War Machine by Boris Vallejo, 1993.

Presenting: That time Marvel decided Francis Crozier would make a good Alpha Flight villain.

It’s just as historically inaccurate as you might imagine. Crozier is a “doctor” and the “chief science officer.” 

He drinks a weird elixir to keep himself alive, but appearing dead, and winds up buried alive, oops?

He’s resurrected on Beechey Island, by using the Magic Baby Energy from Snowbird who needed to give birth to her magic baby somewhere ~~powerful~~. Did I mention it’s also a really creepy story for like so many other reasons?

So they fight! And Crozier, sorry Pestilence, (mind you he’s not an Apocalypse horseman, he’s just called Pestilence), flees back into the earth from whence he came.

And then I skipped a few issues cause there was a Namor plot I didn’t care about.

But then they located Crozier again! And…. we remember that this is the 1980s and writer Bill Mantlo tried to give Northstar AIDs. (He was not allowed, thankfully.)

Everything is eventually resolved and Crozier is captured in Shaman’s medicine bag of holding. 

I spent real money on the five issues with Crozier’s appearances. My only consolation is that Marvel didn’t see a penny of it cause these bad boys are out of print. 

UM? UM???

instead of studying, i complied these gifs at 6 am for no reason at all

THE LAST ONE

ok three more below:

The feminist superhero wears realistic and refreshingly practical footwear — not high-heel wedges, as most hero and villains preceding her did (and still do). Park envisioned “combat boots” and Hays carefully selected the most comfortable (and chic-looking) pair for Larson to run, jump, parkour and kick-ass.

“Grunge was a little bit of an influence, but it was about simplicity, really simplicity,” adds Hays. “T-shirts and jeans: What a girl who lives for flying would wear.“