Alpha Flight

Synopsis for ”Dreams Die Hard...”
At the hospital, Logan and Heather reminisce about their past and about how Wolverine defected to the X-Men, forcing Mac to hunt him down as Weapon Alpha. Judd soon arrives and meets Logan for the first time, though the two start off with a mutual respect for their similar reputations as soldiers and adventurers. They come to the subject of keeping Alpha Flight going after Mac’s death and who should lead them. Logan pre-emptively declines, but Judd says he had someone else in mind anyway. Puck offers the role to Heather, who has been with the project from the start and had been the invisible glue holding the team together. She’s taken aback, but to fight for her own future as well as her husband’s dream, Heather accepts.

Meanwhile in Vancouver, Walter Langkowski reluctantly conducts an experiment on Aurora at her behest to remove her mutant genetics while preserving her powers. She comes out of the process apparently healthy, and to mark the occasion of truly breaking away from her brother, she debuts a new, yellow costume.

Notes
The first part of the flashback takes place during Giant-Size X-Men #1, showing the immediate aftermath of Wolverine going rogue from the Canadian government.
The second flashback (story pages 8-11, 13-16) is mostly a reprint of the back half of X-Men #109 featuring some of the narration boxes replaced with Wolverine’s dialogue from the present reminiscing about the event. Scripter Chris Claremont and inker Terry Austin are credited for the reprinted parts.

Featured Characters:

Weapon Alpha (James Hudson) (Only in flashback)
Alpha Flight
Heather McNeil (Main story and flashback)
Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)
Puck (Eugene Judd)
Sasquatch (Walter Lankowski)
Supporting Characters:

Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and flashback)
Department H (Only in flashback)
Gary Cody (Only in flashback)
X-Men (Only in flashback)
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Only in flashback)
Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Only in flashback)
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Only in flashback)
Angel (Warren Worthington) (Only in recap)
Moira MacTaggart (Only in flashback)
Antagonists:

Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Only in recap)
Sentinels Mk III (Only in recap)
Krakoa (Only in recap)
Phoenix (Only in recap)
Other Characters:

Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Mentioned)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Mentioned)
Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) (Mentioned)
Shaman (Michael Twoyoungmen) (Mentioned)
Major Chasen (Only in flashback)
God (Invoked)
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
Avengers (Mentioned)
Interpol (Referenced)
Ultron 85 (Mentioned)
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) (Mentioned)
Lenin (Invoked)
Races and Species:

Humans
Mutants
Sentinels (Only in recap)
Krakoas (Only in recap)
Deer (Only in flashback)
Locations:

Earth
North America
Canada
Ontario
Toronto
Bethune Memorial Hospital
Ottawa (Only in flashback)
Parliament Hill (Only in flashback)
Department H (Only in flashback)
United States of America (Only in flashback)
New York State (Only in flashback)
Westchester County (Only in flashback)
Salem Center (Only in flashback)
Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (Only in flashback)
Woodstock (Only in flashback)
Africa (Mentioned)
Maracaibo, Venezuela, South America (Mentioned)
Heaven (Invoked)
Items:

Guardian’s Battle-suit (Only in flashback)
Magneto’s Helmet (Only in recap)
Wolverine’s Suit (Only in flashback)
Adamantium (on Wolverine’s claws) (Only in flashback)

Dec 1984

Marvel Comics

009281012009

17

December

1984

Newsstand

United States

$0.60

Copper Age

English

Magazine

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Alpha Flight Vol. 1

A World Apart

~$4.00

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