Dates
- Cover date
- January 1987
- On sale
- September 9, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #42 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602967001
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Creators
pencils: David Rossinks: David Ross, Whilce Portacioscript: Bill Mantlocolors: Bob Sharenletters: Jim Novak
Stories
- Auction · 23 pages
Alpha Flight tries to figure out what to do with Purple Girl and her powerful powers of persuasion. She becomes frightened and escapes with Jeffries in thrall, just as he is trying to separate Bochs from Box. After a shopping spree in Toronto, Kara and Jeffries are captured by the Auctioneer who plans to sell the pair to the highest bidder as living weapons. Alpha Flight intervenes and decide to make Purple Girl the first member of the new Beta Flight.
Characters
Jean-Paul BeaubierNorthstarJeanne-Marie BeaubierAuroraEugene JuddPuckHeather HudsonMichael TwoyoungmenShamanNaryaSnowbirdVindicatorMadison JeffriesRoger BochsBoxKara KillgravePurple GirlMelanie Killgrave
Reprinted in
Alpha Flight by Mantlo & Lee Omnibus (2025)