Article: Alpha Flight in Avengers NOW!?

[Le Messor]

That's weird, because when I was buying my hot tub, they told me the time-machine was optional...

[Mokole]

Well, any AF appearance is fine with me. My guess is that in this reality Sasquatch is more Wendigo-ish, though it could be another Snowbird-type character; I think it's Box there; the woman might as well be Heather; hard to be sure with any artist. Maybe Madison is there and the Box character is being controlled by him, or he's in the suit and that's a Windshear pastiche? Looks good, hope it is a cool team, and I expect it's an alternate reality team. But I'm as clueless as usual.

[Flightpath07]

pastiche

Anybody else here have to look that one up? lol

A borrowed motif, or a hodgepodge combination taken from different sources. Thank you, dictionary.reference.com ! Nice word, Moke!

[Le Messor]

I didn't, but I'm always getting in trouble for eating the pastiche.

~ Le Messor
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
~ Clarence Darrow

[Phil]

Not sure if this is a serious answer or not, but:

http://forums.comicbookresources.com...1#post16245854

Thank you for taking your time to come into this thread, Mr. Hickman!
In the preview art for #10, it looks like a new iteration of Alpha Flight with a new Vindicator. Is it new characters, or just prior members in new outfits? My bad if that counts as a spoiler request.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/1...rt-marvel-now/

It's Validator and Omega Flight.

[Sypes]

The Validator? hahah. What is that? A super-price checker hero in a big box store? hahha

[Flightpath07]

Not sure if this is a serious answer or not, but

I'm...guessing?...that's a joke?

[Le Messor]

My guess is, a typo - predictive text or a brain hiccup.

~ Le Messor
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork."
~ Mae West

[Phil]

Yeah, my initial thought was joke, followed by alternate reality Codename.

[rplass]

Maybe he meant Verifier. You know, to verify things. Like a super fact-checker

[DIGGER]

The Validator? hahah. What is that? A super-price checker hero in a big box store? hahha

No, no she will stamp your parking ticket when you visit the Parliament building.

[Phil]

Issue 10's Solicit is up at http://alphaflight.net/content.php?6...For-April-2013 and it definitely is Validator...

[Flightpath07]

Issue 10's Solicit is up at http://alphaflight.net/content.php?6...For-April-2013 and it definitely is Validator...

Yeah, my initial thought was joke, followed by alternate reality Codename.

Well, that validates your second thought...

[Le Messor]

She validates typos?

~ Le Messor
"It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

[Flightpath07]

She validates typos?

~ Le Messor
"It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

No; that would be Secretariat the Wonder-Horse.