COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men 120 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1012144002
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
April 1979
"Wanted: Wolverine, Dead or Alive!"
Chris Claremont - Co-plotter, Scripter
John Byrne - Co-plotter, Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Tom Orzechowski - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Roger Stern - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The Canadian prime-minister wants Wolverine caught and Vindicator is once again given the task of bringing him home. He contacts Alpha Flight to help him. The X-Men leave Japan by plane, but the pilots find themselves in a storm that seems to have an intelligence all its own. They are forced to land at Calgary in Canada and, there, Vindicator calls for Wolverine to hand himself over to them, or he won’t be responsible for what happens. Before the X-Men can respond, Sasquatch acts over-eagerly and destroys the plane. The X-Men protect the innocents aboard by escaping in a blizzard controlled by Storm. In Calgary, they split up and agree to rendezvous later. Nightcrawler is quickly caught by Northstar and Aurora, and Wolverine finds himself ambushed by Sasquatch. Vindicator, though, is fought off by Storm, but this leaves Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men with the task of rescuing their two colleagues.
Notes:
- James Hudson appeared in X-Men (1st series) #109, though he used the name Weapon Alpha there. Here, he uses the name Vindicator.
- Jeryn Hogarth is a celebrated and very rich lawyer, who was an ally to several super-heroes, as well as Misty Knight and Colleen Wing.
- Shaman’s mention of the X-Men’s elemental being a male is understandable, considering they’ve never met Storm and they are, after all, called the X-Men.
- Nightcrawler’s harassment at the hands of the villagers of Winzeldorf was shown in Giant-Size X-Men #1.
- James Hudson mentions a woman called Heather. This is his wife Heather Hudson, who later became a member of Alpha Flight herself. She can be seen in Classic X-Men #26.
- A spalpeen is a good-humored Irish slang for a “good for nothing” fellow.
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