• Summary - X-Men/Alpha Flight vol 2 #2

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    Issue: X-Men / Alpha Flight 2
    Date: Jun-98
    Story: Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot... (32 pages)

    Feature Characters: X-Men: Cyclops, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Storm, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, Prof. X; Beast, Iceman, Angel, Marvel Girl (in flashback); Alpha Flight: Guardian (Mac), Shaman, Snowbird, Aurora, Northstar, Sasquatch, Puck

    Regular Characters: Gary Cody, Lockheed, Heather McNeil Hudson

    Guest Stars:

    Villains: LeMieu; Hydra including Baron Von Strucker; Magneto (in flashback)

    Other Characters:

    Synopsis: The Flight trains in the Danger Room against the original X-Men. They don't impress Xavier, but they're all he's got.
    Shaman has a vision: Mac killed in an explosion (iss. 12). The team attacks the Hydra base, and Mac confronts Strucker and is trapped. The X-Men have been able to escape during the battle, and Shaman explains that Canada gave Mac's suits to Hydra for money. Both teams come to Mac's rescue. LeMieu turns on Strucker and is shot down; Strucker ports away.
    Back in Westchester, the teams socialize. Mac is reconciled to Weapon X's defection.