Puck Part 51: Alpha Flight #67 (February, 1989)

We learn what's become of Puck since Alpha Flight #60…and it hasn’t been pretty.

I have this issue.

This issue focuses on Dreamqueen, telling her origin and her plans to re-enter Earth-616, but we do catch a glimpse of Judd as her captive. It seems she’s been torturing and abusing him for her entertainment, using her control over her world to heal him each time and to make him young again. By issue’s end, she succeeds in crossing over, but Judd is left behind.

Notes of Interest:

1) The story is told in third person narrative, so we have no idea how Judd’s been handling the consistent torture.

WTF? Moment: This is writer James D. Hudnall’s first story featuring Judd, and I’m glad to see he hasn’t forgotten the character. My only gripe is that we don’t see how Judd deals with the torture. Having spent time in India and Tibet, Judd has learned several methods of entering trance-like states. We’ve seen them before. It makes sense that those teachings would be effective here so why not mention them, even in passing, just to let readers know that he’s still mentally strong?

WTF? Moment #2: This is also artist Hugh Haynes’ first crack at Judd and considering he’s in all of two panels this issue it’s pretty good, especially since it seems Judd’s right ear has been repaired.