Good point, I had not thought of that one!I liked the laser's return was an homage to 9-10, Sas vs Skrull.
As for all the infighting and such, don't forget, this is an IRON MAN comic, not an Alpha Flight comic. The author tried to stay true to the original vision and version of AF, in a very short and condensed space. I thought he did quite well. It wasn't perfect, but it was, IMHO, the best AF team I have seen since...well, since Volume II at the very least. And hey, don't forget, AF was, for the vast majority of this one comic book, the Villain. They were not brought in as the heroes, but just as a foil for the hero; geez, it could have been handled much worse, right?