In the original series #4, in the proto-letters page, there's a sarcastic little comment that: "Some of our Canadian readers seem to have picked up Alpha Flight #1 in the mistaken impression that it was a copy of the National Geographic.

It has now come around! Alpha Flight have now appeared in the actual National Geographic!

Well, one of them has:
My dad just showed me a copy of said magazine, which had a brief article about diversity in comics. One of the characters listed (and pictured) was Northstar (holding hands with Kyle, I believe at their wedding).

~ Le Messor
"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."
~ Henry Kissinger