X-Men: Alpha (1995)

[Jim Learning]

X-MEN: ALPHA
February 1995

<a href="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/4images/details.php?image_id=2148" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/4images/data/thumbnails/389/xmalpha.jpg" align=left alt="X-Men: Alpha"></a>Story Title: Beginnings...

(The Age of Apocalypse)

Writer: Scott Lobdell (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13890), Mark Waid (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14696)
Cover Artist: Joe Madureira (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=364254)
Pencilers: Roger Cruz (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13500), Steve Epting (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=13851)
Inkers: Tim Townsend (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12946), Dan Panosian (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14662)
Letters: Richard Starkings (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13024), Comicraft (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12948[/url)
Colors: Steve Buccellato (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11847), Electric Crayon (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13916)
Editor: Bob Harras (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=14684)
Editor-In-Chief: Tom DeFalco (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14001)

Guest-Starring: Bishop
Introducing: Infinites, Unus, Sabretooth, Blink, Wild Child, Morph, Rogue, Quicksilver, Storm, Iceman, Nightcrawler, McCoy, Fred Dukes, Havok, Cyclops, Sinister, Sentinels, Angel, Scarlett McKenzie, Karma, Gambit, Sebastian Shaw, Nanny, Charles Lensherr, Madri (name only), Abyss, Mikhail Rasputin (name only), Holocaust, Apocalypse, Weapon X, Jean Grey, Bolivar Trask, Moira Trask, Emma Frost, Brian Braddock, Mariko Yashida
New Team: X-Men (Sabretooth, Blink, Wild Child, Morph, Rogue, Magneto, Quicksilver, Storm, Iceman, Nightcrawler), Horsemen of Apocalypse (Sinister, Abyss, Holocaust), Human High Council (Bolivar Trask, Moira Trask, Emma Frost, Brian Braddock, Mariko Yashida)
Villains: McCoy, Havok, Sebastian Shaw, Horsemen of Apocalypse (Sinister, Abyss, Holocaust), Apocalypse
Quit: Sinister - Horsemen of Apocalypse
Death: Unus, Fred Dukes

With North America under Apocalypse’s rule, he and his Horsemen strategize their upcoming assault on what’s left of the human resistance in Eurasia. Meanwhile, the X-Men, led by Magneto, encounter the nomadic mutant known as Bishop, and learn the startling truth of the world they live in.

(Continues in Amazing X-Men #1, Astonishing X-Men (1st series) #1 (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=522139), Factor X #1 (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13918), Gambit and the X-Ternals #1 (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16256), Generation Next #1 (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13745), Weapon X (1st Series) #1 (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14167), and X-Calibre #1 (http://xwww.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13800))

CHARACTERS:
Bishop (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=9206)
Infinites (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1961)
Unus (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1821)
Sabretooth (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=166597)
Blink (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1860)
Wild Child (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1746)
Morph (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1823)
Rogue (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1693)
Magneto (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1687)
Quicksilver (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1691)
Storm (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1744)
Iceman (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1680)
Nightcrawler (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1688)
McCoy (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2524)
Fred Dukes (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1312)
Havok (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1665)
Cyclops (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=17860)
Sinister (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1825)
Sentinels (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1827)
Angel (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1266)
Scarlett McKenzie (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1828)
Karma (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1683)
Gambit (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1661)
Sebastian Shaw (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1742)
Nanny (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1690)
Charles Lensherr (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1684)
Abyss (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1277)
Holocaust (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?postid=126033)
Apocalypse (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1273)
Weapon X (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1958)
Jean Grey (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1662)
Bolivar Trask (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1962)
Moira Trask (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1830)
Emma Frost (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1831)
Brian Braddock (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1311)
Mariko Yashida (http://www.comixfan.com/xfan/forums/showthread.php?threadid=1832)

[x-man17]

is this the beginning of AoA?

[Benjamin Ong]

Originally posted by x-man17
is this the beginning of AoA?

Yes, it is. But the events that led to this can be found in the Legion Quest four-parter in Uncanny X-Men #320, 321 and X-Men #40, 41.

[x-man17]

since there is no tpb for AoA, what issues had it?

[En Sabah Nur]

Originally posted by x-man17
since there is no tpb for AoA, what issues had it?
All of the current x-titles of that time were renamed and re-numbered for 4 issues. Like, Uncanny X-Men became Amazing X-Men for 4 issues and they were numbered 1 through 4...(New) X-Men became Astonishing X-Men...Cable became X-Man...X-Factor became Factor X...X-Force became Gambit and the X-Ternals...Wolverine became Weapon X...Generation X became Generation Next...and Excalibur became X-Calibre...and that's it, I think. Oh yeah, and there was X-Men Chronicles which ran 2 issues and had a couple stories of AoA's past. There was also Tales from the Age of Apocalypse that had 2 issues. And X-Universe, which also ran 2 issues and kinda showed what the "heroes" like the FF and the Avengers where up to in the AoA. I'f you're looking for trades, there are a few that collects pretty much every AoA title. Check out "Dawn of the Age of Apocalypse" and "Twilight of the Age of Apocalypse" TPB's.

[TurdFerguson]

Actually, I think you have it backwards. Amazing X-Men was (New) X-Men and Astonishing was Uncanny. Not that it makes much difference, except that the Amazing stories came after the Astonishing ones, so the Uncanny team shows up in Amazing #4 talking about the events that happened in Astonishing #4.

[ronaldmcdonald]

Originally posted by x-man17
since there is no tpb for AoA, what issues had it?

i think there's a trade paperback.
it has a gold cover. same art with the covers from the first issues -amazing x-men......
i think it consists of 4 issues of one title - amazing x-men, astonishing x-men.....