Alpha Flight Can't Seem To Stay in the Air

Things don't look good for Alpha Flight as Marvel has announced that its latest comic series revolving around Canada's premier super-hero team will end at issue eight. Since the team's debut in the seventies, the quirky team has managed to appeal to a cult audience but have consistently failed to keep an ongoing series on the market.

The latest Alpha Flight series was originally announced as an eight-issue mini series but after strong initial sales, Marvel decided to make the series an ongoing, much to the delight of the team's solid fan base. However, as sales began to wane, Marvel didn't hesitate to go back on their promise and downgrade the series back to a limited one. Luckily, fans of the team must be used to the disappointment since this is Marvel's fourth attempt at giving the team an ongoing series. Excluding the original series, which consisted of 130 issues and attracted readers with its complex, character-driven stories, all other series attempts have barely made it to twenty issues. As the team flies back to Canada for the indefinite future, fans can only hope that there will be a next time.