Alpha Flight #2 (1983)

Created as part of Wolverine's origin story in 1979's X-Men #120, John Byrne's Alpha Flight, one of comicdom's few Canadian super teams, received its own series in 1983.  The majority of the team's roster had distinctly Canadian traits or backstories, such as the Inuit influences behind the characters of Shaman and Snowbird.  The series had a fairly successful run for eleven years and has been the subject of more than one revival attempt, the most recent in 2007.  Byrne himself stayed with the series for the first twenty-eight issues serving as creator, writer, and artist during that tenure.  As part of that body of work, we have the cover of issue #2, showcasing the artist's deft handling of expression and multiple characters.  Note especially the contrast between the optimistic concern of the hirsute Puck and the brooding malignance of his troubled comrade, Marrina.