Alpha Flight #75 (October) Tigers In the Rain.
James D. Hudnall, John Calimee, Mike Manley.
I'm beginning to wonder whether Marvel's downfall in the early nineties came from paying too much attention to its fans. The worst aspect of anything will always be, without exception, its stupid fucking fans, and the letters page of this book has a few who describe Hudnall as the worst writer of all time while demanding the reinstatement of Byrne, and so on; but fuck 'em, quite frankly. In this double-sized issue Alpha Flight battles the Avengers, the X-Men, and other Marvel regulars in this variant New York which Puck - who pops up out of nowhere, again young and tall - informs them was originally the realm of the Dreamqueen; so the heroes they're battling aren't the real thing but products of imagination, which at least explains Rogue's giant triangular hair. With this in mind, Alpha Flight fights back with the help of Elvis and Father Christmas - Elvis, for fuck's sake! Elvis brains imaginary Thor with his guitar and Father Christmas is packing a machine gun; but sure, let's get a court order forcing Byrne to write the book again, you shitheads.
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