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John Byrne
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Comparing the Heather we ended up with in ALPHA FLIGHT to the Heather shown in ELSEWHEN (with a very much alive Mac), I'm good with Mac being gone.••• You LIKED what they did to Heather?
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Craig Earl
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| Posted: 19 April 2025 at 3:10pm | IP Logged | 2
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Heather was one of my absolute favourite 'civilian' characters before she became a superheroine. She could still be heroic without putting on a suit.
Having made the decision to have her take on the Vindicator role, Marvel didn't even try to make her journey interesting.
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John Byrne
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I wonder where she got the suit, since Mac’s original got blowed up real good?
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 19 April 2025 at 3:42pm | IP Logged | 4
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IIRC, Bochs and Jeffries put something together for her.
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John Byrne
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sigh
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Vinny Valenti
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You may sigh even more at this - they took the costume that was left in the Edmonton Mall parking lot after Jeffries “disemboweled” Courtney.
So it’s all your fault!!!!
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John Byrne
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I am resigned to the fact that everything I ever worked on is destined to be shat upon, but couldn’t they at least be clever about it?
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Brian Miller
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I didn’t remember that part.
Where’d Courtney come from? Did someone from Roxxon build her?
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Jean Voulis
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JB - did you intend for Jerome Jaxon to have died?
I think he (and Courtney) would be cool recurring villains for Alpha Flight.
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Alpha Flight #12... I bought it as a back issue in, I would guess 1987, possibly late 1986.
I first encountered Alpha Flight as a back up story in the pages of the Marvel UK reprints of Secret Wars. I remember being underwhelmed at first at its tone. At the time, I wanted full on super heroes, and this was slightly shifted away from that. But it grew on me in a big way. Loved the mini origin stories. UK Secret Wars stopped reprinting AF after the Super Skrull two-parter though, and hence my move to start picking up back issues. My aim was almost true ... AF 11 was one of the last of the JB issues I picked up and I went straight for 12 first. It is still a favourite: satisfyingly long, full of action and strong characterisation, building to its gut-punch of an ending.
JB, what would have been your preferred colour for the cover?
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John Byrne
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JB - did you intend for Jerome Jaxon to have died?•• Didn't I kill him?
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Jean Voulis
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I think it was a little ambiguous - or at least like all great comic book writers you had an 'out' in regards to his death.
Moot point now - surprised no one has brought him back. or brought back Courtney 2.0, 3.0, etc.
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