Monday, October 17, 2011

Puck Part 2: Alpha Flight #2 (September, 1983)

Puck faces Marrina’s dark side...and loses.

I have this issue.

Judd starts out laughing at Sasquatch during a training exercise, and ends up getting gutted by Marrina. The Flight take him to the nearest hospital and Shaman uses his medical skills to essentially knit his organs back together. He survives the operation, but faces an uphill battle recuperating.

Notes of Interest:
1) Not much character development this issue, except we learn that as much as he may remind us of Wolverine, Judd has no special healing powers.

WTF? Moment: The mystery behind Puck’s abilities begins here, but only with what he can’t do. He isn’t fast enough to dodge Marrina’s attack, and he doesn’t have any type of healing factor. In fact, he doesn’t even show off what he can do since he’s severely wounded on the second page he’s in. I guess Byrne’s plan was to use him as comic relief, and show that all’s not fun and games in the world of Canadian super-heroing.

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