Article: *SPOILERS* Alpha Flight #2 Lettered Preview Online

[DelBubs]

There is a lettered preview of #2 at Comic Book Resources (http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=9178). Usual Spoiler warnings apply. There are reveals there.

[Phil]

Yay, less than a week to go!

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I love the reason given as to how Snowbird got taken down.
A great touch!

[varo]

sooo happy its out the 13th, not 27th!

[Wolfie]

sooo happy its out the 13th, not 27th!

I'd finally gotten around to changing the date to the 27th on our website... yesterday! And now they change it back. I don't get these people, I really don't, LOL! :confused:

[weaponAlpha]

this looks great!!!

[Mokole]

And I still await my 0.1 and #1, but I will get them.

[-K-M-]

Looks incredible. The art and story look great, but a few issues................


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as technically Mac only died for the first time in New Avengers #16, and gamma radiation? are they ignoring Tanaraq with Walter?

I liked the Neooqtoq reference, guess that confirms the real version is dead? Also not sure why that would stop Snowbird from transforming. Ranark must be the creepy ally that gave them the bone.

[DelBubs]

Didn't he also die in X-Men Unlimited and bought back by Angel (?) Regarding Walter, theoretically it was the gamma radiation that breached the doorway between the Realm of the Beasts and this plain, thus Sasquatch was a creation of Gamma Radiation, though not in the standard sense. Reaching, but...

[-K-M-]

I dont think he did, he was close to death, but if Angel's blood could bring people back from the dead they would use it far more then not.

Oh I know Walter wanted to repeat the process that made the Hulk, but thats a pretty big reach. Still I can't complain to much, as its not like Loeb's awful Lupine mess.

[Canucklehead]

Well... there goes my theory that

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the freckled, frizzy haired red head that zapped Mac at the end of #1 (that wasn't brainwashed, a robot nor alien) was their rapidly aged daughter.
I honestly thought the freckled, frizzy-haired-woman that didn't technically admit she was heather, was an indication that she and Heather were two different beings, even mother and rapidly aged daughter. I just found it funny that the freckles and frizzy hair coincided with the volatile personality.

[Phil]

as technically Mac only died for the first time in New Avengers #16

Legally he would have been declared dead after Vol.1 #12

[Legerd]

Legally he would have been declared dead after Vol.1 #12

True, but Mac said he "literally died twice" for the nation. I think he did die in the X-men Annual, as far as medical science was concerned, and Angel's blood brought him back. According to his wiki entry, Angel's healing blood can only be used on people with the same blood type as Warren's, and its effectiveness varies.

As the result of a secondary mutation which has been shown inconsistently, Archangel also develops a healing factor and can heal others by mixing his blood with theirs, provided they have a matching blood type to Warren's. Although powerful, this mutation varies in potency. At times, he cannot aid the terminally wounded; at others, he can actually raise the recently dead.
Probably FVL and Pak are going with this explanation when they had Mac say what he did.

[-K-M-]

Wiki isn't the best source for accurate information.

Did Angel have an entry in the recent handbook? I haven't picked that one up, but I will see if they mentioned anything in the past ones.

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The Offical Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5: Guardian entry
"...Hudson donned an experimental exo-suit to prevent Jiroult from killing Heather and his unborn child. Hudson was later healed by the" X-Man Archangel and was reunited..." (That entry left it vague)

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The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men 2005: Angel entry
"Since his second mutation, Archangel can heal fatal injuries and cure most known diseases at an aceelerated speed by mixing his blood with that of the victims, so long as they have a compatible blood type" (yeah this entry says he can heal fatal injuires not the deceased, unless a recent entry says otherwise I highly doubt he brought Mac from the dead)

[Sasquatch17]

I love how Guardian is now more Canada's Captain America and less a scientist in a suit.

I really like

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Vindicator as a villan.

[Phil]

The Offical Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z #5: Guardian Entry
"...Hudson donned an experimental exo-suit to prevent Jiroult from killing Heather and his unborn child. Hudson was later healed by the" X-Man Archangel and was reunited..." (That entry left it vague)

It was the previous line that got my attention: "Restored to life with the help of Shaman's ancestor spirits"
Not really sure how to take that...

[-K-M-]

It was the previous line that got my attention: "Restored to life with the help of Shaman's ancestor spirits"
Not really sure how to take that...

I just edited my post with Angel's bio and it doesn't mention he can bring back the deceased (unless a new entry says otherwise?). Well technically I've heard people who were in a coma and reawoken said they were restored to life *shrugs*

[DIGGER]

Why would they have given the baby to a distant cousin when Heather had said that she came from a family with lots of kids.
Wouldn't child services give her to a sibling of Heather's and not a distant cousin? Not trying to be nitpicky but...
Anyway the story is playing out nicely and the artwork is sublime.{guardian}

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[Flightpath07]

Salivating. And really liking the way Heather is drawn, the freckles and whatnot give her an "earthy" feel, like a farmer or something. girl next door look. So we get the "cute but not model-like" Heather, and the "oh-my-word, what-a-beautiful-butt" Vindicator - love it!

[suzene]

Oh, man. They're really not pulling any punches with the

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"Heather betrays Alpha Flight" angle. All they need to do now is reveal that she was responsible for getting Eugene locked up in the first place...

[Phil]

Wouldn't child services give her to a sibling of Heather's and not a distant cousin?

You're presuming that a)Heather's siblings would want the child, and that b)they'd be able to provide a suitable, stable, happy and safe life for the child.

[DelBubs]

You're presuming that a)Heather's siblings would want the child, and that b)they'd be able to provide a suitable, stable, happy and safe life for the child.
On your second point Phil, it wouldn't take a corrupt Gov much to say, "Heathers immediate family knew about her and Macs dangerous occupations and did nothing to dissuade them. That's why we will be putting the child with a distant cousin". Nice bargaining chip, which Cody seems to have used.

[Legerd]

Okay, the official word is: Mac is referring to AF #12 Vol 1, and NA #16 when he says he's died twice. So sayeth the Fred.

[Alpha Rider]

He's missing out the events of AF #97-100 where he died (again). Or did he really died that time? Or the time he almost died in AF vol2 #1 or did he die in that one as well. Bloody 'ell, I'm so confused now.

[cmdrkoenig67]

AAWWWWWWWW....Baby Hudson is named Claire (after Heather's mom)...Cute! There's a Kryptonite for Snowbird?

Dana

[-K-M-]

He's missing out the events of AF #97-100 where he died (again). Or did he really died that time? Or the time he almost died in AF vol2 #1 or did he die in that one as well. Bloody 'ell, I'm so confused now.

Nope he didn't die in #97-100 as the Master found him floating in space and revealed him in AF #129-130

He almost died n vol.2, but he didn't actually die. He never officially died as in pass into the afterlife until New Avengers #16...everything else was him being presumed to be killed, but wasn't.

[Alpha Rider]

Nope he didn't die in #97-100 as the Master found him floating in space and revealed him in AF #129-130

He almost died n vol.2, but he didn't actually die. He never officially died as in pass into the afterlife until New Avengers #16...everything else was him being presumed to be killed, but wasn't.

See what happens in comic books throughout the 90's kids. It F***s you up.

[bigbloo]

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There's a Kryptonite for Snowbird?

Dana

Yeah, I'm not too happy about this concept. It doesn't "feel" right that one of the Great Beasts would be able to block Narya's shapeshifting ability. Does this also cancel out all of her other powers? Super strength? Flight? She should still have been able to escape or smash the Box if it only canceled out her shape-shifting.

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She transformed into this Great Beast in Hercules, so technically wouldnt she not be able to if just a bone fragement prevents her from shifting? Ranark must have done a spell on it.

[Guardian98]

Looks awesome, cannot wait!!!

Guardian ftw!!!

[Guardian98]

Today is the day it comes out!!!!

[Phil]

Yup! :D

I should have a spoiler-light review and spoiler free thread up in the next few hrs, workload permitting.

[-K-M-]

Got it as well as the variant cover :)

[Le Messor]

Legally he would have been declared dead after Vol.1 #12

Wasn't the fact that he wasn't kind of a plot point? Heather couldn't prove he was dead, so couldn't get benefits.

- Le Messor
(singing)
Tanya: It's do or die!
Buffy (accurately) : Hey, I've died twice!