If the Plodex constructs in #5 had no powers, as "Guardian" stated, then how was "Guardian" able to fire a blast at Walter and Nemesis, and fly? And how was "Shaman" able to summon up mystical winds to buffet Yukon Jack?
You raise generally good questions about details that certainly opens you up to
think some people need to stop dissecting it so thoroughly, and just enjoy it. I mean, come ON... Alpha Flight's a great team, and most of us here love them to pieces, but they're not all that marketable. Two cancelled series can attest to that. And I think Scott's approach to this series is a good one. It's fun, the characters are varied, and because most of the characters are new, people who have never read Alpha Flight before aren't bogged down with continuity.
And frankly, people that b***h incessantly about the botching of Marrina's origin should shut up for two reasons. One, at least you got to SEE Marrina! And two, at least you've got Alpha Flight. Shut up and enjoy it
The one fault I noticed with #5 but told myself I wouldn't bring up unless someone else did first!
The Plodex using Mac, Heather and Shaman as templates for powered Plodex on Earth didn't work for me because the powers of those three are not inherent in their biologies. The Plodex are sufficiently advanced enough that they don't need to copy battlesuits made on Earth/ I don't think they would be able to copy Shaman's powers either.
The only fix I can come up with in an invasion of the body snatchers type scenario, where they intentionally want disguise as known heroes. The powers displayed aren't specfifc to Shaman Mac and Heather, but general powers gene spliced in to maintain the illusion that these clones were those people.
This would also explain why Sasquatch recruited unknowns rather than Northstar, Wyre, Talisman, etc. (Explain Nemesis as his knowledge that she is actually dead, so the Plodex would be unable to recreate her, or that she is not particularly known outside Department H.)
Maybe Nemesis just named Centennial in the spot, ala Sue Storm naming Ben Grimm the Thing.
I almost hate to admit it, but I've wondered about paying "exotic dancers" myself.