An Alphan dies...and it isn’t Puck!
I have this issue.
Judd receives another call, this time from Shaman. He’s picked up by Northstar, and together they meet the rest of the team. Shaman casts a spell and they arrive in New York to find Guardian in battle with Gamma Flight. Judd takes out Flashback, which inadvertently causes Guardian to be carried away by Box.
Notes of Interest:
1) We learn that Flashback was in Beta Flight along with Judd and Marrina.
2) It’s established here that Judd lives in Toronto, not just works there. We even see his apartment!
WTF? Moment: There is a passing comment Judd makes about how he hasn’t taken an active role in Alpha Flight yet, participating in a team workout once before Marrina gutted him, and completely missed the fight against Tundra from issue #1. All the action he’s seen until now was around the hospital where he was recovering. So now, in an epic battle against former teammates (and his first against costumed criminals), Judd’s big contribution is…taking out one skinny guy from behind. Not only that, but Guardian is forced to fight Box alone as a result. You have to admit that Judd hasn’t done much in the way of super heroics so far.
WTF? Moment #2: Okay. Before Northstar arrives on the roof of his building to pick him up, Judd mentions that he “hasn’t had much to do since the affair of the Brass Bishop.” Editor Denny O’Neil even makes a note in a sidebar that readers haven’t missed anything, but “we’ll tell you that tale some other time.” I have every…single…issue of this series, and the only appearance I have of any Brass Bishop takes place in issue #121, which isn’t set in the past. If anyone knows of any story where Judd fought the Brass Bishop before James MacDonald Hudson died, please let me know…
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