the team was originally merely a part of the backstory of the x-men's wolverine but, in 1983, marvel launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994, lasting 130 issues as well as annuals and miniseries. there have been three short-lived revivals since then, most recently an eight-issue limited series in 2011–12, after the resurrection of the team in the one shot comic "chaos war: alpha flight" during the "chaos war" event.