Mac is in court, with Heather at his side, asking to have custody of their daughter Claire restored to them. Claire was placed in the care of distant relatives when Mac and Heather were believed to be dead.
I must have just glossed over it the first time I read the book because I almost had a spit take when I read if again the other day. Mac has given his life for his country only twice??Hasn't it felt like about a half dozen? But then going over each apparent occasion, it was actually difficult to pinpoint which two occurrences Mac referred to in his outburst.
Mac didn't die in volume 1, issue 12. He went through some space/time continuum thing and ended up being rescued by aliens. Still a shitty day, granted, but not a death per se.
He didn't die in the second volume, when Department H fired him off into space (that's one way to hide a body...) because his suit kept him alive. He thinks (literally) that he dies in X-Men Unlimited #45 but Shaman convinced the air to keep him alive (It's...hard to explain...)
The one time that seems concrete is New Avengers 16. In the Chaos War special that followed some time after that issue wiped out the entire team, Shaman confirms that Alpha Flight did not survive, but the outcome of that event restored the team. So that's an actual resurrection, I guess.
So what other "death" is Mac referring to? Volume 1, issue 100? I'm not certain how The Master brought him back in the "No Future" storyline in issues 128 to 130, so perhaps that's it.
Or maybe he's referring to his young clone from volume two, who clearly did not share his "source material's" ability to cheat death when he was blown up in an exploding battle suit (Hey, just like "dad"!) in Wolverine #143. Not entirely sure. Mac has appeared to die so often that I can't help but wonder if I'm forgetting (or unaware) about a story in which it happened.
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