Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Puck Part 80: Alpha Flight #102 (November, 1991)


Puck accepts role of Chief Administrator after Mac’s death, only to abdicate the position to Windshear.
I have this issue.
That’s it. That’s all he does this entire issue.
Notes of Interest:
1) No real character development…at all.
WTF? Moment: Where to start…I thought the idea of Judd honoring Mac’s memory by accepting the Chief Administrator gig was great. There’s at least four issues of sub-plot there as he grew (get it?) into the job. As for his choosing to abdicate to Windshear, that was again a great idea that made sense for the character – because let’s face it Judd is more of a do-er than a planner – but it should have happened after Judd at least tried to make it work. I suspect that Lobdell initially pitched it as a longer story arc that was cut down by Editor Bobbie Chase to one page.
WTF? Moment #2: One page? AGAIN? We don’t even know where he’s going as he cartwheels out the door. Is he heading to the “top secret” location the team left for to lend a hand?  Is he getting a pizza? Most likely, he’s on his way to the Marvel Bullpen to have a sit-down with DeFalco.

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