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Andrew Bitner
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 2:17pm | IP Logged | 1
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I had to put down that issue. NOTHING in AF 12 suggested that that was even conceivable--so why was it suddenly credible now, when "Mac" showed up? I liked how the story played out, with everyone wanting to believe so much that they overlooked how glaringly impossible it was. Seriously, "Dark Guardian" became a favorite character of mine--until "her" chance encounter with Madison Jeffries... ;)
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Andrew Bitner
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 2:18pm | IP Logged | 2
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All to say, if it was your intent to bring back Mac, JB-- I know you'd have had a way to do it that didn't violate what was established in AF 12.
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Jim Petersman
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 2:46pm | IP Logged | 3
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So if Mac lives, who dies instead in issue #12?
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Andrew Bitner
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 3:37pm | IP Logged | 4
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Well, Jerry Jaxon died...
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John Byrne
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 6:15pm | IP Logged | 5
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It’s not a “where there is death there is always death” scenario!
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Joe Smith
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 6:49pm | IP Logged | 6
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My teenage heart hurts thinking of that moment. Look what they’ve
done to my boy.
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Jim Petersman
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| Posted: 10 October 2021 at 7:54pm | IP Logged | 7
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"It’s not a “where there is death there is always death” scenario!"____________________________________________________
I thought a character dying every 12 issues was both a deliberate choice as a writer and, internally, connected to Shaman in some way (Snowbird mentions it's the anniversary of Michael's wife & grandfather's death on the day that Mac died). 12 issues later and Walt physically dies. Of course, if we're hopping into the ole time machine anyway, I guess all of those things can be corrected as well. It would certainly be a very different ALPHA FLIGHT, tho.
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David Schmidt
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I alreay told I found "Mac"'s resurrection was really going too far when I read it.
But I believed it as I saw what he was telling. Of course it made the truth even more brillant (and cruel).
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Andrew Bitner
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It's a great story-- even we, the readers, were willing to suspend disbelief because we wanted it to be true too, no matter how impossible it was.
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Andrew Bitner
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| Posted: 11 October 2021 at 6:21am | IP Logged | 10
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Go Shaman!
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Darren Taylor
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I feel like I would really enjoy a Shaman solo book. This has been a real treat JB, thanks.
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Wallace Sellars
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| Posted: 11 October 2021 at 7:40am | IP Logged | 12
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Aaaand it's Shaman for the win!
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