X-Men (vol.1) Issue #109 Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: John Byrne Cover Artist: John Byrne Inker: Terry Austin Colourist: Andy Yanchus Letters: Joe Rosen Cover Date: FEB-1978 ALPHA FLIGHT IS… WEAPON ALPHA Story Title: Home are the Heroes! What if the Canadian Government were a bunch of high-tech, secretive, militant arseholes? And, well, who’s to say they aren’t now? A young John Byrne grew up in Canada after moving there from England as an eight-year-old with his family and through his youth fermented the idea of a Canadian Super-group capable of rivalling the Mighty Avengers. Why can’t Canada have a super team join the Americans on the big stage? Young John even dawdled out some of the characters throughout his school years. His work on X-Men was finally the opportunity for these ideas to see print in issue #109, including the first reference to the new Canadian Super-group, Alpha Flight. This issue picks up the plot thread of Wolverine’s mirky, mysterious past hinted at from as early as Giant-Sized X-Men #1 when he quit Canada’s clandestine military program. Here, Canada turns it up a notch by sending in a powered up heavy hitter to drag Wolverine back by the scruff of … Continue reading Alpha Flight: X-Men (vol.1) Issue #109