaning of the book, and his presence in Flight becomes the glue in more ways than simply tossing this cool character into the book.
NRAMA: Again, in that interview with Mark Millar a few months back, we asked about the then rumors of Captain America fleeing to Canada in the wake of Civil War to be part of Alpha Flight, and he said, âWell, the two big questions are whether Cap flees for Canada and whether I'm writing the Alpha Flight spin-off book. To answer the first, no, Cap doesnât flee for Canada because that's just bloody stupid and completely out of character.â
Now, youâre already addressed this subject somewhat, but just to be sure. Guess the question we have to ask here is, do you agree with Mark? Any thoughts on this subject?
MO: Well, Cap's future is still in the air... Will he win the war? Will he loose? I canât say much about him without accidentally commenting on what happens with Civil War. I do agree that the idea of Cap picking up his skirt and running away is way out of character and silly.
NRAMA: All right, moving along⦠Is that Guardian, Vindicator? Is it James Hudson, or someone else?
MO: Itâs the Guardian/Vindicator outfit thatâs for sure [laughs])
NRAMA: So what can you tell readers about this character?
MO: Iâm not sure the timetable. Things are way early. Iâve been mostly working on research with Scott, writing outlines and doing lots of research. We donât have a release date yet either. Once those things line up, I'll be more free to talk about things and wonât be so secretive. A big problem now is that many of these questions either answer or hint way too strongly the outcome of Civil War and what the Marvel Universe will look like after, and no one wants me accidentally saying that Darth Vader is Lukeâs father.
NRAMA: All right, but still moving through the characters in the imageâ¦How about the next one overâ¦Weâre assuming its a Spider-Woman-ish character..? Julia Carpenter? Mattie Franklin? Tell us what you can and why you choose her?
MO: I can give this one away too - it's actually Aunt May. Doctor Octopus shoots her up with some crazy stuff, trying to use Parker DNA to reverse engineer Spider-Man and actually creates a stronger, younger Aunt May in this new incarnation of Spider-Woman. Aunt May will finally kick ass!
NRAMA: Finally, the last character⦠speculation has ranged from Storm, to Talisman, to Snowbirdâ¦what can you say at this juncture?
MO: I'll say that she is the strongest link to Flightâs past, spiritually inheriting the team... Oh crap, that could be either character, cant it? Or maybe thatâs really the Aunt May character?
NRAMA: Now, assuming this is the line-up â though perhaps minus an addition or two - a lot of characters associated with Alpha Flight in the past arenât present. What role â if any â will characters line Heather Hudson, Puck, Sasquatch, Northstar, and Aurora, etc⦠play in this series?
MO: Oh, we will be seeing them again soon enough. I will say this - part of the idea of moving on is that they are done with Flight. Imagine being in an epic rock band, and a few of your members dies. A year later people demand your reunion and the group is being reformed... you might not like that. Your band is gone, young memories lie in the past, for you, its time to move on and hope the new band either falls off a cliff or they carry on and honor the name. We'll see both reactions.
NRAMA: And how about Marvelâs most famous Canadian?
MO: Iâm sure I'll drag Wolvie into the book at some point... the best thing would be that his appearance would actually be called for [laughs].
NRAMA: Okay, any parting thoughts, first impressions you want to leave readers with for the next few months while they await the debut of the series?
MO: I guess I just want to impress on the reader that Marvel is really behind this. They donât just want another Alpha Flight book, this isn't about nostalgia, they want Flight to be a success, be as strong as their strongest books, not just a strong âfillerâ series.
So keep in mind, if you donât pre-order at least 25 copies, Joe Quesada will come down to my part of Jersey and break my typing fingers [laughs].
Seriously, everyone on board is very jazzed about this, and its being done with reverence for the past and excitement for the future. Excelsior..! Or something like that!
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What the ?
As a Canadian, I am not really happy to have a spacester, Cap-rip-off or Spider-Woman-ish in any Flight team...
the Vindicator/Guardian and the Talisman/Snowbird characters are fine, but what would a patriotic character like US.Agent or any other Cap-simile do in a CANADIAN team? And I'm really tired of seeing Spiders everywhere... someone in th MU should invent a really strong bug spray, it's getting urgent. As fas as BRB, I don't care much fro the character, but I guess that if someone can find a plausible and somewhat entertaining reason for him being in OF, why not?
With news of Marvelâs plans for the post-Civil War/2007 Omega Flight ongoing series finally being revealed at this weekâs Comic Book Expo, Newsarama thought it was time to catch-up with one half of the creative team of Mike Oeming and Scott Kolins for Oemingâs early thoughts.
In the following interview, Oeming discusses the origin of the series, explains what distinguishes Omega Flight from other team books in the Marvel Universe, and for the first time, talks about this promo image to your rightâ¦
Newsarama: Well Mike, weâre going to have to ask you about that preview image Marvel released, but before that ⦠first of all, being that our comic book industry is U.S.-based and the Marvel Universe largely based in New York City, why a Canadian super-team? Why not a South American one? Or an Australian team?
Is it the history of the previous Alpha Flight youâre playing off of? Is it because Canada in an English (in addition to French) speaking country? Itâs proximity to the U.S.? All of the above?
Mike Oeming: Well, I couldnât see taking Alpha Flight outside of Canada, you know? Maybe international, that might be interesting. But itâs set in Canada and within Canadian culture because those are the roots of the team. Even with a mixture of Americans, they are still serving under the Canadian flag, primarily for the Canadian people, but clearly as we have learned from real-life terrorism, border concerns quickly overlap. I think we'll be seeing a team in Flight that works hand in hand, yet completely autonomous with America and the rest of the world.
NRAMA: So Omega Flight will be a Canadian national superhero team, as opposed to simply a âglobalâ team happened to be based in Canada?
MO: First and foremost they must protect their borders, Canada in general, but clearly they are not restrained to such borders. I'd assume they would need some permission to enter U.S. airspace and all, but there are world concerns for sure, especially in Asia, which is very close to Canada.
NRAMA: In the Vietnam era, draft dissenters famously fled to Canada. Given we know this title spins out of Civil War, is that an angle that will play a part in this title?
MO: No. All I can say is that these guys are not dodging the Registration Act. We will see some of that, but not in the members of Omega Flight. A big part of the new book is a reaction or commentary on Civil War - how does the average American react to that? What about the villains? We'll be dealing with that here. When Mark Millar first sparked the idea of Omega Flight, it was never about "running to Canada" it was about a reaction to Civil War, especially from a world point-of-view.
NRAMA: Weâll follow up on this in a few moments, but first why âOmegaâ Flight, as opposed to âAlphaâ? Does the title and its Latin translation play any significance?
MO: A bit. A few of us tried pitching âAlpha Flightâ a few times before they died, and frankly no one was biting. The name leaves a bad taste in peopleâs mouth, thereâs a bit of a giggle effect on some level even. If Flight was to come back and come back in a big way, we need to show people the old baggage is left behind. And yet, we are trying to be clear to past fans that while we are moving forward, we are not forgetting the past. While not âretconningâ anything, think of it like the new Battlestar Galactica many old fans were pissed at first, but after a bit, they saw the respect and love for the old through the new. We want to do the same.
Marvel wants to give this the big push, they arenât just bringing back Flight for the hell of it, and this isnât a mini-series or some series they are tossing to the wall to see if it sticks. Marvel wants Flight to be a player in the Marvel Universe, which is why we felt the best way to do that was to start fresh. The name does a lot for that. Its done out of love and hope for the new book, not disrespect for the old. It is in many ways, "Alpha Flights" last chance for the foreseeable future.
NRAMA: Post Civil War, we assumed there will be two Avengers teams, a Heroes for Hire, a Fantastic Four of some line-up or another, and a host of other Marvel super-teams like the Runaways and Young Avengers. What role will Omega Flight fill in the big picture? Whatâs unique about their role or reason for being that distinguishes them from other teams?
MO: One of the things I want to do is comment on how America is perceived from the outside in the real world. Not to criticize it or be controversial, but to simply show some reaction to how we are seen by others. I think having a mixture of Americans and Canadians in Flight is a great way to do that, to comment on what is happening in the Marvel Universe from the outside and from their intermingling with U.S. teams in the future.
Also, while I promise every issue will have its fair share of superhero action, guys fighting in tights and such, I want to deliver more than that. I think it has to be more âcharacterâ based than âactionâ based. There has to be action in every issue, but it has to revolve around character. Flight at its best has always been about the characters. When [John] Byrne first did Flight, thatâs what made it special.
Much like my run on Red Sonja isnât about a girl in chainmail bikini killing men, anyone who has read it from the start can tell you that. The subtext to Sonja is more about humanity, about what it means to be a woman with power, about revenge and living in a world with highly different sets of morality than ours. Yet you still get your fill of girl-killing-men-in-chainmail-bikini each issue. I hope to do the same with Omega Flight, deliver a strong subtext the Marvel Universe as well as superhero action.
NRAMA: Where in Canada will the team be based, and are you doing research to make your depiction of the country seem authentic?
MO: Iâm not going to lie, I donât have a handle on that yet. I have a good Canadian friend who will stay on top of these things, editors, Scott Kolins who does lots of research and in time, I'll learn more and make the geography a stronger part of the book.
NRAMA: Before we get to the image, you mentioned Mark Millarâs role in the creation of this series a few moments ago. We interviewed Millar a few months ago and he told us, âThere's some truth in the other rumor floated recently about the origins of the new Alpha Flight team. I pitched the idea to Marvel just as they were preparing a new Alpha Flight book (with an excellent writer I really like) and they were incredibly accommodating, working all my plans into their series and launching the whole thing from Civil War.â
Now assuming that writer was you, can you tell readers about your original pitch and how itâs changed and evolved due to Markâs pitch and Civil War? What was the basic non-post-Civil-War pitch, and much has that changed since?
MO: Hmm, I'll try. Iâm not sure if I remember correctly because things have changed a bit.
I owe Mark a ton, because it was he and Bendis who immediately named me to write the book and I was blown away. Basically, Mark had the idea, and said we can do anything we want with it. The basic idea was after Flight was killed, there clearly became a Hawkeye-Disassembled-like reaction to it, bring them back!
Actually, Alpha Flight fans need to thank Bendis. Sometimes, killing characters are the best things that can happen to them. Flight was dead in the water metaphorically, but once he really killed them, it sparked a whole new interest in the group. I pitched a Flight series before they were killed and was told flat out "no way". But kill âem off and suddenly thereâs interest again. And thatâs a good thing.
Mark thought that out of Civil War, there would be those heroes who for one reason or another, did not fit on either side, either because they became fugitives or they hated whatâs happened to their superhero culture, or they were being deported, all kinds of reasons. But "running to Canada Vietnam style" was never in the picture. There will be characters like that, but they wouldn't be in Flight, you donât put cowards on your team.
I havenât said it enough publicly - thank you Mark!
NRAMA: Okay, we have to get to that line-up now...
MO: Alright, I'll do what I can, but I canât give solid answers yet. The main reason is that fans and doubters alike are having a great time guessing and coming up with great reasons to why their guesses are right and I donât want to ruin that yet. Also, I'll give a scoop here and now - some minor changes are still taking place that could affect the line up. Not in taking people out, but adding someone not in the promo already done!
NRAMA: Fair enough⦠So starting from the right, Joe Quesada told us straight away just a few weeks ago in New Joe Fridays that youâd be writing Beta Ray Bill again in a title (as opposed to a Beta Ray Bill), so that one is a lock and weâre not letting you off the hook.
What can you tell readers about his inclusion on the team? Was he someone you enjoyed writing so much you just wanted to include him, or does he have some sort of other logical connection to this team?
MO: Okay, I'll give this one up because I love you and Beta Ray Bill. Plus, 90% of the posts I read already guessed it and the other were thinking it was something like Thunderstrike or a robot Thor, no one fell for it as being Thor himself, however he is returning- so yes, that clearly is Beta Ray Bill!
Bill is a character I want to see become a mainstay in the Marvel Universe, not a C-level character who is treated as a joke. My god, he beat up Thor at his strongest!!! And he did it with his own hammer! Sure, he's from space and he has an orange horse skull, but Namor lives under the sea with wings on his ankles and Captain America wears his underwear outside of his tight! So what?
In Stormbreaker, the mini-series we last saw Beta Ray Bill (co-written by Daniel Berman of Blood River) I thought a good step to bring him more "in" the Marvel Universe was by giving him a partial human identity. That identity will bring him into Flight in some way.
Also, think of what he shares with Alpha Flightâs past? Beta Ray Billâs people were nearly destroyed by an inter-dimensional demonic threat- Flight has the Great Beasts, both have mythological ties. Iâm not saying they are the same, but there are more themes there than people realize when they see Beta Ray Bill standing in Omega Flight and go "What the fâ¦?"
NRAMA: Okay, the character to his left obviously is supposed to remind us of Captain America, or âThe Captainâ, or U.S. Agentâ¦can you tell readers anything about who this may be (Steve Rogers, John Walker, Clint Barton, someone else), and why heâd be based in Canada?
MO: Canât say right now, too much speculation. I can promise his involvement is integral to the meaning of the book, and his presence in Flight becomes the glue in more ways than simply tossing this cool character into the book.
NRAMA: Again, in that interview with Mark Millar a few months back, we asked about the then rumors of Captain America fleeing to Canada in the wake of Civil War to be part of Alpha Flight, and he said, âWell, the two big questions are whether Cap flees for Canada and whether I'm writing the Alpha Flight spin-off book. To answer the first, no, Cap doesnât flee for Canada because that's just bloody stupid and completely out of character.â
Now, youâre already addressed this subject somewhat, but just to be sure. Guess the question we have to ask here is, do you agree with Mark? Any thoughts on this subject?
MO: Well, Cap's future is still in the air... Will he win the war? Will he loose? I canât say much about him without accidentally commenting on what happens with Civil War. I do agree that the idea of Cap picking up his skirt and running away is way out of character and silly.
NRAMA: All right, moving along⦠Is that Guardian, Vindicator? Is it James Hudson, or someone else?
MO: Itâs the Guardian/Vindicator outfit thatâs for sure [laughs])
NRAMA: So what can you tell readers about this character?
MO: Iâm not sure the timetable. Things are way early. Iâve been mostly working on research with Scott, writing outlines and doing lots of research. We donât have a release date yet either. Once those things line up, I'll be more free to talk about things and wonât be so secretive. A big problem now is that many of these questions either answer or hint way too strongly the outcome of Civil War and what the Marvel Universe will look like after, and no one wants me accidentally saying that Darth Vader is Lukeâs father.
NRAMA: All right, but still moving through the characters in the imageâ¦How about the next one overâ¦Weâre assuming its a Spider-Woman-ish character..? Julia Carpenter? Mattie Franklin? Tell us what you can and why you choose her?
MO: I can give this one away too - it's actually Aunt May. Doctor Octopus shoots her up with some crazy stuff, trying to use Parker DNA to reverse engineer Spider-Man and actually creates a stronger, younger Aunt May in this new incarnation of Spider-Woman. Aunt May will finally kick ass!
NRAMA: Finally, the last character⦠speculation has ranged from Storm, to Talisman, to Snowbirdâ¦what can you say at this juncture?
MO: I'll say that she is the strongest link to Flightâs past, spiritually inheriting the team... Oh crap, that could be either character, cant it? Or maybe thatâs really the Aunt May character?
NRAMA: Now, assuming this is the line-up â though perhaps minus an addition or two - a lot of characters associated with Alpha Flight in the past arenât present. What role â if any â will characters line Heather Hudson, Puck, Sasquatch, Northstar, and Aurora, etc⦠play in this series?
MO: Oh, we will be seeing them again soon enough. I will say this - part of the idea of moving on is that they are done with Flight. Imagine being in an epic rock band, and a few of your members dies. A year later people demand your reunion and the group is being reformed... you might not like that. Your band is gone, young memories lie in the past, for you, its time to move on and hope the new band either falls off a cliff or they carry on and honor the name. We'll see both reactions.
NRAMA: And how about Marvelâs most famous Canadian?
MO: Iâm sure I'll drag Wolvie into the book at some point... the best thing would be that his appearance would actually be called for [laughs].
NRAMA: Okay, any parting thoughts, first impressions you want to leave readers with for the next few months while they await the debut of the series?
MO: I guess I just want to impress on the reader that Marvel is really behind this. They donât just want another Alpha Flight book, this isn't about nostalgia, they want Flight to be a success, be as strong as their strongest books, not just a strong âfillerâ series.
So keep in mind, if you donât pre-order at least 25 copies, Joe Quesada will come down to my part of Jersey and break my typing fingers [laughs].
Seriously, everyone on board is very jazzed about this, and its being done with reverence for the past and excitement for the future. Excelsior..! Or something like that!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
What the ?
As a Canadian, I am not really happy to have a spacester, Cap-rip-off or Spider-Woman-ish in any Flight team...
the Vindicator/Guardian and the Talisman/Snowbird characters are fine, but what would a patriotic character like US.Agent or any other Cap-simile do in a CANADIAN team? And I'm really tired of seeing Spiders everywhere... someone in th MU should invent a really strong bug spray, it's getting urgent. As fas as BRB, I don't care much fro the character, but I guess that if someone can find a plausible and somewhat entertaining reason for him being in OF, why not?