The solicitation for Amazing X-Men #8 indicated that Alpha Flight would appear in some capacity in the book, but the cover did not reveal which members.
This June, fan-favorite X-writers Craig Kyle and Chris Yost join blockbuster artist Ed McGuinness for an all-new arc of Marvel mutant mayhem in AMAZING X-MEN #8!
Though Nightcrawler has returned to them, there is no rest for the X-Men. A return trip to Canada leads Wolverine to a hairy situation as the search for a missing friend brings him face to face with a horde of bloodthirsty Wendigo!
One Wendigo is enough to stop even the strongest heroes dead in their tracks. What hope to the X-Men have against an entire army? Even the combined strength of the X-Men and guest stars Alpha Flight may still not be enough to stop the coming assault!
Don’t miss both teams prepare for battle as the pulse-pounding new ‘World War Wendigo’ arc kicks off this June in AMAZING X-MEN #8!There was no reason to doubt that Guardian would be included, really. He was still the leader of Alpha Flight when they last appeared in Hulk's Mayan Prophecy storyline. Still, you never know what can happen off-panel (Avengers 16 reference) but the preview art below makes it official.
That almost looks like a variant cover, but I haven't been able to find confirmation either way as to whether that's the case. I also don't know how many issues the story runs for, but it may not matter. The solicitation for #9, obviously the second part of the arc, refers to "members of Alpha Flight" being involved. So it may be that some of the characters from the first issue do not appear in part two. It's possible that Guardian is not among them.
We'll have to see, but for now I'll be satisfied to have Guardian on active, present-day duty in almost two years.
