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Issue: Alpha Flight 81
Date: Feb-90
Story: The Quest for Northstar Part I: Prisoners (22 pages)

Feature Characters: Elizabeth, Heather, Walter, Madison Jeffries, Jeanne-Marie, Jean-Paul, Kara (Persuasion, henceforth), Laura, Goblyn, Lil, Judd

Regular Characters: Gamma Flight: Nemesis, Auric, Silver, Wild Child, Witchfire (in flashback)

Guest Stars:

Villains: Nekra, Mac Gargan (the Scorpion), Tinkerer, the Owl, the Asp, Llan the Sorcerer (flashbacks); Dark Elves, Trolls

Other Characters: Gen. Brian Winslow, Cat Elves

Synopsis: Elizabeth realizes the Sorcerer's true desire is violence. With Alpha Flight under arrest, she orders the spirits to gather Jeanne-Marie (although she is now a nun), Kara, Laura, and Goblyn so they can find Northstar. He has been stuck in Asgard since iss. 50. Loki lied; he is no kin to elves, and he is attacked by dark elves.
       Winslow visits Alpha Flight in prison, saying they are somehow linked to the tragedies they have been involved in.
       Judd, in the hospital, has shrunk to dwarf-size again, and the doctor wants to run some tests.
       Laura makes a portal to Asgard. She, Goblyn, Aurora, and Kara are attacked by