Welcome to Why Not?! Episode 28: “The Doug…Undone!”

It’s a surprise-entirely-unnatural-pregnancy episode, everyone’s favorite scifi/fantasy trope! And The Doug Thompson handles it…poorly. Little less of the Puck/Bochs self-loathing (though not none of that nonsense), but the issues covered this episode represent a real corner being turned as we put the…rocky start to Mantlo’s time behind us. Overly optimistic? Probably!

In this episode, Chris:

• proves Tom very wrong on a bit of character backstory, which shouldn’t be surprising, but here we are
• wrote a script that goes pretty hard at Canada, our beloved neighbor and (future?) home
• adores Shaman’s new outfit!

and Tom:

• leaves in Chris proving him wrong because he’s a real one
• thinks “Mansion Alpha” sounds like an influencer house
• posits that we were all deprived of some righteous Mignola-mystical art

Issues covered:

Alpha Flight #35 - cover date June 1986 - “The Child is Father to the Man”
Writer is Bill Mantlo
Introducing Canada’s own David Ross and penciler
Inker is Gerry Talaoc
Letterer is Jim Novak
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Editor in Chief is Jim Shooter

Alpha Flight #36 - cover date July 1986 - “Labor Pains”
Writer is Bill Mantlo
Penciler is David Ross
Inker is Gerry Talaoc
Letter is Joe Rosen
Colorist is Bob Sharen
Editor is Carl Potts
Editor in Chief is Jim Shooter

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Airhorn sound effect by freesound_community from Pixabay

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

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