Sasquatch/Walter Langowski Question
My apologies if this has been asked before... but can anyone tell me the current status of Walter Langowski and/or his recent history? I really only read the Byrne Alpha Flight but know that Walter became Wanda(?!?) for awhile, and was also inhabiting Box, the Hulk, etc. In Scott Lobdell's recent (humor) series, which I didn't read, it looked like Walter was back to being regular ol' Sasquatch.
Thanks, and nice looking site!
--Brendan
From a not particularly big continuity buff...
I bought AFV1 #s 124, 125, 126 (half-off), and Weapon X # 1 over the weekend. I'm willing to read the stories after AFV1# 28, although I'm not starting with MANTLO-era issues. I don't think the puzzle-picture that the Mantlo era was filling in is the same puzzle that the earliest collaborators tried to fill in. While I do suggest that what comes after AFV1# 28 be forgotten, I didn't suggest that anyone not read the stories. Again, PESTILENCE, a villain from the Mantlo era, is one of Alpha Flight's best adversaries. I'll believe that to my dying day. I also believe that Mantlo's AF is not the same as the original AF (and not just due to mere roster-changes).
Some stories could have made a bit more sense, like the "BLAST FROM THE PAST" two-parter, which I like. However, I wish it were explained in the story how Gary Cody managed to mass-produce the electro-magnetic suits since James was supposed to have burned the original (only?) set of blue-prints. Did MADISON JEFFRIES have something to do with it? Roger Bochs? The Master? Magneto? BFTP was written so concisely that a brief explanation would not have spoiled the story. In fact, it would have catapulted it to the highest echelons of AF lore.
I enjoyed volume three even though it doesn't completely fit "my" conception of AF; I liked it because it has most of the traits that I associate with AF: fun, heroic, interdependent, and squabbling.