182. Alpha Flight vol 1 #23 ... Marvel ...

Our third back-to-back review on Alpha Flight and we decided to choose number 23 - one issue short of 24. Why? Because it has so many critical plot points including:

(a) It is the culmination of the last 6 months and more of plot development with 24 being more of a fight scene to end all the storylines

(b) It has an awesome cover that to us is even better than 24

(c) It has a giant sized good guy tearing into another giant sized bad guy

Get it?

Okay

As for the content itself, it is basically about the strange effects on Walter Langkowski or Sasquatch. Over the past few issues, with each transformation, when he is in pain, he seems to be more bestial ala the Hulk

And here, we see that Snowbird, who is semi-goddess finally realizing what is going on with Walter i.e. Walter is not tapping into any scientific energy to transform himself but rather he is merging with one of the ancient nasty beasts of Canada i.e. one of the baddies!

As she does so, Walter becomes totally the beast and so they duke it out with Snowbird transforming into a white Sasquatch while Walter is the orange chap on the cover. It's awesome the fight!

And the ending?

Shockingly brutal ... and that leads us into the next issue!

Ratings: 9/10