Episode 56: “Requiem Flight”

…in which we cover another crossover, this time in the pages of Avengers as Alpha teams up with that little-known team and the genuinely little-know People’s Protectorate to stop the Peace Corpse (we know) from blowing up the whole world! And as insane as that description sounds, it’s a pretty fun arc. We also touch on Requiem for a Dream (hence the title), the political/economic situation in the Soviet Union as it careened towards its end, Tom Clancy (more on that on the Patreon soon), and more!

Issues covered:
Avengers #319 - “The Waterwind Interdiction “ - cover date late July 1990
Written by Fabian Nicieza
Pencils by Rik Levins
Inks by Chris Ivy
Letters by Bill Oakley
Colors by Christie Sheele
Edited by Howard Mackie
and Tom Defalco is credited as Chief

(All of the following issues are written by Nicieza and edited by Mackie and Defalco, so we’re not going to keep typing that…)

Avengers #320 - “Underlying Currents” - cover date early August 1990
Pencils by Paul Ryan
Embellished by Tom Palmer
Letters by Jack Morelli
Colors by Renee Witterstaetter

Avengers #321 - “Missing Links” - cover date late August 1990
Pencils by Rik Levins
Inks by Chris Ivy
Letters by Bill Oakley
Colors by Christie Sheele

Avengers #322 - “Bombs Away” - cover date early September 1990
Pencils by Paul Ryan
Inks by Chris Ivy
Letters by Jack Morelli
Colors by Renee Witterstaetter

Avengers #323 - “One World’s Not Enough for All of Us” - cover date late September 1990
Breakdowns by Rik Levins
Finishes by Tom Palmer
Letters by Bill Oakley
Colors by Nel Yomtov

Avengers #324 - “Imaginary Borders” - cover date early October 1990
Pencils by Paul Ryan
Inks by Tom Palmer
Letters by Bill Oakley
Colors by Max Sheele

Written, produced, and edited by Chris Baker and Tom Flynn
Music:"Oh, Canada" by Five Iron Frenzy

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