JOHN BYRNE'S ALPHA FLIGHT COVER & IMAGE GALLERY PART THREE...

Alpha Flight is now landing...

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Here's a question for you.  How can you be in a room, yet not be in that room, while at the same time not be in a room that you think you're in?  Confused?  Don't worry, you will be.  Kidding aside, it's actually rather simple.  Y'see, I've been re-reading my Alpha Flight mags for the first time since buying them back in 1983/'84.  I had just moved into a new house at the time and, naturally enough, I associate them with that house and, in particular, the room in which I read them.  That association is so strong that even though I'm fully and consciously aware of my surroundings in my present house as I read, there's something in my subconscious that 'tells' me I'm still in the room I originally read them.  Weird or what?

I don't know whether this feeling is unique to me, or if other people have also experienced it.  I've mentioned before how, when re-reading an old comic that I first read in a former house, on completion, when I lift my eyes from its pages, I'm momentarily surprised to find that I'm not in the room where I first read it.  Does that sound familiar to anyone?  Has anyone else ever felt that strange sense of momentary displacement under similar circumstances?  No?  Oh, well, guess I'm just bonkers then!  However, if any of you cavortin' Crivvies have ever experienced the same sensation - even for the briefest of nano-seconds - let me know so that I can reassure myself that it's a natural 'phenomenon' and that I'm not just prone to hallucinations.

Anyway, such philosophical ponderings aren't the main reason why I've invited you here, fascinating as they may be.  Nope, we're here to appreciate part three of John Byrne's covers and splash pages to his Alpha flight series from back in the '80s.  Well, to be more precise, you're here to appreciate them as I've already done so while preparing them for your perusal.  I'm really only here to read you telling me how great I am for sharing these pulse-pounding piccies with you entirely for free!  So no hanging about - appreciate away, then leave a comment saying what a wonderful, unselfish guy I am.  We all know it's a lie, but I won't mind if you don't.

Time starts now...

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