Jan 1985
How Long Will a Man Lie in the Earth ‘Ere He Rot?
By John Byrne, Bob Wiacek
Puck and Heather talk some more about her becoming the new leader of the team. This feels a bit forced. I’m not saying she won’t be a good leader. I’m saying how they are getting there doesn’t feel natural. When has she demonstrated leadership ability? Is her relationship to their former leader what’s prompting Puck to believe she will make a good leader? I don’t know. I can’t tell why he thinks what he thinks.
Snowbird meets with Doug. He’s in love with her but she doesn’t feel the same way towards him. She shows him her scary side in an effort to dissuade him but it is unclear how effective that was.
Shaman investigates a skull that Elizabeth, his daughter, found at the archaeological dig at Fort Calgary. It seems to emanate “spirit energies”. Before that investigation gets very far they are called to the home of Lucas Stang who is possessed by a godlike being. Shaman manages to banish the being with a big assist from Elizabeth. The experience leads him to see his daughter in a completely different light.
A decent issue which pleased me more than the previous one.
Alpha Waves
There's an editor's note from Denny O'Neill at the beginning of the letters column about the way the story opens. He more or less shoots down the idea that Heather is going to become the next Guardian or Vindicator. This holds true for the rest of the Byrne run but eventually, some time after Bill Mantlo takes over writing Alpha Flight she does become a superhero, wearing a suite similar to the one Mac wore.
All of the letters are reactions to the death of Guardian.
Bullpen Bulletins
Jim Shooter writes a little bit about the comic book conventions the attended in 1984. Following a suggestion from comic book writer and artist Colleen Doran, Shooter includes a photo of Marvel's first hunk of the month, John Romita Jr. I'm pretty sure this was the one and only hunk of the month.
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