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Finally got X-Men Unlimited# 12, and no dumping from me. I liked both stories. Solid book.

My taker on Smart Alec was that no matter how smart he was, he thought he was even smarter...and thus better than the "roughnecks and brawlers" on his team. I think he just froze up. Being smart...

Mac's compromises and desperation are what make him not such a perfect person, IMO, and when it's not taken to an implausible extreme it also makes him not boring.

...instead of just relying on "the Byrne version."

AFV1# 1, page 27, panel 2 - {John Byrne, writer credited}

James' thought balloon: "And...yes, that's Snowbird in the midst of that swirling...

You're not wrong about Snowbird and Shaman. I'm at the library, not at home, but I will verify it when I get back home. Neither Michael nor Narya needed the signal that Heather used to summon Alpha...

As I said, it was in AF.1.92 ("Compromising Positions", written by Fabian Nicieza, Art by Dan Reed and Richard Bennett) - I broke down and walked the five feet to my bookshelf :P. Chasen wanted to...

The assertion that AF was originally intended to be a black-ops group is at the heart of this. If it was, then examples should/could be provided to support this assertion, and somebody should be...

My sentiments, exactly.

Actually, it's not uncommon for government agencies to recruit/draft criminals, the criminally unstable and the likes, esp in covert/black ops settings (which DH and Alpha were originally meant to...

DelBubs is correct and accurate.

AF# 46, page 16, panel 5 - {Bill Mantlo, writer credited}

Puck's thought balloon: "...and thus passed over the clinic for Socially Maladjusted Super-beings...

....because I don't have a photographic memory. I don't doubt you. Guess I didn't know that. Please tell me which book that is in.

Still think it makes little sense, even if Byrne wrote it. ...

I still don't understand all the negative ret-conning that seems to be accepted as gospel! Judd was a government agent and a paroled felon? The Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense must be...

...And then dump on it like all getout. 8-[

I always thought that the greatest compliment a writer could give a character is to come up with a plausible story with a beginning, middle, and end where something interesting/important happens.

This is a quote: " 'I think the biggest compliment a writer can give a character is to fu*k them up."

Considering that Judd is a former government agent, a former bouncer, a former adventurer,...