Summary - Alpha Flight v.1 #109

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Issue: Alpha Flight 109
Date: Jun-92
Story 1: By Right of Memory (18 pages)

Feature Characters: Heather, Kyle, Jean-Paul, Jeanne-Marie, Walter, Judd

Regular Characters:

Guest Stars:

Villains: the Hand; Magneto, the Presence (flashbacks)

Other Characters: Alexei, Tretiak, Polyani, Edvarde, Mickey Romanov, Col. Pushkin, Turgenev

Synopsis: In Red Square in Moscow, the team is attacked by ninjas who had been disguised as soldiers. They are just as abruptly rescued by three gunmen (well, one's a woman, but you think of a word for them, then) and escorted to KGB headquarters. There, Romanov explains the Hand is trying to take over the Omega Red facility, and he asks for their help.
They attack the facility with Russian assistance, and are beset by ninjas. Jean-Paul gets cut, while Jeanne-Marie creates quite a blast. Heather and Alexei penetrate the base, enter the self-destruct codes, and blow it up. They have lost five Russians.

Story 2: Distant Thunder (5 pages)

Feature Characters: Laura, Goblyn, Witchfire, Kara; Heather, Judd, Jean-Paul, Kyle, Jeanne-Marie, Walter, Madison Jeffries, Lil, Windshear, Knapp; Elizabeth (not seen since iss. 91)

Regular Characters:

Guest Stars: Reed Richards

Villains: The Dreamqueen

Other Characters: Darby and Susan Dean

Synopsis: In Liveworld, the Dreamqueen chases Goblyn and those Laura ported here to help rescue her (iss. 98, but where's Michael?).
In Toronto, Richards notifies Heather of an important meeting the next morning. (Alpha Flight's world tour and the Jeffries' honeymoon were both cut short.)
Laura opens a portal and brings everyone through to Alpha Flight HQ, angering Windshear, who has to push back the Dreamqueen's demons. Elizabeth mystically realizes trouble is coming.