Alpha Flight has a new mission, saving Canada from the mutant menace!? Guardian, Puck, Snowbird, and Shaman return as Canada’s superhero team but now they’re doing to bidding of the government to abuse and detain mutants. That puts them at odds with Aurora, Northstar, Nemesis, and Fang, who are on their own mission t protect them. The Fall of X fallout continues with a focus to the north in Alpha Flight #1.

Written by Ed Brisson, Alpha Flight #1 is an entertaining comic. Unfortunately, it’s also rather predictable so far. Fall of X has delivered a new status quo and the anti-mutant hysteria has reached Canada. They’re bending over backwards to discriminate and abuse mutants, and Alpha Flight is one of the ways they’re going to do it. The concept of the a team split like this is something that drew me to the comic. The fact I loved reading Alpha Flight back in the day helped too. And Alpha Flight #1 reminds me of those older comics in a way. The team is very much in the “following orders” mindset which is something we’ve seen before but you can also tell there’s something more going on as well. Again, something we’ve seen before. The comic delivers a story that’s a bit retro in a way like that.

Scott Godlewski handles the art with Matt Milla on color and lettering by Travis Lanham. It’s all pretty solid. The characters look good. The action is solid. There’s also a weird dread about it all, even though everything also feels very clean and spot free. There are really solid moments visually though none so far I’d call epic. Again, it reminds me of Alpha Flight comics of the past in that way as well. It’s all good to look at.

Alpha Flight #1 is a good start. I’m not sure if it’s a series to read with each issue or collected based off the first issue, hence my “read.” I think the first issue is a bit too predictable in that way so if there’s more twists and turns to come, then that’d change things in the long run, but, it’s a fun and entertaining read and solid addition to Fall of X.

Story: Ed Brisson Art: Scott Godlewski
Color: Matt Milla Letterer: Travis Lanham Design: Tom Muller, Jay Bowen
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Read

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