Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07
Sure, i guess you're right, he doesn't hate them. He just wanted them to be X-Men antagonists for a short stretch, and then dropped and never heard from again.
Well you have to consider he made them to solely fight the UNCANNY X-MEN, and probably had little interest in ever developing them again. Then, from my understanding, Marvel thrust it on his lap to make an ongoing series with them. When all he wanted was to make some simple people to counter the X-Men, and then having these cardboard cut outs (to him at the time) thrust on his lap to be fleshed out and made into a successful title by Marvel Execs may be good enough reason to say, "I don't like Alpha Flight because all they were ever intended to be was cardboard cut outs to fight the X-Men."

Unfortunately, at the time, JB actually told great stories, even when he wasn't happy telling them (apparently) and many of us fell in love with the card board cut outs who were suddenly given life.