Alpha Death Revisited

[kozzi24]

If, the collective just passed throught Canada and the writer did not used AF, would it have been a lack of respect too? If the writer that killed them had been a canadian, would it be the same impression?

It isn't just the fact they were killed. It's the way they were killed.

Offscreen. Not putting up a fight.

Alpha have the power and experience to defeat the Collective, but killing them didn't even slow it down.

That's the lack of respect.

- Le Messor
"Kicking butt and taking initials. We're not stopping long enough to take names."
- local radio station promo

The worst part is that the off-panel death was contained in a GROSSLY decompressed issue.

[kozzi24]

As to Flightpath's query on Kyle G - his entry was in A-Z #12. Even if it is him in the Guardian suit, we would still have done an entry in A-Z #12 for him, to avoid giving away the surprise, and because his absence from #12 might otherwise have been noticable. Of course, I could say the same for Yukon Jack or Radius. And hey, didn't we miss out Flex? Maybe there was a reason for not including him under F...

Stuart, a question of curiosity...why does the Handbook indicate anything other than that Radius was definitively killed by Avalanche? Did I miss an issue somewhere, was his death forgotten during House of M planning, or was there a decision to save a character with some potential?

[Mokole]

I'm still thinking it's going to be an ex-Alphan in the Guardian suit, not Postman Mike. Overall, I guess the split in opinions is between Guardian being Hudson, an ex-AFer, or Postie. I'm of course now leaning to an AFer. Hudson second.