Post 1 of 7 A government wants its superhero back

Post 1 of 7 A government wants its superhero back Alpha Flight enters the X-Men’s world with a job: bring Wolverine back into Canadian government service. In X-Men #120, James Hudson points out that Wolverine resigned. The prime minister wants him returned anyway. Before we meet the whole team, we understand the problem. The people who paid for Wolverine’s development think that gives them a claim on his life. The story runs through X-Men #120–121, cover-dated April and May 1979. Chris Claremont scripts and co-plots with John Byrne, who pencils; Terry Austin inks and Glynis Wein colors. Tom Orzechowski letters #120; Diana Albers letters #121, with John Costanza on its opening page. Hudson summons five people from across Canada: Northstar, Aurora, Sasquatch, Shaman and Snowbird. Their introductions give us jobs, locations and glimpses of abilities. The pursuit supplies the rest. A diverted plane brings the X-Men into Calgary; the confrontation spreads through the city and reaches the Stampede grounds in #121. The X-Men have to learn what these people can do while trying to get away. Speed, strength, magic and flight keep closing off options. Meanwhile, the argument about Wolverine becomes harder to ignore: what does serving a country entitle that country to demand afterward? Six capable people have assembled to enforce an answer he has already rejected.