X-Men/Alpha Flight 1985 Series by Chris Claremont, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Romita Jr., John Byrne, Roger Stern, Tom DeFalco, Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek

Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor are transporting a group of Canadian scientists to the Artic, when their plane is attacked by a mysterious force. Rachel Summers proposes an X-Men/Alpha Flight team-up, to save Cyclops, Madelyne, and the missing Canadians. The X-Men zip up their parkas as they head to the Canadian wilderness!

The X-Men face off with some of their greatest foes in the latest edition from Marvel s popular ESSENTIAL line. In this volume, the X-Men go up against the Juggernaut, Doctor Doom and the Hellfire Club s newest recruits, the Hellions -- and team up with the Avengers, Spider-Man and Power Pack. Featuring the first appearances of Forge and Nimrod, and a chapter from the legendary SECRET WARS II crossover! Plus: Parts I & II of Claremont and Windsor-Smith s unforgettable epic, "Lifedeath... moreThe X-Men face off with some of their greatest foes in the latest edition from Marvel s popular ESSENTIAL line. In this volume, the X-Men go up against the Juggernaut, Doctor Doom and the Hellfire Club s newest recruits, the Hellions -- and team up with the Avengers, Spider-Man and Power Pack. Featuring the first appearances of Forge and Nimrod, and a chapter from the legendary SECRET WARS II crossover! Plus: Parts I & II of Claremont and Windsor-Smith s unforgettable epic, "Lifedeath." Collects UNCANNY X-MEN #180-198 and X-MEN ANNUAL #7-8. less

Legendary writer/artist John Byrne steers one of his greatest creations to glory! Exploding from the pages of the X-Men, Canada's premier super-team Alpha Flight takes the Marvel Universe by storm before starring in their own Byrne-helmed series! Guardian, Shaman, Snowbird, Sasquatch, Aurora, Northstar, Puck and Marrina fi ght to protect Canada from injustice and evil - including the Master of the World, maniacal alchemist Diablo, and the terrifying Great Beasts! But they'll face their darkest... moreLegendary writer/artist John Byrne steers one of his greatest creations to glory! Exploding from the pages of the X-Men, Canada's premier super-team Alpha Flight takes the Marvel Universe by storm before starring in their own Byrne-helmed series! Guardian, Shaman, Snowbird, Sasquatch, Aurora, Northstar, Puck and Marrina fi ght to protect Canada from injustice and evil - including the Master of the World, maniacal alchemist Diablo, and the terrifying Great Beasts! But they'll face their darkest defeat at the hands of rival Omega Flight. An Alphan will fall...but can the team fight on?COLLECTING: X-MEN (1963) 109, 120-121, 139-140; INCREDIBLE HULK ANNUAL 8; MACHINE MAN (1978) 18; MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) 83-84; INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 272, 313; ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) 1-29; X-MEN AND ALPHA FLIGHT (1985) 1-2; X-MEN/ALPHA FLIGHT (1998) 1-2; MATERIAL FROM MARVEL TEAM-UP ANNUAL 7 less

Otherworldly wonder at the top of one world and the heart of another! In the Arctic Circle, the X-Men and Alpha Flight find a power that could save the world at the cost of destroying...what? But cost is no object when the power is revealed as a gift from Loki, who doesn't like it when his gifts are returned! When the God of Lies loses his own prize, he decides one bad turn deserves another and sets his magic against the X-Men, only for the New Mutants to take the fall.. moreOtherworldly wonder at the top of one world and the heart of another! In the Arctic Circle, the X-Men and Alpha Flight find a power that could save the world at the cost of destroying...what? But cost is no object when the power is revealed as a gift from Loki, who doesn't like it when his gifts are returned! When the God of Lies loses his own prize, he decides one bad turn deserves another and sets his magic against the X-Men, only for the New Mutants to take the fall...and rise to Asgard! The X-Men ride to the rescue, but can even the mightiest mutants survive the multiple magics of myth?Collects X-Men and Alpha Flight #1-2, New Mutants Special Edition, and X-Men Annual #9. less

Swords and sorcery, mutant style! When Kulan Gath strikes, the X-Men, Avengers and Spider-Man find themselves in the middle of a barbarian nightmare! Can they defeat the sorcerous villain and restore the world? Things are no less mystical for the X-Men and Alpha Flight when the trickster god Loki offers a gift to the people of Earth.. moreSwords and sorcery, mutant style! When Kulan Gath strikes, the X-Men, Avengers and Spider-Man find themselves in the middle of a barbarian nightmare! Can they defeat the sorcerous villain and restore the world? Things are no less mystical for the X-Men and Alpha Flight when the trickster god Loki offers a gift to the people of Earth...but, big surprise, it comes with a price! And, blade in hand, Nightcrawler swashbuckles his way through an other-dimensional solo adventure! Enough fantasy for you?COLLECTING: UNCANNY X-MEN (1963) 189-198, X-MEN ANNUAL (1970) 8, X-MEN AND ALPHA FLIGHT (1985) 1-2, NIGHTCRAWLER (1985) 1-4 (X-MEN EPIC COLLECTION VOL. 12) less