I had a little cottage time this past weekend and brought a few comics to read for chilly mornings and evenings. Among my batch, three involved appearances by Guardian and they were all issues from Wolverine's book from the mid-90's; numbers 83, 84 and 95.I've owned these for a while and I dig them up from time to time when I get on a Guardian and/or Alpha Flight kick. They take place between that team's volumes one and two. Heather also guest-stars in all three issues.
All are written by Larry Hama. What is peculiar is that while Mac is written as the standard "ordinary guy" in the first two issues, he's actually quite the jackass in #95.
He and Heather are in Manhattan to keep an eye on Wolverine for fear that he might have lapses in self-control and become violent. Mac is irritating throughout most of the book as he feels responsible for whatever damage Wolverine may cause by flipping out. He seems entirely out of character, but at least this is acknowledged in how Heather is constantly telling him to calm down and trust Logan.
Personality discrepancies aside, I always get a kick out of this panel:
No real sign of Mac's Antiguard persona, though Mac feeling slighted at being described as "distant" might be residue from that story. I believe the next time we saw Mac, he had been de-evolved into a 19-year old at the beginning of the Alpha Flight, volume two, number one.
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