Bill wanted to talk on the podcast about something that wasn't Alpha Flight, so I let him review three stories from the wonderful Mr Puzzle Super Collection by Chris Eliopolous. Martha tries to get involved and... tbh I've left this a bit let to write. I'm so tired I'm almost falling asleep (EDIT: I did fall asleep directly after hitting the publish button) The episode is alright though, so long as you don't find other people's children insufferable.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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After Claire and I finished talking about Alpha Flight the other week I left the recorder on and we just sort of fell into chat about X-Men (in particular The Psylocke Problem), Cable, and Spider-Man The Animated Series. Here's that, as part of this kind of bonus week thing I'm doing.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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This week there's going to be three shorter episodes, none of which are about Alpha Flight. I'm sorry, these things just happen. There'll be plenty of Alpha Flight next week *I promise*. As it is, my daughter tries to remember what happens in a pretty jam-packed Tintin adventure. Also, she's lost her two front teeth. Also, as always, Bill gets involved.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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In this episode I'm joined by Bobsy, of The Mindless Ones and The Shadow Trap, to talk about "Alpha Flight Special 1987", a bootleg comic that sort of made its way to me. We somehow get onto talking about Nu Rave, our Reptilian Overlords and The Pink Windmill.This episode is linked to Young Blood Initiative's Authentic Fake project, and artwork based on the comic discussed will be on show in London as part of it from 14th to 17th June 2018. Private View: https://www.facebook.com/events/1795156940541276/Re-Imagining The Gendered AI Bot: https://www.facebook.com/events/327974084393248/Live Art Evening: https://www.facebook.com/events/202452953870250/Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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Lolly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lollymoosomeShoe Lane Comic Forum is the first Tuesday of every month, Shoe Lane Library, 5:30pm! https://londongraphicnovelnetwork.com/shoe-lane-comic-forum/I met Lolly, librarian supreme and leader of the Shoe Lane Comic Forum, in the Barbican and it was a bit noisy but really not that bad considering. We discuss how Alpha flight #38's 3 Act Structure isn't so much a 3 Act Structure and is more of three bits of comics put next to each other, I make some more factual inaccuracies (including but not limited to my guests name) and yeah, all sorts.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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Andy CT joins me this time around. What you don't hear is that I toyed with the idea of trying out a new intro for this episode but 100% chickened out. We talk about this, the first time we've encountered the infamous James D Hudnall and John Calimee, I manage to forget who WALTER IS and drop some big old swears in the outro bit.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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Rob's a proper Alpha Flight fan and collector, which is always nice on a podcast about Alpha Flight. Amongst a bunch of other topics I manage to get Aurora and Snowbird's names the wrong way around AGAIN, I shoehorn some 2000AD chat in, and Rob breaks down the maths of a particularly long arm.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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This time I'm joined by Claire Napier, cartoonist and critic. We talk about wild-west timey demon fights, I once again berate Shaman for his terrible decisions, 'John Byrne' finally concatenates itself into a single word and we get the shortest, most succinct description of what happens plot-wise of any episode so far, by a long shot. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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After a whole bunch of delays and technical mistakes on my part, the Flight is BACK and to swing it back into place I've been joined by artist and comics fan Sarah Harris. We try to decode what a specific reference to 'The Purple Generation' might actually mean, Sarah spends a solid minute listing all the comics that you could have bought instead of Alpha Flight on the month this issue came out, and Sarah tries to downplay her artistic accomplishments becasue she's like that.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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I sent Jenny Robins two copies of Alpha Flight to talk about, and we talked about this one, Issue 55. We talked about it for a fair while longer than I'd normally talk to someone about anything, which is why this episode is longer than they usually are.We dance around pronouns, try and make some sense of the Great Beats (yep, they turn up...again!) and I make my first attempt to sell my conspiracy theory that Neil Gaiman pilalged Alpha Flight for ideas to make The Sandman (having fact checked myself, I shall not be pursuing that conspiracy very much further, becasue I'm kind of mostly wrong). Also, I make some very broad and incorrect statements about nearly everything.One final thing, becasue I figure if you've read this far you deserve some kind of bonus content: in a few episodes time I'll be telling a whole bunch of lies, but on purpose, rather than by accident. If you want to be part of those lies, please email me at [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter. It'll be fun, I promise.Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A HopkinsAlpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.comAlpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal.The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdUDisclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email [email protected]

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